Methodists consider San Antonio for 1914 General Conference
A three man committee touring potential sites for the 1914 Methodist General Conference inspected San Antonio after visiting Atlanta and New Orleans. If chosen, the event would gather about 450 delegates and 450 alternates among roughly 2 million church members, with many clergy and missionaries attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
New Orleans
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Ashville
H. E. Hildebrand
J. N. Brown
W. H. Chambers
Mr. Sessions
West End Church
Mr. Cress
South Heights Church
S. H. C. Burgin
W. M. West
J. W. Stevens
A. R. Byrd
St. Anthony Hotel
Capudine Promises Quick Relief for Headaches and Ailments
Hicks' Capudine offers a cure for headaches and various ailments including heat cold grip and stomach troubles. The liquid medicine is advertised as acting quickly and restoring normal conditions with feverishness aches and nervousness fading. Available in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes at drug stores.
Madero Prepares for Federal March as Juarez Armistice Teeters
El Paso report details rumors of federal reinforcements massing toward Juarez while Madero vows to block rail movement and push peace talks. Generals Rabago and Oro lead a convoy of 1000 troops. Navarro may mediate with Mexico City, as insurrectos guard lines south of Juarez. Continued conferences planned with Dr Vasquez Gomez and potential Senora Carbajal arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Falstaff
Buckram
Lincoln
Chihuahua
Mexican National Railroad
Rabago
Oro
Madero
Francisco Madero
Navarro
Carbajal
Mexico
Vasquez Gomez
Gomez
Senora Carbajal
McDonald’s wins San Antonio decor contract at 322 E Houston
That’s what they all say. A line praising McDonald’s superior parlor and bedroom decoration skills leads to the assertion that the company secures the local design work in San Antonio, mentioning the address 322 E Houston Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald's
San Antonio
Houston Street
Negro to Have New Trial in Thirty-seventh District Court
Arthur Ross, a Negro whose conviction was reversed on appeal, will face a new trial Monday in the Thirty-seventh District Court. He was convicted for cutting a street car conductor after an altercation. Key witnesses reportedly left the city, and the state plans to rely on written testimony from the prior trial, which Ross's attorneys plan to oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ross
Appellate Criminal Court
Thirty-seventh District Court
Ross
Asthma Cure Claim Promises Free Trial Package
A physician Dr W K Walrath offers a free trial of a claimed asthma remedy. He asserts widespread failure of existing treatments and says he discovered a permanent cure after years of struggle. He invites readers to send name and address to Adams New York for the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Walrath
Adams
New York
Austin Investors Buy Choice Lots at $100
An Austin real estate deal mirroring a capitol sale is headed for the Bexar county grand jury. Austin investors, lured by dealers in San Antonio, bought rural mesquite land six miles outside the city thinking it was prime city lots. Deeds revealed the error, and Austin DA James R. Hamilton said the Austin grand jury lacked jurisdiction, with the case likely to be presented to the San Antonio grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Illinois State Capitol
Austin
San Antonio
James R. Hamilton
Austin Grand
Voters warned to file precinct change notices by May 8
Officials urge voters who moved to update poll tax receipts at the county collector to vote legally. The deadline is May 8 five days before the election, or the mover cannot vote in the new or old precinct. A lawyer cites legal requirements for notarizing changes to voting eligibility. Affected voters must identify themselves at the collector’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
John Bitter
Owen Joins Reciprocity Banks
Senator Owen of Oklahoma declared support for Canadian reciprocity and told President Taft at the White House he was inclined to vote for the measure without amendment. The meeting marked the first in a series with undecided senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Taft
White House
Judge Denies Concurrence for Serial Thief John Kramer
Assistant District Attorney J F Carl argued against concurrent terms for John Kramer who admitted thefts and fled to San Antonio. The prosecutor called him a confirmed criminal and urged longer punishment to keep him from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kramer
J. F. Carl
San Antonio
Jewish Literary Club Meets After Carnival with Readings
The Jewish Literary club gathered in the Moose room on Thursday night for its first meeting in three weeks due to the carnival. Miss Fannie Berger played a piano solo and Bernard Moravian read Dr Schindler's Confessions. E Pauliveft, Chelsea Mass Young Men's Hebrew association press representative, urged founding a local Young Men's Hebrew group. An impromptu dance followed.
