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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
2
Subscribers are reminded that two areas of the paper will be adjusted for delivery efficiency. Instructions cover how to receive the paper and where to contact offices for changes. The notice lists a telephone contact as 176 for inquiries.
Publisher warns Light subscribers to pay money only to regular authorized collectors. Do not pay under pressure or to any unknown agent.
The editorial cautions that the District of Columbia contempt decision on Gowpers, Mitchel, and Hierrison will split along pro labor bias lines, risking public faith in free speech and a free press. It critiques the injunction, notes available legal remedies, and urges ruling review, while touching on railroad and Pullman contracts and political commentary.
A Bureau of Statistics report shows U S sugar use of 7.99 billion pounds in the year, with production imports and exports totaling that amount. The data estimate per capita consumption and dollar value at the consumer level, noting a yearly rise of about 1 million dollars per day.
The 1907 sugar consumption per capita averaged 83.6 pounds for all residents. Foreign sugar imports reached record levels while domestic production rose. beet sugar surpassed cane sugar for the first time. Immigrant inflow showed a late-year uptick with December arrivals totaling over 6,000 steerage passengers. Local notes mention New Braunfels and Comal county, and debates over personal liberty.
The piece argues four years into U S canal work that current plans may be flawed and that Taft, then president elect, promised to alter plans if criticism proved valid. It attributes the debate to engineers and condemns Roosevelt for spectacle over mature engineering judgment, calling Taft a hopeful force for order amid Panamanian chaos.
Dec 29 in history marks the 1170 Becket assassination and birth years of Andrew Johnson and other figures. Astronomical items list sun and moon events with times and a moon conjunction near a named constellation, noting quarter phase and celestial positions.
A historical advertorial touts Pape's Diapepsia as a harmless candy that digests food, relieves sour stomachs, gas, belching, and bilious headaches. It promises quick five minute relief, claims to cleanse the stomach and aid assimilation, urging readers to buy a fifty cent cake from local pharmacies.
The Board of Trade met with Vice President Terrell presiding to discuss immigration questions. The Turner society plans a year end ball. Jennut, an exsinitary inspector, was robbed on Water Street. County Collector Ed Froboess is recovering from an illness. Crusty Surveyor Locke mourns two lost greyhounds. Bodemang and Judge Neinhardt visit from Boerne, staying at the Habis c. Clemens family and A Guenther of New Brinlle are guests at the Menger.
A passerby questions whether saloons may operate Sundays by serving soft drinks only. The man notes several establishments were open with no alcohol offered and asks if this still violates Sunday sale laws while a saloon might sell cigars and soda water.
Oklahoma City Okla Dec 29 After repeated notices warned against selling Bell cotton below 10 cents night riders destroyed the barn of W A Buck in Pottowalomia county Buck recently came here from nwa.
Alm Fletcher, druggist of BLO East Houston street, promotes Hindipo as a cure all for kidney troubles and nervous issues. He offers a guarantee of satisfaction or money back, with a limited lottery style box display and aggressive sales pitch.
A meeting of the Manufacturers' League executive committee planned a $1000 fund for a San Antonio W F RS Exposition. Assessments of 30 to 50 are to be levied on each participant to finance features such as a main hall, a parade, electrical displays, and moving pictures illustrating San Antonio. Committee members listed include D J Straus Ed Dreies S H Price H W Finck J W Ruwe and J B Carrington.
At 4:30 pm at 108 Yturri street the Spring Carnival board will decide a date for a stockholders meeting and elect a secretary. Mr Deutschmann, who has acted as secretary, declined to serve again, continuing in the role during the organization's start.
Contrasts have been shown by Asher Harrison with John Herbert and Louisiaus lumberman for the first scheduling of ties for Mr. Richardson’s tailroad from Artesia up the Stepmi tional and Great Northern into Asherton. Surveys are complete and active construction on the line will be started shortly.
Preparations for the new Sunset freight depot on Plum and Dakota streets are complete with false work in place. Machinery for handling concrete is on site and construction continues without interruption. Materials are hauled to the ground and a track built for rapid delivery as they arrive.
Eight year old James MaVicker directed the motorman and conductor to move the car and aided in his own rescue after a trolley struck him. Despite leg amputation, he remained conscious and courageous en route to hospital. Parents live in Green Point. Also notes on Christy art cover and various literary and musical features in the January issue.
The Treasury Department Supervising Architect in Washington invites proposals by February 4, 1909 for a complete extension of the San Antonio post office and courthouse. Copies of drawings and specs available at the Treasury office or Custodian in San Antonio. James Knox Taylor is the Supervising Architect.
A reflection on how certain individuals seemingly command collective action at pivotal moments. The piece explores a mysterious, elusive leadership quality that makes a chosen person feel inherently right for guiding a cause, independent of measured intellect or popularity. It questions the unseen psychology behind decisive leadership.
A San Antonio reader Mrs. J. I. Bowman testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved long standing kidney disease symptoms including back ache headaches and urinary troubles. She credits the pills with restoring her health after a distressed period and recommends trying them from local dealers with Burlington New York as general agents.
Thomas Cosgrove of 1019 St Charles street narrowly escaped serious harm when he slipped while boarding a moving car at the Vance street corner after a muddy race crowd ride. He recovered quickly,though shaken, as the trailer struck the running board and spared his legs. The incident sparked a local thrill amid the crowd. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertises benefits. Lone Bear Drug Store.
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