San Antonio Light Publication Office and Staff
The notice lists the San Antonio Light and Gazette offices at 509 and S11 Travis Street between Avenues C and D. Editors Charles S. Diehl and L. Beach head the publication, with an exclusive leased wire day report from the Associated Press.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Light
San Antonio Gazette
Associated
Travis Street
Avenues C
D. Charles
Diehl
Mgd
L. Beach
Fourteen Days to July 1 Mark Prohibition Vote Focus
The piece notes fourteen days until a national vote on the Hobson prohibition amendment. It criticizes Representative James L. Slayden for staying home in Mills county and not committing to attend or vote. It calls for his presence to represent the Fourteenth district’s interests in Washington. The article also discusses San Antonio's geographic advantages for trade and port access, arguing progress meets opposition and highlighting Port Aransas transport links.
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House of Representatives
James L. Slayden
Mills County
Washington
United States
Congress
Fourteenth
Fourteenth District
Progressive San Antonio Opens Port Aransas Steam Route
The city gains a regular steamship service linking Port Aransas with New York, overcoming external obstacles and boosting San Antonio’s vast trade territory centered on the port. The move is hailed as a clear step in its ongoing progressive development.
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San Antonio
Port Argusas
Port Aransas
New York
The Nathan Incident and the San Francisco Exposition
The Nathan incident threatens next year’s San Francisco exposition as Catholic boycotts arise over Italy’s chosen commissioner Ernesto Nathan. Catholic groups urge abstention, risking harm to the fair’s image and relations with Italy, while managers face a religious controversy beyond their control.
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Nathan
San Francisco
Europe
Ernesto Nathan
Signor Nathan
Rome
Mazzini
New York State
Knights of Columbus
Italy
Catholics withhold support from the ex position in US
The passage notes many Catholics in the United States withhold support from the ex position, warning the injury would be incalculable. It questions how a San Franciscan can reconcile them and hopes a solution emerges before the show opens in the coming months.
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United States
Crossing the Atlantic by air a race toward a first crossing
A historical overview notes aviators increasingly aiming to fly the Atlantic. Van der Born plans a single flight from Konakey in French Guinea to Pernambuco in Brazil aboard a new hydroaeroplane, safer than the Labrador Greenland Iceland route but with tropical wind risks. The piece highlights differing routes and the dream of a perilous milestone.
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Claude Grahame-White
England
France
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
van der Born
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ireland
Equator
Brazil
Guinea
Konakey
French Guinea
Pernambuco
Albany Court Upholds Vaccination Requirement for School
The Court of Appeals in Albany ruled that parental belief against vaccination does not excuse keeping a child from public school. Egbard Ekerhold of the Bronx was fined for violating compulsory education law by refusing vaccination. The decision upholds state mandates as not oppressive and notes other schools without vaccination requirements.
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Court of Appeals At
Albany
N. Y
Egbard Ekerhold
Bronx
Kerbold
Court of Appeals
Ekerhold
United States Supreme Court
Mr Hills Mistake on Wages and Export Trade
The Philadelphia Record critiques James J. Hills view on wage policy, arguing England cannot sustain markets by high wages while Britain or the United States compete. It notes Germany rose as wages rose, and asserts U S exports grow with higher wages than Europe, challenging the idea that low wages reduce production costs and prices.
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Mr. Hill
James J. Hill
England
Germany
Europe
Asia
Hill
Philadelphia
No Ordinary Crime Against St Marys Church Sparks Debate
The Pittsburg Post denounces suffragette arson at St Marys Church near Henley describing the act as a crime that severs a historic link from the people to centuries past. The paper urges repeal of the cat and mouse law and a harsher penalty for such actions in the name of women.
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St. Mary’s
Henley
Great Britain
Pittsburg
We Should Protest Over German Arms Landing at Puerto Mexico
The piece argues the U S should protest to Berlin for German ships Ypiranga and Bavaria delivering rifles and ammunition to Huerta at Puerto Mexico, despite mediation. It notes seizure risks, calls the act unfriendly, and warns of lasting international enmity.
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Vera Cruz
Huerta
Ypiranga
Bavaria
Puerto Mexico
Berlin
México
The
Chicago Post
The Thrift Movement Aims at Saving Among U S Workers
Analysis from World's Work notes thrift as rare among salaried men earning 2000 to 4000 yearly. It cites debt among ten thousand a year earners and describes the Straus thrift club begun in 1912. Large firms like U S Steel Metropolitan Life Postal Telegraph Boston Globe Sears Roebuck promote employee saving through structured funds and installment plans.
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United States
Chicago
American Society For Thrift
S. W. Straus
New York
S. W. Straus & Co
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Straus & Co
New York Edison Company
Prohibition Law Stumbles in Savannah Grand Jury
The Washington Times reports Savannah faces trouble applying Georgia's prohibition law as the grand jury ignored indictments. Prohibition supporters seek a writ of mandamus from the superior court to compel the jury to rule on charges. Judge Chariton threatens to issue the writ if needed.
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Washington
D. C
Savannah
Friends of Prohibition
Superior Court
Chariton
Public sentiment hampers enforcement of prohibition measures
The text argues that enforcement efforts fail due to public indifference and grand jury refusals to indict. It criticizes widespread contempt for prohibition in Savannah and other Georgia cities, calling it an unfortunate consequence when local support is lacking despite the majority's sense of right.
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Savannah
Georgia
Crazy Hachet Sisterhood in National Gallery Crimes
The Baltimore American discusses a so called crazy sisterhood accused of destroying five large paintings in the London National Gallery. The piece links the acts to suffrage rhetoric and labels the perpetrators as examples of Lombrosian social depravity with homicidal tendencies.
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Baltimore American
Hachet
London National Gallery
Porter Loring Stumped by Woman at Fischer's Drug Store
Observant Citizen Porter F Loring was surprised when a woman entered Fischer's drug store and asked him how to operate the weighing scales. He turned to see a stranger addressing the black store porter and attempting to weigh herself, leaving Loring puzzled.
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Porter F. Loring
Fischer
Porter Loring
Fire line construction advances on Sierra National Forest
In preparation for the new season in California workers report 110 miles of fire lines built on the Sierra National Forest to reduce wildfire risk and protect surrounding areas.
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California
Sierra National Forest
Matches Imports Dominate China Trade In Foreign Market
The article notes that matches form a far larger import value for China than any other product and that most of these matches arrive from Japan.
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China
Japan
Sleepy Time Tales for the Little Folk 29
A tale about a flock of geese led by a wise old goose and a group of goblins who wander off to the pond. Willie captures two goblins, Grandfather Goose confronts him, and Willie releases them after being warned. He stops bothering the flock and begins feeding them.
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Willie
Grandfather Goose
Goose
Phrases shape politics and business power in 1912 era
The Philadelphia Ledger analysis shows how short phrases from Bryan, Webster, Vanderbilt, and Roosevelt swayed public opinion on liberty union tariff and wealth. It notes railroads exploited slogans like the full crew law and traffic will bear while Britain faced 1462 labor disputes in 1912, highlighting the era’s persuasive rhetoric.
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Philadelphia Ledger
William J. Bryan
United States
Webster
Vanderbilt
Lawson
Roosevelt
Blaine
Hancock
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