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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
4
Disjointed OCR notes mention Antonio Gazette San Antonio Light editors Charles Diehl and Harrison Beach with publication info and pricing. The fragment hints at 1881 post office second-class matter and Associated Press report.
The Vermont September barometer predicts Woodrow Wilson’s national victory if the Republican plurality falls to about 5900, the smallest since 1856. The analysis notes Vermont’s historic planks and warns of a monumental GOP defeat given the current margins.
Dr Harvey T Wiley challenges Colonel Roosevelt over claim to credit for enacting the pure food law. He accuses the colonel of showing interest only after public support grew, implying political posturing rather than prior involvement. The dispute centers on who deserves recognition for the legislation.
Kansas tax figures show 67,000 horses lost in four years while 16,000 cars and 1,700 traction engines added. Eastern farms still rely on horses, but western wheat farms use traction engines plowing about thirty acres daily. Each engine costs 1000 to 2000 dollars, replaces eight horses and thirty workers, signaling a shift in agriculture and economy across states.
The article argues Colonel s opportunistic use of the pure food bill, portraying Dr Wiley and the Remsen board as pivotal to the law’s passage while manufacturers gain from its weaknesses. It predicts social shifts from horse to automobile transport and envisions future wars dominated by motorized vehicles.
Dr Robert Hugh Benson proposes a French theory that material objects can retain impressions from intelligent sources and that ghosts are emanations of minds. The piece notes renewed interest in occult science, cites energy conservation parallels, and suggests evolution could allow such sensing abilities.
The Iron Age notes April to June have a 68 percent higher favorable trade balance than all other merchandise. Total merchandise exports are $492,931,000 with $449,556,000 in imports, a $48,875,000 balance, while iron and steel exports reach $79,804,000 with $7,001,000 imports, yielding a $72,803,361 surplus.
A man recalls a romance with Muriel a high achieving woman who insisted on her own career and a business life. When job cuts force him from a firm she lands a man’s post elsewhere and the couple’s plans for marriage collapse. He reflects on home and true womanly instincts.
A dramatic July thunderstorm over Paris from Montmartre captures multiple lightning strikes near Notre Dame and the Pantheon. The article argues cities resist lightning due to metal structures and dissipation, contrasts with country risks, and urges precautions like staying indoors and avoiding water or tall trees during storms.
In a Sahara crossing from Wide World Magazine the narrator recalls a sudden desert sand storm that blasted for hours. The wind parched mouths and choked watches while sand battered horses, then rain and a plunge from heat to freezing cooled the scene. The party stripped to dry garments and later found the desert turning green with life.
George Hellwagon, an Indiana chauffeur, misses the main bet by failing to apply for a job at Oyster Bay per Knickerbocker Press.
A fragment quotes the Philadelphia Record imagining how Penrose's support for Roosevelt six months earlier might have altered politics and personnel around Boise. It reflects on political alignment and hypothetical outcomes in a concise news remark.
A narrator recalls a breakup over marriage differences. A woman returns a ring, declaring work matters more. He admits he never married the girl, learning later the post she claimed, Muriel, caused the rift and irony.
In a letter to the editor a writer urges support for a constitutional amendment allowing cities with over 5000 inhabitants to draft their own charters without legislative referral. The author cites Governor Colquitt’s stance against recall and proposes local self governance as a remedy to centralized control.
A Mexican family checks into the Menger Hotel while a Mexican youth learns to operate a telephone. The clerk, puzzled by a call from upstairs, asks the boy to answer and translate the brief Mexican exchange, ending with a shrug and a claim of not knowing English.
Chicago Tribune reports the Garden of Eden restoration as part of Si William Willcocks great irrigation scheme to revive fertility in a region of Asiatic Turkey along the Euphrates and Tigris. Engineers aim to rebuild ancient works, regulate the rivers, and claim soil richer than Egypt. The site is thought to lie north of Ur at the Tigris Euphrates junction.
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