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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1906
Page
5
Hilmer Mergele, mentions of a death by self destruction in a room beside a butcher shop at 2806 South Flores Street, New Braunfels. Coroner Umscheid will hear witnesses and issue a verdict Monday. A brief note adds promotional bicycle copy about the Racycle at Potchernick's, 208 East Houston.
Edwards millinery at 206 308 West Commerce Street announces a sale with large assortments of trimmed hats and ready to wear hats offered at half price to reduce stock rapidly. This promotion runs tomorrow.
M. J. Lobert the tailor promises quality at low prices with reliable fittings. Automobile Supplies at Potchernick offers accessories and parts for vehicles.
Washington June 16 The final act making the statehood bill law occurred at the White House as the president signed a certified copy from the Capitol. Witnesses included Senator Beveridge Representative Hamilton Delegate McGuire Delegate Andrews Oklahoma boomers and Baron Von Sternberg. The president used two pens, a gold Arizona pen and an Oklahoma eagle quill, to sign and praised Beveridge and Hamilton for the victory.
Potchernick's, successors to Dodds and Co., offer a range of baseball goods at 203 East Houston Street, serving players with bats gloves and protective gear. The shop emphasizes quality brands and timely service for local teams and casual players alike.
Washington June 16 The house passed the sundry civil appropriation bill and then adopted a senate joint resolution directing U.S. purchase of canal materials unless prices are deemed exorbitant. The vote was 129 to 82 with 16 Republicans in the negative. The bill totals about 95 million dollars, 25 million for continuing the Panama Canal, and includes a Panama canal amendment favoring a lock and sea level type mix.
A narrator recalls a tropical storm in the jungle, where sun and sky are hidden by dense canopy. Thunder, rain, and roaring foliage envelop travelers who lose track of paths as muddy waters erase wagon tracks, leaving them disoriented without a compass.
The London Globe notes Greenland holds the world’s largest ice mass. It covers about 600 000 square miles with thickness near a mile and a half. Its volume would flood the Mediterranean and bury the UK seven miles deep, Wales 120 miles high, and the United States a quarter mile deep.
A Roumanian custom places a prewoven trousseau in a painted box when a girl reaches marriageable age. A suitor may first inspect the dowry. if satisfied with its quality and quantity he applies for the girl’s hand, otherwise he may withdraw.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote recalls a suitor so dependent on his valet that he is “quite helpless” without him. The proposal scene features the valet spreading a hemstitched handkerchief on the floor for the suitor to kneel upon, highlighting comic deference to service.
In a Washington Star quip, Pat remarks that Mr Meekton is governed by his wife. He replies he is not strictly governed but acknowledges being within her sphere of influence, reflecting a wry domestic exchange on balance of power.
A boarder weighs sending his daughter to a cooking school or a music school. He prefers cooking as a safer, less noisy option, noting it may be more fatal in its results but isn’t as loud.
Deacon Mayberry remarks after church about the paradox of a large church community yielding a small offering. The Philadelphia Telegraph notes a quiet scene where faith and generosity meet in a modest sum.
A Balzac quote states that all human power is a compound of time and patience. It emphasizes patience as essential to lasting influence and achievement.
The article describes poisonous snakes including the black cobra Naja tripodians and the brown hamadryad Naja bungarus, the green viper, and Bungarus fasciatus. It notes traits, hooding behavior, venom lethality, and locals’ names, with remarks on sea snakes and two python species Py thon reticulatus and Python curtus and their uses in Malay culture.
A collection of maxims about natural behavior, friendship, sympathy, and reputation from the Atchison Globe. It notes that townsmen judge actions as harshly as借 butter returned to neighbors, urging discreet handling of troubles and careful aim in life.
A biographer notes James Anthony Froude endured harsh treatment from his elder brother Hurrell. Hurrell lifted him by the heels to stir mud, threw him into deep water, and invoked a nocturnal phantom named Peningre to frighten him. The boy later recognized Peningre as illusion, questioning other schemes.
The flying lizard of Java, Draco volans, is found only in Java and sports extensible skin flaps along long ribs to glide between trees in pursuit of insects.
A story details a station master death and a telegram exchange. An official asking to bury him received a reply to ensure death before burial. A follow up confirmed the burial after the station master was hit on the head with a fish plate to ensure he was dead.
A man speaks to a woman about meeting her the previous evening. She confirms absence. he describes hearing her upstairs laughing in grief stricken tones, nearly moving him to tears.
The Cleveland Leader notes a teacher compliments Bobbie for good behavior over the past day or two, mentioning he has not fought with classmates or romped in the room. Bobbie explains a stiff neck as cause for recent quietness.
Dr Fred Terrell as chairman of the police and fire commission will on Monday address a letter to City Marshal Mauermann and City Detective George Shoaf asking them to resign under the commission ruling. Detective Shoat says he will not quit his bid for constable of precinct No 1 and will have a hearing before the board before any action. Terrell cites ordinance language granting hearings and notes no civil service rule includes the marshal in the list of whom may be discharged for political causes. The public awaits Monday when communications are sent and a final decision is expected.
An old ad blurb promotes Dulling's Mineral Wells Water marketed as nature’s own thirst quencher with nationwide distribution and claim of refreshing taste.
Pancoast and Kohler announce new spring styles at their Moore Building location. The shop showcases fresh tailoring options and modern looks for the season, inviting customers to visit for fittings and selections.
Wrapping paper of various sizes in sheets or rolls from Millis towns. Also white fibre wrapping paper, twine in multiple materials, paper boxes made to order, printed or plain stationery, envelopes and business cards at low prices. R L Burnett Co., manufacturers of paper boxes, pledges to stick to their line.
A fragmentary lyric line describes a voyage to Colorado aboard a vessel named The Light. The speaker asks and the reply confirms a journey to the west with a sense of travel and departure. The source presents a poetic exchange rather than a news item.
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