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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1898
Page
1
Subscriptions and rates announced by the San Antonio post office with details for daily weekly and yearly plans. Subscribers are warned not to pay unauthorized collectors and to report missing issues to the office. Sunday September 4 1898.
A political essay warns against amateur meddling in government and nature. It argues that the American public overestimates common knowledge, that only a few possess true constructive force, and that tinkering undermines original design. It calls for restraint and respect for authority.
The Express blasts Slayden over free silver and Dingley vote while urging a Republican Congress to aid McKinley and promote Dewey as courier. It claims war taxes justify McKinley support and mocks Democratic talk as futile. The piece highlights Noonan as Slayden’s rival and appeals to voters with business interests in San Antonio to elect a Republican congressman.
Fragmented local items report a Riverside Park entertainment program beginning this afternoon with dances and songs, plus varied notices about politics, education, and community events. Included are references to a governor’s appointments, school happenings, and a shipboard reward tale from New York World.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles including diabetes rheumatism and weak back claiming two months of treatment per bottle and mail order sales from Waco Texas. It includes a testimonial from B Loveless and notes sale by Kalteyer & Son and local Texas druggists.
Reading from a chaotic wartime report recounts a meal bill for a prisoner of war at Annapolis and a deserter incident involving John Maroney from New Haven. It covers a scolding by his mother, police action, and his return to camp. Additional items note Admiral Dewey’s namesake steamship, a Kentucky love triangle, a father’s death in a hospital, a New York murder case, and a gondolier’s tale from a shipwreck. The piece closes with ex president Cleveland’s philanthropy and Hawaii’s temporary governor Sewall.
The regular annual meeting of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway company stockholders will be held at the company office in San Antonio Texas on Wednesday September 7 1808 the first Wednesday of the month for electing directors and other business as may arise Vice President M D Monserrat and officers B A and A B Reagan Houston reported this notice in the local stockholders records
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