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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1911
Page
2
The article discusses American neutrality duties during the Mexican conflict, noting U S actions and inactions at the border. It mentions Gen Bernardo Reyes and refugees in Laredo, the Hague tribunal potential, and debates on asylum and bail bonds. The piece also contrasts monetary standards and historic claims about Columbus Newton and Darwin as discoverers.
The article argues no mandamus will compel the city to cash warrants for work on Zarramora street. It calls mandamus to force lawmakers absurd and notes only a lawful suit could decide payment. If the suit determines legality, warrants are paid. otherwise not.
An open letter to Senator Culberson urges halting neutrality enforcement against Mexican refugees or revolutionists detained by U S federal officers at Laredo. The writers claim the men seek political asylum in the United States fearing death if returned to Mexico. They contend the arrestees served under Diaz and note Mexican officers largely supported the current government, with various historical claims about violence and allegiance.
A New York writer urges Coltarbos for a place among the twenty greatest men citing Fiska's Discovery of America. The piece notes that contact between continents began in 1492 and questions the notion of isolated Western civilizations. It cites Asiatic and European influences before Columbus, Aztec record destruction, tobacco spread, and Spanish horses as evidence. It mentions disputed evidence from Inca testimony.
Dr. Joseph Jacobs, president of the American Folk-Lore Society, spoke at Columbia University arguing children should not learn to read until nine. He urged filling the interim with folk tales songs dances and games to nurture imagination and cultural breadth while cautioning against excessive utilitarian schooling.
A deranged advertorial claims a nutmeg hole and string worn as a device cures neuralgia, promising relief after more than a year of use. The piece mocks readers’ skepticism while insisting the method works for the author.
Local coverage notes Bryan and Chitty engaging over campaign winds and key issues as Charleston News and Courier tracks the presidential chase.
A correspondent asks why millions of tons of coal smoke vanish yet leave ash behind. The article explains that atmospheric particles fall back due to gravity, unless launched at seven miles per second. It notes volcanic eruptions reach sky highs but fall short of escape velocity, while molecular motion varies by substance, preventing most Earth gases from escaping yet possibly enabling hydrogen to disperse into space.
The Christian Science Monitor notes Hawaii sees great value in completing the Panama Canal. Fortifications are strengthened and a “second Gibraltar” rises inland. Honolulu plans for ship repair docks, with a Hawaiian dock project progressing, plus a miniature dam near Honolulu cited as a site.
A passenger who escaped unharmed from a serious rail crash offered to help search the wreckage for a missing wife. He asked an old man which part of the train she was in, provoking an indignant reply about loss and the tragedy of the collision.
Fragmented verses recall a poet's inner conflict with mockery and longing. Dream imagery of love offering healing contrasts with alienation. The lines mix archaic phrasing and unclear names, yielding a moody, reflective mood without a clear narrative.
Fragment from a poem by Charles W. Kennedy published in December in Alnsice s. The lines evoke night travel and longing with imagery of silver sails and a pale winter moon, feeling of missing love and distant shores. The text reads as a fragmentary verse with nautical and seasonal motifs.
An article notes Maine’s prohibition stance and jokes about self-serving measures, while describing a banquet for Chief Justice Peters of the supreme court. Governor officials congressmen and a U.S. senator attended as wit and wisdom flowed, with a long menu of dishes and wines listed alongside commentary on the persistence of old trade subsides and oil-startup ventures.
A collage of satirical lines quotes politicians and pundits from New York to Pittsburgh. References to Garfield, King George, Taft, Bryan, and Chinese politics hint at a turbulent election climate. The pieces lampoon party loyalties, regional biases, and shifting support as readers gauge public mood and media stance.
A streetcar employee recounts years of handling passengers including ailing babies, baggage, and repeated free rides for a persistent old lady. After discovering a counterfeit ten dollar bill on the envelope, he vows to stop the joke and engage no more in joking.
Notes describe Turkish warships with wireless telegraphy controlled from Constantinople, French lighthouses using wireless warnings, a planned elevated monorail in Mexico City, an Italian method for recording telephone conversations, durable metal filament lamps, Eiffel Tower wireless messaging to Oran Algeria, and large General Electric steam ships and Curtis turbine engines for massive electric generators. The text also mentions wireless exchanges between San Francisco and Japan and Danube river power producing six thousand horsepower.
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