Hardware jobbers convene in San Antonio with Governor Colquitt
The Southern Hardware Jobbers association opens in the St. Anthony hotel with Governor Colquitt welcoming delegates from Texas. President Sanford keeps the mood light with stories as manufacturers and dealers discuss business and enjoy three days of entertainment and meetings in San Antonio.
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Southern Hardware Jobbers Association
St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association
Old Guard
Southern Hardware Salesmen's Association
Texas Hardware Jobbers’ Association
R. L. Penick
R. L. Haynie
Stanford
Chamber of Commerce
O. B. Colquitt
Austin
Texas
W. L. Sanford
Jobbers’ Association
Stanley Rule and Level Company
New Britain
Conn
Sanford
S. H. C. Burgin
Methodist Church
South
America
Colquitt
United States
Congress
Bryan Callaghan
Jake Wolf
Alamo
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Taft
Sandford
G. H. Jantz
Wolf
W. H. Park Bennett
Long Beach
Cal
Adolph Boldt
Houston Chamber of Commerce
J. D. Moore
National Association of Hardware Jobbers
Sharon E. Jones
National Association of Retail Hardware Dealers
Arby Bennett
Arby Bennett, Chairman For Life of the
St. Anthony
Sunset Depot
New Braunfels
Landa's Park
St Anthony Roof Garden
F. M. Swearingen and Son
Byron
Walter Tips
H. O. Mead
John K. Wilson
Baltimore
Irby Bennett
Memphis
J. H. Grubb
Pittsburg
Guy Mitchell
Robert N. Peck
F. D. Mitchell
New York
General Clayton Here as Powell Clayton Jr Ill in San Antonio
General Powell Clayton arrived in San Antonio from Eureka Springs to tend to his son Captain Powell Clayton Jr. of Troop L Eleventh Cavalry, severely ill after being injured alighting from a streetcar during the regimental banquet at the Menger. The elder Clayton, once U.S. ambassador to Mexico, was active in the South during Reconstruction.
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Powell Clayton
San Antonio
Eureka Springs
Ark
Powell Clayton Jr
Troop L. Eleventh Cavalry
Post Hospital
Clayton
Eleventh
Menger
Mexico
South
Death of August F Herrmann in San Antonio
August Ferdinand Herrmann died in San Antonio Texas at 12 45 am on April 26 1911 aged 82 years 1 month and 22 days Funeral from the late residence 314 Paso Hondo street Thursday April 27 at 3 pm Interment in Old Lutheran cemetery Friends invited to attend
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August Ferdinand Herrmann
San Antonio
Texas
Ferdinand Herrmann
Paso Hondo Street
Old Lutheran Cemetery
Funeral Service for Mrs. Nannie Reitzer Held
The funeral for Mrs. Nannie Reitzer was held yesterday afternoon at 4 oclock from 917 Buena Vista Street. Floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. She is survived by a husband and one child.
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Nannie Reitzer
Buena Vista Street
Mayor Supports Meters in Campaign Ad
The ad accuses Mayor and water company of backing compulsory water meters and alleges they attempted to remove Charter Section 101 to bar a public vote on a water contract. It asks why residents wouldn’t vote on the meter issue and calls for a direct answer from officials.
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Austin
Regular Republicans Refuse Three Progressive Demands
Washington April 26 The split in the Republican ranks deepens as regulars reject three progressive requests for seats on key committees. La Follette Bristow and Cummins are denied while Bourne is placed on the appointments panel. The acrimonious committee vote runs 7 to 4 with progressives united against the list and a stormy caucus to follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Interstate Commerce Committee
Bristow
Cummins
Bourne
Appointments Committee
Republican Committee On Committees
Five Court Decisions From Fourth Civil Appeals
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals handed down five decisions not from Bexar including affirmations reversals and remands. Cases involve Edwards versus Smith Pecos. Uvalde Electric Light Co versus Parsons. State of Texas versus Murphy Sutton. S A A P Ry versus Miller Bee. and related motions across Hale Wil son Bexar El Paso and Bee counties.
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Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Bexar
William M. Edwards
J. C. Smith
Pecos
Uvalde Electric Light Co
W. H. Parsons
Uvalde
State of Texas
H. Murphy
Sutton
S. A
A. P. Ry
S. F. Miller
Bee
F. Miller
D. B. Miller
Aa. T
S. F. Ry
C. B. Cox
Hale
G. H
S. A. Ry
L. B. Wiseman
Wilson
Postal Telegraph Co
Frank Talerico
Wells Fargo Co
Harry J. Bilkins
el Paso
Sunset Wood Co
Thomas J. Brodnax
Aged Blanco Citizen Dies
Andrew Givens died yesterday at his Blanco area home at age 88. Funeral services were held this morning conducted by Rev. J. D. Ballard of San Marcos.
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Blanco, Tex
Andrew Givens
Here
J. D. Ballard
San Marcos
Graduates at Flatonia Named Five for Class
Flatonia Texas April 26 This year s graduating class will be composed of five students Bessie Stewart Virginia Cowdin Frank Wolpkin Herbert Thulemeyer and Frank Brunnen.
