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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
6
The piece argues that San Antonio can host an annual fair of statewide appeal if the Young Men’s Business League leads, replacing failing grounds and buildings with proper facilities and sidewalks. It credits the league as capable to drive a successful, ongoing series of fairs benefiting the city’s growth.
On January 20 more than two thousand tourists left New York for warmer climates. Seven hundred sixty nine sailed on steamships for long trips, the rest to Bermuda and West Indies or Florida. About one third went to foreign lands and two thirds sought U S winter resorts. The article criticizes San Antonio for not attracting or retaining tourists despite good hotels and climate.
The piece laments no new attractions or street improvements in the past year and warns that without promises kept and better amenities San Antonio risks harming its winter resort image by offering only lodging and meals.
A February Metropolitan writer notes unmistakable signs that the Midwest is absorbing and valuing global music as never before. He highlights the spread of good music across towns from two thousand Christmas Messiah performances to thriving ensembles, with San Antonio leading as a four-opera city and urging full cultural adoption despite its isolation.
The Wheeling community enjoys cheaply priced meat due to wholesale butcher Thomas Ringling. An unnamed enemy has emerged, threatening this favorable arrangement as long as Ringling remains active in the business.
Mrs. Ringling plans a social campaign but clashes with her husband who disrupts an exclusive Wheeling gathering by turning on laundry work with an electric washer. She resigns as social leader and vows to start a rival meat packing business to financially cripple him. Local readers may benefit from lower meat prices if the plan succeeds.
A farmer visits a village school and offers sixpence to any student who can name the moon’s weight the sea’s depth and what he is thinking. Joe answers with a pun about Sam and Joel, revealing the farmer is thinking he is speaking to Sam, not Joe.
The article compares aeccro planes to birds and insects, tracing nature's path from water to land to air. It notes birds evolving from reptiles, combines geology insights on ancient flying creatures, and contrasts natural flight with human aviation progress and future mechanical eagles and larks.
Medical scientists note an ailing London child regaining voice and health after singing a Maori bush song with calisthenics. Australian singer Mme Betty Brooks cites Maori healing through song, rhythmic sound, and arm swings as a potential tuberculosis treatment, predicting wider adoption.
A New York wine importer hosted a gathering of high rollers. One guest tried to buy wine and tossed a large cash roll onto the table. The host pocketed it and later returned the bundle, claiming it was his. The owner counted the money and realized $11,000 was in the roll though only $700 remained. It proved a successful hold up.
The first successful life boat is attributed to Henry Greathead on January 19, 1798 after earlier attempts by Lionel Lukin. The 1789 Adventure wreck spurred a rescue drive leading to Greathead’s design and 31 more boats. The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck began in partnership with MPs and philanthropists in 1824.
Poem expresses gratitude for life growth and sorrows shaping meaning. The speaker reflects on life as an enduring river moving toward greater understanding and joy. It celebrates love law and perpetual life flow with resilient hope and spiritual exaltation.
The passage lauds the protection of shipwrecked mariners as sailors are held in perilous duty, noting that human sympathy and skill have greatly improved safety at sea and saved lives amid dangerous waves and rocks.
The Liberty Bell will journey across the country to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. It travels on a free Southern Pacific pass and will be guarded by Pennsylvania militia. Receptions will be held for school children and parents at each stop.
A Baltimore Sun reader note praises Andrew Carnegie for turning a loan of 1500 dollars into 400 million dollars, calling him a wizard of finance and genius in wealth creation.
Observant Citizen Jack Burke assistant manager of the Grand Opera house was approached by a chorus member from the Spring Maid company. She asked about San Antonio history and enivrons, ending with a query about the Alamo and where Colonel Croquet died bravely.
The piece argues Ambassador Bacon left diplomacy to join Harvard College’s corporation, a Bostonian valued ascent rivaling governorships and ambassadorships. It compares Harvard fellowship to Somerset Club membership, noting the Harvard rank as a social peak for Bostonians. Also mentions a New York suffragist parrot gag and a Tariff on Babies quip.
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