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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
4
Miss Koesting wins the wanted prize for a simple and forceful idea in the current contest. John Jones of 346 Blum Street takes second prize of $1.00 for his cartoon. The contest may be renamed and continued, with lingering errors in the description.
A jeweler notes few buyers can rely on knowledge alone to judge diamonds, outlining tests like needle pricks and refractions to spot fakes. The piece shifts to a Baltimore Police Court scene recalling the orca as a formidable predator, with Quincys descriptions of its savage behavior toward whales and seals.
Classified fragment describes rental and business notices listing real estate, a doctor, and moving services. Mentions Alamo Plus and West Car area. Contains garbled names and stray phrases about furniture and shipping with no clear dates or amounts.
A wave of transfers covers Carrington to Maud Cavtta on Main Avenue for 10 dollars. Wiltut Dobroworcki and O A Stle ren to C Woodward, 16 lots on Karr and Diringa streets for 6,250 dollars. Arthur to Braullo Fransto for 260 on Quincy Street. Multiple deeds list buyers, sellers, lot numbers, blocks, and streets with prices ranging from 250 to 52,743 dollars, including county to county transfers and villa subdivisions.
An exploration of umbrellas as symbols of power from ancient Greece and Rome to Egyptian temples and Burmese royalty. It traces adoption in England via Hanway and notes street status in Calcutta and colonial contexts, with a modern New York hospital viewpoint on northern and southern preferences.
A patient with insomnia reports better rest after moving to a vacant bed on the ward with head to the north. A doctor reflects on magnetic theory and recommends readers try northward bedding, noting personal and uncertain potential benefits and no known harm.
A fragmented notice advertises rich farming lands offered for education in America at 12 dollars per acre. The readable fragment lists a partial address 14000 Light Office and references a particulate address, with no clear entity continuity.
Agents for leading world companies offering fire marine and tornado insurance. They quote over eighty million dollars in insured value with office at the corner of Navarro and Crockett Streets in New York.
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