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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1897
Page
12
A Dallas News item recounts a Main Street book dealer facing a clerical visitor who names titles The Woman in White All Alone and In the Dark. The caller offers guidance rather than purchase, praising the titles and prompting the dealer to consider a profitable angle, then departs.
The article explains a snail's tongue as a marvel of nature, noting it is long and covered with hundreds of tiny teeth. The tongue stays coiled, using only a sixth at a time, then sheds dull sections for sharp ones. The snail's mouth roof is bone hard, enabling it to rasp leaves cleanly like a knife.
A quirky essay laments long French rose names and proposes simpler labels for varieties like Mademoiselle Suzanne, noting gardeners’ woes. It also recalls Meissonier and Queen Victoria anecdotes, and mentions a French campaign to restore public monuments.
An English heiress, already rich and abroad, was found on a New York barge scene claiming she prefers male clothing and life as a man. The case reveals a long, privileged history of gender transition, with Judge Dittenhofer noting a childhood of cross-dressing and a move from England to the United States. The woman, named Alejandro Velas, received funds from a prominent lawyer and planned to pursue farming in Germany after boarding the Friedrich der Große.
A dog frightened by a severe thunderstorm was killed when lightning struck Fred Williams' house in Goshen Connecticut. The bolt ran down the lightning rod and tore through rooms and beds, causing structural damage before the animal collapsed in a dark room. No direct bolt entry was found in the room where the dog died.
A defiant market vendor stacks a neon display in front of his shop to attract customers while they consider more orders. Reema Hardly Ponathic is mentioned. The author of a self written work faces court for failing to import his wife.
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts a black poplar chair linked to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s visit to Datayla and her writing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The chair, preserved through generations from Mrs Fishback to Mrs Swing and others, bears a broken back and evokes vivid memories of Stowe and Henry Beecher.
An early 20th century notice on hive outbreaks in children, detailing symptoms from pinkish red wheals to pale centers, and at-home treatments. It recommends baking soda solutions, boracic acid in glycerine, carbolic acid mix, soda-water washes, and oil massages. Diet and bowel care are urged, with rest to prevent overheating.
A San Francisco Chronicle report describes fattening practices for brides in Morocco and Barbary regions. Young girls, starting around age 12, are confined and fed to gain weight under parental supervision, with coercion and corporal punishment used to enforce the process. Brazilian ideals also prize corpulence in women, while Russian servants supply their own mattresses in kitchens.
Official list compiled listing numerous fire alarm box locations by street intersections and landmarks such as Soledad and Commerce, Navarro and Commerce, Military Plaza, Houston with St Marys, West Commerce and Pecos, Grand Opera House, Avenue D and Eighth, and many others across the city with multiple variants and typos. The dense enumeration covers blocks from Soledad to Union Theatre and beyond, reflecting extensive but error-prone scrawled data.
A compiled list of businesses and trades along Commerce Street and surrounding areas. Includes baking powder suppliers, candlemakers, trunk and hardware shops, laundry services, machinery and boiler brokers, cement and brick firms, tinware, flour mills, saddlery, stove pipes, breweries, cleaning and dying works, office fixtures, and printing services.
A fragment discusses that cheap printing does not guarantee poor results and mentions moderate quality printing at reasonable prices. It references a printing house and an advertisement, indicating a local market for affordable services.
A compiled directory lists church services across denominations in Warrow. It notes pastors, service times, Sunday schools, Epworth, and league meetings at Barton Park Trinity and adjacent streets, with Catholic and Protestant listings, and indicates corrections up to date for public worship planning.
The text catalogs landmarks around the Alamo area including The Alamo built 118, Cathedral de San Fernando, Mission Concepcion 1731, Mission San Jose 1718, and several other missions and sites within miles of the city. It mentions aqueducts, parks, government posts, plazas, and notable buildings such as Lone Star Brewery and City Brewery along River Avenue.
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