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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1913
Page
4
Legal notice fragment lists Charles Diehl and Harrison Beach with monetary figures five dollars and fifty cents in unclear arrangement. No dates or conclusions provided.
A Pittsburgh report tells of a West man sending $4 after 35 years to his former landlady's son. The piece uses the event to discuss interest, restitution, and the idea of compensating blind children through a Sunshine Society coin designed by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. It notes private funding for blind education and urges broader support.
The piece extols training blind children like Helen Keller at institutes such as the Perkins Institute for the Blind, highlighting education as a path to usefulness. It notes skilled trades, patient teaching, and the potential for blind children to become self supporting through specialized methods.
The article argues for the Underwood tariff while noting opposition erosion and predicts potential shifts in Congress. It discusses the tariff’s impact on farmers, protectionists’ waning influence, and the need for clearer naturalization language amid debates on who qualifies as white or Aryan in citizenship rulings.
A forceful argument unfolds around stringent anti alien land legislation in California. The controversy expands as analysts probe the issue, linking it to broader questions of race, property, and legal rights in the evolving national debate.
Governor Colquitt wins a unanimous Supreme Court ruling sustaining his Alamo restoration plan. The Fort Worth Record mocks political adversaries and calls for warning to those who opposed the governor and voting senators. It urges discretion and notes no remedy against offended Alamo goddesses and vestal figures.
In Boston a wife who wed believing her first husband dead faced a legal twist when the presumed dead man resurfaced. The marriage was void, and she then sued her second husband for a sizable board bill totaling 1712 dollars and 94 cents.
An Illinois Central Railroad employee offered to donate one day’s pay to repair storm damages in the last month. The offer was declined, but the official noted it as perhaps the only such instance on record, reflecting company gratitude for the gesture. The piece also notes a suggestion about President Wilson appointing Governor Hiram Johnson as governor general of the Philippines and concerns for Filipino impact.
El Paso Herald quotes harsh methods in the Mexican south where captured rebels are offered either immediate execution or enlistment in the army, portraying the force as highly motivated by fear and coercion.
The bill to pension mothers under certain conditions passed the legislature without a dissenting vote. It would allow mothers who must surrender children to public institutions to keep their children, a notably benevolent measure praised by the Los Angeles Tribune.
Statistics from the stork book for March show nearly 6000 official visits and a growing baby boom in Fort Worth area. The report hints at names for girls to be chosen after family discussion as Texas towns and families welcome new arrivals.
A Tem ple Telegram excerpt notes the human element in railway service when a motorman loses control of his car after a bee buzzed near his head, illustrating how attention lapses can affect transport safety.
I stake out Rolfe's mansion as the safe holds jewels worth half a million. Muriel, the wife, confronts me with a revolver and a plan to pin a murder on the burglar, while her lover Charles arrives to face a grim confession and a deadly scheme.
The Los Angeles Tribune notes the Liberty Bell remains city property of Philadelphia and housed at Independence Hall. Officials fear travel would worsen a crack in the rim already widening each year, preventing any planned journey.
Dried cuttlefish shipped from Japan last year weighed 12,330,000 pounds with a value of 1,500,000 dollars, marking increases of 6,000,000 pounds and 600,000 dollars over 1911.
Edward Mabrito questions Mayor Steves on a modern front foot assessment for Denver paving. He cites alleged preferential repairs to the mayor’s streets and western district properties, urging equal application of the plan and neutral, nonpolitical participation to support the metropolis status.
An amused observer describes craving springtime pleasures by a riverbank. He imagines lying on greensward, fishing for a “beauty,” enduring mosquitos, watching nature, and relaxing in a hammock with The Pickwick Papers. A friend adds humor about hazards and pests.
The Plaza Theater presents the musical comedy The Flower of the Ranch as the week’s headline attraction with Edith Wythan in the lead. The show features a twenty member company, catchy songs, costume changes, and strong western atmosphere. A Japanese stunt troupe Asahi performs impressive tricks earning audience admiration. Jimmy Lucas and Frances Fields provide witty songs and burlesque before two reels of motion pictures close the program.
The excerpt notes how the Federal League alters baseball attendance and schedules in St Louis, causing three games to be played on the same day. It reflects local reaction and rivalry between city teams amid the spring season.
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