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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1907
Page
5
In the Economy Basement, shoppers are invited to Wednesday specials on kitchen and wash goods. Highlights include Wafflerans at 125, Humphrey Oval Gas Heater at 2.50, and bundled linens, blankets, and comforters with low prices. Also featuring china, plates, jelly stands, and games for family use.
A fragmented ad lists hundreds of titles from authors like Dickens and Eliot. It also promotes fountain syringes and rubber goods with various prices and sizes. The message notes a sale tomorrow with several price points including 26c and 956.
Special to The Tight reveals chaotic postwar mail flow with thousands of postcards seized monthly in major cities. New York leads in mailed cards, Philadelphia and Chicago follow, while Los Angeles lags. The piece notes illicit or improper addresses and postage as top causes for confiscation and cites international mail, including France, as a frequent destination.
City of Mexico reports the death of Rosania Martines subsecretary of war and WT Andre Oteeken. The doomed official suffered fatal injuries amid a period of instability affecting the republic. Details are unclear as reports filter in from the capital.
Washington Oct 6 A proposed report by the inland waterways commission outlines a 200 million dollar program for a vast deep water inland route system. It envisions massive dredging to create deep water channels on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and a route from Massachusetts to Beaufort North Carolina with cost and schedule details to be compiled by the commission.
In Tennessee, progress on the South and Western railway contraction causes widespread disruption. Contractors announce suspensions from Virginia coal fields to the route, with hundreds of workers facing winter unemployment as the project stalls across Tennessee and surrounding areas.
Special to The Light from Washington reports Secretary Wilson plans mass slaughter of infected cattle to prevent bovine tuberculosis spread. The action targets cows from affected regions and uses strict feed and interstate commerce powers to halt milk shipments from uninspected herds.
An old advertisement warns that deafness cannot be cured by applications or nostrums. It claims only a constitutional remedy can restore hearing, promising a $100 reward for any case caused by catarrh that cannot be cured, and urges readers to request a circular from J Cheney & Co in Vallejo California.
The article lists rewards for vacancies in the post service with marks and names. It includes John J. Stevens and others with amounts such as 84.40 48.85 and 70.40. It also mentions a large island woman with sisters living near the promontory and notes long service, a goose and a stray approach warning.
Governor Hughes will preside over a general conference in New York to discuss aid for the poor. The event marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the charity organization society with sessions November 9, 20 and 21 at Carnegie Hall. Rober W. DeForest will preside, with Dr. mil Muonstarbers as a speaker and Governor Charles T. B. Higher presenting remarks.
Oct 29 Miidleboro Wasa reports the strangest Kaaratmay Imewa owned by Kincasi Teowes tema, one of three aged living ascendanta of Chat Indian chieglalo King Pho who once ruled the antih erm Massachusetts domain.
Portia Marshall Wastylujelin, daughter of Booker T. Washington, marries Negro architect Pico Ray at The Oaks near Tuskegee. The ceremony unites the Washington family after years abroad and features a return from Berlin where the bride studied art.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Gunnai and various languages or tongues, with unclear context and no distinct event or quote to anchor a clear news item. The readable bits suggest linguistic notes but lack concrete details to summarize as a news card.
Enterprise in Torreon Mexico may be forced to quit as bank flurry hits the Continen ay Rubber company. Workers are said to be laid off, with the sit down possibly tied to the Knickerbocker trust panic. The suspension of business by a New York trust firm is cited as a broader cause.
Casus denies a report in Moxten noting he will travel to Washington as a baseador to the United States through Mexico. Ambassador Creele is to devote all time to state affairs he was elected to oversee. Mr. Casa palligment.
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