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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
4
Tomorrow San Antonio votes in a small city election with wide impact. The piece argues choosing Mr. Jones over Mr. Richter will bring major improvements and prevent ongoing decay in finance, sanitation, and street work under current leaders. It urges all voters to cast their ballots promptly.
The piece condemns alleged class warfare by the People’s Party against A. H. Jones, linking attacks to water-rate politics tied to the Mississippi Valley Trust and San Antonio Water Supply. It urges civic peace, notes prior graft charges, and recounts ongoing friction between rival factions and business interests.
A campaign message urges loyalty to the city and calls for voting for A. H. Jones to ensure clean decent honest government tomorrow. It emphasizes standing by the city in its time of need.
The United States must protect its citizens in Mexico and ensure full compensation for injuries or losses from the Mexican revolution. It must avoid unjust claims or damages it cannot prove. Confidential information suggests many vocal critics in the United States may not be true American citizens.
In Tarbell's August American Magazine piece a Josephine example shows lavish royal style spending with annual wardrobes and duties. The piece cites figures of thousands for gowns hats stockings and jewelry and notes the extravagance even among wealthy American women abroad.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt notes George W. Perkins remarking on Chicago living costs during the convention. Two independent delegates breakfast on oatmeal at a dollar per saucer. one asks the time, the other retorts about affording a Watch in the city.
The famous tenor Salvator boasts that his aristocratic lineage comes from his lungs and throat, not a title. He recounts dinners with the Duke of Petitemalle, flirtations with Countess Manoldi and her sister, and a 5000 franc envelope from the countess. A journalist interrupts as dancers and chorus girls surround Melba and Salvator at a late night scene.
R Fulton Cutting argues for a working partnership between civil and ecclesiastical authorities. He cites grim social statistics and says the church must ally with government to advance democracy and reduce child mortality, labor exploitation, and housing deprivation.
A dramatic warning against house flies as disease carriers. The piece cites germ counts on flies, urges rigorous sanitation, disinfection, and screen safeguards, and likens the battle to Rome's wars, urging constant vigilance and public health measures.
The article cites Ray Stannard Baker and the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission describing a widespread hookworm cure effort in the South. It notes people traveling long distances to dispensaries, crowds at clinics, and rapid increases in treated individuals including 194, 438, and 637 in successive weeks in Halifax County North Carolina.
Horatio Parker, composer of Mona and winner of the Metropolitan Opera prize, spoke at Sherry's praising the future of American music. He joked that Flyte bought an airplane raffle ticket and a carpenter headed to Flyte's house with tools the next day to build him a backyard addition.
A reader suggests producing a catchy song read by Mr. Taliaferro at a convention. Lloyd Spencer could set it going and a cap for The Light could start the ball, aiming to win popular support.
Current literature notes rising baseball fever with fifteen million annual spectators and fifty million season attendees across major and minor leagues. Edward Mott Woolley cites plans for stadiums and profits in the millions as ownerships forecast a total patronage near three hundred million, while salaries climb into the tens of thousands per manager or player. Millionaire backers like Charles Taft compare baseball investments to railroads and industry in a “wonder business.”
General Horace Porter offered a humorous example of daily diplomacy comparing a Iowa corn talker with a Boston bean talker. He noted in mixed company they would discuss stash, illustrating common conversational diplomacy.
A man enters unannounced and pounds on a door while a woman, preparing herself, avoids opening. She instructs him to use the bell. He returns to the back hall pantry where he is seen with a large old fashioned dinner bell ringing loudly.
From El Progresso Industrial of Mexico a botanist notes Mexico as a vegetable paradise with the barrel cactus storing moisture during rain to sustain travelers and horses in arid zones. The plant grows about four feet high and eleven feet wide, absorbing water through its roots to feed its white pulpy interior.
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