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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
6
The notice requests readers provide both old and new addresses if delivery is irregular. It instructs notifying the office and mentions a phone number for contact. The San Antonio Light is advertised for sale nationwide.
The San Antonio Light reports May 1911 circulation figures with Not paid daily circulation at 17 573. Harvey L. Steele, circulation manager, certifies the totals as correct. Sworn before John J. Wahl, notary public, June 1, 1911.
In a Arlington cemetery speech Taft argued wars must be weighed by their brutal costs and that peace is preferred but history shows freedom often comes through struggle. He cited the Dutch revolt and French peasants as examples of costly rights won at high price. He urged focus on justice to prevent future conflicts.
Page county Iowa claims a bid for fame with a new idea described as novel by supporters and derided as school crazy by rivals. The passage notes regional envy while Page county presses its distinctive concept forward.
The piece praises a hands on school reform that keeps students engaged beyond class hours. It contrasts Emersonian enthusiasm with city trends of “bringing the shop home.” Page county favors practical education linking soil work plant breeding and domestic economy to daily life.
George W Brackenridge donated a 60 by 3300 foot land strip to Bexar county to link the Austin and New Braunfels roads. Commissioners may name the new road Waterworks avenue due to Brackenridges past link to the water works. J K Burr also gave land for the same project with potential naming ties to Waterworks avenue.
In about ten days water is being pumped from Havana harbor cofferdams as inspectors prepare to learn if the Maine was blown from within or by Spain. Naval officers favor an internal explosion, citing other battleship blasts as not enemy caused. If proven internal, the episode may be framed as divine judgment and lead to Spain’s exit from the Western Hemisphere.
A Fort Worth gathering proceeded without frost despite chilly turnout. The meeting addressed several agenda items and drew attention to the decisive cuts proposed, highlighting practical impacts for attendees.
A terse note states that the lumber trust is to be investigated by Mr. Pagan, signaling a public inquiry into alleged malpractices. No further details on charges or scope are provided in the readable text.
A Atlantic City minister who labeled Jonah a myth said there was no reference to Senator Balley in that remark. The remark sparked local media interest but the minister clarified no linkage to Balley.
An aviator who descends from several hundred feet would likely share the belief that the world is a hard place. The remark frames aviation dangers and the resilience required to endure steep heights.
The note states that after notable gains in San Antonio the Cienti ficos will establish headquarters in New York to push a Mexican revolution, indicating new organizational moves offshore.
The Texas Optical Association will meet in Houston to discuss the prohibition question. The session aims to review policies and potential impacts on the optical industry and member practices.
The text notes uncertainty about the future, says Madero reached Aguas Calientes where the banquet hall was dark, and mocks Latin American conquerors whose habit is banqueting. It laments the snub to the Hero of Juarez as unusually cruel in tone.
The query asks who is responsible for the omission of wiring Roosevelt immediately, tied to a claim that Texas birth rates exceed death rates by more than 16 percent.
Report says loyal subjects resort to explosives after failed attempts to depose the new sultan of Turkey. The mention of dynamite indicates growing unrest and potential danger in the capital and surrounding provinces.
A literary comparison links Mexico to Abou Ben Adhem as it awakens from a tranquil reverie. The remark frames a national moment as reflective, hopeful, and charged with peace.
Porfirio Diaz is reported to be on his way to Spain after formal resignation as president of the Republic of Mexico. If Diaz exits the land he dominated for a generation, he leaves behind a monument greater than any future generations may raise.
Reports from multiple papers state Porfirio Diaz, the deposed Mexican president, leaves Mexico aboard a German steamer bound for Spain. The 80 year old ex leader travels in tears, promising to die in Mexico, as revolutionaries force his abdication and exile.
The Brownsville Herald republished a Tuesday Light editorial labeling the Brownsville jury verdict lenient. It argues umpire bias and premeditated game forfeiture, noting prior taunts and spiteful motives while urging limits to righteous indignation before abuse or assault.
The Galveston News notes Bexar county has developed an oil well on the county poor farm and suggests profits should be shared with the poor to end the need for the poor farm. The view frames the oil project as a benefit for paupers and a plan to abolish the poor farm.
