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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
20
Mrs. Al B. Sims of Des Moines, noted as a top National Women's Whist Association player, won a St Louis title amid a talisman amethyst rosary. Upon returning home she denounced card playing and began evangelical work with Billy Sunday, projecting her former prominence into a new vocation.
Edward Breck surveys popular misconceptions about nature and animal life in The Way of the Woods, urging accurate descriptions of wildlife while debating life beyond Earth. The piece critiques public ignorance, praises natural history insight, and reviews dramatist opinion on religious theater, plus a brief note on travel motorist Megarge.
A set of 1900s era notices highlights Grace Sartwell Mason and Percy Megargel collaborating on a novel to be published by Baker and Taylor. May Roberts Rinehart’s The Circular Staircase is praised for humor and clever mystery elements, while John Ayscough’s Maratz receives strong acclaim for novelty and narrative charm.
An article discusses harsh disciplinary methods and social pressures on youths. It cites parents thrashing their sons and confinement or exile as grim responses. It argues such actions reveal broader temptations and moral struggles in otherwise virtuous young men.
Nazif Efond Ja, a 22-year-old leader, prompted a mutiny by 80 percent of the Kastoria garrison after two years and four months of unpaid wages. He seized rifles, distributed arms to townspeople, and entrenched in near inaccessible hills, proclaiming sovereignty. His force raided surrounding villages. a Telegram to the sultan claimed independence and demanded arrears with threats if not paid.
Official reports from Constantinople describe widespread discontent in Macedonia. Moslem landowners and farmers complain of Bulgarian insurgents near Monastir, prompting plans to disarm Christian gendarmerie and form Muslim led Haghi-Bazouk units to counter rebels. Soldiers mutiny over pay arrears as officers’ salaries are said secure. A separate Beuthen drowning tragedy kills two boys and a rescuing mother, then a rescuer drowns trying to save the child.
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Henry loudly reacts during recent automobile trial races in Silnain. He jokes about going daft on autos while his brother Wilhelm comments on the royal motor enthusiasm. A rain shower prompts Henry to hand a rubber blanket to a soldier, quips about prepaid Kiel charges. Also notes U S Army draft inquiries and a Texas visit by R W Montgomery and Mrs Montgomery.
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