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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
4
The San Antonio Light reports July 1912 circulation of 581,176 copies. Evening edition net paid circulation, excluding unsold and returned copies, was 17,077 and Sunday edition 19,278. Offices listed in New York and Chicago with The C. Beck Special Agency.
Editorial lauds Police Chief Lancaster for vowing to address corner loiterers who insult women as city officials pledge to clear streets of vulgar street commentary. Authors urge swift action to curb gang influence on Houston street corners and improve safety for pedestrians in San Antonio.
The piece recalls B B Odell Jr asserting that in 1904 Colonel Harriman allegedly sought a 240000 campaign donation. Harriman denies benefiting, claiming funds were raised by others but not used for his election. Odell cites a push to save the party in New York amid brewing political crisis.
The passage cites Mr Harriman and Cornelius Bliss regarding a $200,000 handout to Odell. The colonel denies any involvement, claiming he writes nothing of yesterday and dismissing past details as falsehoods. critics call his refusals implacable.
A New York millionaire founds a Lebanon Ohio school to train rural youth in modern business and high finance. He argues such education will curb elite power by equipping farmers for city enterprise, though critics doubt counterfeit training and note the broader need for practical business literacy.
In a fragmentary discussion within the Lone Star society the "wel kin" is imagined to echo Te Deums as the Island of Cuba is evaluated after fifty years of effort by the group.
The piece lauds Cuba’s rapid political mimicry of the United States as the Lone Star society’s goals align with Cuba’s independence. It notes three main parties under Gomez, Zayas, and Menocal, plus two liberal bolters, and humorously predicts Cuba gaining a full American-style atmosphere with corruption, strikes, magnates, and a “Rosenthal” scandal if trends continue.
An experimenter tested hats in high heat with inside thermometers. Straw proved coolest, motor caps hottest, silk hats cooler than derbies by three degrees yet warmer than Panama by eleven. Findings warn against felts in July heat and note European tests with cabbage leaf liners.
William Dean Howells, at a New York luncheon, recounted a Stratford tale from a Shakespeare jubilee. An American tourist asks an aged villager who Shakespeare is, learning he wrote for the Bible and not just fame.
In a scorching jungle scene a hungry tigress chases prey while a tigerman battles danger. The tiger vanishes after a rifle shot as hyenas circle the den and the tigress struggles to protect cubs and follow the mating mate into a teak park.
California cotton farming expands from 50 acres to as many as 18 000 acres in barren valleys due to irrigation. The staple rivals southern cotton and mainly ships to Japan, with local production part also manufactured. The piece notes optimism for California joining world cotton producers while referencing southern demand growth.
A May scene of lambs and blossoms gives way to tragedy as the speaker recalls courting a beloved who is later described as dead. The poem, credited to John Masefield and attributed to the September Metropolitan, reflects sudden heartbreak and a mournful refrain on a love unspoken.
James M C Harris of Boston reports Jamaica now hosts six banana processing factories making banana figs chips meal and flour. Drying uses hot air. four to five hundred pounds of fruit yield one hundred pounds of meal. Banana figs rival natural figs in taste and color, replacing them in many markets. Chips are sold for breakfast foods and shipped to European mills for grinding into meal.
The Constitution implies a cabinet through the presidents power to require written opinions from department heads and to vest inferior appointments in various authorities. A. Maurice Low notes the constitution recognizes the men who advise the president twice weekly as cabinet members.
A judge quotes a witty line from a college graduate who asks why she should choose a career now. She replies she waits to see if someone will pick her for a path, reflecting on guidance and opportunity.
The Akron airship destruction shocked the nation with sudden loss of crew and a failed Atlantic crossing dream. Valves near engine exhausts likely caused gas release. the piece honors brave pilots and financiers while noting aviation’s perilous frontier and uncertain future.
An article in Harper's Weekly explains rain water forms tiny underground tubes that bore into the earth. These tubes, four to five feet deep, evaporate when surface dries. stirring soil after rain can keep water standing for months and support alternating crop years in semi arid western lands.
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