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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1918
Page
2
The author denounces German Austrian leaders accusing Karl and the National Council of hypocrisy as they claim peace while plotting war by issuing an ultimatum to Serbia. They argue the Central Powers sought conflict to justify aggression and destruction, condemning their conduct and defeat.
Leading New York modistes forecast that postwar fashion will shed military inspired garments and mannish designs. They expect dainty gowns soft colors and plenty of lace to replace trench caps helmets capes and uniforms as women gradually return to prewar norms while wartime materials conservation influences a slower transition.
The piece suggests American women will move away from wartime extravagance and return to pre-war feminine costumes. Modistes fear the shift as new styles reappear, predicting a revival that may eclipse earlier fashions while wartime dress rules fade.
The article argues the war's immaterial impact surpasses romance of battle, revealing how moral considerations push history toward Nature's law of continual improvement. It warns that ruthless aggression seeks to revert centuries of evolution, but nature dictates progress through disruption to restore balance and push life toward a presumed ultimate purpose.
The article recalls the decline of the market basket era as telephone and home delivery replace cash and carry. It laments strangers to the grocer and the butcher and notes how modern shopping relies on unseen purchases and delayed payments, contrasting past and present housekeeper behavior.
The piece critiques the cash and carry system and praises the traditional market basket method for shopping. It argues housewives gain value by selecting quality and quantity themselves, despite merchants delivering by telephone. It notes the merchant cannot know preferred cuts or exact needs, urging a return to personal buying. It ends with questions about postwar occupation and political revolutions in Europe.
Fragmented verses mix Tennyson and contemporaries in a column-like collage. The piece references memory and longing, sailors, mothers, and soldiers, interspersed with garbled OCR artifacts. It evokes a nostalgic mood of loss and longing across a coastal, rural setting.
The Majestic features John B. Hymer in a blackface burlesque on Faust described as a fantastic comedy novelty. The show includes vaudeville acts Blanche Leighton James Kelso Petty Beat and brothers Maurice Bierre Grace King Lunette Sisters and more with varied sketches and musical numbers.
Bryant Washburn and Rhea Mitchell star in The Ghost of the Rancho a Pathe special at the Grand today Tuesday and Wednesday with a story showing their talent and charm. The film is praised as entertaining with Washburn described as a regular fellow.
The War Council of the American Red Cross announces 291,044,000 needed articles produced in seventeen months. Knitted items and surgical dressings led the effort with eight million workers making supplies for U.S. forces and refugees abroad.
Washington November 25 permanent government control of all radio communication through Navy operation of wireless stations across the United States is proposed in a bill before Congress. Hearings before Representative Alexander's House committee begin December 12 with Andrews of Fletcher in the Senate backing similar measure. The plan would let the Navy regulate public access and set rates for service with compensation for acquired or closed stations, final settlement in court if needed. Porto Rican workers receive $80,000 in wages for travel time to Southern ports after armistice signing. influenza caused shipboard deaths during voyages back to the United States.
A collage of snippets references San Antonio youth in Swiss navy talks and Admiral Von Tirpitz, a coat cleaned after a tailor’s bill, jokes about hierarchy and cathedrals, and weathered opinions on democracy. The piece blends humor and wartime sentiment with stray phrases and names.
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