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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
2
Notices for subscribers urge delivering address changes with both old and new details. Call 1359 before leaving town and have The Light delivered to new travels. Anonymous communications will not be noticed.
The piece laments the two phone companies in San Antonio, urging city action to curb excessive rates and poor service. It condemns inadequate infrastructure and calls for safeguards, fair pricing, and penalties if a private utility fails to meet agreements, arguing the Southwestern Telephone franchise should be reassessed.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions executives at be ¢efiy and an opportunity to fill a position. It hints at a failed action and a term like jewel or term. No clear names, dates, or places are readable.
A historical column argues the Atlantic coast remains strong despite transferring sixteen battleships to the Pacific. It lists ships like Connecticut Alabama Maine Missouri Kentucky and others, notes older vessels Indiana Massachusetts and Town still guard the Atlantic, and praises new Idaho Michigan New Hampshire South Carolina and Delaware class ships nearing completion.
The readable fragments describe ominous prophecies and looming danger. References to a "Cannon" and "dry tide" imply a dramatic upheaval. Names like Knox and Waiybanke appear amidst cryptic lines about murder, melting fear, and a rising tide of catastrophe.
A collage of rattling snippets and humor from a bygone era. It mingles poems, jokes, and brief anecdotes with rustic wordplay and quirky sketches. Names and places drift through, along with rustic observations on love, bears, pigeons, and courtly flashes of literary wit.
A long, miscellany filled with statistics and anecdotes from distant places. It notes Vienna’s population density, Salvation Army reach in 52 countries, a giant Texas plow, Romany life near Granada, and a tale of a fireman’s potential promotion. It includes canal costs from Marseilles to the Rhône, New York’s vast area and population, and Russian village priest customs. Also covered are a robbers’ road notices, a charity foundation in London, a traveler’s feats by T. J. Goldwin, and glimpses of Japanese poetry and noble plate. The piece closes with Philippine retail practices and middlemen under a sliding price system.
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