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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1912
Page
5
Ernest L. Brown of the San Antonio clearing house reports strong crop conditions in southwest Texas and rising cotton movement. He notes ample feed, rising bank deposits, and increasing clearing house totals from 1906 to 1912, signaling robust prosperity for Texas and San Antonio banks.
In Maine this summer a series of bull moose incidents disrupt farms and rail travel. A moose leaped a fence into a cornfield, tangled clothes lines, and fled with Stackpole family underwear. Another stood by a hay field watching a mowing machine, then retreated. A moose raced a Bangor express for nine miles, leaping a culvert into a brook. Silas Mosher hunts a 900-pound moose worth about 500 dollars next fall, planning to kill it for its head if not shot first, facing potential fines and jail.
A Cincinnati special committee of the Central W C T U led by Mrs. Cora Shroyer Miss Elizabeth Dwinnell and Miss Remmick urged Mayor Hunt to criminalize public love making. They reported sightings at summer resorts river boats and parks under electric lights where such conduct occurred.
A literary tribute traces Dostoyevsky from Moscow birth to Siberian imprisonment and Russia’s reverence after his death. It highlights his agony, long hardship, and moral struggle shaping Crime and Punishment, The Gambler, and The Idiot, with notes on Raskolnikoff and Sonia. The piece recalls Brandes praise and Dostoyevsky’s enduring national stature.
The Chicago News notes a promoter who urges support for home industry marries a girl from a distant town. It adds a remark about electricity pricing noting a sewing machine motor can stitch thirty thousand times for a cent at the standard rate.
Creamery Dairy Co. announces today specials Pineapple Fruit Ice Cream and Orange Ice Cream. Phones 87L.
In 1860 a Millersville physician recounts treating a man with Bright's disease who improved after receiving a medicine previously used for bowel issues. He identifies the remedy as Neutralizing Mixture later sold as Peruna, explaining catarrh can affect any mucous membrane including kidneys. The note promotes Peruna and mentions KA-TAR-NO as the current manufacturer with a free booklet offer.
Roaring headlines recount Roosevelt clashing with Archbold over Standard Oil funding, MacArthur dies mid speech in Milwaukee, rebels burn a Oaxaca merchant, New Mexico cowboys head south, Texas fires mostly preventable, rail earnings rise. a singer recounts a Midlands-era show career and life with Barnum, ending with a Creamery Dairy ad.
Three dozen people die as floods devastate western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio while a fire at Mission claims $60,000 in damages. The Nantucket ship burns in Baltimore harbor as other incidents unfold.
The mayor appoints officials to the street and engineering departments while The West Texas Bank and Trust Company serves as the citys fiscal agent. Militia is called out at Jackson Michigan to quell a convict raised disturbance. General Orozco captures Ojinaga amid regional unrest.
United States cavalry moves from Fort Clark to Presidio to deter potential looting by Mexican rebels near Ojinaga. A lone bandit who robbed a Louisville and Nashville train near Micheaud is captured by the engineer.
Mayor Jones pledges city aid to all San Antonio residents for street paving projects. Governor Wilson, addressing editors of multilingual newspapers, calls for a liberal immigration policy. Lieutenant involvement noted.
An ad promises fast relief from hay fever with Ely's Cream Balm a fifty cent bottle from a druggist. In five minutes nasal congestion throat soreness and sneezing are said to improve with lasting membrane healing and reduced sensitivity. Money-back guarantee if unsatisfied. H. L. Wagner agent.
Saturday marked the opening of the harbor at Aransas with a state celebration as visitors inspected the new docks and port facilities. The event signals a new epoch in Texas commerce amid a tense Mexican border situation with two more cavalry regiments ordered. Four Mexican rebels were killed by U S troops near Douglas Arizona and Uruguay announced plans to spend 30 million dollars on eight ships to deepen Montevideo harbor.
Middlesboro Mass residents Countess Ma gii and Count Primo Magic, famed Barnum attractions, open Primo’s Pastime on Summer street to sell cigars tonics ice cream pastry bread and candy. They plan to close in cold weather and tour the Pacific Coast in fall.
The question hints that ownership compels more daring behavior than renting. Higher commitment and investment create accountability and motivation to take calculated risks and pursue ambitious goals.
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