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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1911
Page
4
Mexican Election Results Tilt Toward Madero in Quiet Vote
The Mexican presidential vote ended with Madero likely elected and de la Barra in second place, with no disorder reported. The piece notes tensions with Orozco and Figueroa, concerns over post election stability, and the risk of unrest before Madero’s December 1 inauguration.
Election Peace Hints at Smooth Inauguration
The article notes no need for crossing bridges until they are reached and hopes for peaceful elections as an augury for a tranquil inauguration and administration once the new leader takes office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madero
War News From Italian Turkish Conflict Hint of End Soon
Dispatches note limited lines from Tripoli with Italian progress near Tripoli and possible Rome reports. Analysts foresee intervention by other powers and a swift conclusion as Turkey cannot land forces effectively. Italy appears to have achieved its aims and push for peace grows stronger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Europe
Malta
Italy
Rome
Turkey
Streets and Livers Scores of Worn City Streets Critique
The 1911 critique laments San Antonio streets as badly maintained and costly to taxpayers. It notes oiling the Mission Loop as token work, cites rot ten pavements like Navarro street, and warns rough roads deter tourism and progress, with每 per person tax burdens reaching hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Loop
Navarro Street
San Antonio
Comment on San Antonio tourism and Harriman line changes
The passage notes winter visitors from the north come for more than liver jokes and nightlife, seeking mobility and good times. It also reports The Light announcing changes at Harriman lines with Lovett as chairman of the executive committee and Kruttschnitt in charge of operations, later confirmed by the Associated Press after initial denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Light
United States
Harriman
Lovett
Kruttschnitt
Associated Press
New York
Tue Lieut as First to Publish Global News in San Antonio
The Lieut boasted of breaking the Liberte disaster declaration of war between Italy and Turkey and Austin dam catastrophe. It predicts Gen Bernardo Reyes’s arrival in the city as a future major development. The paper notes AP confirmation and pledges to continue breaking news first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Lieut
San Antonio
Italy
Turkey
Austin
Bernardo Reyes
United States
Associated Press
Mexico
Forty Eight Stars from the Boston Traveler
The article notes the United States now has 48 states spanning from the Atlantic to Pacific and from the lakes to the Rio Grande, totaling 3,000,000 square miles with 90,000,000 people. It observes the federal structure is complete and predicts few future state additions, possibly Alaska or territories like the Philippines and Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Atlantic
Pacific
Lakes
Rio Grande
Alaska
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Isthmus
West Indies
Polly of the Circus Opens Four Days in San Antonio
The Show Polly of the Circus opens a four days run in San Antonio drawing a good sized audience pleased with the performance. Ida St Leon as Polly receives round after round of applause with her emotional work drawing feminine tears. Joseph Harris plays Rev John Douglas and Frank J Woods is Big Jim with others in the cast. The tale blends pathos and comedy with emphasis on comedy and will run again tonight and tomorrow with a Wednesday matinee.
