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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1913
Page
20
London fears a wave of strikes as postal workers threaten Christmas stoppages and rail disruptions loom. Officials warn millions in losses and a postal backlog could paralyze London during the peak holiday period.
Prince Henry, King George VI's third son, begins at Eton with the standard new-boy rites. He stays in the Lubbock house, will be publicly named Henry but nicknamed by peers, and endures initiations such as fay duties, foot patrols, and right-hand pavements. He will be a Dry-Bob focusing on football and cricket, then moves to Oxford and the army.
London reports that since cremation was legalized in 1885, 11,947 cremations have been performed nationwide. Official figures to the city corporation show 1,064 people cremated last year.
Berlin reports the Balkan wars unsettled Europe with Greece tilting to France over a marshal's bid. King Constantine may assume command, Venizelos stays central, while Egypt plans replaceable consular courts with mixed Egyptian and European judges and major legal reforms.
Advertisement promotes oak tabourettes as sturdy plant supports priced at 48c each, regular value 75c. Offer limits one per customer and excludes phone orders or deliveries.
Paris reports that American college girls rarely marry and French students show similar trends. While some admit non single status, most have had many chances and favor intellectual partnership over traditional marriage, preferring to paddle their own canoe rather than marry an intellectually inferior man.
Ruggero Leoncavallo, author of Pagliacci, to conduct opera season in America. He is eager about visiting San Francisco, where many Italians reside and his operas are warmly received, reflecting his fondness for the city and its music-loving culture.
England and Wales recorded their lowest birth rate on record in 1911. The registrar general’s report notes a long term decline from a peak of 86.3 births per thousand in 1876, with the latest figures showing a continued drop.
Provisional figures for 1912 indicate a fall of 0.6 per thousand. The report notes later marriage for both men and women, with mean ages for husbands 29.03 and wives 26.80 in 1911. A lower birth rate is linked to postponed marriages and unwillingness to assume parental duties. Wales and the North lead birth rates. the South, especially London, lags.
A Sand Mountain listing reports Uncle Ben Innes saddened by the loss of his fiddle. The thief’s act has left him unable to play, sitting by the door and patting his feet to keep time as he trembles at the prospect of being without another instrument.
The text cites Mr Justice Darling defining a sher iff as half oyster half lord mayor. Thackeray is noted by Edmund Yates for a cartoon about oysters in New Street with tubs marked Is a dozen and Is 3d a dozen, highlighting rivalries.
The Duchess of Connaught has recovered enough to motor daily in Bagshot park and may return to Canada with the duke after her son Prince Arthur’s wedding. She will not attend Ottawa winter social affairs, with Princess Patricia stepping in. The article also describes how her daughters stayed by her side during illness and includes a section on iceberg sighting distances under varying conditions.
City council rescinds ban on shooting within Pittsboro North Carolina to allow residents to shoot robins driven into town by a severe storm. Four thousand robins were killed. The mayor, absent at the time, resigned as soon as the incident was known.
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