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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1907
Page
2
A jumble of local notes and political fragments mentions subscriber addresses, delivery issues, and a range of unsettled topics from Oklahoma to Texas. It notes Fairbanks and Bailey actions, a paving experiment in Fort Worth, and odd quotes about elections and public life amid chaotic spelling and garbled phrases.
A reflective tribute notes the longhorn’s fading era as railroads, water scarcity, and shifting markets diminish its role. It recalls the breed’s speed, endurance, and frontier utility, once vital for Texas and Southwest cattle drives, now to be remembered in the Kansas City Star analysis.
A historical note contrasts the shorthorn and the longhorn, describing the longhorn’s vigor and striking appearance but chronic refusal to eat meat. It argues modernization favored meat production and speed, leading to the longhorn’s exit from pastoral farming.
A Mexican official hints at a shift toward restricting Asiatic influence as signs emerge of mounting distrust toward Japan. Diplomats note Japan assigns a Mexican envoy to study conditions for Japanese workers and a potential push for halting immigration until privileges improve. The piece warns of volatile tensions if Mexico responds harshly to perceived slights while Japan weighs influence in the region.
Charges of graft against the Salvation Army are dismissed as baseless after review. The movement’s deeds include sheltering two million poor in 77 hotels, feeding 1.5 million destitute, sheltering 500,000, caring for 8080 in industrial homes, and aiding 2000 lost persons. The religious work drew 15 million attendees at Salvation Army meetings nationwide last year.
The piece surveys reactions to recent U S stock market jitters with bankers and analysts arguing over causes and remedies. It notes ongoing prosperity nationwide, strong farm sector, and stock price corrections while some urge national laws limiting stock issuance beyond cash investment. Wall Street is described as playing a pivotal role in the wider economy.
The New Orleans Picayune argues that the proposed ship subsidy is aimed at aiding South and Central American routes or East Asia, not boosting American merchant marine. It contends the measure would divert aid from strengthening U S lines and fail to revive a robust U S fleet amid costly, protectionist navigation laws.
The article describes a Texan editor known for consuming seventy pies daily and enjoying a prolific baking habit. It notes the unusual routine and suggests a playful exaggeration about his appetite and work ethic in the local paper.
A collection of readings notes Oregon as former ocean bed with camel fossils and tropical plant imprints. Geologists like Condon and Diller support a coastal forest landscape now risen to Cascade ranges. Other items discuss Bismarck, a Tennessee toothache remedy, and Pekin Gazette history notes.
A fragmented relic of a distant era describes Shanaghal ties and a ternary scene with opium trade suppression near Shanghal settlements. It references German imperial cards bearing Wilhelm and Deutscher Wissser markers, and notes on English censorship of plays with odd anecdotes about royal insignia and printed messages.
Scraps indicate diverse topics from zoology in New York to railway power savings in the United States, plus poetry and church bells in Wood Dorset. References touch on Hungary travel costs, Japanese emperors, Italian swamps experiments, and India's mission progress, with stray remarks on English terms and societal norms.
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