City News Highlights Run Haul of Local Wonders
A bicycle stolen from Harry Mills was recovered by Officer Wahiters. A negro is accused of selling the wheel for $2 to a boy. Loose stock roams near Nolan street and crowds private property. Schweineschlachten set for Sunday at Scheuermeyer’s Park. Bridges on Convent and Sheridan streets need repairs. Will McKaughan, injured in a runaway, is recovering. An exciting billiard match pits George Jambois against Will Nolan Tuesday night. Bailies sells mince pies and Xmas cakes. Laurel Heights extension to North Flores nears completion and cars will run to Magnolia Street. A thief took Dr. Decker’s surgical instruments from his buggy on East Commerce Street yesterday.
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Harry Mills
Wahiters
Nolan Street
Schweineschlachten
Scheuermeyer’s Park
Convent
Sheridan Streets
Will McKaughan
George Jambois
Will Nolan
Bailies
Laurel Heights
North Flores
Magnolia Street
Dr. Decker
Commerce _ street
F A Chapa Drugstore Opens for 24 Hour Service
In business for your health the F A Chapa Druggist offers pure drugs with special prescription focus. Open day and night with free delivery at all hours. Located at 818 West Commerce Street opposite New Market. Two phones available.
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Commerce St
New Market
City Notes and Events Across San Antonio in Brief
City hall janitor Sam Napier shows artistic talent painting over a second floor area. Rev J H Collett of Philadelphia will preach at St James and Bethel today. Shoppers fill streets with holiday gifts as Bailies pastry draws crowds. The federal court will adjourn until January 2 for holidays and Villemain reports 1314.32 collected. Scheuermeyer’s Park advertises homemade country sausage. De Zavala school plans a 200-child operetta at the Grand Opera House for a piano and library fund. Constable Stevens seeks a missing gold watch near Alamo plaza. Trinity M E Church announces services. flag raising at Herff school with G A R. New Years Eve ball at Turner Hall by S S Social Club. St Mark’s Church schedule for today includes Holy Communion and sermons. Miss Puterbaugh to sing. Scheueremyer's advert highlights Metzel soups and kesselfleisch. San Antonio teachers plan mutual aid meeting at Brackenridge. Morin reports new clothes found and left for ID. Nunnelly Camp helps revise city ordinances.
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J.H. Collett
D. D
A. M. BE
Philadelphia
St. James
Bethel
Federal Court
Villemain
Scheuermeyer’s Park
de Zavala
Grand Opera House
Constable Stevens
Alamo Plaza
Commerce Street
Milwaukee
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Corner Avenue C
Pecan Street
Epworth League
Herff School
Goliad Street
Grand Army of the Republic
S. S. Social Club
Turner Hall
Diaz
St. Mark’s Church
Covent
C. H. Remington
W. R. Richardson
Visitors at the Mahncke Hotel Include Notables
R W Dowe of Eagle Pass and W H Todd with wife from Thomas, O T, are guests at the Mahncke. Mrs Harry Murray of San Luis Potosi, Mex, also staying there. Also notes on a cleaning service and local listings for Burnt wood and Lewison's Studio with advertisement details.
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R. W. Dowe
Eagle Pass
W. H. Todd
Thomas, O. T
Harry Murray
San Luis Potosi
Mex
Panama Appropriation Delicate Senate Dilemma
Special to The Light reports the Panama emergency appropriation bill facing mixed Senate support. Administration momentum fades as many senators hesitate amid uncertainty what the $11,000,000 measure fully entails. Strong proponents and critics alike show reluctance to publicly defend the isthmus project.
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Washington, D .C
Senate
Panama
Chamber
Turner Talks of Impending Dooms Day at San Antonio Jail
In a rare visit from The Light Inter speaker, condemned man George Turner chats from the death cell about his upcoming execution. He says he feels fine, predicts a peaceful death next Friday, and arranges for Father O Callaghan and the Sisters to handle his burial here, rejecting a Fort Worth burial.
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The
Light
George Turner
Turner
O’callaghan
Father O’callaghan
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Night Watch
Kansas City Man Lays Praise on San Antonio
J. D. Wells of Kansas City, a noted liquor dealer, arrives in San Antonio to escape the Kaw climate. He praises the city and Southwest Texas as a great place for business and living, commending local hospitality and prospects for money making, and says he will be sad to leave.
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J. D. Wells
Kansas City
Alamo City
Mr. Wells
San Antonio
Light
Texas
Inside Nerves and Restorative Offer Kidney Relief
An advertisement argues kidneys fail not by their own fault but by weak inside nerves. Dr Shoop’s Restorative is presented as a cause remedy for nervous system weakness affecting kidneys, heart, liver, and stomach. Free book options and Health Token offered with address in Racine Wisconsin.
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Shoop
The Soldier of 76 and Dorchester Heights
General John Thomas led 700 provincial troops who occupied South Boston and fortified Dorchester Heights in a single night. The soldiers, scorned by the British as rabble, shared homespun equality and rough attire but proved effective in defense against the Redcoats.
