Texas Businesses Granted Charters and Amendments
Desiring to do business in Texas, several firms received charters and amendments. Abilene Press Brick Company in Abilene with $25 000 capital. Galveston Oil and Export Company in Galveston with $15 000. Oldham Hardware Company in Waxahachie with $7 500. San Marcos Interurban Company in San Marcos with $2 000. Sedgewick Paint Company in Fort Worth with $10 000. Townsend Lumber Company in Texarkana with $10 000. Amendments include Dallas Automobile Club Building Association increasing capital to $27 000, Texas Refining Company in Greenville adding places of business, A Zeese Engraving Company in Dallas increasing to $30 000, Doscher Jewelry Company in Houston increasing to $50 000. The Splitdorf Electrical Company of Chicago was granted a Texas permit with headquarters in Dallas and capital stock of $25 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Abilene Press Brick Company
Abilene
Capital
Galveston Oil and Export Company
Galveston
The
Oldham Hardware Company
Waxahachie
San Marcos Interurban Company
San Marcos
Sedgewick Paint Company
Fort Worth
Townsend Lumber Company
Texarkana
Dallas Automobile Club Building Association
Texas Refining Company
Greenville
A. Zeese Engraving Company
Dallas
Doscher Jewelry Company
Houston
Splitdorf Electrical Company of
Chicago
Texas
Austin Gets Building Trades Council
State Building Trades Council delegates adjourned in Waco Texas with Dallas and Fort Worth bidding for the 1915 convention before withdrawing in favor of Austin. Officers elected include President W. A. Goode of Dallas first vice president M. Henderson of Waco second vice president H. A. Wentworth of Fort Worth and secretary treasurer H. J. Buest of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Building Trades Council
Waco
Tex
State Building Trades Council
Dallas
Fort Worth
W. A. Goode
M. &. Henderson
H. A. Wentworth
H. J. Buest
Houston
Pye Ordered Back to Pen in Houston Forgery Case
A writ from the court of criminal appeals directs Harris County Sheriff to return F. E. Pye to custody and hand him to penitentiary authorities. Pye was sentenced two years ago for forgery but released early.
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Houston
Vex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Harris County
F. E. Pye
Congressman Buchanan Seeks $20,000 for Texas Surveys
Austin Tex Congressman Buchannan advised State Reclamation Engineer Arthur A Stiles that an application has been filed with the secretary of the interior for an allotment of 20000 for Texas this year from the annual 350000 appropriation for the United States geological survey to make topographic surveys and maps.
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Austin
Tex
Buchanan
Arthur A. Stiles
Secretary of the Interior
Texas
United States Geological Survey
County Commissioners Approve Bid Adverts for Causeway Project
Nueces County officials authorized immediate bid advertisements for a 165000 dollar concrete causeway connecting Nueces and San Patricio counties via Corpus Christi and Portland across Nueces Bay. The project links the two counties with a new crossing over water.
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Tom. Tex TR
Nueces County
Nueces
San Patricio Counties
Corpus Christi
Portland
Nueces Bay
Hagie Lake Rice Mill Sold At Public Auction
In Columbus Texas the Hagie Lake Rice Milling Company property was sold by trustee George Herder Jr. at public auction to satisfy a deed of trust plus interest and attorney fees totaling 46 200 to cover debts.
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Columbus
Tex
George Herder, Jr
Hagie Lake Rice Milling Company
Hagle Lake
State Board of Education Debits Bonds at Meeting
Austin Texas The state board of education at its regular monthly meeting Monday did not approve new bonds. All available funds totaling 40 000 were applied to previously purchased bonds leaving 130 000 still due.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Education
Grampus Wrecked Near Padre Island Loaded With Ammunition
The schooner Grampus of Houston ran ashore seventy miles south of Aransas Pass on Padre Island and was a total wreck. It carried three million rounds of small arms ammunition consigned to Havana but intended for constitutionalist forces in Tampico.
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Galveston
Tex
Houston
Aransas Pass
Padre Island
Havana
Tampico
Texas Building Fund Progress Shown for Panama Exposition
Houston reports $16,000 toward the $25,000 goal for the Texas building and exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, with funds collected to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas
San Francisco
Bond Issues Approved for Sherman City Up To 100000
The Texas attorney general's department on Wednesday approved five Sherman bond issues totaling $100,000. Allocations include Water works $40,000, street improvement $26,000, sewerage $20,000, public parks $10,000, and electric light $5,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
City of Sherman
Railroad approves bonds for I G N additions
The International and Great Northern railway was Wednesday authorized by the railroad commission to issue and register 245000 dollars of first mortgage 6 percent bonds on additions and betterments and new equipment in Austin Texas.
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Austin, Tex
International and Great Northern Railway
Railroad Commission
Gilmer Farmer Nick Loving Shot and Killed
Nick Loving, a farmer living eight miles east of Gilmer, Texas, was shot and killed on Wednesday. His stepson Sam Davis surrendered to authorities.
