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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1898
Page
1
Fragmented OCR item indicates a mail matter entered at the San Antonio Texas post office with unclear details potentially about second class mail or matter handling. Contains garbled phrases but references postal processes and location.
A historical tract debates national standardization of weights and measures versus state by state norms. It argues for a single universal system to avoid divergent values, protect commerce, and influence future global and civilizational progress. The piece contemplates Spain and the United States as benchmarks, urging a unified measure to uphold liberty and economic stability.
A reflection arguing against imposing one standard on others, comparing national entities to bushels. It warns that every person and culture has its own capacity and measure, urging restraint in judging Spain and colonial holdings. The piece stresses freedom, patient guidance, and noninterference based on capacity and self-government.
A fragmentary item indicates Dr. Cleveland may face opposition from former Secretary of State Africaine Giney over American expansion policy. The text is garbled but suggests dissent or accusations regarding imperial agendas and rhetoric from unnamed sources.
The article recounts the resilient Amateurs in San Antonio facing rain delays and muddy fields as they play through a windy, crowd-light season. It praises their love of baseball, notes Jake Vole and Wille Matosh in key moments, and mentions past games against the Mission Blues and Browns with rain correcting outcomes.
A dated August 17 1898 Montgomery Alabama letter describes city sights from streetcars and a new union depot. The writer travels with an army unit toward Huntsville after stopping in Thomasville Georgia and reflects on Alabama river scenery and local streets while awaiting further orders.
Cy Ogden and Dick Rusyow win as nimrods in San Angelo. they bag plover rabbits snipes hawks and other game. News includes cotton shipments, cattle purchases, a visit by Mrs Lane and baby death from cholera infantum, a Rockies outing, and Rev Baldwit taking church duties.
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