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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light and the San Antonio Gazette are described as part of the San Antonio News Company. The item notes exclusive AP wire day reports and standard postal registration details for the 1881 applied newspaper lineage.
Rates listed for daily and Sunday editions with carrier delivery for 1 month and 1 year, and mail options for 1 month and 1 year in advance. Includes Sunday carrier 1 year and single-copy options for daily or Sunday.
Washington legislators propose forming a congressional commission to travel to Europe to study foreign military aviation and report back. Critics warn such trips become vacations for clerks, with high costs and limited practical gains. A joint army and navy commission is suggested as a more competent alternative.
Boston artist Joseph Knowles set out to prove a man can live primitively in modern times. He entered Maine woods naked with no weapons and emerged after two months in furs with basic tools. A Boston writer Ford investigated the facts and probabilities, preparing a critical article.
The dispute pits Mr. Knowles against Mr. Ford as they challenge each other’s bear trapping claims. Knowles plans to trap and kill a bear with primitive tools, film the event, and invite Ford to witness from a tree box. Public interest focuses on who tells the truth about the Maine wilderness and bear life.
The article recounts Secretary Bryan accepting hospitality in Leesburg Virginia for the Heavy Draft Show Association annual reunion. He toured the town, spoke at the fairgrounds, and, in a letter, offered to reduce his usual $500 fee to $300. The association honored the payment, remaining quiet, as Bryan contemplates another presidential bid.
A fragment notes a political figure in Leesburg and London County drawing closer to a financial point where living costs meet income. The mention centers on frugality and personal budgeting as a likely priority in the race.
A prolific obituary notes Menelik’s long, austere reign in Abyssinia. He ruled with ruthless efficiency, shaping laws, treaties, and armies for over fifty years. The piece contrasts modern monarchy with his fierce, enduring control and bids him farewell in a stern, reflective tone.
The Houston Post notes Representative McKeller of Tennessee introduces a federal cold storage bill to curb perishable food cornering. It targets adulterated and misbranded interstate food shipments, sets storage hold periods, and imposes prison terms and fines for violations.
The article surveys early beliefs about Jesus birth date with varying claims from Clement of Alexandria to Epiphany observances. It notes Greek practices before Christmas became established and cites St Chrysostom’s 386 Antioch sermon on Christmas becoming widespread in the West through Rome.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat decries the prolonged watchful waiting approach in Mexico, noting increased suffering for noncombatants and questioning supporters who doubt an intervention is avoidable. The piece contrasts August rhetoric by President Wilson with current policy, calling the stance intolerable and ineffective.
Postmaster General Burleson argues for public ownership of telephone and telegraph systems, a policy currently under serious consideration. The idea will be debated in Congress Democratic caucus to decide if it should become a party measure. The piece suggests the United States should match other nations in public control of communications.
Marthe Rouvier and Mile Vian face a life altering moment as a lottery record reveals Vian’s one million franc win. The two women weigh love, sacrifice, and the chance to bind Marthe to her beloved Arthur, who plans to sail to the colonies. Vian gifts Marthe the fortune, urging a future together while reflecting on past heartbreaks and fate.
At a dinner in Albany Lord Haldane condemned American rich extravagance as blameworthy while a Boston woman argued their incomes of two or three millions a year justify lavish living. He replied by likening excess salt in a dinner to oversalting due to abundance.
Last night at the Grand Opera House the Sothern Marlowe Romeo and Juliet drew audiences into Verona with astonishing beauty. The performance, three hours long, featured elaborate staging and meticulous detail, with Julia Marlowe’s Juliet and E H Sothern’s Romeo praised for emotional depth and verisimilitude.
The New York Times notes the English government has offered 5 million dollars for the Mona Lisa while a 3 percent compound interest calculation on Francis I’s 1504 purchase of 9200 dollars would grow to over 1.6 billion by 1913. It concludes that the art treasure has cost the world an enormous sum and may be seen for nothing.
About 250 Kansas women met in Topeka to organize a new political party claiming to represent 250,000 enfranchised women. They drafted a platform blending Progressive Prohibitionist and Socialist planks and warned old parties they will sway policy and elect officials only if candidates accept their program. The organizers acknowledge the assembled group is only a fraction of Kansas women.
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