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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1913
Page
4
An old newspaper masthead listing the San Antonio Light and Gazette with subscription rates and contact information. It notes offices in New York Chicago and Boston, plus delivery notes and phone numbers for address changes.
The San Antonio Light reports May 1913 totals: overall circulation 614,558 with evening daily average 19,825 and Sunday 21,672. Net paid daily averages are 18,079 for the evening edition and 19,604 for the Sunday edition. Certification by Harvey L. Steele sworn June 3, 1913.
A San Antonio observer notes California hotel syndicates plan a twelve million capital expansion including new hotels in Portland Los Angeles and Santa Monica. He contrasts California tourism with San Antonio arguing visitors seek entertainment not just air and that California offers activities golf arts and other diversions that keep travelers returning.
An Observer column in the Chicago Tribune outlines a severe indictment of Victoriano Huerta. It accuses him of murder, betrayal, and aiding revolts against Madero, while arguing Washington should reject his regime and any government he leads.
The author argues San Antonio far ahead of California in many respects but says the city will not attract tourists until it offers proper entertainment. Until that happens, $12,000,000 syndicates will not invest in hotels in Texas.
A London wave of New Thinkers led by A. Osborne Eaves promotes color based success. They urge a daily practice of silent meditation and vivid color visualization to attract money love health and art by focusing on a single desired outcome in a chosen color.
A Washington dispatch questions nationwide hero worship of Josephus Daniels secretary of the navy. The piece recounts his stunts from submarines and planes to refusing to umpire the Army-Navy game, ending with a critique of his public bravado and perceived rudeness to admiration.
The New York port health officer asks the health committee to suppress the Friedmann tuberculosis cure. The letter notes patients who were treated have regressed and warns of harm to hopeful sufferers. It argues that great physicians reveal discoveries openly, not for sale, citing Pasteur and Lister as models of unpurchasable knowledge.
The New York Sun notes ex Governor Herbert S Hadley of Missouri shows promise in national politics. He is described as a youngster who recognizes risks of a premature presidential boom and is acquitted of responsibility for his friends in Washington.
Dr Otto Brill, an Austrian chemist, became the first to manufacture radium in the United States seven months ago directing the Pittsburg plant. The country now leads world production, with six grams a year, more than the rest of the world combined.
A Paris social ascent tale follows Frederic de la Tour who marries Lady Melville after a chance meeting. She reveals she was the young beggar he aided, rescued years before, and that his kindness forged their bond as she confesses she planned to marry him to secure happiness and independence. The couple faces wealth, status, and a shared, twist of fate.
A reader signed as Arthur C. Wheatley, C. E., condemns city officials for dismissing policemen who voted against the Citizens' League ticket, urges adherence to civil service pledges, and calls for nonpartisan street storm water management. He advocates a comprehensive river engineering plan to improve flow, reduce sediment, and support sewer flushing.
An illustration notes that Oxford Bible covers require skins from 100,000 animals annually and gift lettering needs 400,000 sheets of gold. The figures are used to demonstrate the scale involved in Bible production.
A Ostend casino propressor plans a luxurious gambling room aboard a large steam yacht anchored between Ostend and other watering places. Gambling occurs only when the yacht is outside the three mile limit. Natal develops starch flour from sweet potatoes industry.
The day shift of the San Antonio police wore brand new olive drab uniforms drawing admiring comments from the public and some critics. A big patrolman stood at Houston and St Mary's with gold buttons and patent leather trim while a pawnbroker alerted a policeman about a suspicious customer who fled toward the next block.
The article describes Japanese naming customs for boys and girls, detailing popular choices like Ichiro and Hana. It notes family rituals where slips are placed before a shrine and a child selects a name, a rite seen as fate shaping and as solemn as a bishop election.
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