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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
6
Historic San Antonio newspaper masthead details with publishing staff, rights, and distribution notes. Notes include association with AP, publisher names, contact numbers, circulation rates, and mailing address details.
The notice advises providing both old and new addresses when changing delivery. For irregular delivery, notify the office and call 176. The San Antonio Light is on sale at hotels and stands nationwide.
Harvey L. Steele, circulation manager, certifies the San Antonio Light monthly May 1911 circulation. Totals show 569,015 gross, 18,355 unsold copies, net 550,660, with 782 for daily average and 17,573 daily net. Notary John J. Wahl verifies sworn statement.
The government contemplates indicting high officials of Standard Oil and American Tobacco for antitrust violations. The piece notes the long path from possible charges to conviction and imprisonment, with John D. Rockefeller largely insulated due to his earlier role and time away from active management.
The Publicity League of San Antonio met last night to review the past year’s work and map plans for the year ahead. Reports praised current efforts and encouraged continued municipal publicity campaigns.
The text urges constant advertising without delay and stresses San Antonio must fulfill every promise. It warns against overpromising paradise for motorists, noting disappointed visitors would harm the city far more than months of advertising could repair. It concludes to promise only what can be delivered.
Mayor Callaghan opposes secrecy over army camp sanitation conditions and argues the public has a right to know. He says officials should welcome publicity as essential to municipal health and accountability, criticizing efforts to withhold or obscure facts.
Across the United States a crusade targets flies as disease carriers. San Antonio struggles with garbage pickup delays, piling waste, and rampant fly breeding, undermining the city’s winter health resort image.
Mayor Callaghan questions why unsanitary camp edge conditions near Fort Sam Houston reached military authorities rather than city officials. The author suggests the report makers may have pursued military action to spur action.
A young man in Connecticut was fined 265 for placing his arm around a woman as he passed her on the street. The report offers no description of the woman but implies she was fair and that the man saw value in his action, suggesting the outcome may have been a practical win for him at the money.
A playful piece lauds a pianist's dual talents as Johopin's Nocturne and Mendelssohn's Spring Song delight listeners, then shifts to a comic ode to the skillet and waffles. The excerpt frames the Sweet Girl Graduate's fingers as both concert pianism and kitchen virtuosity, marrying art and appetite.
Halley's comet is now only 500 000 000 miles from the earth a notable distance but trivial beside the vast gulf of space separating Bryan from the White House.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court rules a stolen kiss is worth $500, a ruling critics call gratuitous and petty. The decision anchors compensation in a minor offense within a small state noted for its frugal judiciary.
In New York a proposal aims to help citizens locate a police officer when needed. In Saintly Santone residents can always find one at the nearest cantina, illustrating contrasting approaches to access to law enforcement.
A high school girl in Ohio was shocked unconscious by a recent storm. It may have been lightning but conditions here suggest she overheard someone "cussing out Central" nearby.
Despite praised climate healthiness, Mexican Cientificos report worsening conditions as air and environmental factors impact well being and productivity. Local observers note increasing respiratory issues and heat stress among research workers.
Under the glare of a federal grand jury the lumber trust faces scrutiny as investigators pursue a hard row of stumps in the industry.
An explorer or scholar named Dr Owen continues a search for Baconian artifacts, seeking clues across sites and archives in a quest tied to the Baconian era and its historical relics.
London reports from Paris describe cures in pulmonary and other tuberculosis using radioactive menthol iodine developed by Dr. De Szendeffy. Trials show rapid improvement after multiple injections with fewer painful effects, though doctors in London urge caution awaiting more data.
Sadie Peet ordered a lunch including a Charlotte russe and pickles while her employer Mr Puffington lamented the overindulgence. He then ate a heavy meal at Black's with martinis, mutton, potato, ale, pie, coffee, brandy, cigars, and three highballs before returning to work.
General Jubal A. Early led about 10,000 troops toward the federal capital in July 1864 intending to seize it. Reinforcements pushed to the forts and Early withdrew. The illustration depicts a gun and crew at Fort Totten, part of the capital’s defense works.
Up-to-Date Verse exalts Texas from the Gulf coast to El Paso and the Rio Grande. It recalls Galvez, buccaneers, San Jacinto, and the Alamo as enduring symbols of liberty and Texan spirit in a June Texas Magazine piece.
