Train timetable fragments for Houston to various destinations
Fragmentary timetable data lists arrival and departure times for several train routes. It mentions No. 6 No. 10 No. 8 and No. 241 242 235 244 with origins including Houston New Orleans Galveston Kerrville and Dal Fort Worth. Times range across morning and evening hours with multiple inbound and outbound notes.
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Houston
New Orleans
Galveston
Dal Fort Worth
North
Dallas
Fo Worth
Waco
Train schedule fragment from the north lines
A readable schedule fragment lists trains labeled No 7 and No 8 with routes from the north. Times shown include 9:55am 10:45pm 7:20am and 8:90pm, indicating a broken timetable segment with multiple departures.
Legislature Does Little Amid Budget Deliberations
Austin Aug 5 The senate failed to advance the general appropriations bill during the afternoon session while Senate Finance Chair Weinerth expects passage by late next week. House Finance Chair Cox aims to push his appropriation bill for consideration Monday.
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Austin
Senate
Weinerth
Senate Finance Committee
Cox
House Finance Committee
Dine and Social Events in San Antonio Highlights
A San Antonio page notes Crockett Hotel luncheons and evening meals with prices, a Dixie Social Club dance on August 9, and Fest Hall with Artzt music. It lists local businesses, humane society notes, a theft arrest for a ring, doctors, conventions, a basket picnic, a lost fox terrier, and revival services at First Baptist.
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Dixie Social Club Shirtwaist
Fest Hall
Texas Pioneer Doctor Davis Dies After Long Illness
William Hope Davis a Texas pioneer and prominent physician died at his home 136 East Mistletoe Street at 4 15 PM after a long illness. Born September 1 1837 in Cattaraugus County New York he journeyed west via Michigan Illinois and Texas building rail and stage connections before settling in San Antonio in 1903. He served in the Civil War and practiced medicine in Illinois and Texas where he developed land holdings and founded communities. He leaves multiple children from two marriages and his body is to be shipped to Springfield Illinois for burial with family travel to accompany the remains. Mary Nicholls 67 died Friday at 6 15 PM in her apartments 609 Avenue E. Survived by four children. funeral held yesterday from the apartments and interment in City Cemetery.
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William Hope Davis
Texas
East Mistletoe Street
Davis
San Antonio
Southwest
New York
Cattaraugus County
David
Harriet Davis
New England
Michigan
Memphis
Tenn
Paris
Butterfield
St. Louis
California
el Paso
Springfield
Illinois
Shiloh
Eclectic Medical Institute of
Cincinnati
Illinois Eclectic Association
Laurel Heights
Alfred
Nueces County
Dr. Davis
Rachel Davis
John Davis
Chicago
Millee Tilley
Smithville
Eva Hendricks
Austin
Aletta Brooks Davis
Adoniram Davis
English duchess and countess speak on marriage in New York
Adeline the Duchess of Bedford and the Countess of Dudley arrived in New York and discussed marriage trends in England. The duchess notes fewer marriages among English women, smaller families, and concerns about quick remarriage after divorce. She questions social acceptance of marrying debutantes and the motive of money in such matches.
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New York
England
Adeline
Duchess of Bedford
Countess of Dudley
Earl of Dudley
Australia
London
Vancouver
NOW SERVANTS REBEL In employment agencies it takes a blacklisted housekeeper many months to regain a reputation for humanity.
A New York Sun editorial notes that a seemingly amiable woman with a burglar alarm for her ice box once damaged her reputation so thoroughly that even after reform she cannot find reliable help. Agencies spread her past, making future hires wary despite changes.
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New York Sun
Torpedo Experiments at Provincetown Fail to Impress Experts
Experts at Provincetown report naval torpedo tests during maneuvers fail to prove value. Present types are too eccentric and unreliable for efficient use. Observers say even with perfect calculations the torpedo may fail to travel or skip erratically.
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Provincetown
Mass
Dinner arrangements for state officers and guests
At a Travelers' Protective Association meeting in the Menger Hotel, plans for an Italian supper for state officers on August 12 were made. Guests include Dinkelspiel, Mulkey, Menton, and Palmer, with a large list of directors attending. A joint picnic with the United Commercial Travelers is set for Hot Wells Park on August 19, followed by a baseball game at Electric Baseball Park on August 26.
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Post D
Travelers’ Protective Association
Menger Hotel
Menger
Dinkelspiel
Dallas
E. N. Mulkey
Sherman
Thomas F. Menton
Beaumont
Fred N. Palmer
Association
Sam Turner
H. J. McCustion
C. A. Daliet
BE. A. Cuendent
R. ¢. Flick
H. A. Stone
W. D. Bettis
D. B. Croll
W. N. Forbes
J. E. Kauffmann
J. J. Howe
B. F. Williams
F. W. Martin
M. C. Smith
H. H. Helms
J. C. Marshall
C. K. Weil
Harry Alexander
L. H. Baskin
Leo Gale
N. D. Arnold
United Commercial Travelers
Hot Wells Park
Electric Baseball Park
Assured State Will Get the Fort Clark Reservation
Congressmen Garner and Slayden visited the War Department and White House and received assurances the Garner bill to deed 500 acres of Fort Clark to Texas for a tuberculosis sanitarium will be approved. The current military post will be abandoned as troops are withdrawn.
