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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1911
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR data presents mixed numbers and letters with no clear event or entities. The readable items include several numerical sequences and partial codes such as 017,606 0019,100 70 bb and 526,481, but no identifiable people organizations places dates or actions.
Opinion urges repeal of Texas International and Great Northern railroad law claiming it blocks large projects by making first mortgages secondary to claims against railroads. The piece argues bonds tied to new financing face risk from personal injury and property claims, deterring national capital and delaying Texas growth.
New York selects a youngest ever chief of detectives once a stenographer and typist. The new leader avoids uniforms and beats, prompting derisive jokes from precincts while insiders fear a shift to tougher talk and decisive action in Manhattan. The public and force await the outcome with keen interest.
An anti-prohibition demonstration in San Antonio Friday night stood out as the city’s most notable such event in many days. Participants gathered in a public display with speeches and chants reflecting factional tensions over prohibition policy.
An editorial lauds Gov. Colquitt for presenting the prohibition issue honestly and avoiding personal attacks. It notes the campaign has seen heated rhetoric but commends the governor for not responding with violence and for maintaining a respectful public discourse.
A thief who interrupted a residence fled in haste dropping a coat with a poll tax receipt. The document could aid criminal identification and assist election judges in recognizing the suspect.
Millionaire Stokes is pursuing the half dollar that allegedly deflected a bullet and saved his life. He hints no record of rewarding the young women blamed for the shot, suggesting a wary stance toward the incident and its witnesses.
A New York dispatch asks if novelty swimwear can alter the sea’s hue. The quirky query compares fashion to color shifts, noting playful speculation about whether white stockings affect a black cat and if bath suits could influence ocean greens.
A New York dispatch reports a man’s mind revived after a fever lasting six years while several acquaintances boast never having a rise in temperature. The item plays on contrasts between illness and steadfast health among known gentlemen.
Counsel for the late Dr. Hawley H. Crippen has been suspended from the English bar for diffusing false information in a bid to defog the case. The misstep of locality suggests the act would have found applause in Texas.
Merchants in Austin may finalize store closing rules after July 22 while opponents claim prohibition would make closing automatic. A New York policeman who kicked the bomb asserts consequences were achieved.
Governor Deneen assesses Illinois political standings but omits Lorimer from his favorable ratings. The remark hints at Lorimer’s contested standing amid party and state politics.
The text notes the senate choosing July 22 to vote on the reciprocity treaty and mentions Texas voting on reciprocal trading the same day, highlighting rare discernment in timing of key votes.
If all Texans obey the injunction to stay single, we could recommend about 200 marriage license registrars ready to seek employment.
Readers are urged to see that criminal acts harm bystanders even when the thief claims poetic motive. The piece argues that pursuing a historic highwayman’s trade provides no excuse for violent theft.
The Kansas City Times notes Texas faces a water shortage and reports a statewide prohibition vote set for July 22. The item frames the issue as a response to drought and water needs.
In drought hit regions Texas and Georgia papers describe native watermelons as sensational weather talk with fish tales seeming tame. The Indianapolis News notes rain falling on Texas penitentiary farms proving the unjust sometimes gain a brief edge.
World, Tennesseean, Times, Globe, and Courier-Journal comment on the return of army units from Texas, cabbage tales, prohibition votes, and warnings about alcohol use in hot weather, reflecting varied editorials and public opinion.
The Chicago Tribune notes the opera misadventure in Iloilo where a tomato-throwing incident disrupts a Spanish Opera Company performance after a prima donna finds a soup bug. Authorities detain tomato throwers as cultural tensions surface amid colonial-era friction.
A Cincinnati Times-Star excerpt portrays ongoing Paddy's market gang violence near Ninth Avenue with Gophers clashing with Doctor Bill's former booze operation. It notes police inability to arrest all, but hints at policing by beating a path to reduce Gopher profits and recalls Doctor Bill fleeing after his gang lost fights with the Gophers.
The essay argues that modern men overwork and neglect play, urging quitting work when tired and embracing pleasurable, restorative games. It emphasizes laughter, fresh air, and relaxed activity as vital for health, brain, and longevity, warning that all work and no play shortens life.
Fire waste in the United States and Canada runs about ten times Europe’s, averaging $250,000,000 yearly with $150,000,000 for protective measures. The loss compares to debt service, military costs, and national production, with three dollars per capita lost annually, while Europe loses thirty cents. About two thirds of this waste could be avoided by measures used in Western Europe.
A British detachment readies to attack an Indian rebel tribe. A young soldier Callaghan shakes with fear. The old sergeant suspects moral courage falters and questions the soldier’s momentary funk. Callaghan denies fear, claiming nerves for enemy glory.
A dog at an army post repeatedly jumps into a fenced fountain pool and is rescued each time by a lieutenant and a sentry. The dog’s antics amuse officers but nearly drown it, prompting reflection on human-like behavior and the need for supervision.
A London Telegraph item notes a parts official tacked a card to his desk to curb time-wasting callers. The card requests visitors skip health, weather, and stock quotes and begin with the matter they came to discuss.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that Senator La Follette and Governor Harmon could swap presidential booms without any loss to either side, reflecting a calm stance amid party maneuvering.
Washington announces that Senator La Follette will debate the reciprocity issue for a full week. Des Moines Capital notes the planned extended session and views it with a hint of sarcasm about the ongoing debate.
Fragmentary poem from Harper's Weekly describes sailors seeking a mythical Far-away Land. It contrasts destined rulers with wandering seamen, noting lotus-eaters, longing hearts, and a beloved guiding the voyage. Walter Perry Doig attribution appears at the end.
A fragment from Success Magazine recalls a garden scene with a broken door and a ragged bed of bloom. A year ago a woman's footprint marked the path with tender hollow, but now time moves slowly through the garden.
The poem by Lewis Worthington Smith paints sails, dawn light, and vast seas as a shared home. It speaks of taking a partner’s hand to follow winds beyond Earth’s horizon and finding a cottage hearth in eyes, with earth as garden and tent as sky.
A 1910 verse reminisces about Sara once divine on the track and stage. It contrasts her faded glory with aging rivals like Jeffries Bat Nelson and Joe Cannon, lamenting that she is out, a relic of a former age, still performing but diminished.
The Preventive, a famed revivalist working mainly with African Americans in the South, recalls a poorly attended service. He questioned an old man met on the road asking why people stayed away. The reply was blunt: I carry a rabbit foot.
Jeffries signaled retirement as he rested in Chicago and announced he is through with the fighting game. The referee had previously declared the same in Reno over a year earlier.
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