San Antonio Light newspaper masthead and notices
The San Antonio Light announces its history dates, editors Charles Diehl Harrison Beach, and distribution details including subscription rates, address changes, and office contact numbers. It lists foreign and domestic offices in New York Chicago and Boston.
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Advanc
Crockett
San Antonio
United States
New York
Paul Block, Inc
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Steger
Boston
Tremont
San Antonio Light December Circulation Figures
The San Antonio Light reports December 1912 total circulation at 577,466 copies with the evening edition averaging 18,842 daily and the Sunday edition 21,283. After exclusions the paid daily averages were 27,106 for the evening and 19,705 for Sunday. Notarized attestations by Harvey L. Steele and John J. Wahl appear. the Association of American Advertisers certified nine months ending mid 1912 circulation figures by N. W. Ayer & Sons.
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San Antonio Light
Talget
The
Light
Harvey L. Steele
John J. Wahl
Notary Public
Bexar Co
Tex
Association of American Advertisers
San Antonio
N. W. Ayer & Sons
Philadelphia
America
Open Season for Tourists Warns of Early Winter Storm Damage
The first major winter storm swept the northeastern United States causing wrecks and loss of lives from Ohio to the Atlantic seaboard. Winds reached 88 mph in New York and over 60 mph in Norfolk as the storm moved from the St. Lawrence valley toward Montreal and the Atlantic, with the barometer around 28.80 to 28.90 inches. The piece notes the storm’s path and gradient as drivers of its violence, and suggests further reports of damage will follow.
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United States
Ohio
New York
Atic Seaboard
Norfolk
Canada
Puget Sound
Great Lakes
Atlantic
St. Lawrence Valley
St. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Montreal
Wito
Storms Drive Northern Tourists Toward Texas Coast
The Friday and Saturday Atlantic storms rivaled the Galveston hurricane and outpaced Mobile in violence. The chaos pushes tourists to seek rail timetables now, with thousands heading south in a week. San Antonio should prepare as visitors arrive at the gate.
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Atlantic
Galveston
Mobile
San Antonio
Schutzles and their money reshape Texas frontier myth
A Philadelphia arrival, a Baltic German emigrant named Schutzle, brings seven children and a wife, plus $49,860 to invest in South Dakota farm land. The piece asserts immigrants fuel corn and cotton production, argues against anti-immigrant panic, and imagines 10 000 Schutzle powers aiding Southwest Texas with plows and wheels.
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Texas
Philadelphia
Baltic Provinces
Schutzle
South Dakota
Schutzies
Southwest
Japan Press Freedom Needs Stronger Ethical Guardrails
The article argues Japan cannot fully free its press while social pride and tradition restrain journalistic candor. It cites self censorship, racial pride, and ethical restraints as suppressing expression, noting libel laws and new U S measures threaten to curb press independence amid evolving legislation.
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Japan
Harikari
Nagai
Waseda University
Congress
Value of Free Press and Speech in Public Life
The passage argues that freedom of speech and the press safeguards liberty and deters tyranny. It contends ignorance breeds oppression, while a vibrant press binds society through public opinion, exposure of wrongdoing, and trust among people, citing examples from South American republics and Chile to illustrate stability linked to open communication.
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Damocles
Tomorroay
Chile
Embossed Reproduction of Textile Samples Introduced
A method embosses textile samples onto cards to reproduce fabrics accurately. Each folder page carries actual material pieces, allowing buyers to count threads with a counting glass. This system aims to reduce losses from careless paste work and enable a complete material line like a railroad timetable.
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Department
China establishes agriculture department and journal
The republic of China forms a modern agriculture and forestry department and begins publishing an agricultural journal three times monthly. A national meteorological service is planned as a branch, led by Dr Hing Kwai Fung, educated at Cornell, recently with the bureau of plant industry in Washington. He sails to China via Europe for visits to meteorological observatories.
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Republic of China
Department of Agriculture and Forestry
National Meteorological Service
Hing Kwai Fung
Cornell University
Bureau of Plant Industry
Washington
Fung
China
Europe
The Tigress Hunt Ends for Sorg at Army Post
In a stormy night at a military post a tigress stalks near. Sorg leads the pursuit with a yellow cog and heavy cartridges, tracking the predators through vines until a rifle shot saves him as the tigress is seized.
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Bebbn
Aetna
Mahmud
Sidi
Sorg
Sore
Militant Suffrage Tactics Reported in January Woman's Companion
The January issue reveals violent suffrage actions in England. Asquith faced barricades and surveillance while crowds pressed outside. Hidden protesters harassed crowds, with windows broken and missiles hurled during a speech.
