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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1900
Page
3
An 1900s style advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures female weakness and related ailments. It touts near perfect recovery rates, shares a testimonial from Mrs. H. A. Alsbrook of Austin Arkansas, and invites sick women to write for free, confidential medical advice from Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
A historic timetable lists G H and S A routes east and west with departures at 12 10 noon and 8 pm toward the east and 9 am west trains, arrivals from east at 8 30 am and 4 45 pm, west at 7 30 pm, plus International and Great Northern and Santa Fe services to Laredo Houston Rockport Kerrville and more with varying morning and afternoon times.
List of daily and requestable mail arrivals and departures for multiple rail routes including I G N Ry G H A and A P Ry with times for north south east west routes and star routes to Pleasanton Spring Branch and Helotes, noting days off and special branches.
Travel note promotes a cheap round trip by the Southern Pacific to Sour Lake with SP lines arriving at Springs next morning. Advertises free mineral water for hotel guests and invites travelers to make the trip as a guest benefit.
The New York Sun notes immigrants, led by a former immigrant pilot, visit the Aquarium and reencounter Castle Garden the historic landing place. Visitors recall Castle Garden's fame as a worldwide symbol and reflect on its enduring public role despite no longer serving as a landing station.
In Great Yarmouth England a seaport town contains Kitty Witches Row a built up street said to be the narrowest in the world Measurement records its widest point at 66 inches This tiny passage stands as a curious historic feature in the eastern coast town.
A judge states that the speaker and another man are now fathers to twins born at their home last night, describing the event in regional dialect. The remark confirms a newly expanded family.
Dr. A. J. Glaser will depart with his family this month for Leon Springs on a weeklong visit to Capwin Liedenschour.
A California ban reports that Cape Nome wealth eager crowds flood San Francisco and New Orleans tales. Miners arriving with 5000 to 20000 dollars are treated as millionaires while many squander riches on lavish hotels and dazzle bystander servants and cocktails. A sad case notes a miner who lost 7500 after paying for witness to life of new riches.
The article traces women in law from ancient Rome and biblical Israel to medieval Europe and modern U.S. progress. It cites dates when law schools admitted women, notes Illinois and New York leaders, and lists clubs and associations forming to support women lawyers. It ends with Abbott arguing legal study sharpens reasoning and balance for women and men.
A flood of small ads and notices fill a San Antonio page: liquor and wine sales, sample teas, job wishes, deaths, marriages, real estate, bicycles, and local business promotions. Names include Henry Menger, 140 W Commerce, Dodds & Co, W. Crothers, J M Vance, and Mrs Lena Heye. places on Commerce, Houston, Conner's grove, and the Crystal Saloon feature.
A London style quip on witty women notes Mary uses hair dye to sharpen sight. The Omaha World-Herald cites domestic humor about wit and intuition. The New York Journal reports Japanese tea merchants plan teahouses in American cities.
The New Falcon is designated as the only wheel authorized to use the union label and is listed as Dodds & Co agents with Lt. in charge.
In a Baltimore American wit piece, Noah jokes about entering politics by likening a 'floating vote' to the voyage aboard the ark. Paphtheh asks about a political path as they satire the voyage on a hurricane deck with animals present.
A couple attempted to elope in a car but returned with a damaged vehicle after dragging the mounted auto in a hayrack. The scene indicates a comic escape gone awry and a quirky postscript.
A young woman admires a man while Miss Cayenne doubts his fame. The Washington Star quotes a remark about magazine articles written by him, highlighting curiosity over self-authored publicity.
A Chicago streetcar scene features a tense exchange about James Adams. One man denies knowledge of the second mate of the New York brig Mornia Freed and hints at a grim past involving wreck, cannibalism, and survival in the Indian Ocean. The line references a St Paul Dispatch report of the conversation.
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