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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
2
The notice outlines subscription costs for Daily and Sunday editions, detailing carrier delivery options, advance payment terms, and durations including one year and six months. It specifies varying prices for daily and Sunday editions, with additional mail delivery options and potential rates for combined editions.
The clippings mention address changes for subscribers, delivery issues, and calls for reporting irregularities. It notes Garvie Nation not reforming Pittsburg, automobiles in Barnes, a bizarre query about the wild man of Barnegter, a 90 foot hazard from Wyoming, a curious drink bean, and an evangelist in York claims to have longies with incomprehensible sermons, suggesting court skepticism.
A letter argues San Antonio should install public drinking fountains for horses to prevent thirst while critiquing city neglect. It cites other cities like Chicago Denver Los Angeles and Harrisburg as examples of civic projects and calls for local action to fund and place a horse water trough near Alamo Plaza.
The North American editorial praises San Antonio’s potential and urges residents to shed lethargy and join a vigorous civic push. It contrasts the city’s progress with Philadelphia and Chicago, urging a united effort to overcome complacency and participate in growth.
John B Bundren of St Louis notes that Rose McGull aged nearly 100 and John B Tondry Sr aged 101 will not wed in Springfield Term on August as first announced. The ceremony plan drew mockery and long-armed rumors, with age and marriage dates repeatedly teased by local press and community chatter.
The state allows savings banks to issue life insurance and annuities beginning next year under a new act. Banks claim motive is altruistic, not profit, aiming to provide cheap coverage for the poor. Seven trustees will appoint an actuary and director, with trustees serving without pay to prepare the venture. The plan envisions widely distributed policies and regular premium payments, aligned with savings bank operations.
In a spirited exchange in the public square, an AntiBillboard speaker presses for landscape beautification while a host pushes back, noting local resistance to billboards. The lively chat touches on civic taste and public space usage amid a string of anecdotes and observations from varied columns.
A jumble of brief curiosities covers Esperanto publications, Niagara power drafts, vast poster miles in Jongland, and Selance's diphtheria mortality drop. It cites Orson Sweden taxes, forest revenues, elephant tusk weights, and acres of public lands. Mentions in use: Railway labor in Germany, population density in Colombia, Alaska and Rhode Island stats, a Tangient letter, Brandywine fishing, Notinghan trade, Washoe smelting, and a Wallon churchyard erosion sighting.
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