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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
4
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The author criticizes President Wilson and Secretary Daniels for anger over a Carabao banquet incident and a song mocking insurrectionists. Taft offers a contrasting view, noting the song's long history and arguing it did not undermine the republic. The piece mocks Wilson and Daniels for thin skins and lack of sportsmanship.
Dispatches indicate General Mercado, former garrison commander at Chihuahua, has retired after marching to Ojinaga to communicate with his government. Villa quickly seized Chihuahua, leaving Mercado to rest before likely receiving further word or orders.
The text recounts General Mercado’s plan to abandon Ojinaga and march back to Chihuahua to recapture the city, a move viewed with skepticism by Huerta and condemned by Villa’s potential advantage. Mercado is relieved of command after telegraph discussions with the government, ending the bold but unrealized sequence and costing the Constitutionalist cause.
The piece argues the San Antonio river’s many bends create flood risks similar to Columbus, Texas. It cites an eight foot water height difference across a bend near Columbus and warns that straightening rivers could reduce disaster, urging caution in flood prevention plans.
The article discusses Wisconsin’s evolving marriage statutes, noting a shift from lax prior rules to stricter oversight. It highlights the ease of obtaining nuptials in earlier years, with no license or public record, and contrasts it with current reforms driving more formal procedures.
The column skewers Wisconsin after it amends its marriage law to require public notices and medical exams. It notes the state’s cross‑border hypocrisy and slow drift toward intrusive brain scans and two‑year marriage-eligibility surveillance, while lawyers retort that no ceremony is needed.
A Pennsylvania high school girl won the prize for the best thrift definition. Thrift is defined as managing possessions to steadily increase their value. The piece highlights thrift as a personal asset with strong dividends in Texas, urging youth to study the dollar value of thrift and embrace it as a creed for good fortune and citizenship.
The New York World laments that American heiresses cannot marry into the imperial Berlin royal line. Beauty talent and wealth are vain as church and state uphold a marriage of unequal birth with a Hohenzollern. The ruler enforces this decree regardless of a Pittsburg millionaire's daughter.
Six states Massachusetts Indiana Wisconsin Missouri Michigan and Illinois have public employment offices to aid job seekers. They formed the American Association of Public Employment Officers to expand to all states, share labor market bulletins and consider transporting the unemployed to areas with work, a plan seen as highly encouraging.
The Terrazas family vast estate in Northern Mexico was seized by Gen Pancho Villa as part of the Mexican revolution. The article notes economic causes behind the conflict and criticizes the wealthy class in the federal ranks while condemning the bloodshed and injustice of the rebellion with hope for a better future for Mexico.
The Daughters of the Confederacy secure occupancy of state capitol quarters for a Texas museum acquired by legislative act. The administration asserts need for space, and a rescinding act would be required to remove them. The capitol seems large enough for officials and still spare for sentimental state interests.
A dozen friends recount Marcel Trival’s tales from six years in St Petersburg society. A jewelry store caper ends with detectives seizing a con artist while the trail of the necklace goes cold.
A city tale recounts two twins Sam and Will using a swap to attend two dances in one night. They switch places at 10 pm, even fooling hosts and dates, but a mixup with a Margaret leads to a playful but awkward moment. The episode ends with humorous self reveal to the partner.
The feature notes English riding attire as the style pace and describes conservative riding coats for off horse use. It also highlights Philadelphia vacant-lot gardens program where owners donate land, the association funds cultivation, families pay a token rent, and last year 442 families received plots averaging one sixth acre with self-sown produce.
A Kansas City Journal summary notes a royal commission's proposed English court reforms aimed at saving time, including shortening vacations and judges’ hours, and abolishing the grand jury. It warns that erasing the grand jury could reshuffle American practice, with parallels to informing statutes and public accusations.
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