San Antonio Light circulation ad from 1916 era notice
A fragmented OCR page from The San Antonio Light lists offices in New York Chicago Detroit and Boston and details circulation figures and advertising figures for October 1916. It notes daily and Sunday editions and a total daily circulation around 91,030 with Sunday higher, plus ADSI Bureau of Circulation credits and regional offices.
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Bates Thaly
Bonday
Carrie
Benday
Sarsier
Benfhar
Mamaia
Way
Toe
Mallane Wg
Borton
Blwex
Sete
Liepeut & Trust Bios
Kreege
Wascay
Saul
Fat Years at Hand as Prosperity Grips 1915 Outlook
The piece weighs cyclical wealth, noting seven lean years followed by seven fat years, with 1915 prosperity seen as a prelude to 1916. It cites French industrial talks for postwar purchases, railroads tightening budgets, and a broad optimistic forecast while reflecting on church efficiency and notional wages for ministers. It mentions Beecher's quip on wakefulness and contrasts business zeal with ecclesiastical purpose.
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United States
Industrial and Commercial Commission
France
Germany
Laborer’s Hire and Ministers’ Salaries Debate
The Rev Robert B McArthur argues ministers’ pay mirrors worth not just effort. He cites Massachusetts Baptists earning about 1.5 to 7 a day and contends some clergy rise or fall by merit. A contemporary recalls Henry Ward Beecher in relation to the discussion.
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Robert 8. McArthur
D. D
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
McArthur
Henry Ward Beech
Lesson From Peabody Fire Shows Drills Aren't Safeguards
A Peabody Massachusetts schoolhouse fire that killed twenty two children exposed lax safety. Officials trusted outward opening doors were enough because drills ran smoothly. The disaster argues for proper exits and fire escapes beyond routine drills and enforcement of safety laws.
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Peabody
Mass
Peabody Cage
Brooklyn
Cedar Rapids Man Eddie Simms Dies By Suicide
A Cedar Rapids resident, Eddie Simms, deeply troubled by a life of adventure, took his own life believing he could not partake in the greatest war the world has never known. Born in Iowa, he grew up amid rugged exploits and sought a final, ultimate challenge.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Eddie Simms
Towa
Eddie Simms A World Wanderer Driven By War Longing
A man named Eddie Simms roamed the globe in search of battle and excitement. Born of blood and restless spirit, he fought across continents from the South Seas to Manchuria, then settled in Cedar Rapids with a church life. Denying war news to protect his marriage, his imagination grew wilder until he killed himself, a tragic note in a life driven by a longing to conquer wars.
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South Seas
China
Sirus
Afvica
Manchuria
Amazon
Mexico
England
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Hattle
Eddie Simms
Alexander
Asia
Indian Ocean
Simms
Supreme Court strikes down Arizona law on equal protection
Justice Hughes states aliens are entitled to equal protection and cannot be denied in employment or civil rights. The decision invalidates a referendum style measure restricting hiring by employers of more than forty percent aliens, interpreting the constitution as protecting non citizens’ rights and electoral participation.
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Arizona
Supreme Court of the
United States
Justine Hughes
Supreme Court
Awa
Program Wise and Amfile Defense Plan Deliberations
The article discusses a defense program described as wise and ample, predicted to incur no immediate heavy costs and to be funded over several years. It argues pacifist opposition cannot stop the plan, but stresses the need for executive ability, energy, and knowledge to implement it without delay, requiring coordinated army and navy leadership and minimal political interference.
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Army
Navy
The Main Thing From The Dalles Fair Pigs
An education authority stresses using knowledge over rote facts. The speaker highlights practical intelligence in living. At the Dalles fair, pigs were split by diet and pasture. one fed one food failed, one fed two foods did better, and a third fed two foods plus pasture produced an excellent pig.
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Hving
Dalles
Thias
Tarr Pls
Diversify to shield farms from cotton fall in North Texas
A farmer urges reducing cotton acreage to dodge weevil damage and low prices. He counsels planting wheat corn oats sorghum hay peas and garden produce adding fruit trees for family and stock. The note stresses unity among farmers and self reliance in tough years.
