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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1912
Page
9
An editorial argues democratic government now rests on broad public participation rather than narrow interests. It urges efficiency like a business, better food safety, and scientific resource use, with government acting as a neutral steward serving civilization and humanity.
An analysis of Zeitgeist as the shared flow of ideas guiding culture and commerce. It argues language, art, and business reflect and shape collective thought, with public opinion ruling and enlightened self interest driving prosperity. It also lauds mutuality in commerce and ethical conduct as modern progress.
A Boston Transcript quote recalls a choir formerly sung at a prison now halted as prisoners objected that participation wasn't included in their sentences. Madge and Marjorie share banter about golf, noting George spends more on the ball than on his company.
A weekly digest notes Ensign Andres Hadley Butler drowned in the Hudson River and a Wyoming jail delivery escalates into a battle with guards. Turks capture Bylepolye. Montenegrins gain ground in Sanjak of Novipazar. Mexican train robbery near the border and John T. Cameron kidnapped. Roosevelt injury deemed serious. Taft and Wilson send sympathy. Giants win World Series Game 7. Schrank confesses to Roosevelt shooting. trans Atlantic fleet reviewed in New York Harbor. Postmaster classifications expanded. Wilson speaks guarded by guards in Wilmington. Turkey declares war on Serbia and Bulgaria. Mexican cabinet resignations and Diaz provisional presidency.
Baptist and Methodist ministers through a conference endorse moving Prospect Hill residents to reroute the I N G streetcar away from the tenderloin district. Delegates arrive for the interdenominational Sunday school convention. Notable events also include Press club officers installed at an eat fest and city council enacting a permit requirement for street charity soliciting.
The October 16 notice reports Governor Colquitt's hearing on October 30 to seek authority to resume Alamo restoration plans. It also notes the Southwest Texas Farmers union forming a clearing house brokerage, a court of criminal appeals denial sealing Burrell Oates' hanging, a gulf hurricane disrupting telegraphs, the Red Sox clinching a series victory, Roosevelt's favorable medical report, and Diaz’s Mexican rebel advance capturing Vera Cruz.
Soaking rains fall across the district around San Antonio. B F Yoakum, railroad builder, pledges support to local enterprises in a Chamber of Commerce speech. Thomas W. Lawson testifies before a committee about a plan to deadlock the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore with a $1,000,000 backing. Theodore Roosevelt remains in bed recovering from a breast wound.
City announces unpaid taxes must be paid while state statistician reports 1,000,000 children attending Texas schools. A gas explosion injures sixteen in Marshall. Legal and political items include Becker denying guilt in a murder trial and McCormick naming Hilles in testimony. A Chicago girl guards to prevent abduction and President Madero faces attacks as a resignation resolution fails.
Gov O B Colquitt formally opens the Harvest Jubilee as news notes the event. A steamer Camino loses a propeller fifteen miles from San Francisco and drifts with eighty passengers aboard. A legal case sees counsel for Lieut Charles Becker claim a conspiracy by four informers. Mexican troops near Vera Cruz face imminent battle. Ottoman bands massacre inhabitants of three Servian towns.
Special to the Light reports Illinois students celebrating a football win attacked the Walker opera house in Champaign. Charles Adkins spoke outdoors for Taft when surrounded by yelling students who fired revolvers. Police and stagehands clashed as the crowd moved to the crowded theater, risking a panic.
In Chicago, Miss Shugger praises Miss Passay for self possession while Miss Pepper contemplates her chances to dispose of property, noting a cautious attitude toward marriage proposals and implied wealth. The exchange centers on demeanor and potential inheritance.
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