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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
7
The piece mocks sensational reports from Reno about a supposed Goshute uprising armed with guns and poison. It ridicules the idea, questions motives and sources, and argues soldiers should stay put rather than be diverted to Nevada threats. The tone is satirical and dismissive throughout.
The British have withdrawn from Armentieres, the key town and railway hub, after General Maurice warned two days earlier that retreat might occur. German forces pushed a wedge into the line, threatening flanking attacks and extending six miles beyond the town as they pressed forward in Flanders.
The report notes the British abandoned the town after holding it briefly, while German assaults in Flanders press on. Despite heavy German losses, they trade men for ground, with Canadians still holding Vimy and Messines ridges. Northern Flanders advances are progressing without decisive gains, leaving overall outcomes disappointing but not discouraging.
A spoof claims Kaiser Wilhelm unknowingly purchased a $1000 Liberty Bond as part of the third Liberty Loan drive. The article recounts exaggerated actions attributed to the Kaiser to humorously suggest his unintended aid to America’s war fund.
A German paper’s unguarded claim about buying the United States with money and influence is cited to illustrate prior covert efforts to keep the U S out of the war. The piece contrasts Berlin’s denials with later admission of bribe funds and questions the scale of German deception.
A wartime rally urges buying Liberty Bonds as a swift response to German propaganda. The speaker claims the Kaiser’s agents harmed U.S. morale yet helped bond sales, urging immediate purchase to fund the third Liberty Loan and support returning soldiers.
Fragmentary verse and editorial mentions recount a wartime theme from the era. The piece references Secretary Baker and a War Department action while weaving in poetic lines about the West and home, with literary allusions to Irving Berlin style phrasing and Babylonian imagery.
The Reck less Joe closes its local run at the Majestic theater in a two and a half hour production praised for quality and brevity. The bill features Cooper and Ricardo in Ah Gim me the Ring Ned Norworth and company in A Lively Display of EvEntvariety Jack Lagier The Street Urchin a young violinist and Bert Hughes and company with a bicycle basketball act.
Review notes film attractions at the Grand and Empire starring Mrs Vernon Castle and Alice Brady. The Hillcrest Affair involves a celebrated photoplay with Ralph Kellard and Wyndham Standing. Also featuring The Knife and The Hasest Way in Pearl theater listings.
Lieutenant A S Grant the fourth in the ordnance department at Camp Wadsworth wed Miss Mathilda Bartkofsky in a secret ceremony amid family uncertainty. Probate Judge J J Burnett performed the rite and a sister of the bride released the announcement. Grant, 24, recently commissioned, hid his marriage from relatives who later learned only through dispatches from Spartanburg.
Theodore Cravely of Alton Illinois, serving with American forces in France, sent a battered penny to a friend claiming it deflected a bullet in the front trenches. He was wounded but not seriously, and says the coin would have pierced his heart.
A noisy missive from a writer requests publication rules for Letters to The Light. It notes alignment by the writer and privacy constraints while rejecting anonymous or unsigned communications.
A reader argues that baseball games should start at the same clock time as last year to preserve evening daylight for war garden work. He urges President Benson to keep prior start times and have players work after games in the home run region, stressing patriotic spirit and minimizing criticism.
Private Clyde P. Landing asks the editor to withhold discouraging details and reveal only valuable progress in the France fighting effort. He cites Senator Overman's investigation and argues transparency harms morale and work on the war. He signs from Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital Ward 42 Med Corps.
The article surveys forms serving as money across cultures from wampum and animals to tobacco and whales teeth. It notes gold and silver as basis of modern monetary systems and cites the U.S. Constitution granting Congress power to coin money, ending with a dialogue about a frog and turtle joke.
A jumble of clipped quotes from Texas newspapers mocks political leaders and wartime policy, noting varied opinions on prohibition, economy, and public health. The piece samples multiple editorials from Galveston to Temple, with tangled phrases and satirical asides.
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