Circulation Statement for The San Antonio Light May 1911
The circulation of The San Antonio Light during May 1911 was as follows. The notice provides the distribution figures for the month detailing reach, editions, and any variances.
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San Antonio Light
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Crime in the North Surges as Chicago Faces Brutal Murders
The article argues Chicago’s crime rate rivals New York in severity with thirty four murderers awaiting trial and a deadly O’Malleys versus Quinns feud in the Twenty first ward. It notes prominent residents nearby and urges Texas men to travel to Chicago to reason with the gunfighters.
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New York
Chicago
Twenty-first
O’malleys
Quinns
Franklin MacVeagh
Treasury
Walter Fisher
Interior
China
Calhoun
Switzerland
Boutel
Harrison
Jimmy” Quinn
John O’malley
Texas
Landscape artist Kessler urges San Antonio to beautify
In a city address last week George E. Kessler, acclaimed as America’s leading landscape artist, urged San Antonio to become a beauty spot and winter resort. He outlined steps to beautify the city and attract winter tourists, stressing practical improvements and appealing attractions.
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George E. Kessler
America
San Antonio
San Antonio Must Attract Tourists With Modern Amusements
The city should offer things for visitors to do beyond scenery and climate. It needs top golf facilities, well maintained roads, and varied amusements while avoiding open gambling and cheap horse racing. If promises are kept, San Antonio can rise and attract repeat tourism.
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San Antonio
New York
Atlantic City
Early Works and the Fate of Literary Debuts
A New York critic warns publishers against overvaluing unpublished early writings by great authors. He cites Balzac, Thackeray, Poe, Stevenson, and Wagner as examples and argues that most early pieces do more harm than good to a writer’s mature reputation. The remedy is to bury such works until the author’s later, proven achievements emerge.
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New York
Balzac
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Poe
Stevenson
Richard Wagner
Tennyson
Shelley
Queen Mab
Swinburne
Keats
Buried Early Works Confront Day of Judgment
The author urges burning early writings and declares they must be hidden deep until their judgment day arrives. The passage emphasizes renouncing previous drafts and confronting accountability for past ideas.
Tax bill amendment seeks newspaper men exclusion
Lawmakers consider altering the auto owner tax bill to carve out newspaper men claiming they are a rare or unknown species, arguing exemption protects a press that informs the public.
World Powers Unite for Peace as Dreadnoughts Debut
Coinciding with dreadnaught launches, major nations announce a push toward global peace and unity. Leaders from multiple powers pledge joint efforts to curb aggression and promote stability amid changing naval dynamics.
Harriman Railway Trust Not Unreasonable Restraint Claim
The passage argues that Harriman railway trust does not constitute an unreasonable restraint on travel, framing the issue as a legal theory about travel freedom and corporate power.
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Harriman Railway Trust
Growth hinges on improvements says civic beautifier
George E. Kessler, famed civic beautifier, notes San Antonio’s growth depends on improvements not solely on the current city council's single majority vote.
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San Antonio
George E. Kessler
Commission Government Said Needed For City Reform
Hartford Times argues that commission government is essential, contending the present city structure largely fails in practice to manage affairs like a business, with political and private interests undue influence.
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Hartford Times
Centers Responsibility in Commission Government
Kansas City Star commentary argues that commission government should balance centralized authority with clear accountability. It cautions against autocracy and excessive power fragmentation that hinders action and proper decisions.
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Commission
Kansas City Star
Two Key Attractions Seen In Commission Plan
The New Orleans Times-Democrat argues the commission idea appeals to Orleanians first by abolishing the entrenched ward system and ward bosses and replacing it with at large elections for all officials. It also aims to reduce the number of offices and end sinecures.
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Commission
Commission Plan Aims at Efficient City Government
The St. Paul Dispatch argues the commission plan concentrates power and responsibility to boost efficiency in municipal government and should not be blocked by constitutional concerns.
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Commission
St. Paul
St. Paul Dispatch
Democratic centralization and direct citizen representation
The Richmond Times-Dispatch praised a shift toward centralized responsibility as thoroughly democratic. It argued that the coming decade would see government move to a direct personal relation between people and their representatives, underpinning commission government.
