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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
4
A military analyst condemns Turkish forces as largely a phantom due to supply failures and weak artillery. He argues German influence could not offset systemic Turkish inefficiency and warns such incompetence may cost a nation its life as Bulgars and allies press toward the capital.
The piece criticizes post election planning by defeated parties and analyzes Senator Dixon and the Bull Moose movement. It notes voters who backed the progressive banner, the idea the Republicans become a third party, and hints at upcoming battles in Arkansas with Dixon predicting ongoing fights.
The piece argues the Progressive party’s fate hinges on Theodore Roosevelt’s role. It notes factions blame or defend Roosevelt’s influence, cites Dixon’s fight talk, and predicts future shifts as splinters reformulate under new leaders while the colonel’s position remains pivotal. It urges watching the colonel’s moves amid political realignments.
A discussion on newspaper accuracy contrasts American critics with European reporting on the Russian heir to the throne. The piece lists daily European claims about the Czarevich’s injuries and misfortunes aboard the Standart, noting many reports were false or speculative.
The text mocks European papers for a fictitious boy injury by a pony on a yacht, praising American newspapers for accuracy. It notes readers should trust U S reports over European speculation about Russia's heir apparent.
A Jacksonville Florida gathering of the Southern Medical Association on November 12 13 and 14 will unite leading physicians and public health officials to promote scientific disease control in the South. They seek to remove health obstacles for Northern homeseekers and call for a clean health bill as paramount in real estate and regional development. Surgeons general and public health service members will attend, signaling a national effort with broad support.
A Century Club member recalls W Bayard Cutting as a steadfast optimist who once used a Mississippi farmer tale to counter pessimism. The farmer joked amid floods that eight catfish landed in his wheat field, then enjoyed breakfast with waffles, illustrating cheerful resilience.
A Philadelphia lawyer recalls a London shop tale where a dilapidated chair is claimed to have belonged to Louis Cross eye, king of France, despite the observer doubting the monarch's existence. The connoisseur notes the salesman’s insistence and a ticket marked Louis xr.
Helen Keller criticizes both old and new chivalry in a Metropolitan essay. She contrasts legendary knightly virtue with modern social duties addressing poverty and women’s education, urging equality and honest rights over possessive ideals.
Robert Haven Schauffler argues in the November Metropolitan that first impressions of the Grand Canyon vary. He contrasts literary exaggeration with his own experience of a landscape whose colors and forms reveal immense beauty and scale rather than dread.
Wisconsin launches state life insurance for normal citizens with policies up to 3000 dollars. Clerks treasurers banks and inspectors act as agents receiving premiums with no extra pay. Options include annual semi annual quarterly or monthly payments and a 1 percent commission to the policyholder if they collect. Policies offered include ordinary life ten year endowment endowment at 65 term insurance and annuities leading to a pension after 66.
The late vice president was a valued counsellor and prudent leader, a loss to the organization that honored him and to the country for his admirable public service. He was a devoted follower of his party and a faithful official, respected across Washington and admired as an American.
Memorial notices celebrate Sherman as a loyal Republican, upright and fearless. Articles from New York Herald Philadelphia Inquirer Washington Post Cincinnati Enquirer St. Louis Post Dispatch Baltimore American praise his kindness, cheerful disposition, and lifelong service, noting his death leaves community and party in mourning.
The Waikiki surf board scene near Honolulu is described with how to ride the outer waves. It covers board size mahogany six feet long and techniques to lie flat, balance, paddle, and time the takeoff. The piece notes muscle training and rapid decision making for standing and steering along the wave wall toward the beach.
The New York World analyzes Chicago court records showing many men abandon wives and children while few women desert under poverty. It argues women display greater loyalty to home and offspring, enduring hunger and self denial to protect dependents, surpassing male notions of courageous devotion.
The interview with Miss Elizabeth Risdon discusses her views on beauty and posing for photographs. She notes her shyness and shares practical tips on hair, makeup, posture, and lighting to preserve natural likeness and avoid outdated fashions.
A signed letter to the editor references the Dr. Wiley preservative episode and Roosevelt remarks. It includes a satirical telegram to Roosevelt asking for cash price for an ear of Sodium Benzoated Bull Moose hash and mocks his medical supporters as braying Jacks.
A Chicago broker recounts a humorous apocryphal tale about John D Rockefeller. As an infant his mother sang Sing a song of sixpence and the baby interrupted asking to make it a quarter to go. Detroit Free Press.
In a hotel, a man demands stamps but the clerk at the Gunter explains post offices are closed for Sherman’s funeral. He buys a quarter's worth of one cent stamps and moves on as another customer listens to the clerk’s formula.
The passage depicts a couple driving through the Bronx at twilight when a distant zoo lions roar spurs a frightened reaction from the woman. The man, a heedless character, jokes about fleeing to a gainer or judge as the lions loom behind them.
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