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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1885
Page
4
A collage of notices reports on concerts and dances at Sommers and Jonas gardens tomorrow and tonight. Train arrivals and a grand jury adjournment are noted along with local police and council updates and various storefront ads.
Purely personal notices list Dr. Caruthers and many guests in the city. Names include Joseph Struthers New York A W Evans New Brunswick J C Crawford Kentucky W F Hendrix Missouri at the Menger and Southern hotels. Reverend Jordin Holmes recovering and to preach tomorrow. General N B Sweitzer and family from Ontario await promotion and move to Oregon.
Mr Paul Rubretti moves through the Licut to thank the Italian society friends and others for attentions shown at the funeral of his brother Ceasar Rubretti this morning.
Within thirty days a new newspaper will begin in San Antonio. It will publish in parallel Spanish and English and serve broad interests. The founders say it will outshine the Times ashes whatever that implies.
A large group of Miss Hennie Halfls friends gathered at her mother’s residence on Goliad street to celebrate her birthday anniversary. The celebration featured dancing into the night and a fine supper provided by the guests.
A contractor named McClinch, working on the 23d mile of the Aransas Pass railroad, came to town yesterday and began a spree. He was halted in his wild career and taken to the bat cave with his money saved in a safe. He carried 4235 dollars, of which 835 were in nickels and dimes. With one arm and leaving town promptly, the Recorder allowed his departure without a fine.
In Recorder's Court this morning Henry E. Vernor was fined two dollars for keeping a vicious dog a large New Foundland that frightened Mrs Koenig and Mrs Rubino as it jumped on them. Colonel McLeary defended Vernor and argued the dog's character but failed to avert the penalty and future restraint.
Sunset line will relocate its Land office from San Antonio to Houston in a few days. The claim and general freight departments and the superintendent's office will remain in Houston, not move to New Orleans with other Sunset departments. Citizens fear job losses but Texas Traffic Association headquarters in Houston may offset with new hires under J. Waldo. Captain Fry of Sunset Land department had no knowledge of the telecam. Colonel Gibbs will visit the city tomorrow to verify details.
In a light exchange, Sarah questions rushing marriage as Adolphus cites a trade journal noting a heavier boot for the season. She quips Pa is reconciled to the match, keepling the moment with homespun humor.
Translated from Freie Presse Sept 19 1885 the piece attacks justification by faith as a bankrupt doctrine. It contrasts biblical slavery and wars with Cicero and Epictetus, arguing natural law over revealed faith and condemning religious dogma as obstructing progress and moral action.
Officer Massey arrested a gray haired seeming youth named White on Military plaza for being a dangerous suspicious character. He pawned a fine vest at a barrel house and was fined five dollars. the city attorney urged an affidavit against the barrel house for operating without a license. Officers seek the accomplice who supplied the clothes.
A historical sketch recounts the Bastile's 1369 construction to shield Charles V from Burgundian raids and the 1789 liberation of a long-imprisoned physician. The restored dungeon reveals pestilent walls, blood marks, and a grisly odor as rescuers uncover faded graffiti about local merchants and loans.
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