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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1902
Page
8
A brief entry records the filing of a small second class matter at the San Antonio post office. The notice notes routine administrative action with no further details provided.
Daily per month and per year in advance. Monday Light subscribers must complain to Bitters and Steele the city circulators if not received. Pay subscriptions only to authorized collectors listed: Harvey Steele W H Bitter Joseph Ball i e Schumacher. Request receipts for all payments.
Publisher indicates regular Light staff and reporters G Allie Martin Fred W Mosebach and Lee Johnson, with special reporters to be credentialed by the underwriter or management.
A notice states the signer bears no responsibility for bills contracted in the name of The Light er unless a written order is provided from the signer. The fragment emphasizes sole personal liability linked to unresolved or unsigned charges. The exact scope and entities are partially obscured by the damaged OCR.
A lay preacher rejects clemency for a condemned man arguing the State bears responsibility for unfitness and crime. The writer asserts heredity and disability seed crime, contending the State must prevent unions and births of the unfit rather than merely punish.
Mr J Emerson Rose of the U S Census Bureau visits counties to select reliable enumerators for cotton bale and lint figures. He plans three fall bulletins with totals up to Oct 18, Dec 5, and season end. Rose oversees thirty counties, with one year terms and renewal for satisfactory service. Delegates praise Galveston hosts after the state Hibernians convention, noting rebuilding progress, labor shortages, and hopes for a bigger Galveston commerce future.
A compact, miscellaneous page notes evolving political sentiments among Mexican citizens and local voters, with calls for honest dealing and stronger penalties for weapons. It critiques editors, campaign ad tactics, and the GOP in Texas while urging persistence in advertising and the value of artesian wells over street repairs.
It was told of a Ganado-area farmer who, while listening to a phonograph in town, panicked and fled for the street shouting that a brass band was coming and leaving the mules untied. The El Campo News framed the tale as bucolic humor from the region.
An old trusted remedy advertised for over sixty years by millions of mothers. It claims to soothe children while teething, ease gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic and diarrhea, and is sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle.
A satirical column discusses scarce news in a rural paper, noting Sam Jones’s growing wealth and a Barnum reference. It muses on bee-keeping, cotton mills, oil’s savings for railroads, and sanitation for animals. It urges Carnegie to fund charity and public health over libraries.
A letter from Geo. W. Fry of Viola Iona attests to relief from months of stomach trouble after using Kodol. He praises its effects and notes a neighbor with dyspepsia also benefited. The message adds that health relies on digestive function and endorses Kodol as a reconstructive tonic that digests good food after meals.
The Castroville Quill retells biblical figures as baseball figures in a humorous piece. The retired editor jokes that biblical characters coached, pitched, and ran bases in plays like Eve stealing first and Samson striking out many times while beating the Philistines. The style mocks sport tropes with misheard names and accidental puns.
The Record critiques the county bond proposition, editorializing on municipal water rate hikes in El Paso. It notes Dr. John Grant’s attack on Roosevelt, previews the State Republican convention in Fort Worth, and mentions Fritz Hofheinz as a potential State Senator candidate amid party tensions.
A Sioux City Iowa man recalls his 11 year old son being poisoned by weed or plant contact during a picnic. After rubbing into his eyes the child nearly lost sight until a neighbor recommended DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The first application helped and a few days later he recovered fully. The ad touts DeWitt's Salve for skin disease cuts burns wounds insect bites and piles, with cautions about counterfeits.
Classified notice offering inexpensive newspapers, 0,000 each, described as clean and suitable for wrapping and packing. Encourages readers to visit the daily light office for viewing and purchase.
Senator W H Pope departs for San Antonio to defend Harrell the man who killed Holt recently. Pope is noted as a statewide criminal lawyer. Beaumont Enterprise notes Mrs J August and children returning from San Antonio after a several week visit.
Mr Hugo Meekel of San Arsitonto visits his home folks while Fred CC Wantzloeben of San Antonio stays eight days. Miss Bessie Eckles from San Antonio visits Mrs L N Lavallee. F W Schweppe ships tomatoes to the San Antonio market and to the home market. Master Eugene Bennett of San Antonio visits Hilmar Fabra. Eugenie, 16, is noted as a capable guitarist.
Bennettsville South Carolina resident recounts how his wife suffered from dyspepsia and loss of appetite until using Electric Bitters. After four bottles she regained strength and health, praising the tonic's gentle laxative effect for liver trouble in a period advertisement. Sold by Kalteyer & Sons and others for 60 cents.
President L. J. Hart forwards a letter to Admiral Schley noting his Texas October visit and San Antonio as a key stop. The letter requests advance notice of arrival date and length of stay to arrange a fitting reception for the famed naval hero whose valor has earned global admiration.
Fragment from a patent medicine advertisement touts One Minute Consh Cure as a universal remedy. Claims include immediate relief from inflammation head congestion and coughs croup throat and lung troubles. Mentions customers and various names in a dubious promotional context.
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