Circulation figures for The San Antonio Light June 1911
The June 1911 circulation statement reports average daily circulation exchanges free copies and all unsold copies for The San Antonio Light. The text provides metrics used to measure reach and distribution, reflecting the paper's performance for the month.
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San Antonio
Harvey L. Steele
The
San Antonio Light
John J. Wahl
Joh . Wahl
Bexar Co
Tex
Monument Honoring James A. MacGahan in New Lexington Ohio
A new monument in New Lexington Ohio memorializes James A MacGahan a distinguished 19th century journalist famed for reporting the Russo Turkish War and the Khiva ride He influenced public opinion prompting European calls for intervention and warned about atrocities in aria His daring desert journey and reporting shaped coverage of wars and reforms of the era.
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New Lexington
Ohio
James A. MacGahan
Russia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Servia
Bosnia
Herzegovinia
Great Britain
Europe
MacGahan
Kyzil Kum
Central Asia
Khiva
London Daily News
Aria
Ael
Napoleon on the Stage Provokes Debate in Theatrical Analysis
Critics question the feasibility of staging Napoleon arguing the Corsican’s image is too modern and revered. Carl Hauptman’s approach risks bombast and sanctimony, while a more distant figure like Epaminondas might fit better.
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Napoleon
Carl Hauptman
Epaminondas
Pericles
Dionysus
Halicarnassus
George Washington
Lowell
West
Lee
Monmouth
Arcola
Ratisbon
The Liberator of Bulgaria Honored in Bucharest and Ohio
The text celebrates an American from Perry County Ohio who aided Bulgaria’s liberation, earning adoration from Bulgarians who cheered him during the war. He declined a Bulgarian throne despite Russia’s interest, and a monument in Bucharest honors him, while another in New Lexington, Ohio, marks the claim of him as a brilliant war correspondent and beloved figure.
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Bulgaria
Perry County
Ohio
Russia
MacGahan
Bucharest
New Lexington
Slang Wins Over Purist Tone at New York Evening Post
In a striking shift the New York Evening Post abandons its strict standard English for slang deemed by readers as modern and lively. The change signals a broader trend toward conversational language in major papers previously tied to formal diction.
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New York Evening Post
Debate Over Language Freedom and Victorian Standards
The essay criticizes The Post for defending vivid slang and vulgar terms as expressive, arguing for flexibility in language while acknowledging a guardian role against crude expression. It contrasts rustic phrasing with refined tastes and calls for tolerance of linguistic variety.
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New York
Death by sunstroke shatters hopeful tale of Iceberg
A New York man named Iceberg dies from sunstroke, a cruel twist of fate that marks the bitter irony of his story.
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Fate
New York
Iceberg
Secretary Stimson Criticized Over Panama Fortifications
The report blames Secretary of War Stimson for poor handling of army and navy fortifications in Panama, accusing him of ignorance and failure to bolster defenses.
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Stimson
Panama
Government money-laundering machines outpaced by trustified gear
The article notes that government laundering schemes were eclipsed years ago by trustified machinery that processed stock and clear water to extract millions.
Poets Divorce Sparks Claim on Marital Loyalties
The divorced wife of Richard Le Gallienne asserts no poet can remain married to one woman, framing the remark as a quarrel over poetical license and personal liberty.
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Richard le Gallienne
Heir of Asbestos Mogul Plans Marriages Across States
The son of a prominent asbestos trust magnate plots to marry his bride anew in every state they travel through to outwit his father. If caught, he will need more than asbestos to shield himself from repercussions.
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Asbestos Trust
Papa
Slaps at Santone Reflect Peace Over War Burden
The Val Verde Herald quotes criticism of removing soldiers from San Antonio and predicts a drop in city cash receipts. The paper argues San Antonio is large enough to manage without federal troops and calls for shifting focus to peaceful civic concerns.
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San Antonio
Uncle Sam
Val Verde
San Antonio Saloon Vote Grows Amid Prohibition Push
In San Antonio gamblers threaten to vote for prohibition after breweries opposed them in cleaner resorts. Restaurant keepers back the plan because saloons offer free lunch. Saloons are controversial yet seen as handy by many voters who will cast ballots on July 22, per Guadalupe Gazette.
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San Antonio
Guadalupe Gazette
Weather Pride and Prohibition Press Sparks Civic Action
San Antonio papers boast reliable weather reporting while Kerrville and Denison papers comment on rising prohibition sentiment. The region faces calls for statewide action as bootleggers and gamblers push for reform prompting citizens to engage.
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San Antonio
Kerrville Mountain
Denison Herald
San Antonio restaurant keepers threaten action over saloon lunches
A Temple Telegram note claims San Antonio restaurant keepers oppose saloons offering free lunches and threaten to vote against prohibition, though unlikely to do so. The piece cites a New York World quip about a two-footed, feathered creature as a distant, humorous aside.
