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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1919
Page
6
A London correspondent frequented a band of American jazz playing for locals. He sought words to describe the music and, finding English adjectives scarce, described it as “quite ripping” and “heastly weird.” The piece notes this as the first time jazz works are arranged to do justice to the genre.
A sweeping boycott spreads through United States citizens and French hotelkeepers with plans to shun German goods for years. The London Stock Exchange bans natives of Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey from employment. A little noted German export hit, the capture and sale of wild animals for cages and circus use, is exposed as a major industry affected by the anti German campaign.
Postwar shifts end German control of wild animals for circuses and zoos. Allies plan to reassign territories, boycotts target German caught hyenas and swelta. The Worlds Zoological Trading Company forms in London to centralize supply of elephants, snakes and polar bears, signaling diminished German foreign trade.
Washington dispatch reports farmers with sons in service pressing demobilization details. They seek government information to plan spring planting and agricultural labor, urging coordinated action between the War and Agriculture departments and the food relief mission abroad.
The article warns that Liberty Bond sales since the war’s end have surged, endangering future government securities. It notes patriotic papers prompting consumer panic, mentions individuals overextending finances for gifts, and discusses inexperienced brokers who mislead buyers into trading bonds for worthless securities. It portrays a cautionary view of personal debt and speculative sales.
An opinion argues that bondholders restrain Liberty Bond sales while federal reserve discounters keep high rates. It claims the policy discourages credit expansion, erodes investor confidence, and pushes banks to use bonds to pay mortgages, hindering swift economic readjustment.
Fragmentary OCR captures a barrage of disjointed lines referencing mothers, battles, and women’s strength amid a wartime setting. The text blends biblical cadence with exhortations, mentioning pain, endurance, and vigilance, concluding with a mysterious name and a terse closing line.
London Dec 18 A British school parliament scheme aims to teach citizenship by electing pupil representatives to manage school affairs. At St Paul’s School, pupils elect captains and subcaptains for a year, with meetings, canvassing, and public demonstrations under mayoral presence, to promote governance and good conduct.
Chronicle of Japanese Chinese trade involving morphine destined for American soldiers. References a British paper’s coverage, noting explosive drug networks, wartime intrigue, and court disclosures. Mentions graft allegations, government scrutiny, and foreign influence on opiate distribution across Asia and the Pacific.
Fragmented OCR text shows a memorial plan linked to Dover with garbled names and dates. The readable elements mention a memorial event, possible organizers, and a schedule that remains incoherent. No clear outcome or location is definable from the legible fragments.
A garbled mosaic of street talk, observations, and stray quotes drifts through a city scene. Names, places, and hints of events drift by in a chaotic, newspaper-like stream reflecting urban life and eccentric commentary.
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