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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1911

Page

6

Evening Daily and Tribune Agency Contact Details

The item lists publishing company names and contact numbers for Evening Daily and Tribune agencies with editorial and circulation department phones. It notes post office entry as San Antony Texas as a second class matter and credits Beckwith Special Agency in New York for representation.

San Antony Texas U. Beckwith Representatives New York Villago Tribune

Paper delivery address change request guidance

Reader requests changes to newspaper delivery address and contact details. The notice mentions delivery irregularities and urges notifying the office, with references to San Antonio Light and nationwide standards.

May 1811 THI SAN ANTO WLO LIGHT Circulation Record

The May 1811 circulation for THI SAN ANTO WLO LIGHT shows figures for the month as stated.

THI San Antowlo

Woman’s Stand on Education Sparks Debate Across Nations

The article discusses two events shaping American education and gender roles. It cites Hazel M. Cole at Albany Law School and Helen Dudley Dean and Elvira Dudley Dean at Cornell Medical School, using these feats to argue women’s equal or superior standing. It notes suffrage implications and hints at broader social upheaval. A fragment mentions Colorado and local streetcar debates.

America Albany N. Y Elvira Dudley Dean University Medical School Colo

Family Poker Describes Divorce Case From Edina Missouri

In Edina Missouri a wife testifies about her husband’s alleged poker habit draining the family bank account. She recalls her own poker wins and a famous “Halley’s Comet Party” while detailing the couple’s strife. The narrative frames a divorce suit and the woman’s fight to salvage finances.

Edina Pluto

Mirrors on streetcars to curb women alighting

A satirical piece critiques a proposed method to prevent women from alighting backward by placing mirrors to force facing forward. It argues that gender equality and intellect would, in time, overturn such measures, noting women often fall by neglecting physical safety and face public mockery when schemes fail.

The Lonely Castro II and the Venezuelan Exile

A comparison between Cipriano Castro’s Venezuela and the fictional John Nolan, describing Castro as a despot with few friends, debts dishonored, and international scorn. After his deposition, powers bar his return, and his latest bid to land in Venezuela is thwarted as he travels to Haiti to attempt another effort.

Edward Everett Hale Philip Nolan Nolan Cipriano Castro Venezuela Castro Haiti

Pirate Castro A Descent Reckoned A High Seas Threat

The text warns Castro would be a pirate if he descends on Venezuela and would face hanging if captured. It notes Germany disowned a ship used by Castro and he would be a man without a country unless welcomed by a nation. It also hints at Havemeyer sugar trust theories and a baseball editor counting flies.

Germany Castro Venezuela

Senate Embraces Direct Election Despite Opposition

A stark political moment where lawmakers back direct election amid opposition and partisan debate. The commented remark about Celia, I. & GN. hints at a satirical or coded critique within the discourse.

Books and Magazines This Week

Messrs. D Appleton & Co publish new titles by Lincoln Page Duryea Lytton Morans and Keyes. Harper's Weekly June 10 features essays on Emmet Odlum the City of Graft races and Paris guides. A Land of Play gift-book by Sara Tawney Lefferts aims at child readers with color plates by M L Kirk and sketches by Florence Nosworthy.

Messrs. D. Appleton & Co Harper’s Weekly Robert Emmet Odlum William Inglis New York Edward Bayard Moss Postoffice Guardian Angel Andre Tridon Guides of Paris Rowland Strong Sara Tawney Lefferts M. L. Kirk Florence England Nosworthy Cupples & Leon Co Leslie King George Coney Island

Theatre discussion spurs germ of now published story

At the New York Public Library dedication John Bigelow recalled persuading Samuel J. Tilden to keep a will clause that funds a public library despite critics of fiction. The piece notes Tilden’s fear of fiction and Bigelow’s push toward literary development.

Emerson Hough Sir Marvel Thomases Mr. Hough New York Press Tip St. Augustine Mia Samuel Lockwood Ivison New York Public Library John Bigelow Samuel J. Tilden Tilden Boston Public Library Bigelow James Ford Rhodes Scribner's Magazine Burton Harrison New York Society Andrews Yale

Famous Civil War Photograph From Massaponax May 21 1864

A Massaponax Church scene shows General Grant seated with Meade and Charles Dana during a pivotal 1864 war council. Sheridan’s 10 000 cavalry and Beaver Dam Station actions preceded a crucial effort to outflank Lee and defend Richmond. Pews repurposed as council seating.

