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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light announces its availability at hotels and newsstands across the United States, expanding distribution beyond Texas readership.
The San Antonio Light reports October 1613 total circulation 624,687 with evening and Sunday editions. Evening daily average 19,926 copies and net paid 18,530. Sunday edition 21,670 total and 20,113 net paid. Day-by-day totals listed as 48 follows.
The piece surveys Massachusetts governor race contenders including Foss as an independent, Bird the Progressive, Walsh the Democrat, and Gardner the Republican, with four minor parties also in the field. It notes Bird's wide campaign and the battle over vote split implications for Gardner and Walsh amid a volatile political landscape.
The article analyzes a bitter New York City mayoral contest pitting Tammany Hall led by Charles F. Murphy against reformers backed by Fusionists and figures like Whitman and Mitchel. It notes the Sulzer scandal’s impact, recalls Roosevelt’s recall proposal, and critiques local political ethics amid a volatile campaign atmosphere.
Readers observe a political clash over Sulzer and the recall in New York's Sixth Assembly District. Supporters cheer his reception while opponents warn about mob rule and recalls of judicial decisions, with a conservative press critique and urban political blind spots.
The article notes Ulster’s opposition to Irish Home Rule and warns it could topple Asquith’s government. Nationalists insist on faith with home rule in exchange for support, while Ulsterites vow to resist any Dublin-controlled Parliament. A proposed cut of Ulster from Ireland is discussed as a possible temporary solution. The piece highlights potential political and military upheaval if a settlement fails.
A delegate at the Episcopal General Convention notes Chinese idol worship demands concrete blessings and timely results. They warn a shrine’s life is precarious when gifts fade, as countryside worshippers may abandon or even smash an inefficient idol during bad times.
Commerce data show September imports totaling $43,000,000 above any prior September. Twelve months’ export excess reaches $705,500,000, second only to 1907-08. A bullion export surplus of $33,000,000 helps cover exchange needs, leaving the United States not further in debt to Europe.
Pierre recalls a summer with Lucien Premery and his daughter Guillemette at a riverside estate. A bat is killed during a birthday dinner, revealing Guillemette's cold heart and ending Pierre's love as he witnesses the cruel act.
The New York World notes General Huerta’s speech to the diplomatic corps aims to pressure the United States, contrasting his tyranny with Lincoln’s presidency. The piece endorses a tougher U S stance against tyrannies and European support, while also recounting Japan’s literary censorship and bans on certain authors and works.
Secretary Lane returns from a Western trip convinced that land could support crops and meat for the nation. He favors federal drainage and irrigation projects but notes cattle ranching benefits from grazing on non irrigated ranges. The piece urges reclassifying public lands to protect grazing and allow farm and stock raising coexistence.
An Indianapolis News commentary lauds President Wilsons South and Central American policy as principled and far sighted. It praises his view that idealism belongs in diplomacy, urges readers to study his Mexico strategy, and argues for a spiritual union, not mere material gain, guiding American relations.
The El Paso Herald reports record rail freight and passenger business across the Southwest. Copper mines operate at full capacity near 17 cents, with hopes for better markets. Stockmen, farmers, and merchants all show strong profitability and growth prospects despite Mexican trade restrictions affecting some sectors.
Charles W. Eliot says immigrants lack power and vitality in the American people noting they reproduce their own kind while ten classes of Harvard graduates failed to reproduce themselves. He argues generations following immigrants become Americanized, but the initial vitality is fading.
The article notes a fashionable tunic worn for afternoon tea in drawing rooms, paired with a trailing skirt. It contrasts traditional English tea customs with American informal elegance and discusses evolving American racial stock, immigration patterns, and declining rural farming, highlighting diverse regional identities.
The Fort Worth Record notes Texas farm loan costs rise under the Robertson insurance law. It alleges a legalized money monopoly taxes borrowers 11 to 15 million dollars yearly and argues repeal could cut rates to 5–6 percent. It questions why lower rates did not exist before the law.
The Philadelphia Bulletin calls Congress to allow temporary re enlistment of Oregon crew from the 1898 voyage around the Horn for the ship’s Pacific canal cruise. Rear Admiral Clark returns to command. The piece urges locating survivors in San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York and elsewhere to assign them on board for the canal dedication and the Atlantic Pacific fleet unity.
A young man courting a girl arrives at her door and fails to get a response as the bell seems broken. After several attempts he raps the door panel and the door opens to a surprised smile from the girl. She notes he had not knocked earlier. The mishap ends with the realization the doorbell was broken.
The New York milk committee seeks continued falls in infant deaths through 1913, forecasting a rate near 97 per 1000 births if current trends persist. Through three weeks, deaths of babies under one year are 128 fewer than last year, with 485 fewer deaths overall for the year.
A Italian engineer Signor Ulivi reports a new electrical oscillation force called Frays that can trigger explosions through metal coverings at distance. Experiments at Havre blew powder contained in metal boxes underwater eight miles away. The device is portable and usable on land sea or air, capable of exploding ammunition in battleships fortresses or dirigible airships like Zeppelins.
A Pennsylvanian man deserts his wife over her daily ball games and talk of baseball, urged to buy her a season ticket as punishment. A German newspaper matrimonial ad praised a woman’s lineage and virtues, seeking correspondence for marriage with a wealthy, refined suitor.
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