San Antonio Light Circulation Audit Details 1912
A historical notice from The San Antonio Light provides November circulation figures and certified audits. It lists total November copies, daily averages for evening and Sunday editions, net paid daily averages, and certification by N. W. Ayer & Sons for nine months ending mid 1912. It notes offices in New York Chicago and agencies.
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New York
San Antonio
N. W. Ayer & Sons
Philadelphia
America
Rope
Pay Your Poll Tax Urges San Antonio Voters
A 1913 call for all residents to pay city, county, and state poll taxes by January 31 to qualify to vote this year. The plea emphasizes that payment alone does not cover property taxes and urges rapid compliance to ensure broad voter participation in upcoming city decisions.
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San Antonio
Arbitration Not Wanted By Professors On Panama Canal Debate
A survey of college presidents and scholars shows strong opposition to submitting the Panama Canal issue to The Hague or arbitration. Many urge sticking to the treaty, opposing British demands while defending national honor and coastwise shipping rights. The piece argues the public will back a party that honors the flag and the union over partisan maneuvering.
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New York
Panama Canal
America
England
Alpha and Omega
John Bull
Professor Butler
Columbia University
Great Britain
Congress
Butler
Friedman
Carlisle Indians
Humphreys
Ns Institute of Technology
Day of
Wheeler
Waia
Leland Stanard
Burton
Smith Co
Carnegie
Thompson
Ohio State University
Hague
Tyler
Vassar
Panama
Judson
Chicago University
H. A. Garfield
Williams College
M. W. Stryker
Hamilton College
W. P. Darfee
Hobart College
Vox Populi
Vox Dei
Gum Shoe Bill Calls Mexican Policy A Democratic Issue
A Missouri senator urges the Taft administration to refrain from action in Mexico to avoid embarrassing Wilson, arguing patriotism yields to politics. The piece labels this stance as coarse and ineffective, noting unrest in Mexteco has endangered Americans and property for two years. The critic accuses the senator of prioritizing party expediency over national duty.
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Stone
United States
Missouri
Taft
Wilson
Republican Party
Mexico
Democratic Party
Westminster Abbey Tribute to Ambassador Reid Marks Anglo American Unity
The Westminster Abbey memorial for late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid honored him as a symbol of Anglo American friendship. The piece notes Britain’s high regard, Reid’s unique status among foreign representatives, and the sharing of a body transport by British ship. It reflects on Westminster Abbey’s historic significance and the lasting kinship between English and American peoples.
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United States
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Whitelaw Reid
Mr. Reid
James Bryce
Westminster
London
Sebert
Canute the Dane
Edward the Confessor
West Minster
Henry III
Metal disc aims to preserve Bernhardt for a millennium
A report notes an effort to perfect a metal and cast a disc to preserve the voice of actress Bernhardt for a thousand years. The inventor would receive a $1000 reward. The idea hinges on long-term interest continuing beyond a millennium, though Bernhardt may retire in the interim.
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Bernhardt
the Bernhardt
Angeles Tribune
The Christmas Ghost Disappearance Mystery Unfolds
A squire recounts a fatal Christmas Eve in his house. A French governess vanished after a sleeping draught, leaving a boot and later a buried skeleton in a garden bed. A doctor confesses to mixing the wrong potion and, driven by guilt, hid the body and fabric, revealing the truth after years.
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Loth
Nora
Squire
Davos Platz
Solves Servant Problem In the December American Magazine
Mrs. Frank Ambler Pattison of Colonia New Jersey is praised for running a home with no servants using time and labor saving devices. The article notes she rises at 6 45 her daily housework averages five hours and she entertains extensively with minimal help, advocating house keeping as an art and science and the broader benefits of self sufficiency.
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Frank Ambler Pattison
Colonia
N. J
A Poet’s Call to Broaden Realism Beyond The Age
Herman Hagedorn argues that poetry should embrace a larger world beyond contemporary politics and class struggle. He urges poets to move past strict realism, widening vision while keeping links to reality and exploring humane sympathy for both oppressed and oppressors. He notes realism opened new regions but narrows the view if overused.
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Socrates
Plato
Michael Angelo
Columbus
Augustus
Virgil
Galsworthy
Herman Hagedorn
The
North American Review
Height Affects Fliers From The London Lancet
Dr. von Schroet ter of Venice describes aviator physiology as revealing a new climate produced by flight. He notes atmospheric pressure and oxygen shifts alter circulation and respiration more than gradual mountain ascent. A powerful draft induces cold and deafness from pressure changes on the tympanum, with associated subjective noises and ear pain.
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London
Lancet
von Schroetter
Venice
Veryi
M. Latham
D von Schroetter
Dr. von Schroétter
The Winning Widow and Other Theatre Observations
A critical look at current stage fare dismisses The Winning Widow as burlesque vaudeville rather than musical comedy noting its overhyped advertising and inadequate chorus and comedians Mal Clark and Bo Turbett are singled out for wasting talent. The piece also echoes health concerns about aviation anxiety and nervous strain from a windy era of flight.
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Mal Clark
Bo Turbett
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