A poetic reminiscence extols the six shooter as equalizer and protector, shaping law and order across the West. The speaker frames the gun as defender of families, a curb on vice, and symbol of western authority, with images of miners, women, and a changing era.
The New York Sun quotes a sharp jab praising a campaign button for Joan Worth Kern, calling the humorist of the era the one who launched the jest and satire in political branding.
Five major nations commit to arbitration with the United States Great Britain and France in favor while the Kaiser and Roosevelt oppose. The stance reflects a global push for peaceful dispute settlement amid tensions.
A slim young white man, dressing as a detective, was brought to police headquarters late at night. He admitted paying five dollars a month for a badge, hoping to become a detective like Old King Brady, and discarded the badge after a stern admonition from the chief.
Local newspaper quotes explain the San Antonio park gifted by Col. George Brackenridge was renamed Waterworks park by Mayor Bryan Callaghan. historic sentiment argues the original name should be restored as residents remember Brackenridge as a patriotic donor.
In San Antonio residents protest the renaming of Brackenridge Park to Waterworks Park. They argue Colonel Brackenridge donated the land and the park should retain his name. The dispute stirs in a warm city atmosphere reported by the Palestine Herald.
A verse piece by George Matthapé Adams criticizes social hope and race tensions. The speaker laments setbacks faced by the white community while predicting future improvement. The poem mocks rival figures and hints at progress through obscure prophecy.
Major General W. H. Carter U.S. Army argues in the North American Review that since Grotius nations have moved toward formal written agreements and enforcement through stipulations or damages. He warns that true peace rests on fair just treaties and the elimination of secret compacts, urging arbitration for minor disputes and restraint in war powers.
Mr Stimson calls him the most ignorant man on military affairs in the country after long training with the most enlightened exemplar. Philadelphia Inquirer remarks on the remark and context.
A quotation contrasts opinions on public record keeping and seeking help, likening public appeals to reporting troubles to a police officer. The Washington Star comment notes mixed usefulness and acceptance when content is printed in the Congressional Record.
A quotation from the Indianapolis News notes that opponents of Canadian reciprocity are described as farmers who work in roll top decks, implying a clash of industrial and agricultural perspectives.
Advices from San Antonio say American troops will be permitted to spend the summer in Texas, offering solace amid disappointment at missing active service. The location cited is San Antonio and El Paso Times notes the sentiment.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Justice Harlan saying the United States Supreme Court would have been a hung jury if it had acted as a jury in the Standard Oil case. He implies the high court faced divided views on the antitrust matter.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont leads a movement to teach agriculture to young women. The goal is to spark interest in farming and land work, reducing worries about the back-to-the-land movement and its success, per the St. Paul Dispatch.
The Baltimore Sun editorial comments on pension increases, arguing a larger pension roll reflects a wish for universal and perpetual peace as nations seek security and stability under the U S. government.
In Another Court, eighteen lynchers have been indicted in Kentucky on charges of murder. This is not likely to increase their desire to permit the law to take its course.
A Washington Post columnist rebukes cuckoo type parents while recalling a time when cuckoo politicians and correspondents were popular in Washington. The piece contrasts current parenting with historical political characters.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch remarks that Dr Owen will attempt another river after failing to find Baconian secrets at the bottom of the Wye. It notes credulity in Britain as a factor.
Henry Stimson is named as Taft's possible running mate for the next year, an addition to other liabilities Taft reportedly cannot carry. The remark signals political maneuvering as Taft seeks a stronger ticket amid uncertain support.
Missouri born Champ Clark dismisses the seventeen year locust mark as meaningless. The Chicago Tribune notes his view that the unusual W on the insect carries no political significance.
A Chicago Post item notes Archie could aid the president as a confidential brother in law, suggesting versatility in service though noting constraints on access or official role.
President Taft saw the White Elephant in New York but did not glimpse Colonel Roosevelt, according to the Boston Globe.
The Philadelphia North American reports that a democratic caucus backed tariff revision and voted to abolish jokers. The move raises questions about Champ Clark's position as the party weighs policy directions.
The Boston Globe notes that fifty trunks are to accompany John Hays Hammond to London, with one trunk reserved for his own use. The shipment underscores Hammond's planned stay and formal travel arrangements.
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