Columbus Day Celebration in Austin to Feature Military Mass and Floats
The Knights of Columbus plan Austin Columbus Day events on October 12 with a military mass in Wooldridge park and a grand parade. President Taft may attend, with a Texas National Guard battalion to participate. Floats will depict Columbus era events with about 2500 marchers from state councils.
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Knights of Columbus
Taft
W R. Hamby
Hilles
South
Texas
Wooldridge Park
Texas National Guard
N. A. Gallagher
Galveston
America
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Houston
Dallas
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Beaumont
Waco
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San Antonio Attracts Cotton Buyers From North Texas
Muller's firm reports a surge of buyers from North Texas flocking to San Antonio. Over 40,000 bales purchased so far this season as Dallas and Collin counties join the city in establishing a South Texas cotton belt. Local brokers credit coordinated publicity for the rapid growth.
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Bexar County
Rainey J. Muller
Muller & Co
Texas
North Texas
Black Land Belt
Dallas
Collin
South Texas
Muller
German Empress Recuperates From Illness
Berlin August 5 Empress Augusta Victoria has recovered rapidly from tonsillitis and the emperor will join her at Wilhelmshöhe soon.
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Auguste Victoria
Wilhelmshoche
Texas Tall Buildings Rise Across Cities
A Texas survey shows a boom in tall structures with two 22 story buildings erected in the last year and 60 percent of tall buildings built in five years. Dallas leads with 52 tall buildings followed by Houston with 39. Waco also has a 22 story tower. The state’s urban growth accompanies a 76 percent rise in city populations over the past decade and a 60 percent jump in assessed city property values.
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Commercial Secretary’s Association
Dallas
Houston
Waco
Fashion plates declared literature by postal commission
New York August fifth. A commission reviewing second class postal rates ruled that fashion plates are literature. Advocates argued they document cultural history and reflect current styles, while critics questioned the classification. The decision affirmed the literary status of fashion images.
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Frank Hendrick
J. B. G. Rhinehart
Lowell
Harvard University
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Hendrick
San Francisco Man Sues Estate of Countess Starra
Richard V. Devy sues the estate of Countess Starra Mabel Florence Hilton of New York to recover 15000 dollars alleged loaned before her 1910 Paris death. Defendant administrator Francis C. Tilley of Portland Oregon claims the statute of limitations has run.
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New York
Richard V. Devy
San Francisco
Starra
Mabel Florence Hilton
Paris
Francis C. Tilley
Portland
Oregon
Hardy's Name in Print Sparks Congressional Record Fuss
Special to The Light notes Congressman Hardy of Texas seeks publicity by interrupting speeches to insert his name in the Congressional Record. The piece argues his interruptions aim to gain notoriety, contrasting with his ability to deliver readable speeches on his own.
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Congressman Hardy
Washington, D. C
Texas
Hardy
Bailey
Bryan
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