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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
4
The San Antonio Light founded January 20, 1881, as the Evening Daily and Sunday Morning paper. It included The San Antonio Gazette and carried exclusive AP day wire reports. The publication was entered at the San Antonio post office as Second Class Matter.
A Fort Worth murder centers on a tattler whose report of a man dining with a woman sparked a widow to kill. The essay branding tattlers as pests laments their harm, warning that revealers invite social ruin and punishment, with a fatal outcome looming in the local case.
The piece argues San Antonio is a pivotal strategic hub for US and Mexican affairs, hosting visitors tied to Mexican politics, the US Army, and trade routes. It claims the city’s geography makes it a natural nexus for peace or conflict, urging readers not to blame the city for the presence of observers. It also reflects on frontier literature's merit in inspiring action and national memory.
The text contrasts a loyal dog with a human outcast called the former, using the dog as a foil to sharpen the stigma of exile. It frames the “former” as a social exile in stark, taunting terms within a moral landscape.
The real name of American hero Diamond Dick is George B. McClelland. He died in Kansas City Kansas from injuries after being struck by a train while crossing a railroad at grade. The obituary places him among legendary frontier figures and tall-tales of American boyhood.
Cyrus C. Adams recounts the 1909 Geneva conference where nations agreed on a uniform world map plan. Greenwich as the prime meridian, metric scales, Latin alphabet, and spellings aligned with official maps. Chinese names kept with Latin equivalents, and cross national adaptations noted.
The Chicago Tribune reports the postmaster general backs the parcels post with operation possible in months. Taft favors a general parcels post and will push it this session. Republicans split but rural riders may support. Democrats likely divided as election nears. An aggressive campaign by farmers and progressive press is urged. Representative Sulzer backs a measure with Postal Progress League backing.
Mary Blair Beebe recounts head-hunting origins among the Dyaks as tied to courtship, immortality, and filial duty. A legend says a suitor must present a worthy gift, with a head finally pleasing the heaven resident. heads symbolize marriage eligibility, spirit journeys, and the war insignia.
Walt Mason writes of the unseen hero the quiet strong man who labors for his family. He contrasts swaggering rivals from distant lands with the steadfast worker who endures debt and hardship to keep his home fed. The poem honors endurance over bravado and lauds inner strength as true victory.
The piece notes that Charles Egbert Craddock and Will Alien Dromgoole are female authors with masculine pen names. It recounts Murfree being turned away at a Boston dinner under Charlie Craddock and Dromgoole receiving a Riley letter addressed to Will inviting her to Chicago to “hit it up with the boys.”
A Londoner invited by a New Yorker to Long Island hunting is teased about finding big game. The Briton jokes about lions or tigers, the American replies he wants danger, and the punchline reveals he once shot his brother-in-law in the leg.
A historical poem describes a king offering wealth for a motto. The chosen line This too shall pass away becomes guidance for life. It counsels acceptance of fortune and misfortune, urging kindness, resilience, and perspective in daily conduct.
Arthur Bigelow Paine in Harper's Magazine recalls Mark Twain and Orion Clemens weighing the ministry as a safe line of work. It was an earnest, joking consideration between brothers about preaching and damnation, reflecting their youthful curiosity and humor.
Anaemia is a condition where the blood lacks enough red corpuscles to nourish the body's organs. When corpuscles are reduced, organs suffer, leaving the body in a semi-starved state. Causes vary and a doctor can determine treatment. symptoms include languor weakness and shortness of breath.
D P Seerley of Chicago, famed art critic, attends a concert and jokes through a performance. A friend notes his bored tired look as he yawns and quips that the piano player should have missed more notes.
A diary excerpt recalls the cabinet asking the Duke of Wellington for a commander to lead a Burma expedition to capture Rangoon. Wellington endorses Lord Cambermere as the fittest general, remarking he is a fool yet capable of taking Rangoon.
An older Mexican man rolling cigarettes with corn husk and mud pranks a blind newspaper vendor. A taller boy imitates and spits dirt, then places a mud ball in the elder's mouth, causing a brief, chaotic scene as the imp grins from a distance.
A garbled note recounts a misfired practical joke involving Thackeray and Macauley at Sir George Napier's. An American visitor hoped to role play Thackeray in Vanity Fair and Lays of Rome, but Macauley declined the idea, keeping the joke from happening.
TheHousekeeper tale shows Smith and Jones discussing their sons. Smith praises his boy as the genuine article all wool and a good example. Jones agrees noting that his son also has strong qualities, reflecting upper middle class parental pride.
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