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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1913
Page
9
Miss May Buckley discusses leaving moving pictures for the dramatic stage to pursue live theater. She recalls the pay and fame from film work, contrasts it with stage acting, and notes how film increased her recognition while awaiting a Grand Theatre engagement.
North Loop road, previously damaged by floods, is repaired with a new right of way secured by Commissioner Jacob Klaus. Engineer Fred Bennett helped map the lines, creating a single crossing of the Salado to connect the loop with the Coker road. Autoists can now reach the Automobile Club via either route.
The article argues that wireless telephony will soon replace wired phones for long distance communication. It notes rapid transmission of voice via electric waves, cites Rome’s Vanni with a 1000 km record, and describes Eiffel Tower Paris Arlington signals aiding longitude. It compares instantaneous voice transfer to sound and imagines future daily use and recognition.
In the Boston Journal tale Little Stories of the Town youngsters give nicknames to fountains. A group near North Station spots a fountain and dubs a passerby Concrete Ike, a nod to western dispenser lore.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin highlights maple’s wide use from flooring to furniture and athletic goods. Sugar maple, or hard maple, is the most important of seven U S species, with annual U S production about 1.15 billion board feet and Michigan as the leading producer.
In Edinburgh a woman visits Doctor Abernethy with a swollen hand. He performs a Glalegua procedure and prescribes poultices. She returns saying better but worse, then more poultice. On a third visit she asks for a fee and he replies nothing, calling her the most sensible woman he ever met.
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