San Antonio Light circulation audit notes high paid reach
The San Antonio Light reports six month ending September 30 1916 daily average circulation of 22062 and Sunday 26356 with net paid figures 20477 and 24424 respectively. It cites Audit Bureau of Circulation certification and claims 50 percent higher paid home circulation than any local paper.
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San Antonio Light
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Canada
America
Europe
San Antonio
Insulted to the limit as Villa offers protection to Americans
An editorial lambasts Francisco Villa for writing to the U S president offering safe passage and business in Mexico while his forces allegedly attacked the United States. The piece criticizes the U S invasion and says the army failed to punish Villa, retreating as he continues to threaten American citizens and property.
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Mexico
Rio Grande
Francisco Villa
United States
United States of America
Villa
Washington
Chihuahua
Wasteful Education and the Call for Practical Knowledge
A critique argues schools and colleges waste potential by teaching luxuries rather than practical knowledge. Citing Dr Norman Bridge, it urges reforms to produce scholars in the business of life, not mere ornament, warning current curricula defraud youth of birth rights.
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Norman Bridge
Chicago Woman's Club
Mr. Bridge
Gaul
Colleges Should Teach Life Skills Before Classics
The author argues colleges overemphasize classical study and luxury rather than practical life skills. Emphasizing wealth, health, and happiness, the piece urges teaching production and real problem solving, with focus on the business of life over adornments of learning.
Tariff Sharps and the European Price Challenge
The article discusses how Europe’s war economy creates cheaper European goods compared with U S prices, raising questions for tariff advocates and American manufacturers. It notes Irish potatoes and bread price signals, a U S navy shells contract won by a European munitions factory, and fears of postwar dumping as Europe rehabilitates its economy.
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Europe
United States
America
England
United States Navy
The War’s Economic Toll and Tariff Dilemmas
The piece argues the war hurts the United States economically more than combatants and explores price effects. It questions tariff remedies, noting high tariffs may be less favorable than letting foreign goods enter if European prices stay lower. It urges price reductions as fairness over protectionism when bread from American wheat sells cheaper abroad.
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United States
Europe
England
Egg Loot Stuns San Antonio Home Invasion Report
Reported burglary in San Antonio mentions two dozen eggs among stolen items. The note adds eggs' price status as fixed, hinting at economic mood.
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San Antonio
New York Population Grows by 200000 in 1916 War Era
Amid wartime travel limits New York sees a population rise of about 200000 during 1916. The increase includes births within the city as residents adapt to restricted immigration.
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New York
Hindenburg Decorated with New Civilian War Worker Order
The emperor institutes a civilian war workers order and awards Von Hindenburg. The veteran chief of staff would appear cluttered if he wore all his medals at once.
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von Hindenburg
DoJ Probes Elgin Butter Records Over Price Rise
Justice agents review Elgin butter records to uncover causes of rising costs. If records date as far back as current butter stock the statute of limitations might already apply.
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Department of Justice
Elgin
Russians consider New Year duel after handshake snub
A Kremlin incident over a New Year handshake sparks talk of a duel between the Russian interior minister and the Duma president. The United States warns travelers to observe Russia’s honor code or insist on a handshake.
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Russia
Longest Name Listed in Michigan Directory
The Kalamazoo city directory page 896 records Polybus Theodorcoumoundorgeotopoulos as a restaurant waiter. Theodorcoumoundorgeotopoulos supposedly holds the longest Michigan resident name with eleven syllables and twenty eight letters, surpassing all others in the directory.
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Michigan
Kalamazoo
Polybus Theodorcoumoundorgeotopoulos
Theodorcoumound Orgeotooulos
Detroit News
Waples Deficit Fails To Attract Chairman In 1919
The Waco News notes the Democratic state executive committee’s chairmanship cost Paul Waples 22 000 dollars due to revenue shortfalls in the campaign. No candidate has volunteered to take on the role and face future deficits. The machine may continue without a chairman through 1919.
