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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1911
Page
11
A satirical monologue urges embracing mockery of wrinkles and life’s missteps. It counsels laughing at oneself and others, aided by a cynical tone about vanity and social pretension, ending with a faint warning about lingering memories of laughter.
A San Antonio Real Estate Exchange piece celebrates the city s climate and location while urging major investments. It envisions one million dollars for streets and drives, funds for an international fair and golf facilities, plus expansion via Aransas Pass and Medina Canal projects to attract thousands and grow the population toward a quarter million within a decade.
A wise physician refines the saying laugh and grow fat into a method for insomnia stomach troubles and lung tuberculosis. He urges a deliberate exercise of the nerves and muscles during laughter to promote blood flow and a joyful outlook that may prolong life. A mere smile is not enough. full rounded hearty laughter from core to edge is advocated.
Washington and St. Petersburg trade barbs over treaty revocation and American citizen rights in Russia. Shuster’s Persia finances and Sulzer’s equal rights push spark friction, but analysts expect cooling diplomacy and renewed peace efforts despite sharp rhetoric.
A gathering at Carnegie Hall to back U S arbitration treaties with Great Britain sparked a dramatic clash. Prominent figures like Joseph Choate Andrew Carnegie Henry Watterson faced a torrent of boos as the audience hurled protests from the galleries. The uproar ended any clear message from the stage as voices clashed throughout the hall.
The first floor patrons sparked a noisy protest that ended with chairs overturned and police restoring order. Rabbi Wise pursued the physician who sparked the clash as crowds cleared, while Andrew Carnegie was slated to speak but canceled amid the chaos.
The text notes a rise in opposition to suffragettes in England. Lord Curzon leads the National Anti-Women's Suffrage Society aimed at striking out votes for women in the forthcoming reform franchise bill. The piece argues the suffragettes’ violence spurred this organized counterforce.
A fragmentary 19th century gossip item describes the first Marquis of Abercorn from 1848 known as The Owld Mar ale. It notes his habit of hunting in a hio ribbon, his housemate wearing white kid gloves, and schemes around marriage, succession, and a titled rank for a cousin wife before a rumored elopement.
Johnston argues public schools should teach Bible ethics and reverence for God, citing the Ten Commandments and the gospel as foundations. He laments secular education and urges editors and communities to unite for a peaceful reform rooted in religion and personal responsibility to God.
A torn Washington Star fragment quotes an expert in Dugiliam remarking that the man will never be the same. The garbled lines mention Wall, roping an individual, and Hover facing a chance to make big money, with unclear names and context.
An imaginative poem fragment by Leo Granger dated December, weaving nocturnal gardens and celestial imagery. It blends dreams with waking life as the speaker contemplates memory, longing, and a haunted shore. The piece cushions emotion with surreal, floral and spectral motifs.
From the Syracuse Post Standard a Derbyton schoolboy ages questions to a New York editor asking about topics from the universe to electricity and hypnotism. The Providence Journal notes Morgan Shuster as a man without a country as American boys in Persia observe diplomacy.
A collage of Harvard quotes and editorial blurbs spans multiple publications. It cites opinions on Governor candidates, open diplomacy, reformers, and public figures, noting commentary from Chicago Tribune Boston Globe Washington Post and others about governance, education, and national issues.
A quirky tale centers on Judge Linden and Carlos Bee in a Denver hotel as early morning singing and a mistaken alarm lead to a humorous scene. Bee, still asleep after a late night, is startled awake by Linden's vocal warm ups and a misread alarm, provoking a comical exchange about a supposed incident with a hen and a cross between a saw and a gas engine.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a theater manager explaining a sobbing actor over a rough spec page and player averages. The manager says the man is crying because he is the money man behind the production.
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