San Antonio Light Publishes Six Month Circulation Audit
The six months ending March 31 1917 show a daily average circulation of 20709 for the daily edition and 24300 for the Surrey edition. Net paid averages are 19779 and 22378 for daily and Sunday editions respectively. The Audit Bureau of Circulation certifies the totals as authoritative and final for advertisers. The paper says it can guarantee 59 percent more paid home circulation in San Antonio than any other newspaper.
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Abusing the United States in Mexican Newspapers
A Mexico City press campaign is accused of anti United States bias fueled by German influence and money. The piece argues US papers in Chicago New York and Washington have long insulted Mexico with false stories and vicious cartoons.
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Mexico
United States
Chicago
New York
Washington
Carranza
Unifying English Labor Brings Cabinet Change
News from England notes the recent change in the war cabinet with George Barnes replacing Arthur Henderson as labor's member. Henderson opposed Lloyd George on war policy, and Barnes is expected to influence future labor ministry positions and policy directions.
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England
George Barnes
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Lloyd-George
England Tax Reform and Labour’s New War Cabinet Member
The article argues Mr Barnes, newly elected Labour member of the British war cabinet, advocates land tax reform to curb natural-resource monopolies. It contrasts English resignation norms with the United States and critiques U.S. press censorship and proposed government control over publication. It notes the Leeds Weekly Citizen quote urging land taxation as a rallying point for Labor.
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Stockholm
England
United States
Barnes
Labor Party
Leeds Weekly Citizen
Debated War Department Soldiers News Papers Plan
A Washington dispatch questions proposals to publish soldiers newspapers abroad in France. It ponders if official briefs should replace or supplement civilian news, and whether current publications like the Official Bulletin suffice. The piece raises concerns about censorship and government control of war news.
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America
Washington
War Department
France
Army
National Guard
Navy
Marine Corps
Daily Press
Committee On Public Information
New York Drivers Kill Fifty Four Inhabitants in July
New York automobilists killed fifty four defenseless inhabitants during July, approaching the German record. The figure highlights mounting casualties and raises concerns over road safety and regulations amid wartime fear.
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New York
La Follette Urges Wealth Conscription for War Funding
Wisconsin Senator La Follette voices support for conscripting wealth to finance the war effort. The proposal sparks debate over its practical meaning and fair application.
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la Follette
Hog market hits twenty dollars in Chicago trade
The Chicago hog market climbs to a $20 benchmark as traders react to prices. A familiar melody referencing ham is slated for revision, hinting at broader changes in market language and sentiment.
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Chicago
Army mules force San Diego to choose dry or move troops
The War Department ruling declares a cantonment exists in San Diego California and the city must go dry or relocate the mules. The decision marks another win for prohibition supporters.
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War Department
San Diego
California
Harness the Rivers for Power Development
The article argues that fuel shortages loom and urges national and state action to develop unused water power into electricity to replace steam in industry. It cites rivers and water power as abundant resources and calls for official measures to exploit them before energy problems intensify.
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Atlanta Constitution
Kill the Rats As Disease and Damage Preventer
The Sherman Courier argues rat extermination saves grain and describes rats as voracious pests on farms. It notes twenty rats consume as much as a horse, with many farms housing fifty or more rats and increasing. The piece urges that killing rats is labor and time costly but feasible, proposing rain day rounds as productive work.
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Sherman Courier
Root calls for treason crackdown in New York
Elihu Root heads the American commission in Russia and spoke in New York against treasonous activity. He warned there are men in the city who ought to be taken out at sunshine tomorrow and shot for treason for handicapping the government during the war.
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Russia
New York
Root
Sunside
Mr. Root
Abolishing Law and Order in Suffragist Protests
The Utica Observer criticizes suffragist picketing at the White House as disorderly, noting the mainstream gains in equal suffrage while labeling the fringe as reckless. It contrasts peaceful methods with I W W demonstrations, which have included violent acts and weapons.
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White House
Utica
N. Y
Capps to Direct Shipbuilding Program, Public Ledger View
The Philadelphia Public Ledger praises Admiral Capps as the practical choice to lead shipbuilding, arguing a competent specialist should head the program to avoid delays caused by non technical executives and misfit appointees. Admiral Capps is respected in naval and scientific circles, though not widely known to the public.