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San Antonio
New York World
He Did It a Gateward Proposal in a Garden Moment
A young man chats with his beloved by a garden gate. She asks a great favor and he promises to help. She requests he stop leaning on the freshly painted gate to avoid provoking her father who had just finished painting it.
Harper's Weekly and Success Features Highlighted
The current Harper's Weekly issue lists essays by Marriott Watson Harriman Strunsky Gillmore and Marden with fiction by Leo Crane and a major Supreme Court symposium in North American Review. Other items include Iris Weed's cattleman piece Alfred Noyes on Thomas Hardy and Judaism essay by Abram Isaacs along with Vaile on golf and Mahan on diplomacy.
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Harper’s Weekly
H. B. Marriott Watson
Maine
J. Borden Harriman
Simeon Strunsky
Leo Crane
Success Magazine
Iris . Weed
Alexander Lambert
Mary Heaton Vorse
James Oliver
Curwood
Hillis Parker’ Butler
Kitty Hartigan
Edna Kenton
Janey and the
Little Blind God
Inez Haynes Gillmore
Orison Swett Marden
Supreme Court
The
North American Review
Peter 8. Grosscup
William J. Bryan
John Larkin
Frederic R. Coudert
James M. Beck
Samuel Untermyer
Thomas Hardy
Alfred Noyes
Abram S. Isaacs
P. A. Vaile
A. T. Mahan
Arthur C. Benson
Matthew Arnold
Progress in Alaska and needed policy reforms
The Seattle Post Intelligencer notes Alaska’s first gold shipment and a projected $15 million gold output for the year, highlighting Alaska’s wealth from gold and fish. It urges a rational federal policy including local coal mining rights to accelerate northern progress and reduce dependence on British Columbia coal.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Alaska
British Columbia
Unconscious humor across papers cues light notes
A mosaic of clipped items shows oddities across papers. Cows cremated in Montrose fire, Mrs. Lindquist visiting Blooming ton, a fatal horse accident to a prominent citizen, Miss Daisy Defoe presiding at a Missouri wedding march, a Blue Ridge hanging to be private, and a Nevada editor thanking Gus Bradley for a generous apple basket.
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Saginaw
Montrose
Illinois
Charles Lindquist
Bloomington
E. Monroe Street
Iowa
Missouri
Daisy Defoe
Mendel and Son
Georgia Society
Marshal Bowling
Marvin Adams
John Withrow
Blue Ridge
Nevada
Gus Bradley
Poems Worth Preserving by Burdette
A fragmented poem about longing and loneliness as a speaker pleads for a lost beloved. Repeated lines express yearning, isolation, and the ache of separation amid memories of shared happiness. The verse conveys emotional weight without graphic detail.
Births of the Worlds and the Bickerton Hypothesis
Ernest Rutherford lends support to the Bickerton hypothesis on the origin of new stars. Prof A W Bickerton promotes a theory that stars form from partial celestial impacts. Rutherford notes a third heated body often arises from such collisions, a conclusion he deems highly probable.
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Ernest Rutherford
Bickerton
A. W. Bickerton
Rutherford
Prof
Prisoner Denies Gold Watch Theft Claim in Court
A prisoner is confronted with an accusation of stealing a gold watch. He denies the charge stating he never stole it and argues it was not gold.
Precocious 4 year old inspires calendar chaos at home
A mother boasts of her daughter’s talents while the child tears pages from a New Year calendar in the drawing room. The mother, amused yet practical, scolds gently as she salvages the artwork. Elsewhere a portly man at a lunch counter requests cooling relief with humor.
Doctor Advises Morning Showers for Patient
A doctor tells a sick man's wife to give him a morning shower bath along with prescribed medicines. She worries aloud that there are mornings when showers are unavailable.
The Poet Philosopher Copyright 1910
A poetic lament on a failing garden and wasted labor. The speaker admires past toil while neighbors mock, noting wilting beans, dead cabbage, and decay. He contrasts effort with grocer bought food and warns that training is needed to sustain one’s task.
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Sidon
Tyre
Disappointed the Caddy in a Kansas City Golf Tale
An anecdote recalls Professor Charles Zueblin of Harvard visiting Kansas City and Evanston with Fiery, Coates House assistant manager and boyhood friend. The golfing pro is teased as a professor, prompting a puzzled caddie remark about the professor’s specialty.
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Charles Zueblin
Harvard
Kansas City
L. Hy, Fiery
Coates
Mr. Fiery
Coping the Baby and the Oop De Baby Ritual
Ellis Parker Butler argues in Success Magazine against attempts to standardize baby care and banning fathers from ooping their infants. He praises the father's role in the playful rite of tossing a baby, calling it a test of pleasure and family bonding before handing the child back to the mother.
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Ellis Parker Butler
Success Magazine
Fond Fathers
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Prohibition
Temple
William Caine
Roskelly’s
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Liverpool
William Sproston Caine
Tom Brown
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Lutherkirche
University of Leipzig
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C. H. W. Johns
St. Catharine's College
Cambridge
George Smith
British Museum
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National News Ass'n
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Minnie
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