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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1900
Page
5
Seles notes on cattle markets, quarantines, and stock movements. Mentions Governor Tanner, land leases, and imported stock. references to Medina County ranchers, ranch settlements, price trends, and deaths from a stockman’s incident. Reports on cattle numbers, market receipts, and regional activity in San Angelo, Midland, and Chicago markets.
San Angelo announces a stock show for October 15-17 featuring roping riding and ratings. The report covers cattle trades and shipments, mules to South Africa, and market prices in St Louis and Kansas City. It notes large cattle numbers worldwide and shares various regional buying, selling, and exhibit plans.
San Antonio welcomes the Empire Opera House opening Sunday with the Goodbar Stock Company presenting Goethe’s Faust. The new theatre seats over a thousand, offers extensive loges, luxurious silk velvet interiors, advanced cooling via ice and blast fans, unobstructed sightlines, and a metropolitan stock company led by Fayette Goodbar with decades of theatre management experience across multiple cities.
An OCR fragment markets Solid Gold Spectacles and Aluminum Glasses at low prices. It touts strong business during a boom week, claiming small profits and quick sales. The ad directs readers to Beck Jewelry, 827 W. Commerce.
Report describes Dutch fishermen killing fish immediately upon landing to ensure quality for the table while French fishermen allow suffocation. Dutch customs authorities uphold the practice as proper for edible fish, contrasting with French methods.
An advertisement claims a weak stomach causes disease and impure blood that weakens the heart lungs liver and kidneys. It urges strengthening digestion with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to improve health and prevent clogged bowels, promising value especially to those who tried other remedies. A private revenue stamp covers the bottle neck.
Emperor William detains Count Wardarsee Dack to profit from speeches while a Chinese official is said to avoid suicide without empress instruction. General Miles may claim credit for China policy with Count von Waldersee. If Conger returns to campaign, Wooley’s show may seem weak.
A fragmented collage of early 20th century international tensions and political jabber. Mentions Kansas City firefighters, a Kentucky conspiracy verdict, Romania and Bulgaria strife, Colonel Bryan, Japan in China, Towne and Roosevelt on campaigns, U S titles to the Philippines, North Carolina race questions, Pettigrew’s anticipated response, anarchist detentions, and a New Orleans cruiser crewed by Black sailors in Chinese waters.
The Royal Mint sits on land of the historic Abbey of St Mary of Gra ces Eastminstr once rivaled Westminster. Wheastubey founded by Edward III grew on a Holy Trinity churchyard repurposed for pestilence burials. Excavations reveal old cloth foundations and Norman doorway fragments, a skull and bones found beneath mint floors were buried after Home Office orders.
A fragment from The Bultish Lancet proclaims that the average brain of Scotsmen is greater than that of any other race or nation, reflecting a biased 19th century scholarly claim about intellect and ethnicity.
The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas issues a November 15 1899 ruling noted in the Southwestern Reporter volume 43 page 852. The brief references a decision regarding slot machines and applicable law.
Bowie county court affirms conviction of keeping and exhibiting a slot machine used for gaming. The device, though an automaton, was designed for bets and payouts, with profits shared by the exhibitor. Court rules statutes cover all gambling devices and uphold the information and sentence.
George Walker formerly of San Antonio now heads Hancock Opera House returns to Austin. He is greeted by several friends but Frank Bushick is absent, reportedly busy arranging funds for entertaining the dog Democratico commit.
Mr and Mrs B R Abernethy and children Annie and Jesse leave for San Antonio. Mrs Abernethy will lead a girls dormitory at Peacock school next session. Friends regret the parting but wish success and happiness in her new duties. Last Tuesday a farewell garden party for Sunbeams president Mrs Abernethy drew about 40 members. 35 attended games and watermelon. The group presented a gold sugar bowl engraved Sunbeams and monogrammed for her.
Special to the Daily Light from Hondo Texas August 20 items report tax assessor Mrs H B Taylor and guests leaving for a Galveston outing. Updates on local incidents include Fred Buss recovering from a hold up near Quibl, a 14 year old son of Charles Martin’s slowly recovering after a horse fall, a new iron front brick business building by John A Miller, and medical travel for Mr Yoceah Britsch’s son. Democratic convention for the Ninety first Representative district met at Pearsal with J N Garner of Uvalde renominated without opposition. Medina County 1900 valuation totals show 3 058 467 with state taxes 11 683 07 and county taxes 105 185 81. district 9 Chicom and district 15 Devine school taxes listed. Cotton prospects noted with a forecast for Saturday.
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