San Antonio Light publication and contact details
Notice of newspaper office contacts lists business and circulation phones 176, editorial department 1859, address change instructions, delivery irregularity notice, postal designation San Antonio Texas, and distribution through the United States. References to the Beckwith Special Agency and Tribune Building in New York and Chicago.
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San Antoni
Texas
Beckwith
Representatives
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Circulation Figures For The San Antonio Light May
Circulation statement for May shows total readership figures for The San Antonio Light. Details list distributions across editions and channels, reflecting weekly and daily circulation totals and possible regional reach during the month.
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San Antonio
Owen
Boas
Arvey L. Steele
San Antonio Light
Harvey L. Steele
John J. Wahl
J. WA
Bexar Co
Tex
The Coronation and Views of English Royal Authority
The piece surveys American attitudes toward Britain's coronation and the monarchy. It notes broad loyalty despite fading royal prerogatives, the English shift away from divine right, and the empire’s belief in centralized power as best for its continued existence. It also touches on Euclid and modern mathematics as a contrast to traditional certainty.
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London
Greene
Great Britain
Euclid
Moral Issue on Divorce Laws Stirs European Literary Censors
Rev. M. J. Mayor of Chicago criticizes the idea of irresistible love and defends moral choice in marriage and divorce. He argues love is a result of conscience and will, challenging European influence and American censorship.
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Chicago
Mr. Magor
Broad-based upon its people's will and compassed by the inviolate sea
The passage discusses Britain's government as a concentration of power in theory, contrasting democracy as diffusion of power. It argues isolation shapes appearance versus internal drift toward centralization, noting the need to sustain imperial eminence despite mock forms of obeisance.
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Great Britain
New Haven party criticized for public dust issue in Kentucky
The write up argues the operation will fail to gain Kentucky support. It notes the Publicity league spent 25,000 dollars to attract people while the city refused 25 cents to prevent dust, and mentions a New Jersey shoemaker inheriting 250,000 dollars and becoming well-heeled.
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New Haven
Publicity League
New Jersey
Arrival of Gaby des Lys Stirs London Throngs
London crowds gather as news spreads that Gaby des Lys has arrived, drawing attention from kings princes and other potentates and signaling a moment of high society spectacle.
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London
Gaby Des Lys
El Paso Denies Partial Annexation Amid Steel Trust Offer
The steel trust offers its services to aid in its own investigation while El Paso publicly denies its partial annexation to Mexico. The exchange reflects regional tensions and uses formal rhetoric consistent with political disputes of the era.
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Steel Trust
el Paso
Mexico
Taft Rebukes Garrard as a White American Champion
The Houston Post editorial asserts President Taft is a white American by birth and stresses equality before the law in free America. It argues against snobs and privilege seekers who deny equality, warning that courageous defenders of Americanism will expose such attempts.
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Taft
Free America
Houston Post
No Distinctions Tolerated by President Taft
Omaha Bee lauds President Taft for ruling as leader of all the United States and insisting on equal application of laws without creed or race distinctions. The message emphasizes his authority as commander in chief to enforce these principles nationwide.
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White House
Mr. Taft
United States
Army
Navy
Omaha Bee
Rebuke as tonic for the colonel military mood
The Milwaukee Sentinel states that a firm rebuke, medically viewed as a tonic, could purge the colonel’s system and raise his tone. It notes Dr. Taft administered a sufficient dose to share if other military patients are similarly afflicted.
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Taft
Milwaukee Sentinel
Army Not a Club
The president denounces Colonel Garrard's discrimination against a Jewish soldier, expressing that the army is not a gentlemen's club and should not be run on clublike principles. The editorial argues the general officer corps does not reflect the finest and most manly qualities of the service.
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Army
Garrard
Garard
Springfield Republican
It Happened With a Commission Trial and Social Tensions
The article notes how commissions via examination were resisted in military circles as it created social distinctions. It highlights a breach in exclusion by advancement rules and the threat of elevating a Jew who is the son of a post tailor to commissioned rank, signaling anti Jewish prejudice.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Recruited From Humble Life at Military Academy
A Philadelphia Record note highlights that many graduates come from farmer and mechanic families. It asserts Private Bloom deserves a fair chance at a commission and that Colonel Garrard may find his manners unexceptionable.
