Grand Opera Opens in San Antonio with Lavish Crowd
The San Antonio opening of Puccini's Girl of the Golden West drew a grand welcome at the Grand Opera House. Crowds filled Crockett Street, the plaza, and all seating, with cars and taxis blocking streets. Guests in boxes included Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Kearney and Kerrville’s Charles Schreiner, as gowns and uniforms highlighted a color rich evening. The performance drew rising applause toward the third act and strong audience interest throughout.
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San Antonio
the Grand
Crockett Street
Opera House
Opera
Clinton Kearney
C. C. Cresson
C. C. Cresson Jr
Cresson
Rs. Kearney
Claude Coleman
John N. Hodges
Walter Nolte
Seguin
Ed Roos
Errville
John Bentt Jr
W. C. Rigsby
Julia Armstrong
Ong
Bennett
William Negley
Gertrude Negley
Wal Negley
Negley
Mrsey
M. Gore
Los Angeles
Miss
Dallas
Miss Starr
Worst snow storm cripples rail lines and towns across plains
One of the worst snow storms in years raged over the central west bringing subzero temperatures. Western Kansas and eastern Colorado saw heavy drifts, cattle die of cold, and rail lines including Union Pacific and Rock Island crippled with trains two to six hours late. Homeless protest conditions as Salvation Army and Helping Hand shelters filled.
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Kansas City
Central West
Plains
Kansas
Colorado
Union Pacific
Rock Island
la Junta
Iowa
Nebraska
Salvation Army
Helping Hand
River District
Independence
Kan
Alamo Restoration Talks Prompt Mission Records Search
Governor Colquitt orders a comprehensive search of Spanish mission records near San Antonio to uncover architectural details of the Alamo. Bishop Shaw leads priests in translating passages for historical study while Colquitt seeks War Department records from Congressman Burleson. The Alamo’s Civil War era use as a cavalry provisioning store is noted.
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San Antonio
Alamo
Colquitt
Bishop Shaw
Shaw
Colquiett
A. S. Burleson
War Department
Weather forecast for Eastern and Western Texas
Eastern Texas sees fair weather in the north with local rains in the south followed by colder conditions and a cold wave in the east and south. Western Texas expects fair Sunday, colder in the southwest, then fair and slightly warmer Monday.
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Washington
D. C
Texas
Home Weather For Tourists
Weather report from several cities with temperatures and wind directions. St Louis and New York expect rain or snow, turning colder Sunday night. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City Boston Washington show snow or rain with colder Sunday forecasts.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
AP leased wire carried by none but San Antonio Light
Areader question asserts no San Antonio paper carries the Associated Press wire in whole or part except the San Antonio Light and claims no basis in fact. The inquiry implies other newspapers may republish AP content, but the record confirms only the Light is explicitly stated as carrying the service in this context.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Mexico Pacified Says President Madero After Reyes and Zapata Fight
President Madero told The Light that Mexico is nearly pacified with only two minor trouble spots near Chihuahua. He expects quick quelling of Zapata’s forces while Reyes is to be judged by law, not by vengeance, and praised U.S. support for stabilizing investments.
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City OF
Mexico
Madero
SAN Antonio 1Ight
National Palace
Reyes
Republic
Chihuahua
Ismael
Chato
Zapata
United States
Diaz
Mexican Republic
A Year of Revolutions Across the World in 1911
A survey notes world wide unrest as 1911 ends, highlighting revolutions against long standing regimes and labor disputes. It cites China’s uprising against the Manchu dynasty as the year’s most significant event, with global upheavals reflecting simmering discontent and rapid change.
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Far East
China
City Clock Fails to Mark New Year in Four Faces
San Antonio residents face three uneven faces as the city hall clock misaligns its four dials. The north and east faces ring at midnight while the south shows 11 57 and the west 11 50, though this year two faces finally strike together at the hour.
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San Antonio
Wife of a Chicago banker ends her life in home tragedy
On the 30th wedding anniversary, Mrs. Frederick T. Haskell, wife of Illinois Trust vice president, shot herself in a spare storeroom at 2824 Prairie avenue. She died soon at Mercy hospital. Friends speculate a sudden mental derangement despite her cheerful reputation.
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Chicago
Frederick T. Haskell
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Haskell
Prairie Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Peace Banquet Echoes Taft Peace Plea at Waldorf
New York's Citizens Peace Committee hosted a Taft peace banquet at the Waldorf Astoria with Andrew Carnegie presiding and John Temple Graves as toastmaster. Taft received applause amid Roosevelt’s absence and a large guest list including Wanamaker Holt and Graves.
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New York
United States
Great Movement For Peace of the Nations
Citizens’ Peace Committee of
Waldorf Astoria
Andrew Carnegie
John Temple Graves
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Hamilton Holt
William Henry Taylor
Bartholdt
Missouri
David H. Greer
Cathedral of
St. Joseph the Divine
Daniel Bondurant
Senate
Archibald W. Butt
Brewer
Mississippi
O’gorman
Frederick D. Grant
Burrelle
Henry Clews
Columbia Law School of
Taft
Mr. Graves
Colonel Graves
Graves
Roosevelt
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LAW
Pope Pius X
White
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trusts
Francisco I. Madero
Cal. P. Rodgers
Atlantic
Pacific
William J. Burns
McNamara Brothers
Robert L. Borden
Canada
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