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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1907
Page
2
An old newspaper page fragment lists subscription rates and postal notes for San Antonio, Texas, alongside a long stream of societal and political musings. It quotes editors, references Roosevelt era politics, urban gardening ideas, and snippets about protests, tariffs, and Texas produce. The tone blends agency ads with editorial asides about economics, war, and morality.
The New York Banker rebukes Roosevelt and Taft for vague charges of a rich man’s conspiracy. It urges specific cases of lawbreaking be prosecuted and calls for reform of Sherman laws and nationwide statutes rather than more generalism. The piece laments reliance on broad rhetoric over concrete action by leaders.
In commentary from Philadelphia, the writer argues Morocco draws focus but the true danger lies between France and Germany. Two years earlier Germany sought war to stop France in Morocco, but international pressure forced acceptance of an international police in the region led by France and Spain. Germany aims to block peace in Morocco to prepare for a division of Europe.
In Chicago Inter-Green commentary the writer argues higher prices won t help communities without surplus crops. The piece warns against rapid, drastic business or government changes during an average harvest and suggests sobriety will deter overambitious schemes seeking rapid world transformation.
The Bad Bear story reports a teddy bear craze hurting girls sewing duties and school work in Springfield. Don Wade cites the impact on needlework while local officials weigh the mischief and public interest. An optimistic interview from Hon. Lesils NM Stan is noted but unclear.
In a Chicago Tribune item a legal fable features two men in a western court arguing over an umbrella left in a grailing house. The judge postpones ruling, the umbrella vanishes, and both men are fined for frivolous protest as they depart empty handed. Mrs Hetty Green is criticized for worrying about clothes driven by wealth.
A cat in Brooklyn repeatedly returns to a burning stable on Vesta Avenue near Fulton Street, snatching five deaf newborn kittens during the blaze. Firefighters and police pursue the feline as crowds watch, while Chief Duffy later retrieves the kittens from the ruins.
A miscellany notes world gold production at 376 million, rice land in Louisiana and Texas worth 400000, and emigration from Britain to the U S and Canada. It mentions a wireless system claim, Cromwell boots sold in London, and a walking stick explosive used in Parliament cloakrooms. Also reports a Kentucky brick carrier, a Jersey City fashion shift, ethics debates in medical societies, and a Paoria member hauled for driving a piebald horse.
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