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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
4
A concise listing shows Paul Block, Inc. locations at 230 Fifth Ave New York lallers Building Chicago and Arement Building Boston with offices in multiple cities.
The San Antonio Light September 1913 total circulation was 585 806 with the evening edition averaging 19 244 daily and 21 365 on Sundays. Net paid daily averages were 17 284 for evenings and 19 922 for Sundays. Harvey L Steele certifies the figures sworn Oct 1 1918 with notary Ivy M Shults. The Association of American Advertisers and N W Ayer & Son certified nine months endings to support audit.
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad reduces through train speeds by twenty minutes and limited trains by ten to curb wrecks. The era of excessive speed is giving way as safety gains priority, with improved roadbed and equipment required.
The piece notes King Edward and U.S. presidents shaping theater and film reception by leaving or avoiding viewership of questionable works. It contrasts Taft and Wilson behavior, recalls Wilson at vaudeville and Thaw films, and discusses British sport tradition clashing with American win-at-all-costs methods in modern Olympic prep and British reactions to such methods.
The article argues that moving from sixty to seventy miles per hour dramatically worsens stopping distance, citing recent accidents caused by engineers failing to halt after danger signals. It warns speed alone is unsafe without better equipment, roadbeds, rails, ballast, steel cars, management, and vigilance.
The letter to the editor analyzes Mrs. Pankhurst upcoming U S visit and how American suffragists may respond. It outlines four attitudes toward militant methods and cautions against misinterpretation while noting the potential for renewed energy in American suffrage efforts.
A Boston Herald note ponders how given names derive from places and events. It cites Somerset House registers with historic examples like Primus Secundus Ter tius Quartus and Quintus from Canada, and recalls Venice and Boston as possible name origins for notable figures.
Brenkendorff and Baron Salten share a drink and plans to marry Fraulein Jutta von Wardenfels. A telegram reveals the heir, sparking a reckoning with age and love. Brenkendorff learns Jutta loves his nephew and accepts aging, yielding a quiet, rueful humor.
A description of a black and white striped silk chiffon garden frock with a looped blue Pompadour tunic and patent leather dancing boots. The outfit includes a chiffon bolero, embroidered wrists, pale gray buttoned tops, a striped waistcoat, long gloves, and a mitted skirt.
The article notes growing popularity of phonographs in Mexico with records in Spanish leading the market. It mentions a patented neck shaving guard secured by straps for safe back-of-neck shaving. It also reports Australia purchasing over 25,000 automobiles from the United States last year.
A London merchant from Great Tower Street named Finsler began aiding Southwark park after seeing poor children in the adjacent slums. He now spends over 2500 dollars annually to provide amusements and supervision, with boys playing cricket and girls taking part in storytelling and craft activities while babies rest on rugs.
From Khartum reports describe a locust swarm spreading over the city while ditches and Cypress screens prepare for the pest. Sudanese efforts aim to protect crops as locusts threaten fields and the potential for widespread damage remains a concern.
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