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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1900
Page
2
The Sunday Light announces its San Antonio office, postal details, and officers. Subscription rates are listed daily monthly and yearly, with a plea for readers to report non-delivery to the office and a warning not to pay unauthorized collectors. Paper date is Sunday, June 3, 1900.
A nostalgic meditation on memorial day honoring Union and Confederate heroes, praising the Civil War’s lasting peace and unity. It recalls The Blue and the Gray, the poems of Finch, and the enduring bond between North and South as war memories fade. The piece notes dwindling attendance at roll calls and reunions.
Government report on water supply and irrigation in Porto Rico notes wide rainfall variation, abundant streams, and potential storage sites. It compares Spanish methods with local practices, detailing irrigation works, cane field troughs, and the modest scale of future production affecting the U S sugar market.
The article recalls empty seats at a veterans banquet while noting the last volley burned over a grave of a buried hero. It laments the Grand Army dissolving as the nation stays united and prosperous beyond its early dreams, hoping the spirit survives for ages.
Manchester man W A Hines recounts a near fatal battle with lung disease after measles exposure. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery with a full cure after doctors warned of imminent death. The remedy is sold at regular and trial sizes by local dealers.
A Brown Folding machine in fine condition priced at 750, now offered for 400 cash. Speed 3500 an hour. Address T. B. Johnson Light Office 529 tf.
The piece surveys factional strife in San Antonio politics with factions named the Old Lady the Big Six and the Little Premier. It notes nominations, the struggle for party unity, leadership questions at Beethoven hall, and local Democratic tensions ahead of elections. The tone is critical of strategists and leaders like Bushick and Slayden while highlighting factional mood and possible reckonings.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for eczema skin eruptions, rashes, itching, sores, and related symptoms. It claims 80 years tested, with trial bottle offers and pricing at $1 per large bottle or $5 for six bottles, directing readers to write for full details and medical advice.
Remaining unclaimed in San Antonio Texas for the week ending Saturday June 2 1900. A one cent advertising fee is charged. Call for advertised letters by giving full address and on edge of envelope write name and address. Notify postmaster of address changes by card. Address complaints to the postmaster. G G Clifford Postmaster
The list names numerous male individuals across alphabetic sections A through J with surnames including Allen Bak Admo Anderson Albers Aguilar Barnes Brady Burk Baker Brooks Balye Bellinger Been Brown Charles Church Collins Cantu Conklin Crosby Cassiano Cunningham Cardona Carey Chapman Coburn Cotton Cruz Daverley Downing Dickson Dean Dilman Esfield Freeman Forsyth Felder Goodale Gaines Gates German Gomez Garcia de la Arza Garcia Guerta Guenther Hillier Hopkins Hart Henderson Hernandez Herrera Mauer Hortiga Hunt Howard Jordan Johnson Jones Jackson Johnson Merkenkins Kirchner Kaplan Kay King Little Lawson Loa de Lippold Low Pineda Miller Mueller Mactinner Miller Morales Malone McGinty May.
A roster of individuals with initials and surnames arranged by initial letter groups A through W lists numerous women and men including Amna Brennan, Lillian Beal, Mrs N T Byers, Katie Boyer, Pinckney Baccus, Miss L A Clark, Miss M ST Damm, Antonio Davis, Leonora Franklin, Mary House, Laura Carlisle, May Lyons, Edith Saunders, Katie Wheat, Amy Wilson, Mary White, Sallie Wells, and others. The compilation reads like a social directory or club roll call with no narrative event.
A fragmented OCR string lists numerous individuals by initials and surnames including Anderson, Alexander, Acosta, Caballero, Calderon, Flores, Garcia, Jimenez, Knight, Ortiz, Ribiro, Martinez, Wasle and others without context or events. No dates, places, or actions are provided to form a complete news item.
A terse entry lists JA Spencer and Company, Camp Tom Green, and Malt Contracting Company as parties likely connected to ongoing contracts or site operations. The brief note hints at oversight or procurement activity involving those entities.
The Texas and San Antonio Land Co. faces a due list filing or collection action. Details remain sparse in the readable text, but the notice cites overdue obligations tied to property or land dealings in Texas and San Antonio. Authorities may pursue collection or corrective measures as indicated by the fragmentary source.
A fragment lists several individuals including Mrs. A W Smith Chas Thomas Rumelwor Jugio Mollie Brown Berthia Scroggisns Frederick V Bowers J McCormick and Mutt FE Jesser, indicating a roster or notice of participants or applicants.
Dr. D. B. Cargile of Washita, I T, endorses Electric Bitters as a cure for scrofula in Mrs. Brewer and praises the remedy as a supreme blood purifier. The ad claims benefits for eczema, tetter, ulcers, boils, running sores and liver, kidney, and bowel support, selling for 60 cents by Wagner Kalteyer and other local dealers.
Dr A F Langh veterinary surgeon lists office at Dr Blair's drug store and residence at 332 Blum Street. Phone contact 897. Treats all animals.
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