Runaway mule halted by officer at crowded street corner
Patrolman Tom Mack stopped a runaway mule hitched to a Chapman Grocery wagon on Main Avenue near East Houston and Navarro streets at 6:20 PM. He struck the mule on the nose with a billy, saving about a dozen pedestrians from harm as the animal reined in. An affidavit accuses driver O Brout of leaving the animal on a public thoroughfare. police court hearing set for Monday.
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Tom Mack
Chapman Grocery
Main Avenue
East Houston
Navarro
Navarro Street
Houston Street
Mack
O. Brout
First rehearsal for Elks minstrel show underway
The Elks prepare for their minstrel show with 75 to 100 aspirants expected at today’s 2:80 rehearsal at the Elks club. Miller and Draper lead the production with eight rehearsals planned through April 10 and 11, including a street parade each show day and a star lineup of local talents.
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Elks
Elks’ Club
Miller
Draper
Elks’ Minstrels
Diks
San Antonio
The
William Leng
Tom Martin
Ernest Bombner
D. W. Daggett
A. C. Maracheau
John J. Bellarge
Calvin Muse
A. F. Millis
Frankester
L. Lentz
Ralf Hugo
Dr. McCarty
A. Lundeer
C. H. Engelke
Chas. Hackinger
A. R. Bacon
Juliius Espry
J. C. Nelson
Ed Fomby
McNamara
Stanley Winters
Joe J. Lodovic
Tom J. Newton
Gaston Jenette
Emil Frank
P. Brundage
Gummy Hamilton
Nat Wolfe, Jr
Paul Villaret
Dan Creehan
Lloyd Spencer
Walter Napier
Hugo Goodman
Victor Keller
Russell Jennett
Henry Maracheau
Fire Damages Infirmary Basement From Lamp Blast
A kerosene lamp left burning by a negro servant in Dr Hughes infirmary basement at 403 St Mary's street exploded at 9 last night and caused about 75 in damage to clothing and furnishings. Chief Wright extinguished the blaze with the autochemical engine. The old Upson homestead two story rock building owned by M V Pipkin sustained the damage which was limited after the fire gained headway.
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Dr. Hughes’ Infirmary
St. Mary’s Street
Wright
Upson
M. V. Pipkin
Judges Clash Over Texas Initiative Referendum Recall
Judge W L Davidson declared the initiative referendum and recall invalid in Texas city charters, invalidating Dallas measures but prompting supporters to push for a state platform plank. Judge A C Prendergast dissented and would not endorse Davidson’s sweeping ruling.
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W. L. Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
Dallas
Davidson
A. C. Prendergast
Farnsworth
Prendergast
Extra session to address tariffs and reforms in Congress
The forthcoming extra session will tackle Canadian reciprocity tariff legislation and a wool schedule revision, with possible cotton changes. It also plans reorganizing both houses, election of a new speaker, and probes into the post office and interior departments, plus debates on Arizona and New Mexico statehood and popular election of senators.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Senate
Champ Clark
Joseph G. Cannon
James R. Mann
Aldrich
Gallinger
Penrose
Taft
Mexico
Japan
Wall Street
Democratic House
Post Office Department
Interior Department
Weather Bureau
Arizona
New Mexico
Owen
Bailey
Texas
Borah
United States
Knox
State Department
Central America
China
Turkey
Progressive League
Jonathan Bourne
American State Department
English Bay Land Deal In Mississippi Delta
A Memphis broker L K Salisbury reports an English syndicate has bought 50 000 acres of cotton producing lands along the Mississippi river in Bolivar county for half a million dollars. The deal reflects English efforts to secure cotton sources amid U S credit restrictions on advances against bills of lading.
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Memphis
Tenn
L. K. Salisbury
Delta
Mississippi River
Boliver County
England
America
Caldwell Grand Jury Adjourns in Texas
Special to The Light reports the Caldwell grand jury met at 2:30 pm and was discharged by Judge Moore. They filed six felonies and five misdemeanors. Docketing resumes Monday with cases called promptly and no night sessions. J & Cullinan, Texas company president, arrived from Houston for the visit.
