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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1913
Page
4
A record lists Paul Block, Inc. offices in New York at 230 Fifth Avenue Chicago at Masters Building and Boston at the Remont Building.
The report shows The San Antonio Light total September circulation at 685 806 with daily evening average 19 244 and Sunday average 21 865 copies. After removing spoiled and unsold copies the hot paid daily average is 17 284 for the evening and 19 022 for the Sunday edition.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers faces a public-spirited debate over a New Haven rule adding fitness to seniority for fast trains. Engineers voted in favor of a strike, but public safety and sentiment favor the railroad move to ensure capable crews. The piece warns against a strike harming passengers and stresses safety as the public interest.
From a trade union perspective, a strike could damage union labor for years. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is praised as sound and fair, and a single misstep might ruin that reputation.
The piece weighs climate and culture in dress standards, cites Anna Held and Anthony Comstock, and credits Jane Addams with nuanced views. It questions whether there is a universal modesty and notes Addams asserts fewer clothes with modesty may be better, yet leaves the issue unsettled.
In a humorous German-set incident at Würzburg Prince Charles of Wrede, a cavalry captain, struggles with a busy telephone line as a maid and a prince clash, the line repeatedly cutting off the conversation and leaving the details unclear. The tale contrasts class and romance with a comic twist on misconnected lines.
In Germany Prince Charles allegedly insulted a government owned telephone operator calling the switchboard run poorly. He was tried by court martial for beamtenbeleidigung and fined seven dollars. The operator won a small moral victory as a reminder that officials deserve respect.
The article argues San Antonio leads Texas in climate and progress due to a businesslike nonpartisan administration and solid bond issuance. It warns rivals envy the city’s momentum while urging continued effort in roads and entertainment to attract winter visitors and maintain dominance over other metros.
A gray haired Springfield mother on the witness stand defends her son charged with poisoning his wife. She says he is guileless and still her boy despite the alleged crime, reflecting on his innocence and past prayers. The father is deceased, and the mother clings to memories of a hopeful future.
A Port Arthur News note urges residents to spread a thin coat of coal oil on standing water on and near their property to prevent mosquito hatching. One tablespoon can cover a five foot pool, and the quick five minute task brings comfort and freedom from mosquitoes now.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram urges Texans to back the growing “tin bucket brigade” as a force for home enterprise. It argues imagination spurs progress toward factories, pay rolls, brick and mortar, derricks, and machinery, contrasting with pie counter politics.
In an ancient Greek ruin a professor and narrator speak with refugees drifting from wars and empires. They hear tales of hunger siege and peril as eleven escapees perish in a squall and a shared faith frames their fate.
A retired major recalls wartime rations and laments market frailties in Indianapolis. He cites deceptive bag use, eggs sold by count rather than weight, and price tricks at the East Market. He proposes glass measures, weight pricing, and a half cent coin to curb huckster schemes.
Secretary of War Garrison advances a Roosevelt era policy to remove senator and congressman influence from military appointments. Congress largely supports the move, noting President Wilson’s similar stance on civil appointments and praising reduced political interference in the army and navy.
Near the Akwa Yafe river falls in West Africa a bush path on the British shore leads to a cup shaped cave. The narrator notes an interesting discovery within a low mood space less than a mile from the riverbank.
Fashion notes describe a soft chiffon like fichu scarf knotted over a white cotton batiste lingerie blouse with pintuck and machine embroidery bands. It includes a white mohair skirt and buttoned boots of white buckskin. A moss green silk sash adds color for indoor winter wear.
The passage describes a cave complex where underground rivers join near a wall like opening. Ododop people value the bats for food citing a hunting method with armed men, lanterns, nets and long poles to drive bats from ceilings to exits. The air is clear besides bat odor.
A Waco Times-Herald piece argues Secretary Houston should act promptly on farm woman improvements while warning against government paternalism. It claims roads, vehicles, and media transformed rural life and cautions that expanded government spending erodes liberty and invites corruption.
The Cincinnati Inquirer discusses extending wireless rules beyond passenger ships. It argues all freight steamers should be equipped to monitor and report, making oceans a more watchful, responsive network and cutting traffic tragedies and losses.
Theaters in San Antonio present Bought and Paid For with Helen MacKellar and George MacQuister delivering strong dramatic work. Jimmy Gilley earns the biggest laughs while Virginia Briain and Robert Stafford face love, pride, and a sober husband’s control. The production balances suspense and humane moments, ending on a hopeful note as the deception is resolved.
In this era of peace and arbitration the article argues that national weakness invites external aggression and internal disruption. It cites Mexico, Turkey, Balkan kingdoms, and especially China, noting that lacking military and financial strength leaves a nation at the mercy of stronger powers and international jealousy. Strength, the piece concludes, safeguards a nation’s destiny and its people’s opportunities.
From the Utica Observer readers are told that new tariff provisions are not yet fully in force. The piece urges patience as the country adjusts to dates for operative provisions including raw wool free on December 1, 1913 and new rates on wool manufactures in January 1914.
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