San Antonio Light and Gazette Post Office Details
Entered at the San Antonio post office as second class charter for the city. Publication office located at Nos. 509-511 Travis Street between avenues C and D. The combined paper group began January 20, 1881 and is carried by the Exclusive Leased Wire Day Report of the Associated Press.
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San Antonio Light
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San Antonio Gazette
Associated Press
San Antonio
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Travis Street
Avenues C
Why Raiders Move Across New Mexico Borders
The piece explains why cavalry and cowboys cannot trail Mexican raiders across Luna and Grant counties into Chihuahua. Rugged terrain with deep arroyos, widespread cactus, and dangerous sand storms render pursuit impractical. Range ponies injure easily, trails vanish, water sources are scarce, and weather swings from scorching days to freezing nights.
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New Mexico
Columbus
Luna
Grant
Chihuahua
San Antonio businessmen lead against vicious Texas laws
Editorial urges citizens across Texas to unite against pending measures in the Texas Legislature. It argues popular protest can both block unconstitutional laws and drive constructive reform, comparing action to an initiative recall system and urging citizens to organize to demand lawful, responsible governance.
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San Antonio
Texas
Border riders bound by duty cannot trail bandits
The narrator describes frontier riders grown up on the border, familiar with every trail and shelter, knowing where to find water, fuel, and food, and where to hide. They are expected to pursue bandits but cannot.
Blockade Debate In European Waters Causes Confusion
Readers ponder why Britain blocks American ships bound for German ports while Germany cannot stop American ships bound for Britain. The complex legal questions resemble comparing police action to court judgment, with many facets requiring careful study.
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Great Britain
Difference Between Paper and Real Blockade Stances
The article argues a true blockade must impede progress, contrasting Britain’s historical practice with Germany’s policy of killing on sight. It notes naval law allows contraband cargo seizure and prize courts, while German war aims claim authority to kill those who defy commands, labeling such acts as murder.
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New Orleans
Germany
Great Britain
Cuba and United States Exchange Warnings Over Revolt
The United States has warned Cuba against political revolt while Cuba uses Mexico as a benchmark in its stance. The exchange highlights regional tension and differing governance expectations amid Cold War era scrutiny.
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United States
Cuba
Mexico
President weighs routes to free American shipping
The president seeks methods to open U S shipping. He may back building American Deutschlands as a path. Villa shows anxious interest in U S policy toward his regime. Villa is not alone in that view.
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Villa
United States
Lemon box shooks sunk after Mediterranean torpedoing
A British American schooner carrying lemon box shooks was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean. The cargo's nature is unclear whether it is munitions food or contraband, with authorities noting ambiguity in the immediate report.
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Mediterranean
Freight buildup amid embargo threats at Atlantic ports
Freight piles up at Atlantic ports as railroads face embargo orders. The U boat campaign aimed to bar zones only around Entente nations, shaping wartime shipping restrictions.
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Atlantic
Why High Potatoes
The Agriculture Department notes potato stocks in nine northern states are 44 percent below last year and 65 percent below two years ago. Current stock stands at 60 million bushels versus 106 million on January 1, 1916. Clean Town Is Healthy. A clean town means a healthy place to live with flowers and shade trees enhancing beauty in Clifton.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Utica
N. Y
Clifton
War ends before American troops can reach Europe
Galveston Daily News notes both German and British sources predict the war will end within a year, before the United States could train and equip an army. The piece argues universal service would not alter Germany’s likely reaction to a break with the Allies.
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America
Europe
United States
Universal Service
Galveston Tyebune
Scandalous Legislation on Oleomargarine Tax
The Beaumont Enterprise cites the St. Louis Post Dispatch urging Congress to repeal the high tax on oleomargarine. It argues the tax burdens the poor, raises cost of living, and benefits manipulators while harming food prices and the general public.
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Congress
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Beaumont Enterprise
Eggs for breakfast after long quarantine delay
San Francisco reports 4000 eggs en route to Seattle since August 1914 have been released from quarantine. The article notes hens left behind in labor under tough conditions while awaiting delivery. It contrasts preserving egg value as a Chinese practice with American cold storage delays. Seattle will get the eggs, despite a two and a half year wait.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Shanghai
Maryland
Star‘Telegramy
The Glory of Althea in a Small Town Laughter
In a distant city a shy spinster Althea Bryn, famed for her Titian hair, finds love with David Lockwood at a boarding house. He reassures her hair need not define her, declaring affection and acceptance as she confronts her lasting inheritance.
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Ella Randall Peorge
Althea
Althea Bryn
Blyn
Millicent Blyn
Paris
Rose
Poe
Majorie
David Lockwood
Mr. Lockwood
Lockwood
Lyoh
David
Millicent Bryn
Rockefeller board plans Columbia experimental school
The General Educational Board funded by John D. Rockefeller will establish an experimental school at Columbia University to test new teaching methods for common and high schools. Otis W. Caldwell will run the program which drops Latin and Greek, emphasizes modern languages, reevaluates history and civics, links mathematics to work, includes organized recreation, and abandons formal discipline.
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General Educational Board
John D. Rockefeller
Columbia University
Otis W. Caldwell
University of Chicago
Mothers oppose war driven Boy Scout fund drive in San Antonio
To the Editor RS. W. A. PETERS urges mothers to oppose wartime fund raising tied to Boy Scouts and public advocacy for war. She argues mothers shape sons, warns of militarization in schools and theaters, and calls for peace through teaching brotherhood instead of preparation for conflict.
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San Antonio
Boy Scouts
Europe
Wilson
Valley of Death
RS. W. A. Peters
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