San Antonio Light circulation data and publication details
The San Antonio Light reports circulation totals for a period verified by Circulation Manager Harvey L. Steele and sworn before Notary John J. Wahl on Oct 2, 1911. It lists pricing, subscription options, postal status, and distribution channels across hotels and newsstands nationwide.
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Harvey L. Steele
The
San Antonio Light
John J. Wahl
San Antonio
Notary Public
Bexar Co
Tex
Legal lapses in Texas case against Madero plotters
Texas readers see the State vs Daniel de Villiers and William L Dunne delayed in El Paso. The El Paso district attorney criticizes office practices and wasteful witness expenses as the case lingers, while witnesses travel from San Antonio and other points, costing taxpayers and firms. The piece urges reforms to prevent such delays and frivolous spending.
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Parker
el Paso
Madero
San Antonio
Texas
Paso
Pullman Company
Sunset
Bearding the Lion A Suffrage Demonstration Goes to the Farm
Upper Sandusky girls on Tag Day chased and dragged a steer from a farm to town and auctioned it for a factory site fundraiser, after a skeptical donor offered the steer as a joke. The episode is framed as a test of modern militant femininity and its progress against traditional barriers.
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Upper Sandusky
Common-sense view on trial location and legal precedent
The writer argues it is reasonable to excuse delays while cases travel long distances and cites law's reliance on decorum, precedent, and tradition. Relief may come when fewer lawyers influence the legislature.
The Perfect Woman Description Stirs Cambridge Discussion
An article revisits Dr Blanche A De nig's ideal woman presented to the Stenographers Mutual Association in Cambridge Massachusetts. The plan specifies a 115 pound weight and precise measurements while claiming the figure would generate 2614 degrees of heat every day.
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Tue Licnr
Blanche A. Denig
Stenographers’ Mutual Association
Cambridge
Mass
Woman’s Rise to Boiling Point in Humorous Parable
The article uses Omar Khayyam lore via George Roe to satirize the effort to heat water, arguing that preparation and temperament shape the task. It muses on creating a capable woman from a blend of traits and notes that with such vigor feminine ambition will meet the challenge of supplying caloric energy.
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George Roe
San Antonio
Omar Khayyam
Paradise
Khuda
Man
Mixed Mexican Election Faces Slow Returns and Uncertain Vice Presidency
Returns from the Mexican election come in slowly making it likely to take days or a week to determine the vice presidency. President-elect Madero appears secure, but divisions remain as candidates claim victory. Disorder is feared if results go to the Chamber of Deputies or if opposition challenges validity.
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Madero
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Wine imports to England exceed twelve million gallons in casks
Over the past year England imported more than 12,000,000 gallons of wine in casks and 1,731,411 gallons in bottles, reflecting strong demand and large trade volumes. The figures highlight substantial wine imports alongside bottled products within the same period.
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England
Disease and Its Cure by Eddy Wolff
The pleura surrounds the lungs and pleurisy is inflammation from cold exposure, pneumonia, injuries, rheumatism, or consumption. Dry pleurisy can be managed with recovery possible. exudate may be absorbed or require surgery if thickened. Symptoms include side stitch, dry cough, and breathing difficulty. Keeping the body warm and dry helps prevent pleurisy.
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Eddy Wolff
Quotations on Women From 19th Century Authors
A collection of aphorisms and witticisms about women attributed to Balzac Leigh Hunt Karr Ninon de l Enclos Sophie Arnold Dupuy and others. The quotes discuss power perception motherhood mother in law and influence in relationships.
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Anon
Adam
Sophie Arnold
Aecoquette
Dupuy
Dumas
Georgia peach grower faces scam in Indianapolis shipment
A Georgia grower sent a carload of peaches to an Indianapolis commission merchant. A telegram said the fruit arrived practically worthless. The grower confronted the buyer in Indianapolis, revealing the shipment and threatening force to obtain payment.
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Indianapolis
Turks Dont Get Drunk Says Turkish Temperance
William Walker Smith of Cincinnati, third secretary at the U S embassy in Constantinople, notes Turks are temperate and rarely drink alcohol. He observes liquor is consumed by foreigners and that Turks avoid dance houses, carousal, and heavy meat eating due to money and customs.
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William Walker Smith
Cincinnati
United States
Constantinople
Amerika
Washington Post
City Job Seeks Turned Farm Boy Into Bartender
A country boy arrives in the city and struggles to find work before taking a restaurant job that leads to bartending. His father visits, witnesses the cork popping and the pouring, and jokes about drinking danger as the beer gushes out. Chicago Evening Fest.
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Wiles
Ensilage
Chicago
Johnson Wells bout set for October in heavyweights
The Chicago Record-Herald notes the fight between Jack Johnson and Bombardier Wells is scheduled for October. The editorial argues the bout will fuel anti American sentiment in Britain and provoke further imperial tensions.
