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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
4
The snippet lists editors and publishers Charles Diehl and Harrison Beach with a price marker of fifty cents, indicating a period newspaper masthead or advertisement credit line.
The San Antonio Light reports February 1912 totals of 557 812 copies printed with daily averages of 19052 for evening and 20378 for Sunday. Net daily circulations after adjustments were 17581 evening and 19024 Sunday. Record lows and highs were 18213 on Feb 12 and 21192 on Feb 27. Certification by N W Ayer & Son of Philadelphia is deemed final by advertisers.
The piecedenounces London suffragettes as anarchists after vandalizing Piccadilly and Regent Street shop windows and a post office fire. It argues violence harms the suffrage cause and contrasts British tactics with American lawful methods leading toward broader voting rights. It questions England's near-term success.
The article argues that public blame falls on striking British miners while the government backs the strikers. It critiques the idea that wages reflect labor supply rather than value, noting unskilled workers are treated as less valuable in prevailing theory.
The text argues coal miners are not adequately paid given their crucial role in producing energy. It notes the need for better wages, food, and housing to sustain miners who face danger and short lifespans, comparing them to essential Spartans whose labor supports society. It urges enlightened self interest to improve miners’ conditions.
Moses H. Steuer, who arrived in 1900 at age 44 as a peddler with limited English, taught himself from signboards and won a Massachusetts bar admission at 56. He studied at night while continuing work, turning a late start into a standout achievement and serving as a testament to determination.
A reflection on a man who delayed opportunity then embraced a new life and language. He stirred dormant fighting qualities, entered the battle, and won at 56. The tale serves as a stern example to abandon the what's-the-use mindset and pursue purpose.
Surrogate Fowler rejects the idea that a cat can think, preventing 39 relatives from sharing a 2 million dollar legacy. The spinster's will favored four beneficiaries, leaving the 39 disappointed as the case unfolds.
Harriet Quimby guides visitors to Mexico City to see Xochimilco and the Canal de la Viga with its floating gardens. She notes the waterborne traffic, Indian vendors selling tortillas enchiladas and cabrito, and the unique landscape formed from former lakes now spanning a continuous garden corridor.
A Philadelphia Record item notes Colonel Roosevelt has been drawn for a Long Island jury. The piece humorously ponders whether he will insist on being the prisoner as well as juror.
In response to a recent editorial, the writer argues that inventors should receive government salaries or premiums for new inventions to boost productivity and wages. They condemn tariffs as robbing consumers and urge land-based taxation to align labor and capital, warning monopoly harms both.
Oscar King Davis revisits the 1886 removal of 506 Apache people to Fort Sill Oklahoma and argues they remain prisoners of war. Despite prosperity and self governance their ties to a vanished homeland persist, with no congressional action to free them.
The Springfield Republican argues the recall movement in Tacoma failed and warns recalls should be rare. It favorably notes a proposed charter amendment requiring recall petitions to be signed at the city clerk's office to curb petition peddling and idle signatures.
During the 1306 campaign Bruce and a small loyal band evade capture after a failed Highland stand. At Dalry on a rock ledge above a lake three McDougals close in. Bruce slays two, saves his life, and fights to free his rear guard amid peril and cliffside danger.
A dramatic allegory of wind versus sun over mercy and power. The battle ends with the sun prevailing as the king defeats the foe and escapes, though a brooch of the Bruce is taken by the Lords of Lorn as a trophy of the escape.
Charles Nagel secretary of commerce and labor walked past a swarm of hackmen in New York and ignored their shouts to take a ride. He finally responded with laughter and entered a taxi to go to his Washington office.
Observant Citizen Time at Grand Opera house recounts a near mishap as a woman late for the show drags a long chain which catches on a seat and rips a full hairpiece from a neighboring woman. The crowd suppresses laughter as the chain strand is released and the hair is torn away.
De Wolf Hopper narrates a comic tale of domestic unhappiness. A financially driven marriage prompts neglect from the husband while another actor pursues the showgirl, leading to a dramatic discovery and a shocked, preposterous response.
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