Circulation figures for The San Antonio Light June 1912
The San Antonio Light total June 1912 circulation was 670818 copies. The average daily circulation of the evening edition was 18656, and the Sunday edition 20884. Net paid daily circulation after deductions was 17223 for the evening and 19627 for the Sunday edition.
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SAN Antonio Light
San Antonio Gazette
Associated Press
San Antonio
Charles
Diehl
Harrison L. Beach
Astral flirt and strange court cases intrigue readers
A Baltimore rumor of Captain Smith seen alive aboard, a Bowery-transformed gent, and a Denver divorce claim spark a tale of astral projection. A furious judge confronts a wife who allegedly followed her husband into ethereal revels with Cleopatra and Helen of Troy.
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Hamlet
Horatio
Captain Smith
Baltimore
Bowery
Denver
Cleopatra
Helen of
Troy
Sheba
Helen
Roosevelt's Bull Moose Struggles In Illinois and Finance
The piece details Colonel Roosevelt facing financial setbacks as backersMunsey and Perkins reassess funding for the Bull Moose party. It notes Illinois misgivings after Chicago meetings and potential state tickets being court contested, signaling a rough path ahead for the pioneer.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Frank Munsey
Europe
George W. Perkins
Bull Moose Party
Perkins
Illinois
Chicago
Roosevelt
Dixon
Roosevelt Party
Ingenious Old Man Deserves Royal Academy Medal
The piece humorously praises an elderly man for discovering clever ways to stay out late and hints at universal popularity if his secret were shared. It quips that if he teaches others his method wives would form an information bureau and a movement like woman suffrage might follow, ending with a salute to a medal from the Royal Academy.
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Royal Academy
Carnegie Hero Fund Agent Quits Over Changing Views on Heroes
An agent of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission resigns after reviewing about a thousand of ten thousand heroism cases and awarding 115 medals from 583 total awards. He grows skeptical that heroes remain worthy of praise, a surprising reversal from typical hero worship.
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Critics Question Carnegie Hero Fund Recognition Practice
The piece argues Carnegie Medal honors undermine true heroism by tying praise to money and medals. It portrays agents as uncomfortable with public attention and suggests redirecting funds to aid those truly rendered destitute by lifesaving efforts.
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Carnegie
Thaw Should Stay Confined Despite Family Pressure
An editorial argues Judge Keogh was correct to keep Harry K. Thaw in Matteawan indefinitely. It urges the state to guard against costly attempts by the Thaw family to free him and compares to German practice of permanent confinement for murderers deemed insane.
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Thaw
Keogh
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
New York
Germany
Will Sure Be an Awful Finish
A political column uses a blunt Civil War era simile about a colonel waving a red bandanna to provoke a democratic bull and foretell a dire outcome in Atlanta Constitution prose. The colorful phrase signals partisan rhetoric and a dramatic finish.
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Atlanta Constitution
The Hangman Search In A Russian Prison Town
Warden Nikitin seeks a hangman to execute a condemned man. Convict Vlas Potapoff is chosen but panics before the act. After a masked, failed attempt in snow near the prison, Potapoff endures a brutal prep and a test of nerve to avoid meeting his executioner.
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Ulanoff
Pismianka
Pismianka Muzhiks
Nikitin
Vlas Potapoff
Potapoff
Mikeshin
Roosevit to Convene Third Party Convention on August 5
Colonel Roosevit announces a third party convention set for August 5, naming himself as a candidate. The Detroit Free Press reports the unusual self-nomination and formal timing.
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Shrinking Violets
Colonel Roosevit
Detroit Free Press
Notable Figure Hilles Lands Quiet Detroit Post
The Detroit News notes Mr. Hilles is not well known but has just secured a new job unlikely to raise his public profile. The item reads as a brief career update from a metropolitan source.
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Hilles
Detroit News
Fourth of July duty beyond a single day
Judge urges lasting patriotism beyond fireworks and a single July Fourth. He warns against viewing liberty as license and says real defense of democracy lies in daily actions, voting and continual virtue, not past glories or symbols. He stresses vigilance, public duty, and 1912 civics.
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Paul Revere
Europe
Intimate portrait of Yuan Shi Kai in camp and battle ethics
Horace N. Allen recounts a daylight breakfast with Yuan Shi Kai at his camp after tending wounded. He notes hunger, shared meals, and Yuan’s stern decisions on amputations and pensioners, illustrating Yuan’s practical military mindset and restrained mercy during wartime. He cites the July North American Review as the source.
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Yuan
Horace N. Allen
United States
Korea
North American Review
The Sinsecure Is Dead and Civil Service
Senator Bankhead recalls a Washington anecdote about civil service in its early days. A man boasts he secured an appointment after three months of hard work, then plans to relax, illustrating shifts in government hiring expectations.
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Civil Service
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Washington
Renomination Rumor Circles as Sherman Rests at Home
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Vice President Sherman has been resting at his Utica New York home and does not explain the fatigue prompting the rest. The piece reflects on renewed nomination chatter and his condition.
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Sherman
Utica
N. Y
Chicago Record-Herald
Josephine Casey A Labor Leader In Chicago Garment Union
An August American Magazine profile portrays Josephine Casey a young Chicago elevated railway worker who rose as an organizer for the International Garment Workers Union. She advocates living wages arbitration and nonviolent strategy while uniting diverse immigrant workers and steering strikes without alienating the public.
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Josephine Casey
Chicago
International Garment Workers Union
International Garment Workers'’s Union
Lincoln Steffens
Cleveland
Meesa
Steek Togetha
Steeck Togetha
New York
East Side
International Garment Workers’ Union
Madero Reforms Stir Orozco Complaints in Press
The New York Evening Post reports General Orozco criticizing Madero’s proceedings as the steamroller to push reforms, while Madero’s policies face opposition and public debate.
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Madero
General Orozco
Madero Steam Roller
New York Evening Post
Roosevelt Party Convention Mocked Over Quiet Rally
A Chicago News quip notes the Roosevelt party convention will be dull with no clear foe for the colonel to confront, suggesting little public interest in the event.
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Roosevelt Party
Chicago News
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