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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1912
Page
6
A plumber finds an elderly German veteran dead in a dingy room beside a German made music box that plays Die Wacht am Rhein. The scene, music, and inscription evoke shared humanity and unity beyond borders.
The piece notes Milliken advising Patrick to stay quiet as he boasted of plans around the Rice murder. Patrick dodged punishment and drew public confusion, while Governor Dix cites an air of mystery in a case where Rice was murdered with valet Jones involved.
The text recounts Patrick’s death sentence, his legal fight to overturn it, and his ultimate release. It contrasts Patrick's determination with Valet Jones and notes public perception. It also links to Panama Canal history, credit to Goethals, and a wary view of canal promotors and future justice.
The article weighs who deserves the major share of credit for the Panama Canal. It contrasts Goethals and Gorgas with others who claim recognition, including Roosevelt, Varilla, and even De Lesseps. It notes fame may shift as history judges the project’s builders and promoters.
The editorial condemns Ettor and Giovannitti for their post verdict statements after the Lawrence strike murder case. It argues their remarks reveal duplicity, risk alienating sympathy, and risk fueling labor unrest while questioning the notion of justice and the power of a “solidified class.”
In Jerusalem football matches held over four days the Syrian Protestant college team from Beyrout defeated three local sides and tied one. The matches drew thousands of spectators, with players from native and European communities and a local American band performing. Moslem ladies watched in veils.
From Brianza in Lombardy comes a band whose members all play firlinfoens or pan pipes. The reeds are tied side by side with bass pipes footlong or longer and head motions accompany the music. Players learn tunes by heart, sometimes from a gramophone, and Marches allegedly induce sensations akin to intoxication.
In a snowbound Arctic scene a colossal polar bear stalks a herd of musk oxen as three sled dogs close in. The bear evades the charging herd and narrowly escapes being crushed as dogs press the predators down the frozen coast.
Several hundred towns and cities across the country are keeping up ornamental street lighting systems, reflecting ongoing municipal investment in decorative illumination and public aesthetics.
A thoroughly American comedy by George Cohan returns to town with vigor. The cast features J Rufus Wallingford John Webster and Blackie Daw Joseph Sweeney. The town of Battlesburg grows into a boom town as get rich quick schemes collide with love and humor.
A Royal Anthropological Institute report describes Mekeo wooing rituals where a girl's value is measured by pigs. Negotiations include prepayment gifts, followed by mock raids to confirm pig totals, ceremonies, and decorations for warriors, with dances and funeral rites amid a pig or kangaroo bob-apple game.
Miss Tina Lerner, the Russian artist, argues that Russian women's charm lies in mental sensitivity. She explains that quick empathy and unselfish character help them stay engaging across ages, whether pursuing art or domestic life, and contrasts this with American temperament.
A puzzled customer asked for 25 cents worth of stamps at a rush hour window. The clerk explained how stamps are sold and the exchange ended with the customer receiving ten two cent stamps and five one cent stamps after a lengthy clarification.
A November Strand essay notes a revival of shorthand in Elizabethan England. Timoth y Bright, 1588, and Peter Bales, 1590, preceded John Willis 1602, the alphabetic forerunner to modern systems. Shakespeare's plays were often captured in shorthand, explaining textual variants in early printings.
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