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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1915
Page
3
Fragmentary San Antonio Light page item outlines advertising terms and circulation data. Mentions publication offices, subscription rates, delivery notes, and December circulation figures with agency associations and audit details.
A sensational case ties together Jerls Ellen Rogers a New York lawyer his wife Mrs Caroline Giddings Rogers and Ida Sniffen Rogers tenaciously. The wife who administered bichloride of mercury to her children and herself survives in hospital while the others face moral ruin and possible murder trial. The piece weighs the fate of the innocent wife and the consequences of their double life, urging restraint and reflection on sin and punishment.
Representative Myron G. Blalock of Harrison County says laws require expert drafting to avoid constitutional conflicts. He notes the need for skilled men able to convey meaning clearly and reduce disputes over statutory language.
A Texas editorial argues for a bill drafting bureau to ensure laws are clear and constitutional before enactment. It notes coordination failures among executive, legislative, and judicial branches and cites the Allison Squaw liquor law as an example of laws becoming inoperative. It discusses reliance on high courts for constitutional review and mentions a congressional information effort for bill preparation. The piece also references wartime sentiment and a Whitlock anecdote about language and American identity.
Reported scene in a Brussels restaurant shows two German officers irritated by English speakers at a neighboring table. An American envoy exchanged cards with one officer, smoothing tensions as Brand Whitlock, Envoy Extraprimary with Minister Menipotentiary of the United States to Belgium, introduced himself amid wartime proprieties.
The piece surveys German birth and descent in the United States. It cites census data showing 2,499,200 people born in Germany in 1910, with 1,278,679 males over 21 and 69.5 percent of them naturalized. It notes that these figures cover only first generation Germans and cannot reveal Teutonic ancestry in Americans. It concludes that estimating total German stock is speculative and likely unreliable.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a hopeful turn in industry with orders totaling about 3,000,000 dollars for steel products received by Ore corporation in ten days. Mills in the Menongahela Allegheny valleys show renewed activity, with additional demand from war zones and Australia signaling a worldwide revival of prosperity.
A fragmented lettered page critiques President Wilson's pacifist stance amid calls for military readiness. It contrasts American ideals of peace with the need for a national bearing, cites Mexican policy tensions, and references political battles involving Culberson and Clark amid a heated political climate.
A wartime romance unfolds as Norah and a soldier pledge to meet again in Scotland among purple heather. He values victory and a future together, promising to wear the sprig for luck until they reunite, while the heath grows faded from white to purple as time passes.
A Buick salesman from Observant Citizen When W Hines offered a trade-in car at a deeply reduced price to a prospective customer the buyer grew suspicious and threatened to call the poster. Hines followed a tip to the prospect’s home with a second-hand cut and did not disclose his company affiliation. The interaction ended abruptly as details remain unclear.
A garbled collage recounts a con man failing to sell a Buick, a teacher guiding pupils with a card activity, and a story about three children planning gifts while a Little Girl and Boy in need receive their clothing. The pieces mix juvenile humor, moral lessons, and a note on Christmas generosity.
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