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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
4
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In Hannibal Missouri progress erases Palmyra Creek once famed from Twain tales. The sewer project dissolves a recognizable Huck Finn era watercourse and old riverfront scenes along the Mississippi vanish with time. The piece then shifts to a sprawling report on a royal visit with Kaiser Wilhelm II and the marriage of Princess Victoria Louise, detailing guards, trains, and grand ceremony amid wartime tensions.
Berlin hosts Emperor Wilhelm, King George, and Czar Nicholas for the Kaiser's daughter’s wedding. The trio’s presence signals hopes for continued peace between Germany Britain and Russia amid grand display and pageantry in the German capital.
The piece criticizes Felix Diaz's announced platform as a hollow bid to regain prominence after allying with Huerta. It notes vague promises to restore peace and justice, argues platforms won’t win trust, and calls for sincere leaders free of war-time self-interest amid the looming October 26 election date.
In a note on their greed for personal gain, thieves threat to bring havoc while attempting to checkmate each other. The text warns that criminals clash over division of spoils.
The piece argues that the United States should control immigration and citizenship to preserve republican values. It says Japanese acceptance of Wilsons reply reflects a measured stance. It warns against multination amalgamation that undermines American institutions and urges Japan to align with national sovereignty.
A New York Evening Post dispatch notes Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany will complete twenty-five years of reign on June 15. He reportedly pushes to avert a general war before that anniversary while being seen as less hot headed. At fifty five, he ranks among Europe’s longest reigning rulers, with Francis Joseph longer and only a few others older or longer serving.
The Temple Telegram notes England has long backed a cotton industry in Egypt to break the American hold on the market. Despite millions spent, the effort has yielded little, and a proposal seeks another 15 million dollars to advance the Egyptian project.
The Buffalo Express quotes Australians calling it an invasion as American cattlemen start raising cattle on marginal land and an American meat packing plant opens in Australia. The piece notes Australians as an exclusivist people, even more than Californians.
On a Continental train to Naples a London clerk named Smithson observes a courting couple. An olive-skinned man confronts him with insults as a tense scene unfolds amid travel chatter and romance. Smithson improvises with poetry and gesture in a playful bid to defuse the encounter.
In Naples a tense crossing with an Italian in a train car ends in civility and a meal but leads to a disputed bill. Smithson pretends to apologize, laughs at the situation, and then clashes over payment. He leaves with a missing watch and a sour note as talks of revolution drift elsewhere.
A field note from Omaha Bee mentions major league teams increasingly employing a comedian to ease the pain of defeats, suggesting humor as a coping tool for players and fans alike. The remark underscores the lighter side of pro baseball culture amid losses.
A Milwaukee News quotation notes Republican leaders planning reorganizations dislike being outsiders. The remark comments on party dynamics and internal power shifts without detailing specific names or dates.
The New York Tribune notes Governor Johnson signs the California anti alien land bill and says it aligns with the treaty. The piece argues U S sovereignty over naturalization is domestic and not subject to arbitration, while acknowledging Japan’s concern over national honor and future law expansion debates.
Utica Observer reports California has begun importing meat from Australia with a shipload of 400000 pounds arriving. Prices are higher than Chicago due to limited eastern production. Australia plans to sell at nominal profit and may bypass middlemen if rules are violated. Four refrigerator ships are under construction for the trade.
The Pittsburg Post notes that “Uncle Joe” shows no wish to begin his around the world trip, fueling speculation he is reviewing his district and contemplating a return. The remark hints at possible political recalibration as doubts arise.
The Chicago Association of Commerce president compared negative and positive traits of college graduates in business. He found negatives like impatience and lack of discipline mainly innate, while positives such as concentration and moral standards largely come from education, with more on the positive side overall.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith in his Washington and Lee installation urged teaching future citizens to loaf wisely and to play as well as work and study. The piece defends leisure hours as a cultured art, noting Americans overwork and drift into dissipations without purposeful recreation. European practice shows leisure used for music art conversation and affordable pleasures yielding high rewards.
Col. W. H. Osborn, commissioner of internal revenue, faces a tax question on whisky squeezed from spent barrels. If the wood absorbed whiskey, should the government tax the resulting liquid at $1.10 a gallon, with $1,000,000 at stake. Government and manufacturers clash over when the tax applies.
The St Louis Republic quotes Victor Murdock charging that progressives lack unity and warn that a single ring in the progressive party could be freed only if its fate is tied to a large hat.
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