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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1913
Page
4
The San Antonio Light masthead fragment reads The San Lees and the San Antonio with no further context or article text available.
Republicans and Progressives openly challenge the Democratic tariff pledge to cut living costs, predicting political attacks regardless of relief from the Underwood measure. Bradley of Kentucky warns the plan may not redeem campaign promises as voters weigh the cost of living against future policy efficacy.
A critical review of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad cites fourteen wrecks in twenty seven months with seventy four killed and about 400 injured. It singles out rear end collisions, fog and signals failures, and argues the line runs through dense populations demanding extreme caution. The piece condemns the railroad as uniquely prone to disaster and calls for stringent safeguards.
The passage argues that income growth and expanding wants drive living costs higher. It rejects returning to a primitive economy or pursuing tariff-based simplicity. It asserts that cheaper living requires free expansion of human wants and progress, not retrogression. It emphasizes the need to balance costs with ongoing economic development.
The Panama Exposition in San Francisco faced a setback as organizers decided to move Columbus era caravels, replicas of Columbus ships from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, to San Francisco. The text questions the link between Columbus vessels and the exposition opening.
The article recounts Chicago’s opposition to sending three caravels to San Francisco for the Panama exposition. After decades in Jackson Park lagoons they were briefly moved, then halted by injunctions amid ownership and return disputes. Exposition promises collapse amid lingering distrust of relayed relics. Balboa’s boots suggested as a real Isthmian relic.
Seaweed varieties including laver sloke dulse and soyle bread are described as seasonal foods among Scottish fisherfolk and regional dishes in Ireland and Wales. Methods include drying pounding stewing with salt pepper vinegar boiling or grilling and mixing with barley meal or flour to form affordable breads and cakes.
The Department of Agriculture announces a motion picture film showing bees at work on honey production. The film, shot by L. S. Sullivan, documents the progression from hive departure to returning with honey. It will join an educational series on agricultural topics.
The Credit Lyonnais name appears on branches across France mirroring a nationwide bank presence. Lyons resembles Philadelphia in scale, surprising travelers. Marking its fiftieth anniversary, Henri Germain is honored as founder, with the bank credited for promoting thrift and supplying capital for French commerce and enterprise.
The bankers push a lobbying effort to Washington to modify the currency bill in ways pleasing to bankers. Their detailed theories were debated long ago, and the Bankers oppose certain features, arguing the cry for currency reform exceeds any single method. The Temple Telegram notes opposition among the bill’s backers and a loosening of the country’s stranglehold.
In Moscow the rose sellers, a ragged band of children, position on the new bridge by Brest station at dawn and sing for passersby. A sudden car crash brings tragedy as a boy is hit, and a mother, Maria Vasilyevna, ferried to the police station faces the death of her child amid harsh city life.
The noted fashion column says mohair and mohair wool blends lead fall street wear. A model showcases a soft pliable fabric with a simple front slashed skirt to reveal dainty boots. Oriental sleeves girdle and fine tulle complete the modish look.
A woman unable to write asks to take roses from a mortuary where she notices a corpse. She receives permission, returns to the room, and greedily pockets a precious bundle of faded roses, checking the count for errors.
The Observant Citizen notes a central cottage sign promising a nicely furnished room. Over June to August the sign stays, rooms are rented briefly, then signs return. At 11 pm a sharp sound reveals the cause: a person practicing scales, ending with flowers and pricking stems, a strange scene linked to the room’s vacancy. Transportation issues in 1912 cut cattle exports from Jersey and Guernsey to the United States from $91,286 to $78,971.
The poem frames a year’s cycle of vaudeville shows as Summer bows to audiences while Autumn waits, and Winter’s bells signal festive entertainment for the town before Father Time closes the year.
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