Subscription Rates For Daily And Sunday Edition
The San Antonio Light lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier or mail, with monthly and yearly options. It notes the need to provide old and new addresses for address changes and asks readers to report irregular delivery. The New York and Chicago offices are listed at Tribune Building with the Beckwith agency.
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February Circulation Figures For The Light 1912
The San Antonio Light reports February 1912 total printed copies 557 812 with daily averages 19052 evening and 20378 Sunday. Net daily circulation after adjustments stood 17581 evening and 19024 Sunday. Day highs and lows ranged 21292 and 18213 respectively. Certification by N W Ayer Son of Philadelphia.
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Roosevelt on Third Term Pledge and Constitutional Tradition
The text reviews Colonel Roosevelt's stance against a third term and the presidential tradition limiting terms to two. It traces precedents from Washington to Jefferson and Adams, noting Roosevelt’s 1904 1907 declarations and the later 1911 letter confirming no 1912 candidacy. The piece emphasizes the two term norm as a legal tradition and public expectation.
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Women and Names in a Suffrage Era Logic
The essay argues that with women's suffrage selecting family names will persist though cumbersome. It explores maiden and marital naming, hyphenation, and potential perverse genealogical confusion across generations. The piece predicts social registers adapt to women’s identity rights and prefers avoiding forced submersion under a husband’s name.
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Fola LaFollette
George Middleton
Mollie Jones
John Smith
Mollie Smith
Marie Jones
Henry Smith
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John Jones-Smith
Marie Smith-Jones
Henry Jones- Smith
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Brown
Marie Brown-Smith-Jones
Caroline Jenkins-White-Oliver- Burke-Brown-Smith-Jones
Notable criticisms of a former president’s nomination bid
The speaker rejects the idea of a future nomination and argues it is inappropriate for a man who has led the nation twice. He notes that attempting to insert the word consecutive into the argument is unfair and dishonorable for a former president.
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United States
Wisdom Gained and the Limits of Aging Insight
The article argues that age often brings wisdom but not always and notes the proverb There’s no fool like an old fool. It suggests maturity does not guarantee mental wealth and discusses the varying outcomes of advancing age.
Lieut Reflects on Bob Sled Sitting Posture Debate
The Lieut admits wisdom grows with time noting a social quarrel over bob sled posture at St Moritz. Prominent figures like Frank Vanderlip and Earl Grey have weighed in on whether to ride upright or prone, showing the issue’s unexpected gravity for social elites.
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Sleepy Hollow
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London note hunter’s quip sparks lost cash tale
An elderly statistician in London stops a tram rider to return a five pound note. He explains there have been many similar losses that morning, noting the bearer’s relief while revealing his habit of tallying lost money. The wit ends with a suggestion about citywide chaos of missing cash.
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London
The Last Thing He Did
A fur coated factory owner and his foreman hear that Bill has died. The foreman explains Bill started a fire by striking a match in the mixing room. The boss is surprised and the foreman admits it was indeed the last thing Bill did.
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Bill
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Arsene Lupin at the Orpheum Delights Sunday Crowd
The Orpheum presented Arsene Lupin despite initial illness of the managing director and cast adjustments. Hayden Stevenson but Sonia Lola Downin Guerchard Wilbur Mason and others delivered a convincing, intricate performance with Lupin’s true identity kept until late in act two. The play offers a stylish, non didactic duel of wits between thief and detective and promises strong crowds all week.
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Wilbur Mason
Leonora Oakford
Charles McDonald
Gournay-Martin
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Stanley G. Wood
Charolais
Carey Hastings
Victoire
Arthur Jackson
Boursin
Plaza vaudeville bill showcases top animal acts and acts
A Plaza week program features an extraordinary dog and pony circus led by G Thalero with riding dogs and skilled ponies plus a monkey equestrian. The lineup includes Robert Henry Hodge in Troubles of Bill Blithers, a nautical burletta The Good Ship Nancy Lee by Bilroy Haynes Montgomery, the Four Magnanis musical barbers, Maud Muller and Edward Stanley in a travesty act, Clover Duo dance and sing, and Evans and Lawrence billed as classy entertainers. Audience acclaim followed yesterday’s performances.
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May Guyer
May Stewart
Nancy Lee
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Bill is Good or Better and Seeing It No Mistake
The statement asserts that the bill is good or better and that reviewing it will not be a mistake. It emphasizes confidence in the bill's quality and the value of consideration.
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Gifford Pinchot
Garfield
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Billy Loeb
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Medora and Partners Deliver Novel Royal Theatre Turn
The Royal stage features Miss Medora and Griffin Lewis with novelty acts and shadowgraphy. The duo The Prima Donna and the Tad bring Irish humor and violin interludes while The Newmans perform trick cycles culminating in a unicycle boxing finale. The Trolley Car Trio offers acrobatics with a trick trolley car.
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Newmans
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German freezing method saves English mine shaft
German engineers solved a tough sinking problem at an English colliery by freezing surrounding water. They bored 400 foot holes, lined them with steel tubes, and pumped brine to form an ice wall that held back water bad ground. After reaching bottom, warm water thawed the ground gradually.
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England
Up-to-Date Verse by Percy Shaw Reflects Shifts in Education
The poem contrasts old school life with modern changes in farming and gender roles. It notes how geography and spelling once loomed over students, then shifts to agriculture and harvests. It concludes with a modern maid adept in politics and public life, asserting progress without losing charm.
Frost wall delays thaw lasting three months
The frost wall proved so strong that thawing took three months to complete.
Sensational medical discovery debated by ophthalmologist
Dr Simon G Ruthven of Little Rock weighs in at a New York luncheon on a striking case from the ophthalmological ward. A Pennsylvania student boasts of treating a cross eyed woman for bacteria, amid talk of new breakthroughs and cautious optimism.
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Little Rock
New York
Dr. Ruthven
Pennsylvania
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Scratched It Up Like a Wild Cat Tale in Courier Journal
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a wild cat with a T. R. tongue as the source of the scratched mark. The comment frames the animal as the culprit in a light, humorous tone.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Hotel interaction at St Anthony ends with a joke on water rate
In a St Anthony hotel lobby a guest asks the bellhop about water rates to Fort Worth. Clerk Mr Code improvises, saying the rate is about 264 cents a pint, then promises to confirm. The bellboy relays the message and the guest buys the drinks, smiling.
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Mr. Code
Fort Worth
George
Chinese View of Millinery in Western Hats
A Peking News item recounts a Chinese gentleman explaining why Chinese wives avoid Western hats. He says European husbands seem harassed because ladies hats are expensive, so Chinese tell their women not to follow Western millinery trends to prevent ruin.
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He Ought to Be in Wall Street Bogus antique swindler tricks Mor gan
A clever con man fools a Pittsburg Post reader named Mor gan with a bogus antique. The column notes the need for sharp wit to spot deception in the financial world. The piece mocks gullibility and underscores caution in deals.
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