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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
6
Wounded January 20 1881 item from the San Antonio Light reflects a historic periodical record. The snippet cites publishing details for The San Antonio Light and The San Antonio Gazette with office contact lines and postal handling notes.
Notice requests readers to provide both old and new addresses when changing delivery. It advises notifying the office if delivery is irregular and provides a telephone contact. The San Antonio Light is mentioned as safely distributed nationwide.
Harvey L. Steele, circulation manager, certifies the San Antonio Light had total April 1911 circulation of 632,193 copies, with a daily average of 17,739. Free copies and returns totaled 16,560 daily average 552, net paid circulation 17,187. Sworn May 8, 1911 before Notary John J. Wahl.
Criticizes Governor Dix for yielding to Tammany hall to confirm Daniel Cohalon as a Supreme Court justice in exchange for the Van Tuyley appointment as banking superintendent. Claims the move damages respect for the bench and politics in New York.
The retiring San Antonio city council approved a set of rules for governing the city’s finances and administration. Critics call the move improper as it imposes methods on successors who may choose their own path.
The piece accuses Mayor Callaghan of enforcing a gag rule that bars aldermen from addressing the council without his prior recognition. It argues this creates an effective minority veto and erosion of voter rights, likening it to absolute monarchy. The Citizens' party contemplates impeachment if the mayor presses the measure.
Senator La Follette charged in the Senate that William Lorimer of Illinois may have drawn upwards of two hundred thousand dollars in bribes for votes. The piece notes Aldrich’s involvement and reflects on Mexican mobs praising Diaz’s resignation while awaiting liberty as the government struggles.
The note commends President Tafte for his firmness in dealing with pardons for John R. Walsh and Charles W. Morse, convicted of banking law violations. It stresses the offenses stemmed from greed and dishonesty, and that the men were highly intelligent and knew better.
The piece notes men once esteemed in their communities going to prison and urges no excuses for Walsh or Morse who were properly convicted. It contrasts two deaths tied to an arbitrator's decision in a New York ball game with a longing for Juarez's peace and quiet.
The El Paso area will not celebrate Independence Day this year, amid a year lacking notable fireworks or celebrations. The report notes Texas leads in regional context while Louisiana lags in farm production growth compared with the previous year.
The New York Tribune argues that the Sullivan bill could reduce impulse homicides by requiring licenses to carry concealed weapons. It warns that murder and burglary risk persist unless gun control becomes law.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes a notable increase in gun deaths across eastern and southern states. It argues domestic firearms pose dangers comparable to war weapons and cites careless home storage and impulsive use as key factors in killings.
The Omaha Bee editorial argues for a new ordinance requiring fire arm dealers to obtain licenses sell only to adults keep weapons out of display and maintain a public record of each buyer including weapon description to prevent youths and other irresponsibles from obtaining guns.
The Buffalo Commercial denounces the carrying of concealed weapons as a menace to morals and public welfare. It cites New York City statistics with 185 homicides last year and 108 people shot to death, attributing most deaths to public tolerance of the habit.
The Troy Times notes restrictions on firearms sales and suggests experiments where only licensed dealers may sell guns. Dealers would be required to record and report each sale as part of the new system.
The Boston Post argues that private citizens need not possess dangerous weapons and suggests that only exceptional cases deserve special licenses. It likens an average person’s need to other extreme arms and contends society has moved beyond such weapons.
The Kansas City Star notes that barbarism appears when punishment is private vengeance without public justice. It cites a society where individuals act as prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner, lacking instrumental social checks.
The St Paul Pioneer Press urges action on gun sales amid calls for preventive measures. It condemns the lack of firearm restrictions and argues it is needed to spare future lives.
The Bandera Enterprise reports a one mile long tract two hundred feet wide will be deeded to San Antonio for a public park and playground. Mr F F Collins funds the $50,000 park improvements including miniature lakes and swimming pools. The park is to become one of the southwest's most beautiful scenic spots.
Henry Griffin of South Lewiston caught the largest salmon ever taken from Lake Auburn. While trawling in shallow water he battled the 14 pounds 9 ounces fish for over thirty minutes, surpassing the previous Lake Auburn record of 13 pounds 6 ounces.
