San Antonio Light Circulation Figures From 1916 Audit
The San Antonio Light reports six month period ending Sept 30 1916 with daily average 22062 copies and Sunday 26756. Net paid daily 20437 and Sunday 24424. Audit Bureau of Circulation certified figures and credit advertisers with 50 percent more paid circulation directed to San Antonio home.
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San Antonio
Militant Democracy and the Wilson Doctrine in War Congress
The piece argues President Wilson's war message frames the US fight as opposing autocracy rather than the German people and predicts democracy will shape postwar peace. It contrasts US democratic ideals with German political change and lauds Governor Ferguson for vetoing undemocratic measures like the railroad free pass, illustrating checks and balances in state government.
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Wilson
Congress
United States
House of Hohenzollern
Prussia
Germany
Tue
America
Ferguson
Austin
Ferguson veto shows lawmakers' powers reshaped
Governor Ferguson uses veto to shape Texas legislation after a raucous session. The article argues the executive’s restraint shifts lawmaking from simple majority to a two thirds threshold, highlighting the governor’s influential role.
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Ferguson
Texas
San Antonio School Board weighs free text books for all students
The San Antonio School Board plans an election to provide free text books to public school students, urging civic progress. The move parallels a state constitutional amendment pushed by the Legislature and Governor Ferguson, potentially prompting nationwide influence and competition among Texas cities.
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San Antonio
Ferguson
Texas
Freedom in Education and Democratic Security
The argument supports universal free textbooks as essential to democracy, likening education to national defense. Citing Mirabeau B. Lamar, the writer asserts that an informed citizenry safeguards liberty and reduces the need for armed force, arguing that educated nations tend toward democratic governance and humane laws.
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Mirabeau B. Lamar
Texas
Kaiser Faces American Perception Doubts
The remark suggests American views toward the Kaiser are blunt and skeptical, with calls for realism about how the public regards his leadership and war aims. The statement frames a critical stance on his legitimacy and plans.
Attorney General Rules On Submitting Constitutional Amendment
Attorney General Looney holds the submission cannot be brought before the Legislature extra session as a constitutional amendment. The legal point may fail, but supporters will likely pursue it.
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Looney
Rule Nebraska Telephone Girl Foils Bank Robbers
A telephone operator in Rule Nebraska fired a pistol into the air to stop a gang of bank robbers. The incident highlights that a woman firing a pistol into the air can be as dangerous as a man attempting to shoot.
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Rule
Nebraska
Spanish Government Closes Office of Spanish Trades Unions
The Spanish government shuts the office of the Spanish Trades Unions amid unspecified actions by the union. Samuel Gompers is expected to react strongly, upset by government action regarding a labor organization without his prior sanction.
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Samuel Gompers
Senators Face Public Reactions Over Clipping Bureau Comments
The Indianapolis News notes that senators including Stone and La Follette will hear press comments from their clipping bureau, but richer reactions come from ordinary citizens discussing the action among themselves.
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Stone
la Follette
Indianapolis News
War Costs Soon Demand Payment Beyond Immediate Loss
The piece argues that the nation will ultimately pay for wartime expenditures, with soldiers' daily lives constituting economic loss. Payment would be delayed, while military priorities outrun civilian needs and foreign trade operates largely on a war footing.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Show Our Colors at Maryland Session Unfurling Flag
The Baltimore Sun quotes Mrs. Charles J. Linthicum of Maryland unfurling a large American flag as a session ends and attendees sing The Star Spangled Banner. It urges everyone to show their colors and rejects neutrality as a crime.
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Charles J. Linthicum
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
War and the Circus In England Closes For War Effort
The Hartford Courant notes a circust and menagerie in England will close for the war duration to redirect staff to national work. Part of the famed piebald horses will be sold to aid the effort while tigers and bears are stored for safer times.
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England
Hartford Courant
Defeat of Germany as U.S. War Objective
The Galveston News argues that U S ships patrolling against German submarines would mark a de facto state of war with Germany, making a formal declaration unnecessary and urging that the act’s purpose be to ensure Germany’s utter defeat.
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United States
Germany
Galveston
The Cigarette in the Home Opinion Piece
A Philadelphia Public Ledger column notes that smoking has moved from stage symbols to polite society. It cites a New York husband's spanking of his wife for smoking, with the court upholding the act and urging restraint. The piece cautions against overbearing moral policing and gender bias.
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New York
Philadelphia
Leczor
Majestic Theater Bills Offer Fishing Comedy and Dazzling Dances
The Majestic's weekly program features Tate's Fishing as the main draw with raucous vaudeville gags and a village idiot prank. Supporting acts include DeMarest and Collete in Trifling Talk and Fancy Fiddling, Kenny and Hollis Freshy’s Initiation, and Grohs Dottie King’s Terpsichorean Evolution with Aztec Love. Prosperity skit adds thrift sermon tone amid humor.
