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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1907
Page
2
A rough snapshot of early 20th century public life with stray items on delivery irregularities, San Antonio international fair, a Denver man marrying his mother in law, oil magnate remarks, prohibition era mood, and political shifts as Bryan and Tall figures appear amid a distracted public discourse.
The San Antonio Traction company is to be commended for extending lines to meet rising transportation demand as the city grows. Management shows ambition and progress though some routes lack enough cars. the firm aims to improve service, and employees are courteous and efficient, earning public good will.
The publishers accuse a so called paper trust of pushing up blank paper prices harming papers from small town to metropolitan outlets. They seek repeal of duties on printing paper wood pulp and related materials and call for a publishers committee to advise Congress on tariff abuse. The move targets policy before the next presidential election with Roosevelt referenced in context.
The article argues that paper makers push high prices by citing rising costs while resisting tariff cuts on Canadian lumber. It claims the duty sustains costs and that removing duties could lower paper prices, noting Roosevelt and Congress face the issue amid a national election climate.
The article explains that divining rods rely on unconscious body movements rather than external forces. Experiments show no external detection, and success correlates with operator belief and local groundwater expectations. It notes limitations, noting predictions work mainly where groundwater occurs in definite sheets.
The Charleston News and Courier urges candor and simplicity in inner life. It urges meeting others with frankness and sympathy to foster true friendship, noting real goodness exists if one seeks it and avoids distrust in others.
A clipped editorial laments civic decay in American cities. It condemns the monetization of public honors and seasonal duties, urging citizens to reclaim fundamental public spirit and civic responsibility beyond price tags.
Residents of New York wonder at a startling theft that occurred while people slept near Central Park. Officials struggle to explain the irregular incident as a major pipeline and surface issue appears tied to the city’s movement, with potential costs running into a million dollars annually.
Fragmentary Milwaukee Sentinel note mentions Jenice Th halk Yor wirahlys ator jar mon of lotlere and a babbleship Indiana. Reads as garbled OCR with unclear facts and names.
A collage of odd anecdotes and clipped vignettes from New York and Philadelphia, including reminiscences of memory lapses, a dramatic animal cruelty tale, a horse bite legend tied to George Washington, a comical tailor encounter, and notes on emerging gemstone imitation sapphires in Maiden Lane.
A fragmentary 19th century note discusses Dr Long, a woodsman, and alleged dream-driven natural history tales. It questions whether his visions reflect genuine native history or are psychological fantasies, while criticizing sensational guides and misleading claims in natural history writing. References to New Brunswick and Nashville Teanesscean appear as fictional locales.
A quirky mix lists vast coal consumption in Lando, walls in Budapest and St Louis, tiny brain bones, a wasp’s powerful jaws, old grape stomping in Spal and Tealy, and fashions in France. It notes a 23,406 foot Himalayan peak ascent, a vast tomato patch in Missouri, a German school method, and a jail singing scene in New York.
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