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Democratic State Executive Committee
Paul Waples
Waco News
Courageous telephone girl saves Kingsland crew from explosion
A Brooklyn Eagle report credits a telephone girl with saving lives at Kingsland by spotting smoke from a gasoline storage building near 75 000 shells. She warned each building and ordered men out, preventing a catastrophe. Her brave action saved workers, though she faced personal risk.
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Kingsland
Brooklyn Eagle
Shipyards Highlight Southern Growth in Shipbuilding
The launch of a three masted schooner from Beaumont underscores growing south shipbuilding while Houston lags, lacking ships and home port status despite a fine harbor, docks, warehouses, and a sea access waterway. It calls for skilled men to link local facilities to world commerce.
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Beaumont
South
Houston
Houston Post
Wide diffusion of prosperity noted in pay increases
November and December brought pay raises to 1 118 970 workers in 512 plants across 88 states, indicating broad prosperity. The record suggests most farmers also see greatly increased rewards, matching the total farming population.
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Wilson Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Army Health at the Border Lesson in Hygiene
The Southern Department chief surgeon reports on over 150000 National Guardsmen on border duty with 166 disease deaths and one from typhoid fever. Pneumonia caused 44 deaths, 34 in December, while most other deaths stemmed from common conditions like appendicitis. Health remained high, with campaigning discipline proving strengthening.
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Southern Department
United States Army
Europe
New York Herald
Clock Shop comes to Majestic vaudeville bill
The Majestic opens Wednesday matinee with The Clock Shop a musical fantasy headlining Sam Chip Mary Marble and eight stars in a vaudeville program. The bill also features The Furniture Movers and the Actress The Golf Players Dainty Dorothy Brenner Morin Sisters and others in varied acts.
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Sam Chip
Mary Marble
the Majestic
McDevitt
Kelly and
Lacey
Johnny Eckert
Billy Parker
Dainty
Dorothy Brenner
Herbert Moore
Morin
DeLisle
Vernon
Frank Hartley
Strand Play Pleases In Second Week At The Strand
Milton Schuster's musical comedy company opened its second week at the Strand theater with My Wife's Family starring Milton Schuster and Billie House. The audience roared from start to finish as melodies by the Frisco quartet drew strong applause. The act will shift Thursday to The Roof Garden Girls.
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Strand
Milton Schuster
Strand Theater
Billie’ House
Dixie
Frisco
Roof Garden Girls
The Princess of Patches Firelight at the Majestic
Emma Bunting stars in The Princess of Patches at the Majestic Theater today and tomorrow. Her whimsical performance as Selma Silverthorn, once Nettles, draws laughter and applause from audiences impressed by her youthful charm and originality.
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Emma Bunting
Selma Silverthorn
Nettles
Princess of Patches
Miss Bunting
Majestic Theater
Jack Pickford Stars at Empire In Great Expectations Bill
Jack Pickford and Louise Huff appear at the Empire in a Dickens classic Great Expectations. The program includes Triangle Keystone’s Laundry Liz and Pathe Weekly No. 6. Tomorrow’s feature is The Country God Forgot.
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Jack Pickford
the Empire
Mary
Louise Huff
The
Empire
Keystone
Liz
Pathe Weekly
Famous Players
Great Expectations on Mount Program Stars Pickford Cast
Jack Pickford returns to courtship in Great Expectations under old fashioned methods. Louise Hurt shines as Mstella with Miss Havisham’s ward clashing in a noted Dickensian tale. Robert G. Vignola directs a strong cast including Frank Losee, Marcia Harris, Grace Barton, Herbert Prior and W. W. Black.
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Jack Pickford
Jack
Louise Hurt
Mstella
Miss Havisham
Dickens
Pip
Rose Stahl Stars in Our Mrs McChesney at Grand Opera House
Rose Stahl headlines Our Mrs McChesney at the Grand Opera House Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee. The New Orleans Item lauds her seamless blend of humor and pathos and her convincing portrayal of Mrs McChesney in Edna Ferber adapted stage version by George W Hobart. Jessica Brooks also earns praise as Vieva Sherwood amid a large supporting cast.
