Nosegay Diplomacy Highlights a San Antonio Real Estate Plot
A San Antonio diplomat masters a homeseekers excursion to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, offering nosedags and Alamo City postcards to win goodwill and attract buyers. He quells outside soliciting, boosts local welcome, and aims to keep promoters from others while preserving ethics in real estate deals.
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Chamber of Commerce
Prince Talleyrand de Perigord
D Tiplomats
Realits
San Nio
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
Talleyrand
Alamo City
Ulysses
Harvard to Consider a Chair of Humor Next Year
A Cambridge dispatch speculates Harvard University may establish a department of wit and humor. The piece questions teaching humor seriously, potential lecturers, and topics from joke definitions to American versus collegiate humor, noting the humor debate amid national events and business interests.
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Cambridge
Harvard University
Harvard
Harvard Lampoon
Boston Transcript
Charles
Boston
Yale
Munsterberg
Nosegay diplomacy boosts San Antonio ties with visitors
Local real estate dealers see homeseekers drawn by hospitality in the Rio Grande country, a trend that invites mutual benefit as visitors may return the favor. San Antonio gains from good will, while credibility goes to the diplomat who started the nosegay idea.
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Rio Grande
San Antonio
President Wilson Stands Firm On China Loan Issue
Editorial notes President Wilson rejects partnership with large financial interests in foreign loans. The stance signals a shift away from dollar diplomacy, urging capital to rely on its own efforts and aligning business with national interests rather than politics. The piece views this as a timely redefinition of U S economic policy.
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Porfirio Diaz
Madero
Wall Street
United States
Rio Grande
Wilson
Times
Whch
America
Mexico
Will Whitman Come Next Mayor Gaynor Under Fire
The piece criticizes New York Mayor Gaynor for sharp temper and frequent attacks on political rivals. It notes District Attorney Whitman exposing police graft, predicting Gaynor will lash out at Whitman and resist truth. The essay argues Gaynor’s strong qualities are hampered by vindictive tendencies and scandal.
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Gaynor
New York
Epictetus
General Bingham
Alderman Curran
Joseph Pulitzer
Whitman
New York Police Department
Police Department
Rosenthal
And Then Some More
Weatherford Democrat lists a satirical jab at editors claiming they master many tasks from poetry to umpiring and preaching while balancing duties and salary. The quip highlights diverse editor skills and public role across professions.
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Weatherford Democrat
Regulating Traffic In San Antonio Suggested In Letter
A reader urges a series of editorials on traffic regulation in San Antonio. The writer criticizes pedestrians bicycles and streetcars and calls for an expert traffic plan to replace outdated loading practices and improve safety in the city. The letter is signed T. D. Cobb Jr. and references a prior letter to Mayor Jones.
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San Antonio
Jones
Universal near side stop proposed for San Antonio traffic
A 1912 letter to Mayor A H Jones from T D Cobbs Jr urges adoption of a universal near side stop for trolley and street traffic. It argues near side stopping improves pedestrian safety speeds dispatch, reduces sidewalk crowding, keeps cross streets clear, aids fire apparatus, and should be strictly enforced despite some opposition.
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San Antonio
Tex
A. H. Jones
T. D. Cobbs JR
Citizen urges dropping street widening tied to bond issue
A local writer argues that the street widening proposal should be dropped to avoid taxing rural districts with no sewer system. The letter says many will vote against the bond if kept. The citizen praises the council’s waterworks handling and supports their actions.
False branding scheme nets wealth and penitentiary in Texas
A false branding operation around the X I L cattle brand in Texas yielded large profits for the culprit while contributing to the era of the Austin capitol’s construction. Backers who financed the building are named in the records, linking wealth to a political project and criminal deceit.
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Texas
Austin State Capitol
Clarice Vance Headlines Plaza Theater Vaudeville Week
The Plaza theater presents Clarice Vance as headliner amid a balanced bill with Emma Carus returning to the stage. Vance charms with five Southern songs and rising warmth, while a one act Police Inspector drama features Mary Donohue and Scott Sydney. Other acts include Great Leon with Edythe Packard, John T. Ray and Grace Hilliard in Hello Sally, Williams and Warner European musicians, Edyth Fabrini with gymnastic dance, and Tom Mahoney as presiding officer with Irish songs.
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Clarice Vance
Plaza Theater
Emma Carus
Miss Vance
Playhouse
Southland
Mary Donohue
Scott Sydney
Leon
Edythe Packard
Sally
John T. Ray
Grace Hilliard
Ray
San Antonio
Williams and Warner
Edyth Fabrini
Bradley Martin
Tom Mahoney
Hodcarriers’ Union
Ould Sod
Inconsistent Boasting From the Steel Trust
A New York World critique questions why the Steel Trust touts 1912 as its best year while pointing to idle plants and 221,000 unemployed workers. The piece links the trust’s earnings to government prosecutions and calls for accountability. It cites Gary’s claim of record subsidiary tonnage and condemns official actions affecting industry and jobs.
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New York World
Steel Trust
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Wickersham
Woodrow Wilson
Where Pink Whiskers Would Shine in Politics
An editorial note from the Omaha Bee laments wasting J. Ham Lewis’s talents in the United States Senate and questions the ideal ambassador role in Britain hinted by the phrase where Pink Whiskers would shine.
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Britain
J. Ham Lewis
United States Senate
Omaha
Why Is a Legislature Anyway Direct Senate Election Debate
A St. Louis Republic remark notes Illinois lawmakers begin to legislate as a reason supporting direct election of senators. The comment highlights the ongoing debate over Senate selection and governance.
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Illinois
St. Louis Republic
Misbranded cattle tied to Capitol Syndicate case
Reader cites mislabeling of cattle from the X I T ranch linked to the Capitol Syndicate. The syndicate reportedly owned the land given for the State Capitol at Austin, with court records in Channing, Texas, detailing the misbranding.
Aboard the Queen of Naples a perilous double dealing unfolds
In a Naples hotel Bowen and Poe plot to hide a missing Duchess Diamond while a web of suspicion tightens. Poe, learning Bowen sailed with Van Wendt's party, questions Bowen's guilt as they head to New York aboard a fast liner. A cipher message hints at further clues as they approach quarantine.
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Mr. Hardy
Bowen
New York
van Wendts
Venice
Poe
Christopher Poe
Burns
Farmers’ National
Belasco Bowen
van Wendt’s
Duchess Diamond
Naples
Sion
Miss van Wendt
Duchess
Roe
Blind Man Finds Comfort in Movie Theaters
An San Antonio observer notes a blind patron who enjoys motion pictures. He explains the theater offers quiet, affordable escape from street noise, with dimly lit screens and a shared atmosphere that makes the viewer feel connected and respectfully engaged with the on screen drama.
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San Antonio
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