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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1901
Page
2
The piece urges daily thankfulness for ordinary people. It argues happiness comes from a grateful disposition, not fortune or rare prizes, and reflects on common blessings like health, home, and basic comforts. It counsels appreciating what is present and avoiding envy of others.
A meditative essay urges readers to shed envy and bias and choose gratitude. It contrasts burden swapping with the myth of trading woes, notes wealth does not guarantee happiness, and calls for inner growth toward thankfulness as a daily habit. The piece ends by urging readers to compare themselves to the worse off and cultivate contentment.
Wetherby on a Texas bound Pullman yawns at the end of a long journey. He surveys cattlemen, sheep owners, miners, and traveling salesmen as he drifts into the smoking car with a carefully lit cigar and a weary eye on the passing landscape.
Wetherby in a long train ride notices a gold scarf pin shaped like a hand. He recalls Pauline Carroll his longtime childhood friend now grown into a radiant woman who recognizes him only as a stranger. She asks about a dropped pin and hints at a reward.
In a dining car, a woman and a man search for a gold hand pin with initials P C. The moment reveals past romance as he realizes his feelings for Pauline while a wary onlooker and the looming presence of her husband complicate the reunion.
The San Antonio Lyceum presents W. Hinton White of Melbourne Australia at the Grand Opera House on Thursday December five at 8 15 p m His talk titled Australia As It Was not Isi will draw attendees Reserved seat sales start Wednesday December four at the Y M C A office 106 Fr Crockett Street
An eyewitness in Sherman Oklahoma describes a funnel shaped storm traveling from Texas through Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The ball of vapor appeared wide about 250 yards and 100 feet high rolling forward at about 30 mph. It lifted houses and debris, burst a nearby house from its foundations, spared crops on either side, and tossed fence wires along the highway. The observer was tossed from a vehicle but escaped serious injury.
The article notes that hard training builds stamina and resilience over flashy muscle. It cites Yale and Pennsylvania players as examples of lean strength and argues coaches stress conditioning, discipline, and moral tone. J P Cranke will depart for Laredo to become editor of the Daily Times.
Classified column lists rates for notices and offers free publication for servant girls cooks and others unable to pay kindness to publish small notices in the newspaper. It outlines pricing for 15 to 25 word notices and warnings about multiple insertions and free notices for eligible individuals.
Festus Newnam and Bettie Tacksom Joe Rovello and Johanne Pinto Elicie de la Garza and Luisa Pach eco William Handley and Lacy Smith are listed in a marriage or wedding notice with paired names appearing in a community social column.
Births announced for a girl born November 15 to Mr and Mrs R B Fillington at 120 Nogalitos street and a baby born November 26 to Mr and Mrs J H Lassiter on South Flores street. Police officers enjoyed a late midnight supper at central station hosted by Officer Raffee with hearty participation.
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