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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
4
The New York Chicago and Boston offices of Paul Block Inc are identified at 230 Fifth Ave Malters Building Tremont Building, detailing the company’s regional presence.
The San A newspaper reports total November circulation 611165 with daily evening average 20034 and Sunday 22062. Net paid daily averages are 18588 for evenings and 20590 for Sundays. Light by days figures incomplete but noted in passage.
In a Springfield Massachusetts Economic Club remarks Mr Samuel Untermyer outlines a dozen proposed measures to ease business unease. He links unrest to rate manipulation rail regulation and hidden corporate practices and urges currency reform railroad controls and public scrutiny of securities and holding companies.
The article criticizes President Wilson's Mexico policy as vague and ineffective, noting repeated US warnings to Huerta have yielded no results. It argues US diplomacy weakened by constant demands and praises limited actions to protect Americans, while condemning the broader lack of backing for words with deeds. It closes with a playful digression on Piltdown skull debates.
The speaker calls for burying the past and focusing on present and future corporate laws. He argues for amnesty to wipe the slate and strengthen statutes to deter repetition, warning that railroad regulation must protect both public investors and the system from collapse before reform arrives.
The Piltdown skull, named for its English dig site, is neither modern human nor any known ape. Estimated at over half a million years old, its discovery unsettled anthropologists and sparked heated debate about its connection to human ancestry.
A London paper argues baldness signals social respectability after surveying theater audiences churches and universities. It contends hairless heads face no ridicule and casts traditional jests as illogical, praising English logic and prompting satire about long-haired trends.
The Missouri attorney general dismisses 134 insurer suits as a restraint of trade conspiracy. He argues reasonable merit analysis shows rates were not unreasonably high given risks and losses, and regulation failures, not insurer misconduct, drove costs. The result aims at safer business and fairer rates.
A New York newspaper poll of twenty state executives finds 15 opposed to U S intervention in Mexico, 4 in favor, and 1 on the fence. The piece notes a large segment opposes drastic action during Mexico's fragile period.
A reader commends city weight and measure inspector Charles Troilo for exposing short weighted Thanksgiving turkeys. The letter cites vigilance and adds a Sherlock Holmes reference in a brief reader note to the newspaper.
A taxpayer letter criticizes Mayor Brown for claiming achievements in six months. It argues the bond issue stemmed from San Antonio borrowing little, urges the mayor to deliver on waterworks, streets, hospitals, and frugality, and to let his work speak louder than self praise. The signer calls for no graft and sensible spending before more accolades.
A taxpayer letter questions the praise of Mayor Brown and City Attorney Gillette for the city’s bond issue and legal work. It notes consultations with the attorney general in Austin led to two elections and cites hired assistants and contracts, arguing a waterworks contract expert might have aided fairness.
The description details a simple street costume in Russian green cloth featuring a long tunic and two short flounces. A high neck coat with a belt at the waist and a narrow skunk fur trim finish the look. The model appears chic from feathered port slant to gray kid boot with a buttoned top.
A Light office contributor reports a joke about a bull pup gifted with a short tail. The dog keeps sitting on its sore tail, wailing in pain, while the memory lapse makes it repeat the misfortune, disturbing neighbors every night.
The nutrition expert at Washington's Agricultural Department certifies corn meal as high value. It provides about 12.5 water 9.5 protein 1.9 fat 74.4 starch and sugar 1.0 crude fiber 10 mineral matter per cent and 1655 calories per pound. When priced at 3 cents a pound corn meal offers more nourishment than higher priced cereals and about 50 percent more than wheat flour.
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