San Antonio Women Lead Citywide Sanitation Drive
In San Antonio on February 20, the Women’s Club plans a March 10 sanitation drive with a citywide “scouring bee.” Mayor, Aldermen, Health, Police, Fire, School boards, Business Men’s Club and Chamber of Commerce back the effort.
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San Antonio
Texas
Women’s Club
Board of Health
Board of Health, the Police Department, the Fire Department
Business Men's Club and
Chamber of Commerce
Democratic delegates arrive for Bryan convention
Hutchinson Kansas Feb 20 delegates gather in the city for the State Democratic convention to select delegates at large and alternates to the national Denver convention. William J Bryan is expected to receive unanimous endorsement for the presidential nomination.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Denver
William J. Bryan
Gien
Wabash Seeks Extension To Nine Hour Law For Stations
The Wabash Railroad asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for more time before the nine hour law takes effect for train direction staff. The petition warns that without an extension many small stations could close, hurting service and causing public inconvenience. The company says it must hire 245 additional telegraph operators but has not secured enough qualified personnel.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wabash Railroad Company
Commission
Congress
Mrs Elizabeth Barnum Dies Widow of 1812 Soldier
Mrs Elizabeth Barnum aged ninety six dies in East Orange New Jersey. Born in Vermont she was among the few surviving widows of the war of 1812. Her husband Henry Barnum of Franklin Connecticut was a cousin of P T Barnum the circus man.
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East Orange
N. J
Elizabeth Barnum
Vermont
Henry Barnum
Franklin, Conn
P. T. Barnum
Temporary receivers appointed for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Justice Platzek in the New York state supreme court granted temporary receivership for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance on the Attorney General’s application. The firm is already in the hands of receivers named by the United States court following a policyholders committee request.
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New York
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Justice Platzek
New York State Supreme Court
Jackson
United States Court
Committee of
General Dodge Dies at 66 in Washington
Brigadier General Francis S. Dodge retired and Medal of Honor recipient dies at his Washington residence. He earned the honor for gallantry at White River Colorado during the Indian campaigns and served with the Twenty third Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. He was sixty six years old.
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Washington
Francis S. Dodge
Congress
White River
Colorado
Dodge
Twenty-third
Massachusetts Volunteer
Tick Disease Fight Fund Approved by House Panel
Washington February 20. Representative Smith of Texas has secured a $250,000 appropriation to combat the cattle tick. The measure is included in the committee report accompanying the general agricultural bill.
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Washington
Smith
Texas
House
General Agricultural
Port Arthur Texas Declared Intransit Port of Entry
Representative Coover secured House passage for Port Arthur Texas as an intransit port of entry. This marks the third local Texas bill approved this session.
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Washington
Coover
Port Arthur
Tex
Texas
Californians Are Coming to Texas Orange Lands
J P Mullen a former California orange grower now in Ardmore Oklahoma says California growers plan an early exodus into Texas orange lands. An expert survey found Texas land suitable and much cheaper than California with transportation advantages and potential for small growers.
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San Antonio
Texas
California
J. P. Mutton
Ardmore
San Bernardino
Mullen
Harriman Wins Illinois Central Stock Vote Ruling
Chicago report states E. H. Harriman secured a full victory in the Illinois Central railway litigation. Judge Ball dissolved the temporary injunction blocking 286,231 shares from voting at the Illinois Pacific Railway and Railroads Securities Company annual meeting, set for March 2 in Chicago. The decision, about 10,000 words, concludes no concrete misconduct by defendants and finds no legal injury to complainants from the upcoming director election.
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Chicago
E. H. Harriman
Illinois Central Railway
Judge Ball
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Pacific Railway Company
Railroads’ Securities Company of New Jersey
Union Pacific and Railroad Securities Company of
New Jersey
Harrison
Illinois Central
Fish
Tremendous Fire Loss in North Woodstock Blaze
North Woodstock Conn February 20 a large fire destroyed three business blocks a hotel and a livery stable with estimated losses around 100000. The blaze caused extensive property damage and prompted evacuation and firefighting efforts by local crews.
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North Woodstock
Conn
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J. B. Hines
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Democrats
Wabash Road
General Dodge
Harriman
Ball
Governmet Guarantees Bank de
C. H. Astin
FE. A. Astin
Mary A. Cole
J. N. Cole
J. W. English
D. H. Johnson
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J. K. Parker
Nannie Rohde
A. W. Wilkerson
J. B. Zimmerman
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G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
E. W. Crenshaw
J.N. Cole
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Dwinell Wright
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