San Antonio Light Circulation Figures From 1916 Audit
The six months ending September 30 1916 show the daily edition averaging 22062 copies and the Sunday edition 26756. Net paid daily 20477 and Sunday 24424 after deductions. Audit Bureau of Circulations certified the figures as authoritative for advertisers. The paper claims 560 percent higher paid circulation in San Antonio than any other newspaper.
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Vox Pop at Bat in Campaign Commentary and Farmer Tariff Talk
The piece weighs the decline of political dope sheets and the rise of Vox Pop as the election nears. It notes experts confess uncertainty about outcomes, cites Samuel G Blythe, and discusses farmer concerns led by E. W. Kirkpatrick about Pope and Farmers Union politics amid tariff disputes.
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Samuel G. Blythe
Vox Pop
Blythe
Casey
Wilson
J. Hughes
Farmer Views on Tariff Split Reflect Southern Sentiment
A Southern farmer argues against the Underwood tariff, voiced by H N Pope president of the Association of State Farmers Union Presidents. The article notes mixed farmer opinion and questions if Pope's stance represents the average farmer in the region.
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H. N. Pope
Association of State Farmers’ Union
Tur
The Spoils System and the Rise of Nonpartisan Commissions
A contemporary notes the spoils system waning as commissions take over routine government work. Civil service advances, but full nonpartisan administration remains incomplete. The writer predicts broader use of commissions could alter future presidential campaigns and reduce partisanship in governance.
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United States
Post Office Department
Officers Faithful to Policy Despite Personal Views
The article argues that military and naval officers should not be forced to share the home administration’s views. It notes officers executed orders faithfully under Wilson, maintaining peaceful relations with Mexico. It condemns spoils systems and urges abolition across government fields.
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Mexico
United States Army
Washington
Wilson
Texas Healthy for Them Ride Through
Battery A soldiers parade through the streets with glowing faces as a publicity note praising Texas as a health resort and bolster for visitor health.
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Texas
Battery A
Boston Globe
Parker and Addams Back Wilson in Presidential Ticket
The progressive candidate John M. Parker was notified in New York of his nomination and declared for Woodrow Wilson. Jane Addams also decided to cast her first vote for a president, aligning with Wilson and Parker in the upcoming race.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
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Jane Addams
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Springfield
May Work to Advantage
The New York World argues bakers press price hikes and may push for embargo on wheat and flour. If successful it could spur calls for restrictions on other exports and threaten neutrality, reflecting broad economic leverage against commodities.
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United States
New York World
River and harbor funds favor the south says critique
The Beaumont Enterprise notes charges that river and harbor appropriations favored the south during the administration. It cites $25,471,761.18 spent on rivers and harbors in eleven southern states versus $36,747,592.90 for reclamation work in western arid states.
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Beaumont Enterprise
Roosevelt to accompany Wilson over inconsistency charge
The Louisville Courier Journal reports Roosevelt will accompany Wilson to Louisville in a rebuke over alleged inconsistency. It cites Wilson as unfit for dictating aid to small nations while not halting Germany's Belgian invasion. Roosevelt previously called similar moves folly in 1914, now aiming to critique Wilson in 1916.
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Louisville
Wilson
Gehenna
Belgium
Louisville Courier-Journal
Big business leaders rally for Wilson and progress
A crowd of prominent businessmen gathers in support of Wilson. Edison and Ford stand as icons of industry alongside leaders like Noyes of Oneida Silver, Lovett of Union Pacific, Underwood of Erie, Endicott Johnson, William L. Douglas, and other major manufacturers. The Utica Observer commends their vision and courage for progress.
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Ford
Noyes
Oneida
Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Underwood
Erie Railroad
Endicott & Johnson
William L. Douglass
Utica Observer
Cleveland Warns Against Submitting to Injustice
President Cleveland warns that yielding to wrongs threatens national self-respect and safety. He stresses that English speaking nations are friendly rivals in peace and progress, and urges firm conviction despite difficult choices.
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Venezuela
Cleveland
Playing Both Ends in War and Peace for Japan
The Public notes Japan profits from Europe’s misery by supplying allies with munitions and food while staying distant from combat. It argues Japan gains by acquiring Pacific German territory with low cost and minimal loss of life, focusing on commerce.
