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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1912
Page
4
The total August circulation reached 572,878 copies. The evening edition averaged 18,471 daily and 20,615 on Sundays. After adjustments for unsold and similar items, net paid daily averages were 16,2776 for the evening and 19,012 for the Sunday edition.
Western observers dissect General Nogi and his wife’s hari kari as a clash of Old World ritual and modern progress. The death is read as extremism, stoicism, and a relic of antiquity testing Nippon’s fragile alignment with global norms.
An eminent pathologist at the Red Dana convention argued that Rooseveltism is a disease with clear clinical signs, a view echoed by the New York State convention where Oscar S. Straus participated.
The Bull Moosers at Armageddon bounced the reluctant Mr. Straus into a rough platform fight led by Suspender Jack McGee and Tim Woodruff's ally Prendergast. The mob turned the session into a chaos filled scene with staunch protests over the selection process and the integrity of the convention.
Reports from the Mexican border say rebels led by General Salazar captured the El Tigre mining camp and threaten to hold Americans for ransom or seize mine assets. A separate El Paso report says Mexicans under Rojas forced Americans to leave and fired on travelers, with one captured. The piece warns U S action or border citizen response may follow if aid is not given.
The text argues the United States must shield its citizens and their property in Mexico to the fullest extent. It states protection should come from Mexico but if unavailable the United States must provide it, regardless of consequences, with safeguarding of its people as the primary aim.
The piece argues against Pardoning the McNamara dynamiters and urges California Governor Johnson to reject the petition. It warns that granting clemency for political reasons would erode law and order, inviting future crime and undermining American justice. It stresses the need to set a minimum serving period before executive mercy is possible and cautions against radical actions.
The piece contrasts U.S. farmer credit costs with the Raiffesen system praised by B F Yoakum in World’s Work September. It notes that in 1909 German rural banks handled about 12,000 banks with roughly 1.63 billion dollars in loans at under 5 percent, many on bare promises without security.
A new portable generator for wireless telegraph use by the U S Signal Corps uses a hand cranked motor with a gearing system. Two or four workers can drive it to maintain constant speed, delivering about 200 watts and a 15 mile sending capacity, with the unit light enough to pack on a mule. A separate wheelbarrow design is described that dumps its load forward as the handles are pushed down.
Inside a London smoking room Lord Stix and guests witness a disturbance by Harold Slingsby, who demands gin. The next day Slingsby confronts Stix in a squalid room. a confrontation ends with Slingsby’s murder by a dagger. Stix returns home and resumes heavy drinking.
A hotel register shows the name F R Megan with 1913 marking a planned Kansas City celebration in that year. He says a new Union Station costing six and a half million dollars will open, with boulevards reconfigured to terminate at the station, claimed to be the largest and finest in the United States.
In Grosnevor Square, a drunken husband reveals a murderous past as he rants about lovers and rivals. Lady Stix, horrified, calls a servant and orders a policeman to the scene, fearing a deadly confrontation. The grisly history centers on a broken head and a deadly secret.
The Chicago Tribune remarks on the difficulty of approaching John D Rockefeller and dismisses any chance of confrontation with the Black Hand, suggesting they will never get close enough to affect him.
Boston Globe notes Senator Cummins shifts roles as a progressive for Roosevelt and a Republican for his bid to stay in office. The piece contrasts his stance with party lines and forecasts implications of his dual positions. It also mentions the United States leading in production exports and imports across sixteen of thirty four industries.
The passage extols the Panama Canal Zone as the most orderly community with minimal crime and strong industry. It lauds engineers and the vast public works, noting meticulous organization handling vast dirt, cement, and rail operations. The writer highlights elegance, higher living standards, and unmatched public-works organization as an unprecedented achievement.
Mr. French Strother lauds the chautauqua and lyceum movement as a major American force. He cites over 1000 assemblies last summer with about 1,000 attendees daily and roughly 10,000 lyceum courses reaching millions, shaping knowledge entertainment and political views.
The piece explains Armageddon from Revelation, identifies it with Esdraelon Megiddo in Palestine, and notes its strategic, martial history from biblical times through Napoleon. It details the geography, name origins, and the plain’s role in ancient and modern warfare.
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