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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1903
Page
4
The article reports broad improvement in business, with except for iron and lumber, stronger outputs and rising prices. It notes steel and cotton trends, unemployment and wages cutting, rail earnings and exports signaling better trade, while mentioning political and international concerns shaping sentiment.
Weighing Canada's growing grain power against U S market dominance, the piece argues Canada risks annexation by the United States as it seeks to shift global commerce. It mocks Mormon Smoot and critiques tariff policy, foreign affairs, and political maneuvers across parties.
A long critical column attacks a proposed bond for a municipal electric light plant in San Antonio, arguing it inefficient and dangerous, cites Austin as cautionary example, and praises business leaders like Mr Reagan Houston for opposing labor agitators. It notes the streetcar strike had costly but beneficial outcomes and calls for accountability from city officials.
A New York correspondent reports Dr Henry Krauskopf a Harlem hospital ambulance surgeon crawled from under a struck car at Third Avenue and 122nd Street to save a man trapped beneath the wheels. The crowd cheered as the physician in torn white duck coat performed a brave rescue before the ambulance arrived.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for dyspepsia dizziness headache and liver or bowel troubles. The copy claims gentle yet thorough relief priced at 25 cents at F Kalteyer Son and Adolph Dreiss drug stores.
The Bell Jewelry Co lists a holiday line at 227 West Commerce with a 25 cent brush and powder set. Jung Kind's Drug Store advertises similar bargains at 517 East Houston Street. Shafer the Plumber promotes a Nernst lamp promising lower electric bills and better light, at 125 West Commerce Street.
John Sharp Williams is described as leader of the Democratic minority in the House and a Mississippi representative, with Tennessee roots and education at the University of Virginia. The text notes his father, a Confederate colonel, died at Shiloh.
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