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Admiral Capps
Mahan
United States Navy
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Suffrage as War Measure Suggested for Food Bill Rider
An El Paso Times editorial argues the Susan B. Anthony amendment should be added as a rider to food-control legislation. It mocks delay and urges quick votes on suffrage and prohibition, suggesting war-time priorities justify immediate action while soldiers fight abroad.
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Washington
Belgium
Serbia
England
France
el Paso Times
Allied Purchasing Commission Formed To Handle War Purchases
Secretary McAdoo announces a three American official allied purchasing commission to handle all British French and Russian government purchases in the United States. Baruch Lovett and Brookings named to coordinate American and allied purchases as war costs average about 24 million dollars daily.
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Washington, D. C
Allied Purchasing Commission
United States
McAdoo
Great Britain
France
Russia
Bernard M. Baruch
Robert 8. Lovett
Robert S. Brookings
War Industries Board
Baruch
Treasury
Bulgarian Lieutenant to Speak on Eastern Europe at Local Church
Lieut. V. N. Madoloff a Bulgarian native and former Bulgarian army chaplain will share experiences in eastern Europe at 8 p.m. Sunday at the First Congregational Church 1127 West Craig Place. Now an American citizen and soldier he is a former pupil of Ellen M. Stone and a graduate of the Congregational College in Turkey. After his talk Miss Helen Linscott and a small orchestra will perform musical selections.
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Bulgaria
Europe
C. A. Riley
First Congregational Church
West Craig Place
Madeloff
Ellen M. Stone
Congregational College
Turkey
Helen Linscott
Recalls German Marine Insurance License in Texas
Austin Tex Aug 25 The Texas commissioner of insurance and banking has asked the United States manager of the Mannheim Insurance Company of Mannheim Germany to surrender its marine insurance license here. The license will be canceled. Mannheim is the only German firm doing marine business in Texas.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Mannheim Insurance Company
Mannheim
Germany
Texas
Mannheim Company
Austin Men Begin Training for Second Officers School
Austin sent over fifty young men to join Camp Funston Leon Springs for the second officers training school opening next Monday and running to November 26. The camp will host 2587 trainees from Texas and neighboring states with Texas contributing 91? and others statewide totaling nearly three thousand applicants from Texas.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Camp Funston
Leon Springs
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Yaqui Chiefs Surrender Amity With Mexican Government
Thirty Yaqui leaders surrender to Mexican authorities in Sonora accepting amnesty and colonization on farm lands after revolt. Official notification from Mexico City to the Mexican consul in El Paso confirms the surrender and arms release to the military.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Sonora
No Passports to Chihuahua Orders Issued by Officials
San Francisco authorities ordered stopping passport issuance to people seeking to travel to Chihuahua Mexico. No reason was provided for the directive.
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Chihuahua
San Francisco
Cal
Mexico
Special election call questioned in Texas
A proclamation by Governor Ferguson calling a special election in the Fourteenth district for August 27 to replace Senator Steve M. King is challenged as ineffective for not meeting required notice. Critics cite a 30 day notice rule and a 20 day window after King’s resignation. The case ties to impeachment proceedings against the governor.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Senate
Steve M. King
King
Ninth Court of Civil Appeals
Beaumont
Beeville Reels From Hottest Day On Record
Beeville Texas records 108 degrees in shade marking the hottest day since 25 years of government weather records. The night stayed heat ridden with no breeze and a late afternoon rain. A nearby storm damaged the central schoolhouse and wind damaged open cotton on the Webb Hearn farm.
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Beeville
Tex
Government Weather Bureau
Webb Hearn
General Barry Assigns Command at Camp Grant
Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, who led the Central Department with Chicago headquarters, went to Rockford to assume command of Camp Grant where troops will be trained for the national army.
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Barry
Rockford
Chicago
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
United States Army
Camp Grant
National Army
Tragedy Near Ringgold Shocks Oklahoma Farm Family
In Ringgold area near Idabel Oklahoma Ward Briton a farmer shot his wife and infant son and his cousin George Hughes then killed himself Thursday night authorities say Briton was believed temporarily insane
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Idabel
Okla
Ward Briton
Ringgold
Here
George Hughes
Ben
Master of Proportions in Brooklyn Sunday School
An eager young teacher reviews the Moses and the burning bush lesson at a mission church in Brooklyn. A 10 and 12 year old student answers rapidly, then explains the bush burned yet did not burn down, prompting praise from Youth's Companion for the quick insight.
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Brooklyn
Moses
Harry
Yessum
Gladiolus Rot Treated by New Growth Method Finds Relief
No treatment cures the dry or hard rot of gladiolus bulbs. A writer reports that switching to new growth soil and good care has proven best.
