Zoo as a civic asset urged for San Antonio growth
Lorenz Hagenbeck argues a cageless zoo would attract year round visitors and spur development. He cites Brackenridge Park as a potential site, noting San Antonio’s parks and space, and compares with Chicago’s famed zoos to show the draw of animal attractions. The piece ties the idea to broader municipal progress and the city’s rapid postwar growth.
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Lorenz Hagenbeck
Vani Hagenbeck
Noah’s
San Antonio
Brackenridge
Brackenridge Park
Chicago
San Antonio Court Victory Boosts Municipal Supremacy Fight
The court's refusal to grant a writ strengthens San Antonio's stance in state municipal supremacy. The decision is seen as a victory that will spur city efforts toward broader reforms, increasing confidence and reducing "mananaism" as officials push forward despite past delays.
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San Antonio
Texas
South
United States
Guadalupe Water
Power Company
Guadalupe River
Katy
Boyntons
Reversion to Type and the Tango's Modern Pulse
The piece contrasts tango music by piano, snare drum, and cymbals with savage and civilized motifs, arguing the era’s social shifts hint at a benign reversion to type rather than decline. It cites Haggard on civilization and savagery, crowns ambassadors' frankness, and lauds Page’s stance within Monroe doctrine ideals.
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San Francisco
H. Rider Haggard
Texas
Ambassador Page Exonerated in London Speech
In a London address Ambassador Page defended his remarks on the Monroe Doctrine tariff Panama Canal and institutions arguing Americans show no treasonable design and that the senator cited as tasting in gems did not intend harm.
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Court of St. James
Congress
United States
Page
Ambassador Page
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Mr. Page
Wilson
London
Tax on Bachelors Prompted by Massachusetts Bill
Kansas City Times ridicules a Massachusetts proposal to tax bachelors five dollars yearly to aid spinsters past marriageable age. It questions exemptions for men with marriage rejections and calls for fund disposition changes. It notes the logical flaw that no spinsters over marriageable age exist.
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Massachusetts
Friends of the Bill
Kansas City Times
Abusing Mann Act Draws Fresh Critique in West
The Tribune rebukes the Mann act as a flawed federal overreach aimed at interstate trafficking in women. It praises the intent against white slave traffic but condemns the act as a coercive tool that shirks local responsibility and intrudes on state affairs.
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West
Tribune
Chicago
President Wilson Plea Tracked In Senate House Repeal Debate
Reports from the Senate show a safe majority for repeal of the Panama tolls act while the House leans heavily in the president’s favor. The piece argues Americans will sacrifice a principle for foreign policy needs to aid commerce, as supported by the Providence Tribune.
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Senate
House
Wilson
Panama
Providence Tribune
Nobody to Blame in New Haven Railroad Wrecking
The Utica Utica Observer notes that J P Morgan & Co profited little from handling 333 million in New Haven Railroad securities over two decades, while rejecting blame on bankers and former President Mellen. It argues capitalization and subsidiary deals drove collapse, with stockholders bearing the cost.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
New Haven
Mellen
Boston
Utica N. Y
Businessmen Claim Legislators Harass Their Viewpoints
Fragmentary newspaper text alleges businessmen complain lawmakers are insolent and harry them when presenting their side. It notes the nation has many business interests and implies frustration with government policies and lax or blind governance.
Family tensions as a pastor confronts his father’s choices
In a dim library scene a grieving pastor weighs the danger and trust as his father’s antics threaten fortunes and treasured paintings. He debates guardianship, a possible marriage to Mrs Scheller, and the impact on Ann, grandchildren, and the parsonage.
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Ann
Palma Vecchio
Martin
Eliza
Papa
Goethe
Fashionable patent leather boots with gray upper and pearl buttons
The article describes a dressy boot for men in patent leather with a gray cloth upper and pearl gray buttons. It notes the receding toe line fashionable for both men and women and references current style trends. The scene shifts to social chatter as guests toast the host and the councillor with his companion.
Comstock on tabooed works cites form over motive
At a New York luncheon Anthony Comstock argued that taboo books and plays fail due to bad expression and form, not motive. He warned that poor expression spoils meaning and cited a memorial service remark about a bricklayer killed, noting the contrast between nature’s calm and the deceased’s fate.
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Anthony Comstock
New York
New York Tribune
Otis Skinner Shines in Kismet at Grand Opera House
Otis Skinner headlines the Grand Opera House engagement of Kismet with Grace Hampton Merle Maddern and Willard Webster delivering strong support. The long, lavish Arabian Night tale impressed San Antonians with its music by William Furst and vibrant prologue, concluding with an 8 o clock curtain Wednesday and hailed as the season’s best local attraction.
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Kipling
Kim
Francois Villon
Allah
Hajj
Mr. Skinner
Bagdad
Kut-Al-Kulub
Wazir Mansur
Grace Hampton
Miss Hampton
Marsinah
Merle Maddern
Willard Webster
Otis Skinner
No Adults Allowed From Butterfly Costume Show
A Philadelphia theater barred an adult from entering a children's fancy dress event. A woman explained her daughter needed wings for the butterfly role, but the doorkeeper refused, saying adults could not pass and the child must attend as a caterpillar.
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Elihu Root
New York
Philadelphia
Telegraph
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Association of American Advertisers
the Light's Daily Story
Mrs. Scheller
Boron
Kismet
International News Service
Per. Chew
Grippe
LA Grippe
Gav Lagrippe
Scott
Gaipee
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