This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
2
A lengthy letter details multiple officials accusing Secretary MacVeagh of restricting personal meetings and delaying responses. Dr. Andrew resigns as assistant secretary after stating cooperation is impossible, with market reaction turning after the news.
Rebels press the fight near Bachimba with threats of desertion and mutiny among troops. Rebel leaders need funds as 55 ore cars crossed to El Paso on Mexican Central trains to collect freight, marking the first crossing since Juarez fell. Officials previously seized a Mexican Central freight train causing a rolling stock ban on El Paso, now lifted.
New York July 3 Wall Street reeled as Andrew resigns causing a market wide reaction. Traders priced uncertainty into stocks and bonds as key indices fluctuated amid unforeseen leadership change.
Eleven wagonloads of ammunition left Juarez for Colonia Morelos as rebels advance in three columns from Chihuahua. They have passed Casas Grandes Pearson and Madera on the Mexican Northwestern railroad. Federal officials expect Orozco to abandon Bachimba and Chihuahua and shift his main force into eastern Sonora.
El Paso July 3 Special report says if the rebel victory at Bachimba today ends in defeat, Chihuahua’s capital will move this week to Juarez. Colonel Pascual Orozco, Juarez garrison commander and Chihuahua congress member, says plans were made for the transfer and archives and officials are ready to move on short notice.
An amused note from the Baltimore American cites a lawyer failing to clear a man accused as a fence. The remark mirrors a pun on whitewashing a fence highlighting crime and humor in a single quirky item.
Dr Herschel Parker of Columbia University and Belmer Browne, reported by Seattle dispatches, are eight miles from Mt McKinley’s peak in Alaska, at 20 464 feet above sea level. The note claims new geographic discoveries a new route to the summit and several new glaciers while Cook is the only prior claimant.
The Democratic convention at Baltimore confirms Governor Woodrow Wilson as the presidential nominee. Mentions of Governor Marshall and Governor Burke as vice presidential contenders are reported along with Bryan’s valedictory and late-night roll calls ending in Marshall’s nomination by acclamation. Delegates praise Baltimore, the party platform, and ongoing celebrations.
Governor Woodrow Wilson will determine his campaign direction and meet with a five member sub committee to set the permanent structure of the national committee. The panel will also discuss campaign plans with Wilson and report to the full committee.
At Baltimore on July 3 1908 the Democratic convention adopted a unanimous platform and chose Governor Thomas R Marshall of Indiana as running mate to Governor Woodrow Wilson after a late deadlock over the vice presidency. North Dakota withdrew its candidate John E Burke and pledged support.
Paris Texas July 3 Colonel Sheb Williams state democratic chairman says Wilson was not his choice but he will support the ticket loyally until the last ballot is polled. He declares the Forty sixth ballot made him the nominee and that choice is mine.
Former Princeton students aided by Yale and Harvard gathered at the University Club in Chicago to celebrate Woodrow Wilson's nomination. The famous "locomotive" yell rang out as soon as the news of Wilson's victory arrived.
Businessmen and fraternal orders in Poteet organize a large Fourth of July event with free barbecue baseball and basketball games a tournament with prizes and various amusements. M J Arnold and Marcus W Davis will give main addresses to Woodmen of the World and Odd Fellows respectively. A special train from the Inter national and Great Northern will depart at 7 am and return at 6 pm with excursions from surrounding areas. The day promotes local growth and sights such as flowing wells and coal fields.
The house chemical tariff revision bill was defeated in the senate 32 to 26. Amended to free dyes used in coloring cheaper cotton goods, the measure would have cut rates about 25 percent on many chemical items and moved pepper cinnamon clover licorice and balsam from free to dutiable.
The naval plucking board and seven voluntary retirements trigger promotions effective July. Nine commanders rise to captains: Hine Strauss Russell Bispam Evans Eberle McCormick Gilmer Coonze. Fifteen lieutenant commanders become commanders: Hasbrook Pringle McCormick Kellogg Allen Clark Bissett Campbell Crosley Lang Price Trench Wilson Pearson Jackson. Eighteen lieutenants become lieutenant commanders and nineteen lieutenants junior grade become senior lieutenants.
The body of Mrs. Francis Williams, about 27, from Oklahoma, who drowned last night in the Colorado River at Deep Eddy near Austin, is with friends awaiting Dallas relatives instructions. She was in a boat with Percy MecDonnell, chief clerk in the game and fish department, when a seat change capsized the craft. MecDonnell survived. Williams did not.
Carlos Bee accepted invitation from the W P Rodgers Camp United Daughters of the Confederacy to deliver the official address at the July 10 unveiling of a Confederate heroes monument in Victoria. The day will be devoted to exercises conducted by the Daughters of the Confederacy with many San Antonio Daughters invited to attend.
Tickets to the Flynn Johnson fight in Las Vegas were on sale in San Antonio for three days with only ten sold. Three came from Dulaney. A R Atkinson of the Galvestburg San Antonio railroad said he expects few more tickets to be sold from the city due to lack of inquiries.
A UK report notes a marked increase in road accidents from 1909 to 1911. Total 28,023 rising to 35,214 with motor vehicles cause 20,226. In London, motor cabs killed five times and injured three times as many as horse drawn cabs per hundred.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.