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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1911
Page
4
The new management takes over The San Antonio Light with the current issue. It pledges to print all news with fairness and impartiality and to earn the public’s continued confidence through work rather than promises.
The railroad committee reports the final subscription completed for the Brownsville railroad, marking a long campaign by San Antonio progressives to maintain the city’s role as a Texas business center. The line’s completion promises commercial revival for a vast agricultural and mineral region, with new towns and settlers expected as the project becomes a solid, not speculative, advancement.
A Hindu adage states wealth is measured by what one can do without, emphasizing inner strength over material riches. The quote highlights frugality and resilience as true riches in life.
Ramon Corral remains in the official family while resigning as minister of interior and continuing as vice-president. Chairman Underwood warns woolen interests to expect strong opposition in Washington as schedule K faces high taxes. He cites proposed duties on women's clothing stockings and blankets provoking strong reaction.
The piece argues Democrats will pass a Canada reciprocity measure as a step toward tariff reform, preserving its good features while nullifying objectionable ones with separate bills. It contrasts Republican and Democratic visions, cites loyalty to Taft, and notes broader free trade implications. It also mentions political graft concerns and census trends in Iowa towns.
Rev. John Cavanaugh of Notre Dame University says the nation moves too fast and urges restraint. He cites social restlessness as the core issue while avoiding blame for national progress. A Washington matron secretly gifts 3,000,000 to her daughters amid a planned marriage to a younger man.
Percy the Press Agent recalls a subway ride where talkers trumpet their own lives. A woman boasts of Hiram family pride while a motorman and crammed carriage amplify egos, leaving Percy wary that the subway is no place to chatter about oneself.
A playful verse laments springtime woes from wet feet to a cold, then feverish beds. A traveling doctor visits, charges five bucks, then departs, while the speaker laments a cracked voice and vows to sing of the season and its ills.
A Sunday morning service at a Sapulpa Oklahoma church ends with a stampede led by a well known local fisherman after the anthem line Awake, awake, and strike the lyre. An effort will be made to change the line to calm habitual truth tellers.
Max Riesmann faces neighbors over a 50 bird flock that roosts at night but crows and clucks loudly after sundown. Investigators traced the disturbance to coffee grounds spread by Mrs Kitsntain, with Riesmann joking about giving morphine tablets to restore quiet.
Bazile Krotto explains in Marlboro Mass LEstafette a humorous comparison between beaver and skonk. He notes furhair value by dollars versus scents, beaver wet habitat versus skonk dry land, beaver dam instinct versus skonk avoidance of man, and a bizarre taste for skonk preparation.
A personal letter from Darby to Newt includes humorous remarks about poetry and a joke about his wife Adaline Moore titled Pseudonym Postscript. It ends with an invitation to hear more jokes and poetry.
Regeneration argues that Japan masks a patient plan behind friendship while the United States provokes Mexico. The piece claims Japan will strike at a critical point as in the Russo Japanese war, and condemns U S belligerence toward Mexico as mad and dangerous.
Dr. Carl Bernhardt of Rock Island and Miss Edith Snider of Ohio are to marry on the same day in a small home ceremony followed by a large reception, per the Moline Dispatch.
A reflective verse by George Matthew Adams titled Uncle Walt The Poet Philosopher voiceing disapproval of a snake liar theme. The piece imagines a future where truth-telling returns as verdant imagery and recurring old lies are depicted through allegory of snakes and drums.
The president seems to bid farewell to a formal program as Congress has repeatedly shown little regard for his work as a program-repeater, implying the extra session may be unnecessary.
Mr Bryan says he refuses to discuss Governor Wilson as a possible presidential candidate. The paper notes it seems the doctor owes Mr Bryan a vote of thanks.
In Viterbo Italy one accused Camorrist has filed an insanity plea during ongoing trials mentioned by the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The French playwright Edmond Rostand, age 43, keeps fresh with “L’Aiglon” and “Chantecler” while enjoying a famous April Fools joke. He once donned a green suit and spoke to the “Forty Immortals” on various topics in a single speech.
The Pittsburg Post notes Ambassador Reid is returning to London for renewed duties at the court of St James and aims to shine at the coronation after a lengthy, productive leave.
Taft explains he kept troops near ready in case they were needed, a policy described as reasonable by the Chicago News. The statement outlines preparedness and potential deployment considerations during his tenure.
Booker T. Washington will not walk the streets of New York at night without a guard. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports heightened security for the famed educator amid reported threats and ongoing national tensions.
The remark suggests Mr Ballinger remained unhappy with his vindication by Congress and Mr Tafte according to the Boston Herald.
A man complains about weather changing conditions while a sunny week follows heavy rain. In a driveway two children share funny papers, distributing comics to passersby as cars and carriages go by, with onlookers taking note.
The Powder House Hill Gun club members plan a meeting tonight. John Kile, injured near Buda, was brought to the city for treatment. Lotus Lodge K of P knighted Walter D. Gregory. The Belknap Rifles schedule a Plume drill next Monday. The West End street railway expects to operate around April 16. The Cumberland Presbyterian church aims to occupy its near finished Soledad Street building next Sunday, Easter.
Eleven boys swarm the comics while the gatekeeper notes no girls admitted at first. Each boy moves through the display, then departs as another steps in. Comics lie scattered until wind shifts. Two girls later collect the pile and more than six watch.
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