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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1912
Page
6
The San Antonio Light announces editors and publishers Charles Diehl and Harrison Beach with subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Addresses for newspaper offices and syndication partners in New York and Chicago are listed, along with distribution notes and single copy price.
The January 1912 report from N W Ayer Son shows gross daily circulation 18 631 and Sunday 20 251 with unsold copies 1 395 daily and 1 2 net average circulation 17 236 daily and 18 961 Sunday, as declared authoritative by advertisers.
Pittsburg pastor Dr. John H. Willey argues that every man harbors an angelic germ and that evolution leads from germ to immortal potential. He cites prefiguration from protoplasm to man and cites Hamlet to frame man as noble, urging care for body and mind as vessels for a holier future.
A critique rails at Champ Clark supporters for adopting an Olark Houn Dawg campaign ditty. The piece mocks the rhythmic dog refrain and questions Clark's fitness, arguing the song shows a careless spirit and damages the presidential bid.
The war department orders garrison from Fort Sam Houston to El Paso to march into Mexican territory if needed to stop attacks on Americans. The move signals broader US intervention discretion at El Paso as bands of robbers roam northern Mexico and the Cientifico faction stirs opposition to President Madero.
President John Craft of the Alabama Oyster commission seeks to end eating live oysters and vows to enforce cruelty to animals laws. He argues oysters are sensitive and urges readers to avoid live consumption, prompting questions about detection of life or death and potential substitutes.
A stylized biblical meditation contrasts mortal weakness with a divine regard. It speaks of mankind made slightly lower than angels and crowned with glory, while acknowledging sin and deception present in the human heart, yet a noble, “angelic germ” remains.
The author argues that restoring Cientifico influence in Mexico would unleash renewed revolts stronger than those of Diaz and Madero. He warns that if Madero is ousted or a Cientifico president takes office, Mexico will face explosive consequences and the nation’s hope lies in supporting Madero or a leader like him.
The New York Herald notes Senator LaFollette remains in the presidential race, arguing he has not suspended his campaign. The piece highlights his stubborn stance despite calls to withdraw.
T R remarks Lincoln was a progressive with a bridle while praising the unbridled approach favored at Oyster Bay. Birmingham Age Herald.
A clipped opinion notes humor and confusion about bullfighters and benevolent simulation, reflecting satirical phrasing from a Knickerbocker Press quotation. The brief item comments on potential mishaps if performers ignore caution and public sentiment.
Fr. Paschal argues poverty is caused by conditions not crime and urges limiting marriage for the pauper poor. He cites cases of destitute families from charity work to warn of inherited disability and social decline, urging preventive measures over alms.
Westminster Gazette notes Moscow plans a 1812 museum and a flood of artifacts to mark Napoleon's Moscow campaign centenary. A concert revived marches of both sides and visits to battlefields will accompany ceremonies, highlighting the campaign's lasting memory.
A critique of the flood of doctoral theses in American universities, arguing that specialization creates language barriers and dissipation of scientific energies. The piece laments indecipherable detail, urges broader coordination, and compares scholars to a Babel-like division among experts and laypeople.
The speaker seeks peace in nature but is interrupted by a newsboy selling papers and a boastful call to buy souvenirs. He imagines escaping human noise via space travel yet fears a roadside peddler hawking gasoline. The poem ends with the irony of serenity disrupted by commerce.
Paris doctors defend horse meat as a superior, cheaper cure for consumption. They propose importing animals for slaughter to supply demand and describe a method of raw minced horse meat eaten three times daily as the “superalimentation cure.”
A Belgian farmer claims a new process to grind beets into flour for horse feed and pastry. Reports say large beet growers in Belgium and parts of Germany plan mills to crush beets into flour. The method remains closely guarded.
A New York Herald item notes T R is coming to discuss topics tied to the Ohio constitution and the rise of new nationalism, detailing the likely audience and potential impact on public discourse.
The Birmingham News notes eight governors have endorsed Roosevelt, leaving 40 scattered undecided. The developing front marks strong statewide support in the political landscape.
A Laurel Heights mother cautions her daughter to choose playmates carefully. Doris reports back that she befriended other children deemed “very nice” by family standards, noting the family owns two motor cars as proof of niceness.
The axman is being displaced by a new method in which a friction heated steel wire rapidly cuts through twenty inch trees in about six minutes. The carbonized kerf is smooth and marks the trunk, preserves remaining timber, and leaves no waste while reducing labor and equipment.
J Pierpont Morgan hears a Denver resident claim Colorado statesman John Blank has become Baptist. Morgan questions the report, noting immersion rules and doubting the politician would disappear from public view for long. The remark appears in the Washington Star.
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