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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1908
Page
13
An overlong, garbled advertisement promotes a free contest to write a witty last line for a Tabasco limerick. It touts a $3,000 prize, open to all, with scattered marketing for Tabasco and related products. The text imitates promotional filler and product pitches with multiple branding references and implausible claims.
A historic reform to provide weekly pensions to 70 year old and over Britons eligible under new rules. The measure, projected to cost about 26 million dollars yearly, sets conditions for qualification, disqualifications, and administration through local government boards and a central pension office.
In Albany Georgia a Black man named Jolivia Towke was taken from a guard house near Damascus by about 180 men and fatally harmed by a mob. He had been imprisoned after being arrested by posse but was identified as the suspect. A guard was posted at the prison but a night crowd overpowered deputies, triggering the lynching.
Fragmentary page shows a troubling mix of violent scene description and a drug advertisement. It references a guard house, a man called Irakey ji Towns, a shooting beside a railroad and a claim that blood is life. It promotes Hocky Mountain Tea as a blood tonic priced at 84 cents at Lone Star Drug.
Special to The Light Atetia Texas September 6 The G E K and All railroad today reiterated opposition to a proposed grade crossing of the Houston Galveston interurban near Harrisburg. The commission refused to act because a court injunction was pending.
Texas dominates the 1907 agricultural statistics with leading cotton production worth about 160 million dollars and a per capita income around 43. It shows major rice, corn, potato, and tobacco outputs, with rice valued at 7.2 million and corn at 94.3 million. The report notes Texas’ vast livestock, cattle, horses, mules, and wool, plus the growing Angora goat industry and a grand concert and ball by Wealth Table No. 15 on September 6 at Mission Garden bull.
John Temple Graves of Georgia will receive formal notification of no nomination for the independence party vice presidency. Speeches by Willa Randolph Hearst Mr Graves and Coronel Yon cay Carter will be held in Atlanta and other cities. The plan includes speeches in Macon and Thomasville with further appearances later for Mr Dapley.
Michael Hay of New Orleans a prominent charity worker in the United States and Europe, is at Michael Reese Hospital with paralysis induced by alcohol. He arrived after failing to respond to treatment at a home hospital. His condition shows no improvement.
Moritz and Piieatte of Hamburg filed suit in Galveston seeking 44 000 dollars and 35 000 pounds in damages plus a receiver for the Galveston Cotton Seed Meal Co. They allege bills of lading were issued for a carrier never shipped. A. T. Bush, president of the Galveston company, has been indicted.
In Aventherford Texas H McQarly becomes leader of the Weatherford Damotrat while Eugene Moore moves to Fort Worth to take charge of a prohibition paper. The reshuffle transfers editorial duties and signals shifts in local publishing leadership.
St Louis Sept 6 The first week of September finds Missouri’s political scene heating for the coming slate of ballots. Democrats face factional splits with Stone and Folk seeking the US Senate nomination while Republicans look to Hadley and tariff issues. Bryan’s strength remains a constant reference as campaigns move into public appearances and speeches across the state.
A letter from an elderly couple praises Grape-Nuts for easing dyspepsia and improving health. They report lasting stomach comfort after eight weeks, noting the wife’s relief from biliousness and headaches. The note ends with a request to share the product’s benefits, signed by Nevada?
Aunt Mary laments neglect of girls in San Antonio clubs and urges mothers to focus on girls’ upbringing alongside boys. She argues for female duty, cautioning about girls’ daily life and urging heart‑to‑heart talks with sons, while noting a policeman’s view on girls and boys.
Special to The Light from Lemont Texas reports W Holmes, longtime superintendent of car services for the Frisco, receives a pivotal posting with the Southern Pacific in California. He will lead the telegraph department.
Special to The Light reports the sole survivor of the schooner Sharman wreck off New Termes coast. The 40 crew perished. survivor is a 4 Russian named Helelaft. News from Reaumont, Lex. Sept. B-L Burnett Co. ads follow with paper, wrapping, pasteboard, and office supplies in stock and priced to beat competitors.
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