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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
4
Real estate listing notes Paul Block Inc offices located at 280 Fifth Avenue New York NY Mallers Building Chicago IL and Fremont Building Boston with multiple regional sites. The item records office locations and addresses for the company chain.
The September 1913 total circulation of The San Antonio Light reached 585,806 copies.
American suffragists face a money issue as a New York lecture tour by Emmeline Pankhurst raises questions of 1500 guarantees and a percentage of gate receipts. Dr. Anna Shaw objects to financing militancy, while a $1000 speaker fee prompts further dispute within the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
The fragment hints at candidates distancing themselves from a political slate or ticket, seeking survival by leaving the ticket line. It suggests a scene of political maneuvering and defection amid electoral pressure.
A Washington statement argues saddles used by Federal soldiers are not military unless labeled so, while listing rifles deemed military. The column mocks the logic amid broader critique of neutrality laws tied to the Mexican unrest and contrasts railroad and coastal shipping competition effects.
A test shipment of Pacific pears reached New York in eleven days signaling record freight times and intensifying railroad competition. The canal’s opening could reshape routes, lowering water rates and widening access to Central American fruit regions, bringing Southern California closer to U S markets.
In Connecticut a constitutional amendment kept legislators at $300 a year, despite debates on higher pay. The public weighed competing views on attracting capable leaders and economic efficiency, noting risks of graft and the value of businesslike governance.
The anti sensationalist senator from California said his remarks about Mexico were misconstrued as favoring intervention. He stated he wants greater protection of American life and property in Mexico and left the stand without detailing how to achieve it.
In Texas, agitation for new charters grows as officials push reforms. The Star-Telegram notes imperfect city governance persists, some leaders deliver results under pressure while others stall. Charters will be changed and remodeled across the state for some time.
The piece argues parcel post would bring farm produce to the consumer’s pantry at lower cost, but middlemen persist in the chain. It jokes that only government shipping and four uniformed chefs delivering greens to the table would make spinach popular, noting the lack of reliable sources. Fort Star.
A famed France hunting set at a Brittany chateau unfolds a tale of rival loves. Marquise Diana courts Ramond de S., a young cavalry veteran, as the marshal of the hunt grows increasingly perilous and the night ends with a shocking revelation about desire and danger.
Daily fashion hint from Deauville describes a white perm fabric beach costume with red silk tassels. The skirt is draped to reveal buttoned boots while a bolero with red-faced revers opens over a red silk waistcoat. A fine meses embroidery chemisette sits within the waistcoat V and white embroidered silk gloves extend to the elbow.
Julian Eltinge stars as a clever male impersonator in The Fascinating Widow at the Grand Opera House. The light farce features Eltinge’s comic talents, Spanish dance and elaborate costumes. Evening show repeats tonight with the audience highly engaged.
A dream sequence shows a brutal chase where Raymond is mauled by hunting dogs until a marquis orders restraint. Morning reflection reveals a vow to quit hunting. A joke about reason and instinct follows and a note claims twenty eight pounds of blood in an average adult.
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