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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1905
Page
15
A detective lecturing about jewel theft recalls cases of women misplacing or falsely accusing others. Lecoq cites Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Atlantic liners, noting costly investigations and eventual memory of safes or forgotten hiding places. He argues few women should own valuables and suggests contracts forfeiting jewels after baseless accusations.
A locksmith describes securing diverse valuables from diaries for a rich old maid to a cedarwood cigar chest and tea caddies for a cautious client. He notes diary volumes since 1882 and locks on whisky flasks and roulette wheels, with prices from 10 cents for burnt wood. Lewison's Studio, 208 W Commerce Street.
A survey of new works and periodicals notes Prof Wooberry’s The Tech arguing racial dissolution fuels civilization, contrasted with The Color Line. It praises Back to Arcady, House of Merrilees, Smith's December, and The Outlook's November issue with Flying Machines That Really Fly and other features.
E D Thomas Jeweler at 512 EB Houston Street offers suitable wedding presents and holiday gifts. The shop markets a selection likely including fine jewelry and keepsake items for special occasions.
A parable from the San Francisco Call tells of two men before an arbiter choosing between a ton of ostrich feathers or a ton of gold. One chooses gold and is crushed. the other feathers smother him. The arbiter warns against excess, urging contentment with a reasonable portion of life’s goods.
San Antonio shows a corner location at Alamo Plaza and Crockett with a $300000 establishment now 16 years old. The piece touts strong endorsements from business men, mail tuition options, and scholarship offers in bookkeeping penmanship mathematics business spelling and letter writing while promising flexible payment and employment upon course completion.
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