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Washington, D. C
Garner
Slayden
War Department
White House
Fort Clark
State Board Praises Tuberculosis Colony Site Bill
State Health Officer Steiner and Frank H. Bushick voiced strong approval of Representatives Garner and Burleson introducing a bill to set Fort Clark as the tuberculosis colony site. The commission had urged Fort Clark as ideal and noted a second colony would be near San Angelo in Tom Green county with construction steps to follow bill passage.
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Austin
Tex
Steiner
Frank H. Bushick
Tuberculosis Commission
Garner
Burleson
Fort Clark Military Reservation
Fort Clark
Buschick
San Angelo
Tom Green County
Bushick
Farmerettea to Newport House Party
Twenty farmerettes with 150 acres harvested and sold sailed for Newport on the Fall River line to join Mrs. O H Belmont at Marble House. Guests include Mrs. George Tiffany and Mrs. William Slater. A note of farm pride and hopes to enter society accompanies their trip.
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New York
Newport
Commonwealth
O. H. P. Belmont
Marble House
Belmont Mansion
George Tiffany
Paris
William Slater
Leona Brokaw
Hempstead
Mrs. Belmont
Note From Mrs C Jones About Casey Jones Song
A Tennessee wife, Mrs. Jones, learns a song about her husband Casey Jones after a St. Louis Republic item. Dr O W Snodgrass received a letter revealing the singer Frank Ritchey sang Casey Jones while removing a rifle bullet from a boy’s spine. She asks that the song be sent to her.
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Casey Jones
St. Louis Republic
O. W. Snodgrass
Tennessee
St. Louis
Gauge measured by blast test on lead sheet
Explosives are tested before use by placing them on a half inch lead sheet and igniting. The hole size and depth the cap remnants are driven into the metal determine the gauge.
Bargain Gun and Outdoor Item Sale At Local Store
The ad lists specials on gasoline stoves and burners with prices around 2.75 to 9.90, and wickless oil stoves. It promotes heavy discounts on dog collars and a broad stock of .22 rifles and air guns, with prices from 0.75 to 11.50, urging customers to visit for grand values and limited stock.
Long Island party members discuss future plans and marriage
A young party member says she hopes to buy a farm and focus on work rather than making an impression on the rich. Beatrice Herman serves as maid at Hempstead and Jah Marshall tends the garden. The group jokes about Long Island men being grand and dismisses marrying a millionaire.
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Beatrice Herman
Hempstead
Jah Marshall
Long Island
Monkeys Reunion Sparks Curtain Laughs at Copenhagen Show
A vaudeville monkey named Moritz sudd leapt into the audience during a Copenhagen performance, landing in the arms of a man once its trainer. The man and the animal had been close four years earlier, and their renewed bond drew cheers from spectators.
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Copenhagen
Moritz Sudd
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Co Sul
Ets
Vancey
East Houston St
Portland
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon
Arizona
E. H. Dallas
West Commerce
Xz & G
Palestine
Mexico
Laredo
PD Wewwenes
Kerrville
Unday
Cloudcroft
Houston Street
H.L. Wagner
Houston St
Ave. C
Southern Pacific CO
Atlantic Steamship Lines
Morgan Line
Atlantic Seaboard
Stubbs
Broadway
A. B, Atkinson
Dig
San Antonio, Tex
Coast
Cuero
Victoria
West
East
G. H
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G. B. Devot
Bridget
Boston Transcript
Crockett Hotel
Bexar County Humane Society
Texas State Humane Society
Mackay Building
R. I. McCalla
E. M. Collins
Dr. Storey
Avenue D
Charles Reyna
Knaus, Miller
Cassiano
Geo. L. McCauley
Hicks Bldg
Cora Curtis
Grand Lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor
Curtis
John Bosshardt
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Goliad Street
Gerlach Bros
West Houston St
George H. Lee
Amone
William E. Luter
Lee
W. H. Davis
HE Was
Duchess of Bedfords
Cricwues
American Bank& Trust Co
Newport House
C. Jones
DR. R. M. Howe
Gunter
A. R. Beal
Gunter Building
S. A. Welding CO
East Commerce St
Baseball Goods
BE. Commerce St
Philo Hay Spec, CO
Newark
N. J
Drug and Dept
Bexar Drug Co
The
San Antonio Loan & Trust Go
West Commerce Street
ST. Anthony
Royal Tea CO
Expert Blenders
Main Ave
Daisy Fly
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