Dawn of San Antonio News Papers Ledger
The San Antonio Light and The Gazette, Evening Daily and Sunday Morning, publish exclusive Associated Press wire reports. Editors Charles Diehl and Harrison Beach oversee operations at the San Antonio post office entry and distribution.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Gazette
Associated Press
San
Charles 8. Diehl
Harrison L, Beach
Vance
Sevrinsqeser
United States
New York
San Antonio Light Circulation Figures for June 1912
The San Antonio Light reported total June circulation of 570 818 copies. Evening edition averaged 18 656 daily and Sunday edition 20 884. Net paid daily circulation after deductions stood at 17 223 for the evening and 19 627 for the Sunday edition.
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San Antonio
Wilson letters declare stance on prohibition early 1911
The article argues Woodrow Wilson held similar views on prohibition in May 1911 and October 1911, contrasting Shannon and Grogan letters. It notes Prohibitionists circulated a July 6 1911 letter asserting support for statewide prohibition in Texas, while Wilson affirmed his May and October positions to the paper.
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Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Shannon
Newark
N. J
Wilson
Texas
Republican Party
W. E. Grogan
Byers
Grogan
Tue
Generous solicitude over Niagara falls protection plan
The piece argues that allowing certain disinterested men to take water for power could preserve Niagara’s Falls by preventing further erosion of the limestone ledge. It notes floods have worn the outer ledges and a large gutter is forming at the Horseshoe cataract, with supporters claiming water removal above the fall would stop deforming the contour.
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Niagara
Horseshoe Falls
Albany
Congress
Death by Own Action Pact Draws Russian Aristocrats
The czarist era reports a club network in St Petersburg Moscow Odessa and Kiev where members both men and women study the art of suicide. Monthly meetings discuss artistic methods with a fatal slip drawn to end life within a week. The aim is quiet undisturbed passing with a refined theatrical end.
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Old
Gotham
America
Russia
Judas Iscariot
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Odessa
Kieff
Press Agent Plots to Sell Niagara Water Despite Public Loss
A scathing critique condemns a proposed large hydroelectric plant to divert Niagara River water and sell power at trust rates. The writer argues the scheme amounts to robbery of public resources, aided by a flattering press agent and weak political resistance.
Lederle’s Milky Reform Cuts New York Mortality
Dr. Ernst Lederle, New York City health commissioner, set up fifteen milk stations and classed milk into three grades A B and C. He educated mothers on infant feeding and helped drive the city’s death rate from 20.01 in 1904 to 15.13 in 1911, with childhood deaths under two years falling from 19 269 to 15 754 in 1911.
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Ernst J.lederle
New York City
New York
Lederle
Paris
Rome
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Newark
Buffalo
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Illusions in Love and Life as Nature's Plan
Dr. Frank Crane argues illusions drive marriage and childbearing, noting the rainbow stain lingers in most unions and couples become parents while still chasing dreams. He asserts illusion serves Nature's purpose and that humanity is guided by progressive illusion. Mr. Lawson of Boston is proposed as a running mate for a colonel in the Birmingham Age Herald.
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Maia
Frank Crane
Lawson
Boston
Birmingham Age Herald
Wine Chicken the Sea Ends for Starving Family
In a squalid London slum, Philip Keynes and his brother Marcus plot to kidnap a marquis’s grandson for a reward while Mary, Philip’s wife, faces a desperate moral test. The plan unravels when Mary’s identity at the mansion is revealed and Philip confronts betrayal, hunger, and guilt.
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Brentley
Chelsea
Philip Keynes
Mr. Keynes
Philip
Marcus
Hades
Marcus Keynes
Phil
Eric Gowden
Marquis of
Grinstead
Richmond Park
Grinstead Towers
Richmond
Soho
Marquis
Mary
Judas
Up-to-Date Verse Reflecting Midas Touch Poem
A verse by Kendrick Bangs in August Ainslee’s reflects on the Midas touch turning beauty to dress. It questions envy of wealth as a blessing when true beauty, spring colors, and a maid’s blush remain priceless and untouchable.
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Midas
Coe Kendrick Bangs
Ainsee's
Grateful Grandfather Sends Fifty Pounds Note
A lonely elder named Grinstead thanks a visitor for news of his grandson's safety and encloses fifty pounds in notes as part of a thank offering. The exchange reflects relief and a generous impulse from the elderly man.
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Grinstead
Senator Clapp Recalls Alaska Consul Tale
A Duluth News item relays how Dick Wintersmith sought a Treasury job via John G. Carlisle. Carlisle gifts a fine cane to caution against drinking and suggests quitting. Wintersmith then seeks a Panama consul post, noting Alaska would prevent losing the cane, leading to the appointment in Duluth.
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Senator Clapp
Washington
Dick Wintersmith
John G. Carlisle
Cleveland
Carlisle
Treasury
Alaska
Wintersmith
John
Panama
Duluth News
Lawyers as busy litigators spark fees from others' troubles
A judge voices a wry verse on lawyers who stir conflicts for fees, likening them to busy bees that blow and prick litigious bubbles as they profit from others' troubles.
Tar Clearing Duty Stops Traffic at Alamo Plaza
Two Mexican workers labor to split tar barrels while two traveling salesmen bet on who finishes first. The taller worker resumes chopping as a steam roller looms, and both men are rewarded with watermelons after the spectacle near the Menger hotel.
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Alamo Plaza
Menger Hotel
Tom
Elimination of Mosquitoes in American Life
The editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association expresses hopeful talk about eradicating mosquitoes from human experience in the United States. It notes British towns rarely see carrion flies and suggests draining breeding sites and fumigation with pyrethrum powder as control measures.
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United States
American Medical Association
Great Britain
London
New York Times
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