San Antonio Light Museum of History Ad and Circulation Note
The San Antonio Light announces its branding as a merged daily paper with The San Antonio Gazette and Leased AP wire service. It lists subscription rates, delivery notices, and office contact details with circulation figures for ten months ending October 30, 1911.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Light
San Antonio Gazette
Associated Press
New York
Beckwith
Tribune
Chicago
Reyes in Mexico as General Plans Turbulence
The piece debunks rumors of Gen. Bernardo Reyes heading to Washington and asserts he is in northeastern Mexico preparing to trouble the Madero government. It calls him a soldier of fortune, enemy of the republic, with scant regard for Mexican peace and with aims of power and plunder.
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Bernardo Reyes
Washington
Taft
St. Louis
San Antonio
Mexico
Madero
Taumalipas
Reyes
Republic
Russian passports debate mirrors immigration policies
The St Petersburg Novoe Vremya argues over passport controls and immigration rules, suggesting tit for tat limits between the United States and Russia. It contends that Russia may set its own immigrant criteria and criticizes U S bans on certain groups including polygamists, while noting Russia’s own stance on money requirements.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
New World
United States
Russia
Homesick Juror Forces Trial Delay in Kansas City
A juror in a Kansas City trial has fled his post prompting bailiffs and police to search for him. If he returns unharmed and without discussing the case, the trial proceeds. otherwise the trial will be halted and new trials may be needed, with expenses to the state and possibly the defendant.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Supreme Court of
Citizenship, juries, and passports in shift of state control
The piece argues for strict national citizenship norms, opposing dual or outside loyalty. It links passport use to allegiance limits and warns the Russian case to avoid extraterritorial rights. It also critiques juror confinement and reflects on juror welfare and potential juror flight within a harsh legal system.
The Librarian's Take On Misleading Book Titles
The British Museum reading room chief laments authors misdescribing works and notes how titles like The Glittering Glades of Grassland mislead readers. He argues enduring classics show how titles rarely reveal a book's essence and cites examples from fiction and non fiction alike.
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British Museum
Sussex
David Copperfield
Martin Chuzzlewit
Quentin Durward
Tom Jones
Roderick Random
Porter
Burton
A Bostonian Reply
Rabbi Wise in Boston sought a hotel and asked a well dressed passerby for advice. The stranger, approaching from Summer Street near the south station, answered with a blunt remark suggesting the closest place to stop. The anecdote highlights a sharp or humorous local exchange during his visit.
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St. Paul
Rabbi Wise
Boston
Summer Street
South Station
The Brave Elopement Joke Sparks Chat
An amused friend teases about a wife’s elopement with a chauffeur prompting Mr. Flimkilt to lament the recklessness of chauffeurs in a Washington Republic style quip.
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Mr. Flimkilt
Washington R
Alias Jimmy Valentine at the Grand Theater Review
Paul Armstrong's adaptation of the O Henry tale yields a solid stage thriller. Edmund Elton stands out as Jimmy Valentine alias Lee Randall, with strong support from Herbert Fortier as Doyle and Margaret Dunn as Rose Lane. the ensemble delivers convincing prison to bank plot dynamics and a restrained redemption arc.
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Handler
Sing Sing Prison
William J. Kane Smith
Harry Joseph Blickendolphenbach
Herman Nagel Bill
Avery
Okeee
A de Doyle
Herbert Fortier
Webster
Gate of Hope Society
Gertrude Clemons
Moore
Maud Holdie Robert Fay
New York
John Dudley Rose Lane
Margaret Dunn
Blinky” Davis
Owara Sayer
Dick the Rat
Ckief Seered
Ae Lee Randall
Jimmy Valentine
Edmund Elton William Lane
Rose
Illinois
Frank P. Adams
Red Joclyn
Yegg
Valentine
Sam Hines
Bobby
Louis Esport Kitty
Florence Conradee
Hottman Bell Boy
Morgan Pollock
Paul Armstrong
Jimmy ‘Valentine
Edmund Elton
Lee Randall
Sing Sing
Elton
Doyle
Rose Lane
Florence Conrad
Kitty
Big tip by John W Gates in Paris Ritz noted
A longtime generous man recalls John W Gates tipping Olivier the head waiter 1000 francs at a Ritz Hotel dinner. The donor says Gates gave a 200 dollar equivalent, calling it a lesson in generosity while joking about spoiling others’ expectations.