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Jack Johnson
Bombardier Wells
America
Chicago Record-Herald
Still Shies at Anything Dark
A brown bear chased Jeffries, the former champion boxer, two miles, while the so called white hope struggles to recover from last year’s upset, per the New York World.
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Jeffries
New York World
Mail by airship mocked by Hitchcock reference
After loading the magazines into freight cars the air mail plan is ridiculed as if Frank Hitchcock is being rubbed in. The Washington Post notes the proposal to send the rest of the mail by airship with sharp sarcasm.
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Frank Hitchcock
Washington Post
Wilson hinted as candidate despite modesty
The Pittsburg Gazette Times notes Woodrow Wilson keeps speaking about his possible run but his modesty prevents him from naming the role. The cartoonish remark frames Wilson as a potential candidate, with ironic attention to his restraint.
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Woodrow Wilson
Pittsburg
Gazette-Times
Cincinnati shows way to beat Giants of Muggsy McGraw
The Pittsburg Press notes Cincinnati demonstrated a winning approach against the Giants led by Muggsy McGraw on a Sunday, highlighting how to break through their defense.
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Cincinnati
Muggsy McGraw
Pittsburg Press
They Can't Get Around Him Taft as Middle-of-the-Road
Opinion notes insurgent criticism of William Howard Taft as a middle-of-the-road statesman, arguing he leaves little room around the edges. The Philadelphia Telegraph quote is cited.
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Mr. Taft
Philadelphia Telegraph
Wickersham vows to send some trust magnate to prison
Milwaukee News reports Attorney General Wickersham intends to jail a trust magnate, framing a bold legal challenge and testing a political dare.
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Wickersham
Milwaukee News
Taft Gustatory Feats Questioned in Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution jokes that if Mr Taft can endure 13 000 miles of banquets there would be a new mark in the gustatory hall of fame. The remark frames Tafts long banquet schedule as a test of endurance.
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Taft
Gustatory Hall of Fame
Atlanta Constitution
Sporting Page or Comic Sup
A witty Detroit Free Press line notes that if John L. Sullivan joined Congress the Congressional Record would resemble a sporting page, implying a clash of personalities and styles between sport and politics.
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John L. Sullivan
Congress
Congressional Record
Detroit Free Press
Autocratic Head Waiter Keeps Tables Reserved
A New York Sun excerpt recounts a diner who tried to curry favor with multiple hotel head waiters by tipping heavily. His plan backfired as he found tables mysteriously reserved and service turned against him, revealing how powerful a head waiter can be in securing prime seating.
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The
New York Sun
New York
Poem Fragments From Alice Meynell
A poetic fragment expresses longing and restraint toward a beloved figure. The speaker hides thoughts of thee amid blue heaven and fair thoughts, then dreams loosen bonds and submits to reunion with thee as sleep arrives. The voice imagines surrender to affection and reunion with the beloved.
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Alice Meynell
Drinking in New York from a Southern lens in 19th century prose
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt cites a New York minister claiming one saloon per sixty voters, contrasting Southern temperance with New York drinking culture. The piece mocks Southern imagery, notes pervasive intemperance, and argues New York’s vice could derail its moral standing relative to Kentucky.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
New York
Metropolis
South
Sally Lunn
Kentucky
San Antonio Architect Designs Carlsbad TB Colony
The State Anti Tuberculosis Commission selects Henry T. Phelps of San Antonio as architect for Colony No 1 to be located at Carlsbad fourteen miles from San Angelo. Plans call for a $65,000 facility with at least sixty patient capacity, including administration and hospital buildings, subsistence, ice, light and power plants, on 239 acres at 2150 feet.
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San Antonian
Add: Times Herald
State Anti-Tuberculosis Commission
Henry T. Phelps
San Antonio
Carlsbad
San Angelo
Traveling man helps old Mexican. rattlesnake sack causes tumble
A traveling man offers a ride to an old Mexican along the Somerset road. The sack he carries contains rattlesnakes, causing the traveler to crash to the ground. He decides to walk the two miles into town after the mishap, while Pete returns with a rattlesnake sack.
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Somerset Road
Senor
Muchissimo Gracias
Hombre
Pete
Exploitative Hat Passing by Street Bands in San Antonio
In San Antonio, several Mexican and negro bands survive by soliciting freewill offerings from the public. Musicians perform in threes or fours, often featuring a crippled child or elderly man who passes the hat after the music. The sympathy tactic yields larger totals than performances by able-bodied players.
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San Antonio
Visitor from San Antonio Warns of Old Town Arrears
A San Antonio visitor told The Fact editor that life in the town proceeds as usual and that anyone proposing new ideas or reversing a position risks arrest. The paper presents it as potentially important if true and moves on.
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San Antonio
Texas
S. C. Beckwith
Representatives
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Fact
Victoria
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