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Nick Loving
Gilmer
Tex
Sam Davis
State tax rates fixed as fiscal year totals released
The automatic tax board with Governor Colquitt set this year’s rates. School tax 20c per $100, ad valorem 12.5c, pension tax unchanged. Total state taxes 3.74 dollars per $100. total appropriations 5,080,464 with 2,844,248 expected from non ad valorem sources.
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Austin
Tex
State Automatic Tax Board
Colquitt
Texas Items Reported by House in Deficiency Bill
The general deficiency appropriation bill lists Texas items including Crockett post office site six thousand dollars Denton site and commencement four thousand five hundred Memphis site four thousand one hundred Mount Pleasant site and commencement five thousand Pittsburg site and commencement six thousand Independent Fish and Oyster Company Port O Connor for a skiff damaged by a U S dredge twelve dollars care of Mexican refugees Fort McIntosh eight hundred three Brownsville nine hundred seventy two dollars.
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Washington
Texas
House Committee
Crockett
Denton
Memphis
Mount Pleasant
Pittsburg
Independent Fish and Oyster Company
Port O'Connor
United States
Fort McIntosh
Brownsville
Villa Returns Property to Juarez Officials
Villa agents delivered five million constitutionalist currency and a freight car of stamping machines to Alberto Pani, Carranza’s special representative in Juarez. The assets had been seized weeks earlier from Serapio Aguirre, constitutionalist treasurer, in Juarez.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Villa
Alberto Pani
Carranza
Serapio Aguirre
Constitutionalists
Estate willed to college by St Louis minister
The estate of Rev. Dr. William Palmore editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate and well known in the Methodist Episcopal church south is bequeathed to Central College for Women at Lexington Missouri. Dr Palmore died in Richmond Virginia ten days ago.
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St. Louis
William Palmore
Fish Story Returns from Abroad In English Inn Tale
Richard Le Gal- Henne recalls Inns in England as picturesque yet notes the food as terrible after a visit to Blenheim Palace. In Woodstock he laments a fish at an inn where the landlord claims Marlborough's duke sat in the chair. The duke supposedly drank the beer and refused the fish.
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Old
England
Richard le Gal- Henne
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock
Marlborough
Women speakers fill two hours with thirty talks
The Kansas City Journal notes a congressional committee heard 30 women in two hours, joking that men would need days. It compliments women's ability to transact public business while exaggerating the crowding of speeches by having three or four at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
Kansas City Journal
Chas. H. Fletcher
Rub My-Tism Will Cure Rheumatism and Aches
An old time medical advertisement promotes Rub My-Tism as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts and burns. It touts antiseptic anodyne remedy with a price of 25 cents.
Rose Garden at the White House Plants and Gardens
Mrs Woodrow Wilson oversaw and helped plant the rose beds in the White House garden. She and her daughters have spent considerable time supervising and tending the gardens, as they did in Princeton and other residences.
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Woodrow Wilson
White House
Princeton
Marine Eye Remedy Co. Promotes Eye Comfort Solution
Chicago based Marine Eye Remedy Co. advertises a product claiming to relieve watery weak eyes and provide eye comfort. The notice markets a mail order approach with the promise of improved vision and relief from discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Father-Son Exchange Over College Footnote
A quip faces a father and son as they discuss college. The son asserts he already had two feet when he left home, while the father remarks on growth. The exchange is a playful comic line about age and change.
PAZO OINTMENT PROMISES refunds for hemorrhoid cures
This old line advertises PAZO OINTMENT with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days. It claims the first application provides ease and rest and cites a price of 6 cents.
Didn’t You Stretch a Point to Get All That News
A playful exchange about stretching the truth for news, with a quip that the journalist “rubbered” the facts to fit more items. The brief nods to newspaper hustle and the light tone capture a behind the scenes moment.
Socialist Leader Shot in Hallettsville Incident
In Hallettsville Texas on Wednesday city marshal O T East clashed with E A Meitzen former county judge now a socialist leader. Meitzen was shot in the right groin during the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallettsville
Tex
O. T. East
E. A. Meitzen
Meitzen
General Gutierrez Named Military Governor in San Luis Potosi
General Lulalio Gutierrez was appointed military governor of San Luis Potosi by General Carranza, head of the constitutionalista forces, on Wednesday in Monterey Mexico.
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Monterey
Mex
Lulalio Gutierrez
San Luis Potosi
Carransza
Constitutionalista
How To Give Quinine To Children
FPEBRILINE is the trade mark for an improved Tasteless Quinine syrup. It is pleasant to take and does not upset the stomach. Children drink it without realizing it is Quinine and it suits adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. It does not nauseate or cause nervousness or ringing in the head. Ask for a conce gingiogal peckage The Beme FEBRILINE bottle 5 cents.
Awakening the Hunter Instinct on a California Rail Trip
Gilbert Parker recalls an English traveler in California who assumes game abounds. Delayed near San Bernardino, a freight wreck blocks the track and a porter mentions a caboose. The traveler arms himself and demands to see it, sparking his hunter impulse.
