The Light Newspaper Advertisements and Circulation Note
The San Antonio Sunday Light details staff positions and office contacts. It lists publishers officers and authorized collectors for subscriptions and advertising, notes rates, and warns against unauthorized bills. It also offers advertising services and a policy for corrections.
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Paty
Bitters
Steele
The
Light
Harvey Steele
W. HK
Bitter
Joseph Ball
H. C. Schumacher
Physical School Training and Nationwide Education Reform
The article argues for mandatory physical training in elementary and higher education, linking health to sustained intellectual vigor. It calls for early home and school foundations, trained teachers, and integrated physical culture from kindergarten onward to prevent nervous strain and promote holistic development.
Mothers as Nation Builders Through Early Physical Training
The speaker argues that early physical culture in children, including military and manual training, shapes health, carriage, and discipline. Training should start at home, continue through kindergarten and schooling, and extend into college and professional life, with mothers as key national builders.
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United States
Spain
Delsarte
One Minute Cough Cure Tames Sudden Croup Fears
Mothers dread winter as croup risks rise and children suffer rapid attacks. One Minute Cough Cure liquefies mucus and eases inflammation, reducing danger and restoring voice, claimed by F. S. McMahon of Hampton Georgia after using it before a speech contest.
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McMahon
Hampton
Texas and Pacific expands holiday excursion reach
The Texas and Pacific Railway extends holiday excursion sales beyond the Southeast to Mexico and multiple Midwestern states. Round trips use one first class fare plus two dollars, with December 13 17 21 22 23 and 26 sale dates and thirty day return windows. Information available from ticket agents or H P Hughes in Fort Worth and E P Turner in Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
T. & P. Ry. Company
Mexico
Colorado
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
H. P. Hughes
Ft. Worth
E. P. Turner
G.P
W. H. Firth
Fort Worth
Dakota
J. McMillan
E. McClannahan
City P. & T. A
Tex N. B
Wichita Falls
California
Dalhart
Old Mexico
Vernon
Santa Fe
S. Keenan
Galveston
Bargains in Forfeiter Pledges Offer Half Original Cost
Emerson & Co advertises bargains on forfeiter pledges at half the original price. The note also promotes Math’s every Sunday and dancing activities.
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Emerson & CO
Illustrated Sundays Offer Expanded Color Editions
The Sunday Light announces color illustrated editions on December 21 and 28 with extra papers for free distribution. The two issues aim to reach a wider audience and provide merchants a larger readership for advertising.
Barnett Company Ad Lists Paper Goods and Savings
R. L. Barnett Company advertises plain and printed wrapping paper paper bags paper boxes tissue paper hat and shirt bags twine and related items at lower prices. Promises savings on any goods in their line and urges callers to compare prices before buying. Phone 862.
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R. L. Barnett Company
For Sale Three Building Lots on West End Boulevard
Three adjacent building lots fenced and near the street car line offered for bargain sale. Contact T. B. Johnson at the Daily Light office. Also mentions wholesale fireworks at M. Castano & Son's and meat business by Schneider at 708 South Flores Street.
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Antonio Light
G Coident
T. B. Johnson
Messmer
H. C. Schumacher
Hibiicksskboss
Vorneomastern
Tribune
New York City
Western Business
Chicago
8. C. Beckwith
West End
Daily Light
Schneider
South
Flores Street
Clean soft rags wanted at Light office
Classified note seeks clean soft rags for Light office use. No details on quantities or deadlines provided.
Human Nature Etchings by Alex Miller
Humorous sketches of small town social quirks and misadventures about dinner bits, dances, thimble bees, misaddressed mail, and petty romance. The column ribbing women and men for everyday foibles through light anecdotes and wry social commentary.
Arrow Shots on Wit and Social Folly
A compact column jokes about social norms and gender roles, noting how wives affect men, women’s gossip, and everyday pretensions. It wryly observes men chasing trains, stock talk, saloon whiskey, and the quirks of manners. It ends with light humor on shaving and visible patches.
Grove's Black Hoot Liver Pills Ad
An old advertisement claims Grove's Black Hoot Liver Pills use an active principle from Black Root to act on the liver like calomel with no griping or sickness. It promises cure for chronic constipation and lists a 25 cent price.
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Grove
De Wet critiques Troops in New South Africa War Book
The Laredo Times reviews General Christian De Wet’s Three Years’ War, praising the work as noting treachery within the Boers and urging loyalty to the British Empire. De Wet credits Buller with bravery and faults the English government for shifting blame.
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Laredo
Christian de Wet
South Africa
General de Wet
de Wet
Buller
Learned Her Lesson in Monroe Doctrine Context
The Orange Tribune argues Venezuela will settle English and German claims after realizing the United States would not intervene. It contends South American states must heed the Monroe Doctrine and hints at chasten conditions if misdeeds continue, preferring nonviolent punishment by external powers.
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Venezuela
Orange Tribune
England
Germany
United States
South America
Had Bette
The Alligator Passing Reflected In Fashion Demand
The Dallas Times-Herald notes the alligator is nearly extinct in the South and attributes its passing to fashion. A Kalamazoo hunter reports scarce 14 foot gators and a market shrinking to tiny specimens, with many markets missing even small alligators.
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Dallas Times-Herald
J. Knight Perkins
Kalamazoo
New Orleans
City to strictly enforce train boarding ban
The Yoakum Daily Times reports the ordinance barring boarding or alighting from moving trains will be enforced rigidly after two recent accidents. The railroad company and officials will arrest and fine violators, aiming for stricter local vigilance.
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Yoakum Daily Times
Milk Emulsion Fact Versus Urban Myths in Texas Farmer Comment
Kalamity Bonner cites a Texas Farmer remark on milk being a thin fat emulsion in water with albumin. The exchange notes dangers of dilution with aqua hydrant or aqua de wells and adulteration with formaldehyde, highlighting skepticism about milk purity.
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Kalamity Bonner
The
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Bonner
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