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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1912

Page

3

Advertising Daily Circulation For April 1922

The San Antonio Light reports April 1922 circulation totals with 585 398 copies monthly. Evening edition averaged 19077 daily and Sunday edition 20927, after adjusting for returns and related deductions. Largest daily total 21075 on Friday April 12. Audit by Wy W Aver & Co deemed authoritative by a wide advertiser base.

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The Picture Page Shows News Illustrated Across the Paper

Tur Lies extols its own picture page as a novel, news oriented image feature. It notes other papers imitate the format by offering illustrated spreads of current events. The editor brands the idea as original locally and claims authorship in the field of news photography.

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San Antonio Hospital Shame Exposed by Doctor

Dr McCog nick, a leading American Medical association lecturer, denounced San Antonio city hospital for dire conditions. He described patients waiting alone, fighting for meals, bats in wards, and some restrained to hide under sheets as bats roamed. He urged a new hospital to protect the city’s good name and taxpayer funds.

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Free hospital for San Antonio urged to curb city ills

Citizens back efforts to establish a free hospital run under capable supervision and free from political influence. The current facility is described as a “chamber of horrors” that has harmed more than helped and should be replaced.

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Flood Damage Assessment After Mississippi Levee Breach

A News York Evening Post correspondent outlines damage to property from Mississippi floods across Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana. Prospects for crops are mixed with late planting likely and weather impacts on cotton and corn earnings. Texas remains less affected and farmers anticipate favorable prices if conditions hold.

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Metempsychosis on Will of a Schemer in Indiana Trials

In Indianapolis readers are shown a legal plot over a will of Antcerson Hogston challenged on mental incompetence grounds. The essay contemplates testaments crafted to withstand law and envy, imagining a dramatic contest of wills and the futile pursuit of undoing a crafted document.

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Farmer Defends Metempsychosis Amid Will Challenge

A trial centered on an eccentric decedent's will draws witnesses, with a farmer mocked for claiming possible reincarnation as a melon bug. Judges weigh sanity amid longstanding philosophical beliefs, while investors and locals debate the farm’s future and the validity of the will.

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Things Senn in Germany Textual Glimpse From the World

The New York World surveys Berlin noting the Reichstag as costly yet efficient supply for members, a cafe with cold tea served openly, and visitors pausing at Bebel’s statue to admire civic streets and sanitary science. It praises German technical schools, museums, and sturdy hired staff while lamenting outdated type and bold but limited commodities amid varied crops and forestry in transit.

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Passenger safety plan urges cabin seating on ships for drills

An editorial suggests assigning definite seats on long ocean voyages to every passenger and crew member as a precaution to reduce panic during emergencies. It argues passengers would welcome basic training and drills, believing coordinated action could improve safety without causing alarm.

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The New Dictionary of Everyday Phrases and Characters

A humorous dictionary-style piece lampoons common terms such as Ambition Apparel Absence and Age. It features quirky definitions and parodic samples from diverse sources including Los Angeles Times and Memphis Commercial Appeal. The text parodies social roles and cultural notions with playful asides on fame wealth and political life.

USA

Navy Blue Skirt and a World of Toys Remembered in an Autumn of Change

A collage of memories and poems contrasts a faded navy blue skirt with dreams of childhood, then shifts to a farm and fireside bulletin warning corn earworm disease endangering horses. Kansas experiments trace poison in mold on damaged corn causing blind staggers, with veterinary notes on treatment and rising losses across states.

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Year of Fate Prophecy Linked to German History

The Indianapolis News discusses a "Year of Fate" motif tied to German history from 1229 to 1942 and 1918. It cites Prince William of Prussia's 1229 marriage, revolutions in 1849 and 1871, and claims a future fateful year around 1927 with dire continental war forecasts.

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Donel Gur Dips Are Chained in Gubernatorial Nominating Fight

The Ennara City Journal reports that Donel Gur Dips is not a gubernatorial candidate. George Ade comments on the nomination scramble. Laughter and applause follow coverage from New York’s World. The article notes the Albany/Indiana region factions debate and a preferred candidate among party members.

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