Medina land case argues for fair value and private rights
The piece rails at both sides in the Medina Valley Irrigation dispute, urging fair prices to private landowners while stressing Southwest Texas irrigation needs. It links the case to a broader graft critique of Standard Oil figures and Roosevelt era politics, warning of looming court resolution and the stakes for regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina Land
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
Texas
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
Standard Oil
Boies Penrose
Penrose
Roosevelt
Hostor Daily Light
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Medina Irrigation Company
Medina
Chamber of Commerce
Castroville
Public Service Corporation
Germany
Medina River
Re Ir
Big Politics and Senate Corruption Questioned
A fragment discusses the depths of political corruption and the shamelessness of some officials. It questions senatorial investigations and the public’s understanding of ongoing political misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sint
Campaign Trimmings and Bull Moose Attack Ad
The piece accuses Taft and the Bull Moose movement of steering the nation toward fear and ruin. It portrays TR as a socialist and despot while warning that a Republican or Democratic win would trigger hard times and a groundhog season of political retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Cleveland
T. R
White House
Progressive Party
Phalaris
Wall Street
Taft
The Phantoms Behind Us
John Burroughs argues in the North American Review that humans inherit the earth through vast geologic ages. He questions our ability to visualize ancestral forms from Cambrian to cellular beginnings and reflects on humanity as a debtor to extinct life and cosmic origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
The
North American Review
Roosevelt Contemplates Post Election Writing Plans
After the election, Colonel Roosevelt will have time to return to authorship. The St. Louis Republic suggests he write a history of the United States with the title My self and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perky
Roosevelt
United States
Myself
Lincoln
St. Louis Republic
Penrose Archbold disclosures reveal limited epithets left
The Baltimore Sun notes that the Penrose-Archbold disclosures have brought to light the colonel's exhausted vocabulary of epithets, leaving him with only a few remaining insults and the ability to shout liar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Queen Victoria and Leo XIII Lace Collections Compared
Historical notes compare royal lace holdings with Queen Victoria owning a sizable collection valued around 400000 dollars and the Princess of Wales at 260009 dollars. Empress Eugenia is praised for her splendid lace. Leo XIII’s collection exceeds them all, nearly one million dollars in value.
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Queen Victoria
Princess of Wales
Eugenia
Leo XIII
Letters to the Light on Port Aransas irrigation and rights
A reader rebuts the editorial Needs of a Port arguing twenty feet of water suffices and cites S H W Steel Co shipping data. A Medina irrigation dispute letter from Castroville protests Chamber criticisms and asserts landowners oppose forced sales awaiting court rulings.
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The
Light
the Light
J. H. W. Steel Company
Texas City
Port Aransas
Brinkburn
Port
Aransas Pass
Europe
Galveston
Harbor Island
Taft
Common Point
BE. O. Burton
Burton & Danforth
Olive oil as beauty cure for skin hair and nails
A 1920s beauty column extols olive oil as all purpose remedy for thinning hair dry skin and nails. It prescribes nightly arm scrubs with oil massage lighter use on cuticle and nails and even internal consumption with lettuce and lemon juice. Perfume oils and hair treatment tips accompany a lifestyle pitch for olive oil as panacea for many beauty woes.
Turgenief the Man and Verses of a Romantic Life
Phillip Stafford Moxom reviews Turgenief life and letters noting his Franco Prussian War views his friendships with Flaubert and Hetzel. details his appearance, decline, and death at Bougival with Viardots present. The North American Review piece also mentions Canada’s growing population and Canadian Pacific Railway’s order for 12 500 freight cars and 300 locomotives and possible double tracking of the Rocky Mountain division.
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Metz
Bazaine
Dostoievski
Turgenier
Strasburg
Alsace
Flaubert
Magny
Hetzel
Hachette
Smoke
Merimee
Clara Militch
St. Petersburg
Spask
Bougival
Viardots
Polanski
Phillip Stafford Moxom
North American Review
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountain
Accumulated in the mines of the world power for millennia
A historic note claims vast mineral stores yield enough electric power for twelve thousand years. The statement cites global ore reserves and speculative energy potential, highlighting the scale of mineral resources and long term implications for energy supply.
Powell Honeymooners Arrive in San Angelo After Wedding
Observant citizen couple Mr. and Mrs. Percy Powell wed in San Angelo Texas and arrived in the city last night for their honeymoon. The bride, Miss Erin Andrew, is noted as a society girl of the western city. They traveled with cards and posters announcing their marriage to fellow passengers on the train.
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Percy Powell
San Angelo
Tex
Erin Andrew
Rural credit co operatives in Germany and their aims
Victor von Borosini surveys German rural co operative banks noting their dual role as savings depositories and credit providers. He cites 1908 figures of over 12 000 banks with about 400 million dollars in current and savings accounts and 250 million in loans, plus 7 percent imperial bank rates versus 4 percent at co operatives during 1907.
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Europe
Victor von Borosini
Germany
Imperial Bank
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San Antonio
San Antonio Light
Aeaceasta
New York
Association of American Advertisers
Association
Whitehall Bidy
W. Y. City
N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
America
BIG Politics
Yours Truly
Frank P. Seekatz
Albert Reitzer
Joe Hoboglin
Leopold Haby
T. A. Haby
Castroville, Tex
London
Benjamin Franklin
Craven Street
Marjorie Bonner
Turgenief
the Man
the Rural Bank
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