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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1907
Page
2
A fragmented notice discusses delivery addresses and contact conditions for panel subscribers. It mentions the weather’s unfairness, a sun behind clouds, and references to public figures, wartime mood, and arid lands plans for walking paths in San Antonio. The text blends slang and misread phrases implying unsettled topics.
A garbled editorial argues that bad weather jeopardizes San Antonio's Great International Fair and predicts it could be the greatest yet. It urges moving the event earlier to avoid conflicts with Dallas, ensuring optimal concessions, stables, and racing events, and suggests compromise or competition as possible paths to mutual benefit.
Across the country civic groups meet in Providence next week to promote urban beauty and hygiene. Texas shows shade trees grafted with paper shell pecans while cities from Oakland to Philadelphia sweep streets and reclaim vacant lots. An annual “Cleaning up Day” in Denver mobilizes residents and officials to improve yards parks and alleys with paint brushes broom mowers and plantings.
We will oppose the misaffectionate advertising signs of any kind and will assist in their removal by kindly argument. We will consider outdoor beauty worth while and will foster in Tigram children a love for the natural surroundings.
An efritoria in the Manufacturers Record urges a patriotic, optimistic view of the nation’s future. It asserts the country’s strong geography, cotton, coal, and iron resources, a 65 million population, and enduring industrious spirit will drive continued progress despite current financial disturbances. It calls for less alarm, improved currency legislation, and maintaining optimism with patriotism.
The New York World prints a map showing party strengths and argues that Orran’s nomination would defeat Democrats. It calls for renominating Roosevelt only with a new man and platform to unite factions and appeal to independents amid hard times, unemployment, and stalled prosperity.
Fragmented excerpts recount two pivotal days and a colonial world map of diverse peoples. It cites racial mixes near northeast borders, Hindu centers, and Muslim northwest regions, with varied religious beliefs and semi-sovereign local rulers. The piece shifts to a humorous schoolyard exchange about a red dress cowgirl and a political jab at cowgirls versus sheep. It ends noting a Paris medical study on vocal effort by bass singers and a promise of a Sunday feast with fish and tidbits for two days on the Sabbath.
The piece notes a political shakeup under President Rugseyelve HiYfornia affecting both major parties. It states six years post Roosevelt's White House entry have produced new leaders at the top of the parties and in key states, altering control and influence across the political landscape.
A Detroit News report notes ongoing doctors and scientists seeking the source of rising cancer rates. The piece cites patient data and federal interest while acknowledging no definitive etiological conclusion yet.
A Philadelphia writer argues for a formal inland waterways department within Congress with annual appropriations of at least $500,000 to oversee waterway improvements. The piece urges federal recognition and steady funding as essential to development.
A fragmentary verse piece contrasts fading daylight and autumn leaves with memories of youth. The prose voice touches on time, change, and longing, hinting at historical figures and seasonal imagery. The style resembles a newspaper column's literary page, preserving a wistful mood and era tone.
A Marion Star feature notes cartoonist Davenport’s claim to be the nation’s record holder for electing men to office through biting satire. The piece contrasts his sharp, bitter style with gentler satire. It also describes a London estate clock set to strike thirteen at one, linked to Worsley Hall and local workers, then mentions a sudden shift to friendly relations among children in New York World reportage.
A satirical verse from the New York Times mocks Sunday dinner politicking and the fraying of neighborly civility as voting looms. It foresees name calling, partisan rifts, and intensifying disputes over the presidential choice. The second fragment recalls a dog boarders tale about feeding on Sunday, noting a parish-like request for special meals.
A New York Press report condemns the East Siie for exposing children to harsh sunlight and gas glare. An eye and ear infirmary doctor notes toddlers in outdoor shade with severe eye risk, citing a summer heat hazard and dangerous gaslight nearby. The piece questions state of care and safety for young children.
A collage of scattered facts covers leprosy care in Norway, a Key West water system, how dragonflies fly, engine probe temperatures, French disease notes, incubation hints for birds, early Mississippi rail, deep drilling in Silesia and Rand, Colombia nickel coin orders, English influence in Hungarian villages, cranberry crops in Massachusetts New Jersey Wisconsin standings, Nellie Secondus ship impact, advances in taleroscope viewing, Ohio observation expansion, a nine year old telephone operator, a wall-killing incident in North China, Queen Alexandra wedding dress preservation, and opium cessation efforts amid medical cures.
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