San Antonio Daily and Sun Light May 1912 circulation figures
The San Antonio Daily and Sun Light publication lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, mail and carrier options, and monthly and yearly terms. It also reports gross and net circulation for May 1912, with Harvey J L Steele as circulation manager, asserting figures above those printed.
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City finance arrangement called unfair by critic
Our money column derides a proposed deal between the city and Sullivan Co. a critique notes the terms favor the firm. The writer argues city funds should not be treated as Sullivan Co. assets and questions the fairness of the finance committee.
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D. Sullivan & Co
Understad
Sullivan & Co
San Antonio
Bright Prospects for Southwest Texas Ahead of Prospects
Weather and rain blessings lift optimism across Texas from Red River to Gulf of Mexico. Farmers report lush fields, early crops in Southwest Texas, and hopes for large yields on cotton and cattle as ground moisture favors planting and growth.
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Texas
Red River
Gulf of Mexico
San Antonio to Back San Antonio Rockport & Mexican Railroad
City must raise funds for a right of way and a passenger depot as promoters prove capital and intent by purchasing the Artesian Belt railroad. Backers promise a premier line to Crowther Rockport and the Rio Grande, boosting San Antonio’s status and prosperity. A united effort is urged to secure the needed $200000 plus and accelerate construction.
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San Antonio
Crowther
Rockport
Rio Grande
Rockport & Mexican
San Anton
Efort
Southwest Texas Emerges With Massive Projects and Growth
Southwest Texas is described as coming into its own with numerous gigantic projects under way. The region attracts millions in capital and plans further investment, focusing on agricultural development such as the Medina dam and the San Antonio Rockport & Mexican Railroad, with 1912 marked on the calendar.
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Texas
Medina
San Antonio, Rockport
Republicans at National Convention Spark Row Over Seating
A preconvention clash erupts as Col Harry S New and Senator J M Dixon clash over seating and preliminaries. The roiling dispute, labeled vilifier and pedant, signals a heated start to the Republican national gathering with more to come.
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United States
Harry S. New
J. M. Dixon
Roosevelt
Pettifog
Billingsgate
Roosevelt and Taft tickets dispute at national convention
The column discusses how 150 White House tickets were allotted for foreign guests and the president while Senator Dixon demanded 250 for his supporters. It notes polling entry tricks at conventions, suggesting police access via “friend of a friend of an Irishman” and remarks on Republican faction tensions and the looming fight for the presidential nomination.
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United States
White House
Dixon
Taft
Roosevelt
Colonel New
George W. Perkins
St. Louis
Parker
O’shaughnessy
The Light's Daily Story PLOM the Tailor’s Escape
In a short tale by Hjalmar Soderberg a former prisoner, Oscar Valdemar Napolean Plom, walks free after nine months for theft. He plans a bright future with a government certificate and three ten crown bills, then pursues a daydream life in Stockholm’s Liljeholm woods and cafes with Edith and Theresa. A sudden rainstorm reveals the missing blue envelope containing his money and references, threatening his new life.
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Oscar Valdemar Napoleon Plom
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Stockholm
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Valdemar
Can't Stop Baby Talk Says Kindergarten Teacher
A Tufts instructor attack on baby talk prompts a kindergarten teacher to defend it as a natural early language stage. She argues mothers know the value of baby talk as a first effort and warn against forcing children to mature too quickly.
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Tufts College
New York World
New Japanese Gold Vein Sparks Rush in Kyushu
News from Kyushu reports a newly discovered gold vein exciting Japanese interest. A hunter alerted a Nagasaki merchant, who summoned a government expert and triggered more than a hundred claim applications. The vein runs through the mountainous district between the Chikago and Yabe rivers with rich reef and underground deposits.
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Indianapolis News
Japan
Kyushu
Nagasaki
Chikago
Yabe
Motorman’s Long Wait Cited In Houston Street Tangle
Observant Citizen: a San Pedro inbound streetcar meets delays at Main and Houston as drivers insist on right of way. A bus blocks the crossing with a coal wagon, nearly causing a collision while the motorman vents in exasperation and curses.
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San Pedro
Main Avenue
Houston Street
Gwan
Is There an Alienist Present in Roosevelt Primary
Kansas City Journal notes Colonel Watterson charges doubt about Roosevelts sanity while reporting unusual majorities in the presidential primary. The piece questions the meaning of sanity and political behavior.
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Roosevelt
Watterson
Kansas City Journal
G O P Elephant Gift to Smithsonian T R’s Final Gesture
The Columbia State editorialized that the Republican elephant will become President Theodore Roosevelt’s final gift to the Smithsonian Institution, suggesting a political endowment or symbolic act as a lasting legacy.
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T. R
Smithsonian Institute
Columbia State
Poem of Sentiment Within and the Evening Rain
A reflective stanza describes evening falling as rain quiets the world. The speaker notes a calm bird, a wind answering the rain, and a single bright space in gray surroundings. The verses reveal inner peace granted as turmoil ceases and meaning is finally felt.
Progress in Jerusalem Advances With Transit and Utilities
Jerusalem plans a new tramway with a French concession to begin tracks this summer. An English firm may supply city lighting and a German syndicate will build reservoirs twelve and eighteen miles north. Pavements, sewers, water carts, fire equipment, a telephone service, bicycles for police, and an American road roller reflect rapid modernization.
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Jerusalem
England
John Sticks to Sure Things in Oil Pool Dispute
Wealthy oil men form a betting pool on Mr. Flynn at Las Vegas but exclude John D. Scruples and reveal Rockefeller aims to stay a dominant oil figure.
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Mr. Flynn
Las Vegas
John D
Mr. Rockefeller
St. Louis Republic
Coronation questions draw global guest list curiosities
Knickerbocker Press muses on whether Theodore Roosevelt will require a grand, multination guest lineup for his coronation including the Kaiser, King George, Emperor Nicholas, the sultan, and Haitian artillery presence.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiser
King George
Emperor Nicholas
Knickerbocker Press
Titanic safety notes urge lifeboat reforms and motorized boats
Lewis Nixon argues in The North American Review for extended boat and raft capacity on ships after the Titanic disaster. He urges Welin-type davits, collapsible boats, larger life rafts, and power lifting to replace manpower reliance, predicting future ships will adopt motorized life-boats and greater overall lifeboat provision. Major shipyards produced 1.75 million tons of new shipping last year.
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Lewis Nixon
North American Review
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