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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1913
Page
9
Treasury officials plan within days to deposit part of a 50 million federal fund in cotton state banks to aid crop movement. The money is to be usable through November with a majority expected to stay in the South. Some security rules were relaxed to favor commercial paper over government bonds.
In a tank with six snapping turtles a 300 pound loggerhead fights a 50 pound mate. The smaller attacker defeats the larger after a quarter hour, while the other turtles ignore the clash. The victor strikes at the largest snapper, triggering a fresh struggle.
A scanned timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple routes including Mexico to north bound trains No 4 No 6 and No 1 from the north. It covers Sunset Route Victoria division Sutherland Springs Kerrville El Paso and Santa Fe connections with daily services and Sunday exceptions.
East Cleveland residents praise John D. Rockefeller for backing a road improvement project along Forest Hill. He proposed widening a curvier route, purchasing land on both sides, and bore the higher frontage cost. Rockefeller often tours rural streets with guests and farmers know him well through casual roadside chats.
The piece describes a loggerhead overpowering other turtles in a tank and killing a larger foe, illustrating brutality among fish and predators. It notes the ruthless nature of certain fish like the striped bass and reflects on the perilous, solitary life of fishes as they struggle to survive.
A report from Atlantic City notes a superstition tying a new moon on a Saturday to three weeks of wet, windy weather. The Astrological Research Society seeks nationwide observations to confirm or deny the claim referenced from De Mor g on and statements by 19th century meteorologists and sailors.
Pasadena reports Miss Frances Leighton of Oakland digs twelve to fifteen hours daily in the Sierra Madre canyons behind Mount Wilson to locate her grandfather John Easton's lost gold mine. She built a log cabin with two wolf hounds for companionship and says she will not quit until she finds it.
A stream of visitors checks into major San Antonio hotels including the St Anthony, Menger, Gunter, Bowie, Savoy, and Bexar. Names include W H Kiernan of New York Adolphe Derasiliet and J F Reinhardt of Santa Fe with other guests from Gonzales Corpus Christi and Victoria.
Clyde W. Buell of Minneapolis, a State University junior, escaped the Rainy River near Fort Frances by grabbing the antlers of a large bull moose swimming across the current. He rode the animal to shallow water after his raft broke apart and he clung to a log fragment.
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