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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1900
Page
5
Handsomest city lodging offers pleasant surroundings with or without light, no children. Notary public available for business transactions and real estate inquiries at Daily Light building near Commerce street bridge. tf
Biloxi Mississippi reports the city council in regular session instructed the marshal to notify property owners along streets to be paved to build sidewalks in front of their property. The council also passed a resolution asking the State legislature for authority to build a bridge across Back Way, responding to public demand and seeking special legislation.
Gen Chambers McKibben reports four cavalry troops ordered to Texas will sail to Galveston after final gathering at Gibara. Kilpatrick transport left Cienfuegos to pick up two Tenth Cavalry troops at Manzanillo and Gibara and proceed to Texas. Maj Crowell relieved as inspector general. Lt Col Cyrus Roberts acts as adjutant general and heads to Manila. Maj John Bulls works payrolls for Ninth Cavalry and prepares to pay three Texas troops before relief by the Tenth. possible pay runs at Fort Brown and Fort Ringgold. Capt Robert R Stevens, once quartermaster at Sam Houston, now heard from in Manila.
District courts cleared several divorces involving Ida Tinwell and Alice Day while dismissing B G Barrington. A mistrial occurred in the Tinwell divorce and a $200 recognizance was posted for an assault case. A writ of injunction seeks to curb alleged illegal taxes on property valued at over eight thousand dollars. Coal miners in Alabama secured a wage increase of twelve and a half cents per ton and day labor gains of twenty five cents.
An advertisement touts B B B Botanic Blood Balm as a rapid remedy for blood and skin woes including eczema pimples boils and rheumatism, claiming a permanent cure after thirty years of testing. Sold by druggists at 1 per bottle or six bottles for 5 with a full treatment option.
A. J. Avant & Son advertise ready supply of well seasoned wood and McAlester coal for cold weather. They promise prompt delivery and the lowest market prices to customers preparing for winter.
A call for a sympathy meeting with 200 signatures from San Antonio citizens outlines support for the Transvaal Republic and opposition to British rule. The gathering at Misalon Garden next Wednesday night will feature speeches on the conflict and liberty, with a list of signatories including Kroeger, Meyer, Deckman, and many others.
A Business Men's club meeting in San Antonio reviewed a report on Katy depot location. Directors plan three city committees to collect site proposals with right of way to stockyards, aiming for fair ranking of northern eastern and western options. New propositions include land northwest of San Pedro Springs near Fredericksburg road and land near Lone Star brewery.
For over fifty years the advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething aid. It claims to soothe the child ease pains and cure wind colic while serving as a remedy for diarrhoea and promises a 25 cent bottle.
A ledger lists various county expenses including Dubinski Electric Co repairs, H C Gafford court repairs, Mutual Electric for jail lights, and lumber for roads and bridge projects. It notes jury and lunacy case fees, land transfer for Miller road, cement purchases, and plumbing and roofing work plus several small items and endorsements from local firms and officials.
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