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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light, established 1881, notes its origins and status. It lists its sister papers the San Antonio and Rally and Sunday Morn and details about postal classification and official filing as a second class matter in San Antonio.
The piece argues Britain seeks unconditional arbitration over the Panama Canal dispute, criticizing Knox and Taft for concessions. It warns of looming public pressure as Congress weighs sovereignty issues and praises the Texas optometry bill's broad support against medical professional opposition.
The Senate committee on public health has reported unanimously in favor of the optometry bill. It would create a board of optometrists to police the profession and exclude quack eye-doctors from practice. The measure, if enacted, carries broader aims and its passage is considered important.
The piece jokes about overblown hygiene lectures in New York, noting four doctors preach against common household items while neglecting real urban filth. It laments society’s obsession with trivial hygienic fads and warns that such talk achieves little while cities stay dirty.
The excerpt criticizes poor public speaking and planning while mocking the ritual use of whereas statements to justify policies. It notes that even with good intentions the path to progress may be blocked by inefficient promoters and poor finishers.
The United States sent the gunboat Wheeling to Vera Cruz to guard foreigners, a vessel described as small and underpowered next to bigger ships at Colon and Guantanamo Bay. The piece argues the move creates only water ripples and little real protection, deeming the response minimal and ineffectual.
The Wide World Magazine describes Dr. Mikimoto’s pearl oyster farm on Toto kusuma Island Ago Bay. It covers twenty nine nautical square miles, explains the species M martensi and the cultivation process from July August rock placements to nucleus insertion and four year maturation. The article notes the early trials scholarly persistence and the 1898 harvest of the first pearls.
In a Texas commentary the Oxnard Courier praises Wood Curtis Company for gifting thousand bushels of unsellable onions rather than dumping them in a river. The piece contrasts such charity with past acts of burning crops to push prices higher, arguing supply and demand should not be used to harass producers.
Lord Westray and Doreen Heath plot a joint stake on Trump Card after discovering a saddle error raised the horse’s weight. Doreen bets ten pounds at fifty to one. the horse wins the Abingdon Mile, advancing a drastic employer backlash. The Sigmund-Wolfs drop Doreen, while Westray proposes taking her to stay with him until their wedding.
Harper's Weekly notes that nitroglycerin varies in explosiveness with quality and fill level. Impurities, washing, and sealing affect danger, while workers handle the material near large vats, an agitator, paddles, and cold-water interstices in a two-tier kettle setup.
In governor Sulzer’s release the standout letter is from Governor White’s partner who calls Patrick’s pardon “100¢ politics.” The New York World spotlights this gem as central to the controversy.
Gaby Deslys argues men drive fashion and bird slaughter for millinery. She notes women do not hunt animals and urges readers to question who they dress for, citing an ostrich feather trend and a deer hunt at a chateau with male spectators celebrating the hunt.
The Grain Dealers Journal editor questions wasted corncobs from the 1912 US corn crop of 3,160,000,000 bushels totaling over 22 million tons. Cobs are largely burned in elevators or left to rot. possible farm scale solutions include shelling at the farm and converting cobs into usable forms, aided by gas engines and simple machinery to lift kernel value.
The article describes the electric steel furnace as a dramatic night spectacle with flames and colored light. It notes the South Chicago Illinois Steel Company furnace as a top example, its refining role after blast furnace and Bessemer steps, and the longer final treatment to remove sulphur and phosphorus. A separate line mentions Maine legislators and a garment workers' strike avoidance.
A Columbia State column notes Rockefeller and Morgan links to royal lineage through historical ancestry research. It suggests these claims may reflect prominent legacies tied to monarchy, analyzed in a reflective feature.
Judge Archhbald wryly remarks it could not have been worse as he contemplates recalling actions. Washington Star notes the sentiment amid ongoing political debate.
February Popular Mechanics notes a method beyond burning large quantities of vegetable matter to release energy. The article considers the value of a proposed “formulation” endowed by a generous contributor, suggesting a more efficient disposal approach.
The Friedman cure for tuberculosis faces sharp criticism from the Journal of the American Medical Association. It relies on injections of virulence-free bacilli from turtles, kept secret, lacking experimental support and potentially dangerous. The article finds no proven benefit over tuberculin and urges cautious skepticism. Also a quip notes a Rockefeller never loses money.
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