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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1912
Page
4
Charles Diehl and Harrison L Beach serve as editors and publishers for Love 50. The advertisement notes a six dollar cone offer and highlights the publishing team responsible for the feature.
The Laredo dispatches claim Washington ordered Mexican arms imports blocked from the United States. The piece condemns the move as unjust to the Mexican government, arguing it hinders the de facto Madero regime and equates it with insurgents, urging immediate reversal.
A man writes for a current magazine sharing a dump of culinary lore. He boasts of oysters soups artichokes and fried chicken from Hickman Tennessee and lists vivid comfort foods. His recipe claims grow reckless yet the bluff remains elusive as the piece lurches toward its end.
A critic contrasts two cooking visions for sweet potatoes. One method in Selma favors boiled slices with sugar baked soft. The other extols a primal oak-fire roast yielding an aromatic, devoutly superior result with charred shells revealing ambrosia.
The article notes a young thief arrested in New York while attempting to force entry into a clothing store using a jimmy. He paused to consult a printed treatise on practical burglary found beside him, illustrating a flawed attempt to improve techniques through literature.
Washington editorial notes rising and ebbing Mexican tensions as General Orozco lingers in the field while General Trevino at Monterey could defeat him. Critics urge pushing Trevino into action to quell the revolt and shorten the conflict.
The editorial calls for police to seize the writer of The Right Way to Do Wrong, the publisher, and the bookseller, arguing they deserve hard labor for fire in a strong stance against the publication and its perceived villainy. It extols legal action as a public service.
A Munich letter recalls Anton Lang, famed for the Passion Play, in a new humane scene. In a heavy coat and fur gear he sits on a sled with a muffled girl guiding the wheel, Lang appearing more engaged than on stage.
The Washington Star reports a belief that Roosevelt may not need La Follette's personal endorsement to meet strong demand, suggesting Roosevelt's own position could suffice for overwhelming support.
Opinion piece arguing that removing the official would ruin pure food enforcement, citing Dr. Wiley's ouster and criticizing the role's necessity with tone of a New York Tribune critique. The writer warns of bland regulations and diminished reform if the office is eliminated.
Forbes Robertson stars as the Passer-By in this boarding-house drama where a sly stranger reforms a cast of despicable tenants. The company, including Maude Buchanan and Lena Delphine, delivers a praised performance as the play repeats tonight to a likely record audience.
The Esperanto movement grows with world congresses from 1906 to 1911. Key figures include Dr. L L Zamenhof and Edwin Reed. Delegates from 26 nations totaled about 18 hundred, with 3875 accredited. Esperanto keys streamline cross language correspondence in many tongues.
A wood log claimed to be from the famous Newton apple tree in Sir Isaac Newtons garden has been presented to the Royal Astronomical Society. The item ties to the tradition that gravity inspired Newton when an apple fell from the tree.
The Knickerbocker Press notes that talk of Hughes may become a factor in the 1912 race, drawing attention from both President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt as observers gauge its impact on the contest.
Edgar Larkin explains how self recording instruments in balloons reveal upper atmosphere facts. From thermometers and barometers to hygrometers and photometers the article traces gases, electricity, magnetism and light measurements made long before man reached extreme heights. Captive balloons dated to 1890 illustrate early ascent experiments.
A playful verse on seasonal fashion and personified time. It imagines Summer as a bride, with elves sewing garments in a workroom under the sod, awaiting her radiant June debut and Old Time’s divorce from Winter. The poem blends whimsy with vivid imagery of colors and fabrics.
Anchored to the earth investigators send currents through thin wires to magnetize cores and capture cloud photos and frost particles. Balloons and free flyers rise higher than kites to collect spectra and wind data, while invar instruments monitor radiant energy and selective atmospheric absorption shaping life on earth.
The New York World notes Roosevelt would welcome a presidential compromise if all other Republican candidates would withdraw in his favor. The comment signals possible settlement within the party without broad details of terms or dates.
Amundsen beat Scott to the pole but Scott led newspaper coverage with his photo in the Toronto Mail and Empire, marking a media triumph for the British explorer.
In Young's Magazine a series of humorous asides mix wit and travel lore. Maude cites conscience and vulgarity, Miss Odell jokes on payment to doctors, and Jane Oaker airs sharp observations. A Russia travel anecdote recalls a pack of wolves stalking a traveler, with a grimly comic twist. A Quaker Girl sketch shows a hotel misunderstanding over a friend's name triggering a blunt reply from the landlord.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Inquirer cites Elbert Hubbard praising a new wonder. The remark suggests a catalog of seven great wonders with emphasis on a worthy use of limelight and public attention.
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