San Antonio newspapers launchers and editors named
The San Antonio Light and The San Antonio Gazette list Knee Daily and Sunday Morning with Leased Wire Day Report of the Associated Press. Editors and publishers Charles S Diehl Harrison L Beach noted. Entry at San Antonio post office as second class matter.
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San Antonio
Mail
ad_vance
S. C. Beck
Tribune
Chi Offich
Ss. C
Beckwith
San Antonio Light
United
the Light Publishing Company
Texas
Appreciating Texas as a Model of Prosperity
The essay extols Texas as a standard of measurement and prosperity. It cites Henry George and former Senator Beveridge, arguing Texas demonstrates size, wealth, and progress. Beveridge’s Germany comparison is noted as a rhetorical device to praise Texas’s modern vitality.
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Texas
Henry George
Beveridge
Indiana
Saturday Evening Post
Germany
Ofivious
Siberia
Thibet
Kamehatka
Exas
Polittian
Thomases
Awful Peril and Shifting Fates of Race Tracks
An ancient editorial notes the public awakening to corruption in gambling linked race tracks. It warns promoters and financiers faced crackdown as lawmakers passed laws to end degradation of a noble breeding industry once tied to horse racing.
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Somme
Looking Backward on Foundations of Ancient Civilizations
The London Spectator marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the British School at Athens and highlights how Greek archaeology reshapes our view of early history. It cites Grote and Schliemann, notes Troy’s ruins, Rawlinson on Egypt, and acknowledges Chinese historical claims, while urging careful handling of myth versus fact.
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London Spectator
Athens
London
Grote
Hellenic Peninsula
B. C
Aristotle
Schliemann
Troy
Rawlinson
Egypt
Rommell Warns Racing Loss Could Endanger Cavalry Horses
George M. Rommell of the U S Department of Agriculture argues that ending racing could erode thoroughbreds and leave the United States without suitable mounts for future wars He contends turf racing builds wind stamina and sound legs while critics say racing destroys horses with little age Eight or nine year olds are rarely useful and the army is unlikely to buy thoroughbreds even if racing resumes The piece laments a looming catastrophe yet suggests the nation may endure even if thoroughbreds vanish
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George M. Rommell
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
United States
Rommell
America
United States Army
Mr. Rommell
Time Span and Evidence in Historic and Prehistoric Studying
The essay argues that historians must use reason to illuminate dark areas and recognize vast time lapses. It contends that durable records may vanish, leaving monuments like pyramids to fade, while printed pages endure as the deathless monument. It supports faith alongside science in interpreting long epochs.
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Earth
Egypt
Bathing in France Shows Limited Public Baths
Paris papers reveal public baths are uncommon in older Parisian homes. Provincial France lags in bath adoption with few facilities. towns Mayenne Redon Chateaugontier Lure Befort Vesoul Neufchatel-en-Bray show scant public baths and infrequent use in daily life.
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Paris
France
Mayenne
Redon
Chateaugontier
Department
Lure
Haute-Saone
Befort
Vesoul
Neufchatel-en-Bray
Seifie Interieure
The Five Achievements of 1911 Highlighted
A New York Times symposium lists five top achievements for 1911. They include the movement for a free government in China the curbing of the house of lords in Great Britain arbitration treaties aviation progress and the spread of vaccinia methods to prevent typhoid fever.
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New York Times
China
House of Lords
Great Britain
Harriman Tried to Influence Roosevelt Campaign Money
In a lively reminiscence dated 1904, E. H. Harriman visits Washington but is snubbed by President Roosevelt. Harriman pushes to raise funds for Higgins while Roosevelt threatens to suppress the effort. Harriman ultimately saves Higgins by coordinating support by telephone from New York.
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E. H. Harriman
George
Thomas F. Ryan
Mr. Harriman
Washington
White House
Harriman
Roosevelt
Higgins
New York
Sheldon
Mr. Roosevelt
Cornéluus Cliss
National Committee
Bliss
H. McK. Twombly
Grand Show Humidity and Tears Mark a Weepy Stage
The Grand Theatre packed as fans endured a warm auditorium to witness Human Hearts. The crowd wept through scenes of Tom Logan and family, with Ruth Larkins seeking a romance while Jeanette’s elopement hints at tragedy amid a crime plot and stagecraft details.
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Grand
Tom Logan
Samantha Logan
Ruth Larkins
Tom
Jeanette
Moses Jones
Darkey
Jent Mason
Samuel Logan
Frederick Armidale
Limpy Morgan
Baby Logan
Human Hearts melodrama revue reviewed with mixed tone
The piece is described as a Third Avenue melodrama with stark contrasts and crude hysteria. The plot features Jeanette torn between reform and deviltry, a fatal shooting, and justice delivered as an officer leads the villain to punishment. The reviewer notes the company did its best but lacks a refined vehicle.
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Jeanette
Armidale
Tom
Third Avenue Theater
Cure for Dandruff and Scalp Diseases
The article describes dandruff as a scalp germ illness like eczema and notes it causes gradual hair loss. It claims thick oil such as kerosene or crude oil can cure all germ related scalp affections by saturating the scalp and killing the germ after ten to twelve hours. It warns that scalp infections spread via brushes and combs in public places.
Shakespeare Documents Backed by Lee and Law
Sir Sidney Lee endorses Ernest Law's view that key London Public Record Office papers about Shakespeare prove genuine records of plays produced at Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. Lee notes documents list Shakespeare as "the poet" who made the plays, challenging claims of forgery.
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Sidney Lee
Harper
Shakespeare
Ernest Law
Public Record Office
London
Queen Elizabeth
King James
Sidney
Shakespeare Birthday Trustees
Change in liturgical year noted by Paris paper
The Gattlers of Paris report the pope will fix Easter on the first Sunday of April starting in 1013, making major feasts and Lent more immovable. Ascension Corpus Christi and related feasts will align to this change, with Epiphany and Trinity Sundays similarly affected. Catholic book publishers may gain from the new date.
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Independent
Gattlers of
Paris
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