San Antonio Light publishers editors and details
Charles S Diehl and Harrison L Beach listed as editors and publishers of The San Antonio Light and The San Antonio Gazette. The paper claims exclusive AP wire service and publication details dated January 20, 1881.
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San Antonio Gazette
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Charles 8. Diehl, Harrison L, Beach
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N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
America
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Taft Defends Free Canal Tolls Against British Protest
In the dying hours of congress President Taft signed the Panama canal bill and issued a statement refuting British claims that the act violates the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. He argues tolls for coastwise American ships are lawful and that the British position would undermine U S control of its own commerce.
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Great Britain
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Taft
Progressive party endures or fades with Roosevelt influence
The piece argues the Progressive party is a lasting political organization of former Democrats and Republicans, not merely a protest. It criticizes claims of permanence and notes Roosevelt’s uncertain impact, recalling Chicago 1912 and assembly actions as evidence of the party’s unsettled status.
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Kansas City Star
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
New York Police and Prohibition Speak to Corruption
The essay condemns police graft in New York from bribes to peanut vendors to liquor law busts. It argues weak Sunday liquor laws, lax enforcement, and political corruption breed graft, while Mayor Gaynor and Albany lawmakers fail to curb vice and uphold public liberty. It notes police profits from illicit saloons, gambling dens, and dives, with a tone of moral critique.
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Panama canal bill framed to defend rights on high seas
The article argues the Panama Canal bill, seen as sensible, would restore American freedom of passage for coastwise and foreign ships, referencing past definitions of natural rights and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty signed by President Taft last Saturday.
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Congress
Panama Canal
Taft
Lipton’s Motto Emphasizes Work Over Leisure
Sir Thomas Lipton urges in September Strand that there is no fun like work and that a rising man should keep work before him. He says he has worked long hours but enjoyed every minute and warns against constantly watching the clock.
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Thomas Lipton
Busine
Brotherhood Signals from a Forbidden Book
Michael Stein, freed after three years in prison, returns to London and finds the Brotherhood still calling him to covert work. A mysterious message leads him to Hans Hisen in Soho and a sealed parcel containing a fresh Koran, which he studies in a tense search for hidden meaning.
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Michael Stein
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Brotherhood
Marie Stolakoff
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Marie
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Eisen
Hans Hisen
Soho
Up-to-Date Verse From September Ainslee's
Poem by P. F. Montgomery reflects shifting seasons and hope as night yields to a new day beyond hills. It evokes shadows and light across fields, a heavenly gate, star folk, and memory, with Tomorrow as a distant presence guiding Life.
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Hope
P. F. Montgomery
Ainslee’s
Silent note seals Ivan’s revenge in mansion mystery
In a tense scene a man discovers a hidden note on fragile Japanese paper. The letter from Ivan declares past murder, poison and justice, hinting his vengeance has reached the reader as Marie’s memory haunts him and the room falls silent.
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Moscow
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Stein
Madame Lalot
Tribute to Father Taylor as Beth el chaplain praised
The New York Sun lauds Father Taylor the eloquent Boston sailor preacher. It suggests Melville Clark Russell Stevenson would choose him as chaplain for their Bethel in the Blessed Isles.
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Blessed Isles
Flood Control Plan Ranked Second Only to Panama Canal
The deep waterways commission in Chicago calls flood control an engineering project second only to the Panama Canal. It urges government action to fund reservoirs, regulate drainage, and reclaim lands to capitalize the enterprise. Proposes three canal routes from upper Mississippi to Lake Michigan and notes 1912 flood damages around 200 million dollars. Windsor reports for Popular Mechanics.
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H. H. Windsor
Popular Mechanics
Henri Defends Skeptical Buyers on Bogus Old Master
Robert Henri rails in New York against experts duped by a fake old master painting. He recalls a Velasquez tale where an auctioneer touts a piece as Velasquez Battle of Waterloo, claiming it a posthumous work to fool buyers.
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San Antonio
Robert Henri
New York
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Waterloo
Welly
New York Tribune
Crying Need for Public Drinking Troughs Highlighted by Thirsty Horse
A overheated horse tied near a Whig Houston street shows the city’s lack of downtown drinking troughs. The creature, exhausted and thirsty, licked an ice cake from a neighboring wagon as onlookers noted the public infrastructure gap.
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Houston
Henry Clews On Business Virtues And Leadership
Henry Clews in the September Strand stresses honesty fidelity patience judgment and courage as essential traits for future leaders. He says big men seek virtuous lieutenants and that success comes from hard work persistence and fair play, forging self confidence through facing opposition.
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