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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1897
Page
8
In a Sunday Light 1907 feature, a broad Bethlehem tone extols love as the light toward maternity. The piece claims motherhood fulfills women, promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with testimonials and a mailing offer for medical literature. It touts female strength and hints at miscarriages resolved by the remedy.
Train schedule listing North and South departures and arrivals, with express and regional lines, for Southern Pacific and San Antonio routes. Includes times to Houston Galveston New Orleans Eagle Pass Mexico and other cities, with weekday weekend variations and service notes.
At Fort Sam Houston the second sergeant in the country also commands the Military Department of Texas with Brigadier General W M M Graham. The upper post hosts the Fifth Cavalry under Lieut Col Whitattle, plus D B F and K Troops of the Fifth, Companies A B G H F and G of the Eighteenth Infantry, and Light Battery K of the First Artillery, totaling 787 men. Full dress parades on Mon Wed Fri at 6:30 p.m. and brigade reviews monthly on the lower parade ground between 8 and 10 a.m. Guard mounting at 8:20 a.m. daily, open-air concerts after guard mounting by the Fifth Cavalry Band on the upper grounds. “Reverse” at 5:40 p.m. and “Retreat” at 2 p.m. Public invited to view exercises. upper parade ground is Fort Sam Houston proper with the flagstaff, while the tower ground nearest the city holds the department headquarters.
An early 20th century classified style ad touts Tril¢any ures the mst stubborn piles with Tahner's Buckese Pil Ointment. Claims include relief from bleeding itching and soreness without pain or surgery, with price details and local sellers.
The Arizona Kicker relates a rough visit to Salt Lake City with self deprecating humor about a candle and gas light, mentions a defamation dispute with Mrs. Singleton and a Chicago past, and notes no Granite City subscribers while describing a chaotic welcome and threats, asserting readiness to publish daring material if provoked.
The Washington Post reports Judge Richard Clarke presiding in Atlanta as one of the era's most remarkable murder trials unfolds. Evidence clashes and rapid courtroom discourse test stenographer, who struggles to keep pace at 250 words per minute.
The Texas County Court of Bexar County receives notice that the administrator Molaberger has filed a final account for the estate of Julia Zauner. The court will consider objections at the September term 1897 at the San Antonio courthouse after publication in a Bexar County newspaper for at least 20 days. Witness W. Smith, Clerk, dated August 23, 1897.
A long note apologizes for past misstatements about a singing career in St Louis and recounts a chaotic incident with Major Taylor and a violent confrontation. It recalls an earlier invitation to speak in Columbus with a large audience of about 450, noting the crowd favored a topical song segment over a lecture.
A pilgrim astonishes the ascetic St Simeon Stylites by revealing a new locomotion method on a strange frame. The saint breaks forty years of silence, climbs down, and asks to learn the wheel’s use for mounting. The item reflects early fascination with unconventional transport.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item notes one candidate for alderman pledging to shield warding off blows to public interests while the other spends his time blowing off the ward, illustrating a sharp contrast in approach during the campaign.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a minister and Lommy Tooginess at a family gathering on a cold Sunday. The exchange hints at sorrow and a reluctant appearance, with apologies for leaving due to the bloom and cold.
A jumble of quotes references American girls marrying English nobility, a two week rest in the country, and a note on mills starting up in Lexas, with mentions of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Chicago Record.
A poetic fragment depicts a dark oral daughter of the south whose generous nature warms like summer yet a torrid passion shadows her presence. The piece mixes affectionate imagery with a tale of longing and distant desire set in Boston.
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