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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light is distributed at hotels and newsstands across the United States. It is available for readers nationwide through multiple distribution points and subscriptions.
The San Antonio Light published October 1913 totals: 624 687 circulation. evening edition 19 926 daily, 21 670 Sunday. Net paid daily averages 18 530 evening and 20 113 Sunday. Daily totals by day were 48 followed by a list.
The piece argues suffragette actions in Britain provoke government reaction and public alarm. It notes window smashing acid throwing arson by Mrs Smith and daughter, the reaction of judges and police, and hints Bristol University students copycatting by attacking the Women’s Social and Political Union home base.
The piece argues that mob violence by vigilantes, led by Judge Lynch, restored safety after courts failed to arrests. It questions England's tolerance for such methods while noting the need to curb lawlessness and praising organized action by young collegians in Bristol and San Francisco. The tone debates extra-legal measures to enforce order.
The piece argues golf suits aging and prime athletes alike, citing Willie Ritchie and John Evers who use golf to maintain form for boxing and baseball. It extols golf’s physical demand and health benefits, urges winter play in a city with good facilities, and critiques prohibition zealots while urging charitable view of differing opinions.
This piece uses a fable about six blind men and an elephant to critique narrow views on public utility management. It argues conservatives and partisans often see only one side of issues like regulation and corporate freedom, urging balanced assessment beyond partisan blinkers.
The political journalist John A. Hennessy rises as a key figure in New York politics, with betting odds shifting in his favor as he denounces Tammany Bossism. Once a state investigator and editor, he now stands poised for influence whether as police commissioner or accounts chief if Mitchell wins.
European powers express willingness to extend friendly sympathy to the United States in efforts to stabilize Mexico. The dispatches note Uncle Sam’s vigor and experience, urging cross Atlantic cooperation to support a tottering republic’s recovery.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram questions why Texas cannery efforts lag while 100000 cases of canned goods head to Galveston for distribution. It notes Texas hog farming and the cotton crop's share of funds being spent on bacon imports, urging local production to boost payrolls and home shipments.
Philemon de Jambise, a Paris attache, travels to Villers after a postcard from Mile Juana, a Brazilian dancer. He begins tango lessons, fails with her, earns a dance chance, and later impresses her with effort. Juana reveals tango’s decline as she hints at a new dance, Ecucouna ya, leaving Philemon swooning.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports clashes between striking miners and mine guards in Southern Colorado. Twenty eight dead and forty one injured prompt Governor to declare insurrection and call state troops to restore order. The piece questions state intervention to enforce living wages and safer conditions to avert further bloodshed. It also includes a brief political aside and a humorous quote about money circulation.
A young man hurrying along Losoya street stops when an old man in a buggy calls "Come here." The youth asks what service is wanted, and the man reveals he was calling his dog, not him, causing a puzzled but humorous moment as understanding dawns.
An official egg collector for the Visselhovede Society, funded by Hanover poultry farmers, earned $220 in a year while farming himself. The society, with 145 registered groups and 13,554 members, markets 440000 eggs annually through a town egg house and ships to Hamburg and Berlin. Members pay 25 cents to join and $1.25 per share with 12 cents paid up, profits offsetting share costs.
The National Editorial Association will hold its next convention in Houston, Texas, with Lee J. Rountree of Georgetown credited for securing the gathering. The Texas Press Association supported his efforts as he led the fight, and the group will visit other Texas cities, with Dallas planning tentative entertainments by the Dallas Press Club.
The Indianapolis News outlines headlamp options for locomotives. It compares oil, acetylene, incandescent electric, and electric arc lamps, noting beam concentration methods and safety concerns with arc beams on double track lines and block signals.
The note describes a Lenox house party gown in gendarme blue lansdowne with a black silk sash tied high at the waist. Epaulettes of white embroidery, rows of black silk buttons on the bodice, and black silk strap slippers with matching stockings complete the ensemble.
The Electrical World notes high candle power compact headlamps paired with parabolic reflectors can produce beams allowing engineers to spot a person a thousand feet or more away. Tests show visibility differences by clothing color, with white most visible and black least. Express train braking at 60 mph ranges about 1200 to 1500 feet, and incandescent lamps could reveal obstructions early enough to reduce speed for passenger safety.
The St Louis Times reviews the life of Charles G Gates son of John W Gates noting his wealth and spending, questioning how fortune and environment shaped him. It portrays him as a warning about wealth's influence and a life not fully used for good before his death before forty.
The New York Times outlines President Wilson’s stance on the Mexican situation urging world nations to accept his approach. It notes his pledge against territorial conquest and emphasizes equality with Latin American nations and opposition to expediency by foreign concessionaires.
The article recounts the Monroe Doctrine's origins in 1823 as a response to European attempts to control the Western Hemisphere. It notes Spain's prior monopoly, Latin American revolutions, and Britain’s stance, then outlines the doctrine’s core principle: noninterference by Europeans in new Latin American governments while safeguarding existing property rights and limiting territorial expansion. It also mentions the Mobile declaration attributed to Secretary Daniels and Wilson’s expansion of the doctrine.
The New York Sun relays Professor Metchnikoff and Professor Fibiger proposing cancer as a microbic disease with external transmission. A Franch savant argues hygiene and avoidance of raw foods prevent cancer, citing bananas and berries scalding, flame sterilization of utensils, and toasting bread as protective measures.
The testing machine in Washington D C is the largest precision testing device in the world. It measures breaking strength spring under load and other engineering data for columns beams girders and other construction shapes. It can test specimens up to 34 feet long and exert 1 150 000 pounds in tension or 2 300 000 in compression while remaining delicately sensitive to a finger pressure.
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