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Majestic
Wilson
Tommy Atkins
Majestic Theater
Tate
Medina Lake
William DeMarest
Estelle
Kenny
Hollis
Charles Grohs
Dottie King and Company
Garden of Recreation Acrobats and Singer Stage Act
A light entertainment bill closes with an enjoyable acrobatic act titled The Garden of Recreation by Jack and Kitty Demaco and singer comedienne Lottie Grooper. The performance blends physical feats with musical humor for a lively finale.
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Garden of Recreation
Jack
Kitty Demaco
Lottie Grooper
Mister Antonio Comes to Grand Opera House Tonight
Otis Skinner leads a new Booth Tarrettington comedy at the Grand Opera House tonight in Mister Antonio. The American play contrasts charity and crime as a Middle West man robbed in New York learns the value of kindness from the organ grinder. Eleanor Woodruff, Joseph Brennan, and others co star with Skinner.
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Mister Antonio
Otis Skinner
Mr. Skinner
Grand Opera House
Booth Tarrington
Italy
Middle West
New York
Eleanor Woodruff
Joseph Brennan
Robert Harrison
Walter F. Scott
Frances Landy
Patterson McNutt
A Daughter of the Gods at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presents William Fox’s million dollar film A Daughter of the Gods for five days starting Sunday April 8 with a 2:30 matinee. A costlier Gnomeland scene features Annette Kellermann and a dwarf kingdom with trained nurses on set. The engagement ends as contracts with other cities prevent extension.
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William Fox
Grand Opera House
Gnomeland
Annette Kellermann
The Price She Paid at Empire Theater
Clara Kimball Young stars in The Price She Paid at the Empire Empire Theater. Mildred Gower rises from luxury to penniless ruin after her father’s death and pressures to marry a much older millionaire before seeking independence.
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Clara Kimball Young
Empire Empire Theater
Mildred Gower
Operatic Star Finds Freedom Through Self Denial
A woman pursues an operatic career with support from a wealthy lover until Donald Keith reveals success comes through self denial. She discovers she was never legally the wife of the millionaire, whose wife languishes in an asylum. She then achieves her dream and can marry freely. Directed by Charles Giblyn.
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Donald Keith
Charles Giblyn
Kitty Gordan at Queen in As In a Looking Glass
Beautiful Kitty Gordan dubbed the English Lillian Russell appears in the Queen Theater today in F. Phillips novel adapted on screen As In a Looking Glass. Pearl of the Army with Fears White, Modern Buccaneers episode thirteen, plus Universal pictures program. Friday and Saturday a ladies day. Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne star in Great Secret stories with Bea trice Fairfax, Grace Darling and Harry Fox in the two days' program.
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Kitty Gordan
Queen
Lillian Russell
F. ©. Phillips
Universal Pictures
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Beatrice Fairfax
Grace Darling
Harry Fox
Letter to the Editor protests West Side control of politics
A reader argues for citizen voting and laments political bosses and the West Side held influence. The writer critiques "Independent" and hints at graft, cruzading for reform, asserting native Texans deserve priority and urging red-blooded men to vote. The piece voices concern over entrenched power and lawless elements guiding elections.
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West Side
Hombre
Andres Coy
Jake Rubiola
George Lowther
Coy
East Side
Voter Choice Framed as Defense of Family on Public Streets
An Old Fogy column argues a stark choice in elections between a white man's administration and one for foreigners. The piece appeals to protect wives and families on public thoroughfares, framing the vote as upholding dignity versus lawlessness.
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Old Fogy
Plea for Expedited Trials Across Courts
A reader urges faster, fairer trials and shared criminal workload among district courts. He argues delay harms justice, witnesses die, and overcrowded lists clog cases. Proposes equal powers and cross court cooperation to hasten criminal prosecutions and protect public safety.
Exile Heroine Breshkovskaya Returns to Moscow
Madame Catharine Breshkovskaya the grandmother of the Russian revolution arrives in Moscow from Minusinsk Siberia after 44 years of exile. She pleads for books and education for the masses as soldiers and committee members escort her through the crowd. She was first jailed in the 1870s as part of the Land and Freedom group.
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Moscow
London
Madame Catharine Breshkovskaya
Minusink
Siberia
North Asia
Madame Breshkovskaya
Land and Freedom
Woman Teaches Arithmetic in Infant School
Griggs notes the woman makes the small things count as Miggs questions the claim. The exchange appears from London Answers and highlights a teacher who instructs young children in basic math.
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Miggs
London
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