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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1902
Page
11
Grand Opera House manager Weis announces the Braunig company will open on the first and stay a full week and five weeks straight. He says San Antonio has become a premier theatrical center and promises first class scenery and cooling electric fans to match the rising town pace.
Klaw and Erlanger bring a starry Chicago engagement featuring Senor Romando in a Fili pino turn and an array of productions from Onoto Watana’s tale to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Massively staged spectacles with Japanese import costumes promise striking scenes, while Krause Taylor Company and Adelaide Thurston promise popular atractions and new plays.
The piece ponders how William II and Theodore Roosevelt dominate publicity as two of the era’s most prominent leaders. It notes their vigor, public display, outdoor tastes, and continuous presence in newspapers, suggesting fame accompanies greatness regardless of how one achieves power.
The principal advantage is that Hot Springs and Carlsbad waters are too hot when drawn and cool, losing pedicidal properties, while San Antonio water flows at 104 degrees Fahrenheit and maintains its therapeutic attributes.
A National Advertiser excerpt reflects on how the United States, now a world power, sees a shift toward publicity and self-promotion. It notes the democratic impulse that drives even leaders to seek public recognition and likens modern fame to the ways merchants and society figures showcase themselves through print.
Desirable summer resorts along the Southern Railway include the Land of the Sky, Sapphire Country with Ashville North Carolina, Hot Springs, Tennessee, and resorts in Virginia and Tennessee plus seashore locales. For hours folders and descriptive matter write to Mr M Bone Western Passenger Agent Houston Texas or your nearest ticket agent.
Free offer runs for 30 days with every Confirmation picture order. Smith's Studio at 323 Houston Street promises a 14x17 portrait at no extra cost. Ground-floor studio touts reliability and local chatter about The White Owl.
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