Golf as a magnet to draw northern winter tourists to San Antonio
The piece argues that well kept golf links would attract winter tourists from the North, especially Chicago and New York elites, who travel for favorable play. It notes extensive congestion at northern clubs and asserts San Antonio could capture winter tourism by developing golfing facilities and access, contrasting with Florida and California resorts.
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San Antonio
North
Florida
California
Chicago
New York
Middle West
Regulation of Optometry Bill Heads Texas Legislature
A bill in Austin proposes a state board of optometry examiners to license eye doctors and test applicants. Practitioners already in Texas must declare intent to continue and pass exams within two years. new entrants must pass before licensing. The piece urges passage, arguing eye safety warrants regulation.
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Austin
Texas
San Antonio Misses Chance to Attract Winter Golfers
The passage argues San Antonio has unusually mild winters with many usable golf days and could draw many golfers if it had a proper links course. It contends the city is overlooking a key business opportunity by not developing such a facility.
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San Antonio
Clever Police Work II and the New York Highwaymen Scheme
A New York police plan to trap highwaymen by escorting an old bank messenger with $3300 through a hallway where would be robbers lurked ends in confusion. The criminals did not act as the scheme expected, revealing flaws in large city policing compared with country methods.
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Chicago
New York
Highwaymen Strike Bank Messenger and Escape
An old bank messenger is ambushed by two highwaymen who steal a valise containing $3 and flee. Police pursue and arrest one, with bystanders complicating identification. A second robber is pursued, shoots a cop, and escapes. The money is recovered and investigators deem the captured man a highwayman.
Capitalizing Marriage among Nat Goodwin and DeWolf Hopper
A critical column laments four marriages each for actors Nat Goodwin and DeWolf Hopper. It argues public fascination and polygamy laws clash with morality, urging restraint and criticising the use of marriage to stay in the spotlight. It questions societal tolerance for marital instability among performers.
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Nat Goodwin
DeWolf Hopper
Goodwin
Hopper
The Value of Statistics And a Tiger in the Jungle
A London Chronicle anecdote recounts Sir Wilfrid Lawson on statistics. It cites a regiment in India where 50 percent of abstainers died in a year, but only two men existed. the loss came from a tigress encountered during a morning jungle walk.
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Sir Wilfrid Lawson
India
Tropics
London Chronicle
A Simple Inaugural For Wilson Desires Simplicity
The Utica Observer notes Mr. Wilson seeks a modest presidential inauguration with minimal pomp while preserving dignity. It mentions he asked the inauguration committee chairman to keep ceremonies simple, arguing the event is impressive enough without ostentation.
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Wilson
Eustis
United States
Utica
Political Boss and the Householder’s Reveal
A young lady reporter visits a country house to interview leading citizens about politics. At the door a large woman refuses access and identifies herself as the political party to which the gentleman belongs, stating she represents him in a blunt, decisive way.
Soldier in Italian village courtship and suspected theft
In Solferino a French lieutenant Paul Randeau stays with an elderly couple and a young Italian girl Cecilia. He notices a suspicious theft stash in the garden and, torn between trust and doubt, digs up a buried box to test the couple’s honesty. Ultimately Cecilia’s secret romance and his investigative actions unfold as troops move on.
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Solferino
Peschiera
Verona
Randeau
Leutenant
Signorina
Signor
Paul Randeau
Cecilia
Paul
Plaza Theater Week Delights with Six OConnor Sisters and Paka
The Plaza Theater’s current bill impresses with artistry and balance led by the Six OConor Sisters and Toots Paka and Snot and Mack. The act lineup features burlesque pantomime by the sisters, Hawaiian musical flavor from Paka and company, sharp new jokes from Snor and Mack, plus cycling feats by Bill Dooley and tight wire by The Four Vanis.
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O'Connor
Borneo
Toots Paka
Miss Paka
Snor
Mack
Barrows, Lancaster and Company
Fred Hamil
Charles Abate
Bill Dooley
Vanis
Tips on Beauty and Dress From the Old Masters
Gaby Deslys urges trained eyes to discern beauty from art and notes that American shoppers neglect galleries. She cites Paris museums inspiring dressmakers and cautions on styles for slender figures, urging study of painters like Gandara Boldini and Reynolds via libraries to improve taste and appearance.
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Nattier
Great Picture Galleres
America
Gandara, Boldini
J. J. Shannon
Romne
Reynolds
Tales of Hoffmann thrills at Grand Opera House week show
The Aborn English Grand Opera Company presented The Tales of Hoffmann at the Grand Opera House last evening. The performance offered a realistic, artistically finished experience lighter in mood than Madam Butterfly Lohengrin and Il Trovatore, and sparked renewed interest in grand opera among some skeptics.
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Grand Opera Company
Grand Opera House
Hoffman
Curt Ully
Women Pearl Divers Of A Japanese Pearl Farm
Wide World Magazine reports on Japanese pearl farm divers, women aged 13 to 85 diving without breathing apparatus from five to thirty fathoms. They can stay under 1 to 2 minutes, sometimes longer, surface to rest by fires, and resume work after meals. Wages range from 12 to 50 cents daily, with some earning up to 1.25 dollars. several young divers save for marriage dowries.
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Wide World
Tim
Local Opera Cast Shines in Varied Roles
The company offered a dreamlike evening with members displaying unexpected talents. Leonid Samoloff impressed in Tales of Hoffmann, Ivy Scott excelled as lead heroine in all three tales, and the mechanical doll drew strong applause. Lucia di Lammermoor airs tonight with eight Ahorns in local engagement.
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Leonid Samoloff
Ivy Scott
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