Osteopathic Surgery Highlight At State Convention
Dr George Still of Kirksville performed the Lorenz operation for hip dislocation on Ruth Betts eight, in the Hicks building. The event drew nearly all Texas Osteopathic delegates and featured papers by Drs Thomas Ray and J F Bailey, with officers elected and Fort Worth slated for next year’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Osteopathic Association
George Still
Kirksville
Ruth Betts
L. C. Betts
Woodsboro
Tex
Man Wanted in Illinois Murder Arrested in Waco
A man was arrested in Waco Texas on suspicion of being a wanted fugitive from Pontiac Illinois for the murder of Chief of Police Brown last May. Illinois authorities have been notified and a $1200 reward is posted for Scrivens' capture. He says he arrived in Waco from St Louis earlier this month.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Ray Hv
Pontiac
Ill
Brown
Illinois
Scrivens
St. Louis
Chicago Men Visit San Antonio Swift Trade Delegation
A thirty five member Chicago Association of Commerce delegation arrived in San Antonio from Austin by special train. They were greeted at the depot by Chamber of Commerce leaders and toured mercantile firms, missions, the army post and maneuver camp to study southern business methods. A Mexican supper banquet capped the evening as Governor Colquitt urged investment in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Austin
Chicago Association of Commerce
Jake Wolff
Chamber of Commerce
Graham
American Bank & Trust Company
St. Anthony
Texas
Chicago
International Club
Colquitt
Train Plunge Kills 21 In South African Gorge Crash
A Kowhera railroad passenger train derailed after Blaguwkranz bridge collapsed, tumbling into a rocky gorge 250 feet deep near Grahamstown. Twenty one passengers died with the coaches, and rescue work followed the tragedy.
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Associated Press
Cape Town
South Africa
Kowhera
Blaguwkranz Bridge
Miles Fm
Grahamstown
Toay
Five skulls Unearthed In Hart Street dig
Five human skulls were found in quick succession beneath a Hart street building foundation in New York. Experts say the skulls dated at least ten years underground. Police will seek crime evidence and detectives will review 1900 1901 disappearance reports for links.
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Associated Press
New York
Hart Street
Missionary Grace Wilder Dies in India at 50
Private cables from India report Grace Wilder, a well known missionary, has died in India at age 50 after nearly 25 years of service. Her father Rev Royal Wilder was a missionary for thirty years and her mother Elizabeth Wilder served sixty years in the field. Her brother Robert P. Wilder founded the student volunteer movement in the United States.
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New York
India
Grace Wilder
A Wilder
Royal . Wilder
Elizabeth Wilder
Robert P. Wilder
Elite Cafe 50-Cent Dinners Attract San Antonio Crowds
The Elite Cafe promotes 50 cent dinners with praised service and meals. Customers urged to try the daily and Sunday offer from 12 to 12 pm, highlighting value and quick service in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Elite Cafe
Rules for Air Contest in British Empire Nicholin cup
The Royal Aero Club issues the 1911 1912 and 194s prize structure for the British Empire Nicholin cup No 2. The winner on October 15 will have flown the fastest 125 mile circuit among four routes with starts at circuit points and observance by officials from sunrise to sunset.
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London
Royal Aero Club
East Church
Brooklands
Hendon
Brentwood
Bedford
Huntington
Cambridge
Leighton, Buzzard
Aylesbury
Oxford
Amesbury
Swindon
Henley
Alton
Roysl Aero Club
Editors Fight With Gloves In Queensland Bout
Two Queensland journalists, Murphy of the Charleville Times and Kilner of the Guardian, settled a political dispute with a boxing match. The hall was crowded as both men fought fiercely. Murphy won the first round, Kilner dominated the second, and in the third Murphy delivered a decisive finish, Kilner nearly knocked out before referees intervened.
