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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1911
Page
8
A longsighted critique argues that representative government fails to reflect constituents and calls for recall of judges. It notes widespread dissatisfaction with court administration and mistrust of officials, urging voters to sanction those who do not meet economic and prudent management standards.
The Suspended Sentence Law aims to reform first offenders by suspending execution of sentences for non serious crimes, with release on bond and eventual setting aside of judgment if they reform. It excludes perjury arson and murder and balances mercy with deterrence to build a better social structure.
The passage argues that the public holds the right to remove unfaithful officials including judges, challenging Tafts veto logic on majority expression. It contends recall can be applied with care, noting a people’s mistakes are corrigible and that the people’s rights stay secure in their hands. Sooner or later recall will arrive.
Professor Archibald Henderson argues in a new book that Mark Twain originated many famous maxims yet receives little credit. The piece notes Twain’s originality and his knack for shaping common sayings.
An analysis of Mark Twain and other great writers, comparing the impact of their phrases and ideas. It examines how Twain blends humor with moral force, noting the limits of his daily influence and the enduring resonance of Shakespearean and Biblical diction in civilized language.
A lively critique of evolving legal reasoning and social reform across cities. It cites Kansas judges ordering women to work in chains, Gridley’s tickling ban, a Kansas City magistrate overseeing a man’s home visits, and other reformist anecdotes showing broad reach of legal standards in everyday conduct.
A reader urges time clocks for city workers to ensure earned salaries and criticizes prolonged office staffing while urging a businesslike city approach. The second letter reviews Mary R. H. King’s The Judgment, praising its lucid style and candid depictions, debating the critic’s stance and the novel’s social critique.
Mrs Ronald H Barley of Philadelphia speaks at Cape May Golf Club praising the Scotch links and officials. She recalls a North Berwick anecdote where a stranger’s name is mishandled by a local official.
Poem expresses reluctance to seek distant truths beyond love and home. The speaker refuses to abandon her anchor in a beautiful bay, choosing to stay near earths shore and cherish love with its joys and pains rather than voyage to seek ultimate knowledge.
A lyrical piece traces dusk in the woods with nightingales calling and a dreamy, musical atmosphere. Bluebells hawthorns and blossoming groves create a quiet, mystical evening scene as the nightingale’s trill fills the air.
An old fragmentary poem speaks of an ancient place of spouses in desolation. A carven mask of mirth gazes from a tomb as a strange token of an elder dies. The speaker wonders what lies beyond the riven veil.
The Port of London authority estimates a $4000 appropriation for cats milk to feed the ship's cats across twelve feeding points. An official squad monitors meals as hundreds of felines rush to breakfast. The cats’ efforts count dead rats in the hundreds of thousands.
The writer laments men who chat on public drug store phones for long periods while others wait. He cites signs limiting calls to three minutes and calls for stricter action. The column then reviews a film plot showing a persistently reused fifty cent necktie, noted as out of place.
A New York World report recalls Admiral Togo with his officers on the eve of a naval clash at Port Arthur. Each officer found at a table a naked knife for harakiri as a symbol of possible death, as Togo spoke of meeting the enemy tomorrow with quiet resolve.
On a summer day the judge asks a light question and Maud Muller replies with a playful remark that leaves the suitor uncertain. The exchange captures a genteel interaction reflecting social norms of courtship.
The World notes Bailey's single vote blocked passage of the farmer's free list bill while the senate debates reciprocity. The Dispatch highlights Haitian revolutionaries agreeing to a presidential election as a step forward toward allowing the elected leader to serve out the term.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes Robert M. LaFollette pursues the Republican nomination for president but may struggle to remove a political obstacle described as a nail driven through it, signaling a tough, constrained campaign path.
Hon. Champ Clark states he is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination. He adds that the Democratic prospect grows more encouraging daily, according to the New York Sun.
The venerable secretary of agriculture survived the Pinchot episode but faced potential defeat from Dr. Wiley and benzoate of soda as a political issue.
The Baltimore Sun reports Governor Wilson consistently leads in debating societies and straw polls as he pursues the presidency.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes a family dispute as the Wickershams appear to argue one member is not as voracious as expected. The column highlights humorous tension within the household dynamic.
Frank Chambers of Philadelphia develops a tiny wireless transmitter concealed in a hat crown. He uses it to Morse talk with his wife and demonstrates three receiver connections including a telephone pole wire, a metal manhole, and a trolley rail.
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