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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
4
The first page photo in Tuesday Lieut shows the Express offered a five day old story as live news to San Antonio readers and earlier published a story in its October 17 issue. The Express is accused of passing off past content as fresh news and of reprinting material from Tue Lieut.
Reports from Cuba indicate a major uprising against President Madero led by Gen Felix Diaz. Diaz has seized Vera Cruz with part of the army and marine corps defecting, marking the first breach of loyalty to Madero and threatening the administration with loss of the key port.
The article argues Vera Cruz is Mexico’s key port and Madero’s communications lifeline. It asserts losing the port would cripple his administration, leaving only Laredo for imports while Eagle Pass and Juarez would still be usable. Rapid events near Vera Cruz are anticipated in coming weeks.
The column laughs at editors who misread McCauley. It explains that Roosevelt read Macaulay's Essays while Macaulay was a 19th century English historian. It notes telegraph editors misidentified the author and mocks their confidence in the AP report.
The Licutz reports J L Nichols & Co of Naperville Ill published The Birth of the New Party of Progressive Democracy a 350 page cloth bound book with thirty two full pages of halftone portraits and many pen drawings. The book is said to be approved by Colonel Roosevelt and appears to feature his likeness on at least half the illustrations.
A boastful preview describes a forthcoming political book by ge Payne with an introduction by Senator Joseph M. Dixon. It promises Roosevelt speech content and chapters by Bull Moose leaders like Pinchot and Straus, touting a colossal six decade movement and aggressive pricing from 15 cents to a dollar.
The article notes Colonel Roosevelt's habit of shaving before bed after a Milwaukee assassination attempt. It argues shaving is his personal choice and questions why he shaves at night, likening the mystery to a showman’s act. The piece ends with a humorous reference to the Fillyloo bird from a old performance.
Amid Scottish funeral carriage chatter a stranger in solemn black refuses to be a brother or cousin or friend of the corp. He reveals his doctor has ordered carriage exercise, so he chose the cheapest way to get some motion.
The York World comments that despite losses Mr. Archbold and Mr. Harriman acted as practical men who faced bad investments with philosophical resignation, reflecting on their still cautious stance in public affairs.
Sascha Spiridovich recounts meeting Vera Moruschkine in St Petersburg. He describes her daring theft of a church painting, her fierce intellect, eight languages and math genius, and her choice of science over love. A dramatic transformation follows as she mutilates her beauty to reject romantic passions.
Book by Will Irwin published by Bobbs Merrill with illustrations by Max J. Spero, a mystery featuring Rosalie LaGrange as a central detective. It presents a murder in a boarding house, a courtroom of clever twists, and three intertwining love stories set in modern city life with vivid character drawing and social commentary.
A signed letter from J T Pinnell thanks the paper and city for kindness during his stay, expresses hopes The Light will grow and shine for civic righteousness, and questions the paper's stance on liquor policy before departing for Joplin Me.
The piece notes Richard Middleton, aged twenty nine, killed himself in Brussels last December and is now a central topic in English letters. Frank Harris argues England should fund starving poets and widows with 100000 pounds a year instead of spending on Dreadnoughts, condemning neglect of Davidson and Middleton and praising Chatterton’s posthumous fame.
The Duke of Sutherland dines in New York praising the icy fruit. A voyage tale recalls a southern preacher denouncing melon stealing with a sharp-finger snap, and a backseat remark about a knife, as relayed by the Boston Post.
A boy slips into a cigar counter box, grabs several matches and exits before the clerk can react. The man outside, hoping to trade for a newspaper, confirms the theft and buys a paper, remarking on the rapid escape. The incident occurs near Wagner's drug store by Sap railroad ticket office and cigar counter.
A Paris published essay by M Ossip Lourie claims verbosity is a social disease needing monastic silence. The article notes American Congresses and rising political oratory amplify word use and cites Lourie as originator of verbo mania theory.
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