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Japan
United States
Europe
America
Pacific
Hughes and Wilson policies clash in small nations remark
The Worcester Post notes Hughes contends President Wilson’s Mexican policy contradicts his claim that small nations deserve freedom from outside interference. The piece argues neither side proves intervention equals conquest and suggests the administration has avoided full war or conquest, aligning with small-nation rights.
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Richmond
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Roosevelt
Lewiston
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Worcester
Mass
The Front Favors a Boy Who Gives His Life for France
In a farmhouse scene Jacquot vows to fight before it is too late but dies on a field road after guiding his horse Gloriet toward battle. His father, stunned by the act, watches as guns roar and Gloriet falls beside them, the nation’s call fulfilled.
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God of Arms
Obendorf Target of Avia Tors
The Nation al Geographical Society reports on the Oberndorf air raid fate of Norman Prince of the French flying corps in a war geography bulletin. The Mauser rifle factory near Oberndorf was the raid’s objective, with raiders flying over the Black Forest to the Wurtemberg town.
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Norman Prince
National Geographiec Society
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Wurtemberg
Regions in Württemberg Chart Forests and Roads
The article surveys Oberndorf and nearby towns on the Neckar describing gunmaking at Oberndorf and gunpowder at Rottweil, plus clocks, toys, and musical instrument manufacture. It notes Berthold Auerbach’s birthplace, Rottweil’s medieval heritage, a Roman mosaic, and a peasant army of road-menders maintaining 15 foot wide graded roads. Forestry limits annual timber cut to growth.
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Oberndorf
Rhine
Epinal
Stuttgart
Schaffhausen
Rottweil-Altstadt
Rottweil
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Wurtemberg
Armed Bulrushes In Trenches After Rain
The dreary trench conditions after heavy rain gave way to a spirited exit as the Pala unit stormed from the flooded positions. A sergeant urged the men to hurry while one man yelled I’m not a soldier I’m a blooming bulrush reflecting the rough humor of the scene.
Sarcastic reply to inspectors over crowded cottage
During a village inspection two sanitary inspectors visited a cottage with three adults. After a ten minute wait one inspector asked how many people lived there. The man answered five. The inspector said there would have to be two fewer. The man replied sarcastically that it would be when the inspectors left.
The Majestic closes as Janet Adair ends vaudeville run
Janet Adair will finish her run with a matinee and the final show tomorrow night on the Majestic vaudeville bill. She is joined by Miss Emily Adelphi and features include Yack Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo Thats Love in Honolulu and Theres a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl. Helen Lackaye stars in Alice Gerstenbergs playset Overtones and the bill includes Ruby Cavelle Joyce Dest Senna James Fat Thompson Maurice Burkhardt & Co La Maze Trio and other high scoring acts.
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Majestic
Janet Adair
Miss Adair
Emily Adelphi
Helen Lackaye
Alice Gerstenberg
Betail
Ruby Cavelle
Joyce
Dest and Senna
James “Fat” Thompson
Maurice Burkhardt & Co
la Maze
Her Father's Son war-time photo play at Empire
Empire Theater presents Her Father's Son a wartime photo play set in the South before secession. A girl, sent by her dying father to her uncle disguised as a boy, falls for a Northern officer at the debut ball and faces danger as she works as a spy risking a duel and ultimate surrender of love to the foe.
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Empire
Empire Theater
South
Union
Last Time for Salomy Jane at the Theatre
Miss Emma Bunting and her company perform Salomy Jane in four acts by Paul Armstrong from Bret Harte’s tale. Tonight is the final showing before next week’s matinee of The Girl from Out Yonder with Bunting as Flotsam. The production includes special scenery and effects with a matinee on Wednesday.
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Emma Bunting
Paul Armstrong
Bret Harte
Miss Bunting
A Perfect Gentleman Impresses Guests at Hotel
A visitor praises a man for his politeness and small courtesies. A guest recalls when he and his wife rode an elevator, and he removed his hat and held it for the entire descent, illustrating refined manners observed by a hostess.
Locomotive Coincidence Sparks Banquet Banter
At a banquet for the Chicago Board of Trade building completion Mayor Harrison the elder spoke proudly of being born in the year the locomotive was invented. Emery Storrs followed with a witty remark agreeing with Harrison that both the mayor and the locomotive “have been blowing off steam” since their birth year.
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