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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light reports September 1918 total circulation of 686,800. Evening edition daily average 19,844 copies. Sunday edition 21,886. Net paid daily averages: evening 17,784. Sunday 19,022. Figures exclude spoiled, left over, unused, returned, samples, advertisers and exchanges.
In a New England city widow Mrs Hudson celebrates her thirty ninth birthday noting she will stay young in thought. She has health, funds, and a contented mind, insisting age is a matter of mindset and vowing to remain thirty nine for life amid friends at her annual party.
The article argues that American belief mislabels Constitutionalist forces in Mexico as brigands. It notes long running stereotypes of insurrectos and revoltosos as bandits and cites Governor Carranza allies. It signals a shift toward examining recent developments in the Mexican conflict.
A lengthy probe concludes with David H. Tolman, dubbed king of loan sharks, convicted in New York and sentenced to six months. The piece condemns usurious practices that trap victims with hidden charges and chained offices run by women to avoid direct contact, highlighting the ongoing challenge of enforcing usury laws and protecting the desperate borrower.
President Wilson urges Congress to ban political campaigns on Capitol Hill as lawmakers chase senatorial ambitions. The recent Hobson Underwood exchange shows how campaigning on the House floor corrupts deliberation and wastes public funds. Officials argue campaigns belong outside the legislative chamber to keep lawmaking effective.
The Department of Agriculture warns there is no prospect of cheaper beef. With more mouths to feed cattle numbers fall. Argentina and Canada lack surpluses after Europe is served. Per capita meat consumption drops from 162 to 152 pounds annually, while the wealthy still consume near previous levels.
The London Chronicle recounts early football origins from a third century Derby game honoring a Roman victory. It notes the first ball from a Danish invader head, quarrymen in Purbeck kicking to claim land, and a fourteenth century edict banning football for martial training. Shakespeare’s King Lear is oddly cited.
George Armytage confronts Muriel about her past and her child as he seeks to marry her. She reveals her three year old daughter, sparking jealousy and a fragile hope for happiness. After a breakup, Armytage learns Muriel has moved on and sees a chance for reconciliation when they meet again in the country.
A man pledges marriage and escape to a new world, but Muriel refuses leaving her deceased child and her grief. He admits ignorance of her feelings, begs for another chance, yet she condemns their union and their future remains divided by the child’s memory.
The New York World condemns Huerta as a tyrant and usurper who dissolved congress and imprisoned over 100 members. It argues Porfirio Diaz governed as dictator, but fled, while Huerta shows no legitimate title and threatens further atrocities. Constitutionalist forces are urged to reach Mexico City as the true liberators and avengers of Congress.
A consignment of ten 56 pound cases of Argentine butter reached the Manhattan refrigeration market via the steamer Rive Plate Creamery Co. representative W Tyrie Stevens at 26 cents a pound fob, 2% duty, with retail expected around 41 cents. Experts call the shipment satisfactory with good color and flavor.
In a Sunday school class, teacher questions the children after a Scripture reading. Eleven year old Ruth answers that the parable teaches they should always be prepared for the bridegroom's arrival.
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