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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
10
The report covers the Texas cotton region for the 24 hours ending 22. 75th meridian time. It notes minimal rainfall and forecasts. Weather data provided by the Local Forecaster of the U S Weather Bureau.
A northwest bird mood and low pressure span the south and east, with fair overall weather yet possible rain. Clouds drift over Maces and Merquette Michigan, and cooler changes occur in the northwest. Jacksonville peaks at 48 degrees while Ruron records 42. Continuous warm spells persist in the south and southwest.
In a Brooklyn scene a reader recalls a teacher’s death caused by reading aloud during a storm, then debates why women fear lightning more than men. Cites Mountaineers in Alps, Prof. Tyndall, Ajax legends, and the notion of neurasthenia, ending with a rural farmer’s wife brave under a storm despite danger.
A fragment from an early 20th century column notes a wife leaving a note for her husband and a humorous home scene. It also advertises Winslow's Teething Syrup for children, claiming pain relief and gum softening with a 25 cent bottle, certified under the Food and Drugs Act. June 20th 1908. Series 1098.
The annual stockholders meeting of the San Antonio and Aran Bas Pass railroad, set for this morning at the Maverick Bank Building, was postponed due to lack of quorum. The delay shifts the routine session to tomorrow while topics include board elections and internal disputes.
Southern Pacific officials in Houston report immigration discussions in Chicago aimed at placing more desirable immigrants in agricultural districts away from cities. Colonels Anderson and others favor routes via New Orleans or Galveston, with a steady influx to Texas and Louisiana. Local migration to the Southwest increasing, with many families from northwestern Canada moving southward for better climate and profits.
WR Wright, a prominent Texas railroad man, spoke in the East praising Texas growth and rail service. He cites strong freight and passenger traffic, car shortages, and ample demand for locomotives, while predicting a large fall cotton movement and improving grower fortunes despite not having the top crop.
L A Robbins, assistant passenger and ticket agent of the Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad at Austin, is named successor to A F Taylor as chief rate clerk in the Mexican Central office on Alamo Plaza. The change takes effect September 6 when Taylor departs for his new assignment and Robbins completes the transfer from Austin.
Lin Me Robiina successor at Aust not yet pamad. Marvin H. Tretee assistant general freight agent International & Great Northern Railroad attends Austin meeting on cotton transport. George F. Lupton San Antonio & Aransas Pass travels on business. G Robinson Southern Pacific immigration agent arrives from Houston to assess season results. Southern Pacific depot waiting room repaired after a recent fire to reopen in four days. Officers including Superintendent Anderson and telegraph staff back in former offices. Southern Pacific No. 9 arrives from the east as a double header to accommodate students. Southern Pacific to run cheap round trip to Port Lavaca Sunday with $1.50 fare.
Representative Sam Stratton, previously in grave condition with appendicitis, left the hospital due to rapid improvement and is now at home, no longer believed to be in danger.
HL Lue manager for Aug A Busch announces five cold storage plants will be erected at once by his company in Waco. The plans, worked out, show new buildings to be connected with the existing plant. The building is said to be in every way ready for the project as announced in The Light.
A fragmentary local item reports Charles Matthews's death and mysterious remarks from a conductor aboard a New York line. Other notes mention two dogs bitten near a school and a reflection on S. E. Kiser’s life from Chicago. The piece weaves obituary hints with odd anecdotes and social chatter from the era.
The chief quartermaster of Lista de patment announces bids for oats and hay at Fort Sam Houston and other posts. J E Muegge bids the lowest for oats and hay at several posts with prices high versus last year, while Pavl Dean Grain Co and R Stratton bid for oats and hay at Fort Clark. Previous bids were deemed excessive, and open-market purchases may replace the posted bids. The Second Battalion Ninth Infantry parades at 6 pm with Major John Cotter reviewing, and Lieut Frederick B Terrell is reassigned back to Fort Allas.
In a curious tale a young man in town parades a continental uniform claiming descent from an old lineage. He boasted his great grandfather wore the same gear when he died for the country in revolutionary days. A young lady examined the uniform and quipped about the gentle man drowning, prompting a light-hearted exchange. Burnett & Co. Undertory.
The Sunaut Station timetable lists departures and arrivals for routes serving Sunaut Station on Commerce Street with connections to Houston Galveston Victoria and New Orleans. Services include limited, express, and local trains with varied start times from early morning to evening and notes on Saturday schedules.
Chicago Tribune excerpt features Uncle Alfen Sparks criticizing a man who speaks of universal brotherhood and uplift but never acts to change his own life. mentions TT Burnt & Go and Undertexera in a fragmentary note.
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