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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1899
Page
6
A trimmed collection of civic resolutions and opinions urging municipal ownership of utilities, honest officials, pure water, street improvements, and thrift with commentary on taxation, schools, breweries, and charity in San Antonio around 1900.
The Southern Railroad has established a new thirty two mile link between Columbia and Perry after its lease of the Florida Central and Peninsular lines expired. Florida specials will shift to the Carolina Midland route to Allendale Yemasee and then Savannah via the Plant system.
The American Woolen company of New York controlling 26 mills will raise wages by 10 percent starting Monday. About 26,000 workers in these mills and possibly 100,000 others downstream benefit, justified by harsh conditions in the woolen industry.
The New York World reports Chicago hosts the second in importance Mormon headquarters after Salt Lake City at No. 1443 Le Moyne Street. Brigham H. Roberts founded the Chicago church and directed a large operation with 230 elders, three churches, and substantial annual expenditures to extend the faith among locals and immigrants. The piece notes polygamy claims and healing by laying on hands, recounts Roberts’s early punishment for temple politics, and describes encounters with Rev. J. F. Loba and his family’s Utah departure.
Philadelphia December 30 The plan to pension and retire old Pennsylvania Railroad workers takes effect Monday. East line officers must arrange to relieve all men over 70, creating vacancies and promotions. No total count is given. authority is required to retire 65 to 69 year olds. Pension averages about 40 percent of monthly wages and workers may seek other employment.
An advertisement touts B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm as a universal blood purifier that cures chronic ulcers cancers sores and skin eruptions. It claims to drain poisons from the blood and system and promises permanent cures after thirty years of testing with thousands cured. price is $1 per bottle or six bottles for $6.
A Salem resident Lewis Dennis praises Ko dol Dyepepsia Cure claiming it helped digestion and stomach troubles. The note lists endorsements from Wm Kalteyer C Bchaase Wm Appmann and J A Burke, touting its efficacy.
An old advertisement urges washing children garments and personal clothing with Red Seal soap. It warns cheap laundry soaps can be harmful to healthy skin and promotes Red Seal as a safer option.
Unclaimed letters at the San Antonio Texas post office for the week ending December 30 1899 are advertised with a one cent fee. The list includes numerous surnames and initials across various categories misc misc adm A Mere: Ladies and Foreign lists. Readers are urged to return to sender if addressed incorrectly and to notify the postmaster of address changes.
In this ad a tonic claims to cure constipation indigestion and dyspepsia while boosting appetite and strength. It touts fifty years of use and urges purchase from any druggist with a Private Revenue Stamp on the bottle neck.
Chicago authorities begin draining into the vast canal project for relief, sealskin farriers face about 75 percent price increases, Philadelphia enforces a new licensing tax for smugglers, Boston sees a 10 percent wage rise in cotton towns affecting 70 000 workers.
New York reports the National Academy of Design will open its seventy fifth annual exhibition in the galleries of the American Fine Arts Society. In England King Alfred the Great’s birth will be widely celebrated and Americans invited to join in the observance. The State Normal School, closed earlier for typhoid fever, reopens.
A businessmen committee will depart Youngstown Ohio to retrieve Major Logan's remains. In other news Chattanooga hosts the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association. W Ballard Durham announces a 10 percent hosiery price increase in North Carolina. Jersey City reports the Knights and Ladies of Honor new assessment table stirs unrest with plans for a new order. Washington notes the Parcel Post Treaty with Guatemala begins Monday allowing packages up to eleven pounds at 12 cents per pound.
The National Exposition in Caracas showcases works of art and natural, agricultural, educational, and manufactured products. The event opens Monday and runs through April 27 with displays across multiple sectors.
The new registry system will have letter carriers accept registered packages to spare patrons trips to the post office. The experiment will be tested in thirty other cities as possible.
