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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1899
Page
2
The item notes bitterness toward the San Antonio Post Office, labeling it as Second Class Mail Matter, reflecting local sentiment about mail handling and service.
A meditation on the passage of 1899 as a pivotal year, urging readers to imagine the coming year positively. The church speaker contrasts folly and wisdom, praises charitable works, and encourages hopeful, constructive thinking as they stand on the threshold of a new century.
Printer's notice offers a two revolution Scott G press No 6 in first class condition capable of 2400 forms per hour and a Brown hand feed folding machine at 3000 per hour. Individual costs are 2100 and 750, but both machines together are $1750. Ad dress T B Johnson Daily Light Office 12-15-11.
Kempster Elder states in Engineering Magazine January that a complete interior telephone exchange for twenty four stations cost about 1890 dollars for desk sets and 640 dollars for wall units with a nine line switch, battery, and wiring. He notes a total plant aiming for minimum future expense and suggests cheaper options around 20 dollars per instrument for a first class factory system depending on finish and provisioning.
A brief note urges people not to fall while looking at the window display from Person & Co. located at 122 Soledad. The text mentions ages 9 to 80 4f as part of an informal tag or safety reminder.
A reflective New Year verse calls for greeting the coming year with luck and remembrance. It honors departed and nearby loved ones, suggests barriers against sorrow, and recalls trials and hidden wounds that affection can heal, ending with a toast to the best of New Years.
An advertisement touts Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a cure for piles. It promises relief after use and lists prices of 50 cents for bottles and 7 cents for tubes with local drugstores and pharmacists named.
Notice to taxpayers that the City Board of Equalization will convene in the City Assessor's office on November 25 1899 and will continue daily sessions until all work is finished. J P Devine City Assessor.
J Harsen Rhoades urges saving as the wisest way to invest one or two thousand dollars. He warns against speculative schemes and calls for New York legislation to curb bogus speculators. He praises savings banks for safety and urges young people to save weekly and invest only with personal control.
A Texas wonder claims one bottle of Hall's Great Discovery cures kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, rheumatism, and strengthens the back. It targets men women and children and offers mail delivery for $1 if not sold locally. Hall, a St Louis manufacturer formerly in Waco, Texas, markets through druggists in Texas.
A reader from Temple Texas dated 4 26 99 praises Hall's Great Discovery for bladder and kidney troubles. The testimonial says one bottle cured them and they would not take $1,000 for the benefit received. Signed R Tyler.
Fragmented OCR text mentions friends, Lavaca, a dealer, and a coffee package with a date 12-17-1f. No clear event or names to confirm a coherent news item.
AUSTINs refusal to pay January interest on 1.6 million in city bonds sparks talk of full repudiation. The editor argues Texas municipalities face a debt bubble, notes San Antonio lags behind Houston and Dallas in indebtedness, and urges prudent valuation limits amid local politics and park and water debates.
The copy promotes WHITE'S CREAM VERMIFUGE as a worm expeller and tonic to restore health in children troubled with worms. It notes irritability feverishness and sickness as symptoms and lists price 25 eds with dealer locations City Drug Store 106 East Commerce Street C Schasse 323 West Commerce Street Wm Appmann.
A playful verse about a girl named Mary who carries a coffee pot to school despite rules. The poem repeats the pot’s travels and how classmates laugh seeing it in class. The rhythm and repetition evoke a child friendly reading moment.
An advertising notice promotes BAL LARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP for colds priced at 25 and 60 cents. It lists City Drug Store on 106 Hast Commerce Street, C Schasse at 828 West Commerce Street, and Wm Appmanz Sunset Pharmacy as retailers.
In a January interview Charles Going reports on the Rand mines amid Boer governance fears. Ownership is mainly European, with Germany and France holding major shares, making official wrecking unlikely. Vandalism and selective extraction for immediate gain are anticipated, with repairs neglected and machinery driven to death.
Announcement promoting Ballard's Snow Liniment for broken limbs chiiblains burns and sores with claims of immediate relief and healing. Advertises prices 25 and 60 cents and lists City Drug Store addresses on East Commerce Street and Sunset Pharmacy with names Schasse and Appmann.
The advertisement stresses gas stoves with no upfront fire cost and no waste. It touts connection free setup and reduced gas cooking costs, promoting pay for what you use.
The firm pledges better work than ever before and says its laundering will showcase unmistakable proofs of skill on shirts, collars and cuffs as the New Year is marked.
A terse exchange hints at interest in census work with a question about prior related experience. The responder confirms limited assistance and mentions ongoing parental duties, indicating tentative engagement with census tasks.
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