Majestic vaudeville earns San Antonio cheers at Plaza
San Antonio theatergoers witnessed Majestic vaudeville at the Plaza with strong applause for manager Lloyd Spencer and the cast. The Two Ahlbergs opened with acrobatics, Elsie Murphy sang new songs, Blanche Holt impressed as landlady, while Augusta Glose carried the feature bill with standout impressions. The program closed with Alexander Brothers and Witling and Exposition Four, interrupted by a cue loss as scenery cut to motion pictures. Colorado scenery reels were shown for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Plaza Theater
Lloyd Spencer
Ahlbergs
Elsie Murphy
Blanche Holt and Company
Miss Holt
G. Herbert Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Rose & Mack
Julius
Alexander Brothers
Witling
Exposition
Augusta Glose
Glose
Colorado
Night With the Redmen Charms Royal Audience
The Royal drew a near full crowd as Dorothy Lamb starred in A Night With the Redmen a playlet at the Grand amid a new vaudeville opening. Miss Lamb’s beauty and humor plus Lert Shanon’s impersonations of three famous stage celebrities drew strongest praise despite a familiarplot about a drunken husband and neglected wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Grand
the Royal
The
Redmen
Dorothy Lamb and Company
Hubby
Miss Lamb
Lert Shanon
Financiers and Folklore in Washington Saloon Lore
A humorous note from The Twice-a-month Popular Magazine recalls a Pittsburg woman who telephoned her bank to stop payment on a check she had burned. The piece mocks the stereotype that women are careless with money and uses the anecdote to counter the slur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoemaker’s Saloon
Washington
Pittsburg
Woman and Sea Shoes Highlight Fashion vs Safety
A New York World claim department report attributes most railway station and boarding accidents among women to high heeled shoes or hobble skirts. The piece mocks feminine fashion, noting women rarely change shoes for activities and questioning style choices versus safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Department of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broadway
What makes paper money the world’s paper
Scientific American describes the global origins of currency materials. Paper fiber blends include linen rag from the Orient, silk from China or Italy, blue ink from German or Canadian cobalt, and black ink from Niagara Falls acetylene gas smoke. Green ink uses German zinc sulphite mix. red in the seal comes from Central American pigment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Orient
China
Italy
Niagara Falls
Germany
Central America
Has Bumped the Bumps Himself
A compact report notes a character named Uncle Joe Cannon with sharp views on Sir Wilfred Laurier reflecting public sentiment in Baltimore. The piece hints at partisan tension and lively political rhetoric in a brief, opinionated snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cannon
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Baltimore Sum
Prickly heat disease and its simple remedies
Prickly heat is a skin disease marked by red patches and intense itching aided by excessive perspiration. It is more common in warm weather and can be severe in tropical climates, but generally improves with treatment such as cooling lotions and internal cathartics. remedies include weak carbolic acid solution boric acid solution sulfur or bicarbonate of soda on the affected area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Wollf
Equatorial
United States
Autocracy of wives through a foreign view
Countess Wike horst Corsini touring the United States argues that America has an autocracy of wives, making husbands’ lot servile. She asserts liberty is symbolized by a woman and contrasts it with male authority, remarking on love serving as the ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wikehorst Corsini
United States
Russia
Tolstoi
Up-to-Date Verse by Percy Shaw in Maine Weather Ballad
A humorous verse about Maine’s shifting weather and drink laws, echoing fifty years of dry periods. The farmer’s tale moves from dry to wet, noting the election rhyme We voted wet because we’re dry as counties flip between prohibition and repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Shaw
Maine
City on Peru plateau ruins rival Boston in size
Hartford Times describes ruins on a high Andean plateau near Lake Titicaca as large as Boston with 160 ton stones and elaborate gateways. It notes evidence the inhabitants were early corn and potato discoverers, skilled masons, and that climate change silenced this once thriving civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Times
Lake Titicaca
Peru
South America
Boston
De la Barra Made Good
The Laredo Times lauds Provisional President de la Barra as a faithful public official who has kept his promise not to seek election. His administration is free of graft and bias, and his honesty is unquestioned though he would have been a strong opponent to Francisco I Madero if nominated. If election friction delays a candidate, de la Barra would be a safe interim trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico A
Madero
de la Barra
Reyes
Orozco
Figueroa
Diaz
The
Laredo Times
Mexico
Francisco I Madero
Observant Texan Calls for Education Bureau Formation
A Texan returning from a trip urges creation of a state bureau of education to counter northerners myths about Texas. He notes lingering beliefs of desperado legends and buffalo meat as staple food, citing a New York woman’s questions and a moving picture misimpression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Education
Texas
New York
Lone Star
No flies on him prize story twist in cobwebs
A cabman who rewarded hostslers annually for horse care spots a cobweb in a quiet corner. Jones notices it too and explains he keeps it to trap flies that annoy the horses, preserving their well being. The tale celebrates readiness and the hostler’s pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Very Thoughtful Man From Atchison
An Atchison man, beloved by his family, is known for a nightly warning when irritated. After a hard day, he advises: stay away, do not speak, and put the cat outside to avoid his outburst until morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Atchison Globe
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