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Specar
CABLE
Queenslan
Queensland
Murphy
Charleville Times
Kilner
Guardian
Labor
Are Vv
Reciprocity Bill Passes House By Wide Margin
The Canadian reciprocity agreement cleared the House 265 to 89 in a largely party line vote. The measure, adopted with no amendments, aligns with Taft and Canadian cabinet terms for tariff reductions and freer cross border trade, with Democrats adding a push for further liberalization. Ten Democrats opposed, including Bathrick, Claypool, Doughton, and others.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
House
Taft
Canada
Representative Berger
Wisconsin
Akin
Congress Rests as Farmers Bill Looms
Washington April 22 Congress paused after Saturday adjournment. The farmers free list bill is expected to follow the Democrats’ organization, aimed at easing farm burdens from Canadian reciprocity. Senate reception delayed by unorganized bodies and vacant Republican committees. Canadian reciprocity may take weeks to clear the finance committee.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Canada
Senate
Finance Committee
Brownsville Gains First Telephone Link to Outside World
Brownsville Texas marks a historic milestone as it connects to the outside world by telephone. The final section of three copper circuits from the Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph company was completed in Harlingen last night, enabling direct long distance service for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company
Harlingen
Reporter saves child in Beaumont runaway incident
A runaway team and carriage carried a small girl toward the river when T. J. Hailey, a local reporter, ran beside the vehicle and plucked the child to safety. Hailey, formerly of Houston, is credited with averting disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Associated Press
Tex
T. J. Hailey
Hailey
Houston
Camorrist Defends Self as Trial Enters Quirky Phase
In Interbo April 22 report the Camorra trial features Vincenzo Avolio dressing in fine attire to declaim legal passages from the Italian code, Antonio Percucco testifying innocence, and Maria Stendardo denying culpability as the companions of Nicola Morra. The court hears a blend of legal stoutness and colorful personal theatrics as witnesses address alleged Camorra leadership at a 1906 meeting in Bagnoli.
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Interbo
Aviolo
Cuoccolo
I Banchi
Avioio
Antonio Percucco
Bagnoli
United States
Chicago
Maria Stendardo
Nicola Morra
Maria
Camorra
Morra
Special framing prices for children's arrival photos
Mothers invited to special framing sale at 322 B Houston Ave. We offer discounted frames for pictures of the children who arrived. Event details emphasize tight pricing and quick service for mothers seeking keepsakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcdonald
Houston
Open Hearth banquet features political impersonations in Chicago
In Chicago at the Open Hearth banquet by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, over a thousand members attended with families watching from boxes. The event showcased impersonations of Taft, Sherman, Deneen, and Theodore Roosevelt, punctuated by songs including The Jolly Jack Potters and verses about Springfield and graft.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Taft
Sherman
Chas. S. Deneen
Illinois
Theo
Roosevelt
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Auditorium Theater
Blackwell Heads Clerks Branch In Cleburne
Claude Blackwell of San Antonio was elected president of the state branch of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks at the session in Cleburne. Other officers named include George L. Murphy of Cleburne as vice president Ida Merrill of Waco as secretary B M Ratliff of Fort Worth as treasurer A A Lilly of Houston as state organizer J Dixie Smith of Houston as delegate to the Jacksonville Florida national convention W A Adams of Cleburne as alternate.
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Bull
G. A. Cobb
Port Arthur
Charlotte Strum
San Antonio
H. B. Mason
Temple
A. D. Ray
Cleburne
A. V. Tarr
Mineral Wells
Spivey
Corpus Christi
Cobb
Fort Worth
Tarr
St. Anthony Hotel
Peck
Colquitt
L. G. Ament
John T. Elder
San Angelo
Samuel Scothorn
Dallas
Eorge A. Wells
Greenville
Rose Bathrick
Austin
B. F. Morris
Beaumont
J. S. Crawford
Denton
Belle P. Lowry
Ennis
Catherine Compton
Beeville
J. E. Snyder
Georgetown
Estelle Poulter
van Alstyne
George A. Spivey
Corpus Pares
A. M. Floyd
D. Doyd
Allie Poulter
Waxahachie
J. Marratt
Julia Sarratt
Waco
Tracey B. Horne
San Marcos
Maud G. Russell
M. Lyndh
Houston
A. Speegie
Palestine
A. J. Tarr
Nettie Satterlee
el Paso
Helene Ularmoyeux
Laredo
Tex
Claude Blackwell
United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
George L. Murphy
Ida Merrill
B. M. Ratliff
A. A. Lilly
J. Dixie Smith
Jacksonville
Fla
W. A. Adams
Ransom Acquitted in Judge Brockman Murder Case
After more than forty eight hours the jury found Henry L. Ransom former Texas ranger not guilty of the murder of Judge J. B. Brockman on October 25 1910.
