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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
6
Garrett P Serviss explains how earthly motion and celestial movement would appear if the heavens were filmed as a time-lapse panorama. He describes the earth’s rotation and orbital travel as a rapid sequence of star fields, creating a perceived forward rush and a storm of moving celestial “flakes” driven by proper motions of stars.
A copper plate money ingot weighing 34 pounds and measuring 23 by 12 inches was acquired by the American Numismatic Society via Emer Sot McMillin. Struck in Avesta Sweden around 1659, the rare plate money carried five corner and center stamps to prevent clipping and was once worth about $8.20 Swedish. The piece survived a Riga harbor dive, later being donated for display in the main exhbition room.
A campaign to restore regular steamship service to Port Aransas advances with a 2000 ton monthly cargo target. Shippers sign a petition to reroute incoming freight via Fort Aransas, aiming for 1000 ton semi monthly cargoes and possibly 1200 to 1500 ton loads as early as July, with outreach spreading to San Antonio and west to Laredo.
The seventh Lucille Love mystery will screen at Wigwam No. 1 Sunday with six reels plus forty premium chinaware gifts from 7 to 9 pm. Blanche Sweet stars in Judith of Bonilla. Vitagraph's Million Bid praised in New York reviews. Royal Theater showcases The Crowning Glory and Keystones.
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