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Flatonia
Tex
Bessie Stewart
Virginia Cowdin
Frank Wolpkin
Herbert Thulemeyer
Frank Brunnen
Mortuary Herrmann Dies After Lingering Illness
August Ferdinand Herrmann 82 died at 12 45 this morning at 314 Paso Hondo street after a lingering illness. A Confederate veteran from Col Wood's regiment he lived in San Antonio for twenty years. Survived by four sons Earnest F Herrmann Adolph Herrmann Carl Herrmann and daughter Miss Bertha Herrmann the funeral will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with interment in the old Lutheran cemetery.
Funeral for Mrs. Sophie Hartmann at St. John’s Lutheran
The funeral for Mrs Sophie Hartmann wife of Rev C Hartmann pastor of St John s Lutheran church will be held at 8 this afternoon. Services at the church with pallbearers drawn from church trustees. Interment in the old Lutheran cemetery on South Presa Street.
Foster-Charles W. Foster dies after lingering illness
Charles W. Foster, 27, died yesterday at a local sanitarium after a lingering illness. He came to the city about four months ago for his health. The body will be taken to St. Louis for interment, accompanied by his father T. S. Foster.
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Foster
Charles W. Foster
St. Louis
T. S. Foster
Attorneys fail to agree in Waters-Pierce tax case
In Austin on April 26 state lawyers could not finalize the statement of facts with E B Perkins in the Waters-Pierce Oil gross receipts tax suit. C Woon of Dallas was summoned and the matter will go over until he explains certain figures, with an agreement expected later.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
E. B. Perkins
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
C. W. Oon
Dallas
Confederate Memorial Day Observed Across Several States
Atlanta marked Confederate Memorial Day with Col. Robert B. Lee delivering the oration. Graves of Confederate and Union soldiers were decorated as other southern states observed the day on various dates.
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Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Atlanta
Robert B. Lee
Fairfax
Trainmen Hurt In Collision At Milano Texas
Two railroad workers suffered injuries when a freight train on the International and Great Northern line backed into a Santa Fe freight at Milano. Brakeman J. W. Nunnelly had several ribs broken and Conductor C. O. Matthews was severely bruised. both men reside in Palestine Texas.
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Palestine Tex
International
Great Northern Railroad
Milano
Santa Fe
J. W. Nunnelly
C. O. Matthews
The Wrong Advertisement
A theater prank exposes a medical ad scheme used by aspiring doctors to drum up patients. A theater usher conveys a staged plea from a supposed urgent patient, prompting a curtain announcement that Doctor Blank is needed for a patient suffering a fever after a dose, highlighting deceptive advertising tactics.
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Blank
Marriage Incompatibility Cited As Lack Of Judgment
A caustic citizen quips that many unhappy marriages stem from no judgment. He cites a young man marrying a girl for swimming beauty only to keep her in a flat rather than a glass tank, illustrating misplaced priorities.
Hyde released on writ after year in jail
Dr. B. C. Hyde, once serving a life term for the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, is freed on a writ of habeas corpus from the county jail in Kansas City. The Supreme Court recently reversed the case and remanded for a new trial. bail was set at $50,000.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Col. Thomas
H. Swope
Hyde
Supreme Court
Ralphs. Latshaw
Dr. Hyde
Inmate’s Release Deferred To Tomorrow
A jail inmate's release is postponed to tomorrow, extending his period of incarceration to exactly one year.
Battleship Texas Expected to Be Ready in 1913
Adjutant General Hutchings announced a navy letter stating the Texas battleship should be completed by December 17, 1913, with a launch planned for spring or early summer 1912 and a completion cost of $11,000,000.
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Austin
Tex
Hutchings
Texas
Poetry Makes Magazine Fill Between Prose
A witty exchange defines poetry as what magazines use to fill space between prose, contrasting high art with practical layout. The quip frames poetry as a casual standard in publishing and underscores its elusive definitional boundary.
Meter Remembered: Webbites Face Meter Ad Boomerang
A political advertisement from the Webbites warns that choosing meters over waterworks control may backfire. The writer accuses Sonny Meter of repeating a corporate vote influence claim and urges public caution about the Webb ticket with Waterworks Ward as city attorney.
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Sonny
Webb
Waterworks Ward
An Attempted Raid of Cuy Treasury by the Citizens' Ticket
The People’s Party Committer warns that Callaghan, twice defeated for mayor, restored city finances after recalls and debt. He notes warrants sold below par and debts paid, leaving cash-based treasury with over five million borrowing credit. He urges voters to block the same group from control of treasury and franchises.
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Cuy
Citizens’ Ticket
Callaghan
People's Party
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Beethoven Hall
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Phil Wright
Relief Fund Association
W. P. Bishop
C. Layer
W. J. Robins
J. E. Putnam
A. Lucas
F. Black
J. M. Leal
C. IL. Graap
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