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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1912
Page
4
San Antonio newspaper details noting the Evening Daily and Sunday Morning editions. Includes wire service by Associated Press and postal classification as second class matter.
Public notices rates for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier and mail, with 1 month and 1 year options. Addresses for changing delivery and irregular service advised. New York and Chicago offices listed for The Light Publishing Company San Antonio Texas.
J J Harvey L Steele circulation manager swears the month’s gross and net circulation figures. Daily paid net circulation averages 18110 with daily totals ranging from 17,821 to 20,260. Notary John J Wahl attests to the sworn statement.
Frank Morrison testifies in Indianapolis about the McNamara defense and the labor union fund. Union members contributed 25 cents each, raising 225000 dollars. Morrison states 170000 dollars were spent through attorney Clarence Darrow before a jury was secured, prompting calls for a bill of particulars from assessors.
A Boston observer predicts a near term boom in American poetry both artistically and commercially. He cites a New York publisher’s success with verse books, rising interest in magazines, requests to republish old poems, and the Poetry Society of America’s first year as signs of a renewed poetic era. The piece echoes Emerson on true poets and notes nature’s role in shaping new bards, with optimism for a springtime of verse.
Childe Harold and the club and the Rialto dominate the day as discussion centers on a new minstrel act. Promoters hint at protests and tempt fate with tents and tents.
A meditation on ego and the need for conciseness. The author argues people overestimate the world’s interest in their thoughts and that newspapers limit space, favoring brief, newsworthy pieces over long, self important rants. Short messages increase publication chances while long ones risk wastebasket rejection.
The New York Evening Post notes puzzlingly small contributions to the Dickens trust fund for the novelist’s granddaughters as the centenary nears. It urges Americans to wake up and donate, while acknowledging reasons for slow response and critique of exploiting Dickens in American culture.
The article questions whether society owes ongoing support to descendants of celebrated writers like Dickens. It notes American publishers profited from his works while he earned little, and discusses whether moral obligation extends across generations, given his era and English-focused reforms.
Manufacturers of an electric truck claim the summer heat caused over one million dollars in horse deaths nationwide. They cite 3752 fallen animals in four big cities: New York 1708, Chicago 1843, Boston 851, Philadelphia 210, highlighting humane aims of the shift from horses to electric power.
The Lancet reports the chief medical officer of a Austrian army corps has ordered Calmette's serum for serpent bites. A large stock is issued to each regiment in the south. Training includes use, inspections, and lectures on venomous snakes. Army hospitals receive necessary applicances. prior treatment relied on alcohol and permanganate.
J P Morgan adds two rare Bibles to his collection in a noted purchase reported by the Knickerbocker Press. No journalist yet captured him in the act of reading.
Socrates wanders Athens teaching Know Thyself and gives away wisdom free to all. He questions crowds, defends his principles, and is condemned, dying by hemlock at seventy after a famed trial and the Apology of Plato. His spirit lives on in readers who seek truth.
A Washington senator Miles Poin dexter is hailed as a militant progressive in a magazine spoof. An admirer praises his stance on referendum and recall, while the private secretary notes the letter comes from a paperhead reading The Government Hospital for the Insane.
A kind young man visited his sister and gave her a new penny with a lesson to save. The boy eagerly counted and declared he would have a dollar soon. The man asked how much more he needed and the boy replied 99 cents, promising to reach a dollar quickly.
The piece notes a corruption narrative from Arthur’s era where a western senator loses re election after opponents use a manipulated photograph to misrepresent his residence as aristocratic. It reflects on boarding houses, hotel living, and the shift to owning homes for stability and cost efficiency during a senator’s lengthy Washington tenure.
Poem speaks of Love with flaming wings pleading for human freedom from Death forever. It envisions Love’s patient supplication since creation and, at last, severs death’s bonds, promising immortal joys found beyond Hell.
Poem by Alice Corey published in February Ainslee's. It portrays a seeker guided by star and flower toward a beloved presence, stating love and faith endure until the speaker finds completion at the beloved’s feet. The piece centers on certainty of love overcoming distance and longing.
Mansfield’s rise to fame is traced through Munsey's Stage Comments. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen’s American playwright relative is noted, with Daniel Frohman recounting Alpine Rose rehearsals. Richard Mansfield’s casting for the German lieutenant earned $200 weekly and outshone Thomas Whiffen.
A reflective note cites Tod Succeed and the need for strong backing behind prominent figures. The quote frames support as essential to achievement and progress.
On New Year's Day a West Commerce street merchant vowed to drink only one beer daily. He visits Vince’s bar each day for his sip and a lunch but forgets if he had his glass. He asks the bartender who does not know. He departs to recall at home.
New York attorney Job Hedges responding to a toast at a gathering of financiers mocked the Sherman anti trust act. He contrasted critics with Tom Collins who kept a lantern for safe return home after a late night, a tale cited by the Cincinnati Times Star to illustrate prudent foresight.
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