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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
3
The piece criticizes Kaiser Wilhelm II for contradictory remarks about American troops. It mocks his defenses, notes Americans are present and capable, and jokes that a copy reader would have prevented the errors. The author accuses German leadership of lying to their people and highlights the clash of streaming Americans and submarines.
Analysts debate postwar industrial fate. Some predict a demand surge to drive rapid production, others foresee a lull with normal cycles resuming gradually. Most conservative voices expect steady recovery without sharp inflation, balancing supply and demand over time.
The piece argues that industrial optimism hinges on farming. It urges nonessential workers to buy and improve farm land, viewing agriculture as the safest, most profitable path after the war. It emphasizes patriotic duty, land as a reliable food source, and inevitable farm prosperity for the next half century.
A discussion on American labor shortages during wartime explains that the nation is capable of meeting crises with available workers. It cites government efforts like an official clearing house for labor, co operation with farmers, and a Missouri incident where urban men offered to help harvest crops despite rural skepticism.
Farmers awoke to shocked fields as the so called town dudes secretly moved by auto and truck with mufflers to steal grain. The incident underscores a wartime note on using unlimited US resources to win the war and harness materials dollars and labor for national success.
Reports from the western front describe a disease called Spanish influenza or Flanders fever, with severe symptoms and varied mortality. The piece discusses its spread, comparison to grippe, possible causes such as nutrition and climate, and notes that quinine and stimulants may help. It ends with a quoted ode to Ypres by Lawrence Binyon.
A fragment reflecting Robert Greene on contentment and simple life. It extols a quiet mind as richer than crown and kingdom, praising the homely cottage, restful nights, and the absence of princely cares as true bliss. The verse links inner peace with domestic ease and rustic happiness.
An English merchant ship captain recounts fifteen days aboard a German U boat. Depth charges shook the sub, crew trembled, and morale varied as torpedoed vessels sparked cautious triumphs. He describes life below deck, meager rations, and the contrast between fear and the occasional sense of victory before reaching safety in England.
A Syracuse public school teacher, Mabel N. Wyerett, has resigned her post, citing growing distaste for German instruction. She claims many students protested the course and kept it minimal to gain credits for college admission. Ralph Th. Everett, Hyere's brother, is noted to be in France with the Twenty-third Engineers.
The program features Adams and Nhonms at Prince with a witty skit After the Ball a couple faces etiquette breaches in lively dialogue. Donald Dinu offers a disappointment themed act on the Princess bill. Constance Talmadge stars in The Lesson. Emmy Wehlen leads The House of Gold. Royal Theater presents Brilliant Bits of Juggling by Al Noda. Other acts include J non and Clifton Waking Things Easy Mulane and Moleson Solitaire and Porter and Taxley.
The Blindness of Divorce at the Grand is a photodrama on divorce presented in a graphic, non sensational style. Directed by Ian Pecke, who wrote the exposé, the film aims to show the divorce evil as it exists. It continues through today and tomorrow before Sunday’s new features, including Spy.
A Philadelphia Record note recounts Samuel Pepys and a marines audience with the Duke of York. The dialogue covers flying fishes and royal curiosity, ending with a quip about soldiers and sailors evaluating rumors as truth.
A fragmented excerpt from a 1910s era page mixes aphorisms and headlines. It riffs on wartime leadership, a nonchalant view of taxes and travel, and casual social quips about vacation, fashion, and the war garden idea. It references Pershing, Bolsheviks, and a San Antonio locale, with scattered mentions of mail planes and a non essential baseball industry.
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