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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
4
Founded January 20 1881 this item notes the San Antonio Light and Gazetta Evening Daily and Sunday Morning as part of its history and identifies an exclusive Associated Press day wire report feature.
The fragment references daily and Sunday subscription options for carrier delivery. It mentions timeframes of 1 month 1 year and notes various formats including daily Sunday and mail in advance. The text is incomplete but indicates subscription terms with carriers and publication days.
A Chattanooga dispatch notes a census showing 134,702 native Tennesseans now reside in Texas while Texas has only 5,592 Tennesseans left. The piece mocks Tennessee’s plan to stop migration and argues Texas offers greater opportunities, especially Southwest Texas, predicting continued population shifts and a larger balance in Texas.
The Pall Mall Gazette warns that if Japan seeks to take the California land dispute to The Hague, lessons in arbitration will show limits. It argues free entry for Japanese and Chinese could drive white labor from the Pacific coast and questions U S enforcement of foreign awards on American soil.
The Astor House on lower Broadway will be torn down at month end, ending a fifty year era as a famed hotel and restaurant stop for New York businessmen. Its long history includes guests like Henry Clay and Daniel Webster and Civil War era events, with its site to host a new store or building yet undecided.
A Washington garden party hosted by Secretary Bryan and Mrs. Bryan drew fire for serving ginger ale punch to lawmakers and families rather than grape juice. The piece mocks the drink as a failure in both taste and patriotism, arguing ginger ale belongs on the side, not in the main punch.
The Astor estate has taken a corner of the property and hopes to build a modern hotel in the business district. Readers note there is no need for more office space in New York as floor space is already in surplus. Whatever is built, it cannot replace the historical impact of the old Astor House, which dominated the public mind for nearly seventy five years.
The New York Post criticizes Dr. Franz Friedmann for selling turtle serum to drug companies at high sums and proposes exclusive distribution. It calls the cure unproven, urges long testing, warns against marketing hype and sensationalism.
After four months of operation parcel post handles ten million packages a month and shows potential for rapid expansion. Merchants plan to extend into new fields and farm product shipments grow steadily. Officials state the new postal branch is succeeding.
Experiments in England collected twelve months of data on black smoke. London city averages 73 000 tons of dirt per year per square mile, Westminster about 56 000 tons, and suburban Sutton 27 000 tons. Researchers say escaping London smoke is impossible within 60 miles of its boundaries.
A Fort Worth area piece notes doctors in an annual session in San Antonio offering guidance on health and mental well being. The final injunction urges that the woman's influence at home outweighs her political influence at the polls, signaling a call for doctors to address suffrage-era concerns in patient care.
Dobozy and Angyal discuss Irma Dobozy in a smoky scene by the Danube. Irma shares a secret through mood swings and a red rose, then hints at engagement while avoiding explanation of her shift in affection. The tale ends with unresolved romantic riddle.
The staff dining room displays ten rules of conduct titled The Demandments. The list cautions on honesty, debt, self respect, and work ethic, linking employee behavior to pay, profits, and longevity in the shop.
An Oklahoma editor argues declining marriages stem from vanished parlor life and diminishing home values. He laments shifting morals, consumerism, and the economy driving unions, urging a return to ethical living and strong character over wealth and social trends.
The piece compares future kingship from Roosevelt to past Theodores like Theodore Lascaris and Theodore III of Russia. It notes Ismail Kemal’s Albanian proposal and recounts the Abyssinian ruler known as Mr. Kassa who proposed marriage to Queen Victoria. It argues any modern Theodore could surpass predecessors.
Mr. Marshall began with the belief that vice presidents should keep quiet and has now demonstrated, by the strongest possible evidence, that his theory is correct.
A family gossip session ends with six-year-old Maude defending kissing by saying all girls in moving pictures kiss their sweethearts, challenging notion that nice girls don't. The scene captures childhood curiosity and exposure to adult conversation.
The Modern Statesman column ridicules Washington friction between lawmakers and bankers, recalling past temper and public scorn. It notes nine months ending March 31 shows U S merchant vessels totaling 1114 ships and 260,265 gross tons, up from 1051 ships and 151,341 tons.
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