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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1897

Page

5

Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Quick Cure

An advertising pitch touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe rapid remedy for indigestion gastric distress and nervous exhaustion claiming it cures 98 percent of consumption bronchial and related illnesses. It includes testimonial notes by W Rogers of Louisville and a mention of Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative.

Pierce Hs Air W. Rogers Gof Graysom St. Louisvhey Biys Zor Selinselt Dr. Merce Sam

Railroad Timetable Moments From San Antonio Schedule

A historic timetable lists North and South departures with times, Express Special, M K T lines, and Southern Pacific routes. It covers trains to Houston Galveston New Orleans, St Louis, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Kerrville, detailing departures and arrivals with city connections and limited weekend variations.

Sunt Sound Mexico Eagle Peas Houston Galveston New Orfens New Oriesna Hagin Pass Uni Louis St. Louis Kansas City Dailae Fort Worth Waco San Antonio & Aransas Pa&s Cor Cuero Bouston Heeville Corpoy Christi Rackport Hoerne Kerrville San Antonio Boerna BAN Antonio & Gulf Short Martinez, Senders, Adkins, Lavernia and Stockdale City of Mexico New Orleans New York Philadelphia Washington Atlanta Cincinnati Memphis Chicago

Fort Sam Houston post details and daily parades

At Fort Sam Houston the second largest post in the country serves as the Military Department of Texas headquarters under Brigadier General W M Graham. The upper post hosts Fifth cavalry and Eleventh infantry troops with guard mounting and open air concerts daily. Reveille rises at 5 40 a m and Retreat at 7 20 p m. Public invited to view parade grounds and battalion reviews monthly. Also promotes Pallard’s Snow Liniment for pain relief with dealer notices.

Military Department of Texas W. M. Graham Fifth Regiment of United States Wavalry Treut Fifth Cavalry Bend Fort Sam Nouston Magstatt

Alligators Attack Baptists at St Johns River Baptism

A Florida party of fishermen recounts an alligator attack during a baptism on the St Johns River above Sanford. A colored Baptist preacher and converts were dragged and bitten as onlookers fired, killing two alligators and driving the crowd to shore. The incident stems from barking dogs and concerns over breeding saurians.

Sanford Fla St. Johns River Deacon Ethas

Maryland Soldier Stops Streetcar with Bare Chest Heroic Stunt

Report from Washington Star recounts a Fourth Maryland regiment member who lay on a Seventh street track to halt a streetcar and allow his unit to pass. The gripman refused initially, but the man remained still until the car fender pushed him nine feet before the driver stopped. The soldier bowed, thanked the crew, and rejoined his regiment amid cheers. Also notes coffee linked to blindness in Moroccan Moorish traders.

Prich Maryland Seventh Street Pennsylvania Avenue Washington Star Sixth Street B Street Grimfly

Moxson the nerve of the northwest sheriff hero

Sheriff Moxson, famed for single handed capture of outlaws Shay and Quinn, faced a rifle camp with calm defiance. He disarmed opponents, freed his comrades, and led to the outlaws’ capture, while the story notes his death three years ago and the imprisonment of Shay and Quinn. A later exploration by Morris I. Jessup funds a coast-wide Asiatic migration study durchs.

Orreo I Moxson Tie Twin Dakotas Shay Tom Quinn Kellinker Morton Counties Moxseu Pireait Canton Balt Zettinger Mortox North Fork Missouri River Adilea Deer Pass Sheriff Shays Broxson Quvin Morris I. Jessup New York Ash North America Columbia Ameor River Abis Ametics Kamchatka Aleutian Islands Columbia River Behring Strait Asia American Muscum of Natural History

Probate final account notices in Bexar County 1897

Notices from the County Court of Bexar County Texas inform interested parties about the final accounts of Jacob Dresch and India Zauner estates, with September Term 1897 hearings and publication requirements. Includes details of clerks, deputies, and sheriff endorsements. publication in Daily Light and Daily Vigor noted.

State OF Texas Bexar Jacob Dresch Mary Dresch Bexar County San Antonio Texay Thad VW. Smith Geel India Zauner Wm. Drolaberger Fytim Texas Thad. W. Smitl Vigor Tohn P. Campbell Jas. M. van Riper

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