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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light listing includes offices for Paul Block, Inc. with New York 230 Fifth Ave Chicago Masters Bidg Boston Tremont Bidg, indicating newspaper bureau locations and contact points for the era.
The San Antonio Light shows August 1913 total circulation at 606 248 with daily evening average 19 211 and Sunday 21 352 copies. Net paid daily averages are 17 854 for evening and 19 798 for Sunday. Certification by the Association of American Advertisers and N W Ayer Son notes nine months ending mid 1912 and Feb 23 1913 figures.
The piece applauds Venustiano Huerta for a bold move in Mexico that challenges the United States, notes U S restraint, and comments on the broader debate over cotton farming, soil conservation, and agricultural diversification under federal guidance.
A Texas farmer near Manor resists scientific farming despite a Federal Agriculture Department demonstrator showing cotton yields rise from half to one and a quarter bales per acre when modern methods are applied. The case illustrates prejudice delaying agricultural knowledge uptake.
A Kansas City banker warns Texas readers the state antitrust law is difficult to interpret and may deter investment. He cites Magnolia Petroleum’s $500000 compromise as symptomatic, while critics say the law reflects suspicion more than policy and could chill business ventures in Texas.
The piece notes rising tensions with Britain and Canada after threats of war with Japan and Mexico. It reports Canada arresting an American citizen for playing penny ante while seated in a car in a Canadian town, signaling strained cross border relations.
The New York World notes a surge of diplomatic appointments from the state. Wilson taps Henry Morgenthau of New York for Constantinople while Page serves in London and Justice Gerard takes Berlin. Frederic Penfield goes to Vienna, McCombs declines Paris, and Francis Burton Harrison is named governor general of the Philippines.
The Holy Synod of Russia, reported by Le Cri de Paris and Indianapo lis News, bans the labels Lachryma Christi and Liquer de Saint-Georges as offensive. Postal workers are forbidden to obliterate the emperor’s image from stamps to avoid desecration of a sacred symbol.
A crowd incident ends in a murder as a man shoots another in cold blood. A criminally insane defendant avoids execution and is confined to an asylum. He later escapes to Canada while lawyers debate whether homicidal insanity equals acquittal. The question looms: which is the more dangerous, the Thaw or the law.
A Los Angeles film company maintains a vast jungle of wild animals trained for movie roles. The facility aims to become the world’s largest collection, housing stars like an elephant named Ted dies in Lost in the Jungle as Toddles rescues the heroine. Animals are trained with circus precision for the camera.
An agent for several accident and health insurers says business is slow but will pick up. He recalls a spike after the first major wreck on the New Haven and hundreds of policies written after the Titanic disaster, noting how disasters prompt people to seek protection.
A steamship loading Texas iron ore at Port Bolivar bound for Philadelphia iron furnaces faced a secondary scene as another steamer discharged steel rails. A linked news item offers a muted critique of current industry weaknesses reflecting on the transport and production chain.
A narrator recalls a cafe encounter with a young man who becomes his first haz ard victim in a night of Ecarte gambling. The clerk at the Bank of Commerce loses 2400 to 2500 Kroner, pleads for time, and breaks down crying for his mother before the narrator ends the game and helps him home. A vow of silence seals the night’s lesson on bravado.
The Palazzo San Giorgio on Piazza Caricamento in Genoa is regarded as the oldest bank. Built in 1660 by Gugglielmo Boccanegra it housed the bank of St. George and is linked to the origin of modern banking and the first limited liability company. The monk Oliviero designed it and its facade retains 13th century charm with pointed arches and columned windows.
Beaumont Journal argues for concentrating the regular army at a few well chosen posts to save government funds and improve discipline and interaction. It notes Secretary Stinson’s interest and Secretary Gar rison plans to tour posts to study the problem, aiming for a stronger overall organization.
A pamphlet issued by the American Museum of Safety in New York under director Dr. William H. Tolman urges strict city street caution. It lists rules for girls and all children guarding against car moves, stepping on and off, looking both ways, and avoiding dangerous behavior near cars and wagons.
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