Significant combination promises San Antonio prosperity
Five facts urge San Antonians to prepare for a bustling four months. North and East prosperity spurs vacations, Europe stays closed, and See America First drives travel. San Antonio attracts visitors through One Thousand Club advertising and railroad cooperation, with fast all steel trains shrinking the St. Louis run.
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Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Europe
America
California
San Antonio
One Thousand Club
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonians
Temple Bans Loafers From Railroad Depot
Temple bans loitering at the railroad passenger station denouncing gossips and the idle as trespassers. The measure aims to curb loafing while noting locals carve initials and leave scraps, yet cause little disruption beyond cleaned walls.
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Temple
Austin
Temple Ban May Herald City Progress and Transit Debate
An editorial argues churchless loafing at the depot has sparked a debate on municipal pride and progress in Temple. It suggests banning loitering around stations may reflect metropolitan aspirations and provoke actions to protect local businesses from soapbox congregations near the railroad.
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Temple
Presidential booms in a slim field for 1912 nomination
The article surveys potential candidates for both parties in January, noting weak GOP options and Democrats rallying around Wilson. Hughes, Roosevelt, Root, Fairbanks, Weeks, Underwood, Bryan, and Champ Clark are evaluated, with Clark commenting that a Wilson renomination would be by acclamation if successful. The piece concludes that no clear Republican or Democrat contender exists aside from Wilson.
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Hughes
Roosevelt
Root
Fairbanks
Weeks
Wilson
Underwood
Bryan
Champ Clark
Baltimore
Panama
Clark
Growth of San Antonio as Wholesale Hub
A North Texas wholesale representative chose San Antonio as headquarters for Southwest Texas and a group of South Texas dealers likewise established a San Antonio base for Texas Mexico trade. These moves show a broader shift recognizing the city as a major commercial and industrial center attracting activity from both northern and southern regions.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
North Texas
South Texas
San Antonio Seeks Investment Boost Through Local Campaigns
San Antonio gains attention as capital from Dallas and Galveston flows in for secure investment. The city launches a sustained advertising campaign and Texas governor outreach to attract outside capital, aiming for large scale commercial and industrial growth and cumulative development. Providence favors self-help.
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South America
New York
United States
Dallas
North Texas
Galveston
Texas
South Central States
San Antonio
Texas to switch to cash basis by mid January
Comptroller Terrell announces Texas will operate on a cash basis by mid January as tax collections from property owners rise and remittances from tax collectors increase. The move signals broad prosperity and that state government and many enterprises have already shifted to cash basis practices.
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Terrell
Texas
Caesar
Comptroller
Germany the Reljector and the curb of truth
Professor Muensterberg notes Germany prefers to be left alone and would accept a status quo if borders stayed as armies have redrawn them. She rejects disarmament offers from the czar and England, relying on force plus perfidy rather than diplomacy.
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Germany
Muensterberg
England
Toronto Mail
Express
Securities Coming Home From Foreign Ownership
New York dispatches report nearly 2 billion dollars of American securities, foreign owned at the war’s start, have been absorbed domestically during the conflict. A British mobilization of securities is expected to push more stocks and bonds back to the United States. If the war lasts eighteen more months, the U.S. would largely reabsorb its securities, reducing Europe’s financial leverage and aiding American industry and trade when competition with Europe resumes.
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New York
United States
Europe
Nashville Tennessean
Southeast Texas Exceeds North Texas in Progress Says Beaumont
The Beaumont Enterprise argues Southeast Texas outpaces North Texas counties in political influence and economic growth, noting rapid developments and rising prosperity despite regional stereotypes.
Idle Youths Demand Work Passport System
An editorial argues the state should require idle young men to show a passport proving they cannot work or are seeking employment. If seeking work, it calls on communities to ensure employment, even if only menial tasks like knitting coskegos she soldiers, in a program led by Temple Delegro.
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Temple Delegro
The Snake Stirs in Marsden's Indian Veranda
In a country house, narrator fears a harmless-looking snake that haunts the veranda as Marsden recalls a fatal snake bite and a mysterious Native girl. The tension hinges on a growing unease about a planned move to Simla and the rebuking of superstition.
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Old Marsden
Frank
Marsden
Marsden T
Calcutta
Constantine
Simla
Connie
Miss Garnsham
Simia
Charming wet frocks with full skirts and dainty bodices
Daily Fashion Hint describes Palm Beach model dresses in white net over white taffeta with very wide hoop skirts and ruching at intervals. The bodice features ruching and a bolero-like effect, long sleeves and a v neck, with white kid pumps and button ornaments completing the look.
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Mary Glynn
Palm Beach
Death by Snake at Simla Wedding
A traveler recalls a chilly night before a Simla wedding when Marsden taunts a snake and later dies in his room. A gray cobra coiled around his throat is found on the bed as the veranda intruder remains unseen, leaving a haunting, fatal mystery.
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Simla
Marsden
Sahib
Farm Doctors Increasing Across New York State
The Utica Observer notes the farm bureau movement expanding with about thirty bureaus active statewide. Bureaus persist in counties, gaining stable support as annual appropriations approach, while officials stress they operate free of political influence.
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Utica
Farm
Boards of Supervisors
Sleepy Time Tales A Surprising Window Picture
In a kitchen tale Bobby stays home with his sister Bessie to keep her busy. He draws a picture on the window that looks like a visitor outside, but is revealed to be a boy seen from the inside. Their mother praises Bobby for caring for Bessie and the prank becomes a sweet family moment.
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Bobby
Bessie
Nancy
Goosie
France as a Green and Golden Landmark of Travel
A National Geographic Bulletin describes France at war’s start as a diverse attractor for travelers with a green climate and varied scenery. It highlights Brittany as the Land of Pardons, Dauphine, Burgundy, Champagne, Touraine, Normandy’s spring, and the Riviera’s blue coast from Marseile to Vintimiglia, noting vivid colors, rural life, and architectural influence across regions.
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France
Paris
Arthur Stanley Riggs
National Geographic Society
Pelvoux Range
New Jersey
Brittany
Burgundy
Champagne
Auvergne
Touraine
Normandy
Douarnenez
Poitou
Languedoc
Tarn
Toulouse
Midi
Donjon
Cote d'Azur
Rivier
Wondering Heir Questions Uncle About Burial Costs
Howard, a spendthrift, asks his old ungcle for help with money. The uncle, bluntly stating he has nothing to spare, says his savings are only for burial. Howard wonders aloud how the ancestor decided what constitutes a decent burial.
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Howard
Pan American doctrine may replace Monroe pledge after war
John Sarrett at the Southern Commercial Congress warned that after the European war the United States will be unfavored by belligerents and must rely on Latin American support. He argued Pan American unity could supersede the Monroe doctrine as Latin nations back U.S. leadership in postwar European affairs.
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Galveston Tribune
United States
Europe
Southern Commercial Congress
John Sarrett
Pan-American Union
Barrett
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the Light’s Daily Story
the Snake
Douise Heilgers
Ungcle
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