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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1912
Page
4
The San Antonio Light dates from January 20 1881 and includes The Gazette as its companion paper. This legacy daily and Sunday morning edition shares Associated Press wire service data and is received as second class mail.
Editors and publishers list subscription rates of 5.00 and 2.00 in a brief notice.
The county secured a decisive primary with new, capable officials. James R. Davis is named county judge, with Birkhead, Anderson, Minor and Clark on the bench. Andres Coy Jr., Newton, Tobin, Brown win key posts. race for county attorney unsettled. Citizens league ticket sweeps most offices except assessor and collector.
A column decries New York arrogance as the city faces a flurry of violent events. The Rosenthal murder and related gang killings, including the 12 year old Julia Connors case, expose police failures and a culture of fear. The piece argues New York’s conceit clouds judgment and tolerates violence.
In Bexar County and the city of San Antonio the mayoral race heats up after primaries closed. If the city votes as strongly in the August 8 election as in the primaries, emancipation from gangster rule would be achieved.
The article critiques a forthcoming London eugenics congress and its stated aim to study social control factors that affect future racial qualities. It argues that past figures like Darwin and Galton treated human eugenics with scientific caution, questioning the value of international congresses for guiding policy or breeding aims.
A music hall romance unfolds as Maisie Macdonald seals engagement with Lord Wyeth after a night of applause and a drive home. A car crash in the Midlands reveals Maisie’s nurse and her backstory, confirming the couple’s union with family approval.
An excerpt from Harper's Weekly recounts a motor trip through France from Normandy to Burgundy. The author praises French charm and the nation’s roads, noting welcoming villages, smiling children, and the famed Napoleonic road network with clear kilometer markers.
An El Paso dispatch notes all Juarez saloons remain closed confirming that the Mexican conflict fits General Sherman’s definition of war as reported by the Washington Post.
The Washington Post notes the mayor’s quip that the bull moose issue does not call on him. He shrugs it off by saying “squeal” if you insist, signaling a dismissive stance on the matter.
Hazel Dawn argues happiness and humor are the true beautifiers. Laughing face, optimism, and a simple hairstyle outshine heavy cosmetics and fake hair, and a merry outlook keeps youth and vitality longer on the face.
A wag erases the t from wait until the train stops leaving wait as a joke. An old country dame boards a moving train in rain and asks why she cannot get out. The misunderstanding ends with a humorous remark about waiting for her husband on the platform.
The Milwaukee Sentinel comments on the Roosevelt party emblem and its fit with the party’s aims. It notes the ongoing intrusion by the subject and questions the endorsement of the emblem as a suitable symbol.
At midnight Saturday C M Chambers anti prohibition candidate for district attorney watched as Clinton Brown built a large lead in returns. Chambers walked to the county clerk’s office, exchanged a cordial greeting with Frank Newton, and received cheers from supporters recognizing his good grace as a loser.
David Belasco advised writers that prose should be as clear as noon day, so a show is perfectly intelligible to Mary Jane. A New York journalist noted this during Belasco’s chat after a Christmas matinee, recalling a Mary Jane quip about Acts II and IV repeating Act I.
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