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Woman’s Home Companion
England
Asquith
Mr. Asquith
Woman's Social and Political Union
Spain Builds Small Dreadnought To Challenge Modern Ships
The article notes Spain is constructing a trio of small dreadnoughts smaller than the Pennsylvania, displacing about 15 000 tons. Each will mount eight 50 caliber 12 inch guns and eight inches of armor with a speed of 19.5 knots, highlighting a balanced but compact battle line.
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Pennsylvania
Compressed Air Parachute Patent Details
Patent No 1043836 by William A Hodge describes a parachute system with a compressed air reservoir secured to the aeronaut a valve controlled nozzle discharging to the parachute and mechanisms to release the parachute and open the nozzle valve so air inflates the chute Lattice Mask to Be Retained Navy tests on a lattice mast in Chesapeake Bay lead to standardizing the lattice mast for future warships as it withstood several hits before failing
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William A. Hodge
San Marcos
Chesapeake Bay
Navy Department
Belief in Santa Claus Seems a Family Debate
A husband and wife clash over making their child believe in Santa Claus. The wife argues it is a harmless illusion, while the husband questions whether the boy should also be encouraged to share in the belief.
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Santa Claus
Local man nets $50 prize and name published
Local man wins a $50 prize and has his name printed in the paper. He previously gave away $75 and loaned out $225 while investing $350 in various schemes. He turned down propositions totaling about $14,000.
Wombat’s Penny Slot Standoff
A playful vignette centers on Wombat who boasts of never losing a deal, then recalls a rare failure when a penny-coin machine refused to dispense change, highlighting the irony of business luck.
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Wombat
Bill Finished November Fifth to Close Taft Desk
A Baltimore American note declares Bill would be finished November 5 with no unfinished business on President Taft’s schedule as he closes his desk.
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Bill
Taft
Baltimore American
Man Drowns Car in Bay Note Sparks Grim Quip
A quoted exchange recalls a grim remark about drowning a car in San Francisco Bay. The aside contrasts a murderous image with a suicide metaphor, illustrating a dark, sardonic mood from the period.
Morgan Sees No Money Trust Despite X Ray Job
The remark notes Mr. Morgan, lacking an introspective mind, cannot perceive a money trust even while performing X ray work. It frames a skeptical view of his analytical abilities and the hidden economic forces.
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Mr. Morgan
No Lynching Bee in Sight Yet
No one has accepted the challenge to start a panic as the city begins to contemplate vigilante action after a call reported by the Baltimore Sun.
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Baltimore Sun
Don t Have a Mental Funeral March Woman Author s Opinion of New Year Resolutions
Adam Patterson interviews Marion F. Marshall, a witty author, arguing against New Year’s self denigration. She favors focusing on positive traits and building up rather than tearing down, urging practical resolutions and voting engagement while rejecting ceremonial self-punishment.
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Adam Patterson
Marion F. Marshall
Plaza Theater Week Brings Varied Vaudeville Lineup
The Plaza Theater offers an entertaining week with acts like Jura Reed and St John in Colonial Pastimes, Joe Cook’s versatile stunts, ventriloquist W E Whittle, Bobbe and Dale, Fred Ireland and Casino girls, Foster Ball and Ford West in In the Days of 61, and Burt Shepherd the Australian cowboy whose whip and feats stun the audience though his act drew muted applause for its novelty.
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Lloyd Spencer
Plaza Theater
Jura
Reed
St. John
Joe
Joe Cook
Mr. Cook
W. E. Whittle
Bobbe and
Dale Keep
Fred Ireland
Foster Ball
Ford West
Burt Shepherd
Mr. Shepherd
Is a Past Master in the Art of Cross Examination
A Brookly n Eagle quotation extols the skill of calm cross examination, describing it as picturesque and Romanesque while noting grace remains intact.
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J. P
Brooklyn Eagle
Observant Citizen Leads a Theater Aisle Seating Incident
A large determined woman leads a procession into a moving picture theater. The group of four women and a man with an infant find all seats taken with one aisle seat vacated. The man with the infant rises, then obeys a woman's command to sit, leaving the young man to search for another seat with a wry smile.
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Moving Picture Theater
George
Sounds Like a Warning to Somebody
Dr Abbott warns that strength comes from silence not noise. The Philadelphia Inquirer cites this as hinting at an imminent staff shake up at the Outlook.
Looks Like Les Majeste and Morgan on Money Trust
The Omaha Bee questions the need for congressional probes asserting that Morgan derides the idea of a money trust as impossible. The brief prompts readers to consider official persistence in investigating possible financial conspiracies.
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Congres
Bill Has Experienced the Worst
It is believed, however, that after what happened in November, nothing that the Senate can do will bother Mr. Taft. Kansas City Star.
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Bill
Senate
Taft
Kansas City Star
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Beach
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Spain
San Francisco Bay
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