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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1913
Page
4
San Antonio newspaper history note lists its 1881 founding and name variants The Sananee Light The San Antonio azette Evening Daily and Sunday Morning and notes Associated Press exclusive wire day report status.
A sweeping wave of progressive bills floods California with hundreds of proposed laws and thousands of offices. Measures include government recall power, Sunday rest restrictions, wage schemes for convicts, and sweeping reform of state regulation. Critics deride the moves as impractical and overreaching in scope.
The piece attacks California progressives for proposals taxing political parties and fining voters, arguing the plan would force supporters to back favored candidates. It condemns these ideas as extreme, noting Johnson’s approval and warning of a Senate presidency under such leadership.
A profile of Francisco I Madero praising his democratic ideals and reforms while critiquing his misjudgments in applying US style democracy to Mexico. The piece notes his education focus, belief in law, flaws in leadership, and his lasting legacy as a man who pointed Mexico toward political and economic freedom before being murdered for his efforts.
A young English arrival in San Antonio, backed by British capitalists, buys camping gear and pistols as he starts a job here. His impression of Texas as cowboys and rangers reflects a common English view, a stereotype he learns is inaccurate yet widespread across the nation.
A writer argues moving picture reels misrepresent Texas by showing Western stereotypes labeled as Texas. He suggests protests by Texas businesses, boycotts of problematic films, and pressure on theater owners to stop featuring such reels to improve international views and attract investment.
Harper's Weekly notes the muskrat as the region’s top fur animal with 1910 markets counting 5.5 million skins valued around 1.7 million dollars. Dorchester Maryland leads in harvests with 250000 skins yearly and half the marshes leased to traps. Meat from muskrats ships to Baltimore Wilmington and others. The black muskrat fetches the highest price in local markets.
The Springfield Republican reports Castro's legal victory over Washington authorities with Judge Ward ruling Castro illegally excluded. The ruling undermines the Knox backed policy, boosting Castro's popular support as Mylius continues appeals from Ellis Island.
A Philadelphia Bulletin editorial argues against a 10 percent restaurant and table check reduction as a universal tip substitute. It warns that fixed tipping will invite extra gifts, prompting a new tipping cycle, and asserts wages should replace tipping to stop the custom.
A Leslie's Weekly editorial laments national apathy and warns that sympathy for radical doctrines and dangerous elements could push the country toward socialism or anarchy. It cautions against changes to the organic law that would leave the nation adrift without guidance or leadership.
The Sherman act has long been in force with numerous prosecutions across administrations. The piece notes seventy one cases under earlier presidents and eighty one by Taft, with later figures attributed to Wilson through a political lens, referencing Wickersham and Fowler.
A long winter tale on Christmas Eve depicts skaters, a hare, and wild fowl stalked by a silent white specter. A wild fowler and others glimpse a vast winged form with flaming eyes as the spectral figure haunts the moonlit marshes and coastal shapes vanish into the cold night.
The paper requires letters to be signed and will not publish anonymous communications. Publication does not imply the editors endorse the writer’s views.
A letter to Texas A and M College officials and lawmakers contends students faced insubordination and hazing. It recounts injuries, unsafe medical treatment, and poor facilities, urging investigation and protection of students’ rights to petition.
A hunter describes firing at an arid area as a great white figure dives over him. The creature, spread-eagled and clutching, passes overhead and falls coughing into the snow. Nearby a snowy owl lies dead, the terror of the wild swan.
Dr Arline N Thorp, a businesswoman and mother, argues beating children is ineffective and that a mother in business can develop character and self control in her kids. She says teachers and ministers are hardest hit by low pay.
The author argues against closing Sunday libraries and indoor spaces, noting boys study hard and crave physical action. He questions if surreptitious gatherings lead to harm, insisting vigorous activity hardens resolve and prevents a generation of weaklings, urging boys to return ready for life’s battles.
A fragment reflecting on Civil War figures like Lee Grant and Sherman, with a call to bring soldiers home and criticism of unresolved investigations. The writer Evaulates sacrifices and urges the legislature to listen to the soldiers’ side.
Detroit notes ridicule a member who would have bankrupted for the Pujo Committee’s daily fee to visit William Rockefeller. The aside questions what his bill would have been if he chose to operate.
The Washington Post notes Cip Castro will attend the inauguration while rumors swirl about a possible return to Venezuela. The report offers tips on navigating such events and the surrounding chatter.
A jumble of headlines from The Philadelphia Inquirer and Pittsburgh Times questions abolishing town status and ponders what Lincoln would do as Chicago mayor. The clippings compare political reform notions with shifting public interest as figures like Castro surface in commentary.
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