Dream of San Antonio Growth Becomes Reality in 1912 Plans
The article paints San Antonio as a city constrained by visions about its future now moving toward concrete progress. A north rail extension to San Angelo Denver route and a Crowther to Mission line, plus steamship links to northern ports and Europe, are slated for completion in 1912, signaling rapid regional expansion.
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San Antonio
Alamo
United States
Pearson
London
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Tampico
Mexico
Aransas Pass Bay
Texas
Tue Licar
San Anglo
Denver
Fort Worth
Crowther
Rockport
Harbor Island
Europe
Mission
Art and Mammon warns of surplus musical students and few jobs
The article citing the Woman's Home Companion notes 25 000 musical students in Berlin mostly American and 10 000 in New York conservatories plus at least 15 000 in France Belgium and Italy. It argues mediocrity rises with money chasing fame and stresses art for art's sake and rigorous prerequisites for success.
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Berlin
New York
Chicago
France
Belgium
Italy
Tetrazini
Schuman-Heinke
Caruso
Jean de Rezke
London Funds Back Rockport Rail Plan For San Antonio Growth
Backers in London and the Continent finance a 40 000 stake and 1000 financed rail route. The scheme promises 90 pound steel rails on rock and gravel ballast, rivaling the finest Pennsylvania lines. London capital aims to double and even treble San Antonio’s population within ten years.
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London
Pennsy
Rockport
San Antonio
Caruso and art in music study and success
The speaker notes Caruso's longevity in art for art's sake and warns that many fail in music by chasing fame rather than artistry. He urges studying music only if it can be afforded and pursued for genuine artistic value, else it becomes a major handicap to success.
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Caruso
Olympus
Christmas Good Will and the battle against fate
A reflective piece argues Christmas awakens free will and compassion beyond Malthus, evolution, and fate. It contrasts harsh daily life with a lifting season urging meekness, peace, and the triumph of love over conquest, violence, and ego. It cites literary and mythic lines to urge loftier ideals.
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Malthus
Buckle
Watchy quarrel ends in separation for two friends
A Waterbury watch kept ticking loudly as two Duluth friends hunted last fall. The noise caused a quarrel that grew until they left separately, each peeved by the other and the ticking watch acknowledged to disturb sleep.
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Duluth
Waterbury
Duluth News-Tribune
Rockefeller process leads in gold extraction method shift
In a brief note from the Brooklyn Eagle observers say others backed off the boards as the cyanide process loses priority to the Rockefeller method. The report marks the Rockefeller process as the only one up to date in the field.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Diaz Mystery Stirs Readers Across the Post-Dispatch
Readers puzzle over the identity of Diaz as the St Louis Post Dispatch hints at a public figure or enigmatic subject. The brief line stirs curiosity and leaves the question open for readers to speculate.
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Diaz
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Marvels of Science: Comets and Cosmic Positions in 1911
Edgar Lucien Darkin surveys 1911 celestial activity with notes on Halley’s absence from fear, the return of several comets, their paths, inclinations, and perihelion distances. He explains right ascension and declination, details specific comets from June to October, and links astronomical events to a broader sense of scientific progress despite global tensions. The piece ends with observing notes from Lowe Observatory in December 1911.
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Edgar Lucien Darkin
Halley
Max Wolf
Heidelberg
Reiss
Earth
Greenwich
R. A
Aires
Comet Reiss
Italy
Turkey
Austin
Lowe Observatory
Community Notes From Darlington Area Visit and Travel
Buffalo Meat and wife attended a Christian meeting in Calumet. William Goodsell and family from Watonga visited Joe Yelloweyes. Little Snake hauls firewood from Tobacco's place as winter nears. Fighting Bull and wife with Sampson Kelly and Mary Shepherd traveled to Darlington on business. Victor Crow Chief camps with Fighting Bull and helps build a fence on his allotment. Harry Houser returned from Watonga after visiting his sister Mrs Miller Bos e.
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Darlington
Okla
Calumet
William Goodsell
Watonga
Joe Yelloweyes
Little Snake
Fighting Bull
Sampson Kelly
Mary Shepherd
Victor Crow
Harry Houser
Mrs. Miller Bigose
Letters to the Light Correcting editorial etymology and allusions
Wesley Peacock criticizes a Thursday editorial on The Deadly Tattler for misusing Tamil terms Pariah and Pariah dog and other words. He praises Bryan and Watterson as scholars rich in classical allusions and laments the decline of Latin and Greek study among modern students.
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South India
Texas
Bryan
Watterson
Damocles
Tower of Babel
Bear Story at Country Hotel Echoes Comic Thief
From Youne's Magazine a witty bear tale unfolds as a hotel bear escapes a stable and roams the premises. A hotel man chases the beast up the stairs and into a bedroom where a woman scolds a visitor for entering unannounced in an automobile coat.
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Youne
Wilton Lackaye
George
Poems of Sentiment and Manliness in a World of Longing
A reflective verse piece contrasts two men driven by desire. One seeks Love and transcendence with a partner, a dawnlike union atop a fiery ascent. The other pursues Power, fame, and wealth, blind to life’s higher hills, while the speaker urges universal manliness and a serene spirit.
Remarkable experiments show smoke rings and locomotive vortices
The piece discusses liquid ring experiments by Professor Tait described in January Popular Mechanics. Ammonium chloride gas rings form controllable rings that move perpendicular to their plane and carry their material, vibrate when hitting objects, and pass through slower rings to exchange speed.
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Popular Mechanics
Tait
Chimpanzees Linked to Humans Says Furness
Dr William Furness of the University of Pennsylvania declares the chimpanzee is the missing link between man and animals in human evolution. He asserts they speak and think and notes the animals on a farm near Wallingford Pennsylvania.
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New York Herald
William Furness
University of Pennsylvania
Wallingford
Salvation Army Pot Incident in San Antonio
A brisk San Antonio wind topples a sidewalk Salvation Army pot near a busy curb. A passerby aid worker repositions the tripod and salvages a lone dime while a man in a blue uniform helps by wiping mud from the worker’s hand and sleeve.
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San Antonio
Salvation Army
Two Long Lives From the New York Sun
John Bigelow aged 94 and Douglas Taylor aged 81 have been longtime friends for over fifty years. They compare health notes on birthdays with opposing views on coffee tobacco and stimulants noting Bigelow avoided them while Taylor used them.
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The
New York Sun
John Bigelow
Douglas Taylor
Mr. Bigelow
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Religious advertising and ministers sensationalism debate
The Kansas City Journal notes leading religious periodicals criticize ministers who use sensational tactics to draw crowds. The piece argues such methods are isolated missteps not indicative of a broader shift toward secularism in church outreach.
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Kansas City Journal
Judge Seeks Bryan’s Ideal Candidate in Parker Reference
The Omaha Bee notes that while Parker is cited as Bryan’s ideal match, Mr. Bryan has not yet chosen him. The reflection frames the 1904 political maneuvering with a nod to Alton B. Parker as a favored option.
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Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Omaha Bee
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Encke
D. North
Borrelly
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Quenisset
Juvisy
Russia
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