W H Miller, rowing in the neck of the water works wheel pit intake at the dam, hooked a large trout that leaped into his boat. The fish weighed 3 12 pounds on the scales. Miller had two witnesses, his daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Buchanan. The piece ends noting anglers are often lucky for a bite and fish jumping into boats offers a glimmer of hope for poor luck.
A playful dialogue shows a boy asking his father what a diplomat is and the father explains it as a person who can prove a man a mar without calling him one. The exchange reflects humorous misunderstandings in a domestic vignette.
Civil War photographs show Fifth New Hampshire infantry and Irish Brigade reinforcing the Chickahominy swamps during the Peninsular campaign. They strengthened the Grapevine bridge completed May 29 1862, enabling Sumner's corps to cross May 31 and turning the tide at Fair Oaks May 1 1862. Federal troops risked waist deep water building and crossing the bridge.
A 1910 sample by George Matthew Adama mocks furious voices and hot anger. It contrasts justified anger with foolish wrath and urges restraint to avoid childish, destructive outbursts.
A reader recalls arriving in North Texas and benefiting from B hall at the University of Texas Austin funded by Colonel George W. Brackenridge of San Antonio. The writer notes students chose to honor the donor’s gift and laments potential attempts to rename Brackenridge Hall by state lawmakers.
A Civil War account cites two Shiloh turning points the death of General Albert Sidney Johnston and the timely arrival of Ammen’s Brigade. The missing Confederate leverage collapsed as Union forces regrouped under Buell and Lew Wallace, finally driving Lee’s advance back toward Corinth.
An overweight man rushed to catch a street car, complained at Southern Paol station that the car sign misled him, and directed a driver to hurry to Sap depot after a three mile misroute. The episode ends with him and his heavy grip being chauffeured away.
For four days three Mexican movers halted traffic by inching a house along Plum Street near Victoria, blocking the street car line. The structure had been moved onto Plum Street and halted at the Victoria intersection, where two streetcars and a dinkey shuttle service paused to serve waiting passengers from South Heights.
A passage notes a wide cry of protesting from across the state in a push that could compel a retraction, with J. M. Eskridge cited as a figure in the discussion.
A house on Victoria street is shifted several feet along the track as residents transfer to a nearby car. The moving pace suggests a relocation toward the corner of South Alamo and Goliad streets, possibly eight blocks away, with weeks to months needed.
A cheeky column offers pointed humor on daily life and social dynamics. It riffs on frugality with furniture, delayed letters, and the incongruity of picnics and heat while noting vanity and public behavior.
Editorial snippets comment on Texas politics and national figures with pointed quips about Colorado's single senator and local civic issues. Satirical notes reference Don Porfirio and a call for cleaner governance in Providence.
Chicago News comments on the risk of US vessels being blown up by the American navy while other navies would not be able to escape such an experiment, highlighting a warning about military actions and accountability.
Opinion piece notes that northern communities retaining the whipping post show no clear moral or behavioral superiority, arguing abolition across regions.
The Philadelphia Record notes Diaz would not resign if Juarez insurgent gains are viewed by him as keeping firm control, while Madero sees those successes as proof Diaz must step down. The contrast frames a pivotal political moment in early Mexican politics.
President Diaz says he will resign as soon as peace is restored and claims the authority to judge when peace is achieved. The remark, noted by the Kansas City Times, shows Mexican statesmen aware of strategic rhetoric in political life.
The News and Courier notes that while the Sphinx mystery is solved the question remains why events occurred in November as observed by Gearleston and the Roosevelt inquiry.
The Atlanta Journal notes that Mr. Carnegie may realize he will forever lose the chance to review any military parades on the Fourth of July.
Denver Republic report notes John Sharp Williams poetry allegedly spurred Victor Berger to push a resolution to abolish the senate. The remark frames a literary prompt shaping political action.
The piece lampoons Senator Kern and his allies as risking a political fate by presenting a hair loss issue as a public referendum. The mock debate centers on personal appearance influencing national leadership.
The piece cites Harper's Weekly on five hundred million pounds of wool consumed annually in the United States, five times 1860. It explains wool's matting from serrated fibers and outlines carding on a mule loom, followed by weaving, mending, tentering, nap production, gigging, pressing, and finishing for tailoring.
In a courtroom exchange the judge asks the defense to keep the defendant still. The counsel retorts that her client is a woman, prompting a sharp quip about decorum and gender.
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