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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
2
The piece mocks Congressman James B Slayden asserting he directs U S foreign policy toward Mexico though he could not secure a local postmastership. It argues Slayden has never had real influence, now or in the past, and will never have any.
San Antonio faces a crossroads of growth and mediocrity as civic leaders invite all public spirited residents to a Thursday convocation under the Publicity League. The goal is to chart San Antonio’s future, boosting prosperity while acknowledging the city’s identity as a winter tourist hub and renewed central aims.
The piece notes San Antonio correcting prior missed chances to attract visitors. It highlights a rising See America First movement amid waning travel abroad and says locals can help publicize the city with little effort and no burdens. The call is for every resident to share in the responsibility to reshape impressions.
Dr. Keasbey argues U S must back domestic ownership to empower Mexico’s Constitutionalists against foreign exploitation. The article frames the fight as builders versus destroyers, urging the United States to support sovereignty and reject compromise with the Conventionists and external powers.
Fragmentary text presents a pair of elements tied to a threat to abandon the mile of preceptor of the western hemisphere. The readable fragment lacks clear names, places, or dates to anchor a fuller news item or identify involved entities.
The article argues UT Austin consider military training as part of curriculum to boost national defense. It suggests expanding West Point graduates to about two thousand yearly, with officers serving as drillmasters in colleges. Training would cover rifle basics, field sanitation, and camp routines to prepare youths for potential war.
An Iowa farmer writes to an agricultural paper praising tick eradication in the South, predicting cheaper feed and higher profits for feeders and finished steers in the corn belt, while noting Southern stockmen finishing cattle locally rather than sending half-finished animals to Iowa.
A summary of the Hugge conference proposal to bar munitions shipments from neutral nations to belligerents, defeated by German opposition. The piece notes American views that this should bar Germany from protest, while German newspapers acknowledge past German stance amid German-American protests against arms for allies.
The London Times laments contraband Tint and the rising role of cotton substitutes in conflict. It notes blockade running during the U S civil war, where cotton profits soared, and a single ship supplying arms to the South returned with cotton cargoes, reshaping the war economy.
The St Louis Republic questions how oral and patriotic American citizens should respond to German American prejudice and misrepresentation. It notes calls for loyalty tests and accuses authorities of signaling hostility toward German Americans while urging hospitality to new arrivals amid wartime tensions.
Elmore Tre dawn unfolds as Elkington stalks Talbot in a forest clearing. Logan battles, Elkington kills, rubies seized, and the lone survivor tends a slow fire amid shadows and cautious breath.
The debutante dress for fall offers versatile fabrics such as Georgette crepe chiffon and satin. Trimmings range from embroidery to ruffles in pale blue Georgette with a pleated skirt and simple bodice, square neckline, and coordinated details like crushed satin and suspender-like lines enhancing the bodice.
An eclectic retelling begins with a mother guiding a child through a misread tale about animals and Mother Nature teaching them to build homes and care for themselves. The story follows birds, rabbits, and pigeons as lessons unfold about independence and shelter, ending with a man providing a barn for pigeons during a storm.
Elkington recalls a delirious journey through a jungle camplit by red light. Talbot lies dead, Logan stares, and Dyak head hunters emerge from the shadows. A gunshot silences the fear as the forest swarms with menace and a powerful medicine man sits in a hut amid the gloom.
War geography primer describes Kovita as a central fortress in the northwestern Russian frontier chain where the Niemen and Vilia rivers meet. It notes a girdle of 11 forts and a key rail junction linking Warsaw and Petrograd, with Kovna’s fortifications and regional industries shaping military and economic strength.
In a 1918 New York Evening Sun piece the National Security League criticizes employers for blocking winter drills and summer encampments, discharging militiamen for being in the militia. It argues rigorous penalties and cites state law. the piece warns against treating such reluctance as treason while urging enforcement.
In a Century Magazine piece, the author argues Americans have long ignored military realities and risks, noting wars and crises were weathered by luck. Rising concern after Lusitania losses prompts talk of stronger land and sea defenses and sober preparation for future threats.
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