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Texas
Anowld
Kuun
Shermap Democrats
Preparedness Feature Seeks Industrial Broadening
The Manufacturers Record argues national defense requires expanding steel and iron industries and war materials production beyond current limits. It warns that concentrating resources in a few regions could cripple the nation if disaster strikes, urging broader industrial base for resilience.
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Baia
Newspaper writers press to curb style in modern media
In a discussion on newspaper literature editors complain about the stewarship of style. Writers urge discipline while papers seek readers through clarity. The union urges better copy and revision to improve journalism.
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Newapsper
Literatura
journal‘State—Texas
Public Letters On Naval Policy And Defense Debates
A long letter criticizes ongoing defense spending and naval plans as wasteful. It questions why the nation builds oversized battleships and advocates stronger coast defenses, fewer long range ships, and a focus on protecting harbors with batteries rather than expanding armies. The author cites Roosevelt and British history to argue for practical defense over grandiose armaments.
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Waltort
Byuro
Psn
Congrem
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Éuhgor
Germany
England
Mexico
Salvador
Trinofora
Arma Tanto
Jang Yunge Gina
Lateshiy
Guna
New York
Sandy Hook
Beth
Helgoland
Hialt
Gaul
Winston Chuteai
Kiel
Jallicon
Schwab
Carnegie
Democrios
Umbrella Dress in Dainty Fashion for Debutantes
Daily Fashion Hint describes the Umbrella Dress by Loucet with a drop loop frock style in pale blue faille and cream lace, featuring a white silk fringe skirt edge, rosebud clusters, and a decollete net bodice. The gown uses a crushed girdle and waterfall back drape, with variations in pussy willow silk net for debutantes. feathered foundations help keep the loops in place.
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Macy Glynn
Loucet
Diatecia
Bose
Dalton
Eye strain from moving pictures and protective tips
The Journal of the American Medical Association offers advice for moviegoers to prevent eye strain. It recommends properly fitted glasses, colored lenses for sensitive eyes, and theater lighting that is subdued to reduce strain.
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Journal of the Américas
The
Journal
Fim
Mmoz
Grandfather and the Bear in a Sleepy Tale
A fragmented children's story recounts a grandfather tending a bear cub with honey and dressing its injured foot, then releasing the cub to the woods as the bear growls outside. Beth asks for another tale while unrelated notes on authors and salaries interrupt.
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Grandmother
Beth
Grandader
Ned
Grandmathen
Nish Belgrade, Serbia's Second City, Historic Frontier Hub
The text surveys Nish in Serbia as a pivotal fortress city guarding routes from Europe to the Orient. It notes its abandoned capitals Brussels and Belgrade, its strategic rail links to Saloniki and Athens, and its role as Serbia’s commercial and military focus with fortifications, iron works, and a long Turkish rule since 1456.
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Balkat
Stece
Byzatium
Brussels
Serbia
Add
Parla
Belgrade
Meriva
Constantinople
Froder
Strateria
Danube
Europe
Orient
Nish
Balkans
Paris
Munich
Vienna
Saloniki
Athens
Hay
Bulgar
Bas
Cty
Naissus
Claudine
Oleo
Constantine the Great
Attia
Bulgariace
Tur Ip
Berbiana
Frederic Barbaroscé
Olty
Frederia
Intelligent Invasion of the Americas Promoted
A historical notice argues for patient, intelligent economic expansion into the Americas south and east. It highlights European paralyzation as an opening for U S. merchants, urging agents to study languages, establish slow, informed advances, and use Buenos Aires banks for market intelligence. References Carpenter, Wilson, Baden, Burton.
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Euautrer
Prisducers
Americas
Europe
Betanae
Sven
United States
Issl & Great Bank
Buenos Aires
Particu
Ohio Valley
Janewaer
Carpenter
Wilson
Baden
Burton
Rex
South America
Advica
Nnturate Field
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