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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
2
A cluttered column notes San Antonio’s heat, Easton’s chill, and a railroads controversy. It cites Trailroad Commissioner Colquitt and the federal harvest trust clash, plus a baffling anti-pass law ruling on transporting medical staff for injuries.
The 1907 rise in the value of U.S. imports over 1899 is mainly explained by higher foreign prices for key goods. While some quantity increases occurred, most of the value gain stems from price advances in foods and manufacturing materials, notably sugar, coffee, tea, cacao, hides, rubber, copper, tin, tobacco, cotton, lumber, and pig iron.
The report shows strong price gains across key manufacturing imports led by hides and skins and raw cotton. It notes large quantity increases in raw silk, rubber, copper, tin, and wool, with overall surges in value for the great import groups and manufacturing supplies.
The Geographical Journal notes deep interest in the Tehuantepec isthmus railway and ocean commerce. The line promises shorter East West routes via Pacific access, with steep gradients and key passes at Malatengo Canon and Rincon Antonio. It connects with Veracruz and the Pacific line, offering rail access to Central American republics and the United States.
The New York Evening Post attacks Mr. Bryan's moral stance amid his withdrawal from democratic ownership debates. The piece questions editors' support, asks whether they back regulation, overcapitalization, or rate reduction, and ponders the logic behind backing a candidate who doubts a certain outcome yet seeks renomination.
A sprawling, antiquated column blends poetry on nature and travel with a reportage of a Bombay photograph scandal. It recounts industrial and imperial curiosities, Kashgaria's vast deserts, the Countess Hanckel necklace lore, and a bear encounter in Colorado frontier lore, all stitched into a single, reflective digest of curiosities and misadventures.
An American travel writer notes Japan’s bargain culture differs from American scrimmages. She describes orderly shops where goods are shown in locked cabinets with keys and mothers soothe children as buyers seek value.
A collage of notes on diverse topics including Confederate symbolism, imperial titles, Aldershot pageantry, and a London riverside meal. It mentions industrial growth in Alabama, U S cement output, and a vivid range of global curiosities from Korea to Uruguay livestock and a Philippine island villagers encounter with a giant fish trap.
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