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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
4
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The dedication of Elephant Butte dam near Engle New Mexico signals a major step in the reclamation service program. The dam creates a vast forty mile lake in lava plains and cactus country, storing floodwaters for irrigation across the valley and providing electricity for farms and towns. The project required building a railroad and town, overcoming western challenges, and has transformed desert valleys into productive lands, hailed as a strong national investment.
A foreign waiter who has served royalty in Europe notes Americans lack refined dining manners. He observes that diplomatic charm once valued in global circles contrasts with today’s American table etiquette. He asserts Americans do not know how to eat properly.
A writer contrasts American eating habits with European cuisine arguing England's diners know how to order prepare and serve food while the American approach lacks refinements. The piece laments US focus on supplying others rather than cultivating domestic culinary culture.
The War Department expands air power with hundreds of aviator recruits from National Guard and civilians, plans for 120 new aircraft and balloons, and aims to field well-trained airmen and standard planes to match or surpass other nations in aerial warfare, signaling a thorough national defense effort.
A Rome dispatch notes Italy enters a second winter of conflict with strict economy measures. Lights will be dimmed at night to save fuel, among ongoing efforts to meet modern war demands. The piece critiques national thrift and contrasts climate, geography, and historical habits with wartime hardship.
The article notes Italy’s wartime restrictions on luxury sweets and sugar, with prices raised to ration scarce resources. It warns against profiteering as treason and critiques Italy’s delayed economy mindset, contrasting it with Germany and Britain as the conflict persists.
The Baltimore Sun notes intense speculation as many Americans have money to invest. People burn money in rising markets, fortunes and comfortable sums are made, and thousands wish to invest. Business is good, wages high, and employment open to any who can work.
The Springfield Republican notes the rigors of electioneering, describing Mr. Hughes as exhausted compared with Bryan and Roosevelt who endured long tours. It recalls Bryan’s 1896 pace of eighteen speeches daily and Roosevelt's high energy stunts setting the pace for campaigns.
The Dallas News notes Texas peanut yield will be a record breaker and could be enlarged to feed the state if needed. It warns some residents might resist digging up peanuts for themselves and would require redistribution.
National Geographic Magazine notes Port au Prince with 60 000 residents relies on donkey caravans for nearly all produce. Open air markets occupy public squares daily from early morning until late afternoon, then caravans begin the trek home. Haitians also consume large quantities of salt cod imported from Massachusetts, praised for its abundance and suitability in local markets.
A Houston Chronicle reader laments drivers who race crossings before trains. An unnamed locomotive engineer warns of the extreme danger and the agony felt in the cab as a collision becomes imminent. He urges motorists to slow down and give engineers safe crossing assurance.
A close look at the Beaumont Enterprise assessment notes that changes of administration are seen as disturbances to business. The piece observes no anticipated political shift from this year’s election and highlights strong industrial activity, high farm prices, and robust employment under Woodrow Wilson.
Ibrahim el Sayed and two friends plot to split a treasure after a night’s work. They entrust Fatma Dhiat el Washed Ali with a signed deed and treasure, but Ibrahim secretly retrieves it. The others pursue legal action. Fatma remains calm and the judge sides with her, leaving Nasr Hussein and Khalil Acmed puzzled by the outcome.
At the Empire Theater today tomorrow and Thursday Vitagraph features headline the bill led by Nance O Neill in Souls in Bondage a thrilling underworld drama. Earle Williams stars in the Scarlet Runner with a tale of romance rebellion and automobile adventure. Friday and Saturday showcase The Nuremburg Watch. Blanche Sweet appears in a new Paramount Norma Talmadge film Fifty Fifty a romance drama success for San Antonio movie fans.
Triangle presents Fifty Fifty with Miss Talmadge in a role of a young woman who forsakes New York Bohemian life for marital bliss. Bessie Barriscale and William Desmond star in The Payment as a humble woman striving for fame and love. Scoundrels Toll, a Keystone comedy, provides lighthearted laughter from start to finish.
Charles Dilllingham presents Watch Your Step a spectacular syncopated musical comedy at the Grand Opera House next Saturday matinee and night and Sunday night. The show is a real musical comedy not a revue with over 75 performers. Chorus costumes are the latest fashion and promise a momentous theatrical event for theatergoers.
A banquet and reception at the Masonic temple honored Mrs. Mabel Lee Eldridge grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star of Texas. About 250 members attended as she was crowned with flowers. She was escorted by Porter Loring and presented a silverware set by Mrs. P. C. Blank.
Women of San Antonio designate Saturday as tag day to aid persecuted Armenians. An organizing meeting at the Menger Hotel named officers and chairmen for city sections. Volunteers will wear red white and blue ribbons and collect free will offerings to assist relief efforts.
AUSTIN Tex October 24 Fire nearly wiped out the elegant country home of T. M. Scott six miles southeast of Austin with an estimated loss of about 8000 partially insured. The blaze reportedly started from a defective flue. Scott a longtime rate expert with the Texas railroad commission. Due to distance the Austin department could not assist.
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