Federal War Council Massaponax Church Virginia Grant Lee Spottsylvania Courthouse General Sheridan Beaver Dam Richmond General Meade Charles A. Dana

Poem Of Sentiment From Huarry Kemp Independent

The poem portrays a postwar shift toward stark whiteness and vanished art as sin and death return to mankind. Classic biblical imagery contrasts with a fading heaven and a world bereft of beauty as it ends with hell bursting into day and art crying for sin.

Hell Huarry Kemp The Independent

The Song of the Spade

A poem by R. H. Titherington from New York unfolds the spade as mankind’s steadfast servant. It claims the spade’s quiet labor outmatches the sword pen and flag, shaping lands by trenching isthmuses guiding rivers and soils.

Stimson Congratulates Taft Amid 1912 Pledge Denial

The Chicago Journal reports that Henry Stimson congratulates Taft while Roosevelt denies any pledge to back Taft in 1912, highlighting the Republican split and shifting endorsements.

Stimson Taft Roosevelt Chicago Journal

Taft hopes to woo back harmony with Gary dinners

The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes a plan for President Taft to restore party harmony and ease opposition to his reciprocity agreement through a series of Gary dinners at the White House.

Taft Gary White House New Orleans Times-Democrat

Inquest Rules Suppress Coroner Investigations

Observant citizen inquests by coroners have dwindled due to a ruling by the attorney general's department that coroner fees are not paid when deaths are unnatural and witnessed. Only bodies found with no witnesses qualify, limiting investigations and hindering facts about deaths that may involve crime or mystery.

Attorney General's Department

Barber Slices Time With Lightning Fast Shave

A hurried young man rushed into a barber shop and demanded a shave in a rush. The barber prepared, then finished the shave in forty one seconds, prompting the astonished customer to exclaim that the barber had achieved the feat by magic through a waved razor and a quick change.

George to be crowned king of the British

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes confusion over a statement claiming George will be king of Britain, not the United States, reflecting a misinterpretation of royal titles.

George St. Louis Globe- Democrat

Republican Party's Last Asset Is William Jennings Bryan

A Washington Post remark notes Bryan as the remaining asset for the Republicans, calling him a strong figure in the party’s dwindling lineup. The comment frames Bryan as a potential unifying or reforming force amid political challenges.

Republican Party William J. Bryan Washington Post

The Poet Philosopher: Roses and Onions In Verse

A 1910 verse by Geo. Matthew Adams mocks flowers for beauty while praising onions for flavor. The poem playful ly compares roses lilies and daisies to onions noting fragrance beauty and taste with humorous contrast and satire.

Geo. Matthew Adams

Discovery of germ linked to infantile paralysis announced

Dr Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute proclaims the germ behind infantile paralysis located. The disease, first seen in Sweden and Norway, spreads through nasal discharges and can affect healthy carriers. Once cause is known, finding a remedy should be easier and prevention more attainable.

Popular Mechanics Flexner Rockefeller Institute Sweden Norway

Direct Election Drive for U.S. Senators

Lists states urging a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of senators. States named include Arkansas California Minnesota Utah Kansas Texas Illinois Indiana South Dakota Idaho Washington North Carolina Tennessee Montana Wyoming Nevada Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Iowa Oregon Louisiana Colorado Kentucky Pennsylvania Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama New Jersey. Total states 29. Number required to ratify is 81.

Arkansas California Minnesota Utah Kansas Texas Illinois Indiana South Dakota Idaho Washington North Carolina Tennessee Montana Wyoming Nevada Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Iowa Oregon Louisiana Colorado Kentucky Pennsylvania Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama New Jersey

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Antonio San Antonio Associate Press Charlis Diehl Harrlson L. Bhach Vail Doles LeWs United States Harvey L. Steele San Antonio Light John J. Wahl Notary Public Bexar Co Tex Family Poker H. O. Havemeyer Sugar Trust Cock Robin Senate Celia, I. & GN H. J. Morans Andes Amazon South America Peru Ecuador Bogota Robert Louis Stevenson Francis Perry Eliott Dobbs-Merrill Company Elliott Mr. Elliott Harper & Brothers Young Ladies Tarrytown-on the-Hudson Winifred McKenzie Payne Frederick W. Taylor Harpers Mr. Taylor Robert Dunn George Bronson-Howard Sweeny Charles R. Barnes Sayres Charles Marcus Horton Penitentes Charles FE. van Loan Hogan Hell's Resurrection Satan Ain Creation R. H. Titherington Carr Macon
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