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Military Academy
Bloom
Garrard
Philadelphia
Connecticut Governor Breaks with Prohibition Push
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut rejects total abstinence pressure saying local option is best and he supports licensing in New Haven. He notes he cannot force absolute prohibition on all, and cites growing evidence that prohibition is waning as public opinion shifts toward local control.
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Baldwin
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt
Total Abstinence Association
New Haven
Macauley
Amusing Idea Defends American Principles Against Prejudice
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a defender of constitutional values saying our institutions know no race, class, or creed and fight inherited prejudice. It cites Colonel Garrard’s belief that social sets could prevail over core American principles.
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Colonel Garrard
Chicago Record-Herald
Army not a social club says Charleston paper
The Charleston News and Courier argues that social standing should not gate admission to West Point or Annapolis and warns that officers who treat the army as a social organization are mistaken. It stresses that the army welcomes people from all backgrounds and that such elitism is ridiculous.
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West Point
Annapolis
Army
Charleston News and Courier
Mote in Our Own Eye Mentioned in Editorial
An Indianapolis News editorial argues Americans should inspect their own biases toward Jews, noting Europeans may prefer hotels frequented by Jews over those filled with loud American jingoism and concern over dollars.
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Russia
France
Indianapolis News
Army pay and social duties clash with military genius
The Florida Times-Union comments that officers are paid to fight not to host social events. It argues Garrard’s view would bar even Napoleon's marshals and General Forrest, noted as a premier military genius, from leadership based on origins or social considerations.
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Garrard
Napoleon
General Forrest
Florida Times-Union
Leghorns Chickens Joke Sparks Agriculture Statisticist Quote
Leghorn statistician W H Olmstead in Washington dismisses crop data as wrong comparing it to a joke about Leghorn chickens. The tale recounts a rural scene where a child remarks on chickens with horns on their ankles, provoking the humorous comparison.
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W. H. Olmstead
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Little Willie
Willie
City Hall Waters Stir As Street Work Spreads
Residents note city crews widen oiling of streets near the army post and speculate about efforts reaching the water around city hall. Local authorities say routine maintenance continues with no tie to broader projects.
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Army Post
City Hall
Harris County Plans July 22 Vote on Demonstration Farm
County commissioners designate July 22 for a vote on a demonstration farm. The brief query asks if the project is a dry farm, but the record provides no confirmation of farming type. Further details are not provided in the available text.
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Harris County
Skull bone removal aimed at restoring preference
Medical note explores a surgical approach where removing a skull bone segment is considered to influence taste or preference. The text discusses theorized neural or perceptual changes and posibles outcomes, without patient identifiers or outcomes data.
Famous Civil War Mortar Dictator Moves Along Petersburg Rail
A 13 inch mortar built for seacoast defense terrorized Petersburg during 1864 65. Mounted on a reinforced freight car it traveled the military railroad within Federal lines as shells damaged Confederate defenses. When fire grew deadly the Dictator or Peters burg Express shifted sites and resumed bombardment along the line.
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Petersburg
Light-Hearted Lyrics By James Ravenscroft Poem Of A Hungry Dog
A drooped tail and hollow ribs mark a stray dog’s hard luck as he follows a hopeful whistle. The narrator comforts him, feeds him, and observes the pup’s hopeful gaze before he trots off tail held high, seeking a unknown destination.
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James Ravenscroft
The Broad to Wealth Fortune Teller Scam
A narrator recounts paying a fortune teller who promises wealth and success in exchange for twenty dollars. The caller exposes the fraud as lies and vanity, noting the teller preys on hope and pride to extract money. The piece satirizes gullibility and cons dressed as prophecy.
Observant Citizen Sees Nature Advocate Practicing What He Preaches
An observer recalls J. H. Kirkpatrick tending a garden at his Madeline Terrace home at 6 a.m. and displaying a miniature truck farm in Southwest Texas. The piece also covers a Mexican defendant in a police court case about beating a horse rented from a livery stable, with a dispute over Brackenridge and Waterworks park names.
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J. H. Kirkpatrick
Madeline Terrace
Kirkpatrick
Texas
Brackenridge Park
Composer Victor Herbert Admits Lifting Song
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports Victor Herbert concedes stealing a song while composing the score for his new grand opera. The remark suggests some musical comedy writers may have drawn ideas from the English sparrow’s tunes.
