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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1921
Page
3
The Texas Legislature ended a contentious battle over cuts to University of Texas salaries, yielding only $48,000 in savings. Critics compare the process to a costly war, noting lawmakers earned $5 a day plus expenses while prolonging debates.
A Kansas Senator Capper warned that partyism has grown large in the republic and could topple hard if struck. He spoke on the Republican six month record admitting progress yet noting public impatience and the need for tangible achievements to satisfy voters.
The piece argues Americans are shedding faith in political promises as Capper warns the tariff may hurt the administration. It notes cross party shifts, demands for results over rhetoric, and caution that any party in power must prove itself.
An analysis of how circumstantial evidence shapes murder convictions. It highlights cases in California, Chicago, New York, and a notable North case where misidentification and evolving clues led to exoneration. A St. Louis woman’s body and missing relative sparked probes implicating her former beau.
A man held on first degree murder charges is freed after the missing woman returns to the jail, exposing reliance on circumstantial evidence. The case illustrates how guilt or innocence can hinge on conjecture, while the body in the field remains unexplained. The piece urges caution and the constitutional presumption of innocence.
The piece compares reformers to a spider luring the fly, arguing professional reformers and fanatics create temptation to prove the need for reforms. It cites a Oklahoma congressman opposing beauty contests who sent questionable letters to young girls to showcase temptations and to justify his cause. The author questions motives, warning that tempting the morally weak is a contemptible enterprise.
Fragmentary poem lines reflect on night as a hundred eyes and a single day. The text hints at longing and the fleeting light of life. Names or dates are absent, but imagery suggests a romantic mood and incomplete verse.
Victoria, a 60-year-old widow with a garden of morning glories, finds a hungry, exhausted girl named Mare Tee from Wellsville at her lonely lane house. After a fall and weeks of care, Mare Tee proves capable, milking the cow and helping in the house, earning Victoria’s trust and a chance to rebuild her life. The tale blends quiet resilience, memory, and the bond formed between two strong women in a rural setting.
Constantinople reports three days of fighting as Greek forces retreat across the Sakaria River in Asia Minor. Greek losses include prisoners, materiel, and transport. campaign plans are held up amid malaria and desert conditions. Athens dispatch notes a Turkish defensive line stretching eighty kilometers near Gordium with a second line fortified to the north.
The page lists showings at Empire Pictures Pauline Frederick in Salvage and Fatty Arbuckle Graszy to Marry at Grand Pictures plus Tom Mix A Ridin Romeo at Royal Pictures. League Park hosts San Antonio vs Fort Worth baseball. game called at 4:30 due to rain. Cuero reports 1.14 to 2 inches of rain, weather improving. Cuero Schools set to open Sept 12 with enrollment around 1125. Yoakum announces a large public swimming pool to open Sept with plans for a major resort by next summer.
The Masons Bay USme Youlom Tex report Hallettsville factions Woodmen of the World and Knights of Pythias have disbanded and sold the building. The Magonie ardey of Hallettsville had rented the property for 25 years.
A witty domestic vignette follows two wealthy daughters who trade jibes about worth in gold and real love. A servant confesses a crooked cucumber mishap amid a stormy marital tiff. A husband recalls a proposal line about dust beneath shoes as a wife tests his honesty during dinner. A tramp asks for rain and a gutter cleaning exchange ends with a sharp one liner. Reports from New Braunfels list new homes and nearing completions, while Roosevelt recovers from illness at Campobello.
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