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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
4
The San Antonio Light lists its publication office at 609 611 Travis Street between Avenues C and D, San Antonio. This entry records the newspaper’s post office filing details and street location.
Rate card lists daily and Sunday options with 1 month and 1 year terms for carrier and mail delivery including Mexico. urges readers to report old and new addresses for changes. Gives old Crockett and new phone numbers and notes San Antonio Lights available nationwide. lists Paul Block offices in New York Chicago Boston and Detroit with bid details.
The San Antonio Light reports six month totals ending September 30 1916 with daily average circulation of 22062 and Sunday 26756 The net paid averages are 20477 daily and 24424 Sunday The Audit Bureau of Circulation certifies the results and the paper guarantees 50 percent more paid circulation direct to advertisers in San Antonio than any other newspaper.
The piece argues that Walton D. Hood’s age should not disqualify him for San Antonio mayor. It cites historical figures—Napoleon, Byron, Henry V, Bruce, Frederick the Great, Joan of Arc, Raphael, Jefferson, Hamilton—and a Confederate ancestor to show that people accomplished great deeds by age thirty five or younger, suggesting Hood can too.
A historic Reichstag speech by Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg is criticized as misstateful and self serving. The piece argues U S policy should not mirror German views on embargoes and submarines, urging clear understanding and neutrality.
A terse line remarks that one whose capacity for large blundering ceased with his youth reflects on past errors and restraint as years passed.
The article argues that demanding an overt act to justify war is a narrow definition of rights. It critiques opponents of Wilson's armed neutrality, noting Germany’s strategy of preventing sailings may be more effective than sinking ships. It cites shipowners' reluctance to sail into danger zones as a key factor.
The piece argues against a U S embargo on food exports to the Allies noting German blockade aims and the danger of price drops, wage loss, and job cuts. It warns such action would favor the wealthy while harming the poor and potentially driving some to crime.
Farmers around Luling plant 3000 acres of peanuts this season. No contraband claim. peanuts are normal crops used for food and oil.
Potatoes in Germany sell for five to six marks per unit, about one cent to a cent and a half per pound, a price seen as being controlled by the food dictator. The German public may feel abused by wartime rationing policies.
The remark suggests some city commissioners might use votes for themselves as an alternative to waiting for rain to water streets. It notes the idea as odd and unthought of by them.
The country faces a renewed review of Harry Thaw and his insanity case as he is set for another trial in Pennsylvania. The piece urges a political clash between the president and Congress so Thaw’s notoriety can be pushed out of the headlines.
The Louisville Courier Journal contrasts past potato affordability with current prices noting free spuds with meals and barrels priced at 90 cents historically while modern retail lists potatoes at 6 cents per pound and baking selections at 4 to 5 cents each. The piece laments shifting access from the poor to the well off.
The Houston Post quotes a stance that 616 Chinese who followed Pershing out of Mexico remain on the border and will likely be held indefinitely. It declares the hardship necessary, reiterates the US stand against further Chinese immigration, and says conditions in Mexico offer no excuse for rule violations.
The New York assembly has passed a proposed constitutional amendment granting equal franchise to women. States are falling into line and suffragettes may gain nationwide voting rights without lobbying in Washington. Militant picketers at the White House will press on to display their costumes and seek headlines.
The Galveston News urges an exhaustive legislative inquiry into the university. It favors a joint committee but allows single-house action if thorough. The scope should cover regents management faculty conduct and the regents relation to the governor.
The article lauds Frederick Funston as a self-made general whose bold career argues for revising West Point norms. It praises his adventures and leadership as surpassing standard hierarchy, claiming his popularity enabled rapid progress and proved exceptional gifts merit flexible treatment.
Miss Frances Keller argues for strict assimilation of immigrants into American life, urging that only those fully committed to joining the national workforce and ethos be welcomed. She condemns merely titular or disloyal citizens and calls for genuine all Americans to strengthen the country.
Ralph Dunbar's Maryland Singers headline the Majestic bill with old time plantation style, banjo by Charles Frink, colorful hoopskirts by Scheinfurth Morehart Spon seller and Glass, plus Hawaiian numbers by Mantilla Cahill and a string of new songs by Jimmy Tuffy Mercedes Lorenzo. The program also features Clarence Oliver Georgia Olp in Discontent, Herbert Clifton as Carmen, McWray Ardine on Broadway, and a trio of Kitaro brothers in Japanese juggling.
As a motion picture spectacle Thomas H. Ince's Civilization excites little disagreement. Shown anywhere it would be called stupendous. as a vehicle for a moral lesson it delivers a pointed message.
A notice notes Elinor Glyn's Sequel One Day, written with the same royal European milieu as Three Weeks, and described as sharing the same mood now playing at the Queen Theater tonight.
A beautiful young girl sacrifices herself to wed a rich, elderly suitor for her father’s sake. Before the wedding she meets a dashing young man who alters her fate, in a well staged, brisk production. Pearl White stars in Years of the Army also shown.
Walker Whiteside, famed for The Melting Pot stage role, appears for the last time on Empire Theater screen in Israel Zangwill’s big play adaptation. The drama follows a Jewish musician in America amid pogroms, Nihilist unrest, and immigrant growth, highlighting intermingling races solving world problems. Lenore Ullrich opens with Her Own People for the final two days of the week.
A reader thanks The Light for publishing clippings on Medina lake toll road and Medina lake coverage. William H. Furlong, writing as a director, expresses appreciation for the newspaper’s three years of support and the favorable write-up of the project.
G F Dimick a Florida East Coast railroad express messenger said a man found and he saw a contact mine ashore at Long Key ninety miles south of Miami. Dimick reported the fisherman who found it initially mistook it for something else before identifying it as a mine.
A fragmentary exchange asks if registering a letter is worth it while a faltering girl whispers about three thousand kisses, hinting at romance and secrecy in a damaged text snippet.
In San Antonio a mass meeting of Railroad Brotherhoods and allied unions adopted resolutions opposing business leaders while backing ten legislative measures affecting railroad workers. Speakers named include Charles D. Johnson Fred Goldrich L. Kinsley Ed Ware and others urging passage of bills on strikebreaker bans blacklisting health safety discharge notice hours and rest provisions.
A cartoon style exchange shows a caller blaming ads for no responses and the advertising manager asking about wording. The caller cites an ad for a "poor young man" seeking a "pretty young wife who can do her own housekeeping" from the Boston Transcript.
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