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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
4
The San Antonio Light announces its merger with the San Antonio Gazette and notes its exclusive AP day report service. Primary office located at 609-611 Travis Street between Avenues C and D.
The notice lists prices for daily and Sunday subscriptions by carrier and mail. Rates include 1 month and 1 year options with varying prices for domestic and Mexico deliveries, plus single-copy pricing.
The record notes Paul Block, Inc. offices in New York at 250 Fifth Avenue Chicago at Mallers Building Boston at the Safe Deposit and Trust Building and Detroit at Kresge Bids reflecting a regional office network.
The San Antonio Light reports six month totals ending September 30 1916 with daily average circulation 22062 and Sunday 26756. Net paid averages are 20477 daily and 24424 Sunday. Audit Bureau of Circulations certifies the figures as authoritative for advertisers. The paper guarantees 50 percent more paid circulation direct to San Antonio homes than any other newspaper.
A Baltimore anecdote recounts Lena Kehl a German woman misinformed about a war she had not heard of after living in Indiana for seventeen years. She says she saved $402 from two dollars monthly, implying inconsistent finances and curiosity about travel to Germany while awaiting work in Baltimore.
Chicago health officials report on a diet squad experiment testing if a person can live on forty cents a day. The project sparks public intrigue as underweight individuals lose weight and overweight participants gain, illustrating a familiar scientific principle long known before Fletcher.
The Fletcher method of eating is recognized as a scientific approach and the Chicago diet squad is seen as endorsing this method. Dieting is defined as eating the right amount of wholesome food to nourish the body without overtaxing the digestive system. The piece suggests dieting can appeal to both the fat and the lean and may draw broader interest than addressing the cost of living.
The Ex-students' Association of the University of Texas advocates a student loan fund to aid Texas students unable to finance college. The plan aims to broaden higher education access, viewing it as public policy that strengthens productivity and state growth, with support seen as lasting social evolution.
The piece contrasts Southwestern Texas and Southern California in climate promotion. California plans a broad campaign, spending 500000 annually for five years to attract manufacturers investors and tourists, far surpassing Texas advertising.
The nine southern California counties unite for a five year advertising push to attract manufacturers tourists investors and homeseekers. The California Publicity Board with thirty six directors plans to spend heavily to surpass Florida Cuba and the Caribbean in promoting the state. A December 2 ad in the Saturday Evening Post will highlight California roads and opportunities.
The New York Post notes after years of litigation Texas could gain 15000 acres of land from New Mexico once El Paso hearings end. The piece hints New Mexico would benefit less, while Texas gains a valuable tract viewed as enhancing Texas territory.
Austin American notes potential resignations in the diplomatic corps and predicts Wilson will reappoint most. The paper cites the president’s own remark that “some men grow great in office and some swell up” and suggests several may be replaced by more capable individuals.
The first Farmers' Community club for Anderson county has been organized by Swanson Chapel residents with aid from the A. and M. extension department and the county demonstrator. The effort aims to improve social and business conditions and is expected to inspire other counties to follow suit.
The Dallas Times Herald notes that the two houses that will tally the presidential electoral vote are the current Democratic ones, not the newly elected rere group. It asserts the eventual Republican House outcome will not affect the count, which will be conducted by Democratic majorities in both chambers.
W A Webb chief operating officer of the Katy initiates a policy to post each employee's name above their window so customers know who they are dealing with. The Democrat praises this “you know me and I know you” approach as good for both the railroad and its patrons.
The Houston Post notes that Japanese scientists visiting Texas came to learn about cotton production not manufacture. It argues Japan buys our cotton, ships cloth back at high prices, and that freight costs to the east boost costs, while mills and fields show contrasting realities.
The Congressional Union for Women’s Suffrage failed to win broad support by aligning with Republicans and endorsing Judge Hughes’ suffrage amendment. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the move risks reducing female voters to a sex based party and warns Western states show caution toward such tactics.
Lana County moves to enforce compulsory education starting next Monday under County School Superintendent P I Stewart. Truant officer duties will merge with the county probation office under J Ross Boles, with two assistants to locate absent children and compile lists from principals.
Martinus T. Steyn former president of the Orange Free State from 1896 to 1900 collapsed while addressing a women's congress. Born 1857, he studied in Holland and London, rose to attorney general and then judge before presidency. He played an active role in the Boer War and later returned to farming.