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Houston
Tex
Henry L. Ransom
Texas Ranger
J. B. Brockman
Madero orders opening of parley for armistice
The article reports Francisco I Madero ordering a parley for an armistice while pressuring for terms to halt fighting. His father praises his son’s dramatic personal change from heavy drinking to vegetarian restraint and strong oratory. Federal officials doubt an attack will occur, citing fear of American intervention and desire to avoid bloodshed.
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Madero
Navarro
Diaz
Gomez
United States Seizes Ammunition at El Paso
Washington reports Col. Stever in El Paso says 27 540 rounds of ammunition were captured the night of April 19 20. The stock was being smuggled into Mexico. Secretary of War to allow 25 wounded Mexican soldiers to travel by special car from Agua Prieta to Cananea with attendants and no munitions on board.
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Associated Press
Washington
Col
Stever
el Paso
United States
Mexico
Dickinson
Douglas
Ariz
Agua Prieta
Cananea
White House
Americans Not Wanted in Mexico Border Strife
An American arrival reported 28 Americans with 40 000 rounds crossed west of El Paso and reached General Madero after nine days. Federals fear any American joining insurrectos heightens international tensions and endangers U S business interests south of the Rio Grande.
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Associated Press
Chihuahua
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Interior Today
el Paso
General Madero
Madero
Amercaris
United States
Rio Grande
Madero Alliance Party Members Leave for El Paso
Gustavo Madero and Juan Sanchez Azcona depart for El Paso unaware of an armistice and a peace program in motion. Jose Vasconcelos heads to Washington to aid Dr. Vasquez Gomez, leaving the junta without a formal head.
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Francisco I. Madero
Juarez
Gustavo Madero
Juan Sanchez Azcona
el Paso
Jose Vasconcelos
United States
Ashington
Vasquez Gomez
Is Ward a Good Lawyer
The piece questions Ham Ward's claim to be the best lawyer in Texas in the Waterworks contract matter. It recalls his political defeats and maps out past moves between Austin San Antonio El Paso and the Waterworks issue amid local campaigns and rivalries.
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Ham Ward
Texas
Ward
Ham
People of
Austin
San Antonio
el Paso
Parker-Washington
Callaghan
Brother Ham
People’s Party Campaign
Ryan
Bryan Callaghan
Citizens
R. H. Ward
Lick
Waterworks’ Company
Armistice talk follows emphatic pledge to fight
Report says the insurgent leader agreed to an armistice after declaring he would fight first and talk peace later. Mrs Madero, mother of the rebel, doubted the accord, expecting an onslaught on Juarez, while his wife and father urged peace and influence at El Paso.
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Francisco Madero
Juarez
el Paso
Ambassadors Explain Mexico Reply on Douglas Incident
President Taft received further explanation from Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City regarding Mexico’s note. Wilson said Minister de la Barra maintained both nations could present views on the dispute and that Dias’s reply was not unfriendly. the note conveyed no deeper meaning.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Douglas
Taft
Wilson
Mexico City
de la Barra
Dias
Rebels Active Near Frontera Under Martial Law
Passengers aboard the fruit steamer Disa report revolutionists operating within twenty five miles of Frontera, Mexico, a port under martial law. The U S consul at Frontera has issued a circular to U S citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Disa
Frontera
Lower
Mexico
United States
The
Rebels Lurk Near Frontera as Disa Passes
Government troops ready to protect locals as the Disa sails. About 300 federal soldiers reach Frontera just before the ship's departure and the revolutionists retreat. A man aiding the rebels by enlisting men and making cartridges is arrested and condemned to death.
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Disa
Frontera
Appearance Involuntary Negress Tells Judge To Let Her Off
Frankie Hurd, a Black woman, tells Judge Buckley she will stay out of court if the policeman will permit it. She was jailed for vagrancy after last night’s arrest on Austin street and fined $10 or ten days. The officer testified she caused a scene at a Chinese restaurant and a knife was found in her stocking during search. She claimed she was arrested for nothing.
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Negress
Frankie Hurd
Buckley
Blaine
Austin Street
Frankie
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