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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1907
Page
2
The piece notes strong Texas business, housing activity in Southwest Texas, and a July building record for San Antonio rising 98 percent from 1906. It mentions Comet watching, a visit by Secretary Boat to San Antonio, and Texas economic expansion with a 1908 cement production value of 2,178,901 dollars for the lint industry.
Washington Site Department coordinates with Mexico and Canada to curb Japanese laborers entering the United States via the border. Canada imposed Chinese head taxes and residence certificates to deter entry, while Australia enforces strict exclusion with heavy penalties for ships with Japanese crews.
Minnesota Governor Johnson urges a thorough tariff revision within the Democratic party and predicts it will be a major issue in the next Republican platform. He asserts the tariff question affects trusts and favors privileged groups, backing a strong national framework to curb industrial evils.
A fragmented poem from the Atlanta Constitution laments the difficulty of singing along the way amid dim skies and a looming storm. It reflects on political campaigning, public hope, and varied interests amid trouble, urging resilience as the sun may break through.
The Berlin government signals quiet consent as Morocco tension flares. Europe debates policing Morocco under the Algeciras framework, with potential permanent occupation and division of territory to curb barbaric and militant clashes, aiming to restore order.
Miss Marie Corelli denounces men as weak feeders who deprive women of dignity. She praises brave women who support society while mocking male ingratitude. The Chicago Record-Herald notes her literary fame and sex, claiming she exposes societal errors. She implies men prefer shop girls to refined women, a musing that ends with a tale of imagined revenge.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues crime stems from aliens as part of a broader failure by Americans to revere law. It cites law enforcement, miscarriages of justice, and air criminal trial flaws, urging stern punishment for alien criminals and a broader moral civic effort to restore reverence for authorities.
The London Graphic notes Swiss tourists and locals alike seek luxury in holiday resorts. It laments a shift from simple inns to fashionable grain hotels where men dine in formal dress and women pay higher tolls, contrasting mountain retreats with desires for refined comforts.
The article discusses the bombardment of Ciablanga seaports and landing of French and Spanish forces as emergency measures to protect civilized interests against a threat. It notes approval by the Powers and adherence to the Arch convention, while criticizing Germany’s position as inadequate.
Edward Long of New Berlin, Union County, operates a sawmill whistle device that plays tunes and uses a custom whistle valve to call workers to work with tunes like Home Sweet Home. The column also mentions poems, a fatal dog incident, juggling dangers, a pin in the ear, and tin foil making, all from various papers.
A collage of curiosities reports New York savings fines totaling 963,081,000 and shifts toward cheap amusements, notes on French school haircuts, and nascent sewerage in Nanking. It covers a jubilee coinage in Austria, London bylaw talks on street noise, global trade gains for Australia, and Latin American business growth. It also mentions Berlin’s electric clock, Wagner’s son purchasing land near Bayreuth, a Wiltshire laborer ad, balloon fatalities, Major Money’s sea rescue, and James Sadler’s near drowning in 1812.
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