San Antonio Light masthead and circulation notes
The San Antonio Light announces editors Charles Diehl Harrison Beach and publishers, with delivery address changes, irregular delivery reporting, and sales locations nationwide including New York and Chicago offices operated by S. C. Beckwith Special Agency.
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Charles 8. Diehl, Harrison L, Beach
Editors and Publishers
San Antonio
United States
New York
S. C. Beckwith Special Agency
Tribune
Chicago
Absconding aldermen thwart progress in San Antonio
The piece denounces five aldermen who fled with police in pursuit to avoid a reform measure backed by the Citizens' League. It says the tactic undermines public duty, mocks representative government, and signals the end of their political protection as supporters turn toward progress and removal.
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Jones
Military Plaza
San Antonio
Railroads and Resorts Highlight Winter Travel Motives
The piece argues San Antonio lacks rail initiative to become a top winter resort like Florida. It credits Henry Flagler and eastern railroads for discovering and developing Florida’s coast with hotels and leisure venues, drawing travelers and shaping the region as a premier winter destination.
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San Antonio
America
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Key West
Henry Flagler
San Antonio as Winter Resort Draws National Attention
The piece argues San Antonio should become the nation’s winter pleasure capital, noting its mild climate and healthful environment. It says railroads could boost visitors by developing golf, polo, tennis, and clubhouses on hills around the city, attracting tens of thousands each winter.
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West Coast
Plant
California
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Rock Island
el Paso
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Golden State Limited
San Antonio
Union
United States
Dr Eliots view on universal peace and naval power
The piece argues that despite calls for universal peace, Congress will allow only one battleship and the army remains modest. Britain favors peace but seeks a bigger navy to counter Germany, with France shown as a close ally to Britain. The text suggests shifting alliances and naval tensions ahead.
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Russia
Italy
Spain
San Marino
Andorra
Eliot
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Andy
Congress
Great Britain
Churchill
Asquith
Balfour
Fry
Germany
Austria
Mediterranean
France
Broadway Recruits Poor College Boys For Chorus
A Broadway manager hires the male chorus from impecunious college students who would otherwise work as waiters or laborers. The move sparks debate about social mobility and the economics of college life while worrying purists that the talent pool is being diluted by pandering to opportunity and self advancement through musical comedy.
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Percy
Love's Labor Dost and the Jilted Trick Cyclist
A weary man confides to a passerby that his heartbreak stems from training a girl to ride a bicycle only to be ditched as he learns she is a trick cyclist in an athletic troupe. A later note adds a golf mishap with a 62 and 65 score as a humorous side.
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Chicago Evening Post
The Hindoo Goddess Jewel Heist Unfolds At Chantapore
Sir Hugh Beal and family host Gerald Seymour in Chantapore where Sheila Beal shows bold curiosity about the Hindoo temple. Danvers plans to steal jewels to cover a debt, but is killed when impaled by the goddess at the temple.
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G. Seymour
Sir Hugh Beal
Sheila
Chantapore
Beals
Sir Hugh
Hindood Temle
Danvers
Young Daniers
Gerald
Sahib Seymour
Herbert Crosbie
Daniers
Mr. Crosbie
Dld
Roosevelt and the Taft Myth in 1908
F P Dunne reviews The Interpreter's House portrayal of Theodore Roosevelt shaping a Taft myth before the 1908 convention. The piece argues Roosevelt met many leaders, hyped Taft, and kept his image alive while scholars and journalists speculate about the living former president.
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F. P. Dunne
Interpreter's House
Taft
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Rio Grande
Blabb
Frm
England
Royal Society
Herschell Parallax
Osric Gilfeather
Unclear fragmentary scene with grim encounter
The passage describes a violent incident with two steel prongs gripping a person in a deadly embrace and a stab to the heart. It interjects a character who questions whether the subject is cultured, then remarks on him being agrICultured in a clipped, dialect-like exchange.
Speed of the Lion in Africa Lions and danger in hunting
Stewart Edward White discusses a year in Africa observing lions and recounts how lions charge or slow, the dangers of shooting at range, and the need for calm nerves. He cites instances from hunts and notes accidents result from nerves or missteps rather than fate.
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Stewart Edward White
Africa
Cunninghame
MacMillan
Tarleton
Lord Delamere
Watchdog in a Jar Stuns South Heights Commuters
A South Heights car crowd gathered around a glass jar holding a tarantula named Bill. The young office worker claimed it as a pet she would train as a watchdog, prompting surprised reactions among fellow riders.
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South’ Heights
Seguin
South Heights
Bill
American democracy praised by Signor Marconi in Washington
In a Washington interview Signor Marconi lauds American democracy saying people are valued for personal merit. He recalls a Bologna gardener who helped his early wireless work and notes a count who boasted of lineage was advised that “the older the seed the worse the crop.”
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Signor Marconi
Washington
Bologna
Washington Star
Shipp Recounts Bank Bust Tale In South Speech
In a political speech Thomas R. Shipp tells of a colored man who lost his entire $40 when a bank failed. The uncle insists the bank bust “right in mad face” and reflects on hardship after the loss.
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Thomas R. Shipp
Shipp
Indianapolis News
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