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Victor Herbert
Cincinnati Times-Star
Missouri Song An Anthem Too Dull for Missouri
The poem by Geo. Matthew Adams laments Missouri’s state song, praising Missouri’s prairies, farms and pioneers while criticizing the lack of rugged heroism and local life in the anthem. It urges a tougher, more triumphant refrain reflecting grit and pioneer effort.
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Missouri
Das Macon, TOO MUCH FOR HER
A client tests a famed clairvoyant Mme La Fa que in her rooms. The medium offers to reveal past and future for $2, but the client demands a private hint about dinner. The money is refunded, but the sparsely spoken ad promises are not kept.
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Mme. la Faque
A North Country Collier Seeks A Wife
A collier in the north tests a sweetheart with a ruse about life insurance to reveal her feelings. He asks where his money would go if he died at the pit and hints it should go to his wife, prompting her to accept his proposal.
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Jenny
Locusts and Wilson: Bryan as William in 1912 view
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that voters who have long known William Jennings Bryan may regard him as "William" and treats the idea as a light hunch rather than a defining sign for 1912. The piece contrasts public perception with symbolic "W" on locust wings.
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Bill
Wilson
Bryan
Winlliam
Philadelphia Inquirer
Bourne Says He Will Speak, Spend Less in Oregon Campaign
Senator Bourne of Oregon vows no speeches, no direct appeals for votes, and no campaign spending as he runs for re election. The Raleigh News and Observer notes the unusual platform.
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Bourne
Oregon
Raleigh News and Observer
Roosevelt Commends Suffragettes But Not Women Leaders
The Atlanta Constitution notes that Colonel Roosevelt praises suffragettes yet stops short of endorsing women who seek full control of political machinery.
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Roosevelt
Atlanta
Taft Demands The Bill In Full Truthful Push
Anaconda Standard notes President Taft insists on passage of the bill in its entirety and without embellishment, framing the demand as a test of truth and resolve.
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Taft
Roosevelt Declares He Is Not Running For President
The Philadelphia Press notes that Roosevelt’s statement that he is not seeking the presidency is authentic, underscoring his decision as confirmed by attentive observers.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Reading About North Pole Discovery Tops Pearys Claim
The Chicago Journal urges readers to cool off by studying Doc Cook's account of his arctic discovery, calling it more thrilling than Peary's and a stronger insomnia cure.
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Peary
Doc Cook
North Pole
Chicago Journal
Lawson fears laurels fade if Morgan reveals half he knows
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes Thomas W. Lawson expressing concern that his achievements would diminish if Mr. Morgan disclosed even half of what he knows, reflecting tension between the two figures.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Morgan
Louisville Courier-Journal
Delayed Coronation Delays King George’s Vacation
A Mississippi era note in the Atlanta Journal laments King George’s postponed summer break due to the coronation campaign, signaling public idle anticipation and royal timetable tensions.
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George
Lanta Journal
Secretary Fisher Foiled for Nomination at Greek Smoker
The report notes Secretary Fisher, seen as a Republican presidential contender, faced an unfavorable outcome at a Greek letter smoker event. The scene hints that prospects were damaged as observers described the gathering and its reactions.
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Fisher
Washington
Bryan sentiment noted in Houston Post editorial
The Houston Post comments on public mood toward Mr. Bryan, calling it weariness rather than anger, reflecting a muted democratic sentiment in the era. The piece notes widespread fatigue with Bryan among readers and headlines.
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Mr. Bryan
Houston Post
Henry Watterson Returns with Taft Favor
Henry Watterson reports Europe favors Taft and notes strong support for Taft in the United States, with favorable views echoed by readers and editors in Buffalo.
Proposed Tariff on YarnS Aimed at Suppression
Congressman Mur dock notes possible defense for a tariff on certain yarns. The Kansas City Journal suggests a prohibitive tariff to suppress many yarns.
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Murdock
Kansas City Journal
Actress Improvises With French Multiplication In Des Moines
During Sarah Bernhardt's performance of Madame X in Des Moines an actor forgot lines and improvised using the French multiplication table. A French spectator in the audience cried out Mon Dieu the multiplication, revealing the moment to onlookers and prompting chatter about the show.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
Sarah Bernhardt
Des Moines
Chicago Evening Post
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