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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1902
Page
2
H. J. Moore, manager, promotes first of month payments for home ads and prepaid transient advertisements. Only metal cuts used. Artistic displays and write ups ready on short notice. Telephone 176 or mail contact for prompt, effective ads.
The notice states that regular Tianétown reporters G Allie Marti Fred W Mosebach Lee Johnson are on staff and special reporters will be credentialed by the undersigned.
A reader’s survey of the American West mixing romance and fact. It notes travelers must live in the region to know its vast resources topography and people. It mentions Mexican life mesquite cacti mountains rivers and Orion's Belt amid revolutions and Texas annexation leading to the Mexican War.
The narrative surveys the post conquest rail expansion from Guad alupe Hidalgo through Southern Pacific lines, highlighting canyons along the Rio Grande, Devil's River, and a bridge 200 miles west of San Antonio. It contrasts Mexican life, adobe homes, and open courtyards with American rail travel and Juarez’s plaza culture under a moonlit sky.
When strong and healthy, filter the blood and remove all poisons and impurities from it, but if weak or diseased these impurities are allowed to remain and sickness follows. Stimulate the kidneys with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It is the best known remedy for them and never fails to cure. It will also cure stomach complaints. Try it. Our private stamp is over the neck of the bottle.
An Alpine Texas piece surveys religious devotion and Catholic loyalty among Protestant followers, contrasts with Spain and Mexico bullfighting legends, and highlights Texas as a resourceful inland empire with minerals from Shafter to Chisos Mountains. It notes UT and USGS map efforts for Terhuquua Brewster Presidio areas.
An advertisement touts bread as the staff of life praising purity freshness sweetness and wholesome quality. It claims best materials and methods and notes offices and ovens at 1913 1017 North Flores Street with branches at 119 Avenue C and 228 Main Avenue.
A comic exchange unfolds as a terminally ill wife advises her husband to remarry. He names Widow Simpkins as a potential ally in his grief, provoking a sharp rebuke from the sick wife who vows against the redheaded freckled neighbor, then survives to rise.
Interviewer asks for the chief finding of a life study of volcanoes. The scientist replies that the key conclusion is simple: if you live near a smoking crater, take steamship passage to somewhere else. Washington Star notes the exchange.
A Baltimore American excerpt recalls a pastor questioning a flock member about surviving sharpers in the city. The member replies with a biting quip that he was "skinned so good and clean" that nothing remained to help a chiropodist.
A quirky report notes a camel's long fast of nine days and jokes about the creature being relieved from the exertion of chewing sustenance.
The Detroit Free Press quotes Edmonia and Edmonia discussing Mrs Topnotch and a Colonial reception. Edmonia notes a contrast between being a Colonial Dame and wearing an elegant frock. The exchange highlights social snobbery and fashion at the event.
Dialogue between Dr. Adjutant Bird and The Ostrich reveals a comic mishap about a forgotten cork in a bottle. The banter centers on unintended indulgence and humorous consequences.
In a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune excerpt the right fielder is described as very agile, noting his high jumps for fly balls as he has already signed eight contracts this season.
A reminiscence quotes a weary clock pendulum and a rising thermometer, recalling the thirties era. The dialogue frames time as dragging and distant memories as if recently lived. The piece evokes nostalgia and urban newspaper voice.
A dialogue about keeping manners and status as a matter of pride. The Beast asserts his love and the need for stable style, while Beauty urges adherence to accustomed life. The exchange centers on social expectations and personal devotion.
A local exchange notes Wiggles-Hicks, an old friend, mentioning you in a morning conversation, as reported by the Somerville Journal.
A conversational quip about choosing partners who admire physical prowess and a rival with greater strength. The exchange notes how love shifts after marriage, contrasting being viewed as perfect with being perfectly absolute. The Philadelphia Press is cited as the source.
Promotional note claims special import tooth brushes backed by Bexar Drug with a stamped name on each brush and priced at 25g.
A joint committee of United Workmen lodges in the city met at the Bexar hotel to organize a July picnic at Landa's Park. Mr. 8. Beck was elected chairman of the general committee and the invitation subcommittee. Multiple subcommittees were formed with members named for Finance Railroads Invitations Tickets Baseball Athletics Reception Amusements Press Train Program and Badges Soliciting. The next meeting is set for St James two weeks hence to review subcommittee reports.
The Washer Bros baseball team defeated Beeville in a morning game, earning a second straight shutout. Munday, Rudolph and Beaseley pitched for Washer Bros while the club praised Beeville hospitality in contrast to Corpus Christi.
Grove's Baack Root Liver Pills promise active principle from Back Root to act on the liver like calomel with no griping or sickness. They claim to cure chronic constipation and are priced at 24 cents.
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