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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
4
The article argues that the governor’s veto power across partial items endangers University of Texas operations, leaving the campus without funds for four months before the next legislative session. It criticizes the veto system and urges a constitutional plan to shield the university from political whims.
The piece argues that Sulzer’s bid to indict Tammany leaders may backfire, urging honesty in New York governance while noting rivalry and mutual guilt. It pivots to a satirical, incredulous riff on futurist cookery featuring roast beef on kummel with bananas and gruyere, and absurd creations like whipped cream with absinthe, lampooning the era’s culinary trend.
The text argues a plan to obtain funds failed due to inadequate means, and it is not too late to devise another approach that achieves the desired end without the dangers, real or imagined, posed by the bond amendment.
Critics denounce the futurist cook after art exhibitions show paintings likened to wind driven cards on a barn. They warn his radical dining plan aims to purge old culinary rules, proposing bizarre combos such as mutton with shrimp sauce to evoke novel gustatory sensations.
In a Kansas City criminal court Judge Ralph S Latshaw halted a tense neighborhood row appealed from the municipal court and dismissed the two cases after urging both sides to curb hurtful remarks about women. He urged citizens to be real, noting justice may rise even if the law’s dignity weakens.
The article notes Felix Diaz perhaps travels to Japan on a courtesy errand while Huerta’s government moves to inspect 75,000 rifles in Tokyo. Gossip hints at a secret treaty for a Japan foothold on the west coast, but Tokyo indicates Diaz won’t be officially received, reflecting care to avoid offense.
The New York World critiques Henry Lane Wilson former ambassador to Mexico, arguing his retirement lacks the formal Mexican Republic greetings and thanks reportedly extended by Huerta. It notes he left U.S. service without such endorsements and defends his past conduct as misinterpreted.
The Alamo restoration project stops due to exhausted appropriation, leaving unfinished work and setting the stage for a new legislative fight. Daughters seek to undo governor's work when the topic resurfaces, as reported by the Temple Telegram.
A man recalls dinner with the Berkley-Smiths and a plan to ease his wife’s jealousy by buying ancestral portraits. He purchases two old canvases for $150, then endures his wife’s delight and her stories about the bishop and great-grandparents, until the joking debt and eroding golf Sundays threaten the peace.
Milwaukee Sentinel reports Mr McAdoo names root beer as his favorite drink amid a long awaited cabinet split. The piece notes political tensions and internal disagreements shaping current events.
A reader asks who should speak first in social or street encounters with friends. A responder says the lady typically bows first. The letter from San Antonian notes previous publication condemning loud late night shouting by some colored residents near Center Street, praising police for calming disturbances, and urging quieter, respectable meetings in line with city ordinances.
A London Telegraph summary from Cairo reports Viscount Kitchener inspecting Frank Shuman’s sun powered pumping plant in Egypt. The system pumps up to 3000 gallons per minute to 33 feet, using a sun heated boiler to drive a low pressure engine with massed glass covered collectors and a tubular condenser for distilled water.
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