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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1907
Page
8
An advertisement claims skin diseases arise from blood humors and acids. It argues external treatments fail. only a blood purifier, S.S.S., cures by removing causes from circulation. Promotes a free medical book from Swift Specific Co, Atlanta, GA.
The widow of Richard Wamsfield spoke of her loss and plans for an open funeral at their Riverside Drive home. Bequests include Seven Acres and Beven Acres with scenery and costumes sold. estate details remain unsettled, Gibbs Mansfield and the widow to receive the bulk. Funeral Tuesday will be simple with no doors closed and sea light entering the house.
United States Circuit Judge David N. Shelby in Burnsville Ala denies restraining orders against the Georgia Railroad Commission and the Atlantic Coast Line. The court allows the new passenger-rate cuts to stand and grants roads until September 16 to arrange schedules under the new rates, while other lines plan to oppose the order.
Governor Campbell appointed H. H. Hicks of Rossdale to the state penitentiary board replacing T. Tholt who resigned citing other duties. Hicks assumes the post as a matter of public service amid administrative changes at the Texas state level.
Dr. Chas. EB. Giddings of Atlanta reports a hotel room abduction at Herald Square, with $640 missing from his purse and valuables worth $500 gone. Two hotel employees admitted taking him to his room but no suspects. The incident occurred after a stay at the Herald Square hotel.
State history notes the Glanta Oak on the University of Georgia campus is a historic giant. Foresters counted 210 rings to the center with a widening gap around the era when the university was founded. They estimate the trunk dates back at least 250 years, possibly older, marking a century when Oglethorpe landed and the forest was cleared. See us before you place your order for that front door and note EM Steves and Sons offerings and J. T. Barneth & Co. tradesmen in nearby listings.
Seeley School promotes high scholarship standards tested by forty universities and technical colleges. It highlights expert teachers, ideal northern location, limited openings, and three applicants per site per session. Early applications advised to secure a room. 2000 improvements cited. Catalogue available from W. W. Bonourant in San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio school West Texas Military Academy forms part of regional military ties near Fort Sam Houston. Prominent officer Yong Willing, American ambassador to Japan, praised as identifying opportunities unseen elsewhere, while an Alfred Garden catalog or application is noted.
Special to The Light details James K. Hackett staging his season opener in Springfield with E. K. Holland in George Middleton's The House of a Thousand Candles. The East season opens Sept 25 in Philadelphia with Dallas Welford in Public Opinion. Many other West and Midwest openings follow, with Nazimova, Walter Hampden, and a Klaw & Erlanger vaudeville schedule cited.
The fire escape statute, in force since September 1, remains largely unobserved by many hotels and boardinghouses in San Antonio. Larger hotels show progress but rooming houses and smaller lodgings lag, risking prosecutions. The Travelers' Protective Association has ordered members to report noncompliant hotels and assist prosecutions, citing two fatal fire claims in two-story frame hotels within the past year.
A court lady describes the young Queen of Holland’s daily routine from 7 AM tea in bed to a simple dinner at 10 PM. She reads Bible passages, journals notes, receives ministers, and keeps a plain private life with minimal ceremony and no public dances. The pattern repeats each morning with little variation.
State bank examiner C. Hayes reports from the Panhandle that the banking region remains prosperous. He notes high activity with many men entering the industry and confirms 280 state banks are operating across Texas.
Fragmentary verse and gossiping reminiscence describe a political murder and a dance hall scene. The piece weaves a sensational headline about an assassination with a nostalgic portrait of courtiers, chaperons, and aging revelers. It evokes a clash between peril and desire in a stylized, period voice.
The article notes Nauru, called Pleasant Island on German maps, rises as a verdant rim about 200 feet high with a coral reef lagoon. It contrasts its dry plain sediment formed after sea levels dropped with remnants of volcanic rock and ancient creatures. Natives from the Gilbert Islands share language and customs, once welcoming visitors on the beach. White contact waned, then increased, and Nauru became commercially notable for copra and phosphate deposits mined by German and English companies.
A historic railroad timetable lists arrivals and departures at Sineat Station on East Commerce Street and nearby routes to Houston Galveston New Orleans and St Louis. It includes various express and local services with times such as 7 55 am 58 Bor Det Rip and 2 00 pm and notes for connections to Fort Worth Dallas Kansas City and Texarkana.
Tom Shipp and a Washington newspaper party spent nearly a month in Yellowstone on a horseback tour. They saw bears amid strict hunting bans and government protections. A reporter wandering toward the park’s deadline was warned by a guard to stop, near visible bears in the woods.
A newspaper man, Mak, asks why he cannot proceed and is told the deadline must be kept to avoid frightening tame bears. He later learns the bears are surprisingly tame, contradicting his fear.
A homegrown philosopher notes a curious trait in men and women. He says it is easier to admit what they do not know than to hide what they do know. The brief item appears in the Chivago News with a witty exchange.
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