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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
4
A city council chamber lacking public seating is described as hot and uncomfortable for spectators while council members enjoy ample furnishings and even ice water service. The text notes an ordinance during the Jones administration to buy public seating, which was never funded or fulfilled.
Wisconsin lawmakers wrestle with a bill to develop and use river water power for electricity. The debate covers corporate rights, compensation, and federal versus state control of navigable waters and land under water, with experts from across the nation attending in Madison to inform or complicate the process.
The piece contrasts farm aid accessibility with city neglect, praising farmers for quick Bureau of Animal Industry help and waste guidance, while criticizing city life costs. It then relays a French dressmaker Worth’s insult to Americans as a race, urging Chicago to outdo Paris in gown making.
Land bordering on a stream is a qualified property extending to the stream center with privileges by law. Each riparian owner may use water reasonably for personal needs and machinery, but public state rights and downstream rights limit them. The scope covers many unsettled questions as electricity use expands statewide policy with national implications.
A vivid summary notes rising tension as Chicago dressmakers claim independence in gown making. The remark travels to Paris provoking a sharp reaction from French designers who have long held sway in fashion. The piece frames global conflicts as a backdrop to a domestic industry debate.
The Agricultural Department issues a federal code under the migratory birds act imposing a permanent daily closed season from sunset to sunrise. It prohibits killing many songbirds and specifies open seasons for waterfowl rails woodcocks and others with boat-only shooting on major rivers from October 31 to January 1. The measure, praised by nature lovers, restricts hunting across large regions.
A Progressive Farmer excerpt argues women should be trained as home-makers with practical domestic skills. It urges cooking, sewing, laundry, and sickroom care, asserting such training is essential and should not be crowded by excessive literary education. It likens breadmaking to algebra and stresses domestic science as engaging as boys' shop work.
The Houston Chronicle debates whether Magnolia Petroleum violated anti trust laws and argues against basing any decision on a separate fine paid by Standard Oil of New Jersey. The editorial asks why innocence or guilt should hinge on a payment by another company.
The cotton industry in the South faces a severe crisis as farmers and small country merchants appear unaware of the danger. The piece criticizes congressional efforts to regulate futures trading, arguing they are not driven by farmers and merchants.
A reader voices frustration with biased weed cutting, arguing nonresident properties escape enforcement while nearby taxpayer properties are cleared. The letter urges testing the ordinance in court and considers city jail or back taxes to fund weed removal.
A British infantry sergeant in Burma, firm in destiny belief, pockets a revolver while dressing for a jungle stroll. A corporal teases that fate may end his time, but the sergeant replies he might meet a Dacoit whose last day has arrived.
The piece argues that in Japan race and nation are unified, unlike other nations where race and nationality diverge. It notes Japan's homogeneous yet distinct groups, its overseas Japanese population, and the political impact of discriminating by race versus by national status, warning such bias harms treaty relations.
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish wears a gown with a Japanese sash tied in a back bow like an obi. The Paris craze sash appears over white crepe de chine bodice and chiffon tunic with a black lansdowne skirt and patent leather boots.
A discussion centers on reframing the inquiry rather than extending deals to California. The dialogue indicates the aim is to refine the question to guide future negotiations and clarify scope.
At the annual Durban Chamber of Commerce meeting on April 15 the report notes twelve whaling firms operated in 1912 along Africa's south and east coasts, mainly the east coast. Five Natal companies captured 984 whales in the year.
The Fort Worth Record recalls the 1912 slogan let the people rule and questions whether postmasters in Texas should be named by the postmaster general. It argues machine politics persist and urges reform against creating a new state political brigade.
The New York World analyzes how rumors of a dress code and male opposition kept Geneva women from voting on a municipal kindergarten measure. It labels the incident a crime in New York and possibly Illinois and questions whether women’s suffrage will force costly new dress standards as a social function.
A Philadelphia doctor argues a pound of macaroni daily prevents drunkenness only with a strict vegetarian diet and no meat. The remarks reflect era nutrition fads, citing European professors and a local physician.
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