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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1897
Page
13
A traveler recalls a humorous Chicago to Kansas City train episode where an elderly passenger struggles with a boot and a bootjack. After multiple efforts and a porter, one shove frees the boot amid amused bystanders and a drumbeat suggestion, ending with applause from fellow travelers.
A Philadelphia Times summary on how meat and fish vary in water content and how fat, protein, and carbohydrates contribute fuel. It notes lean meat can be very watery while fat pork is lower in water, salmon about 75 percent water, and discusses dry foods like flour and oatmeal. Fat provides the most heat when burned, with fatty foods delivering higher energy than nonfatty ones.
The article traces how Genoa Pika and Venice fostered north Italian commerce and manufacture, spurring wealth in Milan Mantua and Bologna. It links Leghorn to a hat type and notes English Irish and Scottish fabric names, including Worsted from Worstead and jet’s origin near Gagaa in Asia Minor.
An English intelligence officer notes the long standing strategic strength of the Traqueleut passes and the Deleghi alternative route. He describes high ground, engineered zigzags, and marshy Hallowland near the asp, arguing a small garrison could hold the line against a larger force.
A terse verse from an Obleago poet questions why the young wife of an aging Mr Oraann always seems so cheerful. The speaker jokes that he gives her everything except widowhood, hinting at a wry domestic tale.
A Confederate officer, Major General Gordon, assists a wounded Union brigadier general at Gettysburg. Gordon comforts the dying Barlow, reads a wife’s letter, tears it up, then delivers a message from Barlow’s staff to Mrs. Barlow. The tale moves to Gordon’s later dinner recollections and Mrs. Barlow’s return to her husband.
A dyspeptic note from California mentions treaties on the edible frog and a line about a pharaohs book. The writer relays a bewildering set of bibliographic requests and publisher lintits, citing names like Dr Charles S Robinson and references to Phaya and the Hair Rosy of the Bone AR.
Official list detailing fire alarm box locations across Laredo including intersections such as Soledad commerce Navarro commerce and many others. The long catalog names streets and landmarks like City Hospital Lone Star Brewery Granil Opera House and Washington Theatre to guide responders.
An OCR fragment lists numerous Houston area businesses and trades on Commerce Street and nearby avenues. Entries include baking powder makers, confectioners, soap and soda water firms, foundries, cement works, iron, brick and tile companies, and clothing, harness, tinware, stove pipes, and cleaning services.
Daily Light Job Office provides printing in all branches with low prices in the city. Call for service.
An advertisement from Tug Light Job Office promotes moderate quality printing at reasonable prices, arguing cheap printing often equals poor quality and urging readers to advertise in the Sunday Light.
Directory listing for Varloo denomination services across Methodist Baptist Presbyterian Cumberland Protestant Episcopal and Lutheran churches with times places pastors and Sunday school notes. Reads like a local parish guide listing multiple churches and schedules for Sundays and midweek meetings.
San Fernando Cathedral and nearby churches publish mass times sermons and catechism details. Listings include St Marys St Josephs St Michaels Polish St Peters St Patricks Ursuline Convent Santa Rosa infirmary and other local religious institutions with weekly and daily masses and special devotions.
A list of sites around Alamo plaza including Cathedral de San Fernando Mission San Francisco de la Espada Mission de las Cabas and Audited landmarks such as United States government posts City Hall Military plaza and New Post Office. Also mentions Alamo Heights Jockey Club Lake ViewConvent and historic palaces along Ruiz Laredo streets and River Avenue.
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