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Oo Art
Tex
Moore
J. & Cullinan
The
Texas Company
Houston
Mya
Cullinan
Beis
Corrigan Repeats Charges of Crime in New York
New York City officials and public figures gathered at the city club to discuss rising crime. Corrigan criticizes city conditions, cites street violence, unlicensed saloons, and open gambling. He notes Crooks on Fifth Avenue and mentions Monk Eastman operating an opium joint.
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New York
Corrigan
City Club
Gaynor
Fifth Avenue
McAdoo
Monk Eastman
Fortune telling reading promises guidance in love money and health
Excerpt offers astrology based life readings claiming to reveal present and future results in love health wealth and marriage. It promises answers to troubles and guidance on career shifts and personal relationships for a small postal fee.
Long Distance Serenade Is His Unique Birthday Gift
Miss Ethel Underhill, a sheriff's office clerk in Dallas, received a long distance birthday serenade from El Paso to San Antonio. Over a 600 mile copper wire a Mexican orchestra played tunes including La Paloma and La Golondrina for about 15 minutes. The caller at the far end asked if she could hear well and then delighted her with live music via telephone.
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Ethel Underhill
John Tobin
el Paso
San Antonio
Miss Underhill
Booker
Crying Baby Leads Deputy to Child's Hideout
Deputy J W Galbraith rode four blocks of New Braunfels avenue until he heard a crying infant and found the 10 month old baby in the home of Jesus Gonzalez's mother. The mother had suspected the child was being kept there after Gonzalez took it to be christened and not returned. Within thirty minutes the child was returned to its mother.
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J. W. Galbraith
New Braunfels Avenue
Juanita Gonzales
Austin Street
Jesus Gonzalez
Tobin
Gonzalez
Galbraith
Dahrooge Post Card Co Announces Fourth Anniversary Sale
The Dahrooge Post Card Company marks its fourth anniversary with a one week sale starting Monday featuring forty five city views for twenty five cents. Special prices on all high grade cards including Easter cards. Located at 315 Alamo Plaza.
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Dahrooge Post Card Company
Dahrooge Post Card CO
Alamo Plaza
Burial Permits List Names and Ages from City Files
A compilation of burial permits lists several individuals with ages and addresses indicating death dates in March and April. Entries include Leander Galvan age 1, Frederick Henry Goodman age 2 days, James B. F. Armstrong age 78, Alice M. Brennan age 52, and others with incomplete names and streets.
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Leander Galvan
South Laredo
Frederick Henry Goodman
Lafitte Street
James B. F. Armstrong
Navarro Street
Alice M. Brennan
Mae
Nacogdoches Street
Eneglesis
Goddard
Kansas Enforces Liquor Tax and Perjury Crackdown
Attorney General Dawson announces a statewide drive to enforce liquor tax laws and perjury penalties. Detectives may be hired. licenses require verification. premature marriages and vice are targeted. churches and schools asked to assist. state notes high liquor consumption and seeks federal action to end dry status.
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Dawson
la Cn
Sodom
Gomorrah
Anne Aeabcane
Kansas
New Telephone Manager Named in Texas
K. N. Taylor of Austin becomes commercial manager of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone at Lockhart succeeding R. B. Anon removed. Taylor has long service in the company and contract department based in Austin. Frank Teich of Teich Monument Works visited his family at 680 Goliad Street in Liano Texas.
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Tex
K. N. Taylor
Austin
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone
Lockhart
R. B. Anon
Red
Taylor
Haseen
Frank Teich
Teich
Liano, Tex
Goliad Street
Orrine for Whiskey and Beer Habit
Orrine is promoted as a proven home remedy to stop drinking, backed by a money back guarantee. The ad claims thousands of women praise Orrine for saving husbands and sons from drink, detailing two forms and a price of 1.00 with free sample envelopes from Fischer's drug store.
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Orrine
Fischer
Pischer
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Jensen, Austin, Tex
Jensen
Austin, Tex
Mississa
Withee Lane
Caldwell Grand Jury
Siffre Benjamino
Benjamin
Benjamin, Sam Peck and
Society
Faultless Oxfords
Banister Oxfords
S. & M. Oxfords
East
Corrigann
Gotham
NEW Telephone
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