San Antonio Light Publisher and Officials Listed
San Antonio Light publishes its corporate officers and offices with T B Johnson as president and manager W S Messmer as vice president H C Schumacher as treasurer and local addresses for the business office. The notice lists subscription collectors Harvey Steele W H Bitter Joseph Ball and others and warns subscribers to pay only to authorized collectors with receipts.
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SAN Antonio Light
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T. B. Johnson
W. S. Messmer
H. C. Schumacher
T. B. Johnson Hastern
Tribune” Building
New York City
Western Business Office
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Sunday Light
Bitters
A Day at Long Beach California Travelers Note
Excerpt describes a sunny Sunday at Long Beach and nearby coast within easy reach of Los Angeles. It portrays crowds of families and beachgoers, lively sea air, and the festive scene along the shore with dancing, sunburnt youth, and the boisterous waves.
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Los Angeles
Point Concepcion
Monica
Port Los Angeles
San Pedro
Terminal Island
Long Beach
Thast
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Sea Beach Reveries and Everyday Wonder at Oceanfront
A vivid 1902 Los Angeles narrator describes a crowded beach scene with striped swimsuits and curious crowds. Donkeys pulling a waffle cart, umbrellas as tiny tented shelters, and a pier table aboard imagined ships highlight seaside life and the sea’s changing moods.
Texas tobacco industry a growing Texas strength
The Beeville Bee cites the Texas Bureau of Statistics showing over 100000 dollars of tobacco raised in Texas annually. It notes tobacco ranks among the best grown in the state and suggests Texans may expand cultivation as other industries develop. The piece asserts Texas could rival Mexican and Havana tobacco and emphasizes high paying returns.
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Beeville Bee
Bureau of Statistics
Texas
Havana
Lenient Buffalo Judge Frees Most Drunks
The Buffalo Evening Times reports Justice Van Watter discharged 26 of 27 intoxication cases. The sole held man bore the name Drinkwater, and the judge joked about his future five day sentence and wished his name were different. The piece hints at hidden factors behind clemency.
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Buffalo Evening Times
Jutice van Watter
Drinkwater
Drinkwein
Beerbeng
Sunday Snaps on Local Politics and Elections in San Antonio
A compendium of political chatter names R. B. Minor and other hopefuls for district judge, notes on mayoral prospects, bond issues, and local reform. Mentions editors, labor leaders, drink restrictions, and the tavern economy while lampooning candidates and party tactics amid San Antonio civic concerns.
Human Nature Etchings by a Local Observer
A collection of micro observations on town characters from a casual narrator. Vignettes include an old man’s circus comparison, a liar bet, a separated wife’s fate, shoes with bows, a revival conversion joke, a boastful memory kept in a hip pocket, and wary gamblers at a hotel table, ending with caution to let others hear you.
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Longfellow
Fragments of thought and advice spill from a mixed voice
A collage of wry maxims and observational snippets on circus crowds, aging, music, fashion, and daily life. The pieces touch on public spectacles, travel weariness, independence, and the lure of simple comforts while weaving in humorous and pointed cultural jabs.
Republicans urged to oppose prohibition in Texas issue
The letter argues the Texas Democratic Party favors prohibition and urges the Republican Party to declare against sumptuary laws and support repealing the local option law. It claims prohibition drives party hypocrisy and urges a referendum to end prohibition in Vermont as a precedent, urging Texans to seize the moment.
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Texas
Peems of
People of
Republican Party
Antisaloon League
Prohibition Party
Republican Party of
Vermont
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Chauffeur versus driver debate in car terminology
The Paso Herald discusses the car service title mismatch with terms like chauffeur and stoker. It argues the word chauffeur is ill fitting and unpronounceable, noting driver suffices though fashion favors the fancy label.
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FE Paso Herald
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