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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
2
A patchwork of remarks covers oil, government names, postal service upgrades, weather scorn, horse tips, and rising cotton trade. The piece cites San Antonio, Chicago, and mentions San Antonio Light tips, plus a long economic report showing cotton manufactures imported and exported in the United States through 1907 and nine months of 1907, with values in the tens of millions.
The text notes large-dollar values for cotton and related fabrics, including lace curtains and velveteens, with the group of goods like linens and embroideries expanding from about $20 million to $90 million from 1905 to 1907. It contrasts with other cotton manufactures, which rose only $9 million in the same period.
The Crystal City Chronicle lauds Billar A. Jackson of Crystal City Zavala County Texas as the prince of optimism praising his front page psalm of peace and plenty. The piece details his garden bounty from radishes to greens and jokes about a future postmaster appointment while celebrating local life and prospects.
The Washington Post argues the South spans temperate to tropical zones and could grow diverse crops beyond cotton. It envisions Mississippi delta drainage, river waters tamed, and land transformed into fertile fields rivaling ancient Nile valleys, under Roosevelts VIK?burg plan, while noting lingering doubts and tribulations.
A poem fragment laments workers chasing distant riches abroad while neglecting home. It contrasts grand ventures and golden gains with a longing for a simpler, happier homeland, and reflects on the fatigue of endless travel and the lure of tomorrow's prosperity.
Lanham Maryland resident Lieutenant W. Bowman reports cure of a severe cold in forty eight hours using Pertna per directions. He notes Peruna as preventive when attacks threaten and says others at his facility also use it.
A collage of remarks notes public roads profanity delays and a Mr Burne anecdote. It also cites the Canadian Fisheries probe into planted lobsters off British Columbia and a Massachusetts tuberculosis inmate program. Cotton farming contrasts long and short staple yields with regional labor patterns.
A jumble of clippings recounts fashion critiques in Jefferson City and Columbia, stories of a painted portrait in the senate, Panic era sidelights, odd library finds, and a Newport mayoral inquiry about a towering boy. The pieces mix humor, local lore, and curious historic notes.
Wish O Pack, a grocer, is puzzled by rumors and strange visitors in his store. A traveling man drops in and leaves a grip, while Pack muses on odd business and peculiar noises around the shop as trade slows and items are handled in curious ways.
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