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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1912
Page
16
A new method lets needleworkers transfer a design without tracing paper. Soak a soap cake in hot water, apply to the design, press it onto fabric with paper cover, rub firmly, then wash in warm water to remove transfer lines. World Color Printing Co., St. Louis.
Dr Frederik Van Eeden advocates a voluntary system of cooperative industry in a new book Happy Humanity. He outlines a plan for the Co operative Company of America with immigrant market gardeners near Wilmington North Carolina on about twenty thousand acres. Tenants would receive conditional ownership via stock while the company markets their products and supplies, aiming to combine farming with broader industrial and commercial benefits.
A San Francisco convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs weighed suffrage versus broader civic roles. Mrs Pennybacker of Texas urged voting rights while stressing the federation's broader functions. The piece notes enduring questions about women's political influence and the year round engagement men lack.
A horse fell ten feet from a bank onto a tree at Ferry Bar near the Baltimore Motor Club. Rescuers used blocks, tackle, and belts after trimming limbs to free the animal. The horse suffered only scratches and was unharmed.
Fifteen ships under construction in European yards for deep sea service will be driven by Diesel engines. They range from 2200 tons with 1100 horsepower to 10300 tons with 3500 horsepower. The most powerful engine is a 4 cycle single acting setup with twenty four 24.8 inch cylinders delivering 6000 horsepower.
Frances J. Garside presents a domestic scene where a wife reads a magazine article on marriage and gifts spark misunderstandings. Lysander John buys roses candy and a pink dress to please his wife, but the moment reveals underlying motives and wants. A separate note mentions J Robinson Duff's winter car heater device using a heated brass cylinder and redirected air.
Yuan Shai Kai urges a unified public interest party to curb private business power. The essay argues democratic truth requires two parties only until democracy triumphs, after which one party remains, while strong privilege persists in Britain and America.
Organists at Ocean Grove hear that a strenuous hymn tune in the Methodist Hymnal is named Theodore in honor of the party leader. Peter C Lutkin wrote it, and Professor Charles A Stuart approved the substitution from Roosevelt. Harbor upgrades west of Delfshaven Rotterdam priced at 7 625 000 gulden about 3177000 dollars are planned.
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