This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
28
A Huertista general at Vera Cruz refuses landing of sailors from the USS Louisiana for a baseball game. The piece notes ongoing Mexican revolutions harm US interests and suggests a diplomatic repercussion of denying Mexican bull fights on American battleships.
A discussion over the proposed change of Ireland’s national emblem from green and harp to blue and a sunburst sparks Irish American ire. The article notes green as a symbol tied to Ireland but warns the harp’s association dates from English influence, while suggesting a new flag might lack the harp image.
The piece traces Ireland’s vexed flag history from golden crowns on blue to the harp in Henry VIII’s era and discusses deprecated green and blue symbols. It argues blue and gold sunburst could symbolize Ireland’s truth, justice, and national aspirations against oppression.
A columnist argues boys today seek different stories from past classics and praises Alger Optic and Castleman for capturing boy minds. He notes taste shifts, preferring tales about inventors or athletes while maintaining that boys remain essentially the same despite changing eras.
The essay argues classic novels like Treasure Island Treasure Island by Stevenson and adventures of Long John Silver appeal to boys. It defends enduring value of Boyed tales such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn against claims that modern times lack worthy literature for youths.
A Tennessee bill intended to curb livestock roaming ended up prohibiting livestock owners from running at large due to an engrossing error. The legislature and governors passed it, creating a law likely to cause enforcement quirks. Some suggest amending to detain both animals and their owners.
A provocative note tracing jewelry from prehistoric shells and teeth to modern social display. The author argues jewelry signals power and status, likening early cave men to today’s jeweled elites, and compares infantile joy of gems with flirtatious fashion.
The El Paso Herald praises progress among African Americans, noting limited freedom time, race and political barriers, and a growing middle class of skilled, law abiding workers. Booker T. Washington is credited with elevating the American negro through technical, agricultural, and domestic schooling efforts.
An old priest from Tombolo, now bowed before Pope Pius X, recalls the youthful borrowings Giusepe Sarto made from his vicar. The pope, recognizing the voice and the debt, repays 500 lives from his private purse and grants a curacy, a gesture described as sovereign pontiffs paying such interest.
A collection of traditional sayings about marriage family and virtue. Proverb topics include wifely loyalty maternal love parental priority and caution against overreliance on appearance or others advice. The tone blends moral guidance with social expectations.
In Paris, banker M. Davricourt ponders a widow and orphans fund while a poor father pleads to sell a necklace. The banker offers five hundred francs, citing personal expenses and charity obligations. The man accepts, torn between saving his daughter and the banker’s callous calculation.
Daily fashion note suggests replacing winter tailored fronts with silk bound slashes and a sealskin waistcoat for a Paris tailleur. The new design features a much-lapped skirt with several buttons for easy adjustment to walking and dancing, paired with buttoned boots and colored kid tops.
The Houston Chronicle calls the Mexican election a null act under constitutional provisions. It argues one third of the Mexican Congress is jailed, showing Huerta can override legal limits. The piece says the election was a planted blind to lure the United States, with Huerta ruling by blood rather than ballots. It warns against recognizing him and labels the vote a fraud.
Waco editor John Henry Kirby warns that without immediate reforestation efforts lumber could rise from $25 to $100 per thousand board feet within 25 years. He suggests scarce timber might push adoption of fire resistant materials and favors concrete construction as a long term benefit.
British city Widnes plans a major municipal gas plant expansion to meet rising demand. The current plant serves about 7,860 customers with consumption near 520 million cubic feet annually and costs 9 12 cents per thousand feet. The new plant aims for 3,000,090 cubic feet daily capacity and potential for further increases.
The Tid Bits item notes Edinburgh hotels collect pennies from swearing visitors for charity. Dumfries rooms feature Burns chair prompting "stand treat" when memory of the bard is toasted. Aberdeen temperance hotels require signature attestation of teetotalism. Glasgow hotels run Sunday charity subscriptions and some host divine services. North hotels wake guests with bagpipes or a posthorn.
The piece maps 1913 as 2573 in the Japanese era and marks major anniversaries since Commodore Perry’s arrival, early treaties with the United States, Kagoshima events, the Meiji restoration, Tokyo’s establishment, calendar reforms, civil code revision, the Union Hymnal edition, and the 1908 arbitration pact with the United States.
A New York Sun analysis questions how the Wilson administration and party realignments will affect African American voters. It notes small shifts toward independence from Republicans, critiques Bull Moose hopes, and predicts Republican suppression of southern black influence in key states. It asks whether blacks will vote by revenge or stay with Republicans, given patronage and jobs.
The Kansas City Journal notes cordial reception of the president in Dixie. It highlights South born presidents, contrasts with earlier partisan zeal, and observes improved national unity under a Southern Democrat leading the entire country without sectional bias.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.