Governor Ferguson Exonerated Yet Criticized Over UT Practices
The UT Board of Regents investigation into faculty conduct shows no evidence of meddling by Governor Ferguson but reveals lax financial practices at the university. The record indicates actions were halted after his complaints, with calls for reform and questions about the board's exoneration of implicated faculty.
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Board of Regents
University of Texas
People of Texas
Ferguson
Governor Ferguson Wins By Ending Widespread University Practices
The article argues the governor succeeded by halting practices that could not be justified as regular, despite defense that these norms had been handed down. Regents refused the proposed remedy, yet the discontinuation signals clear success and implies admission of prior issues.
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United States
University of Texas
Ferguson
Board of Regents
Pracoe
Pope Benedict and Wilson Refrain From Mediation in War Peace Talks
The pope and President Wilson both decline any mediation offer regarding Germany's peace proposals. They stress separate roles and likely foresee no immediate peace outcome, suggesting the war will continue. Pope Benedict weighs nonintervention now, reserving influence for a time when talks may bear fruit.
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Rome
Benedict
Holy See
Germany
Wilson
United States
Pope Benedict
Europe
War Stocks Forecast Decline Through European Conflict
The article notes war stocks are likely to fall from now until the European war ends. It warns that if peace appears near, fluctuations could be rapid, otherwise declines will be gradual with a final big slump once peace is secured.
War stocks decline as peace talk dampens demand
The article notes that war munitions stocks have peaked months ago amid Somme front advances. With Von Bethmann-Hollweg’s peace talk and ongoing mobilization, war stocks are likely to stay down as belligerents face higher costs, depleted ranks, winter slowdowns, and Britain’s and France’s increased production. Sympathetic market moves across related and unrelated stocks follow these shifts.
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Somme
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
United States
Great Britain
France
Snowing in Tennessee and Golfing in San Antonio
A pair of items on the same day reports snow in Tennessee and golfers taking the links in San Antonio. Weather and sports updates note wintry skies in the Volunteer State while golf play continues amid mild Texas conditions.
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Tennessee
San Antonio
Mexican Outlaw Sentenced for Border Raid Invasion
A Mexican national was sentenced for involvement in a border raid that killed and looted defenseless frontier residents. The article notes shifting public attitudes toward such attacks compared with several months earlier.
Argentina to Represent Consul General in San Francisco
Argentina will be represented in San Francisco for the first time by a consul general. The move aims to improve Argentina’s diplomatic presence and hopes for better results than some nations have experienced with consuls in the city.
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Argentina
San Francisco
Real Money Paid From Export Duties in Santo Domingo
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram notes that the U S authorities have obtained approval from local officials and natives to pay back salaries using funds from export duties collected by American receivers. A payday is linked to patriotism in the country.
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Uncle Sam
Santo Domingo
Fort Worth
Submarine War Draws Critics From Galveston Tribune
The Galveston Tribune argues that German submarine actions risk nullifying military gains by drawing America into conflict. It warns the United States would fund wartime needs at home rather than boosting foreign coffers if war comes.
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America
United States
Galveston Tribune
Peary Predicts New Canal Across Central America
Admiral Peary foresaw the government building another canal across the Central American isthmus as the Panama water way proved inadequate for growing traffic. He urged waiting for the Panama ditch to be cleared of landslides and to prove its capacity to handle commerce.
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Peary
Central American Isthmus
Panama Waterway
Panama Ditch
el Paso Times
Mars canals disputed by Lowell defenders say Schiaparelli formed idea
The Christian Science Monitor argues that Percival Lowell did not originate the Martian canal theory, though he was its strongest advocate. It credits Giovanni Schiaparelli of Turin with an earlier and influential idea related to planetary observations and other celestial phenomena.
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Mars
Percival Lowell
Lowell
Giovanni Schiaparelli
University of
Turin
Mercury
Desperia
Christian Science Monitor
Border-made Athletes Boost Chicago Indoor Sport
Military service on the Mexican border has boosted Chicago indoor sport. After four months with the Second Illinois infantry, Chicago militiamen plan to form a strong west athletic organization. The regiment includes athletes from many nations with soccer players, runners, boxers, baseball players, pole vaulters, wrestlers, basketball players, hurdlers, discus throwers and football players.
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Chicago
Texas
Second Illinois Infantry
West
Austin Statesman
How to Offset the High Cost of Living Contest Letters
The following letters in The High Cost of Living contest are published for the value of their suggestions. Additional letters will be printed from day to day, presenting reader ideas on easing living expenses.
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Vnlue
Back Yard Economics to Cut Living Costs
Frank R. Warner argues families can cut expenses by growing fruit in back yards, keeping chickens, and using efficient home practices. He cites egg price swings, storage costs, and small city lots as key factors and promotes self-sufficiency over embargo policies. He details his own modest improvements at 824 Hays Street.
