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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1902
Page
2
A humorous meditation on whether life is worth living, echoing biblical stories from Adam and Eve to Samson. The piece riffs on appetite, temptation, fate, and human nature, comparing ancient trials to modern doubt in a breezy, reflective tone.
The passage asserts life remains worth living through struggle and growth. It links enduring hardship to personal strength in figures like Egwa Jagar Joseph and Samson, emphasizing purpose, love, and effort as fountainheads of life and value. It ends with a call that life is full of opportunity, love, and beauty when lived with resolve.
A column lists notable historical dates with deaths and births including Valentinian and Alexander III, Herschel and Madison, Napoleon III’s son, Gresham, the Zululand expedition, Carnot, Broadus, and Lockhart, noting birthplaces and death years.
In this city 21 years ago March 16 1881 Major General J M Schofield was in town on an inspection tour with Gen C Augur. They planned to visit Texas posts while Tobin returning from Arkansas praised San Antonio. I G N acquired a 48 ton engine and Sunset road workers were paid twenty five thousand dollars the day before.
An advertisement urges early detection of Bright's disease and diabetes, arguing urine tests miss early signs. It promotes Dr Frederick J Fielding in Hicks Building with a private dispensary and imported medicines, inviting patients to his offices for 24 hour urine analysis and microscopic examination.
Editor Carvey Smith of the Lockhart Daily and Weekly Post reports his region needs rain. He notes oil leases near town show excellent prospects of a gusher as locals await precipitation. The marriages listed include Gallagher and Pierce, Chandler and Nichols, Smith and Roth, Tarvin and de Seville.
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