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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1919
Page
2
A reader argues over cotton price dynamics, comparing buyer seller power to conspiratorial price fixing. The piece discusses acreage reduction, supply, and the potential for stronger producer organization to influence bids, alongside a broader naval power commentary touching on Italy, the Adriatic, and postwar boundaries and access.
The Texas Cotton Conference secretary calls farmers to a conference at Dallas on April 7 and state wide meetings on March 29 to elect delegates. He cites losses of 50 to 60 dollars per bale on 1918 cotton caused by conspiracies among cotton gamblers and embargos. He urges breaking up conspiracies and removing embargoes to restore cost production and profit.
Commentary argues the United States must maintain liberty while pursuing global service. It criticizes Mr Bailey’s stance and targets the officials who pushed or allowed changes, warning the Democratic party risks abandoning foundational principles if the issue is treated as mere administrative reform.
The Texas Legislature passed a bill creating a state board of control for eleemosynary institutions, awaiting governor approval. The piece prompts debate over centralizing management of the San Antonio asylum and could extend political influence over all such facilities, with critics warning of threats to independence and public services. The piece argues the governor seeks control through legal maneuvering and questions the plan's true aim and consequences for San Antonio and wider Texas towns.
Texans weigh former senator Joseph Weldon Bailey’s remarks from a Newark Victory banquet in which he attacks Democratic party acts and policies. He also criticizes prohibition, woman suffrage, and war taxes, while praising Jeffersonian principles, yet mixes praise with hostile claims about the current administration's impact on liberty.
Fragmentary pastiche text mixed with oblique references to drinks, gloom, and protest. Mentions of Michigan Virginia old Dakotas Kansas dry and a scattered catalog of places and names suggest a chaotic historical collage. The piece evokes desolation, memory, and a call for response amid scattered literary allusions.
A reader letter in today’s editorial pages critiques a previous interview and invites readers to pose questions at a local gathering on South Finestreet near the woodwell area. The writer asks for inquiries to be delivered to Laugh Seeker at the door, mentioning March events and seeking audience participation.
A fragmentary discussion cites biblical prophecies from Isaiah and Jeremiah about the resurrection and a future thousand year reign. It argues people error due to spiritual blindness and predicts a period of peace and happiness on earth when divine truth is realized.
A fragmentary column voices frustration with military obedience and courts martial, arguing willful disobedience by soldiers could erode discipline. It contrasts officers and common soldiers, questions censorship and politics, and muses on England and Germany, ending in scattered observations on public opinion and authority.
A jumble of 1920s era grievances questions current Prohibition policies in Texas and national tobacco regulation. Editorial voices mock anti liquor sentiment while calling for stricter enforcement and cabinet oversight as grocers and druggists face restrictive rules. The piece wonders about editorial bias and the public mood toward prohibitions and the war on vice.
A garbled OCR fragment suggests a wartime or trade campaign scene with mentions of American troops, a camp, and various place names. The text is fragmented, lacks coherent structure, and provides few readable facts beyond generic wartime activity and recruitment undertones.
A garbled wartime text fragment mentions a soldier, a barebones rally, and stray references to a war department. Names and places are unclear, with sentences jumbled and many words unreadable, producing a cryptic, underdefined account of the event.
At the Majestic Theater the program centers on a Great Flanist whose vaudeville mastery is praised for technical virtuosity and vivid stage presence. The act blends musical pieces with comedy, supported by singer performers and a chorus, delivering a lively, diverse show that rouses audiences with personality and charm.
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