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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
6
The article argues that finding the South Pole under Captain Scott is a vanity with limited usefulness. It notes many risks and minimal scientific gain, stating the pole’s position was known and the achievement is largely sentimental.
A late 19th century note contrasts a typical St Patrick's Day parade with Orangemen celebrations. It recalls Mr Dooley describing the Boyne anniversary procession moving through a deserted street, highlighting tensions between festive displays and sectarian commemoration.
A city endures a tense parade with police and marching bands. A brick is hurled from a window, igniting a discussion on persuading rivals to accept differing views without harming others. The piece links brick throwing to suffrage tension and urges civil behavior across public spaces and workplaces.
Hoboken saloon owners along the beer belt display a sign at the request of the Holy Name Society of the Church of Our Lady of Grace. The sign condemns the practice and urges reform.
The reform drive gains steam as customers ask for meaning and saloon keepers back the crusade with enthusiasm. A priest notes saloon owners deny oil language in their venues while acknowledging that crude talk often leads to fights and disruptions harming business.
Beveridge urges students to read Emerson noting his Essays especially Character Manners and Self Reliance. He praises the mystical yet practical style urging Self Reliance first then Compensation and Friendship as accessible starting points for grasping his ideas.
The article describes exotic mail delivery methods in remote regions. A camel postman in the Sudan carries mails from Berber to Khartoum, riding swiftly with rifle and spear for protection, while greeting towns to clear paths. The stamps honor the scene as part of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan postal history.
Henry Oyen recounts Dr. Dowling’s comic clashes during the Louisiana dirt campaign. A town caretaker balks at cleaner ideas, a baker brags of dirty work, a dairyman dismisses door strain, and a hotelier justifies a hog pen near the kitchen window.
The Philadelphia Press editorial notes that naming a campaign manager for Roosevelt may be premature as the colonel conducts his own campaigns.
The Imperial Russian Dancers toured the country and performed at the Grand last night with thin overall applause. The first act’s Gop pelin' failed to engage. the second act improved with divertissement numbers and solos by Mile. Schmolz, M. Volinine, Mile. Kuhn, and La Petite Jamie. The pas a deux Polka Violétte by Strauss was the highlight, with Liszt rhapsody No. 2 closing the program.
Chancellor Day of Syracuse lashes out at Roosevelt calling his stance a cruel revenge on Taft and referencing the Standard Oil decision as the era of that policy. The Pittsburg Dispatch chronicles the outburst and its political overtones.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a colonel known for a specialty humorously labeled as butts has become an active political candidate. The piece implies skepticism about his election prospects and frames the candidacy with a witty, opinionated tone.
A verse narrates a scholar who excels in arts and sciences yet collapses under simple human needs. His son Willy asks a basic question, provoking the father’s nervous strain. Despite many honors, the savant faces life’s mockery and a cold, existential chill.
Captain Thomas Bennett explains that most large fish are weighed by a friend. A tale follows of a coal dealer named Bill who jokes about a man’s illness pulling him down, mishearing the weight as twenty four hundred.
An observant caller tests a telegraph office with a mispronounced Gurez. The clerk asks for the state with polite spelling. The caller mocks the exchange, then the clerk ends the call and destroys the magazine about politeness.
Popular Magazine reports Senator John M. Dixon of Montana weighed spiritual matters beside railroad rates and tariff concerns. A Montana killer predicted a midnight ghost visit at his Washington home to prove spirits return from the dead. Dixon waited three hours beyond Montana time but saw no visitation. He quipped about learning when the other world conducts its affairs.
The Washington Star recalls Ida Lewis famed as a lifeboat keeper who saved many from drowning and warned sailors about Christmas punch. She once rebuked six sailors preparing a strong punch, saying it brings trouble. A young sailor died in a drunkard’s grave after offering her such drink, claiming it was “food and drink in one” with lodging.
The Columbus Enquirer Sun notes that Mr Taft has not adopted Roosevelt’s charter of democracy, signaling a持续 policy divergence between the two leaders and shaping the political landscape.
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