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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1911
Page
25
Abbe Moreux argues Mars has longer days and colder nights with 686 day year causing near zero surface pressure at times. He describes evaporation, hoar frost and fog, with humidity driving seasonal vegetation patterns and a slow terminal fade as life is extinguished by cold.
The state entomologists at Texas A M College report widespread grasshopper outbreaks harming cotton and other crops. Treatments include argente of lead spray for gardens and a poison mix of white arsenic and molasses for cotton, poured along field edges as hoppers migrate.
Sapulpa Oklahoma July 8 There is no change in strike conditions at the city waterworks under contractor P J McNerney of Springfield Fifty men quit work after wages were cut from 175 to 160 per day amid intense heat Seventy five are out The note about a bee carrying twice its weight appears as a non sequitur.
The article explains the vast postal workforce and the difficulties of reading illegible addresses. It notes how misaddressed mail creates work, the importance of exact postage, and the high skill of mail clerks in decoding names, with Texas towns Plano Plains Lilano causing frequent mixups.
Family Physician reports a simple at home mix of saxolite powdered and witch hazel acts as both astringent and tonic to tighten skin and reduce wrinkles. Used as a wash lotion, it firms cheeks neck and areas below the eyes.
Schwab's drug store at 227 East Houston street debuts as one of the south's handsomest shops. C C Schwab, a registered pharmacist, leads with M G Schwab, also a pharmacist, bringing fifteen years of kentucky drug experience. Interior features green oak Semi mission fixtures and no counters. Fresh drug stock and precise compounding highlight up to date service aiming for wide patronage.
County offices closed for a half day as officials and clerks left the courthouse to read papers and chat while Judge Seeligson recalled the long charter contest trial. Sheriffs and clerks noted few crimes and steady bank cash flow as soldiers in town.
J J Beauregard Bryan, a prominent attorney, says reciprocity with Canada leads to a broader US Mexico pact. He notes Texas Congressman A S Burleson is pushing the new tariff agreement, to be argued in the next Congress. Bryan adds no objection to Mexican reciprocity as it directly competes with American products.
Sapulpa Okla July 8 reports that nearly every crop in Oklahoma has been ruined by drought with cotton surviving as the lone hope. Farmers face subsistence, livestock, and debt worries as heat tests cotton’s resilience and prospects.
OKLAHOMA CITY July 8 Appeals for aid reached the governor's office from farmers in several counties who face starvation due to the drought Comanche county plans to vote bonds for roads to provide work for farmers and their teams.
An odd fragment notes a religious reference to Willie and a living creature, then shifts to a claim about oats sustaining Russian horses. It contrasts Russian oats as superior for year round feed versus American cereals, implying broad nutritional comparisons without a clear event or named organizations.
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