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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1911
Page
4
The San Antonio Light reports September 1911 circulation, listing daily totals and unsold papers. Figures show distribution across locations with specific counts and surplus or shortage indicators for the month.
An editorial argues women deserve voting rights while noting uneven impact where granted. It cites Colorado experiences, property taxpayers like Helen Gould and Mrs. Russell Sage paying taxes but lacking political say, and suggests local San Antonio enfranchisement on local issues. The piece condemns masculine governance over nuisances like dust and criticizes broader gender inequities.
The passage argues that if local women had voting rights they would spark a push for sidewalks, street paving, and oiling projects to break years of mayoral inertia, claiming the current administration would vanish like water on blotting paper.
An eight year old in New York was arrested for stealing food to satisfy an extraordinary appetite. The judge and father debated nature versus nurture, with the judge praising appetite as a sign of vigor and growth, while noting limits and the need for proper nourishment.
Two physicians report that hot soapsuds provide a permanent, positive and instantaneous relief from poison ivy. Dr Berry Hill and Dr Robert T Morris describe personal success and urge thorough scrubbing of affected areas with soapy water as a remedy.
Gabriel Hanoteaux argues France’s wealth comes from its laboring classes and diverse economy. He notes rich agriculture from north to south, thriving textile and luxury industries, and the thrift of French savers. He emphasizes cities attract the ambitious, but warn of urban discontent, and credits France with lending surplus capital globally.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch comedian Jeff de Angelis criticizes vanity on stage and the rise of critics and press agents. He argues the public tires of pretension and fake glamour and can be won back by removing fictitious theatrical values and restoring merit.
A historian recalls Bismarck once saying the value of a final cigar rises in scarcity. He guarded one Havana through the Koniggratz fight, deciding to give it to a wounded dragoon in need, sparking a poignant image of gratitude and shared humanity.
The Grand presented Miss Nobody From Starland a Hamilton Hough and Adams Joseph E Hough musical comedy with Olive Vail Bertee Beaumonte Maude Emery and Robert H Wilson among featured cast. The show drew loud encores and packed houses praising its lively dancing singing and clever second act.
Manager Spencer touts this week’s Plaza program as an improvement over prior bills with acts by Madame Tes how cats performing in near perfect discipline. Rodbert Wingate’s bone antics, Harry W Fields with schoolchildren, Alsace Lorraine and company in a novel musical act, eight kids enabling comic roles, and Eunice Burnham alongside Charlotte Greenwood in a short sketch headline a week praised by patrons.
Poem excerpt praising Mother of Men, Yale spirit, and the enduring legacy of fathers and sons. Vivid lines celebrate honor to veterans, the power of mothers, and the timeless link between past and future in a sturdy chorus.
The piece highlights good singing and skilled piano work by Jack Williams James Thompson and Carl Gopelane as they stage a burglars union parody to elicit screams. Cecilia Zavashi wowed the audience with classics and a fine Last Rose of Summer aria, marking a standout operatic display in town. A two hour Plaza session promises to banish the blues this week.
The Royal presents a high quality vaudeville program headlined by the Eatons, American trick roller skaters, with difficult feats and a Merry Widow dance. Nichols and Sherwood perform slang filled comedy in Trimming a Rube. Madame De Rosa features cats and monkeys, Leonora Vennet offers impersonations and songs, and Sterling and West close with His Wife's Brother. A fine film and the orchestra's lively tunes finish the show.
In Paris discussions imagine a world circumnavigation by aeroplane. Proponents claim 1200 kilometres daily possible, but calculations show 16 000 miles circumnavigation at 50 degrees latitude yields about thirteen days eight hours. Verne's dream of eighty days foreshadowed real progress, yet remains aspirational.
A Chicago News report suggests the financial market faces risk from President Taft's public speeches and may seek insurance protection against unpredictable remarks. The piece highlights investor unease over rhetoric impacting markets.
Miss Lillian Cadwell served as judge at a special bond election in Vancouver Washington becoming the first woman to hold such an office in her state.
A wagon carries two people and game while two guns and many rabbits lie in the bed. A companion laments that rabbits suffer from early hunting before the open game season begins in November, as some hunters seek practice by shooting rabbits.
From the London Times, a forecast of Congress reassembling in Washington with two parties seeking popular measures for next year’s elections. The piece argues protectionist tariffs and trusts harm business less than sudden shifts. It notes few lawmakers come from trade and manufacturing. The essay links the rise in American sales to volatile legislation and widespread legal conflict.
Mark Hanna criticizes Wall Street leaders for failing to grasp public sentiment. He mocks J P Morgan as childish in politics and calls John D Rockefeller merely crazy, highlighting the divide between business acumen and political sense.
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