The American Book Company of New York and Chicago will publish Harper Brothers college and high school texts for transfer. The list includes 450 works featuring Greek and Roman literature, grammars, and dictionaries.
Icc extends deadline to August 1 for equipping cars with automatic couplers after railroads argued January target was impractical. Over 90 percent of cars already fitted. El Reno notes Curtis Act launches Monday affecting Indian Territory land leases and potential litigation for white farmers. Derby reports Naugatuck Valley sheet brass and copper manufactures consolidating Monday, forming Ansonia Brass and Copper, Coo Brass, Waterbury firms. 3,500 workers to be employed under lead by Coo Brass’s Chas. F. Brooker, seeking material cost savings.
The big lime combine goes into effect after New Years embracing nearly all southern kilns. Engineered by Sperry Jones and Co. The New Jersey chartered firm carries about $2.5 million capital. A M Baldwin of Montgomery Alabama National Bank serves as president.
City of Mexico reports the American Colony annual Thanksgiving ball, delayed due to the death of Vice President Hobart, will be held Monday night.
Chicago health inspector F B Thirkield says Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cannot be recommended enough and it digests food to cure indigestion heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia. Names include Wm C Kalteyer C Schasse Wm Appmann J A Burke.
Friends of J W Riggins announce his mayoral bid in tetleys Telephone. Present Mayor McCulloch intends reelection. Likely candidates include W M Manchester and W H Deaton with possible W H Hoffman. The race is expected to be the hottest in years.
A Baltimore ball featured a dress entirely covered with stamps from 30 000 designs representing every civilized country. Mrs Celia Wallis of Chicago reportedly paid around £7000 for a dress recently and the Brussels lace trim alone cost £5000. The article notes high sums for dress material and a German empress lavishly spending on lace for a Lyons gown.
Judge Green overruled a motion for a new trial in Johnnie Scott’s theft of a horse case and sentenced him to two years. Scott gave notice of appeal. Charles Clifford received two years for theft over fifty dollars. Ricardo Hernandez had his habeas corpus request granted and the case dismissed.
Defendant Harper files amended motion for a new trial in Mitchell Bros. v. T. C. Frost et al. and J. D. Wade cases and gives notice of appeal.
The jury commissioners for the January term reported yesterday and were discharged. George T. Howard Emil Schuetze Alex Khan and Gerome Cassiano deputy district clerks were sworn in by Judge Green. The grand jurors are not to be summoned until the last three weeks of the term.
Michael Velten filed suit in the Thirty seventh District Court to restrain Constable Kohr from selling property fronting on West Commerce and Steves streets and Military plaza under levy. A temporary writ was granted. Velten claims the property was levied upon as belonging to others with no interest, asserting he is the sole owner.
W. W. Beaumont argues in Engineering Magazine that air under pressure provides the ideal spring for the horseless carriage. He notes envelopes must resist deformation, wear, and internal pressures of 50 to 80 psi, while allowing quick replacement and withstanding high tangential stresses.
Washington on December 30 reports the winter social season opens Monday with the New Year’s reception where the President and Mrs. McKinley greet Congress members, supreme court justices, military and naval chiefs, diplomats, executive department heads, and the public. The season continues with Cabinet Dinner January 3 and other events through February 21.
City Clerk We and others joked about anarchists filling Beethoven hall after a Bryan meeting. Police chief pr Eure notes the heavy force used, cap TM, and Mayor Hicks and others laugh at the quip while acknowledging the protection provided.
Washington December 30 The usual annual quarantine order against the Texas fever in cattle goes into effect next Monday. The line extends eastward from San Francisco and now covers South Carolina Georgia Florida Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Arkansas Indian Territory parts of North Carolina Tennessee Texas Oklahoma and California. Boundaries may be adjusted later with state cooperation.
Local jeweler K D Thomas offers watches diamonds and jewelry repairs mounts opals and rings. Sells close facsimile pieces with a guarantee and a focus on watches clocks and jewelry service and sales.
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