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Jewish Literary Club
Moose Room
Fannie Berger
Bernard Moravian
Dr. Schindler
E. Pauliveft Press
Chelsea
Mass
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Cal Young Men's Hebrew Association
Twenty eighth infantry base ball team seeks games with opponents
The Twenty eighth infantry base ball team asks the sporting editor to arrange games with households and enemas at any time, indicating willingness to play with Renegeo and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Phy
Protest Against Raids From Imperial Valley
Ranchers and citizens of the Imperial Valley filed a formal protest through General Bliss in San Diego objecting to raids on farms by so called Mexican revolutionists. They cite marauding bands and target insurgents under General Pryze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calixico
Cal
Imperial Valley
United States
General Bliss
San Diego
Pryze
Stanley Willams
Peale Assured Within Week Claims Move
Erico Moye of Chihuahua reports peace near in Mexico after talks between Francisco Carbajal and insurrectos near Juarez. Francisco Madero Jr. and allies expect no re election and real suffrage as principal demands, with Diaz not resigning. Moye travels to Mexico City to brief officials, while armistice leads to ongoing negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
México
Lic
Francisco Carbajal
Mexico
Insurrectos
Vazquez Gomez
Juarez
Francisco Erico Moye
Chihuahua
San Antonio
Diaz
Mr. Moye
Francisco Madero Jr
Moye
Limantour
Madero
Insurrecto
Francisco Madero Sr
Ernesto Madero
Francisco Jr
Alfonso Madero
Rafael Hernandez
Oscar Braniff
Esquivel Obre
St. Anthony
Refugee recounts Durango battle near Torreon
Juan Pablo Torres and family arrived in San Antonio after a fierce fight at their hacienda south of Torreon in Durango. Rebels and federal troops clashed, burying dead in the yard before insurgents withdrew with honors. The family, staying at the Menger hotel, described active insurrectos across Durango with bands of about 100 and many local chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Juan Pablo Torres
San Antonio
Padricena
Torreon
Durango
Torres
Mr. Torres
Ferdinand
Marie Antoinette
Menger Hotel
Refugio Torres
Lady of the Lake Convent
War talk worries Texans as Mexico tensions rise
Texas lawmakers and border-area constituents react to rumors of a US-Mexico war. Congressmen Slayden and Smith report telegraphs from border towns opposing intervention while John N. Garner notes newspaper furor exceeds local concern. Texans recall San Jacinto in assessing risk and mobilization potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Meicxo
Slayden and Smith
Mexico
John N. Garner
Brownsville
San Jacinto
Lone Star Republic
Sully Granted Immunity to Attend New York Trial
Daniel J. Sully, former cotton magnate suing John Hays Hammond in Washington for 1.5 million dollars, is granted protection to come to New York Monday and remain immune from arrest under pending civil commitments upon his wife's application. Mrs. Sully, sued by Peter H. Gorr for 20 000 dollars, claims the note she indorsed to aid her husband was lost in cotton speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daniel J. Sully
John Hays Hammond
Washington
Corr
Sully
Supreme Court
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound credited for curing child coughs
Mrs. F Marti of St Joseph Michigan praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for curing her boy's severe bronchial trouble when other medicine failed. She says the remedy stopped coughing choking and gagging spells and the child recovered quickly. Bexar Drug Co carries the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Marti
St. Joe
Mich
Foley
Bexar Drug Co
Board of Equalization to Meet in Bexar County Texas
The County Commissioners Court of Bexar County Texas will sit as Board of Equalization on May 8 1911 to inspect and correct the assessor of taxes lists books and records. Frank R Newton County Clerk signs and seals the notice dated April 27 1911 in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Texas
A. D
San Antonio
Cuticura Remedies Cited For Eczema Cure In Ads
In an advertisement style customer testimonials recount eczema relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Miss Mattie J. Shaffer from Dancy Mississippi and Mrs. F. L. Marberger of Drehersville Pennsylvania attribute full recovery after failed prior treatments. The promotion cites samples and a 32 page skin book from Potter Drug and Chem Corp in Boston.
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Mattie J. Shaffer
Dancy
Miss
F. L. Marberger
Drehersville
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Columbus Ave
Boston
Trains Derail Near Embankment Killing Teachers
At about 8 a.m. the Utica special train on a single track left the rails after a curve. Teachers had decorated coaches with banners in anticipation of a trip. The track ran along a forty foot ravine with a small stream and woods beside it. A gang of Italians was repairing the road and had just relaid the rails when the derailed train plunged into the ravine.
Locomotor Ataxia Cured at Kings Sanitarium
Advertises a cure for locomotor ataxia and other nervous troubles at Kings Sanitarium San Antonio Texas. Claims to offer particulars from Prof F T King and provides Lock Box 821 for inquiries.
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Frank Bros
Miss King
Phoenix
Alamo Plaza
Methodist Committee
Methodist Church
South
Thomas B. King
Memphis
Joseph G. Brown
Raleigh
N. C
L. W. Davis
Baltimore
the Church
Hicks
Capudine
Pa Ek
Cabot’s
F. T. Parks & Co
East Houston Street
San. Antonio, Texas
S100
Mesquite
Bitter
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Mary Jerome
Mary Catherine
Misses Lottie Grover
Julia Sellers
Florence Howard
Floa J. Jones
Emma Buchhorn
Sadie
S. Prosser
Ee A W. Petre
Anna H. Scanon
Bertha Norris
John W. Norris
Fifty-seventh District
Vernon-Pytel Drilling Company Et al
Seventy-third District Court
Claude V. Birkhead
Peale
Diar
Federsia
Hostetter
Board OF Equalization
Frank R. Newton
Otto Geise
Houston
Alamo Streets
RED Swan Coffee
Reinhard &Co, Coffee and Tea House
Grand People’s
Party Rally
Beethoven Hall
Peacock Naval School
Bus Christi
Gulf
Alta Vista
Navy
Wesley Peacock
Peacock Military College
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