San Antonio Light Goes On Sale Nationwide
The San Antonio Light announces its edition is available at hotels and newsstands across the United States.
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San Antonio
United States
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1911
Page
6
August 1911 San Antonio circulation totals
The San Antonio newspaper reports monthly circulation figures for August 1911. The table lists daily, average daily circulation and related print metrics, including totals for various categories and adjustments such as free copies and returns.
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San Antonio i
Goa
Hue
Sane Ees
Harvey L. Steele
The
San Antonio Light
John J. Wahl
San Antonio
John J. Wall
Notary P
Bexar Co
Tex
Kipling Opposes U S Canada Reciprocity Plan
The article notes Rudyard Kipling’s declared opposition to a Canada United States reciprocity agreement. It argues his stance lacks argument, calling him a good poet with opinions but no reasons, and contrasts his views with a friendlier regional disposition in the West.
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Rudyard Kipling
Canada
United States
Kipling
New England
Texas
West
Lockhart Mayor Seen as Plain Good Man and Civic Example
The Lockhart mayor is praised as a plain good man who asks ginners not to noise whistles on Sundays so workers can rest. He is described as an example for other officials, balancing public responsibility with community quiet and rest.
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Field of
Lockhart
Mayor Field of Lockhart A Phenomenon Of Gentle Governance
The author lauds Mayor Field for his amiable approach to public order, noting his ability to address abuse without coercive law. He praises Field as a model leader whose calm wisdom and kindness yield results others seek through statute and force.
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Field
United States
Professor Menger
Lockhart
Solomon
Financial forecasting and Morocco tensions between France and Germany
The piece argues markets sense looming trouble as France and Germany clash over Morocco. It notes French banks withholding credits to England and Germany and merchants canceling orders, signaling potential conflict. It outlines German aims to dominate Morocco, and France's potential hard line leading to war with high casualties but possible German victory.
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Ocean
France
Germany
Morocco
England
Swat the Thrip Threat to Southwest Onion Crops
A local agricultural note warns of thrips attacking Bermuda onions in Laredo and Southwest Texas. The six legged Thysanoptera, once pests of corn, now risks onion yields, with potential economic impact on growers in the region.
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Laredo
Texas
Thrips on Allium Invade Southwest Texas Onion Beds
A rural note describes a slender brown thrip nicknamed for onion carries, with long antennae and legs, resistant to poisons. It jokes about using dynamite and trip hammers, then shifts to farm life and Beattie case juror reflections in Dallas and Bexar county.
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Texas
Bermuda
Galveston Opens New Seawall Boulevard
Galveston inaugurated its new seawall boulevard on September 9, marking a milestone in coastal defense and public works. The city may observe the anniversary with reflection and planned commemorations, noting the historical significance of the project.
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Galveston
Seawall
Passenger Pigeon Term Sparks Debate On Meaning And Limits
The article defines passenger as a pigeon term meaning a journey to the beyond. Secretary Fisher calls Alaska coal field claims exaggerated while criticizing Morgan heims. Six Houston residents fell ill after eating ice cream and Buffalo Bayou water is noted for germs.
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Houston
Buffalo Bayou
Texas Pecans Harvest Sparks Nutty Commentary
A local column uses a playful tone to note a bumper pecan harvest in Texas and playfully warns against overinterpretation of regional abundance. The piece blends agricultural optimism with light regional humor about the state's image.
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Texas
Turmoil in U S Politics as 1912 Campaign Opens
Mack's Monthly analyzes the early 1912 scene driven by Taft vetoes that split the Republican party. It forecasts a fracturing progressives leadership, possible independent conventions, and a likely 1912 Democratic victory amid Republican disarray and Democratic unity.
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Mack's Monthly
United States
Taft
LaFollette
Palmer and Buckner
la Follette
Bristow
Bourne
Cummins
Borah
Clapp
Works
TOGO THE CONQUEROR
The Chicago Tribune portrays Admiral Togo as returning home a conqueror with spoils of war. On the Tambu Maru crates and goods such as breakfast foods, bicycles, candy, razors, neckties, knives, firearms, car parts, and even a Percheron stallion are said to be loaded for distribution as if gifts from a free nation.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Togo
Pacific
Letters From The People Policy on Signatures
All letters intended for publication must be signed by the writer. Anonymous communications will not be published. Publication of a letter does not necessarily reflect the publishers policy or endorsement.
Boosting San Antonio From Kansas City Letter to Editor
Kansas City reader asks for stickers to promote San Antonio and Texas land interests. He mails 200 letters daily across the U S selling the city as a winter home and trade hub, offering to direct northern shippers and land buyers to San Antonio and promising to provide information at his Kansas City office.
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San Antronio
United States
Michigan
Ohio
Minnesota
Colorado
New York
Indiana
Texas
San Antonio
Kansas City
Commission
California
Reform Pioneer Mills’s Role in Early Tariff Fight Recall
The Kansas City Times recalls ex Sen Roger Q Mills of Texas and his push in 1877 to revise tariffs for revenue only. It traces his Mills bill through early tariff battles, its partial reductions, and its influence on later reforms that shaped progressive politics in both parties.
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Kansas City Times
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cleveland
Congress
Senate
Harrison
Nose Breathing Urged To Fight Germs In Daily Life
Dr. William Lee Howard in Munsey's Magazine argues that nose breathing is essential to staying germ free. He warns mouth breathing and outdoor dust spread germs and urges nasal cleanliness, avoiding home remedies that irritate the nasal membrane.
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William Lee Howard
Munsey's
Observant Citizen and the Little Red Auto
A man who idolized Barney Oldfield buys a new red car and imitates his hero. He blasts off with a smoking pose, but the car malfunctions backward, dragging him along as his wife faints. The scene ends with a comical sale ad and a return to horse and buggy.
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Barney Oldfield
Barney Oldfieldly
Harsh ride on San Pedro streetcar sparks call for hanging straps
A passenger recalls a crowded San Pedro car to Electric Park where no straps exist. He describes falls and near misses as passengers scramble to hold on. The writer insists leather straps from the ceiling would improve balance and safety on the line.
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San Antonio
San Pedro
Electric Park
Ada Wolgast
Lobster Square Refrain A Lobster Verse
Up-to-Date Verse By James W. M Gee portrays a lobster in Lobster Square lamenting a short life and glittering excess. The speaker, a Maine lobster, reflects on wealth aged pleasures and social contrasts while claiming a brief life and shared secrets of high and low.
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James W. M’gee
Lobster Square
Maine
Hotel Clerk’s Observation on Arrival Types
A hotel clerk notes two kinds of guests who ask to be registered. One is the glove wearing woman who cannot write. The other is a man arriving after 11 pm who says register me and cites a nervous hand from carrying a grip. The quote is from the New York Sun.
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New York Sun
The Poet Philosopher Copyright Tribute
The speaker credits Dr Hutch for health advice, mocking advice about meals, drinks and baths. The poem notes obedience to warnings yet suggests contrary behavior and reveals how the doctor’s guidance is saved for friends and later use. The piece plays with whimsy and satire toward medical counsel.
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Dr. Hutch
Hutchinson
How to Manage a Talking Machine
A hurried customer seeks a birthday gift for her mild, non sports-loving husband turning 44. The shop assistant quickly offers a compact, inexpensive option: a small book titled How to Manage a Talking Machine.
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San Francisco
Author's Model in Dialect Crime Tale Quip
Burglary informant boasts a new angle to perfect dialect for crime stories. A second story man questions business as the thief explains he is a model author who converses with the criminal for dialect accuracy.
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Washington Star
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