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Richmond Times- Dispatch
Has Its Disadvantages Autocracy Debate Quoted
Washington Herald notes the commission system has advantages and disadvantages. It asserts the law of compensation and argues a beneficent autocracy is the best form of government though finding beneficent autocrats is not easy.
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Commission
Washington Herald
How the Fly Breeds A Civic drive to kill houseflies early
The American Civic association based in Washington urges an early summer crusade against the housefly. It cites a census style calculation showing a single fly can produce over two million offspring by August if not halted in June. The piece argues early June extermination saves time labor and money and warns against waiting till July or August.
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New York World
American Civic Association
Washington
Famous Civil War Photographs Show Boy Musicians in Later Years
The 1866 image captures swarthy veterans, four years after the war ended, with notes on the 40,000 boy musicians who served. Many youths twelve to fourteen sought service, and about three hundred were mustered in at age thirteen or younger.
Forget It. A Poem of Woe and Social Callousness
Geo. Matthew Adams presents a 1910 verse urging readers not to dwell on others' misfortune or public scandals. It criticizes self styled reformers and questions the value of vocal complaints while portraying a harsh view of social indifference and the cost of speaking out.
Caloocan Bayonet Charge Described by Brigadier General Funston
Brigadier General Frederick Funston recalls the Philippine encounter at Caloocan where bayonet fighting occurred for the only time in his life. He details a disciplined advance, a commanded Charge at eighty yards, smoke from rifles, and Filipino defenses as U.S. troops overwhelmed defenders and subdued survivors after the melee.
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Frederick Funston
Scribner’s
Caloocan
Cuba
Cut-Rate Life and Death in a Quickened World
A poem satirically samples a life ruled by cut-rate goods and services. The speaker adopts a thrifty persona brimming with cut-rate everything from drugs and fashion to travel and meals, ending with a rueful farewell as time and fate loom.
The Ministering Angel Parody by Kennett Harris
A humorous verse teasing a devoted caregiver whose constant care feels both loving and overbearing. The speaker laments the pains of illness and the well meant but meddlesome attendant who prescribes remedies, insisting affection drives the care.
Rich Men, Gossip, and Cotillions At The City Hotel
A Harper's excerpt by Carolyn Wells paints a scene of social chatter in a hotel lobby. Wealth, marriages, debts, and flirtations unfold through fragments about a richest man, a widower, cotillions, rents, and boardwalk sightings, reflecting upper crust banter and vanity.
Night fire chase ends as two room frame house burns
Observant Citizens describe running to a night blaze only to find the fire out before reaching the scene. A red sky, a distant flame, and the arrival of fire engines marked the near-miss before discovering a small two room home was the source.
Wireless timepieces to replace individual watches predicts expert
Charles Higgenbotham of South Bend Indiana at a St Louis jewelers convention predicts a system of central clocks giving time via wireless waves. A pocket dial would be adjusted remotely by pressing a baton, with a few wheels, low cost, and minimal repairs.
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Chicago Tribune
Jewelers
St. Louis
Charles Higgenbotham
South Bend
Ind
Higgenbotham
Mr. Higgenbotham
Marvels of Science and The Depths of Earthly Riches
The piece describes the rafflesia flower as the world’s largest with five brick colored petals and a wide cup containing a fleshy interior. It cites Professor Balthazard on bullet impressioning through cloth revealing fabric marks. It notes miners rarely find deep metallic deposits profitable below 3000 feet due to underground waters and declining ore yields.
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Sumatra
Stamford Reffles
Paris Academy of Sciences
Balthazard
Coincidences in sugar refining profits through the ages
The text cites a congress testimony by American Sugar Refining’s chief on profit figures from 1887 to 1900. It lists gross profits per hundred pounds, noting 76 cents, 125 cents, 72 cents, 108 cents, 50 cents, and 75 cents, and concludes these are mere coincidences with no link to monopoly or profits.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Kansas City Star
Pennsylvania
Trust
Pension Plea Declared In God and Mercy
An elderly San Francisco woman seeks a U S pension through a lawyer tapping into the claim of her husband’s Civil War valor. The lawyer notes he rarely handles petitions filed in the name of God and mercy, but agrees to pursue the pension.
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San Francisco
United States
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