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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1911
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR shows an entry for the San Antonio post office and mentions Beckwith Special Agency with representatives in New York Tribune Building Chicago Tribune. The readable text is incomplete and lacks a clear event, date, or outcome.
Harvey L. Steele, circulation manager, certifies monthly totals for The San Antonio Light. The report shows not paid daily circulation 17,573 for May 1911. Notary John J. Wahl swore to the statement on June 1, 1911.
The article argues imperial rule fuels resistance in India. It cites terrorist movement fears, calls for restrictive measures, and the Brahmin class as a rising force armed with Western methods. It warns of past massacres but sees a possible shift as Asiatic endurance challenges Western authority.
The paper warns readers of a new danger buttermilk, recounting a comical accident in Bellefontaine and urging extreme caution. It imagines disastrous scenes if people drink or carry buttermilk, noting the hazard to eyes and clothing and the risk of accidents on roads and in carriages.
The piece weighs Britain’s potential relief moves against lessons from history, noting a shift from blind caste reverence to occidental tactics. It considers Asia for Asians as a rallying cry and ponders whether a Brahmin leader can mirror Japan’s rise and what follows.
The paper warns readers that buttermilk, due to its explosive possibilities, poses a positive danger and menace to human life.
Howells laments a decline in American humor since Mark Twain and mocks past masters. He praises Dickens, rails at cynicism in humor, and hints at a new school of jokemakers while noting poetry could be justice in satire. The piece ends with a cryptic note on a city hall scandal and a call to read the percentage table for standings.
In San Antonio vegetables costing more than ten cents require hiring a dray to deliver the load. The piece notes Chicago uses dollars as the unit of measure forVegetables purchases.
Beaumont Enterprise cites a mob lynching of a 12 year old Mexican boy in Thorndale Milam County as an "inhuman deed" by civilized men, arguing that a mob defies analysis and remains volatile and disordered.
The Smithville Times denounces the mob killing of a 12-year-old Mexican boy at Thorndale as an inexcusable crime and calls for full punishment for the perpetrators. It states lynching is seldom justifiable and this act is absolutely defensible, noting Texas has seen foul crimes by mobs but this is the worst.
The Galveston News contends the Thorndale mob killing of a Mexican boy was murder in its purest form, contrasting it with alleged liquor-law violations by social clubs. It condemns the mob act as uniquely foul and without mitigating factors.
The Temple Telegram reports starkly divided accounts of a lynching in Thorndale involving a Mexican youth. editors call it the darkest blot on Texas while awaiting a fuller, clearer account.
The Waco Tribune denounces the Thorndale mob action as a reproach to the community and state. It notes the public will focus on a child being hanged, while the child’s murder is downplayed in significance.
A Washington artillery unit from New Orleans is depicted in camp as brave and merry. The photos recall their Stone's River dash to seize a hill under heavy fire from Mendenhall's Federal guns. The piece notes losses at Chancellorsville where five guns were captured on Marye's Heights.
In a bustling exchange at a bank, a bill clerk boasts of a rapid muscle-building routine and dares to test strength. The cashier mocks the method, warns of overzealous training leading to violence, and frets about how others would judge a “spindle-shanked” clerk.
A United Presbyterian report recalls a Methodist preacher’s Jonah discourse in La Center Kentucky. A sister jokes about Brother Jonah racing toward Nineveh and dodging offers of dinner water and fish as he hurries on.
A Louisville Courier Journal verse urges farmers to experiment with hen feed to improve laying in summer. It jokes about oyster shell lime angel food and shredded hay, noting a farmer must test options to learn what best suits his hens.
Poem personifies the Downland as a mother to humankind. It contrasts ancient communal joy with modern forgetfulness, praising shared beauty and imagined divine creation. The speaker envisions walking the Downs with a loved one and recalls how creation thought of them both.
A poem narrates a youth seizing command at dawn and steering a ship toward distant visions. The aspiring admiral ignores pleas and gods while chasing a treasure laden city across a perilous horizon. The speaker contrasts fearless drive with calls for farewells and fate.
A poetic fragment celebrates today as a bright spring moment with lines about harvest, blossoms, and memory. It contrasts the fleeting rose and youth with enduring life and hope, referencing beauty, spring imagery, and a verse by Crepe Scollard in Hampton's Magazine.
A young girl, about ten, stood crying on Main plaza claiming a two dollar bill was lost and fearing a whipping. A laborer retrieved the money by asking locals, but upon returning it to the parents doubt arose whether the child or another urged the lie.
A San Antonio dispatch reports the Advertisers association meeting where fake advertising was discussed. Program advertising was included and deemed charity money spent. The group continues a war on deceptive schemes flooding the city while praising newspaper advertising as the truthful choice.
In a Washington Star excerpt a humorous exchange centers on an elegant timepiece. The old-time friend praises the clock while Mr. Comrox notes its expense versus function and the idea of waking to work or leisure, underscoring cost and value.
The Baltimore Sun notes debate over changing a slogan to read See Mr Morgan's America First as part of a broader discussion on national messaging. Public reaction splits along party lines with calls for clarity and accuracy in political branding.
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