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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
8
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The San Antonio Light reports May 1911 figures: total month 569015, average daily 18366, daily net paid 17573, exchange free copies returns and unsold 782. Harvey L. Steele certifies totals. sworn June 1 before Notary John J. Wahl in Bexar County Texas.
Mayor Callaghan backed by city attorney insists a full year budget must be a single appropriation. Six aldermen favor two month appropriations with renewals, backed by private counsel. The row highlights fiscal responsibility and bank financing doubts, with taxpayers seeking value and prudent spending.
A reader sends a dream inspired poem and argues dreams can generate meaningful verse. The note compares the experience to Coleridge and explains subconscious mind as the source, noting the poem’s coherent sense despite odd phrasing and citing scientific ideas about dream creativity.
In a tense debate the city acknowledges difficulties but asserts San Antonio will not lose its reputation. The counsel argues funds are available for department needs while the mayor bears responsibility if he refuses council support. Lawyers on both sides recognize the aldermen hold the money voting power, not the mayor.
The Missouri legislature passed a law making it a penitentiary offense to hurl profanity at a telephone operator. The piece notes many states once banned profanity and questions whether operators justify special protection. It observes most laws are now dead but implies operators may deserve protection.
A discussion argues that telephone company employees deserve no greater immunity than other carriers. Critics say the Missouri law is potentially proper but unclear on operator and company responsibilities. The piece notes widespread operator rudeness and profanity are counterproductive.
A political contest in Mexico features competing forces around the lead as revolutionary movement and resignation headlines vie for dominance. Analysts note shifting support amid protests and official statements shaping public perception.
The press club has engaged a top tympanum fixer to ensure smooth Fourth of July concerts with no hesitation in attendance.
Associate Justice Harlan, the dissenter, feels the ignominy of being left out in Taft’s praise of the trust decisions.
In a tense moment, Madero pulls the wire while De la Barra responds with a bold jump. The exchange signals a heated confrontation on the field.
The New Haven Journal Courier asserts the aeroplane has come to stay as the best feasible airship type, with a year of successes in speed, navigability, and carrying capacity.
In the present summer it is expected that carrying passengers in aeroplanes to ten or a dozen at a time will be a spectacular feature of air progress. This would help equalize aeroplanes with dirigible balloons as mass transport in the near future.
The Detroit Free Press questions the viability of aerial tech noting no regular passenger airship service exists nor any freight flights. It asks if the new science should prove its continued existence amid doubts about commercial use.
A Washington Herald editorial notes that French aviators fly hundreds of miles daily and Paris to London trips attract little notice, highlighting American complacency and the neglect of aviation potential compared with Europe.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that Americans are less driven by military needs and see no immediate practical use for regular air travel. They remain content to wait for developments, trusting that in the long run America will hold its own and may lead if aerial navigation becomes practical for everyday use.
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch commentary laments low U S aviation activity compared with France noting potential progress by army aviators and France as a model for long flights and skilled pilots while the domestic scene is likened to awaiting circus reopenings.
Dr G M Niles reports a study with sixteen healthy men comparing water with meals. Eight drank no water and many gained headaches and constipation while losing weight. The other eight drank four glasses with meals and between meals and all gained weight without digestive issues.
The Grill Girl complains of a breeze staining her Parisian millinery and plans a bold comeback. She vows to confront the nuisance and defend her refined headgear amid street dust and rivals in a playful city vignette.
Excerpt from Popular Mechanics argues dust workers face unseen hazards. It describes how dust particles in factories and mines cause severe lung injury, contrasting visible tool dangers with hidden risks in steel grinding and similar trades.
A London Answers tale shows a pale customer refusing a chemist’s pitch for Bouncer’s Beatall declaring he is the very man it would cure. The gag hinges on the line I’m Bouncer revealing the joke.
A Kansas City Star item describes a young New York regiment lieutenant in Texas who, amid smoke and sand, reflects on Broadway distance. An editor asks if there is a hidden purpose behind mobilization, and the lieutenant responds that they intend to force Mexico to reclaim Texas.
The text describes Captain Robertson's battery at Fair Oaks also called Seven Pines near Richmond on May 31 to June 1, 1862. Union forces about 42 000 under McClellan faced Confederates led by Johnston and Smith. Johnston wounded, Smith took command, then Lee. Confederate withdrawal toward Richmond. federal losses around 5000, Confederate losses similar.
A compact verse set mocks the rise of a thrift driven magnate through ink and numbers. It rails at the grindstone dream and the costs of wealth, balancing praise with a jab at moral decline.
A 1911 feature uses a father and son dialogue to explain mutual betting in racing. It portrays a barber father and his wife living in poverty from gambling losses, illustrating mutual betting as mutual misery and a social critique.
In Too Lone the prosecution and defense were each granted fifteen minutes to argue. The defense lawyer opened with nostalgic imagery of a boyhood swimming hole and summer air before Judge Chauncey interrupted, ordering him to stop and put on his clothes as his time ran out.
An old Black woman and a younger Black woman stand on Alamo and Commerce as a Juneteenth parade passes. The elder answers that the colored folks will go to San Pedro springs while the others head to the fair grounds.
A 1910 verse by Geo. Matthew Adams laments swarms of flies tormenting the speaker. He calls for his daughter Matilda Louisa Jane Gwendolin Rose to fetch a swatter and ends with comic exaggerated threats as insects bite and sting.
A bride and groom register at the Ménger hotel in a moment of joy as two serious men surround them. A traveler with grave eyes signs the couple’s registry with the bold word Stork, leaving an imprint of mystery on the scene.
Philadelphia novelist recalls Tarkington visiting during a run of his play. They were barred by a doorkeeper and finally admitted after identity was shown. Tarkington disliked the performance and left after the first act. On leaving, he scanned the lobby hoping to reward the doorperson with a quarter.
Ellen Terrey defends the harem skirt amid remarks on fashion and ignorance. A row over a riding dress, stoning and kissing underscores public misreadings, while a London official jokes about spelling and administration, revealing bumbling school board banter.
A beggar pleads for help to reach Glasgow, lacking sixpence for a ticket. A gentleman offers advice to take a train to within sixpence of Glasgow and then walk, suggesting frugal travel.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a Chinese mandarin's eight wives quizzing a woman missionary in China about clothes hair teeth and feet. They marvel at her walking running and riding while noting a man could not beat her even if he were her husband. The elder concludes the foreign devil keeps only one wife due to fear.
An Yokohama editor writes in English about Mexico's upheaval and urges Japanese to emigrate. He predicts peace soon and argues immigration is Japan’s gain, citing Japan's population surplus and asking authorities to facilitate the move as a shepherd guides his flock.
From the Editor and Publisher the Tulsa Oklahoma Press Club was organized last Sunday. Membership will be limited to salaried newspaper writers and advertising men. Owners managers controlling editors and those financially interested in newspapers are excluded.
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