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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1912
Page
6
A public warning opposes the Chamber of Commerce for touting an eighteen-hole golf course and other attractions not yet built. The piece argues such claims damage San Antonio’s image, deters visitors, and could hurt the city’s tourism long term. It urges honest promotion and real, tangible attractions to lure travelers.
The piece discusses the slang and jargon used in baseball and boxing coverage in major city papers. It notes that sport language is a specialized lexicon understood by insiders and highlights a Shreveport Times editor adding phrases.
The piece defends Gen. Tasker Bliss after he warned of military decline in America. It argues critics fear foreign powers exploiting our weaknesses more than Bliss’s remarks reveal truth about U S military limits. It suggests acknowledging flaws could spur constructive reform.
The piece argues war talk rises as Balkan nations meet in London and presses that the United States will not bow to British pressure over Panama Canal tolls. It mocks the Daily Mail’s threats, defends US control of the canal, and vows firm action against Anglo diplomatic pressure.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram produced a 250 page seven column paper last Sunday, believed to be the largest daily issue. It included 1750 columns with 850 columns of ads from Fort Worth merchants, illustrating Texas newspaper growth and the city’s rapid development driven by advertising.
Marion Larkin faces a love triangle between James Dalton and Robert Smith. Smith rises in finance while Dalton seeks Marion with riches. Marion elopes with Dalton, endures desertion, and discovers her daughter is with Smith, leading to a tragic, unresolved future as she flees into the night.
A December American Magazine profile presents J. A. Burns a Kentucky mountaineer who built a college to uplift his people. It recalls his brutal early life in the Cumberland hills, a clash in a local feud, a rifle blow that left him for dead, and his later sobering resolve to return to the mountains and pursue education and reform.
American consul Julian Arnold at Cheefoo China outlines steps to aid U.S. business. He plans an American commercial library and asks firms to send catalogues trade data and papers. He advises translation follow ups and suggests consulates act as trade outposts to spark foreign demand.
A city street incident shows horse drawn wagon stuck between two car tracks as a 10 ton motor truck passes, backs up, and pushes the wagon free. The wagoner’s thanks and the decisive push foster a mood of goodwill replacing prior tension.
A San Pedro Avenue resident claims nightly wood theft and accuses a nearby Black woman. He sprinkles flour by the woodpile to track footprints and, aided by a skeptic, follows footprints to a negro shanty where flour traces lead to the suspect.
Since April 1 the royal mint in Ottawa has minted 800000 dollars in Canadian gold coins in 5 and 10 dollar denominations. Output runs about 150000 dollars per month with steady demand. Canada holds about ten million dollars in American gold in circulation as security for bank and Dominion notes, and may replace part with Canadian coinage. Gold comes mainly from Yukon and Nova Scotia.
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