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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
4
In San Elizario El Paso County the local constable and justice of the peace refuse to surrender jail keys or incarcerate themselves. The county judge and mayor stay out as the pair face criminal misdemeanor amid public interest and taunting, creating a farcical impasse.
The speaker argues self immolation suits heroic fiction but real life needs ordinary men driven by modest motives. The world can exist without heroes, yet require plain and normally actuated individuals who perform daily acts.
The article warns that Bernardo Reyes, a presidential candidate in Mexico, plans to challenge Madero if elected on October 1. Reyes has left the country and may ally with a New York junta to disrupt Mexico’s government, prompting cautious U.S. monitoring and possible action to curb trouble at the border.
Essay on opera librettos argues that librettists rarely match the composer but notes signs of improvement. It discusses the challenge of translating the master theme into strong words and the danger of overblown literary flourishes in librettos.
The piece Mona, an American opera by Horatio W. Parker and Brian Hooker, won the $10,000 Met prize. A long excerpt from the libretto is printed, illustrating the dream sequence and debate whether art can serve two masters in music and verse.
A Ciudad Juarez reform current reports young men pushing to end the bull ring horse abuse by forcing gored horses to stand after being injured. The movement sees elimination of the horse as a first step toward ending the brutal plaza de toros spectacle and advancing humane progress in Mexico.
Cuno H. Rudolph, a District of Columbia commissioner and avid cigar smoker, receives a patent lighter that fires but proves unreliable. While at his White House luncheon he sits with the lighter in his coat tail pocket and, after a movement, the lighter ignites the flame and the coat. He then plans to buy a new coat and more matches.
A collection of light quips and anecdotes from scholars and entertainers. Christine Mac Donald recalls echoes in Scotland versus American camp life, then jokes about dances for Mary, a railroad dream in Central America, poultry misadventures, and a Jersey cross country tramp with a potato hoeing boy.
The article lists President Taft's cabinet with current residences: Knox of Pennsylvania as Secretary of State, MacVeagh of Illinois as Secretary of the Treasury, Stimson of New York as Secretary of War, Wickersham of New York as Attorney General, Hitchcock of Massachusetts as Postmaster General, Meyer of Massachusetts as Secretary of the Navy, Fisher of Illinois as Secretary of the Interior, Wilson of Iowa as Secretary of Agriculture, Nagel of Missouri as Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Poem lines recounting loss and mourning after the voyage of the captain the speaker elevates as father and leader. The speaker laments the captain fallen dead while the ship reaches harbor with bells and exultation heard, contrasting triumph with grief. The piece ends with a mournful walk on the deck and tribute to the fallen captain.
The article recounts a scene at a Kansas City Union depot with a plus sized Black woman trying to pass gates and board a Santa Fe train to Topeka. A gatekeeper and a train porter, both Black, question her tickets amid racial slurs and tension.
The New York World notes Rudyard Kipling warns Canada against reciprocity with the United States and recalls his poem La Nuit Blanche. The New York Tribune quotes Kipling saying the dominion is an irresponsible minor needing guidance within the imperial circle.
Commentary labels Mr Kipling a political meddler and describes his past efforts as ineffectual in blocking or shaping reciprocity talks between Canada and the United States. The piece casts him as neutralized in the diplomacy debate.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle notes that the best outcome for Mr Kipling is quiet acceptance by the Canadian people, avoiding the anger seen about fourteen years ago when he wrote on their tariff. The piece reflects editorial tone about foreign opinion and tariff critique.
The New York Evening Post contrasts Kipling’s current stance with his ten year ago view, arguing the writer’s language on souls, ideals and sentiment now reflects a change in tone and perspective.
A fragment notes Kipling’s Pegasus has suffered springhalt ringbone and heaves, indicating health issues affecting the horse. The brief item records probable conditions without further details or outcomes.
The Philadelphia Press quotes a journalist noting that when 90 million people concede to 9 million, the gesture appears magnanimous and may be appreciated by Canadians, reflecting a critical view of imperialism’s rhetoric.
An excerpt quotes Mr. Kipling arguing that Canada and the United States should remain close neighbors, acknowledging mutual dependency without broader involvement as empire outposts. The passage emphasizes practical friendship over imperial ambitions.
In a Chicago Post vignette two men debate the odor of a clothespin nose and a quarantined brother as a child disease with a skin eruption prompts a quip. A distant loon’s mournful cry adds somber mood.
An observant downtown cafe crowd hears a well dressed chauffeur recount a string of close calls and reversals in his quest for fortune. He describes near death on a Chicago streetcar track, a harsh police fine in his hometown, and lingering questions about luck's grip on his life.
A seventy year old black man enters Justice Fisk’s office claiming he will leave his wife and take his clothes. He plans to move a trunk with another man but the wife interrupts with threats. The judge counsels reconciliation to resolve the dispute and allow him to keep his clothing.
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