San Antonio Light 1911 circulation statement and notices
The San Antonio Light presents a subscriber notice page with address change instructions and a September 1911 circulation report. Harv ey L. Steele verifies daily circulation totals and notary John J. Wahl witnesses the sworn statement. The document lists carrier and mail rates and note s on newspaper sale locations.
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San Antonio
I. Harvey JL. Steele
San Antonio Mt
Harvey L. Steele
John J. Wahl
Notary Public
Bexar Co
Lex
Mayor oversteps role in San Antonio street oil plan
An editorial condemns Mayor Callaghan for blocking a $10,000 city council appropriation to oil dusty and muddy streets near the Fair Grounds, arguing the mayor has no legal right to veto such legislation and should mind his own business.
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Callaghan
City of
San Antonio
New York On Her Way After Giants Defeat
New York reflects on a Giants loss with mixed sentiment. The piece notes post mortem debate and suggests any defeat offers lessons, praising the city’s resilience and lessons learned by players and fans alike.
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New York
New York’s triumph in sport and civic pride praised
The piece lauds New York for shedding a spotted reputation and displaying self restraint and dignity in a sports series. It credits fans with loyalty that closed the stock exchange in a display of civic pride and notes fair behavior toward officials, amid admiration for perseverance and eventual potential for a world pennant.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Coogan
Coombs
Desideratum
Death Exhibit At Dallas State Fair Illustrates Tuberculosis Toll
A public health exhibit at the Dallas state fair features a doll that becomes a skeleton every thirty seconds to symbolize tuberculosis deaths. Police managed crowds as visitors viewed the grim display, which aims to convey the scale of the disease beyond mere statistics. The piece argues that sensational outreach can awaken imagination and drive home scientific facts about mortality.
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Dallas
Arcturus
Cactus Whitewash Used in South America Proposed for Western Farms
Theodore H. Adams of Denver describes a whitewash made from sliced cactus leaves mixed with lime that yields a durable pearly white finish for wood brick or iron surfaces. He cites Uruguay and nearby regions where natives use the method to brighten farm buildings and endure weather, suggesting farmers could profit by adopting it where cactus is common.
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The
Washington Post
South America
Theodore H. Adams
Denver
Raleigh
Uruguay
Song Praise for Missouri In Linneus Bulletin
Mrs. Lee Demarest of Lathrop wrote a Missouri praise song for the Linneus Bulletin. The chorus proclaims pride in Missouri as the land of honey, tur tle dove, best schools, fine mules, and everything grown.
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Linneus
Lee Demarest
Lathrop
Missouri
Lewiston anecdote quotes Senator Frye on whining
A Lewiston vignette recalls the late Senator Frye mockingly responding to a dinner guest who complained of having only one friend, the guest’s dog. The Philadelphia Record notes Frye’s bluff optimism and quick wit in the exchange.
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Frye
Lewiston
Senator Frye
Philadelphia Record
Subconscious Mind Quip Cited in London Opinion
A humorous exchange appears in the London Opinion with Mrs Knagger recalling a past impulse to marry and Mr Knagger acknowledging the same, noting hindsight on the moment. The snippet mirrors a light conversational tone within a period humor page.
Poems Worth Preserving The Bad Ballads
Verse recounts a shore encounter with an elderly seaman reciting a tale from the Nancy Bell. The narrator notes oddities in the tale and the sea story escalates to a cannibal ending, with the cook and captain fighting over survival as the ship sinks.
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Deal
Ramsgate Span
Nancy Bell
Indian Sea
Corn clubs boost rural life and youth science
The Springfield Republican highlights corn clubs for boys and canning clubs for girls as a drive to modernize farming life. It cites the Virginia state fair in Richmond where 300 boys in country corn clubs led a parade, Governor Mann in the lead, showcasing new farming programs and community momentum.
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Springfield Republican
South
Richmond
Capitol Square
Fair Grounds
Mann
Portrait collector recalls Justice Harlan debt
Albert Rosenthal told the appropriation committee that Justice John Marshall Harlan failed to earn enough to repay a $1000 debt from his marriage. Rosenthal had painted former Supreme Court justices and offered the collection to Congress for purchase. Harlan reportedly said he would like the portrait and that he still owes the money each year when balancing his accounts.
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Baltimore Sun
Harlan
House
Albert Rosenthal
Philadelphia
Mr. Rosenthal
City council brawl over street use vote in railway ordinance
A heated council meeting ended with a clash over granting street use to the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway. After a seven to six vote, Alderman Boynton challenged the legality, saying a two thirds majority was needed for a franchise. The mayor overruled, roll call showed dissent and the chair was sustained.
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Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
Boynton
Callaghan
Fries
The King and the Billionaire Heir
A prose poem reflecting on a royal lineage from old King Cole to a modern descendant. It contrasts a legendary reign of fifty years with a fortune that balloons into a billion, as wealth grows, loyalty, and fame endure beyond a golf talent.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
King Cole
John D
Senator Wigfall and the rope joke at Gainesville dinner
Senator Bailey recounted a Civil War tale at a Gainesville dinner on Independence Day. Confederate senator Wigfall, in disguise, chatted with Union soldiers who said they would string him up if captured. Wigfall responded that he would be pulling on one end of the rope himself.
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Bailey
Gainesville
Wigfall
Confederate Congress
Texas
Senator Wigfall
Disease and Its Cure
An article explains the vermiform appendix and appendicitis. It cites causes such as cold drinks and lodged seeds, describes cramping and leg drawings as early symptoms, warns of progression without surgery, and states the appendix is useless and removal rarely fatal when early.
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Eddy Wolff
Origin of heartbeat study at Clay College of Surgeons
London correspondent reports Prof Arthur Keith and Dr Martin Flack’s discovery of a small cardiac tissue mass named the pacemaker of the heart. Dr Thomas Lewis at University College confirms the site where the heartbeat originates using electrical methods. Secondary centers can trigger the beat if the main pacemaker fails.
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London Cor
Philadelphia Ledger
Arthur Keith
Clay College of Surgeons
Keith
Martin Flack
Thomas Lewis
University College
Man Imagines Himself Satan In Hospital Tale
An ex-attendant at the Indiana hospital for the insane recalls a patient who believed himself the devil. The man shouted he was Satan and asked the time, noting he had promised to be in hell by six o'clock as the observer checked his watch at about four.
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Indiana Hospital
Satan
Public safety plea for street car stop near corners
Charles C. Smith urges San Antonio city to require street cars to stop on the near corner and vehicles to travel on the right side. He argues this would ease pedestrian and vehicle flow, reduce corner blockages, improve safety, and support existing traffic rules.
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San Antonio Traction Company
CHARLES @C. SMITH
Fourth Ward
Matrimony Limits a Wife Business Venture Says Michigan Court
The Michigan Supreme Court rules a married woman cannot establish a competing business against her husband if he can support her. The decision implies matrimonial partnership takes precedence over individual business action. The ruling concerns an ambitious wife who started a mercantile establishment opposing her husband.
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Supreme Court of Michigan
New York Mail
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