Notice to readers on paper delivery changes and pickup
The San Antonio Light urges readers to report address changes to the office to ensure delivery. Provide both old and new addresses and contact the office by telephone 176 for updates. The paper mentions sale points and distribution at hotels and newsstands nationwide.
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San Antonio
Texas
S. C. Beckwith
Representatives
New York
Tribune
Cage
United A
Circulation figures for The San Antonio Light May 1911
Harvey L Steele circulation manager confirms May totals for The San Antonio Light: total 869,015. average daily 18,365. exchange free copies returns 782. net daily 17,573. Sworn June 1, 1911 before Notary John J Wahl, Bexar County.
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Shonth
Harvey L. Steele
The
San Antonio Light
Harvey Lb. Steele
John J. Wahl
San Antonio
Sealtary Public
Bexar Co
Tex
Possible Storms in Mexican Politics Foresee Trouble
The weather bureau notes that a clash of winds yields a storm and applies the idea to Mexico. Madero is seen as the likely successor to Diaz, while Reyes, a southern candidate with a following, could cause trouble if invited to the presidency. Reyes is viewed unfavorably for U.S. interests, and Madero’s presidency is deemed preferable for Americans.
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Weather Bureau
Madero
Diaz
Reyes
Mexico
United States
Mr. Reyes
Another Deadly Peril Glass Eye Hazard Warns Public
A warning describes a hidden danger from a fractured glass eye and golf ball innards. The article notes a man’s injury from inspecting a golf ball and urges caution to prevent more eye injuries.
Glass eye hazard prompts warnings on celluloid dangers
An article recounts Frank Minner’s accident where a glass eye allegedly exploded due to heated celluloid in the lens. It warns that celluloid in eye prostheses may pose blast risks and even suggests testing teeth and crowns with heat to gauge danger, urging caution and self examination.
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Frank Minner
Leatown
Wilson’s Luster Tarnished by Public Confidence
The piece critiques Gov. Woodrow Wilson for overconfidence in the American public. It notes his Princeton background and his engagement with The American Commonwealth, urging him to heed Bryce and warnings about overestimating national optimism. It argues the public often mistakes peril for solvable fate and resists tough truths.
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Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Governor Wilson
American Commonwealth
South Carolina Press Association
Wilson
Bryce
Bailey divorce case spurs McKinney couple to file in court
A discussion about Bailey prompts a McKinney Texas couple to pursue divorce. The text notes aversion to trifles and credits a poet for insight into San Antonio weather, remarking on the broader, fragmentary nature of the passage.
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Bailey
McKinney
Texas
San Antonio Considers Postal Bank Anticipated July Opening
The San Antonio area foresees a postal bank opening around July 1. Residents are urged to save funds in preparation to patronize the new financial service and support local savings habits.
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San Antonio
San
Fort Worth Rejects Claim of Special Mains to Convention Hall
The city denounces accusations that the waterworks company installed exclusive mains to Convention Hall, insisting the assertion is false and unfounded. Local officials defend municipal infrastructure integrity amid the dispute.
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Fort Worth
Taft Strikes Interests a Heavy Blow
Taft delivers a decisive blow against interests in a key move shadowed by the political row. The action signals a major shift impacting policymakers and business groups amid ongoing debates.
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Taft
Critic Clement Shorter Defends Wells Against Insult
In the New York Evening Post piece, Clement K. Shorter rails at critics who insult H. G. Wells. He argues Wells should ignore harsh reviews, noting how famed authors react to criticism and citing Dickens, George Eliot, Tennyson, and Swinburne. Shorter places Wells among the era's leading prose writers alongside Hardy, Rutherford, Shaw, Barrie, and Kipling.
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New York Evening Post
H. G. Wells
Clement K. Shorter
Sphere
Mr. Wells
Sir Thomas More
Lord Verulam
Mr. Shorter
Veronica
Machiavelli
Dickens
George Eliot
Tennyson
Swinburn
George Meredith
Surrey Lanes
Apollodorus
George Gilfillan
Everyman's Library
William Nicoll
Appalodorus
Senate stalls on reciprocity bill despite swift House action
The New York World notes the House took seventeen days to pass the reciprocity bill while the Senate, thirty seven days later, has yet to act and remains in committee. The piece argues the Senate is unfriendly to honest reciprocity, supporting Taft's concerns about tariff reform.
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House
Senate
Taft
New York World
Why not consent to a rescindable reciprocity arrangement
The Chicago Tribune argues the test of reciprocity lies in a trial. Opponents have not answered why a rescindable arrangement could not be used if harmful. Proponents believe it would benefit farmers, while adversaries fear harm without safeguards.
