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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1912
Page
4
Sapulpa Oklahoma native Carl Morris known as the white man's hope retires from boxing to return to running a switch engine. His long neck is cited as an architectural defect limiting his chance at the national title though he fought bravely.
In this column the author parries a satire on women and marriage with quotes from Frances Garside and Current Literature while noting broader rail developments. The International and Great Northern seeks bonds to raise rail weight to standard, amid San Antonio rail expansion rumors tied to Frisco lines and a British influence. San Antonio stands to gain from these railway advances and local citizens are urged to acknowledge the driving forces behind them.
The article contrasts railway engine work with pugilist ambitions. It notes a long neck helps a switch engine engineer but ruins a boxing hopeful. Citing Mr Morris leaving prize fighting to return to the switch, it argues that risk avoidance ruins ventures where neck injuries are possible.
The editor of Current Literature recounts Robert Blatchford's search for poetry in standard poets. He found Byron, Tennyson, Moore largely devoid of poetry and only Shelley's rhetoric and a few pieces like Indian Love Song. He waded through 640 pages without relief, deeming most standard poets boring.
Editorial notes a San Antonio Texas railroad prophecy fulfilled as the San Antonio Rockport Mexican line and other rivals plan new routes. It recounts plans from San Angelo to Tampico and Mexico City and references Franklin Uvalde Gulf San Antonio, Love Fredericksburg lines and timetable changes by San Antonio Aransas Pass.
A Baptist-like scene reports Parson Henderson caught with a lamb in his arms prompting church officers to discuss his conduct. The congregation votes that if he again bears a lamb he should choose a ram lamb to avoid future stir.
Bud Hightower is seen filling a shoe with slugs nails and plaster of parts to make moonshine. Sim Beesley jokes about aiming at the groom. The plan seems to target Snipe Tolliver with the improvised weapon at the wedding day.
An actor at the Players’ club lauds David Belasco, saying he can shape a raw amateur into a fiery artiste. He recalls Belasco pushing a leading lady to hiss lines and improve performance during rehearsals.
A Massachusetts inventor creates a rolling megaphone made from a non absorbent flexible fibre with snap fasteners. The device folds into a compact roll and can be wrapped around its handle for storage. Ideal for small boat owners where space is limited and quick stowage matters.
A poetic fragment hints at domestic scenes with lines about flowers in pots a child asleep by the fire and a couple in a cozy evening setting. The text references Emily Sargent Lewis and an appearance in Ainslee’s magazine.
A Q and A explains momentum and centrifugal ideas in bicycle loop motion. It refutes intrinsic centrifugal force, emphasizes Newtons first law, and notes looped descent builds momentum to carry the rider upward. It also gives the speed of electricity as 186,380 miles per second.
A poem by Robert Seaver in Judge reflects on a post cinematic world where photography ends and the old bathroom joy returns. It celebrates redone walls and light despite decay and druggy air, imagining a restraining saint dampening amateur enthusiasm in future existence.
A city boy named John spends summer with his uncle in the country. He is given a horse to ride to a mill for a bag of feed. On returning he explains he carried the feed to lighten the horse, revealing a clever misdirection.
The tale recalls Matt and Jeff as two lovers with blackened skin and comic misfortune. Penniless and eager for money, they hatch a plan to forge a letter from Jack to his beloved with Bill signing. A gift parcel arrives, is pawned, and the duo use the funds to attend the circus.
Secretary of State Knox asks a colored messenger about geography as dust on the six foot globe leads to a joke. The messenger points to the Sahara desert on the globe and references dust along the Atlantic Ocean in a humorous exchange.
Paragraphers note Nick Longworth is speechless while pondering what he may have to say, reflecting on the silence surrounding his views and comments.
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