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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1916
Page
27
Last Sunday a strap spring stage coach appeared on downtown San Antonio streets drawn by four mules. A garbed driver and a bugler led, joining the cavalcade of horsemen from Percy Tyrrell’s Sunday morning rides from the Gunter Hotel. The event drew astonished locals as guests enjoyed breakfast in camp at scenic country spots.
The piece argues Wilson often cannot learn full truth from newspapers or interviews. It cites constant battles with Congress, party, and foreign affairs, noting presidents rely on aides and biased reports. It also recounts how candidates and lobbyists mislead, forcing the president to trust conflicting letters and cabinet guidance.
Smithsonian pamphlet notes bees have a highly developed olfactory sense that also serves as taste. Dr N E McIndoo studied 5600 bees, finding taste can not be separated from smell, with bees showing preferences for honey and distinguishing flavors across substances including vinegar acids and sugars.
In East Africa British troops battle lions amid German forces. Lions attacked food animals, killing 40 sheep and goats. A gun on a later night killed a cub, but adults returned to finish prey. Despite sentries and a late night trap, the lions escaped. A lioness was found the following morning 30 yards away.
Austin reports communities plan a March 4 to 11 Baby Week observance under the Labor Department program. The UT divisions vow a model rally with prayers, songs, and talks on milk, feeding, and child health, plus bulletins from UT Extension for local adaptation.
Thomas Whitney Surette, educational lecturer on music, will present five Home Economics Week lectures at the University of Texas starting February 14. A Boston native and Oxford lecturer, Surette illustrates talks with piano and quotes, exploring music in community education and the value of folk songs.
A Rochester Times item reports Jones, troubled by catarrh, waking in the night and swallowing what he thought was a cough lozenge. In the morning he realized it was his back collar stud, and told his wife who comforted him with a witty remark.
Berlin dispatch notes that aged commanders and veteran units like the Landwehr and Landsturm perform as well as, or better than, younger troops. Leaders such as Hindenburg and von Kluck are in their sixties and seventies, yet have secured major victories. Examples include long forced marches and continuous dispatch riding by elderly soldiers.
An ad presents a complexion treatment claiming to remove blotches freckles and rough skin by applying ordinary mercurized wax from a 1 ounce package. It swears the wax exfoliates the outer skin gradually improving pores and tone and suggests daily warm water washes. It also touts a facial soak with saxolite witch hazel to erase wrinkles.
A brief dialogue notes a child asking for fashions from a newspaper, but the answer jokes that the outfits are yesterday’s and useless to the child. The scene centers on a dressmaker’s bill and a paternal bedside exchange.
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