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Chicago Tribune
Insurgents Block Tariff Reform Again
Indianapolis News notes insurgents refuse to team with Democrats to pass a reciprocity tariff reform. They could push a moderate reform, but insist on bearing responsibility. They denounce the current tariff as the same one opposed two years earlier.
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Indianapolis News
Republicans Debate Ratification Bill Politics
The Savannah News reports Republicans split Over ratification with a powerful faction opposing the agreement. They claim it undermines the protective system and could hurt the party’s presidential chances next year.
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Savannah News
Surrender Inevitable in Reciprocity Battle
The Philadelphia Press argues opponents of reciprocity are resolved to resist but will surrender inevitably. It predicts procrastination will be hastened by growing physical discomfort as the issue persists.
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Philadelphia Press
Laurier Speech Aims to Unite Canadians
The Woodstock Sentinel-Review notes Premier Laurier delivered an illuminating address aimed at clearing lingering doubts and fostering better mutual understanding. The editorial praises Laurier as the most competent leader to meet the current emergency and unify the country.
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Laurier
Woodstock
Observant Citizen Advocates Motorized Fire Apparatus
A writer muses on human foibles and hobbies before arguing for motor-driven fire engines in central city stations. He recalls a Bois d Arc street fire showing horse-drawn rigs struggling on soft asphalt, urging faster response times with updated equipment.
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Bois d'Arc Street
Market Street
Main Plaza
Travis Street
Military Plaza
Houston Street
City Hall
A Will and a Way
A local attorney reflects on a client who plans to leave everything to his second wife hoping his children will contest the will. The attorney notes such a move invites a legal fight and doubts the plan will succeed. The client insists the tactic will ease the transfer to his heirs.
Curtain Exchange Promises Park Meeting at Two
Tam declares first love as Mary grants a meeting in the park at two o clock. Hustace expresses ecstasy and vows to be there, claiming he never misses such appointments. The exchange blends passion with tender assurances in a melodramatic moment.
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Tam
Mary
Ann Love
Hustace
Callaghan Attacks Brackenridge Name Change
The Atascosa Monitor reports Bryan Callaghan objects to officially renaming Brackenridge as Waterworks Park in San Antonio. The Brackenridge name stems from Colonel Brackenridge who donated land and deeded rights to the city via the Waterworks company amid local politics and philanthropy.
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Bryan Callaghan
George W. Brackenridge
Brackenridge
San Anonio
Waterworks Company
Colonel Brackenridge
Brackenridge Pleasure Ground
Waterworks
Arkansas
Buig
Atascosa Monitor
Famous Civil War Photographs at Camp Winfield Scott
A captioned view describes General McClellan’s orderly headquarters near Wormley’s Creek Camp Winfield Scott with neat discipline. It notes white gloves, chargers with grooms, waiting orderlies, sentries at support of arms, and the guard house with muskets.
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Winfield Scott
Wormley's Creek
McClellan
The Poets Race For a Princely Purse
A narrator protests paid patriotic verse and the pursuit of grand anthems. Poets prepare to compete for money while criticizing current songs as hollow and loud. The piece foresees an unknown humble writer producing a lasting masterpiece.
San Antonio Sanitation Shock Spurs Army Move Talk
The San Antonio authorities face criticism from Fort Sam Houston troops and officials over dirty camp conditions. The Austin Tribune suggests Austin could host the division if the government relocates, while city leaders are urged to cooperate with army sanitation demands to protect the camp.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Callaghan
Austin
Austin Tribune
The Postman's Troubles
A humorous column recounts postal misadventures in Germany and beyond. Gottlieb loses a rucksack in Blankenburg and retrieves it via a clue about a green shuttered inn near a bridge. A diner invites a writer. his RSVP travels Egypt via Cairo, mistaken for hieroglyphs by post staff.
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Sam
Gottlieb
Blankenburg
Schwarzburg
Lomiga
Egypt
Cairo
Courageous Stage Coach Rescue Amid Oregon Trail Turmoil
Four hours overdue stage from Sage Brush arrives with two frightened women and children. Driver Bud Jackson halts wreck by firing at a charging leader. horse dies, stage stops. Women blame the shootout, company docks the driver for the boss's blame.
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Denver Republican
Sage Brush
Wheeler
Bud Jackson
You baby sweet with blue grave eyes and dimples
A poem fragment describing a baby with blue eyes and rosy chin. The speaker admires the child’s features and imagines fairy whispers at night. Interspersed lines reference Roosevelt policy and a Dr. Grant claim, suggesting mixed source snippets.