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Gilbert Parker
California
San Bernardino
Dandruff Cure Promised by Cuticura Product Claim
Miss Ida Ringhoffer of Shiner Texas says her severe scalp dandruff caused itching and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she reports full recovery with hair growth. The ad offers free samples and directs readers to Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Shiner
Texas
Ida Ringhoffer
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Greek grocery under us ends with curious sign
A reader recalls a Greek grocery downstairs labeled Holpos with the motto Highest quality lowest prices our standard. The note reflects curiosity over the store's name and its abbreviation seen as part Greek and part unrelated.
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Holpos
Quincy Ledger
S A Chao
Jinx and wife quarrel precedes morning departure
Dialogue reveals a domestic dispute between Jinx and his wife ending with him buying a five pound candy box before leaving for work. Neighbors speculate about a fight and note no visible injury. The exchange contrasts perceived harmony with reported tension.
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Jinx
Allen's Foot Kase Footwear Aid Trial Offer
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Kase antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy and is pitched as ideal for dancing. Refuse substitutes. Free trial package offered by Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Allen S
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Bishop Considers Revelation as Text for New Fashion Sermon
At a Nashville dinner Bishop Evans Tyree was asked about preaching on modern dress trends. He replied he had no such plan but would choose Revelation if he did preach on the subject.
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Evans Tyree
Nashville
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil Promises Quick Relief
The advertisement touts Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for long standing ailments. It claims pain relief and healing simultaneously and lists price points of 25c 50c and 1.00.
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Porter
Theoretical debate on funding and ideas
A quip from the Baltimore Sun defines a theorist as someone who offers talk while expecting others to fund it. The line reflects a sharp view on intellectuals and investment in ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Grove's General Tonic Advertisement
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic marketed as a general tonic with quinine and iron. Claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build the system. Sold for 50 cents.
Man Known For Quiet Demeanor Lacks Conversational Flair
A man who minds his own business is not celebrated for lively talk or entertaining conversation. The remark suggests a social evaluation that restraint and focus may limit public charisma.
And many gems of thought turn out to be paste
A concise reflection on ideas that seem original but prove to be recycled or copied, highlighting the prevalence of imitation in creative or scholarly work. The note observes how some insights lose originality upon close examination.
How He Turned the Trick
Mrs. Mordecai Hammerfest panics as her husband Mordy appears at breakfast in underpants and without shoes. He calmly requests butter and continues eating while she notes her attire, until the next morning she arrives in regular clothes.
Amity Restored by Samaritan After Town Humorists Quarrel
Two local humorists in a Kansas City Star tale feud over praise and put down each other until a Good Samaritan cheers them with a blunt verdict. The moral advises against internal strife while cautioning against outsiders’ criticism.
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Sunday Star
Sahara
Samaria
Amity
Kansas City Star
Marriage Sparks False Fire Alarm Across Several Towns
A seven minute whistle blast at Passaic Metalware during a wedding celebration for Miss Sallie Karp and Michael F. Berman triggered five volunteer fire departs. Fog muffled the sound across Rutherford Shey Belleville Garfield and Clifton, delaying responders until identifying the source after half an hour.
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Passaic Metalware Company
Rutherford
Shey
Belleville
Garfield
Clifton
Hicks Capucine Cures Headaches and Colds Ady Ad
Ambrose Kierce, the satirist, defined a conservative as a statesman who clings to existing evils while a radical seeks to replace them. He spoke at a Washington dinner. The ad touts Hicks Capucine as easy to take and rapidly relieving headaches and colds.
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Ady
Ambrose Kierce
Washington
Mr. Kierce
For sore or weak eyes use Dickey's Eye Water
Ad promotes Dicketys Old Reliable Eye Water for sore or weak eyes. The passage then pivots to a unrelated remark about tact in remembering a woman's birthday and forgetting her age.
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Dickey
From Adrian Woman Solving Health Woes With Plant Remedy
A Adrian Michigan housewife describes severe fatigue and backache easing after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits three months of the remedy with restored strength enabling her to work again. The notice advocates Pinkham's product for women's health and urges others to seek its benefits.
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Adrian, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alonzo EK
Tecumseh St
Adrian
Mich
Weges
Lydia F. Pinkham
A Rough Road
A philosopher contrasts cheerful life paths with a pessimist who likens his own to a bumpy road. The dialogue suggests resilience and perspective on personal hardship in a concise exchange.
A Woman's Opinion in Mistress-Haven't You Any References
A dialogue unfolds where a maid offers references that fail to capture her true likeness, comparing them to photographs that do not do justice to her. The exchange hints at social expectations and the value of appearances versus substance.
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Maid
Dome Justice
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Pye
Pen
Eagle Lake
Texas Building Fund
House
Hostetter
Thomas EB. Green
H.H. Greens
Atlanta
McCane’s
South
General Hardware
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
G.w.hawkins
Rusk Ave
Carter Ridg
White House Rose Garden
Grove
Mordecai Hammerfest
Hicks
Capucine
Our Statesman
Ences
Hanford
W.N. U
Hunt
W. T. Dixon
A. B. Richards Medicine Company
Sherman, Texas
van Vleet-Manefield Drug Co
Tenn
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