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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
4
The San Antonio Light announces its publication office at 509 511 Travis Street between Avenues C and D. Exclusive AP day wire report service is provided for the San Antonio audience.
New York Chicago Boston and Detroit offices of Paul Block Inc list bids from Malters Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Kresge as part of a regional bidding round.
The July 1916 daily average circulation was 22 421 copies and the Sunday edition 26 671. After deducting spoiled and unsold copies the paid daily average was 20 634 and the Sunday paid 24 857. The Audit Bureau of Circulation certified the figures, asserting the paper can guarantee 50 percent more paid circulation direct to homes in San Antonio than any other newspaper.
Opinion argues Congress will pass an eight hour law for railroad workers. It claims taxpayers will bear the added costs via freight rates, detailing wage effects under a proposed twelve and a half mile per hour standard and overtime shifts. The piece critiques the four railroad brotherhoods and predicts a heavy public burden.
Twenty percent of railroad workers earned about thirty percent of total wages. If Congress passes an eight-hour day, the impact on operations would total roughly 170 million dollars, with possible deviation. The piece warns the Democratic party to weigh the heavy burden such a shift would impose on the nation.
The article critiques American school history as teaching fables rather than facts. It cites Puck magazine’s corrections of Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Rock and Raleigh and Joan of Arc legends, arguing that textbooks idealize national heroes and mask real significance. It urges teaching from original documents to grasp present events.
The piece notes a dove’s migration south as an omen of early cold weather for San Antonio and warns residents to prepare. It recalls past dove shots during last year’s hunts and mocks theories about warm or sandy climates, urging readiness for a cold season.
The forecast links cold weather to a visiting tourist crowd, asserting that cold spells precede or accompany tourist arrivals and noting the influence of San Antonio on the situation.
Dr. P H Dudley after 38 years claims a method to prevent interior fissures in steel rails caused by manufacturing flaws not wheel loads. The new process could reduce rail breaks and railroad accidents, improving safety and possibly advancing steel production across industries.
A convoy of five trucks and three trailers carried forty four tons of steel from a New York customs warehouse to a Hartford Connecticut plant, covering one hundred forty four miles, illustrating the great value of motor haulage for overland transport.
The Dallas Journal quotes Mr. Colquitt opposing direct popular elections for U S senators. He supports legislative selection as formerly, arguing the people should have as little role as possible in choosing senators.
The Houston Post notes Texas towns hit by fire rebuild rapidly on a larger scale with better protections. They will apply fire safeguards through laws and repeated cautions to prevent repeats of the catastrophe and to safeguard residents during rebuilding.
The United States Public Health Service offers a free bulletin on The Summer Care of Infants aimed at mothers. It emphasizes fresh air clean surroundings and decent food to protect babies from heat and poor nutrition in overcrowded tenements.
The Galveston Tribune notes progress in judicial acceptance of modern inventions. It recalls typewriter and telephone as new, then the dictograph, now moving pictures enter witness boxes. It warns trick films offer realistic possibilities in evidence.
The Houston Post notes Texas public schools will enroll about 1 240 000 pupils next year with nearly a million expected to attend. Crowding threatens effective teaching, and Houston faces strain to accommodate 5000 or more new students in already overcrowded facilities managed by Superintendent Horn and staff.
Count Roger de Poigny, a wealthy Frenchman avoiding war, is drafted after a medical check and goes to the barracks. In battle and hospital he encounters a mysterious poilu and an ancestral gallery of soldiers come to life, guiding him to courage and a family reunion.
Take oranges and scoop contents to form cups. Fill with vanilla raspberry jelly and whipped cream. Chill until jelly sets then serve as a light luncheon dessert. Copyright 1916 International News Service.
In a downtown office Jimmy asks for permission to stay home to watch his grandmother and mother at a baseball game. The boss doubts their fitness but grants Jimmy the afternoon off to mind his younger brother.
A talking beetle named Buggy Beetle leaves home on a mischief filled day. He chats with ants, ignores danger, and is captured in a leaf and cage but survives and returns to his mother. He promises not to run away again after a near scare.
Louisville report by Captain Koenig praises U S neutrality after the Deutschland voyage. It asserts the United States maintained strict neutrality, welcomed German and British merchant ships alike, and rejects claims the submarine was a warship. The German emperor congratulates Koenig on his safe return to Bremen.
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