An auto accident four miles from Cuero in Texas damaged two cars. The eight passenger car driven by Mr. Allsup of Port Lavaca carried his wife and son and collided with a smaller car carrying County Judge Waldeck and County Engineer Benjamin. Both vehicles suffered damaged lamps and front tires. Allsup returned to Cuero with the other occupants as guests.
A colonel questions an elderly Black man about preaching. The man admits difficulty explaining the line “The Gospel is free” and jokes that some misread it as a call to not receive a salary, implying a clash of interpretation and need for income.
The Majestic Theatre's vaudeville program could be trimmed to two musical acts while still pleasing most patrons. Fritz and Lucie Bruch on cello and violin deliver sublime, romantic pieces such as Berceuse de Joselyn, with Hawaii themes and a magolia moon vignette. Other acts include The Garden of Alpha, The Midnight Follies, and Eddie Emerson with Jerry Baldwin, but several numbers could be omitted without harming the show.
Emma Bunting stars as Lena Rivers in the four act comedy drama at the Grand Opera House. The production features a strong company including Whitaker Vees Friedkin Sargent and Ryan with elaborate scenery and a popular love plot full of pathos humor and sentiment.
Mary Pickford headlines the Empire in Less Than the Dust the first film by her Mary Pickford Film Corporation. The production, set in India and England, features an orphan girl saved by a British officer and a budding romance amid battles bazaars and temple desecration with vivid sets and dramatic scenes.
The Marbury Comstock Company presents Very Good Eddie at the Majestic Theater on Monday and Tuesday nights and Tuesday matinee December 4 and 5. Producers claim a charming troupe of young women and capable singers plus proper material make the show entertaining beyond larger ensembles.
Review notes Mr Bartholomae's intrigue, Mr Bolton's text wit and Jerome Kern music. Production aims for polite air, making it distinct from similar current shows.
Andreas Dippel brings The Lilac Domino to Grand Opera House for December 5 6 and 7 with a matinee, following Broadway run. New York cast stars Yvonne Carle Bradford Kirkbride Joseph Carey Marie Hamilton Archibald Gilchrist Allan Ramsey Edward Crawford Andree Corday and a large chorus with augmented orchestra. Seats go on sale Saturday.
Reports from Athens say Venizelos supporters in Athens are alarmed and largely unarmed as Loyalists mark their homes with red paint. Vice Admiral Dufournet inspects the city and promises protective measures for Venizelos backers. The admiral may stay in Athens to prevent excesses, though Venizelist followers demand stronger safeguards.
City Club members name nine charter colleagues to choose a president two vice presidents secretary treasurer and four directors at a Gunter hotel meeting. The permanent meeting place is the Gunter hotel with weekly luncheons. A redraft of the constitution was approved and a charter application will be filed in Austin. The club aims for 150 members from various business and professional fields.
The body of W. H. Morrison, buried at Oakland’s potters field four years ago, was exhumed yesterday and cremated. The ashes were scattered on the Nevada desert by William States, a prospector who claimed to have received Morrison’s mining claim worth about 4000 dollars and said Morrison wished him to do the right thing.
Beeville Texas voters authorize the City Commission to purchase the Texas Southern Electric Co. water and light plant or, if that fails, to erect a municipal plant. Beeville operates on cash basis with strong credit. Money to be raised by interest bearing time warrants. Vote 121 for 54 against.
Corpus Christi launches a community drive to bring a large Christmas tree to Artesian park for Camp Scurry soldiers. Governor Ferguson and Mayors from Texas infantry towns invited to lead support with a sacred concert December 24. Santa Claus will distribute gifts, and fathers and families will be invited to join the troops.
San Antonio rifle clubs are invited to join the recently formed Texas State Rifle Association, presiding Colonel John A. McCalmont reports. The group plans a $5 initiation fee per club for 1917 with annual dues, funding an elimination shoot to select Texas’s national match team and medals for team members.
Charters issued for Texas Automatic Sign Service of Houston Leland Auto Company of Houston Perry Drug Company of Fort Worth The Chandler Motor Company of Texas R Lockhart Grocery Company Snyder and Scurry county First Mortgage Loan Company of Jacksonville Globe Automatic Sprinkler Company of Camden with Dallas as Texas headquarters Seay and Seay named agents
The dentist fears administering anesthesia to a youth described with a vacant, “nobody home” gaze while his assistant questions the hesitation. The scene includes the youth in a striped shirt and checked suit.
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