Broadway Fall Theater Scene Shows European Brightness
New York theaters ready for fall with European contracts and debuts. Mme Simone prepares for New York debut at Century October 20, Cyril Maude to appear in October 1912, and Harrison Grey Fiske seeks Kismet actor as Langdon Mitchell comedy joins the season. Folies Bergere resumes amid heat and changes minimal, Russian dancers Julia Siedowa and Matilda Kschesinska join Pavlova and Mordkin on the American tour.
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Ada Lewis
Folies Bergere
Valerie Bergere
Fifth Avenue
Mordkin
Pavlova
Mile
Matilda Kisehesinska
Julia Stedowa
Emory B. Calvert
New York
Europe
Broadway
George Tyler
la Province
Mme
Bimone
The
Century
Rostand
Louis N. Parker
Simone Wil
Langdon Mitchell
Fiske
Gertrude Atherton
Julia France
Shaw
Bunty
Fanny
Gaby
Rennold Wolfe
James J Morten
Les Marquards
Imperial Ballet
St. Petersburg
Anna Pavlova
M. Mikail Mordkin
Czar
Russia
Drivers of Horses Must Obey the Traffic Ordinance
Judge Buckley in the San Antonio police court dismissed a reckless driving charge against T. O. Foster after a collision with an automobile driven by Foster. Juan Raing, owner of a wagon hit in the wreck, escaped serious injury. The incident at West Commerce and North Flores streets hinged on positioning and adherence to the traffic ordinance by horse drawn vehicle operators and auto drivers alike.
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San Antonio
Buckley
T. O. Foster
Foster
Juan Raing
Raing
West Commerce
North Flores
Congressman Slayden Shares Philippine Cigars with Visitors
In Washington on August 5 Congressman Slayden shows visitors a box of large black cigars sent by a Philippine officer. He offers a cigar saying one might not hurt and waits for reactions from guests in his reception.
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Slayden
Philippines
Congressman Slayden
Washington, D. C
San Antonio
Mexico Labor Sees Wage Rise Since late Revolution
The working population of Mexico benefits from the revolution era gains with daily wages rising from about 25 cents a day ten years ago to 60 cents per diem for common labor today.
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Mexico
Exposition Park Offers Week of 25 Cent Theater Admission
Exposition Park announces 25 cent general admission at the theater for the coming week with no reserved seats. The Sins Stock company presents The Doctor with Richard Mandell in the lead and a concert by the company quartet nightly. Free coupons allow rides at the park all week and special program lines, bands, and village menus add to the affordable pleasures for families.
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Exposition Park
Sins Stock Company
San Antonio
Houston
Richard Mandell
George Hanna
Miss Sheppard
Miss Ferguson
Doctor
Hoarding of Gold Epidemic in Foreign Banks Reported
A 1911 report notes record gold hoarding in state banks abroad, with $2.826 billion held as of late June and only about $60 million in silver. The tally includes European banks and national treasuries, listing major holdings by country and noting world gold in circulation exceeds seven billion dollars.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Wall Street Journal
Germany
Austria
Bank
Nation Bank
Denmark
National Bank
France
Bank of France
Bank of the Banding
Servia—National Bank
Spain
Bank of Spain
Sweden
Banque Roy- Uot No
Great Britain—Bank of Switzerland
Banque Ourefe
Great Britain—Bank of Scotland
Great Britain—Bank of Ireland
Greece
National Bank Holland
Bank of War
Netherlands
Italy
Bank of Italy
Bank of Naples
Bank of Sicily
Norway
Bank of Nor- Wrf
Ocche ‘Agbeac
Portugal
Bank of Porco
Ee Roumania
National
Russia
Bank of Fin- Mme
O'S Cee
Aide
Espinosa Arraigned on White Slavery Charge
Enrique Espinosa was arraigned before United States Commissioner R L Edwards on a white slave trafficking charge. After testimony from four witnesses he was held to the grand jury and remanded to jail in default of a $1000 bond. He was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Dibrell in Devine where he had been picking cotton.
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Enrique Espinosa
United States
R. L. Edwards
Espinosa
Dibrell
Devine
St. Paul
Eugene Nolte
Eugen Nolte
John Dibrell
Minn
James F. Moore
Moore
T.S. Maxey
Nolte
North
Gold Hoard Expands 80 Percent Since 1900
The text notes an 80 percent rise in the global gold hoard since 1900, boosting confidence in the commercial world and pleasing proponents of earlier monetary reforms. Including treasury and bank gold, world gold money would top 6 billion dollars, up from 3.8 billion in 1900, about a 58 percent increase.
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United States
China Harvests Vast Tobacco Crop With Low Grade Quality
China reports a large tobacco yield but notes the crop is of low grade and coarse quality. Officials cite soil conditions and curing methods as contributing factors. The government may seek standards improvements and price adjustments for farmers.
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China
Press Club to Meet in San Antonio at Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Press Club plans a 4 pm general meeting at the Gunter hotel to discuss duties and to appoint a committee for a minstrel show opening the Plaza theater. Lloyd Spencer will present the program for a hoped major local talent show.
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San Antonio
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Texas League
Morris Block & Co
Alamo Plaza
Wicwam Theatre
Edward III
Four Pictures
Melies
SAN Antonio Brewing Assn
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