Thieves Strip Chalmers In Fort Sam Houston Case
Police report a Ft Sam Houston car theft with Col S P Adams ownership. A five passenger Chalmers was stripped near the St Anthony Hotel and found abandoned on Sutherland Road after 12 Friday night. All removable parts including top wheels rims tires tools lights were stolen.
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Col. S. P. Adams
Fort Sam Houston
Sutherland Road
Chalmers
St. Anthony
Slayers of Tom Sandlin Sought by Lone Armed Group
Fifteen armed men scour the surrounding territory seeking two escaped convicts who Friday night killed Tom Sandlin. They bound and gagged J. B. Conner and stole his car after forcing Sandlin to surrender his revolver and shooting him. Conner was later dumped in a field. the car was found farther down the road.
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Humble
Tex
Tom Sandlin
J. B. Conner
Conner
West Field
Sandlin
Enjoy Dinner and Dance at Hot Wells Hotel
Seventy five San Antonio Rotary Club members and their ladies enjoyed a dinner and dance at the Hot Wells Hotel. Rev Hugh McLellan acted as toast master and led a spelling match where the women won all three prizes. A young contralto Ross Boies entertained in a formal gown before guests danced in the ballroom.
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San Antonio
Harry L. Miller
Bill to Open Texas Hatcheries Follows Federal Law
The Texas Senate passed a bill by Senator Harley to amend state game and fish laws to conform with federal rules. It would allow state hatcheries to supply fish for propagation to federal hatcheries and to obtain breeding fish from Texas streams. If the House approves, the San Marcos Federal hatchery may reopen after recent closure due to state law limits.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Harley
Texas
House
San Marcos
German insurer granted explosion insurance permit
The State Department of Insurance and banking in Austin Texas has amended the permit of Nortdeutsch Insurance Company of Hamburg Germany to write explosion insurance. Previously the company limited its activities to fire tornado and automobile insurance business.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Insurance and Banking
Nortdeutsch Insurance Company
Hamburg
Germany
German Nationals Face Delayed Naturalizations During War
M. H. Anthoni naturalization examiner filed before United States Judge Duval West a motion to defer final naturalization actions for German petitioners until the war ends. The request covers multiple federal courts, naming individuals such as Simmering Lipke Hoffman Neumann and others. Some petitions were opposed on grounds of bond status or defectiveness. hearing is set for September 3.
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M. H. Anthoni
United States
Duval West
Mr. Anthoni
Harry Henry Simmering
Frank Michels Lipke
John David Hoffman
Joseph Neumann
Kass Kkensa
William Franz Knape
Anthoni
Germany
West
Pilgrimage of Prayer Reaches West Texas Episco
The Advent origin pilgrimage of prayer continues through Maine to the Episcopal diocese of West Texas. Each day at a different church a Holy Communion service and quiet intercessory prayers are planned, with St Mark's St Johns St Pauls Christ Church St Lukes and St Phillips hosting the daily services.
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Maine
West Texas
St. Mark’s Church
St. John’s Church
St. Paul’s
Christ Church
St. Luke’s
St. Phillip’s
Charters Filed in Texas Across Several Firms
Magnolia Park Baptist Church Houston files charter no capital stock with W H Farrington R 8 Harris and John B York as incorporators. Silo Construction Company Dallas with 5000 capital stock and 2500 paid in, incorporators W B Fraser J H Payne B J Chama. Universal Car Company Houston 15000 capital stock paid in, incorporators F E Lewis G A Gondre M W Bunch. Kell Milling Company Vernon seeks amendment to extend charter from 25 to 50 years. Grand view Cotton Oil Company Grand View files proof of final capital stock payment 75000. Crescent Chemical Company Fort Worth files certificate of dissolution.
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Magnolia Park Baptist Church
Houston
Capital
W. H. Farrington
Harris
John B. York
Silo Construction Company
Dallas
W. B. Fraser
J. H. Payne
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F. E. Lewis
G. A. Gondre
M. W. Bunch
Kell Milling Company
Vernon
Grandview Cotton Oil Company
Grandview
Crescent Chemical Company of
Fort Worth
The deadly nightshade and the decay around ruins
The article notes Atropa belladonna as a persistent weed thriving near ruins and neglected areas, seeming to linger where decay prevails. It likens its spread to a hand in the decay and highlights its widespread persistence in European landscapes.
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