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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1916
Page
11
We Are the Ones Our Store Is the Place Hear Edison's New Art describes the Edison Laboratories showcase of a genuine recreation of all forms of music not mere mechanical reproduction. Over 1000 different selections are on sale with more issued weekly as examples of this new art.
Albert Spalding praised as America's greatest violinist and Edison’s new art reproduces his technique interpretation and tone. The text notes Spalding tests mirror the artist and his bowing, inviting listeners to compare Edison’s recreation with Spalding’s live performance.
A farmer applying for exemption describes keeping a few cattle a horse sheep goat and several fowls. A tribunal member jokes that the claim resembles Noah's Ark during the proceedings in London.
A Birmingham Age-Herald remark notes: Secribson claims strong demand for his new book while acknowledging it may be used by literature teachers at top universities as a poor model. The exchange underscores controversial reception and potential academic irony surrounding the work.
Paris report describes two groups of German officers captured on different fronts meeting by chance in a French fortress area. The encounter sparked surprise and emotion as they reunited, while French guards and a supervising general coordinated examinations of the prisoners. The captured Germans appeared in good condition with fresh uniforms and rations, and one officer revealed their expectations of an impending Allied attack and preemptive measures taken.
Vienna report states Baroness Clarisse de Rothschild, widow of Baron Alfonse, donated a 100000 kroners prize from her horse derby win to the war sufferers fund while retaining the winner's cup. The piece also recounts a soldier’s account of bombardment, siege, starvation, and capture, ending with a note on a letter to a French general.
President and Mrs. Wilson with Secretary Baker and General Weaver visit Newport News and Fort Monroe area. Baker and Weaver travel from Washington aboard Schofield to Old Point Comfort, while the Wilsons arrive on the Mayflower. The president declines a war game at Fort Monroe, witnesses aviation displays, and returns to the Mayflower after a quiet afternoon tour. The yacht stays in Hampton Roads overnight.
Colonel T. H. Ball of Houston, a Ferguson foe in 1914, urged that the submission question belong to the Legislature, not the Houston convention. He noted a majority favoring submission and warned denial would aid the opposing side.
Mrs. Richard Aishton of Evanston appeals for funds to send comfort bags to soldiers on the Mexican border. The American military relief unit plans to fill fifty already sent to Texas with cakes candies and other goodies. About 200 more bags are expected once donations arrive.
The article recalls Franklin suggested daylight saving decades before Willett, describing a Paris stay 1776 1785 and a satirical hoax in which Franklin proposed dawn waking by bells and cannon to save candles. It notes Franklin as inventor of lightning conductors and a republican contrast with King George III.
Sir Henry Lucy recalls a nighttime sight of khaki guards marching to St James Palace with a lantern bearing a dim tallow candle. He notes the enduring thread from Tudor times, when royal processions used candles, linking past and present in England amid modern war and electric light.
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