Acting Mayor Richter Backed by Friends at Garden Street Meeting
Friends of Acting Mayor Richter held a gathering at Hermann Sons hall on Garden street. Speakers including Capt. Edgar Schramm and C. A. Davies urged Richter for the unexpired mayoral term, praising his knowledge of San Antonio’s affairs and asking sympathy votes.
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Richter
Hermann Sons Hall
Garden Street
Edgar Schramm
C. A. Davies
Leo Tarleton
San Antonio
Captain Schramm
City Campaign Urges Voters to Support Needed Street Improvements
A local candidate pledges to act in the best interests of the city by opening streets and making essential improvements. He urges voters to support his administration to ensure efficient governance and proper handling of city affairs.
Officials Pleased by First Month Federal Deficit Decline
Washington August 2. The federal treasury shows a July deficit of 7 43185 or 16 093 440 for July 1911. Customs receipts surpassed expectations by nearly 5 million dollars and government expenses fell about 8 million compared with July last year due to delays in passing key bills. Total July receipts 59 536 384 disbursements 60 297 518 with prior year figures 52 085 062 and 68 178 502. Customs receipts for July were 28 136 502 versus 23 404 503 a year earlier.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Treasury
Treasury
Wolters Files Expense in Harris County Senate Race
Col. Jake Wolters filed his expense account showing a total of 15340.53 spent in his bid for the Harris County Senate nomination. He characterized the effort as fruitless.
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Wolters
Houston
Tex
Jake Wolters
Harris County
Questioning Jones Caucus and City Leadership Rumors
A критique of the Jones campaign and Sunday caucus at the St Anthony hotel. The author questions ties to Mississippi Valley Trust Company and San Antonio waterworks, cites Selig Deutschmann as campaign manager, and defends voters’ right to know while predicting Jones will not be mayor.
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Jones
St. Anthony
McGinty
Licur
Express
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
San Antonio
Selig Deutschmann
William Herff
Deutschmann
Citizens’ League
Salt River
Gus
Noted Southern Visitors Confer With Wilson At Sea Girt
Three southern officials. Senators Hoke Smith Culberson and Rep. Henry D. Clayton visited Governor Wilson at Sea Girt New Jersey. Culberson might press publicity for campaign contributions. Wilson shows good health after a yachting trip and plans to organize the national Democratic committee. He will not resign the New Jersey governorship during the campaign.
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Sea Girt
N. J
South
Wilson
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Culberson
Texas
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
House Judiciary Committee
National Campaign Committee
Congress
National Democratic Committee
New Jersey
Baltimore
Grover Cleveland
New York
Fes
Limerick
Joseph EB. Davies
National Committee
O’gorman
TENTS ALL RESERVED FOR TEXAS EPWORTH LEAGUE ENCOUNTER
Epworth by the Sea hosts the eighth annual Texas State league session with 246 tents set and 100 more planned. Delegations arrive from Houston San Antonio Dallas Waco Fort Worth and other Texas cities as bishops and speakers prepare to lead sermons and Bible study.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Epworth-by the-Sea
Epworth
Texas State League
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Waco
Fort Worth
Texas
Galveston
Sherman
Paris
James Watt Raine
Joseph
Key
X. Fr. McCoy
Ragsdale
E. H. Jones
Celeste
A. A. Booty
Gladys Lockett
Grace Booty
Steiner Booty
Georgetown
J. W. Reedy
S. B. Beall
George Mulkey
Frances Mulkey
E. J. McKinnon
Alice McKinnon
San
Plant Juice credited by San Antonio constable in health claim
Stockdale resident Constable Worthing praises Plant Juice after a decade of stomach and kidney trouble. He declares it relieved his ailments swiftly and endorses its use, inviting buyers to Fischer's at Houston and Alamo for purchase.
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Stockdale
San Antonio
F. A. Worthing
Worthing
Gale
Fischer's
Houston
Alamo
Steel Workers Plan to Organize Union
The American Federation of Labor plans a nationwide drive to unionize iron and steel workers, targeting open shops with simultaneous meetings in cities and towns with steel plants. The circular notes attention to the foreign element in the industry and urges prospective immigrants to delay coming to America for a year or two.
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Washington, D. C
Iron and Steel
United States
American Federation of Labor
Federation
America
Emergency Bill Grants Temporary Relief for Government
Congress passed an emergency appropriation to sustain government operations and pension payments through mid August. The measure, sent to the president, keeps June and July appropriations in place for another half month while annual bills are awaited. In the Senate, critics argued no funds were added for pension increases recently enacted. In San Diego six Industrial Workers of the World leaders were found guilty of felony for conspiring to violate the city traffic ordinance.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
San Diego
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World
E. E. Kirk
Harry M. McKee
Jack Whyte
H. Kisser
F. W. Hubbard
Robert Gausden
Governor will not take suggestions for textbook board
Governor Colquitt declines public nominations for the Texas state text book board saying he will select from a list of thirty teachers provided by the university president the College of Industrial Arts president and the state superintendent. Appointments must be announced by August 15.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
University
College of Industrial Arts
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Central Trust Company
Commerce St
San Antonio, Texas
People’s Party Committee
Senator Culberson
Steel Workers
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Joske
Whi
Lisle
Austin, Tex
Ing
State Banking Board
Central Texas Exchange Trust Company of
Capital Stock
First State Bank of Ellinger
Trust Company
Ellinger Bank
A. Collman
Main Ava
Goodyear
Oxfords
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