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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1911

Page

6

July 1911 Circulation Report for The San Antonio Light

July 1911 circulation figures for The San Antonio Light show distribution totals across editions and regions with estimates of daily reach and market coverage. The statement lists printing volumes, audience estimates, and distribution channels for the month.

SAN Antonio Light THE SAN Antonio Gazette Gianni Associated Press San Antonio Vey L. Steele Harvey L. Steele John J. Wahl Notary Public Bexar Co Tex

Purity Law Foe Targeted as Adulteration Plot Unfolds

A scathing editorial condemns efforts to dodge the pure food law by selling adulterated goods. It argues a conspiratorial band aims to profit from deception, worse than counterfeiters, and urges swift punishment and criminal capture. It highlights price hikes tied to pre law adulteration and calls for decisive action by Congress.

Washington Dr. Wiley Congress

Young John Scally Draws Comparisons to Mark Tapley in Chicago

A Chicago tale features John Scally whose optimistic nature draws comparisons to Mark Tapley. His sister’s marriage to Bronson meets family resistance, especially from Miss Sarah Bronson, who asserts her own will amid the budding union.

Mark Tapley Chicago John Scally Bronson Sarah Bronson Miss Bronson

Wedding duel ends with egg in gown and court clash

Miss Bronson confronted by bride's brother John Scally at St Basil's church as an injunction to block the nuptials fails. An egg thrown at the bride splashes her gown. both sides clash, Bronson taken into custody, Scally defends himself amid a public spectacle.

Miss Bronson John Scally Scally Bronson Scully

Maeterlink Death Critique In Modern Mystic Tone

A critic reviews Maurice Maeterlink's Death essay noting its attempted sugar coating of mortality. The piece argues the author guides readers from reason into darkness and that humanity still faces the immutable law of death without comfort from philosophy.

Maurice Maeterlink Europe Maeterlink Greece Thales Hypatia

Weather and unrest tied to peculiar climate patterns

The article argues that unusual heat and dry conditions across the United States and Europe correlated with social and political tensions. It notes unrest in Mexico, Cuba, Haiti and potential conflict in Europe, including mentions of Morocco, Britain, France, Germany, and Balkans. It concludes that once weather returns to normal, mankind will likewise settle.

United States Mexico Cuba Haiti Magdalena Bay Europe Morocco France Germany Great Britain Balkans

The South and the Saloons Prohibition Debate

Harper's Weekly surveys southern states from Texas to Georgia and Mississippi finding a mixed trend on prohibition. Despite gains in Alabama, Texas shows a tight margin against statewide ban, signaling a shift toward local option. Public sentiment favors stricter conduct by saloon operators to avoid recurrences of past abuses.

Texas Alabama North Carolina Georgia Mississippi South Mason and Dixon

Disease and Its Cure La grippe and its dangers

The article explains la grippe or the grip as a germ driven illness. It details symptoms onset and fever then warns of pneumonia risk after grip with lasting weakness and the need for doctor care and convalescence to prevent fatal complications.

la Grippe

Obstacle Mentioned in Arizona Statehood Debate

A fragment notes that entering the union with a certain constitution would overwhelm the presidency’s authority, describing a large obstacle in Arizona’s path to statehood and implying strong political resistance to a foundational document.

Arizona

France to set up nationwide weather stations for farming

The Weather Service Pra ideal announces a plan to place weather stations across France with daily farmer bulletins. Existing stations will be used and local meteorologists will report to regional observers. Each community will have a station and bulletins will be issued each morning.

France Weather Service

Britons’ Advice for Labor Trouble Management

Commentator urges applying British methods to resolve current labor unrest, arguing that the country would benefit from the proven approaches and disciplined handling endorsed by their counterparts across the Atlantic.

Verse By Kennett Harris On Temperance And Self-Control

A poem by Kennett Harris rejects smoking and drinking as dangerous and unwholesome. It proclaims temperance, steady living, and personal restraint while lamenting past follies and health concerns. The speaker vows a peaceful, disciplined life and refuses late nights or dissipation.

Kennett Harris

Home Again by Prank Prescott

Poem humorously voices a vacation ending with contradictory lines about returning to work. The speaker alternates between longing for rest and embracing labor, noting the temptations of pleasure and the pull of duty as they prepare to resume daily tasks next summer's cycle.

Bangers of Temperance Warns of Whiskey Dangers

A St. Paul man died after consuming three drinks of whiskey and a dig into temperance as a peril to health. The article stresses that moderation may fail and a man in his prime could be felled by excess.

The Washington Post St. Paul Himsello

Music Store Mixup Sparks Embarrassing Moment

An amused scene at Mike Goggan's music store ends with a piano salesman flustered by a young woman's request. She asks for two music titles and implies a personal question, prompting amusement before the misunderstanding is cleared and the clerks resume assisting customers.

Mike Goggan

Hair's breadth and precision in metalwork

The article explains that a hair's breadth equals 17 to 10,000 of an inch and that micrometer calipers, ring gauges, and plug gauges are essential tools for exact dimensions in machine parts. It notes such precise measurement matters in bank vault doors and vast metalworking applications.

Harper's Weekly

Costs of the chief parts of a modern British battleship

The article lists the cost of key ship components: two 12 inch turret guns and mountings at 500000 and 750 per shell fired. torpedo tubes at 15000 each and weapons at 3000 each. armour for about 4800 tons at 600 per ton. and fuel at about 70 per hour.

The Poet Philosopher on Blame and Self Responsibility

A 1910 verse by Geo. Matthew Adams urges self reflection after woes. It argues that personal sorrow and happiness stem from one’s own words and deeds and cautions against blaming others like Jimpson. The speaker shifts from blame to acceptance and self-control.

Jimpson

Fear of starvation drives British grain silo proposal

Experts warn Britain cannot stockpile a full year's provisions and may lack food for months without imports. With food and drink forming a large share of imports and grain costs high, analysts urge national granaries or silos to prepare for war and price spikes.

England Great Britain

Make Place for This Woman Declares Danish Visitor

A Danish woman visiting here asserts the American wife makes a strong case for recognition and influence. She declares the husband neglected and unappreciated and argues that if any woman deserves the vote and office it is she.

New York Herald

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