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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1900
Page
1
A long critical essay extols simple living and condemns consumer excess. It urges readers to value affection, family, and virtue over money, condemning luxury and debt while praising frugality and practical homemaking.
A garbled OCR passage from a Meeker Colonie church report mentions Rev Line Tanne of St Jates Mission and Shirley Stokes of a ministerial group. It references a community event with photos, a park, earnings, silk goods, and a hotel, but many words are corrupted and names unclear. The piece reads like a church notices page with scattered social items and local names.
A 1900s synopsis notes electricity as more economical than steam or compressed air, with electric motors delivering stronger, lighter, and more portable energy. Cables are lighter and easier to install, and electric systems offer superior efficiency for mining operations, telephones, and power transmission, per Sydney F. Walker in Engineering Magazine.
The piece portrays a chaotic view of how the census is conducted in Bowersville, with residents mocking and misinterpreting census takers. It describes scenes of confusion, local suspicions, and colorful character references as the community debates who has grown or moved, while noting pride in past censuses and the difficulty of accurate counting.
Fragmented text appears to be OCR noise from a New York World page. It mentions names like Joana and Ty, references a manager, and scattered phrases about a private office and golf clubs. The readable content is insufficient for a coherent news item.
The text argues that the secretory of the individual marks a core stage in child development, tracing how fast speech evolves with increasing control. It notes deceit as a natural defense for a helpless child and discusses the lack of rights of advising in children, whose only defense against unjust punishment may be a plea of innocence.
A fragment from North Sumatra notes a 27 year conflict between Mitch and the Acheon people. Since 1673 the war reportedly cost the Netherlands about 204.9 million and over 160,000 lives. The piece ends with stray lines about a restaurant results board and odd dialogue.
A damaged OCR passage lists numerous personal names, places, and brief snippets about injuries, ships, and officials, but many phrases are garbled. The readable items include mentions of Dr Williams, a Missouey shipment, and various authorities, yielding little cohesive news.
The fragmentary notice outlines transfers and property mentions with scattered names and addresses. It includes stray business phrases and garbled lines about real estate, possibly from a classifieds section, with unclear dates or entities. The inconsistent OCR shows references to streets and blocks and unrelated commercial text.
The excerpt outlines four mining eras in Leadville as chronicled by Thomas Tonge. It notes the first era from 1869 to 1879 with paper mining in California Gulch and vast wealth. the second era with carbonate ores and high silver yields. the third era marked by silver price decline and depression. and introduces the fourth era, a cosmical period of profitable mining across multiple metals including gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, zinc, and bismuth.
Fragmented OCR notes reference a missionary and social events with names like DAVOTHY and Ashi hon, plus a mention of bankruptcy and a courtship case. The text is garbled, containing distorted phrases and uncertain dates, with scattered references to a donation, a bankruptey, and a German American context.
A garbled report cites a pastor and parish events at Our Lady of Lourdes and a Galveston diocese connection. It references a tornado or flood aftermath, extensive losses, and appeals for aid, with scattered names, places, and dates, all rendered in broken handwriting.
A fragmentary notice offers a brick house with six rooms one bath electricity modern lighting and a good neighborhood. Located at the Dally Light building corner Crockett and Lovoya streets price listed at 200. John T. Hambleton & Co. operates the listing.
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