The Texas woman and a Washington state woman claim authorship of Fathers’ Day, a dispute noted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as making it doubly certain that the father did not secretly place the holiday in the calendar.
A Civil War era photograph depicts General Rufus Ingalls on a top step in a homelike scene. Ingalls served as chief quartermaster of the Union army, supplying horses, mules, clothing, tents, and transportation for the Army of the Potomac. The caption also notes 1850s fashion with striking dresses and hairstyles.
Observers note the Pros pect Hill car crowded to capacity with no official racial restrictions. A white girl briefly claimed a seat behind a color line, then a black woman seized the sign and sat, forcing white passengers to stand in the aisle.
The city council session drew about 900 attendees with only six spectator chairs. The six earliest arrivals earned their seats while 494 spectators stood packed tightly, prompting talk of adding more chairs for future meetings. The scene hinted at growing interest in council actions and possible fireworks ahead.
Screams from a basement jail in City Hall drew officers to the scene where two African American women inmates fought. The door opened to a noisy struggle and conflicting tales emerged as one inmate offered to recount the air fray in detail.
A mixed collage of lines on elocution and classic references. the prose evokes declamation and heroic turns of phrase, weaving Shakespearean, ancient, and ballad lines with fragmented questions and poetic fragments from Harper’s Magazine June issue.
A drenched man seeks shelter but is shunned by locals on the plaza. Katie detaches his advances and he falls, then jokes about social fear as he roams and scares the chickens. Grampa arrives with a hat and the rain rides the brim, prompting a warning of punishment.
A playful voice argues that two can live cheaply, joking about marriage, shared expenses, and paying bills by degrees. The tone remains light and domestic with references to bread, cheese, sun, and droning bees.
A damaged text fragment quotes a witness declaring steadfast honesty about a fight near the city hall. The speaker voices long acquaintance with local authority and insists on truth in the incident.
Bryan Callaghan maintains his grip on the Alam City, and the protests raise questions about opposition sincerity as reported by the Herald in Waco.
The Root of the Matter and reciprocity are linked to political debate as Senator Root prepares action, with the New York Telegram noting the timing depends on Root releasing the issue. J Pierpont Morgan is described as having been presented to King George in a notable gesture reported by the Chicago Record Herald.
The Charleston News and Courier notes La Follette’s continued influence and that supporters should not assume he will be forced from politics or placed in a ceremonial role to be kept quiet.
A report quoted by the Kansas City Times says English archaeologists unearthed the real Ark of the Covenant containing the Ten Commandments on the site of Solomon's Temple. The tone likens the discovery to a Haggard novel and frames it as a Jerusalem report.
Publisher note from Cleveland Plain Dealer questions Dr. Owen failed to obtain Shakespeare or save his Bacon in a humorous quip about literary attempts and misfires.
A brief newspaper witticism notes that John B. Duke and his confederates may find strong tobacco in the Supreme Court’s latest decision, implying a closing jab at authority.
In Logan Montana a garrulous figure Robert W Woolley erupts in a barroom denunciation of Theodore Roosevelt. A townsman who admired Roosevelt realizes his error and laments missing four days of daily papers showing how easily public idolization can falter.
In the Montana legislature Wheeler, presiding in the lower house, asked why a lawmaker rose. McNally answered he was exercising his constitutional right to speak. He gained recognition, and Wheeler urged him to proceed with the exchange noted by the newspaper.
A nostalgic poem by George Matthew Adam recalls a trusty pump dipper from old harvest days. It laments loss of the long handled tin dipper, once used to drink after hard labor, now replaced by the modern spout and the heat of June.
A Harpers Weekly excerpt notes the Supreme Court’s Standard Oil decision as the decade’s defining event in Washington. The piece recalls the court’s final word on rights and liberties, illustrating its authority over law beyond the president and Congress. An anecdote about a young lawyer underscores the court’s decisive role.
Senator Elihu Root criticizes a tactless political tactic that cost the party the election. He recalls a wedding breakfast speech about a couple starting poor, joking that guests should send rice and old shoes after the couple settles in.
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