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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1907
Page
2
A jumble of phrases references terror threats in Tunisia, price drops, divorce testimony, optimistic weather, and various scattered events. The text mentions a Dallas gas claim, prohibition in Alabama, political hints, and several garbled names, dates, and places with no coherent narrative.
Grand jury probes the methods behind a bill titled an act to regulate publication of motion concerning prosecutions under investigation. The draft would be introduced at the next session of Congress, with top trusts lawyers and two high earners on a gag board. Critics warn of plans to suppress public discussion of public questions and predict the measure may die before House consideration. The press vows to resist a gag law aimed at submerging truth.
The Chicago Tribune notes strong admiration for Texas Senator Charles A. Culberson as a potential Democratic presidential nominee. Supporters praise his legal mind and leadership in the House while Republicans and Southern allies view him as a leading southern figure with broad appeal.
The Dallas News Herald lauds the San Antonio International Fair opening November 9. It notes the ninth annual livestock exposition already booked with cattle and horses, a wine barn, and every space filled. Twelve more cattle and horse towns are under construction, and two large new buildings rise to house vehicles and farming implements. A poultry pavilion for Texas fanciers will showcase birds and stock. The paper calls this the premier southern livestock show and lauds the expansive preparations two weeks before opening.
Letters from the canal zone describe banquets with diners enjoying olives salmon French peas ham champagne and other foods. The piece notes cost shifts on chewing tobacco Tanglefoot fly paper and baking soda near a discount price scene amid reader census and life’s necessities.
The note discusses San Antonio visitors seeking places to stay and the community lodging options. It outlines proposals to house guests near a central area and the impact on local families, with interest in hospitality funding, season planning, and public cooperation to accommodate visitors and support the city’s economy. It mentions hotels, bonding houses, and the potential value of the hospitality effort to Lexar county.
Ell a Whegler Wilcox presents a fragmentary autumn etched scene with a desolate coast and night imagery. A pallid landscape features broken macaw fragments, a cave anchored figure, and a wind driven shore while a fisherman contemplates the bay under a fading moon.
A San Antonin man bought a saloon and learned he needed a license but could not obtain one due to local citizen opposition. The note adds that licenses are not always required in San An DAO and hints at bureaucratic quirks affecting alcohol trades.
A collage of humorous clippings argues men prefer play over work, praising gym toil and chores as exercise while denouncing labor as endless, with satirical tales of debt, domestic schemes, and quirks of Lincoln lore and frogs in rain. The piece blends humorous moralizing with quirky anecdotes and quotes from various newspapers.
William Chernovitz a tailor living at 21 Willett Street learned he had inherited $10009 after the death of a relative in Russia. Within 24 hours of hearing the news he collapsed and died at the Grand Street ferry house, a verdict of death by excitement attributed by doctors. He had moved from London with his family five years ago and had struggled to find steady work in New York.
In Grant Nolch Md a goat belonging to Thomas Haggerty allegedly snatched a lunch coat valued at $50 and escaped through a fence, pulling fresh-washed baby clothes from Mrs. Haggerty’s line. Neighbors report the incident disrupted laundry and stirred a family dispute.
Fast bidding for rare coins led a Thursday night sale at Thomas Wilder’s rooms, 32 Haat Twentyabird street. Big prices were paid for early pieces, with a 1296 salt coin and a 1748 dated piece among highlights, auctions drawing buyers from Philadelphia and local collectors.
A fragmented account claims widespread cruelty in Peralas Alece with graphic punishments including throat slashing public executions. The text references crucifixions and women being cast from towers, noting sensational tales and sensationalist descriptions from unnamed writers.
A Chicago sourced note describes Berlin University as the most numerous seat of learning with 7774 matriculated students and 1380 nonhabitants, noting German cities and countries in Europe are represented to its class in glass and annals.
Rough counts show 40,000 red deer, 260,000 roebuck, 4 million hares, 4,009,000 partridges and 100,000 wild pigeons in Germany, plus overall wild game worth about 29 million marks. A separate note tells of a goat sighting, royalty gifts to Korea, and travel feats from stage drivers to explorers.
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