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Teresa M. Hooley
London Express
Baby Sweet
Roosevelt
Grant
Ananias
Milwaukee Sentinel
Harem Skirt Duchess Marlborough Barred From Coronation
The Pittsburg Sun notes critics view the harem skirt and the Duchess of Marlborough, living apart, as barred from the coronation. The piece also mentions rouge and a reference to hookworm.
Real Unkind to Texas Satire Note Missed
A brief quotation from the Columbia State mocks the state by noting two hundred and fi million humans wear no clothes, and a few million Texans whose clothes do not become.
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Texas
Columbia
State
The Bonds and Mr Morse in Atlanta Penitentiary Gambit
A Washington Post report hints that paying off bonds could release Mr Morse into the Atlanta penitentiary where he might operate on a dividend-paying basis.
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Morse
Atlanta
Washington Post
Annapolis Demonstrates Ball Delivery Without Controversy
Annapolis plans a public demonstration to show it can provide a ball without stirring social controversy, aiming to showcase a peaceful, organized approach to a ceremonial event in the capital.
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Annapolis
Washington Star
Dook in the Outlook. When did you last see Oyster Bay
A Syracuse Post Standard inquiry questions the last-dated Oyster Bay reference in a local column, prompting readers to share any known date line sightings and potential archival notes.
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Dook
Oyster Bay
Syracuse Post-Standard
How About It Mr Post and the reciprocity bill
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the trustful framing of the reciprocity bill where prepared cereals sit in the same paragraph as foods rather than with lumber products, illustrating the unusual grouping in the document.
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Mr. Post
Louisville Courier- Journal
Poems From Penitentiaries Cause Wide Debate
Commentary notes that many poems arrive from prisons, arguing not all poets are jailed or indicted and that inmate writers form a broader discussion in the Charleston News and Courier.
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Judd Mortimer
Charleston News and Courier
Love Me Love My Dog Verse Satire
A humorous poem by Kennett Harris contrasts longing for romantic affection with devotion to a dog. The speaker insists love for a partner is acceptable while praising the dog Fido as faithful and endearing, using playful wordplay and self aware lines about desire and devotion.
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Kennett Harris
Old bucket joke echoed in Shreveport dispatch
A fragment from the Shreveport Times recalls the old oaken bucket and the germ fears of a bygone era. Doctors and health officers are mentioned in a sanitary debate about the bucket, ending with it being thrown away.
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Shreveport
Sister Talks About the Sea and Hills in Louisville
The piece mentions a sister speaking of sea towns where air is free and gowns in abundance, a mother recalling hills and pleasant days with bridges on the hills. A silent partner figure hints at summer in Louisville as hinted by the journal’s tone.
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Sister
Mother
Louisville
Methodist Colquitt Cited While Presbyterian Insurgents
The Indianapolis Star notes Colquitt remains aligned with Methodist faith while criticizing the Presbyterian church as unsuitable for religious insurgents.
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Colquitt
Good Old Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis Star
Holes in a Step Ladder Tariff Question
In a Collier's Weekly piece the steel trust prices rails at 24 dollars a ton for Australia and 28 dollars a ton for the United States. The question asks which nation benefits from the American tariff.
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Steel Trust
Australia
United States
Collier's Weekly
Supreme Court Justice Harlan Critics Rift Across Bench
The Boston Transcript notes Justice Harlan and eight associates at odds over a denunciation of what they deem unreasonable while likely maintaining speaking terms.
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Harlan
Supreme Court
Boston Transcript
Delaware to lead crown naval review for peace show
The American battleship Delaware will head the largest formation at the coronation naval review. The Syracuse Herald notes the display aims to impress English peers with the prospect of a peace pact with the United States.
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Germany
Delaware
Syracuse’ Herald
Texas Senator Bailey Says He Was Misled
The Louisville Courier Journal reports Senator Bailey of Texas asserts he was deceived by Senator Lor mer and did not mislead others.
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Texas
Senator Bailey
Lormer
Louisville Courier-Journal
Prospects for Rain vs Senator Lomber Resignation
The New York World notes rain prospects are as bleak as Senator Lomber's resignation rumors. The outlook dampens public hopes, signaling little relief soon.
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Senator Lomber
New York World
A Colonel and a Sentimental Lady Debate Longfellow
A grieved old colonel and a sentimental young woman watch a sunset. She asks if he loves Longfellow and cites The Day Is Done. He admits he never reads poetry but jokes that the Arabs would steal anything, including lines.
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Longfellow
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