San Antonio Light History and Circulation Note 1911
The San Antonio Light details its founding date January 20 1881 and describes its publishing scope including the Gazett(e) and AP wire. It lists offices publication formats and subscription rates, notes distribution through hotels and stores, and presents a 1911 circulation sworn by Harvey L Steele with notary John J Wan.
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SAN Antonio Gazette
Associated Press
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Peace Under the Law: San Antonio Council Unanimous
The San Antonio city council approved a motion to adjourn in a unanimous vote. The piece argues unity, adherence to the charter, and less factional conflict as essential for efficient governance, urging Mayor Callaghan and aldermen to avoid out of order clashes and follow the law. It also reflects on military critique of U.S. artillery readiness and broader political changes.
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San Antonio
Callaghan
Not Ready for War: Stimson Warns on U.S. War Readiness
Secretary of War Stimson Delivering annual report notes the nation cannot meet first class power in war and win, critiques current maintenance system for efficiency, cites insufficient artillery and production, and estimates fifty cars needed to secure artillery material.
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United States Army
Secretary of War
National Guard
United States
Atlantic Ocean
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Britain not free yet says Asquith on votes and rights
The piece argues that Britain still lacks true representative government as Asquith advocates ending complex voter classifications. It notes that wealth rather than merit often governs voting power, with absentee landlords wielding more influence than tax payers.
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Great Britain
Cat Britain
Pay Your Poll Tax in San Antonio
The article urges San Antonio voters to pay their poll taxes promptly to be eligible for upcoming local and national elections. It criticizes dissatisfaction with city conditions and argues that improvement requires a full, timely vote by all citizens. The piece stresses that paying taxes saves money and that no obstacle should block the vote.
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San Antonio
Bluffing poker tale in a Louisville Times report
A Louisville Times piece recounts a local official’s humorous misadventure at a 10 cent limit five-handed poker game. He loses $12.50 as players with nerves, memory lapses, bad eyes, and inexperience outplay him despite his bluffing efforts.
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Louisville
Secrets of stained glass dye die with Goennewich
Bernard Goennewich, a Russian immigrant who developed a new staining process for stained glass, dies in St. John’s hospital Long Island from suspected poison while preparing his secret stains. He ran Goennewich & Carr at 634 Palmetto street Ridgewood and refused to sell his method as rivals sought it.
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Bernard Goennewich
St. John’s Hospital
Long Island
Goennewich
William B. Mathews
First Street
Criminals and Their Treatment Theory of penalties
The article argues that criminal penalties should reform offenders rather than punish, noting society seeks to reform erring members and protect itself from incorigible ones. It contends imprisonment often fails to reform and may label offenders as incorrigible when kindness and sensible measures could yield useful citizens.
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Boston
Her Figure
Dialogue fragment from Lustige Blatter features a father praising Sarah’s beauty to a prospective son-in-law and the suitor quipping about a number puzzle in a satirical social scene. The lines reflect courtship humor and character dynamics in a light vent.
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Sarah
Lustige Blatter
Barrymore Stars in The Witness for the Defense on Broadway
Ethel Barrymore returns to Broadway at the Empire in The Witness for the Defense. The play, from A. E. Mason, draws strong acting and smart stagecraft, with Barrymore delivering a standout performance as Stella Ballantyne alongside a capable company including A. E. Anson and Ernest Stallard.
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J. W. McConaughy
Ethel Barrymore
Broadway
Empire Theater
Miss Barrymore
Miss. Barrymore
Preaching and Practice in English Class
A college English professor asks students to write more plainly after a pupil presents a marginal correction unreadable to the class. The instructor explains that the note reads Write more plainly, underscoring the need to practice clarity in writing.
Up-to-Date Verse: A Cowpoke Night Before
A humorous verse sequence chronicles a rider’s pride in new puttees and dignity, a rude horse, and ridicule from cowboys. It shifts to a nightmare about a rattlesnake and a dream explanation, then a threatening stranger, ending with a bartender’s pardon and a toast to survival.
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Brenk
Disease and Its Cure by Eddy Wolff
The article argues boils and carbuncles are nature’s safety valves for toxins. Boils indicate poisons collected in the blood and should be opened to release them. Healing methods that scatter poisons worsen the condition and can threaten life, while letting boils open aids the body's effort to purge impurities.
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Eddy Wolff
Edison in Carnegie's List
Andrew Carnegie has compiled a list of world’s greatest men with many industrial figures and few thinkers. An alternative list sent to a New York paper includes Socrates and Plato and both lists name Thomas Edison. Edison’s biographers note the Edison family was not poor, living on a comfortable farm with an orchard.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Socrates
Plato
Thomas Eison
Carnegie
Edison
Woman complains after streetcar passes Leona Street
A matronly woman confronts a conductor about missing Leona Street at the I and G N depot. The conductor explains the stop and the exchange ends with the passenger alighting and the conductor quipping that readers expect mind reading from conductors.
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Leona Street
Mourning Customs Fade Yet Stationery Demand Surges
The New York Tribune reports that mourning goods sales have fallen, as fewer people seek conspicuous tributes. Store managers note shorter mourning periods, while black bordered writing paper remains in demand, with examples of subtle show mourning such as a 100 dinner dance cards ordered on black bordered stock.
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New York Tribune
War's Business Ambassadors
Cromwell Childs notes in Harper's Weekly that firms hold advance intelligence on wars. He cites large orders from St. Petersburg and Tokyo for machine tools as early signs of the Russo Japanese conflict. Private manufacturers' files store volumes on world history in the making.
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Cromwell Childs
Harper’s Weekly
St. Petersburg
Tokio
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