San Antonio Light Circulation Figures and Postal Details
The San Antonio Light announces its circulation for October 1911, reporting 634,891 total circulation, 17,254 average daily, 16,525 net paid daily, with 729 any copies. Harvey L. Steele, circulation manager, certifies figures before Notary John J. Wahl. Ads and postal details for subscriptions and delivery changes are listed.
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Harvey L. Steele
The
San Antonio Light
John J. Wahl
Notary Public
San Antonio
Bexar Co
Tex
Perkins Blames Inventions for Economic Strains
George W. Perkins argues that Edison Bell Wright brothers and other inventors drive conditions forcing trusts to comply with the Sherman act. He says long distance communication changes business and old methods are unusable, while warning against overestimating peril and stressing human minds over bodies in modern enterprise.
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George W. Perkins
Messrs
Rockefeller
Morgan
Carnegie
Edison
Bell
Wright Brothers
Perkins
New York
Boston
Chicago
Ocean Elephant Gigantic to Rise as Biggest Liner Yet
An ocean liner named Gigantic is planned with 70 000 ton displacement and 4000 passenger capacity. It features a cricket field golf links tennis court and other amusements aimed at luxury travel. The $10 million craft could redefine transatlantic voyages and may render current ships obsolete in fifty years.
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Coney Island
Atlantic
Old and New Conditions in Public Service Compared
The article contrasts governance under old and new conditions, noting larger operations and broader reach. It critiques Mr. Perkins for excessive sympathy toward laborers and argues participation costs should reflect the servant’s effort and wear on his framework.
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Perkins
Grey explains how a war was averted in Morocco crisis
The dispatch highlights Sir Edward Grey’s Commons remarks on preventing a crisis as France Germany and Spain debated the partition of Morocco. The article notes his quiet, impressive delivery and points out oddities in the narrative, including whether Britain was interested in the Moroccan division.
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Edward Grey
Germany
England
House of Commons
Sir Edward Grey
Morocco
France
Spain
England Morocco row hints at hidden motives
The discussion argues that Britain's actions over Morocco are driven by strategic aims beyond France or Spain. It contends Gibraltar Ceuta and Mediterranean access shape Europe’s interest, suggesting Britain seeks advantage elsewhere while Edward Grey’s speech offers little reassurance.
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Diale
England
France
Germany
Spain
Morocco
Great Britain
Ceuta
Europe
Mediterranean
Monaco
Gibraltar
Edward Grey
Wilhelmstrasse
Rooster Purge Sparks Farmer Economy Debate
In a provocative editorial a Secretary of Agriculture proposal to kill and sell roosters after the hatching season is described. The piece warns reform ambitions may spread and critiques gender and eugenics rhetoric while satirically noting farmers face economic losses and moral risk amid calls for political change.
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Secretary of Agriculture
A Bird That Plows From the New York Sun
A Bronx zoo visitor watches a Manchurian crane tilling sod in its enclosure. The crane, four feet high with a white body red topknot and black tail, overturns soil with an eight inch beak in search of live delicacies. The keeper notes the bird is valued in Japan and helps farmers by digging, while fed cracked corn but allowed to roam.
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New York Sun
Bronx Zoo
Japan
The Dawn of Suspicion in Civil War Reflections
A boy asks his father if anyone helped quell the rebellion, reflecting on wartime loyalties and postwar doubt as shared by a veteran who recalls the Civil War frontier. The exchange highlights lingering questions about support and responsibility in the conflict’s aftermath.
The Grand Old Fire Steeds Remembered
A reflective poem recalls the drag-team and fire-truck as they pass, tribute to their courage. The poem contrasts past glory with present indifference, honoring the fire steeds as symbols of bravery and sacrifice amid urban life’s churn.
Berlin Uniformed Embassy Staff Spark American Diplomacy
A Berlin correspondent reports that the US ambassador Leishman issued a uniform dress code for embassy staff, reviving Charlemagne Tower’s tradition. The staff, except the military attaché, wore gilt buttons and gold lace at the Kaiser’s court, recalling a historic court access dispute with Tower in Czarist Russia.
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New York Sun
Berlin
United States
Leishman
Charlemagne Tower
Tower
St. Petersburg
Hill
Prophecy of Mother Shipton Foretells Odd Skills
The verse attributed to Ursula Shipton is described as a mythic prediction from over three centuries ago. It lists curious prophecies such as carriages without horses and people moving through water and air, claiming an end date of eighteen eighty one.
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Ursula Shipton
Cardinal Wolsey
England
Trouble All He Has Annexed
A satirical line from the Kansas City Star questions Champ Clark's ambitions, suggesting he would prefer annexing Canada to winning the presidency in a pointed political jab.
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Champ Clark
Canada
Kansas City Star
Is Sure Worth the Effort Quote attributed to J P Morgan
A quotation in the Charleston News and Courier asks if wealth earned by criminal means would be attractive, noting J P Morgan as the example. The remark plays on morality and finance in a historical newspaper context.
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J. P. Morgan
Charleston News and Courier
Letter to the Editor critiques mayoral autocracy in San Antonio
A resident urges San Antonio voters to demand a reformed city government with a purely legislative council and a restrained executive. He recounts hostile reception at a council meeting and criticizes the mayor’s control, endorsing the Publicity League’s vision for better governance and urging taxpayer participation.
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Texas
United States
House of Congress
San Antonio
Callaghan
Publicity League
Disease and Its Cure Frostbite Causes and Treatments
Frostbite results from severe cold affecting skin and deeper tissue including chapped skin and chilblains. It progresses from pallor and numbness to hard leathery areas and possible gangrene, with danger from rapid heating. rub with snow and cold water, avoid alcohol, and delay warming to reduce complications.
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Eddy Wolff
Roosevelt Says Steel Trust Magnates Didn't Trick Him
Milwaukee News notes that Roosevelt asserts he never believed the steel trust game was legitimate and implies he knew the scheme was fake all along.
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Roosevelt
Milwaukee News
Five Hunters Cancel Deer Trip Due to Cold Weather
Five friends planned an overland deer hunt from San Antonio to a ranch forty miles north with wagons and ample supplies. On Thanksgiving morning all canceled after phone calls, citing zero weather as too cold to enjoy hunting, despite veteran hunters praising the conditions.
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San Antonio
Johnnie
Frank
Charley
Joe
Duty of public papers to tell facts on public questions
Missouri Supreme Court rules that a public newspaper must report facts on matters of public interest and fairly criticize public officials. It states reporters may draw inferences for the people while avoiding timidity or personal motives, and failing to expose public misconduct is a form of wrongdoing.
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Chicago Tribune
Supreme Court of Missouri
Th Herald
Miconduct
Not Expecting a Large Fine in Unclear Settlement
A brief, fragmentary note from the St Louis Globe-Democrat hints at a financial dispute or settlement with a very large potential penalty. The text references a $29,000,000 touch and a $2 amount, implying a sharp contrast in expected costs. No clear names or dates are readable.
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Andrew Vert
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Bubs
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Harrison L. Breach
Business Office
Vance
S. C. Beckwith
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Tribune
San Antonio T Dar
Chester
Mother Shipton
Harry
BY Tad
Fannie
Bok
Haha
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