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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1907
Page
10
Our standards of scholarship tented and approved by forty universities. Ideal location, expert teachers. Three applicants placed to the home last session. Early applications secure place and $2000 in improvements last year. Catalogue available from W. W. Bondurant, San Antonio, Texas.
Acting Attorney General Hawkins rules tax collectors must remit state funds to the nearest state depository, eliminating the Dallas senatorial district claim. A letter from Union Bank and Trust of Dallas had urged designation of that bank as depository, while the Gallip National argued for a Dallas depository. The decision covers state funds across districts and removes the previous territorial restriction.
Mehcop Evans Tyree of the AMBR church in Wargo Texas delivered a forceful speech advocating industrial and mechanical education for African Americans. The address drew a large Black audience and some White attendees, stressing opportunity and advancement. Also mentions a Louisville counterquote and a medical liniment advertisement noting Ballard's Snow Liniment as relief for rheumatism and other ailments.
The Texas Cotton Region Report for the 24 hour period ending at 8 a m. local Meridian time notes weather and field conditions affecting harvest readiness across major districts in the region. Reports cover temperature, rainfall, and potential yield indicators for growers and traders.
Remarks indicate fall weather in the west with temperatures slightly above normal. Data covers minimum temperatures for the last twelve hours and yesterday’s readings. Forecaster Allen Buell of the U.S. Weather Bureau notes 34 hours of aiding at 8 am near the 75th meridian.
Weather notes describe high barometer in the east and south with generally fair conditions. A trough from the Pacific extends eastward guiding winds that shape the map. North and west show cloudy to clear areas with a drop of 15 degrees in the northwest. Temperatures range from 82 at Galveston to 4 in the southern Rockies. Rain is possible, with a fall tonight and showers expected Wednesday.
A small boy asks his father about a scene in the parlor where sister Polly sits at the piano with her young man nearby. The father notes it as sensible for a young couple to keep hands to themselves, while the boy expresses awe at the moment and the room’s activities.
New York theater scene buzzes over Classmates opening at Hudson Theater with Hubert Ideson leads. Cast includes Marjorie Wood Maud Crauger Flora Bowley and Sydney Dingworth. Other notes cover Checkers tour plans and Shubert delay for The Other House at Madison Square Theater.
New York gossip notes a bout between Mike Sehreck and Al Katmano set for San Francisco next Friday. Kaufmann supporters may back Sehreck in a potential Burns clash. Kinney and Sayers meet in Milwaukee while Billy Panke debuts in Lawrence Massachusetts. Jack Johnson is tied to multiple engagements including Reading Pennsylvania and Bridgeport.
A fragmentary Chicago Post passage shows a husband and wife entangled in a defiant exchange about rumors and scandal. The wife defends herself against sensationalism and notes political opponents aim to vilify her.
An advertisement touts a tablet claimed to remove the internal cause of piles, promising a cure for any case regardless of duration. A month’s treatment costs 1.00 with a thousand dollar guarantee. Mentions Dr Lennard of Lincoln Nebraska and firms Bexar Drug Co and Dr Leonhardt Go of Niagara Falls New York.
Special to The Light Austin Aug 21 notes emergency rates issued by the railroad commission over Houston & Texas Central Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio and Texas & New Orleans for Sells circus movement and Fort Worth & Denver City for Pawnee Bill's during the period to November. Commissioner Storey dissents. Other items include railroad personnel updates, line improvements at Iron Mountain, and new staffing changes across several lines.
Partial timetable from Sut Station detailing Sunset Route connections to Galveston Houston New Orleans and other points. Notes include arrival and departure times at multiple hubs such as Galveston Victoria and Austin with various trains and services on different days and connections to Mexico via Laredo and other lines.
Eastern rail executives visit Axstly amid talks of connecting the Wabash at Baltimore and the Texas Pacific at New Orleans to oppose Southern Pacific lines. Mok from Cumberland to Wheeling could permit Wabash trains into Baltimore within 18 months. Executives from St Louis Brownsville & Mexico, Southern Pacific, International and Great Northern, and others tour the city as prospects of increased traffic and territory sales grow.
Cavan summer excursion tickets go on sale to Prorky with routes touching Chicago Detroit Niagara Buffalo and all Michigan points to Canada and New York. Also notes Pullman reservations and agent consults. The Sultan of Turkey is described as a fortress like kitchen with armor plated doors and rock barriers opened by a single man. A silver dish with red wax seal is presented and the meal carried in a gilded procession. the Sultan’s food costs about 5000 dollars yearly, despite a wealth under 10000 dollars.
Authorities located a 4 year old Mexican girl sought by Hallettsville Lavaca county officials after she was allegedly taken by her mother Rita Tamayo and a young Mexican woman during a divorce suit brought by the husband. The child was returned to Hallettsville while Rita, said to have fled, faces court action.
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