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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1916

Page

31

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Ad Rates and Circulation Claims

Fort Worth Star Telegram proclaims dominance in Fort Worth and North Texas with higher circulation than competitors. It notes 60 percent more net city circulation and a vast West Texas reach, listing want ad rates per word and conditions.

Fort Worth Texas Want

Ocean Traffic Safer 20 Percent Says Coast Survey

Washington officials report ocean travel around North America is 20 percent safer than a year ago due to Coast and Geodetic Survey efforts. Focus is locating Pacific shoals and Alaska hazards while a joint map project with Mexico proceeds and data sharing expands.

Washington, D. C North America United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Pacific Coast Alaska United States Canada Mexico Hugh M. Smith Bureau of Fisheries Louis A. Bauer Department of Terrestrial Magnetism S. W. Stratton Bureau of Standards J. E. Pillsbury George Otis Smith Survey

The Mean rich Lady and Her Ambitious Helper

A harsh old heiress kept few staff and overworked them. A diminutive twelve year old lad answered the door tended knives and windows waited at table weeded the garden and washed the poodle. He retorts that he does a butler and a gardener out of a job.

Villa Was a Professional Murderer Before His Bandit Career

El Paso April 8. An account portrays Francisco Villa as a brutal killer with a long record of atrocities. The piece traces his early life from 1877 birth in Durango to a string of murders, robberies, and executions tied to his bandit years and later revolt. It cites alleged complicity of press agents and shifts in U.S. policy toward Carranza and Villa.

EL Paso Tex Francisco Villa Robin Hood Villa Ile Mexico Washington United States Carranza Wilson Columbus Isis Diaz San Juan del Rio Durango Pedro Sanchez Rurales Sanchez Pantoja Parral Miguel Baca Valles Valles Inocente Chavez Villa Ocampo Amaya Villa Ocampa Rancho del Sancito Valle del Rosario Villa Band Pittsburg Jose Reduction Company San Jose del Sitio Chihuahua Alexander Munoz Minas Nuevas Munoz Glaro Reza Reza Manuel Ramos Santa Rosalia Ramos Juarez Madero Jose Felix Mesias International Bridge Orozco Nuevas Casas Grandes San Andres Fierro Portillo Salazar Domingo Flores

Villista violence catalog spans killings and escapes

The passage recounts rival leader Villa berating a former ally, sending Ricardo Zea to the firing squad in Torreon, and killing Carlos Jauregui and Colonel Juan Beltran. It notes Villa’s long history of murder and hints at broader crimes including robbery, rape, and destruction across Northern Mexico, suggesting a vast tally only he could summarize.

Villa Torreon Ricardo Zea la Patria Carlos Jauregui Juan Beltran Mexico

New Counterfeits Strain Secret Service Expertise

The United States Secret Service faces fresh demands as two new counterfeit types emerge. Federal reserve notes with unfamiliar designs and Mexican currency flood the market, challenging officials who report some success in cracking the rings. A Seattle case showed how bank tellers and worn notes expose weaknesses, while recognition of Carranza spurred a crackdown on border counterfeiters.

Washington, D. C United States Secret Service Secret Service Treasury Department Federal Reserve Uncle Sam Federal Reserve Banks Treasury United States Pacific Coast Seattle West Carranza Mexico

Pie Diner Chair Dispute Sparks Quick Lunch Laugh

In a fast service lunch spot a man claims his chair while another diner sits, arguing over seating. The first man tests the claim by noting the other’s trousers and insisting the chair is his because he can prove it, via the pie between them.

Texans discuss potential delegates to the St Louis convention

Washington chatter centers on who from Texas will join the 40 delegates to the St Louis Democratic convention. Burleson says he will not go, Gregory may join, Sheppard and Culberson unlikely, Garner urged for at large seat and Ways and Means role, Sells and Johnson tied to delegation discussions.

Clem Motor Car Co Phone Crockett Geo. Keene Telephone Crockett Military Plaza Maxwell Rogers Government Tower C. Huser Water St Travis EL Paso Matthews Savoy Hotel Crockett St. Mary's Lillian Welch E. Locust St B. Prochnow S. Alamo St San Antonio Auto Parts Co S. Alamo Selden Jackson Lexington Elmore Buick Oldsmobile Stoddard-Dayton Ee Co Pruitt Travie 24 Washington D. C Democrats of Burleson Wilson Post Office Department Thomas Watt Gregory Gregory Senator Sheppard Senator Culberson Congress Culberson Texas House of Representatives John N. Garner Garner Uvalde Statesman Mr. Garner Platform Committee Cato Sells Democratic Nactions Cone Johnson Tyter State Department Sells Johnson

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