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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1908

Page

2

Roosevelt Second Term League Formed to Back Roosevelt Ticket

A draft circular promotes a new independent movement named the Roosevelt Second Term League with Theodore Roosevelt for president and Gov. Joseph W. Folk for vice president. The group claims broad backing across 46 states, urges local leagues in September across northern states, and designates organizers to spread the campaign.

Valent Roosavelt Joseph Wingate Folk Missouri Chicago Bilger F. L. Bilgar Duota Africa White House Greeling Roosevelt Theodora Roosevelt New York Joseph W. Folk Union Theodore Roosevelt Foth Jeanine Folk Minnola Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Mixsowl

Ghoulish jests spark ethical debate in press letters

A discussion interrupts a civic notice page as readers condemn a Houston Post clipping that mocked the widow of Robert G Ingersoll. The letter warns against insensitive humor about grieving families while praising Ingersoll's compassionate legacy and critiquing Hearst's stance on reformer Samuel Gompers.

Four Thousand Workers Celebrate Labor Day in San Antonio

Good old Brouchas, you deserved to win. The Business Men's club is perfectly competent to handle the railroad probe sem i it receives the cooperation of the people of San Antonio. Four thousand working men, celebrating Labor Day in a peaceful and happy manner in San Antonio is an impressive object lesson. It not only demonstrates the dignity of labor but emphasizes the prosperity of the working man.

Business Men's Club Riilroad People of San Antonio

Paper from Cotton Stalks a Hopeful South Venture

Dallas News reports on a new company aimed at making paper from cotton stalks. The piece argues that turning stalks into pulp could add value to cotton crops and help publishers facing rising wood pulp costs. It notes the large scale of past pulp use and warns of looming shortages if forests are not restored, urging broad support for the venture.

Dallas News Tt Ja

The Text Book Law Spark Fears of Local Dealers

The Guadalupe Gazette reports local dealers refuse to handle state board school books. The rule denies profit and risks losses, with critics saying the law benefits the book and undermines local choice, calling it one of the poorest pieces of legislation.

Guadalupe Gazette

Pleasant Yet Costly Child Textbook Law Warns Denison

The Denison Herald notes a new law requiring families to buy approved adoo books for children. It warns the expense will be substantial but compulsory, urging preparedness for the costly purchases under the text bank commission’s selections.

Denison Herald Text Bank Commission

A Morning in South Wlores Street Despair and Dignity

A portrait of an aging congress-gatherer and his family as they move through a damp city morning. The scene follows the quiet dignity of the man and the daily grind of laundry, work, and small town talk among passersby, livery stables, and a distant hope for better days.

Frobandt Street Welock Bente Ul Impr Attays South Wlores Streas Irene Nita Tvery George

Health Officer Rutherford in city from Houston

Health Officer Rutherford arrived in the city from Houston as Dr. Panying celebrated his thirty third anniversary yesterday. Martin Sehtebel, lessee of the Arkelber Verein hail bar, will leave soon for California while friends plan a lively entertainment Saturday night. Twelve companies of soldiers are present.

Rutherford Houston Panying Martin Sehtebel Arkelber Verein California

Frantic Women and a Woman's Health Remedy

Frantic women and nervous illness are described, with letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles. The ad claims the product has restored health to many, inviting sick women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Mary Wood Christinne Tent Mra. Pinkham Lydia B. Pinkham Wallace Wilson Thompsdnville, Conn Pinkham Lydis E. Pinkham Tycho B. Pinkham

Local Community Notes and Meeting Updates

Residents attend church events at the San Femina cathedral choir rehearsals for the opera Merry War. At a recent Mission Holy meeting Steven Mullaly and four others were elected as members. The Young Friends Social club plans a meeting next week.

Wiss Marie Lacoste San Femina Mission Ac Steven T. W. Mullaly Joe Gas Joe Gas+ ‘slang, ©, Be Mullary Oita Grant Quinn Young Friends’ Social Club

Sept 8 Historical Highlights Then and Now

On Sept 8 in history events span 1500 Amy Robsart widow and murder rumors to 1864 The Count of Paris dies in London 1900 Galveston hurricane devastates city with 7000 deaths and $25 million in losses Also notes astronomical details and calendar curiosities from various eras.

Amy Robsart Earl of Thiceater Hla Paris London Parla Bk Clellan Galveston

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