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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1902
Page
10
George C. Moffet reports from Bee Antonio Chess Checkers and Whist Club at Room 19 Alamo Insurance Building. Bee Problem No 47 by Heathcote of Manchester England features a nine piece pack.
Chess notes describe a puzzle with mating ideas on several boards, listing key moves and responses. It references positions on KS and QKI5 with captures and sequence short mates in two, indicating terse problem-solving hints.
Readers chase the correct solution for Problem No 44 compiled from scattered names and places. The text cites individuals such as Chas E nsore Antonis N C Rigg Rock Island C G Angus Palestine and others in a garbled roster. It appears to request a definitive answer or method from Mr F Be Stanberry Dallas to resolve the ration problem.
The report covers tests of openings by Mr Mealy and Mr Holland with several players from Texas and beyond. Missed news details mention Thomas J Middleton of Waxahachie as guest, and speakers discuss counter gambit interests. State matches Iowa Missouri Mississippi Iowa progress show a draw potential, with Nebraska pending.
A correspondence item discusses delays in a Mississippi opponent due to a state association meeting and urges support for chess growth. It notes unfinished Missouri games, pending Texas matches between Herman Meuly and John C. O Keefe, and analyzes chess defenses and timing, highlighting moves like KA K2 and B R2 and the resulting positions.
The American Chess World announces fusion of publication with New York and Pennsylvania ties dated 1931 2 and 1811 2. The publisher notes subscriptions never exceeded half the printing cost offering chess goods or a complete magazine set as remedy for due amounts.
The Western Chess association held its third annual meeting and championship in Excel sior Minn. with nineteen competitors from six states. Louis Uedemann of Chicago won first prize $100, E P Elliott of Minneapolis second $40, Hine of Savannah Mo and Wilcox of Chicago tied for third $30, Stacy of Minneapolis and Friedlander of Grand Forks divided fifth prize. Other entrants included Fori Hiexmann Wi lark Bigelow Hillman Spencer Taylor Jacobs Smith Bruns Widmeyer Lee Lynde and Hald among others.
Pillsbury will be absent from the state until 1903, staying near Burd then gradually returning to Philadelphia via South America. In Paris, a sixteen-board exhibition at Cercle Phisidor drew peak enthusiasm as Pillsbury defeated top French amateurs, including a remarkable mating sequence in four at the seventh move after a Paris line not in standard texts.
Two new chess books are announced. The Chess Symposium by Joseph Halpern offers over 250 endgames with diagrams, priced $2, available via J Halpern at Manhattan Chess Club New York. Chess Player's Compendium covers 2000 masters games by openings, costs 10s 6d post free, editor Mr William Cook, Times and Mirror Bristol England.
Pillsbury notes tobacco opinions while Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion, recounts a London episode. A donor sent cigars before Lasker’s Moscow match with Steinitz, and Lasker jokes the cigars helped win the contest by testing Steinitz.
August dispatch from New York notes Labor Day rush to country and sea retreats as fall activity nears. Highlights include Brooklyn's role in state conventions, letter carriers attending Denver events, and Labor Day origins in New York. Reports on Saratoga boom, Central Railroad kissing ban, East River bridge hopes, Newport Horse Show, and theater seating changes.
A San Antonio reader recounts kidney trouble starting three years ago with backache and dizziness. After trying multiple remedies she used Doan's Kidney Pills, reports relief from headaches and dizziness, and praises the product. Local store Bexar Drug Co. invites inquiries. Foster-Milburn Co. is U S sole agent. Remember the name Doan's.
The text discusses the Minnesota Youngers parole situation and potential legal issues if a convict were killed. It raises questions about what crime would apply to a slayer when the Youngers are already freed or confined, and notes no legal precedent exists for such a scenario. The fragment reflects courtroom debate on implications of parole and life sentences.
Beginning July first, two thru trains to Colorado daily from Fort Worth. One leaves at 12:45 a.m. and the other at 11:10 p.m. via Denver, with thru coaches sleeping cars and cafe dining on board. Rates from Texas points: one fare plus two dollars round trip, valid till October 31, with generous stopover privileges.
A tour note listing attractive summer resorts along the Southern Railway, including Ashville North Carolina Hot Springs and Tennessee and Virginia coastal retreats. Addresses are provided for obtaining summer hours folders and descriptive material via Mr M H Bone Western Echo Agent Houston Texas or a local ticket agent.
Merchants are urged to place their name and business in the Daily Light Business Directory. Price is 12.00 per year per line inverted, payable 1.00 per month. Contact options include the Home buyer and other media as well as The Light.
August 31 is the last day for paying city taxes. After that date delinquent lists will be made and turned over to the printer, and city attorney offices will initiate suits against all delinquents. City Treasurer W. W. Johnson.
From the Bowser mansion front steps to the dinner table Mr Bowser remains cheerful and playful. He greets neighbors pays a street vendor and shares bananas with boys while Mrs Bowser frets about health and the doctor. He jokes with his wife and reassures her that he feels perfectly well despite the heat and an odd day.
Mrs Bowser watches as Mr Bowser sits on the front steps after dinner while a playful crowd and a huckleberry man pass by. The banana man shouts and clings to the gate, but Bowser remains calm, smoking and watching the night hawks. The scene ends with a uneasy peace as the family fears a midnight outburst.
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