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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
2
The article argues President Wilson’s reply to the German note demands unconditional surrender of the German leadership. It notes allied approval of armistice terms, outlines likely demobilization and occupation measures, and warns the war could continue if German leaders refuse. It emphasizes the need for German people to rebel if rulers persist.
The article argues Congress will not levy a strict per capita tax for war funding but will distribute the burden by earnings with lighter loads for low earners and heavier for high earners. It stresses saving ability matters more than income and notes variability in saving rates among households, urging proportional sharing of the financial duty.
President Wilson's latest action on Germany's peace overtures is viewed as the climax of a diplomatic drama. The note explains the move and defers to allied governments on an armistice, with terms to be set by military advisers. Germany must accept concrete terms or face a military conclusion to the war.
The speaker argues that the United States must raise the proposed 8 billion dollars from the people's savings and payments to the government. He urges Americans to begin retrenching and to bear their just share of the financial burden, emphasizing national wealth, wartime duty, and personal responsibility. The message calls for immediate personal savings and frugal living to fund the war effort.
Opinion piece arguing Germany uses idealism for profit and warns against trusting wartime promises. It contends tangible guarantees are needed, cites Wilsonian rhetoric, and notes practical consequences of upholding ideals. References to Liberty Bonds and figures imply broader wartime moral and political stakes.
A collage of verse and prose features Loisette and Jean’s home scene with vivid natural imagery, then shifts to J Howard Cummins’s critique of modern proofreaders. The piece contrasts poetic nostalgia with a tongue in cheek list of misreadings, ending with Cummins’s claim that many cannot mark errors even when they can read correct text.
The piece describes Montenegro the Land of the Black Mountain with a red blue white flag bearing red initials Hs and a crown, notes the merchant flag lacks these marks, and recounts Montenegro as a hardy mountain people who joined the war on August 4 1914 to aid Serbia against Austria before being overrun. The restoration of Montenegro as an independent kingdom is listed as an ally aim.
Letters intended for publication must be signed by the writer and the writer's name will not be published unless desired. Anonymous letters are not accepted, with typewritten or stamped signatures counted as anonymous. Publication does not imply endorsement by Sublivbers of The Light.
Dear sir a reader outlines a home treatment for influenza starting with bed rest hot mustard footbath hot lemonade and a strong lemon juice mix followed by sweating then castor oil a light diet and rest. He also advises nasal steam with camphor and a method for smokers to expel smoke through the nasal passages to clear airways. Colonel Edwin B Baker endorses the advice and signs as National Guard and military instructor.
London reports oil patches on the sea linked to sunken submarines leaking oil for weeks. Navy aerial patrols guard the area and banish subs with bombs. A maintained map records cases and stays up to date.
The German siege of Paris in 1870 led to a remarkable scene at Fontainebleau where a shabby peasant aided French defenders. He was thought a worker, but was Rosa Bonheur, famed painter, who wore men's clothes and fought beside soldiers. Her patriotism matched her artistic fame, with The Horse Fair in New York’s Metropolitan Museum as a highlight of her career.
San Antonio residents are urged to inventory and donate phonographs and records for soldiers in camps, naval stations, and on ships. The drive runs Oct 26 to Nov 2 with a receiving station at Hertzberg Jewelry Company phonograph department.
Special Cable reports deserters from Alsace and Lorraine entering French lines as German forces weaken. Deserters face court martial risk and loss of nationality under German law. after the war, no amnesty for traitors is expected. Also notes tobacco scarcity harming German vineyards and lack of nicotine extract substitutes.
A collage of wartime humor and miscellany notes includes satire on Turkish bathes and peace talks, local flu in Texas, a Marihuana Gazette endurance contest won by Marcelle Wave, a schoolyard fire rescue, and a soldier’s letter from France. Loreene Hassell signs from Nixon, Texas.
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