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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1912
Page
4
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The twelve months ending December 31, 1911 report an average daily sworn circulation of 17,628 copies and a net paid daily figure of 16,894. For December 1911 the average daily sworn circulation rose to 18,417 with net paid 17,729 copies.
Seattle, unusual among American cities, maintains a persistent surplus of 4 to 5 million dollars earning 80 to 100 thousand annually at 2 percent. The article notes the potential of a municipal bank to boost earnings and streamline finances, lauding Seattle as a possible leader in good government and fiscal stability.
Secretary of War Stim son proposes a five year enlistment with discharge after three years or voluntary departure, followed by two years in a newly created reserve. The scheme aims to cut costs and raise efficiency, but critics warn it curtails a soldier’s choice and ties men to government service.
The discussion centers on Mr. Stimson’s proposal for a two year reserve service with no pay. Critics argue it would force conscripts to serve without compensation and could be unconstitutional while supporting concerns about fair treatment for enlisted soldiers. The piece weighs potential shifts in military staffing and future implications for national defense.
The piece muses on Joseph A. Hill's 1900 to 1910 census decennial findings and their implications. It notes U S population rose 21 percent while farms grew 10.5 percent and the farming share of the population fell from 40.5 percent in 1900, signaling a shifting economy and farm decline.
Professor John B. Watson reports at Clark University that English sparrows raised with canaries imitate and modify their song. Sparrows reared with canaries first adopt canary chirps then peep notes, later losing the learned canary song after exposure to adult sparrows.
A letter from New York to friends in a German town recounts arriving not in New York proper but nearby, a brief second voyage, an underground ride with crowded cars, widespread newspaper reading, and reaching a home eight stories high with a lift. The writer notes the city’s bustle and novelty of urban life.
A courtroom exchange turns on a quip about Stella and Bella’s marriage. A judge remarks that it now only needs to be denounced and renounced, delivering a brief moment of humor during proceedings.
Otis Harlan jokes about Maine nicknames at a theater after dinner. Jane Oaker recalls Labor’s thrift. Viola Allen riffs on realism with D Orbay. George Arliss shares a cat in the country tale. Gertrude Bryan and Rose Stahl recounts a patriotic joke from Italian children and a shop girl impersonation. Rose Stahl ends with a South Carolina grasshopper prank tale.
In Harper's Weekly a tradition of eastern North Carolina centers on Flora Macdonald, keeper of Bonnie Prince Charlie myth, who with her husband settled near Fayetteville in 1775. The piece recounts her imperious presence, wartime appeals to kin, clan drilling near Cross Creek, and her husband’s capture in Halifax after Highlanders faced the Revolution.
The piece describes federal convicts at Atlanta receiving daily entertainment while being hosted in the prison. Verses contrast theft and murder with the refrain music with your meals and show temptations faced by inmates and guards. The poem uses stark imagery of crime and punishment.
A playful verse seems to bow to a judge as the speaker fears the maiden’s gaze and motion. The dialogue hints at a leap year theme shaping a courtly moment with wary, lyrical restraint.
The women recount her bitter years on a sandy plot while her husband served prison, burying two children. After his release they returned to Scotland poorer, Flora claiming she did much for both the House of Stuart and the House of Hanover, yet gained much herself.
An old courtroom quip features a father answering a language question with a wry line about knowing the “mother tongue.” The judge recalls the remark as a humorous aside reflecting family dynamics and linguistic irony.
A Kansas City Star quip notes the only objections to Hon Ollie James new U S senator from Kentucky are his oversized collars and his first name Ollie.
Two young men left San Antonio in a light express wagon with foodstuffs two shotguns and shells aiming to hunt robins. They found thousands along the route but all within city limits, deciding the birds are safer inside the city and returned without a single capture. The men blamed the robin's wisdom and avoided arrest for discharging firearms in town.
A Missouri farmer wrote the rail company claims agent after a hog was killed on track by a train. The agent replied with a witty verse denying payment, noting razorbacks on tracks meet with woe and suggesting a tombstone inscription for the hog.
The Springfield Republican notes skepticism remains despite reports that Prof R J H De Loach of the Georgia experiment station has a cotton picking device that reportedly picks 600 pounds of seed cotton per hour under ordinary field conditions. A truly successful machine would rank beside the cotton gin in importance to cotton growing states.
An established Swiss business specializes in reducing érilk to a fine powder. The operation emphasizes efficiency and market reach, servicing clients across industries that require fine powdered materials.
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