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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
4
The Clearing House and the Chamber of Commerce back the railroad project and urge San Antonio citizens to ante up the city bonus. Bank endorsements screen this as a solid, returnable investment, claiming public funds will be repaid manifold and the city must fulfill its contract.
A New York social event last week mocked democracy’s pretenses as two royal–minded German princes attended a gala honoring the visiting fleet. The guest list featured naval officers named Mueller, Schmidt, and Schneider among a crowd of Gotham’s social elite eager to glimpse future rulers. The evening aimed to showcase privilege and pageantry but delivered only a tempered spectacle.
The two princes Henry and Christian failed to attend a private entertainment for German naval officers in New York. A Stettin cruiser commander explained nobility holds no privileges in the navy, as the princes were occupied with coal transfer duties aboard ships, highlighting equality before duty and status.
The article discusses how large corporations including Standard Oil influence restaurant pricing through monopolistic practices. It cites Childs Restaurants in New York as an example and argues price leadership causes a general uplift across cities, reducing price competition in food service.
The text argues that securing a restaurant monopoly by owning all eating houses would force hungry people to spend more during meals. It notes prices for uncooked articles rising since the Civil War and cites New York lunch counters as heavily affected. It questions corporate control of Childs and the broader risk of monopolies in city food service.
A Pennsylvania vice president who killed a woman with his car near a rural town is jailed after local justice rejects social or financial efforts to shield him. The railroad heir must post bond and accept the law as interpreted, proving a higher court view is needed.
Joseph Horner explains that ordinary iron and gunmetal fail under high water pressures. Cast iron can work up to 750 to 1000 psi with steel-banded cylinders, but for 300 to 600 atmospheres only fluid compressed steel resists. Special bronze alloys are used for valves and pumps in extreme pressures.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes that John D. Rockefeller demonstrates a rare skill on the witness stand, speaking volumes with few words. His measured testimony contrasts with the expected press glare, leaving observers impressed by restraint and impact.
H. H. Windsor argues in Popular Mechanics July issue that flood prevention on the Mississippi could be financed by damming tributaries and using turbines to generate power. Revenue from the energy and savings from losses could fund the project, with federal state cooperation and even prison labor options.
Six Chicago women form a club to share an electric vacuum cleaner washing machine irons and a drying fan. Upkeep costs are about three cents weekly and the initiation is the apparatus price divided among six. A small boy delivers the implements neighborhood by neighborhood.
Poem speaks of a bleak gray city skyline with tall chimneys and smoke like craters. The elevated skyline shapes a panoramic view while ships return home and people praise urban healthfulness amid bustling traffic and quiet nights.
A playful piece proclaims the printing press as a sentient, immortal device serving readers and editors. It likens the press to a living, loyal machine with ink as youth and a bed for knowledge while joking about its tools and primed for the editor’s use.
A Missouri postal worker races to meet the president visiting town. He explains he must be seen to avoid losing his government job, insisting he will appear and say, Here I am, sir, when asked where Jimson is by the crowd. The tale notes the ticklish nature of government work and job security.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a new play titled The New Sin will soon debut. The piece is linked to opposition against Colonel Roosevelt as a central theme or dramatic motive.
The St. Louis Republic mocks the idea that contributing three cents helps Mr. Rockefeller reach billionaire status, asserting he would acquire the remaining hundred million anyway. The item reads as a satirical editorial snippet.
An irate resident complains of late night open exhausts on the north loop causing sleep disruption. The speaker mocks laws on disturbances of the peace, noting enforcement gaps and the impracticality of patrolling at night in pajamas.
An illustrated Popular Mechanics article reports the first American aeronautic show at New York’s Grand Central Palace. It praises American ingenuity, notes public interest, and criticizes demand for government support while highlighting sound design and practical machines over sensational “freaks.”
A humorous note quotes a colonel saying he will not go to Chicago, implying a quirky betting or investing line about turning a small stake into wealth. The line reflects a Washington Post quip on risk and chance in a sporting man’s ventures.
A blind man and his dog sit at a palace gate drawing daily charity from passersby. After years, the pair vanish and the dog guards the master's body as the girl and family uncover a quiet tragedy. The dog later finds a new life yet longs for its old master. A crab travels 98 miles on England's east coast.
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