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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1911

Page

6

San Antonio Today Amid Local Telephony Turmoil

In San Antonio today a local telegraph and telephone department faces intensified issues with the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company as community officials seek resolution and service stability amid ongoing disruptions.

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San Antonio Study Maps 1920s Growth and Housing

Commercial engineers study San Antonio to forecast five to fifteen year growth, housing, density, and utilities. They note 40.07 square miles area, 19 200 farm families, 1023 vacant bowers, 739 housing stock, 6611 rooms, 99 242 vacant lots, and hotels with 1628 rooms. They compare density east of Main to west of Jones and assess department stores, lodgings, and population patterns.

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ATE A CHEAP EAL Miss Anna Morgan at Brooklyn Navy Yard

An eccentric tale places Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, at the Brooklyn navy yard for a frugal dinner of corned beef and cabbage. She paid 20 cents for the meal, then 32.40 in a taxi, exclaiming that it was money. The scene drew Workingmen in overalls as census-era talk of urban growth and infrastructure expands to the Southwest.

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The Working Girl and Her Mother Excerpt

Dorothy Dix argues that mothers favor sons over daughters, forcing working daughters to turn over earnings and bear household loads while sons rest. She cites Mary, a girl who supports her mother and brother, and contrasts it with the mother’s indulgence of sons. The piece critiques unfair parental expectations and highlights strain on working daughters.

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Parrot Lion Crunched Goodbye Herman and More

An aged mariner Vierman Toft recalls deep sea adventures and a quixotic voyage on a ship with many parrots and canaries. He recounts Andy the parrot, a dramatic cage incident, and a quarantine tale as reporters note humorous and grim recollections aboard. The piece contrasts reforms, prison garb, and public shame with wartime anecdotes and a North China Daily News correspondent’s reflections.

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