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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1908
Page
2
The San Antonio Light outlines subscription options by mail or city delivery for daily and Sunday editions, with rates and instructions. Subscribers are urged to report address changes promptly, using both old and new addresses, by phone if delivery is irregular.
Voters are advised to bring poll tax receipts, mark ballots with a black pencil, and avoid errors. Instructions cover straight voting, crossing out unwanted candidates, and writing in preferred names. Emphasizes school tax amendments and notes upcoming legislative events and civic responsibilities.
Unirrigated lands begin to admit failures of constant claims and dry farming. The Welb county decision and Terrell election law cast doubt on poll tax protections. After the legal prov isions fall, common sense may return and end the nonsensical policy.
Southwest Texas pushes for rail expansion to open new lands and jobs, with San Antonio and Brownsville routes proposed through the Rio Grande valley. Prohibition faces opposition as it threatens property values and employment, while advocates tout upbuilding and growth across the state amid financial strain and railroad policy uncertainty.
A Meuisoy Herald report notes the Eutlopal League of American Sportsmen passed a resolution urging the Elks to abandon wearing elk teeth as an emblem. It cites Roosevelt era debates, 1907 Philadelphia warnings, and a Dallas commission finding elk protection via laws, while blaming habitat loss for extinction risk.
Fragmented, unclear copy presents two sided stories with odd phrasing about umbrellas and a buried joke. It references a “burrower” and “megendary” comparing enjoyment to a rat’s laugh, and cautions against boasting of an old joy when a new one exists.
A Houston Post note informs Mr Pieres of a Supreme Court order compelling his return to Texas. The item frames the visit as a chance to behold the Lord's footstool and to commune with the Grand Old Texas saints.
OCR fragment references Edward and Victoria in British history, Polk as eleventh president, Kabul natives actions, 1892 Lieutenant Schwatken, a Portland explorer, and a 1995 astronomy note. Mentions times for sun rise and moon, with garbled dates and locations. The text is a scattered historical/astronomical collage with unclear structure.
Taft argues a president should seek usefulness over honor and power, be in prime vigor, and work hard across government. He emphasizes directing policy with Constitutionally defined duties, listening to all private and public voices, and following lawful methods to carry out the nation’s true will.
Congressman John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee argues that wornout currency should be redeemed at distributing points in the South and West with new money shipped from eastern centers. He cites heavy express rates and favored agreements under Carlisle as hindering federal replacement of deteriorating notes.
Visitors to Sana Pedro read the thought of a chained monkey in a park cage as keepers describe the old male ape at odds with his own kind. He is violent, killing some monkeys and sparing others, while a second, younger monkey cowers nearby. A plan to introduce a new mate fails. the old ape seems uninterested in companionship and remains, chained, in a grim tableau of animal misery.
San Antonio notes from 1887 mention race cheer leaders passing through on route to military quarters in California if funds allow. Dr Lindner celebrated his birthday. Captain A C Jones of Benfield, summering in New England, stays at St Leonard. Florine Nordtimus returns from Galveston. School board orders a special election to raise 1600 for segregated school accommodations west of San Pedro. Newly elected officers of Alamo Judge No 26, Independent Order of Good Templars, installed with large audience. Mayor Callaghan visits public schools. Major B B Atwood and wife in city from Port Arthur.
Fragmentary zoo note describes a small ape attempting a higher perch, emitting frightened sounds as handlers and onlookers react. Some sympathize while others roughhouse, but the creature remains perched on a narrow ledge high above the cage, conveying a tense scene of danger and distress.
The article outlines duties for a county board of equalization, including oath requirements to assess property at true market or real value, penalties for noncompliance, and procedures for recording votes. It also notes attorney general actions for removal, and City of San Antonio charter duties on city assessments and filing deadlines.
Notice from the Mayor's office San Antonio Texas 1908 informs taxpayers that the board of equalization will convene at the city assessor's office city hall room 18 on Monday November 2 to hear appeals from the assessor's decision and adjustments of assessments for the fiscal year ending May 31 1908 The board will sit daily from 9 a m to 1 p m except Sundays and holidays and petitions after adjournment will not be considered by the city council or the assessment committee Bryan Callaghan Mayor Attest Fred Frins City Clerk
San Antonio urged to rebuke a tirade by Mr Hah from the Pan Handle at a prohibitionist gathering in the city. The Simpson club campaign committee appeals for votes, recalling officeholders and weakeners who would influence the Heal Interath. Hood's Sarsaparilla is endorsed as a remedy.
The November term opened in county court with Judge Fudge Shook presiding. J J Garcia alias TL Gonzales received 16 dollars and 60 days jail for trousers stolen from L Guerguin. Albert Harper faced theft under 50, fined 25 dollars and 60 days. Wag accused of entering Julius Kramer’s saloon and stealing seven fifty, fined 10 and 40 days. George Jones fined 60 and 30 days for theft from R Kaufman’s store. W H Silson faced three counts of theft under 50, fined 10 and 40 days. Leobando Faying ordered to pay 83 per week while case pend.
Eyecial to The Light reports Diederich Wessel, an elderly farmer in Yoakum Texas, was found dead with a rope around his neck. Despondent over failing to finance a land deal, authorities note his recent financial troubles and withdrawal from business.
Special to The Light Gainesville Texas November 2 Robbers entered the home of E T H Latham two miles from the city early this morning beat Latham sealed Shi and a gold watch and escaped. The men were masked Latham suspects they were negroes.
A fragment reports Jon Kohr arresting Francisco Ylurbide, poet of La Colonia, while reciting an epic translation titled So the Hunting Season Has Come and The Iie of Ye Hunter. Ylurbide sat on the curb and was later fined. Also notes a U S Army recruit listing for able bodied unmarried men ages 15 to 85 in San Antonio with English literacy.
Special to the Light Luther Capps aged 94 a Cuero stockman was injured when a switch engine struck the cart he was riding in the Sar yallroad yard causing him to be hurled into a ditch.
In Philadelphia Ledger prose, a speaker muses on danger in tissueing as a character replies with a remark about a family famed for courage. The exchange hints at themes of risk, lineage, and resilience through concise dialogue.
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