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Rose Stahl
Mrs. McChesney
Grand Opera House
Edna Ferber
Imma McChesney
Miss Stahl
San Antonio
New Orleans
Stuart Robson
Tulane
George W. Hobart
Charles Frohman
Ethel Barrymore
Jessica Brooks
Vieva Sherwood
Miss Brooks
Cuero Aims to Host 1918 State Firemen Meeting
Cuero Texans plan to stage the 1918 state firemen gathering after last year’s Turkey Trots drew thousands. The Cuero Commercial Club, led by Secretary I F Clifford and Fire Chief Robert F Heyer Sr, will push to secure the San Angelo decision.
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Cuero
Tex
New Lraunfels
I F. N. Clifford
Robert F. Heyer Sr
San Angelo
Dog as Watcher Probed By Owner
A Washington Star excerpt notes a dog described as a partial watchdog always seeking food, illustrating canine behavior and the humor of human–dog interactions.
German Tenor Seeks American Citizenship as War Sway
Karl Edward Heinrich Jorn a noted Metropolitan Opera tenor applied for second papers to become an American citizen. Though still German, he was ordered by wireless to return to Germany with reports he might sing at the Royal Opera or join his regiment at the front.
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Karl Edward Heinrich Jorn
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Jorn
Germany
Royal Opera
Letters to the Light Letter writer comments on San Antonio shooting custom
A reader from the border asks why gentlemen in San Antonio would carry a shooting iron on strolls. He notes a recent accidental shooting linked to a gun falling from a pocket and implies the city should move away from such attire. The letter is signed Walter Allen but notes letters may be anonymous if signed.
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Light
Eagle Pass
Texas
San Antonio
Walter Allen
After School Cleaning and a Child’s Big Question
A Poser Miss Nichols allowed Johnny Jones to clean boards after school and answered his endless questions with the Bible line God made it. Johnny pressed on asking if God can do more than one God, and the reply No, Johnny. Then could He lick another God as big and stout as He is.
Sheppard Praises North Dakota Woman Suffrage Victory
Senator Sheppard sends a congratulatory letter from Washington on North Dakota granting women the same suffrage rights as Illinois. He states the suffrage movement has vitality and rests on fundamental rights that underpin equal suffrage, foreseeing its inevitable success.
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Washington, D. C
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Sheppard
North Dakota
Illinois
Deserter Identified in Attempt on King Alfonso Train
Rafael Dura Floriot, a deserter from a Malaga regiment, is named as the man arrested for the alleged attempt to wreck King Alfonso's train in Madrid. Reports suggest lead bars found on the tracks may have fallen or been stolen from a freight train returning from Linares mines, making the danger incidental.
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Paris
Alfonso
Rafael Dura Floriot
Malaga
Linares
Germans Establish News Bureau in Berlin
Amsterdam dispatch to Reuters reports the new journalistic enterprise American Correspondence for Reliable Reporting founded in Berlin. It aims to promote understanding between the central powers of Europe and North America, supplying telegraphic reports and mail contributions on political economic art events and library articles to newspapers.
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Amsterdam
Reuters
Berlin
Europe
North America
Rodin Seriously Ill With Severe Grippe in Paris
Paris report says Auguste Rodin the famed sculptor is seriously ill with grippe. The latest bulletin notes the malady is following its normal course but his great age and the attack have left him very weak.
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Auguste Rodin
Paris
Grippe
THREE TURKEY TESTS FOR PERFECT ROASTING
The Philadelphia Record describes three checks for doneness: tender gristle under the skin near the wishbone, easy to break under the bill, and a small knob on the leg back just above the foot. If the gristle and bill are tender and the knob is pea sized, the turkey is last spring's hatch and will carve like cheese. Two hours in a moderate oven suffices for a 15 pound bird. test by slicing between the body and second joint to see if pink flesh appears, and baste longer if needed.
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Philadelphia
Notable Quote Sparks Debate On Firearm Handling
Buffalo Express quotes praise for a crack shot and skepticism about firearm handling. The exchange contrasts a sharpshooter’s skill with claims of indoor gunfire precision, underscoring local attitudes toward competence and safety.
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Buffalo Express
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