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United States
Frank R. Warner
Hays Street
Reading Advertisements Amid War Price Pressures
A reader explains using advertisements to combat high living costs during wartime. The writer notes they buy where prices and quality suit, avoid needless purchases, and argue that ads help readers while warning against unused paper becoming dangerous due to explosives.
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Factors Driving Price Increases and Consumer Costs
A discussion on how supply and demand shape food prices, with wartime demand and market withholding cited as factors. The piece critiques middlemen, packaging, advertising, and delivery costs as added burdens on consumers and outlines how these elements raise the cost of living.
Aims to Cut Living Costs With Self Sufficient Household
The writer advocates reducing middleman fees by a self relying wife who buys direct from producers and uses all goods efficiently. He notes this approach should lower living costs though it may not achieve that goal.
Nonsensical Show Explains High Cost of Living
A writer argues war and embargoes drive prices up, benefitting producers and certain consumers while harming wage earners. He cites extravagant, wasteful spending by families and urges simple living and cutting superfluities to curb the high cost of living.
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Europe
The Dictator Craze and Price Controversy Across Nations
The writer argues price manipulation fuels by war, criticizes speculators and middlemen, and recalls anti hoarding methods in Mexico and Germany. It cites proposals for embargoes on food and coal as means to curb high costs and suggests mayoral action could engage citizens and reassure taxpayers.
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Germany
Diaz
Mexico
Ilinois
Read the Light Want Ads for Bargain Offers
Readers urged to check the San Antonio Light Want Ads to offset rising costs. Mrs. Wash Orteza invites inquiries from 149 Panama Ave while Miss Margaret Barry promotes hospital-related notices and bargains.
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Wash Orteza
Panama Ave
Margaret Barry
Iron mesh village frames hailed as indestructible innovation
An Iowa inventor promotes a village made of wire mesh on iron frame structures that undulate realistically and resist wind and weather, claimed to be nearly indestructible.
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Iowa
The Light's Daily Story: Cleo Breaks Hearts at Five
A nurse scolds Cleo a pampered five year old who smashes new toys. In a conservatory she rebuffs a khaki boy promising a future home and then welcomes a wealthier admirer, revealing a pattern of breaking hearts. The tale ends noting punitive sleep and implied danger in her flippant behavior.
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Cleo
France
Inkhaki
Cott Street Mixup Baffles Buffalo Streetwise Lad
A witty street joke from Buffalo Express features a boy on the corner resolving a dispute about Main and Washington streets. The lad remains neutral, declaring the intersection is Cott Street, keeping the passerby amused.
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Main Street
Washington Street
Cott Street
Buffalo Expréss
Letters to the Light reader letter on regimental arrival
A reader signed as FOURTH ILL INF SUPPLY CO contesting a report that only Seventh Illinois and First and Second Wisconsin were on duty. The writer notes Third and Fourth Illinois arrived July 5, stayed over five months, and asks to be accurately recorded.
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Army Post
Illinois
Wisconsin
Fair City
Valerie Bergere Headlines Majestic Vaudeville Bill
Valerie Bergere stars in Little Cherry Blossom at the Majestic matinee opening today with a Japanese comedy from Stephen G Champlin. Clara Morton Frank Sheen Duttons James sisters Claudia Allbright Marie Rodolfo Freeman Dunham Grace O Mally Brent Hayes Richard Wheelan Gertrude Dolan also perform in varied acts from dancing to banjo and operatic numbers.
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Valerie Bergere
Majestic
Majestic Theater
Stephen G. Champlin
Miss Bergere
Clara Morton
Four
Freeman and
Dunham
Grace O'Mally
Brighton
Brent Hayes
Richard Wheelan
Gertrude Dolan
George M. Cohan S
New York
Where Are My Children to Close Grand Opera Run
The play Where Are My Children will be shown at the Grand Opera House tonight for the last time. Starting Thursday the Grand Opera House will show The Eagle's Wings a Bluebird photoplay starring Herbert Rawlinson and Grace Carlyle about industrial preparedness with scenes from munition plants navy yards and military posts to urge patriotism and cooperation with Uncle Sam.
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Grand Opera House
Herbert Rawlinson
Grace Carlyle
Rufus Steel
San Francisco
Steel
Uncle Sam
Triangle Program at the Empire Theater Tonight
William Hart stars in The Devil's Double at the Empire with Enid Markey and Robert McKim in support. Kay-Bee presents a tale of Bowie Drake the ex outlaw and his encounter with a spiritual woman. An added Keystone Triangle comedy in two parts rounds out the program.
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William 8
van Dyke Tarleton
Lucifer
Arizona
Topher
Bowie
Blake
Political Allegiance Exchange Card
A young reporter asks a stern matron about a neighbor’s politics. The woman declares she is the party the man belongs to, pointing to her own telltale stance and denying access. The scene captures local politics and social signals in a country paper interview.
Just a Quibble in Newport Society Talks
Preston Gibson, a Newport society leader, decries the divorceroblem as a quibble. A reader notes a miser leaving half a million to charity, questioning why many misers are bachelors. His wife retorts that married misers are less notable.
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Newport
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