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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1912
Page
8
The statement highlights offering the services of a highly responsible and capable real estate organization in the United States to prospective buyers or sellers.
The narrator recalls a morning in Boston when anarchists were described as harmless dreamers, contrasted with Paris where a reign of terror continues. The piece surveys anarchist theories, methods, and rival groups, noting clashes with police, property defense, and the social investigation in France.
A retelling notes Diocletian faced soaring costs in 302 A D with plebian rulers pressured by burdensome taxes. The piece mocks sincerity of rulers while recalling ancient economic strain.
The article recalls Diocletian’s 301 A D price edict found in Carla and quoted by Prof. Frank Frost Abbott. It notes measures to cap prices and punish avarice, with long price schedules showing Roman labor and food costs compared to modern times.
Lactantius describes Diocletian attempting to set price ceilings causing shortages and bloodshed as the market collapsed amid higher prices. Abbott discusses Latin's rise, Roman life, trade, guilds, and politics in his broader study.
Chicago court orders Frank Farrar to stay away from theaters for a year after laughing loudly at vaudeville. He was charged with disorderly conduct for laughing at the acts described as the Charity Sisters. Farrar claimed the humor was irresistible and complied with the judge’s ban to avoid further disturbance.
A sudden thunderclap sends Billy running to his father with fear. They sit together as Billy declares men are not afraid of anything and tests the idea with a sly question about being afraid of his mother, eliciting a humorous exchange.
Ellis Parker Butler presents a prose and verse pair showing a humorous writer undone by family conflict. A devoted father ignores a sick daughter while finishing a story, only to face tragedy as his child dies before dawn, leaving a poignant lesson on tenderness and consequence.
A poem by Kate Thyson Marr recounts a nursemaid's rigid Spartan upbringing and a mother's plea for softness. The speaker recalls a midnight vigil as a feverish baby pleads for mercy, dying in the narrator's arms, leaving a life of regret and old age.
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