Embassy housing push and isle of Pines note
Washington expects a Roosevelt era proposal to fund about £300000 to rent and furnish better homes for ambassadors abroad while home offices push for new expensive facilities. Isle of Pines pushes Cuba dispute into Panama era, with Russia Jewish question policy stance noted. Intercoastal canal plans showcase Galveston News feature on a broad waterway linking rivers to Louisiana coast.
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Isle of Pines
Cuba
State Department
Panama
Porto Rico
Phillipines
Guba
Galveston News
Louisiana
Texas Patents Granted This Week and Reported
List of patent grants announced by C. A. Snow & Co. and James Brownfield with names and locations including Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio Corsicana Honey Grove and others. Topics cover gas and acetylene generators seed planters cultivator attachments rail joints and vehicle receptacles.
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Texas
C. A. Snow & Co
Washington
D. C
James
Brownfield
Fort Worth
Marcus P. Exline
To Vote On Road Tax In Halietville County
Halietville correspondent reports the county commissioners court ordered an election for a 15 cent per hundred tax levy for road purposes after a petition by over two hundred residents. Election set for December 23 with Shiner National Bank as county depository offering 2 percent on daily balances and payer arrangements at Hallettsville. The court also pays 5 for wolf scalps and has paid nearly 300 this year.
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Halietaville
Galveston News
County Commissioners’ Court
National Bank
Shiner
Halletsville
Commissioners’ Court
Thanksgiving Day and National Observance Across States
Thanksgiving Day is observed nationwide, tracing to 1621 in Plymouth and spreading from New England to the Middle States and beyond. The agriculture department notes eggs produced in the United States last year. Local items include sales of public land, political race updates, and local incidents from Halletaville Texas to Gonzales county.
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Newnyland
Bradford
Plymouth Colony
New England
Middle States
Department of Agriculture
United States
District Court Adjourns After Expensive Term in Halletsville
In Halletsville Texas on November 8 the district court adjourned for the term as Judge Kennon and District Attorney Atkinson left for Seguin to begin a new session. Two weeks were consumed by the Tinsley and Stefka cases with eight jurors for conviction and four for acquittal in Stefka’s hung jury. Stefka returned home near Shiner while other cases remain on the docket. William Walker was granted a new trial after a twelve year robbery sentence and Emil Knesek, sentenced to two years for forgery, has appealed.
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Halletsville
Texas
Kennon
Atkinson
Seguin
Tinsley
Stefka
Bastrop
Shiner
William Walker
Emil Knesek
Lavaca Tobacco firm displays in San Antonio
Hallettsville notes manager J Hudgine preparing a grand tobacco and cigar exhibit for San Antonio. C Asher collected 25 for Jewish relief in Russia. Patton McCord and George Nelson join as partners in a barber shop. Brown & Co opens groceries fruits and confectionery. Poultry prices fall with turkeys seven cents per pound and roosters around 124 cents. hens eighteen cents and young chickens six cents per pound.
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Halletsville
Texas
J. Hudgine
Lavaca County Tobacco Company
San Antonio
C. Asher
Russia
Patton McCord
George Nelson
Brown & Co
Hlauetaville
Births Recorded in Several Towns This Fall
Birth announcements list nine newborns from families including Barecky Slovarbek Haiman Barbareck Ondracek Opera Aschenbeck Wunderlich Menking Appelt. Locations include Moravia Sweet Home Smothers Creek Halletsville Shiner Wied Kinkler. Dates range October to November with multiple boys and girls noted.
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Fred Barecky
Moravia
Joe Slovarbek
Sweet Home
Julius Haiman
Joe Barbareck
Anton Ondracek
Smothers Creek
Frank Opera
Halletsville
J. Aschenbeck
Shiner
E. Wunderlich
Wied
Ed. Menking
Otto Appelt
Kinkler
San Antonio International Fair Tickets Sell Dates and Fares
The San Antonio International fair runs November 18 to 29, 1905 with Class A round trips at $2, Class B $3.60, and Class C $4.30. Tickets go on sale November 17 and 18 for two days in Class A and through November 29 for Classes B and C, with various return limits. A Hermann Park Verein dance drew a full crowd Saturday night, with the Moulton Juvenile band providing music.
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San Antonio International Fair
Hermann Park Verein
Moulton Juvenile Band
Advertising notice for Wm. Schmidt appears in this issue
Readers are directed to notice the advertisement of Wm. Schmidt featured in this issue. The brief item signals a promoted listing or business notice and invites attention to the available information.
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Wm. Schmidt
Texas Wonder Endorsed by County Treasurer in 1901
In Halletsville Texas on October 26 1901 A B Devall County Treasurer writes to Dr E W Hall of St Louis praising and recommending Texas Wonder for kidney and rheumatism troubles based on a 1896 use. The letter endorses the remedy to others suffering similarly.
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Halletsville
Texas
E.W. Hall
St. Louis
A. B. Devall
County
Treas
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles ad
A patent remedy from Dr. E W Hall claims to cure kidney and bladder ailments in men, women, and children. It promises diabetes relief, rheumatism relief, and general urinary irregularities. Priced at $1 with mail order option from St. Louis, Missouri.
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Texas
Hall
E.w.hall
St. Louis
P.O. Box
Ballard
GOUGH
Maud Adams
Goldthwaite
Tex
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
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