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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
4
The piece argues that the morning paper emphasizes reliability while the evening paper thrives on speed. It notes telegraph and modern tech enable rapid global news, with price movements and market data demanding quick reporting. The author questions delaying print until later, asserting speed can preserve relevance and accuracy.
Analysis comparing Memphis 1910 commission government reform with San Antonio in a similar context. It cites milestones under reform including street paving, a new city hall, expanded police and fire services, sewer construction, a strong health department, hospital care for consumptives, and prudent financial management with reduced taxes. It notes plans to pave all streets and lower insurance costs, while countering claims of graft by reform supporters.
A columnist argues the presidency invites endless scrutiny from spouses, religious groups, racial and immigrant concerns, labor and independents, and political rivals. The piece jokingly notes Mrs Wilson’s abstention from cigarettes and predicts a flood of issues opponents would raise from heels to churches and immigration.
The text argues that the evening newspaper serves as the true record by publishing the day's news as it happens. Morning papers merely reprint yesterday's events, while extras and timely bulletins drive public interest and circulation.
From the Nautilus philosophy urges organizing the day for efficiency and balanced energy. It emphasizes recreation as essential as work, investing energy to gain strength, and serving others as the cosmic motive guiding all effort. Money is a measure, not the end, of existence.
Readings praise the colonel for 50 minutes of cheers in Chicago as a sign of strong lungs and public support. The Philadelphia Record notes Taft and Wilson will skip the stump while Roosevelt keeps speaking, highlighting a lively campaign voice.
The Pittsburg Gazette Times notes President Taft seeks to bolster national defense by vetoing proposed tariff measures. The remarks frame tariff policy as a defense issue, with emphasis on executive action shaping legislative risk.
Miss Sarah Winstone, dubbed Old Maid Sally, hides humor and a painful past as Kenneth Maine, her long lost fiancé, returns to England. At the rectory lunch table, the revelation of his memory sparks a tense reunion in a cottage filled with relics of youth.
A historical account recalls the August 1782 Battle of Blue Lick near Lexington where Daniel Boone and his frontier party, outnumbered three to one, attacked Wyandotte and Canadian forces. Kentuckians suffered heavy losses, 67 killed, while enemy casualties were unknown, shaping peace and frontier memory.
The New York World suggests Diaz Roosevelt could return while Abdul Hamid may be tapped to lead a bull moose movement in Turkey. The Chicago Tribune notes the invisible government dynamic in U S politics remains more visible than before.
A playful note questions whether Theodore Roosevelt earned the honor or brought it upon himself, riffing on a Detroit Free Press line about a famous figure's reception of a lofty accolade.
In a Columbia State column, the piece laments shrinking bathing habits amid a mudslinging era centered on Colonel Roosevelt, noting frequent baths once common are now less common as public rhetoric heats up.
The piece argues ghosts wear clothes and hauntings may involve living people, not dead ones. It recalls a case where an apparition in a drawing room matched a future visitor from Australia, leading to the conclusion that phantasms lack objective reality and are hallucinatory.
D. J. Woodward of San Antonio purchased la Maroma, a premier Mexican ranch, for about 250000 dollars. The 60000 acre property lies nine miles south of Eagle Pass, with 10000 acres irrigated and under cultivation. Bordered by a long history dating to the Madero era.
An observant shopper snapped up a bargain priced at 95 cents for pumps valued at $4.50. She wore the tight shoes for hours, limped in pain, and removed them to reveal $4.50 worth of blisters as a humorous cautionary tale about cheap footwear.
The article traces how dinner times shifted from early hours in the 15th and 16th centuries to later in the day. It cites Froissart, the Navarre queen, the 1512 Northumberland Household book, Louis XIV, Cromwell, Charles II, and Cowper, noting changes from 5 am/pm references to 8 pm after Waterloo, a span of about ten hours over four centuries.
The Rev Dr Aked spoke in New York about charity and wealth citing a woman’s comment on a shabby spring outfit. He noted that devout worshippers do not always give the most to the collection plate in a pointed critique of financial generosity.
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