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New York Sun
John W. Gates
Paris
Gates
Ritz Hotel
Olivier
John
Walking on Water Sermon Quip By Edward F Marvin
Edward F Marvin of the Sons of Temperance cites a Bridgeport address and a sailors tale to mock temperance opponents. He recalls a shellback challenging the Bible account of walking on water and the minister replying he can walk on water better than on rum.
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Edward F. Marvin
Sons of Temperance
Bridgeport
Bothel
Detroit Free Press
Religion of Mammon Parable in Verse on Assimilation
A pious man and a preacher travel a road of wealth tied faith and percentages. They seek to help others by benevolent assimilation of a lumberjack’s lands and ore with deals named as honest, lawful, and blessed. The verse lampoons Merritt and kinfolks and questions moral motives.
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R. EB. Porter
Merritt
Mabel
Stocking Mix Up Sparks Humorous London Moment
In a London Punch style quip a young lady laments a hole in a stocking and asks her uncle which stocking it is provoking a lighthearted, mistaken crisis about fashion mishap and memory.
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London
Missing Line pun targets Judge Bordwell and Steffens
A Chicago Tribune quip jokes about Judge Bordwell seeking to knock the Steffens out of Steffens and imagines the judge claiming there is no such person as Steffens, a playful reference to a supposed missing line.
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Judge Bordwell
Steffens
Chicago Tribune
Disease and Its Cure by Eddy Wolff
A medical piece explains nettle rash or hives as the same condition caused by diet or external factors. It details itching wheals from foods like strawberries and seafood, urges avoiding triggering items, and notes scratching worsens symptoms while a physician can help identify causes.
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Eddy Wolff
Volcano Awe Described From Mary A Winkelman Voyage
Captain Martin Christopherson of the barkentine Mary A Winkelman recalls Mount Kilauea eruption off Hawaii. He describes a three mile wide mouth, a thousand foot depth, lava rushing from crater rims, deafening roar, and smoke reaching Hotel Volcano twelve miles away.
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Martin Christopherson
Barkentine
Mary A. Winkelman
Kilauea
Hawaii
Hotel Volcano
LaFollette Says He Paddles His Own Canoe
A Kansas City Journal item notes LaFollette asserts he handles his own campaign, brushing aside claims of external help. The comment frames him as self-reliant and independent in managing his political stance.
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LaFollette
Kansas City Journal
Observant Citizen Christmas Displays Stir Local Shoppers
A reader recalls Christmas window displays in two big department stores with sections for elderly gifts, young adults, and toys. Crowds form around the toy window while a Seventh Ward girl explains she hangs her stocking early so Santa visits her house first to avoid leaving gifts for others.
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Toyland
Seventh Ward
San Antonio
Santa Claus
Santa
Studying Under Difficulties in Brooklyn Schools
A Brooklyn report details disruptive noises around schools including stoneyards, junkyards, wheelwrights, street vendors, trolley cars, garages, and repair shops. Principals condemn the constant din from factories, car barns, taxi stands, bands, peddlers, and veg sellers as hindering students’ study.
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Isaac L. Rice
Brooklyn
Louis the Fourteenth at the Dinner Table Quirk
A Le Figaro quip observes a guest asking about a handsome man called Louis the Fourteenth. The reply notes his name is Louis and he is always invited, so without him there would be thirteen guests, a nod to superstition and social dining.
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Louis Fourteenth
Louis the Fourteenth
Louis
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