The San Antonio Light historic masthead and circulation note
The San Antonio Light announces its January 1913 circulation figures and edition formats. It lists editors Charles S. Diehl and Harrison L. Beach, office contacts, and various subscription options for daily and Sunday editions, including mail and carrier services. It notes New York Chicago and Boston bureaus and provides circulation breakdowns for daily evening and Sunday editions.
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SAN Antonio Light
Lance Light
San Antonio Azette
Een
Associated Press
San Antonio
Charles
Diehl
Harrison L. Beach
Crockett
Hote
United States
New York
Paul Block, Inc
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Masters
Boston
Tremont
San Antoni
Light
Sccacecus
Closing the Smelters in Chihuahua Mexico
Report from Mexico states the Guggenheim smelter in Chihuahua city has been forced to close due to material shortages caused by disrupted railroad transport. The move threatens other Mexican smelters and could push 50,000 workers, many peons, into unemployment or army service, undermining stability and contradicting government claims that normal conditions had returned along the Chihuahua rail line.
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Mexico
Guggenheim
Chihuahua
Glenheim
Republic
Juarez
Ratification Outlook for Sixteenth Amendment
Secretary of State Knox is likely to announce that thirty six states have ratified the Sixteenth Amendment granting Congress power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from any source without apportionment or census. The framers feared arbitrary taxation after British abuses and sought limits on government power.
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Knox
United States
Congress
Great Britain
Rise of Revenue Powers in U S Government History
The piece traces the shift from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution, detailing the difficult struggle to grant Congress power to raise revenue. It notes the supremacy of taxes, the income tax amendment, and the quota system, with references to state ratifications and the constitutional safeguards on direct taxes. It also mentions the Supreme Court’s stance on vehicle taxes and the ongoing debates, highlighting the need for a capable revenue system to sustain the nation.
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Congress
Confederation
Continental Congress
the United States
Supreme Court
Secretary of Stat
Washington
Hypnotism in Golf Promises Instant Skill Gain
An article argues hypnosis can instantly convert any golfer into a skilled player by altering nerves and concentration. It cites an English amateur's failed swing, treated by hypnotism, suggesting lasting results depend on the hypnosis duration and quality of the treat ment.
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Joshua
England
Death of James B Hammond Inventor of the Hammond Typewriter
James Bartlett Hammond born Boston April 23 1839 died in St Augustine Florida January 29. He rose from Franklin medalist student to Civil War correspondent captured by Mosbys men. After near insanity and Bellevue Hospital he was deemed sane and released. In 1883 he perfected the Hammond typewriter and its ideal keyboard. He amassed a fortune and was noted for eccentric yet prudent conduct.
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James Bartlett Hammond
St. Austine
Fla
Hammond
Boston
Mather School
Phillips Academy
Andover
University of Vermont
New York Tribune
Mosby
Horace Greeley
Union Theological Seminary
Bellevue Hospital
New York
State Supreme Court
Oyster Bay
George Francis Train
Monte Carlo Prices and a Judge at a Horse Show Supper
Judge William H. Moore critiqued Monte Carlo pricing at a horse show supper. He noted high hotel and restaurant charges, describing German tourists' habit of asking prices before services and recounting a bill so steep a guest asked if stamps could reduce the sum. The Washington Star report captures his warning on price gouging.
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Monte Carlo
William H. Moore
Washington Star
Advertising as art lures readers and buyers in periodicals
A Philadelphia advertising expert at the Markham Club notes many readers buy magazines as much for ads as for content. He recalls an editor handling a poet who hopes his sonnet will be widely read, joking that it will be beside one of the paper's striking ads.
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Great Britain
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Markham Club
War Between Schools Signals Freshman Course Shift
The New York University announces new freshman courses as the first step by a higher institution to meet high school students graduating midyear, signaling a shift in the college secondary school rivalry noted by the New York Post.
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New York University
New York Post
Poor Farms and Good Farming Demonstrations Shift Wisconsin
The College of Agriculture at Wisconsin University started in 1909 a program using county poor farms as centers for distributing scientifically bred pure seed grains. Demonstration crops are shown along roadsides, with on site viewing by nearby farmers, followed by picnics and field tours during peak growth.
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Wisconsin
College of Agriculture of
Wisconsin University
New York Times
The Surprising Inheritance That Backfired on a Husband
Edward Larrige, delayed in leaving home, receives word of a $60,000 inheritance from a maiden aunt via a lawyer. He hides the funds from his wife, plans a secret, but misplaces the envelope after his river incident. The money ends up with the police. his wife confronts him, and he confesses amid disbelief. The tale ends with a wary wife warning future surprises. The English language is spoken by 150,000,000 people.
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Edward Larrige
Larrige
Louise
Night Express
Paris
Mme. Larrige
American Women Dress To Please Themselves Says Deslys
Gaby Deslys argues American women dress to please themselves not men and notes a culture of extravagance driven by female peers. Readers supply opinions from a shopwoman and an observer, debating motives behind fashion, color choices, and the social pressures of dress among women across clubs and society.
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Gaby Deslys
Bridges
Mile
Deslys
Balloon Cyclone Flight in a Balloon During a Thunderstorm
Augustus Post recounts a stunning balloon ride through a cyclone described in vivid detail. After rising thirteen thousand feet and losing control, the balloon crashed through fences and wires, landing two miles from the start. A ring found by a farmer later confirms the tale as a notable souvenir of a perilous storm voyage.
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Augustus Post
Niagara
Earth
Mr. Harmon
A Tragedy of Frost Strikes Southern California
The Los Angeles Tribune notes a quiet, insidious visitation of frost across Southern California. The piece frames severe winter conditions as a universal disaster, contrasting regional immunity with widespread misery and hardship felt nationwide.
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The
Los Angeles Tribune
California
Observant Citizen recalls Kickapoo show’s mispronounced praise
A San Antonio tale recounts a small town manager boasting of a 600 seat house and a three drop stage. He proudly claims the acoustics are fine and that the crowd lights it up like star houses. The story highlights a misused word from local showmen.
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Jack Burke
Grand
Burke
Opera House
San Antonio
Uncle Sam’s hens yield vast egg value in year
The Memphis News Scimitar notes that the U S hen flock laid 1 700 000 000 dozen eggs last year worth about 13 4 cents each. Eggs alone imply a poultry industry near 600 million dollars, roughly $300 million below the cotton crop and near the wheat crop value.
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Sam
Memphis News Scimitar
Damning With Faint Praise in Political Shifts
Baltimore American comments on progressive voters moving from Roosevelt to Wilson, framing the choice as selecting the lesser of two evils in a critical, editorial tone.
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Roosevel
Wilson
Baltimore American
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