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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR names Charles Diehl and Harrison Beach link to a local notice. No dates or actions are readable. The readable items imply a civil or public notice but lack actionable details.
A longLetters section discusses libel risk and anonymity in the press, questioning how public needs and advertiser claims constrain daily journalism. It argues that tuberculosis cures vary in effectiveness and criticizes exploitation of remedies by profit motives, urging public action over cynical profiteering.
Washington dispatches say President Taft plans a firm statement to Mexico demanding immediate steps to improve conditions. Public memory recalls prior US inaction and mixed signals, including massed troops in San Antonio and failed rescues, fueling distrust of the state department and prompting calls to protect Americans and property in Mexico. The coming declaration, issued by the president, is watched for substance beyond past futile replies.
The Tue Lien newspaper questions the Dr Friedman announcements and calls for cautious proof. The Journal of the American Medical Association editorially approves the stance that definite proof is still lacking in the reported cases.
The Elgin board of trade ends its practice of arbitrarily fixing butter prices. For seventeen years they met each Monday at 1:45 to set the coming week’s price, often only minutes long, removing a source of artificial cost increases for consumers.
The piece denounces fixed prices as arbitrary and illegal, noting government action against the Elgin board of trade for restraint of trade. It reports a panic in the north egg market, with cold stored eggs selling at 16% to 17% cents in Chicago while speculators face about 5 million dollars in losses. It predicts January prices for April eggs as low as 10 cents and condemns speculative manipulation of essential goods.
A Paris correspondent argues the leek, not the daffodil, was the origin of Wales flag symbolism. He notes leeks ubiquitous among soldiers at Crecy and Poitiers and describes the leek as an honorable badge valued in the region. The term le poireau reflects this emblematic status.
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes Elbert Clark findings at Manila showing Malays have 12 to 15 percent more sweat glands than whites, with negroes and negrates showing 7 and 27 percent excess in adults and 67 percent in youths. It concludes dark-skinned tropical dwellers have an advantage in heat regulation that whites can only offset by more shade.
The crescent shaped Vienna roll traces to the sixteenth century siege of Vienna by the Turks. When mines under the walls neared completion bakers in the underground bakehouses observed the threat and adopted the Turkish emblem as the bread shape to celebrate the defense.
A footnote from G L de St M Watson in A Polish Exile with Napoleon claims Napoleon’s evenings on St Helena were solace by a piano imported from England at Napoleon’s cost of 122 pounds. The musician may have been Mme Bertrand and the instrument was later bequeathed to her and carried away after Napoleon’s death.
The piece argues the small local cinema becomes a social center, surpassing schools churches and other efforts. It notes a film monopoly exists not in theaters alone but in amusements magazines reading and neighborhood clubs, reshaping community life.
In New York City a large portion of horse-drawn apparatus has been converted to electricity driven vehicles. Fire engines now use an eighty cell eleven plate battery capable of twenty miles at top speed per charge. Battery driven trucks and chemical engines are used. Saving on horse feeding and care is highlighted.
A humorous dialogue contrasts a valuable dog with its owner noting the dog’s scratching in cheap dirt while the boulevard offers ground worth $500 a front foot. The exchange highlights misplaced value and vanity.
Theo secretly tampered with Richards horse at the schoolyard causing it to bolt. Richards confronts Theo, a fight erupts leaving Theo battered while Richards reveals he and Julie Halberd have been secretly engaged for two years.
Readers weigh editorials against ads on tuberculosis cures. A Texas reformer urges limits on civil case appeals to aid small means litigants and reduce litigation costs. Signed by Hugh A. Scott and Mrs. Sadie Haley with readers’ letters from Celwyn E. Hampton and others.
Louis D. Brandeis argues that New England transport efficiency suffers from both monopoly and the size of the New Haven system. He rejects the idea that leadership scales with giant financial power citing the $400 million life insurer and the $1 billion steel trust as examples of artificial headroom. He concludes that great minds and large aggregations have natural limits beyond which economy and efficiency fail.
Chicago News notes critics argue Mr. Bryan need not accept a cabinet post as he can lead his party from outside the government, claiming he holds the power in his vest pocket.
Justice Goff declared Hyde guilty after a careful review of testimony minutes and granted a certificate of reasonable doubt staying execution until a rehearing next spring. Hyde remains free on $25,000 bail pending the process per the Utica Observer.
The Grand Opera House staged In Old Kentucky last evening. The drama features a moonshiner, a horseman and a speculator set among Lexington scenes and blue grass landscapes. Mildred Johnson stars in the leading role with convincing Southern tones.
English actor Robert Loraine expresses admiration for America and its business spirit. He cites American enterprise as a force making others look weak, recalling a humorous tale about Tommy Price the Australian grocer and a soap he once stocked. The anecdote underscores how popular goods drive supply.
The Saint Louis Globe Democrat editorial voices support for the Republican Party, arguing no rejuvenation is needed for Lincoln era legacy and party strength remains intact.
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