The Lieut Expands Circulation Across Texas
The Lieut reports a midwinter day paid circulation in San Antonio exceeding 12 000 with total daily circulation over 19 000 and Sunday totals above 20 000. In 53 nearby cities 4204 copies were sent to subscribers, with Austin Del Rio Laredo Corpus Christi and other towns listed among recipients. The paper claims it has the largest circulation in Southwest Texas and doubles San Antonio’s local paid circulation compared with rivals.
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New York
Beckwith
Tribune
Chicago
San Antonio
United
THE
Light Publishing Company
Texas
Austin
Beeville
del Rio
Kenedy
Laredo
Seguin
San Marcos
Kerrville
Uvalde
Victoria
Yoakum
Boerne
Cuero
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
Floresville
Licut
Navy budget clash looms over battleship funding
Washington reports indicate the Democratic House majority plans to oppose the two battleships in the navy department program. The piece argues for a strong continuous naval buildup, warning that inefficiency is costly and a robust navy serves as essential insurance against humiliation and national peril.
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Washington
House
United States
Naal
Americanism and loyalty in the immigrant debate
An opinion piece argues that American-born children of British immigrants face loyalty conflicts in Perth Amboy New Jersey. It warns against families registering children at British consulates to avoid U S allegiance ceremonies and notes the broader impact on national demographics and identity.
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Great Britain
England
Perth Amboy
N. J
Overseas Society
United States
Safety Found At Sea
A 1910 report from the Department of Commerce and Labor says sea travel was exceptionally safe with 314 768 885 passengers and only 392 deaths. It notes 48 suicides at sea and 113 navigational deaths, plus questions whether government oversight could reduce accidents on land. Comparisons show British railroads mortality much lower and German railways even safer.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Terra Firma
Great Britain
United
Germany
Navy strength and preparedness urged after past wars
The speaker warns against renewed humiliation and argues for a strong permanent navy. He recalls the Spanish American War context, notes Congress neglected powder supplies, and says fighting a first class power would have been disastrous. He contends annual navy maintenance costs far less than a major war’s price.
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Spain
Congress
Maine
Unfit for Americanism Says Editor in Critique
A commentary declares that a man unable to subscribe to American ideals has no real business in the country, arguing comfort living or wealth accumulation for later use abroad shows a flawed national allegiance.
Seeds Drive Rubber Dream in Colonial Dinner Tale
At a British North Borneo dinner a secretary of state recounted a venture plan where a city friend offered to float a rubber company with only a bag of seeds, lacking trees or land, underscoring the risky seed idea behind colonial enterprise.
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Harcourt
Chasing Oyster Pirates on Chesapeake Bay
The department of commerce and labor will use a large swift motor boat to overhaul and inspect the oyster fleet. The move targets shanghaiing and related abuses, as revenue cutters cannot reach the shallow creeks and shore waters where offenders hide.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Chesapeake Bay
Revenue
Department
The Brighter Side Exchange About a Marriage
A Chicago Record-Herald humorous exchange features an old maid and a middle aged bride discussing the disappointment of discovering a husband’s lack of money. The bride notes she found consolation in the fact she was married despite the situation.
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The
Chicago Record-Herald
Brant the Mohawk Chief A Hero of Early America
A retrospective portrait of Joseph Brant born 1742 on the Ohio shore who met British diplomats in London on January 6 1780 seeking aid for his people. The article notes his loyalty to England during the American Revolution his military skill at Oriskany and his humane actions toward captives and villagers. Brant died in Canada in 1807 aged 65 with Brantford and a monument commemorating him.
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Court of
St. James
Thayendanauga
Joseph Brant
Fiske
Brant
England
Ohio
Thayendananga
The
Sir William Johnson
Dartmouth College
Pontiac
Oriskany
Burke and
Sherida
Canada
Brantford
Ethan Allen A Patriot Who Shaped Vermont’s Defense
Ethan Allen born in Litchfield Connecticut one hundred seventy five years ago is praised for individuality and courage. He led the Green Mountain Boys to Ticonderoga and defeated a British stronghold, later helping to quiet frontier conflicts and supporting the new United States before dying in Burlington Vermont in 1789 at age 52.
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Ethan Allen
Litchfield
Connecticut
Ticonderoga
Old Jerusalem
Vermont
New York
Allen
Congress
Lexington
Green Mountain Boys
Jehovah
Continental Congress
Burlington
United States
Where to Send the Surplus Valley Opportunity
Imperial Valley Press argues Los Angeles can direct tens of thousands to the valley each year. The valley can accommodate twenty thousand yearly arrivals, benefiting Los Angeles as those people become tributary if the city acts to avoid alienation.
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Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
Valle
Letter about "Home Sweet Home" authorship in Trickham Texas
A reader asks the editor who wrote Home Sweet Home to settle a dispute. The reply notes John Howard Payne wrote the song, originally part of the opera Clari the Maid of Milan. The letter is dated Trickham Texas January 9, 1912 and signed by R. R. Roberts.
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Trickham
Texas
R. R. Roberts
John Howard Payne
Home
Milan
A Noble Figure in the After Glow of Good Deeds
Percy Shaw recalls a departed figure praised for lifelong service in war and peace. The tribute notes his role in liberating the slave, easing sorrows, and spanning oceans, ending with a sober farewell as he sails to the unknown coast. The piece ends with a note on the word chauffeur and its French loan origins.
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Percy Shaw
Collier’s Weekly
France
Poems of Sentiment by Berton Braley
A humorous verse exchange about a man trying to hide work from his partner at home. Office noises, late hours, and coaxed promises mix with playful yard to hush the scene. The speaker vows to arrive early if allowed, while juggling domestic expectations and comic interruptions.
Paisley Thread Mills Power the World’s Clothmaking
The town of Paisley Scotland stands as the world’s chief center for thread manufacture. J. & P. Coats runs the principal mills here with factories covering a hundred acres and 600000 spindles. The works employ about ten thousand men and women.
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Paisley
Scotland
J. & P. Coats
Spectators mock race in police court shooting trial
A police court trial involving Black defendants and a Black arresting officer features taunts about race. Testimony depicts two shots, a shooting by a Black assailant, and witnesses recounting events with vivid dialect and evasive details.
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York
Aunt Mag
Record aviation distance milestone at Pau gains 460 miles
M Gobe in an aeroplane at Pau set a distance record of 460 miles in eight hours and seventeen minutes, likely to stand for 1911. Historical totals show rapid growth from 310 miles in 1910 to earlier modest feats, with Santos-Dumont and Wrights cited in a swift arc of progress over the years.
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New York
Pau
M. Gobe
France
Wright Brothers
Wrights
Santos-Dumont
Gobe
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