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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1918
Page
2
Texas gardeners rejoice as rain ends two year drought and prompts home garden efforts. War-time motivation plus insect invasions test patience, yet persistent planters expect two crops this season. Health, savings, and community benefit drive renewed interest in backyard gardening beyond wartime necessity.
The Boston Transcript, citing the New York Sun, reports Winchester Repeating Arms and the ordnance bureau are developing a trench shotgun. The design irons to mass usage, resembling a short sporting model, with a non choking barrel to spread a broad charge across a wide area.
The piece describes a single barrel Winchester shotgun with a six shell magazine, bayonet attachment, and reinforced barrel intended for trench use. At forty yards buckshot can pierce a two inch plank and the gun could decimate massed formations, potentially ending German trench raiding as Americans bring new weapons and tactics to the front. It also notes American pistol effectiveness and comments on women’s prudence amid wartime discourse.
A wartime column argues silence protects national interests from disloyal talk. It discusses harms of loose talk, penalties, and the psychological impact on loyal citizens, noting Garrulity is unfairly blamed on women and citing arrest records for disloyal utterances.
An editorial urges citizens to donate valuable household relics such as antique tankards candlesticks and large pitchers by melting them into funds for the Liberty bond effort and aviator relief. It notes the intrinsic metal value supports war needs and contrasts this with Germany and calls for patriotic sacrifice to aid front line conditions.
Blanche Chalfonte-Tucker reflects a nostalgic verse in the Boston Transcript about youth, romance, and a springtime memory. The speaker recalls earlier names and a shared era with Tom and Ruth, pondering whether their feelings were real or make believe as the seasons changed.
The Paulist Choristers a 160-voice ensemble under Father William J Vinn gave a stirring Beethoven Hall program for the French relief commission, with organ like effects from minimal accompaniment. Soloists Frank M Dunford Parnell Egan and two boy sopranos highlighted the evening with encores and moving renderings of classic religious works.
The concert featured Brahms lullaby and La Villanelle with soloists, plus The Lass With the Delicate Air as encore. Rich ard Finn led The Land of the Sky Blue Water and Ol Black Toe encore. Gypsy by Zolotarieff and Kolyada by Rimsky-Korsakoff highlighted the choral program, ending with The Star Spangled Banner. audience sang along. Patriotism echoed as Oh Canada received an encore.
Two large wild cats were killed along the Leather River during a hunting trip. Near Live Oak Cul-Wing, a cat climbed a tree and fought before Wing shot the animal. The mate arrived, and Wing killed the second cat with a follow up shot.
The Majestic Theater closes the week with a well balanced vaudeville bill dominated by comedy. Star acts include a tuneful swingy feature with a witty plot, plus Louis Simon and Company, Bensee and Baird, and Doris Dare in a novel offering. The program also features Dave Roth in Versatility and Reno the Vordesian, with other acts like Waits and Hawley and Maggie Le Clair in She Unfair Sex. The Princess offers Waits and Hawley, The Three Jolly Boys, the CHIE Bailey Duo, and a Tom Moore feature Brown of Harvard.
The Kaiser, the Bust of Berlin, opens Sunday at the Grand for eight days and promises a riveting, patriotic portrayal of Germany. The program also features The Family Skeleton with Charles Ray at the Enmire, directed by Victor L. Schertzinger and supervised by Thomas H. Ince, offering humor and adventure with Sylvia Bremer and Billy Edlmer in notable roles.
The Ferguson Forum notes women will figure in this year's election while the Waco Times-Herald and Austin Statesman weigh suffrage plans and how women will vote. Various papers discuss war, liberty bonds, and political plans, with local notes on floods, bridges, and aging veteran Vad Woods.
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