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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1902
Page
3
A vintage testimonial promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as curing diseased womanly organs and related pains such as back and sideaches. It claims regularity and inflamed areas heal with the medicine and advertises a 1008 page advisory volume offered by sending stamps to Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo New York.
Train schedules show departures and arrivals for Houston connections with intercity lines including Katy Flyer and M & T, plus lines to San Antonio, St. Louis, Laredo and Mexico. Key times include Houston arrivals at 5 45 PM and 7 30 AM, and connections to California and North Texas points.
In Houston Southern Pacific shop workers confront friction as new hires suffer harassment amid a strike. Old hands allegedly beat, drive out, and force oaths from newcomers while manager Van Vieck seeks to resolve tensions and protect staff amid claims of scabbing and hazing.
Rail schedules tentatively route Rock Island trains from Chicago to Los Angeles via Kansas City El Paso and the Northern Pacific with connections to Santa Fe lines. A 65 hour minimum travel time pact between Santa Fe and Rock Island ends pace war on coast runs. Pullman unveils ten new cars to equip the service and full electric lighting.
A New Orleans report notes the Pullman company rides a rich harvest from summer tourist traffic to California beaches and resort areas. The article describes a new scheme for porter self protection involving coupons issued to porters for this season.
Southern Pacific aims to start a Sunset Limited service between New Orleans and San Francisco with the new Ginihg car equipment. Initial service will be limited to the Sunset Limited, then expanded to other trains as upgrades proceed. A Monterey special notes Mexican Central short line construction will begin, with surveys from Pare don to Lampazo completed and field work planned across the border toward San Antonio.
A passenger train due at the Arkansas Pass depot at 2 05 p m yesterday arrived at 3 15 p m due to an engine breakdown beyond Berg's Mill. An engine was dispatched once word reached authorities and the train was brought into the city.
Between St ee J B Metcalf president of Mexican International in the city yesterday Henry M Golden Katy assistant passenger and ticket agent left for Rockport on a two week vacation Switch engine No 46 of the Southern Pacific is in local shops undergoing oil burning changes The N G N will run a moonlight excursion to New Braunfels Tuesday with a band concert at Landa park An excursion to Landa park Wednesday for Christian Church Sunday School picnic
Maynie Lambert describes a day trip to the Salado near Fort Sam Houston. The account details watching U S soldiers drill horses, a countryside tour past dairy farms and prairie camps, a late meal of fried chicken and homemade bread, and a surreal vision by the spring at the Salado featuring water nymphs and a playful mishap with Billy the horse.
District guests include D B Woornbeck and wife at the Menger, J M Duncan from Houston, Georges H Barber and J B Lewis from Chicago, and R J Pitzgerald and W Winder returning from Griffith Brothers ranch. Other travelers and residents frequent the Cosgrove and Southern hotels, with mentions of Dr Frank Fannine and family, Captain John P Campbell, and local officials from Brownsville and Beeville.
A fragment discusses Rev. Theo Hunter praising Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy for kidney and other ailments, lists product sizes, and mentions Golden Drops for neuralgia and rheumatism. It then shifts to advice on germinating garden seeds in drought, detailing a method using a planked raised bed and daily checks before transplanting.
A jumble of local ads and notices lists Holland tea and coffee, furniture loans, restaurants, undertakers, rentals, train and streetcar updates, picnic invites at Hermann Sons and Union Park, plus street vendors and small business promotions across San Antonio.
A New York woman describes rare moments of riding in a private carriage to the Waldorf, paying 50 cents to a driver, and feeling superior as flunkies rush to open doors, though she laments the pleasure cannot last and weighs the temporary thrill against the humbling rhythm of daily life.
The Philadelphia Ledger describes how a dealer samples wine without swallowing to judge its quality. The nose aroma and brain perception determine value, while swallowing and large consumption can muddle the brain and lessen judgment.
Mrs. Nannie Gallager of La Grange Ga reports Bucklents Arnica Salve quickly healed great sores on her head and face. The advertisement promotes its effectiveness on sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns and burns.
The Leominster priory church houses a 614 docking stool, a ducking device used on scolds and other offenders since Saxon times. The Leominster specimen was the last known in England, used until 1809, with other examples at Montgomery Warwick Portley and Leek.
An old trusted remedy claimed to soothe teething children for over sixty years. The advertisement asserts it calms pain in gums relieves wind colic and cures diarrhea and urges buyers to ask for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup at twenty five cents a bottle.
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