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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1913
Page
4
Rates listed for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier and mail with terms of 1 month 1 year 2 year. Notice to provide old and new addresses for paper delivery and how to contact the office via Crockett 1743 or 176. Addresses for New York Chicago and Boston offices of Paul Block, Inc. are provided.
The San Antonio Light reported April 1913 total circulation at 598 297 with average daily evening edition 19 612 and Sunday edition 22 093. Net paid daily averages were 17 848 and 19 783. Audits by N W Ayer Sons and the Association of American Advertisers certify nine months ending 1913 and 1918 figures.
A discussion of how San Antonio locals differ on meal names with many residents using dinner for night and others calling the evening meal supper. The article notes the city’s cosmopolitan mix from all states and explains the resulting confusion for invitations and daily routines.
The article recounts conflicting reports on Sr. Emilio Vasquez Gomez and his alleged role in the plan of San Luis Potosi, notes his neutrality-law case near the border, and argues U S. action is needed while highlighting San Antonio golf tourism potential and the Texas State Golf Association event.
A fragment from a column notes the challenge of parsing a stranger’s time reference in a casual tale. The remark hints at ambiguity in everyday storytelling and how context shapes understanding.
The Texas Golf Association chose San Antonio to host the 1914 state tournament at the private San Antonio Country Club. City leaders are urged to fund public golf links to attract winter tourists, as the event would boost San Antonio’s map as a golfing destination.
The article discusses Vice President Marshall possibly breaking a quiet pledge as the Underwood tariff bill faces a Senate vote. It notes potential defections from Senators Walsh Poindexter Newlands and Louisiana peers, a probable tie, and the likelihood Marshall would cast the deciding ballot in support if needed. It also covers conference committee moves to restore sugar and wool to the free list.
A column argues bells on poison bottles in hospitals to prevent dosing errors and suggests extending the idea to other people prone to danger. The piece proposes branding the bell to those who cannot avoid risk and hints at holding bartenders responsible to improve temperance.
A Fort Worth Record editorial quotes C B Gillespie of the Houston Chronicle delivering a San Antonio paper titled Is the Press Menaced by the Powers That Be. It argues the real newspaper remains neutral, avoids slander, and uses plain language to let facts stand without favoritism.
A letter writer identified as Thomas O Halloran is questioned for authenticity and motives. The piece asks if the Detroit and Philadelphia bylines reflect a real O Halloran and whether the writer parrots Huerta's cause while defending Mexican politics for personal gains.
Fort Worth Record contrasts the convict lease system with penitentiaries run at a loss to protect taxpayers. It condemns convict-chattel slavery as indefensible and argues for a humane, self sustaining system. The article also notes six black foxes worth about fifteen thousand dollars captured near McFarland's Hill in Hancock Maine, a Maine record.
The Kansas City Times argues that wealth does not equate to better citizenship. Rich taxpayers often avoid jury duty and voting while benefiting from government spending, whereas diligent poor voters contribute more to civic life and should have equal say in government.
Editors rushed to prepare necrological pieces on Pius X during a grave 48 hour crisis while Leo XIII was rumored near death in 1890. Leo XIII died 13 years later. one Paris journal kept its article on the marble. The note hopes Pius X’s biography may also stay on marble for 13 years.
A hydroplane built in Belgium from steel rather than wood reportedly reached a speed of forty five miles an hour.
The article argues for diplomatic adjustment over statutory bans as California resists federal aims in a Japan US clash. It suggests addressing racial and residency issues only through clear federal action, warning that new laws may redefine citizenship for Europeans and Africans, with potential deep legislative impact.
The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot publishes a prosperity edition describing Bryan and its surrounding territory. The edition is well edited with illustrations and includes a section on A and M College. It covers Brazos County resources and enterprises, signaling general local prosperity.
A report notes that eighty percent of New York’s working girls bring home their sealed pay envelopes to their parents, reflecting family involvement in wage earnings and household affairs.
The Toledo Blade reports a tariff bill provision to ban importing wild bird feathers skins or plumes for millinery except ostrich feathers. The New York Zoological Society pushed the clause to curb bird slaughter and reduce crop damage from insects as Congress enacts federal protection of migrating birds. The piece argues closing the feather trade will not hardship but spur global action ending the traffic.
An argument against transferring police duties to a welfare commission notes private societies failings. It argues private agents are corrupt and unreliable, making them worse than the police. The piece contends that welfare bodies would not improve conditions that are inherently police work.
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