Population figures and local legal notes from 1900 era item
London reports 7 252 963 residents while Berlin claims 3 500 000 as the world’s third largest city. Dallas records nineteen killings this year shattering Houston’s prior tally. Governor Colquiet agrees to preside at Galveston cotton carnival opening on July 29. East St. Louis jury rules husband may spank his wife. Terrell election law six months residence clause advised for state wide prohibition election. Mrs Simona Oribes a full blood Yucatan Indian dies at San Antonio aged 107. She lived in San Antonio over fifty years.
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CoLquiet
Galveston
Attorney General’s Department
Simona Oribes
San Antonio
Anna Maria Ireland Dies Former Texas Governor’s Wife
Mrs. Anna Maria Ireland wife of late John Ireland governor of Texas 1883 to 1887 died at Austin Sunday aged 78. Her remains were laid to rest in the family burial ground at Seguin.
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Anna Maria Ireland
John Ireland
Texas
Austin Sunday
Seguin
Senator Bailey Set to Speak at Philippi Reunion
Senate figure J. W. Bailey accepted an invitation to address the blue and gray reunion in Philippi West Virginia on June 3. The event commemorates the first battle of the Civil War fought at Philippi and brings veterans together for remembrance.
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J. W. Bailey
Philippa
West Virginia
Champ Clark Seeks 1912 Presidential Bid Suggests Bryan Backing
Missouri's Champ Clark, speaker of the National House, enters the 1912 race. Reports say W. J. Bryan views Clark as the party’s hope and that Governor Wilson and Senator Culberson would form the strongest ticket.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
House of Representatives
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Clark
Wilson
Culberson
El Paso High Leads State Debating Meet
El Paso High School won the State High School Debating League Meet held at the University of Texas in early May. The school is the only one in the state offering a regular course in public speaking. The program is directed by A. H. Hughey, an El Paso attorney.
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el Paso
University of Texas
A. H. Hughey
Governor Colquitt voices Texas welcoming Germans at Saengerfest
At the final Saengerfest banquet in Austin Gov Colquitt urged German consul Otto Scheidt to tell Kaiser Wilhelm that Texas has room and stands ready to help Germans join their countrymen in the state. The next Saengerfest is planned for Houston in 1913.
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Governor Colquitt
Austin
Herr Otto Scheidt
Galveston
Kaiser Wilhelm
Texas
Houston
State announces sale of 333000 acres to settlers
Austin reports a state school fund plan to sell 333000 acres to actual settlers between July 1 and December. The new land list issued by the land commissioner is free to the public and shows sale dates. Bidding will determine sales and purchasers must reside on the land for three years.
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Austin
State School Fund
Land Commissioner
Bucek Couple Spend Sabbath with Yoakum Kin
Mr and Mrs John Bucek spent the Sabbath with relatives and friends at Yoakum. Mr T T Dickson and family returned to their home at San Antonio Monday after an extended visit to relatives and friends there.
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John Bucek
Yoakum
T. T. Dickson
San Antonio
Texas Hog Raising Prospects Highlight Trade Gap
The Commercial Secretaries' Association reports South America and nearby islands spend about 100000 dollars weekly in the United States on pork. Texas could capture this trade but lacks hog supply to meet domestic demand, despite livestock industry potential rivaling the hemispheres.
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Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Latin America
South America
United States
Texas
Change of advertisements deadline in office
Copy for changes of advertisements must be in this office no later than 2 p m Monday.
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Henry Krause
Poultry and Eggs
A. F. Kotzebue
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P.O. Boz
Chicopee Falls
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Fort Worth
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