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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light reported total June 1918 circulation of 586277 with daily evening average 19150 and Sunday 21501. Net paid daily averages were 17654 for evening and 19552 for Sunday. Certification dates include nine months ending June 30, 1912 and nine months ending Feb 28, 1918 by N W Ayer & Son.
City council restored Brackenridge Park’s original name on Al derman Chapa’s motion after previously renaming it Waterworks Park during Mayor Callaghan’s term. The public never accepted Waterworks Park, and the shift was driven by petty politics, with Colonel Brackenridge still owning the water works at the time.
A Washington correspondent reports that Huerta's government faces a real financial crisis as it cannot float a loan, signaling possible economic collapse and a coming commercial crash. The memo hints Britain earlier recognizing Huerta did not fund him, leaving Mexico’s provisional president exposed.
The piece traces the bicycle and later the automobile as triggers for nationwide highway reform. It notes the Lincoln Highway Association forming in Detroit with a $10,000,000 goal and $4,200,000 subscribed, plus plans to build links across states toward an ocean to ocean transcontinental road. It highlights public support for modern highways as a cornerstone of progress and laments political corruption in other contexts.
The piece notes Huerta's deep debt and European loan refusals as the Constitutionalists close in. It reports $12 million in railroad losses from the revolution and over 2000 miles of track destroyed. It cites pessimism among Americans in Mexico about October elections and hints that a Waters-Pierce manager may lead the National Railways via foreign securities.
The piece denounces Tammany Hall led by Ross Murphy for a low political tactic against Governor Sulzer of New York. It recalls a six year old Philadelphia suit by a woman named Hopkins alleging breach of marriage promise, which Sulzer settled to protect his wife's health, arguing fights should go to trial when ground exists.
American Machinist recounts Maxim’s attempt to create a gun silencer inspired by a bathroom whirlpool drain. After years of trial with valves and chambers, a simple whirlpool effect in escaping gases reduced noise, proving successful with a small tube design.
The text notes Brazil as the leading coffee producer and claims two thirds of global consumption. It cites world consumption at 18,213,000 sacks of sixty kilos and Brazilian production at 19,125,000 sacks. It lists Brazilian producing states and mentions mislabeling of coffees in Europe, though they remain Brazilian.
The Fort Worth Record notes Anderson County backed keeping wet by a 23 vote margin amid a heated campaign. Palestine hosts Hon. Thomas M. Campbell, a state figure, whose prominence sparks questions about patronage and national political clout.
The Nile Delta irrigation secures yearly cotton output, making cotton a primary Egyptian export in coming years. India and Britain news note rising supply, while English manufacturers gain relief from American cotton dependence but prices have not fallen as anticipated.
The New York Sun notes Giacomo Puccini will compose three one act operas to be sung together marking a novelty in modern opera. It cites the longstanding demand for one acts since Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci established a staple program worldwide and calls this trio the first of its kind in musical theater.
An Oil City Derrick editorial argues that Texas law has been used to punish rival oil firms in the Looney prosecutions. It notes the Derrick, a Pennsylvania oil industry publication, may emphasize the industry angle while Beaumont Enterprise streams the point.
In a wintry Ireland tale, Miss Mary Mathers travels by train toward Galway to serve as a governess for the Wintons nephews. Meredith, a former suitor, reveals he accompanies the Wintons and longs for a life together after Mary discloses her fallen fortunes. After a misrouted siding delays them, Meredith proposes a shared future of love and a home.
London Globe notes an Australian paper warns ornamental plane trees cause coughing sneezing and discomfort in hot weather. Authorities cited date 1873 and Alsace German officers as early warnings while nurserymen report ailments from contact with the tree in urban plantings.
In a nostalgic fragment the author recalls being born in North Carolina and spending youth in Texas. He describes lonely life on Irving Place New York and longs to visit Miss Ethel and Miss Sallie in the South to sit on a porch and sing songs by the moonlight with guitar.
In a barroom debate at 9:30 a man wagers five dollars that he can marry his widow's sister. A young lawyer and bystanders dissect common law as the bartender notes the bet. The punchline comes when the man explains he first married a widow, she died, and then he married her sister.
The Huntsville Prison Monitor argues skepticism toward forgiveness for ex inmates. It cites a young man discharged after a minor offense who, despite competence and ambition, struggled to find work due to his past reputation. He eventually left for a livery stable after failed employment prospects.
The Boston Globe reports Mrs. W H Taft told La Liberte she might become a naturalized Frenchwoman if suffragettes gain power in the United States. She declined to discuss U.S. politics, calling President Wilson an innovator, while she remains at home in New Haven with her husband who does the talking.
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