San Antonio Light Tied to Subscriptions and Editorial Details
Local newspaper masthead fragment lists management and editorial staff, including Shirley W. Johns as managing editor. Subscription terms shown for daily and Sunday editions, with mail and carrier options and rate notes. Partial imprint indicates agency representation and postmark status.
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S.C. Beckwith
Recentatives
New York
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Tribune
Publisher’s Notice for Light subscribers and address changes
TO SUBSCRIBERS. It is important to give the old and new address when desiring changes. If delivery is irregular, notify the office Bilberteieyhaie 176. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE. Subscribers to The Light should pay money to regular authorized collectors only. Do not pay carriers to avoid errors.
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Internal Commerce Shows Steady September Gains in 1908
Leading internal commerce movements for September 1908 indicate a partial recovery from early year depression. Cotton and grain movements rise, livestock receipts exceed 1907, grain at 15 interior markets climbs sharply, Chicago packing shipments up 27 percent from prior month and above 1907 and 1908 figures. Car service shows improvement, box and coal cars face shortages on Canadian lines. Missouri politics grow unpredictable amid Texas party dynamics and calls for a fighting minority to spur accountability.
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Asaobiaions
United States
Sli Nver
American Railway Association
Ifough
Rankin McGregor law and San Antonio trip discussed
Fragmentary remarks reference the Rankin McGregor law and a potential decision by state executive leaders. The speaker muses about sending rangers to San Antonio shortly after the Bexar defeat, considering prior knowledge of the situation and possible actions he could take.
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Yeaterday
San Antonio
Bexar
Boost Home Industry Exposition Aims to Stir Local Interest
The Business Men's club in San Antonio unveils a three day exposition plan with an automobile parade to promote home industries. President Mollaly supports boosting local manufactures against foreign goods to benefit retailers and consumers. Attorney General Davidson’s stance shifts Campell’s trend, suggesting Bailey issue may be cooling.
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Oue
San Antonio
Antonio
Attornney
Davidson
Bexar County
Campbeil
Bailey
Not Typical Army Life Claims by Mrs Hains
The author argues that public perceptions shaped by Mrs Hains letters misrepresent army life. She asserts army officers and their wives embody higher culture refinement and clean living than outsiders, maintaining that Army Society mirrors the broader world in human nature.
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Washington
Army
Pointed Paragraphs from the New York Press
A compact excerpt argues that living for oneself limits fulfillment, noting guests enjoy more than hosts and that real pleasures can be costly. It laments love corrupted by money and classifies extravagant spending as inappropriate for true desire, contrasting it with genuine value.
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New York Press
Soltaire
Poisoned Sweets in Park Romance and History Notes
A fragmented 19th century item blends playful verse about a kiss and a park scene with brief historical dates. It mentions Columbus in 1492, the 1874 Virgininy massacre, 1898 Cuban assembly, and the death of Li Hung Chang, plus astronomical event times and a note on Mercury before sunrise.
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San Salvador
Cuba
Vh1—Eerl Li Hung Chang
San Antonio 21 Years Ago in The Light 1887
Local society notes report Van Dyke Art club meeting at Commerce and Yturri, Singing and Social club held a session with Johnson Morrla directing music, and a two night engagement by Thomas Keene at the opera house featuring Othello Saga and King Richard. Also a shooting in Shiver's pasture with no arrests, dances at Falls Warm and Goliad street, birthday celebrations for Jon Nacker and H. Rillims, and quail counts from hunts. Knights of the Golden Rule ball at Arbeiter egenn with a large turnout and a noted supper.
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Yturri
Johnson Morrla
Thomas Keene
Opera House
King Richard
Fred
Shiver's Pasture
Polles
T. Steubing
J. ¥. Hanson
A. Persh
Woman Testifies in Peace Disturbance Case
Annie Bibl a mulatto woman testifies about Lea Jackson disturbing the peace with church trouble and a confrontation at her house. She says Jackson was warned, she struck back with a 2 by 4, and the judge dismisses the case after noting the defendant has already been punished.
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Annie Bibl
Corporation Court
Lea Jackson
Nerra
Jackson
Pears
Enn
Stowe
He Hits Back in Chicago Domestic Spat
A Chicago domestic scene at breakfast escalates as a husband confronts Marla over her two former spouses. The quarrel centers on tender memories and the warning that they were kept in hot water. The mock husband observes the scene from the porch as tension rises.
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Chicago News
Marla
Well Meaning Corporations Must Be Treated With Fairness
A historical letter praises honest corporate trusteeship and calls for fair railroad regulation. It stresses that most companies act with integrity, urges nonpartisan oversight to prevent favoritism, and argues the American public will support fair treatment as understanding grows.
End Child Labor, Beveridge Urges National Action
Senator Albert J. Beveridge told the National Convention of Women’s Clubs in Boston that over a million children aged five to fourteen are killed or ruined annually in American factories, with two hundred thousand reaching adulthood broken. He urged ending child labor nationwide within five years, citing English reformers as precedent and appealing to American womanhood to decide the issue.
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Albert J. Beveridge
National Convention of Women's Clubs
Boston
Minas
Republic
Shaftesbury
Two Railroads Plan Line to San Saba
Special to The Light Fort Worth Texas November 7 reports both the Frisco and Santa Fe railroads consider extending lines to San Saba where a $75 000 bonus awaits the first railroad into the city San Saba a major cotton market sparks a fierce race between the two roads to win the entry prize.
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San Saba
Fort Worth
Tex
Thal
Frisco
Sante Pe
Dlang
San Saha
Arkansas varsity end dies from football injury in Oklahoma game
Austin Texas. Nov. Tygest Dickson an Arkansas varsity right end injured in the Oklahoma game last Friday died yesterday. He was kicked in the chest, pneumonia developing. Body to be buried in Rogers Arkansas. He leaves a sister, Mrs. A. C. Rogers of Vernon Texas. Theo Artzt's orchestra, B. phones.
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Tex
Tygtest Dickson
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Rogers
Ark
A. C. Rogers
Vernon
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