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John Thomas
Boston
Washington
Little Army
Thomas
Roxbury
Bill
Dorchester Heights
Hawkins the English Painter and the Paris Folly
The aged artist Hawkins is remembered as a brilliant youth yet later as living in a fool's paradise. A MP Mr Ackers pressured him to paint in Paris for £50, offering to finish the work. Hawkins yielded, and Ackers kicked a hole in the canvas, freeing the artist for reckless indulgence.
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Hawkins
Ackers
Paris
Wells to Stay in City Briefly Before Returning Home
Mr. Wells will remain in the city perhaps a week before returning to his Kansas City home.
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Mr. Wells
City
Kansas City
Bernhardt to Tour Texas Indies Halt The Greenwall Circuit
New Orleans reports Sarah Bernhardt plans a tent tour through Texas after clashes with the Greenwall circuit and the theater trust. Independent managers have booked one or two New Orleans houses and bid for Fourton's theater as Belasco and others push independent houses nationwide.
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New Orleans
Sarah Lernhardt
Theatrical Syndicate
Texas
Green, Wall
Greenwall
David Belasco
Fiske
Henry Greenwall
Dallas
Waco
Fort
Mme. Bernhardt
Roll of
Independent Stars
Massaging and Manicuring Classes Advertised by Mme Chambers
Advertisement lists services by Mme Chambers at Fant Building opposite Peck's and promotes Garden Street Stables with the finest carriages. It also notes Shelley Undertaking Co contact change with new phone 971 and old 964.
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Mme. Chambers
Fant
Peck’s
Garden Street Stables
Shelley Undertaking Co
Christmas Entertainment by St Vincent de Paul at St Henry's
A grand Christmas show by St Vincent de Paul conference at St Henry's Church benefits the poor. On Tuesday December 1 the program at St Joseph's hall East Commerce Street features St Henry's School children delivering a well prepared entertainment. Admission is modest to support a worthy cause.
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St. Vincent de Paul Conference
St. Henry’s Church
St. Joseph's Hall
East Commerce Street
St. Ilenry’s School
The Poet Clement Marot Wins A Royal Pension
Clement Marot faced heavy poverty and complained to the king that his creditors harassed him despite payments. He told of a debtor that never satisfied its demands his stomach. The king rewarded the joke with an immediate pension.
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Clement Marot
Dying on Stage Marks Fatal Endings in 19th Century Actors
A historical note recalls actors who died on stage or soon after performances. Edmund Kean in 1833 whispered I am dying as he collapsed in Othello’s arms. Mrs Glover’s final benefit in 1850 left her near unconscious on stage. Harley in 1858, while playing Bottom, uttered I have an exposition of sleep and died hours later.
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Edmund Kean
His Friendship and a Cuspidor Solution
At a western state country church annual meeting members discussed floor spitting during Sunday services near the store. The pastor proposed cuspidors, and a deacon suggested appointing Brother A and Brother B as cuspidors for the year to reduce the nuisance.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Why are you yawning in the kitchen table tale
A comical dialogue unfolds as a landlady asks why Johnny yawns at the table. He explains he yawns when hungry, and she asks what he does when sleepy. He replies he goes to bed, delivering a simple childlike humor moment.
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Little Johnny
Bubble Film Thickness for Violet Shade
The violet shade is shown when the soap film thickness is about one two four zero thousandth of an inch. This precise thickness affects interference colors observed in bubbles.
Rev H A Wells Leaves St James A M E For Paul Quinn College
Rev H A Wells departs after four years as pastor of St James A M E church to become financial agent and supervisor of mechanical industries at Paul Quinn College Waco He advocates industrial education for young Black men and plans to establish trades departments at Paul Quinn He aims to begin work quickly and will introduce his successor to the congregation tomorrow night
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H. A. Wells
St. James A. M. E
Paul Quinn College
Waco
Wells
Houston
Congregation of St. James
Potatoes Turn to Agate Stones in So Cal Patch
A century ago a Spaniard planted potatoes in Southern California but was driven out by Indians before harvesting. This week excavators at the site unearthed a fine crop of agate stones where the potatoes reportedly petrified into the mineral.
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California
W. W. Walling Lawyer Advertisement
W. W. Walling, a lawyer, practices in all state and federal courts with offices at 606 Crockett Street. Contact numbers 1349.
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Crockett St
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Brownie Kodaks
Pape Bulls Eye Kodaks
Crothers & Birdsong
E. Houston St
Morris Block & CO
Alamo
E. Brown
Hamilton Brown
City News
F.A. Chapa Druggist
Ack
Poge
Sam Napier
City Hall
Geo. Caen
Jefferson Street
Bexar Hotel
Lewison
the Light
Father O'Callaghan
the Kentucky Restaurant
W. Commerce St
Dr. Shoop, Box
Racine
Wis
Reat
Staacke
Christmas Entertainment
Rev. Wells
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Riedner
West Commerce Street
W. W. Walling
J.T Burnett & Co., Undertakera
Billy Sheehan
Commerce
Camaron
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