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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1897
Page
2
The Sunday Light reports a 17th century style New York and Baltimore listings with game results and social notes. It mentions darkness ending a game and several player pairings, plus a note on a forthcoming opera season in Gren. It includes marriage licenses and a long obsolete theatrical summary featuring Ronnie Scotland and the Gren opera troupe with cast members and scenes.
The city faces a likely settlement over rebuilding 4600 feet of the cracked sewer line after positions from Katz Cranial and Waty, with work to be approved under the city council. Separately, church notices and local society updates fill the calendar week with masses, feasts, and meetings across San Fernando and nearby parishes.
An Alabama court heard a startling account from a distiller about a planned murder amid tense disputes with illegal whiskey operators. The confession by George Quarles describes a blackened face assault on Winslow at his Henderson county home, leading to a savage shooting. Quarles and brothers John and Charles, plus Dunken, allegedly conspired to kill a witness who spoke against them. Quarles, a married man with six young children, hopes his confession will ease punishment.
A Montgomery city court sentenced Madison Sharp, reportedly the state’s tallest Black man at nearly seven feet, to ten months in Kata Indoc after he assaulted an umpire during a baseball game. The incident arose when Sharp disputed an umpire’s call and attacked the official.
Fragmentary wire report from New Orleans dated September mentions Vitt Paine awaiting execution and court interference. The text references druggists, a rubber industry figure, and several scattered names, but details are largely unreadable and disjointed.
An article in St. Nicholas by James Cassidy recounts stories from Queen Victoria’s early life and loyalties. It includes governess Lehzen’s notes on royal succession, a Duchess of Kent moment, and reflections on duty and responsibility. The piece also touches on a Zulu courtship custom and ends with a peculiar medical ad.
Multiple short items report accidents on bad roads near Runge with a young woman injured and pupils returning to Kenedy school for an eight month term. Miss Alice Maddox returns to Guadalupe County. a social wedding at the tram from Cheré. a Moore's Ball attendance. family visits from Beeville. travel notes from Loker and Busby. farmers report good yields but boll weevils high. Oklahoma settler to become a Karnes County citizen. cotton moving from Cuie daily. various local names and happenings described in brisk briefs.
Georgetown society page notes Miss Lan Gahagad returned from St Louis and Leavell from New York. Mrs J W diodgus reports Miss Beutal Dimmiteare visiting. Mrs Wickes from Dallas visiting Mrs Leake. Students to Philadelphia and Mineral Wells trips noted. Mrs Booker visited, J B Vernor editor visiting, Mrs Kate Folin moves for education, May Ray Ayer party, Palm Valley wedding announced for Samuel Robertson and Nellie Palau with many local friends expected.
A string of residents and guests are noted in town, including Persand Menon Po o, Ott of Moust, Thomas of deaitas, Biyeus of Pearsall, Delamor of San Diego, Kenedy of Elite, W. Merchant of Abbing, Erast Glotbella recovering from illness, J A Mangum of Uvalde, Judge Lowe Pearsall, Alderman Kilgore, Otto Wahrmund of the City brewery, Mrs. Frank Basa, James W. Swaith in town, Capt. Dosch en route to Leon Springs, W U Ballot recovering after dengue, Morgan Perkins visiting, Rev. A. P. Cobb arriving to preach, T L Micklejohin sick with dengue and his family affected.
Massachusetts spends millions to eradicate the gypsy moth after a six year war, with a proposed 1.875 million additional funding over 15 years. Entomologist Fernald notes yearly costs, while a New York World piece traces origins to Frenchman Trouvelot and a tray of eggs released near Medford, sparking an infestation now devastating trees and crops.
Thousands killed and hundreds of thousands replaced by minions as a war against pests grows. Gov. Brackett urged legislature seven years ago to fund extermination. initial funds faltered and results worsened yearly. Massachusetts now fights alone, after Maine and Australia influence waned and Congress refused aid.
Obituary notes Jean Ingelow, renowned poet and novelist, dies at about 70 in Kensington after a life marked by early fame and later quiet years. Born in Lincolnshire, she rose to prominence with her first volume in 1868 and was regarded as Browning’s peer. Her verses and novels, often autobiographical, were widely reprinted, taught, and set to music.
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