National Guard Units Prepare for Interstate Encampment
Texas National Guard infantry units began en route to Alexandria Louisiana for the 1912 interstate encampment with 24 companies and 38 men per unit. The maneuver lasts nine days as Adjutant General Hutchings aims for warlike discipline and practical training.
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Austin
Tex
Texas National Guard Infantry
Alexandria
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Henry Hutchings
Emmett E. Walker
General Staff
Hutchings
Texas Infantry
Chief Counsel Rogers Free After Contempt Sentence
Earl Rogers of Clarence Darrow’s defense avoids county jail after being sentenced for contempt. A habeas corpus petition wins release on bail set at 200 dollars, with hearing scheduled Monday morning. Judge Hutton did not specify a prison term, leaving uncertainty over final imprisonment.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Earl Rogers
Clarence
Darrow
Hutton
Rogers
Sewell
San Francisco
Willis
Superior Court
O. H. F. Mayer
Seek Lower Rates in Texas Fire Insurance Drive
AUSTIN Texas August 7 A campaign by the state insurance board educates local officials on reducing property insurance rates. The board distributes pamphlets with hazard reduction building guidelines fire fighting tips and other guidance from the national insurance board urging adoption of these standardized recommendations.
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Austin
Tex
State Insurance Board
Texas
Texas Board
National Insurance Board
National Board
Austin to Pave Lavaca and University Avenues
Austin city council authorized Commissioner Powell to advertise bids for paving 16 blocks on Lavaca from Sixth to Nineteenth, Lavaca to University, and University from Nineteenth to Twenty-first. All paving materials considered. bitulithic brick and wood block firms expected to bid.
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Austin
Tex
Powell
Lavaca Street
Sixth
Nineteenth
Nineteenth Street
Lavaca
University Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Slayden Condemned Over Pension Bill Stance by Vets Camp
Luther Hare Camp No. 1 United Spanish War veterans passed resolutions condemning Congressman James L. Slayden of San Antonio for opposing the Crego bill granting pensions to widows and orphans of Spanish American War veterans. The notes accuse him of belittling the war and insult to naval and military leaders, and declare him unfit to represent the district.
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Luther Hare Camp
Pass Resolutions
Luther Hare
United Spanish War Veterans
James L. Slayden
San Antonio
Spain
Moose Hall
C. E. Bailey
Fourteenth
Texas
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
United States Army
Navy
Bill J. L. Slayden
Georgia
Florida
J. L. Slayden
Dewey
Sampson
Schley
Joe Wheeler
Lawton
Shafter
Army
Red Cross Society of
Cuba
Luther R. Hare
Fourteenth Congressional District of
Horsford Acid Phosphate Refreshment Tip
A teaspoonful added to a glass of cold tea or water with sugar is wonderfully refreshing, offering a simple tonic suggestion for a quick, tasty drink.
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Horsford
Additional Saloons To Be Established In Texas
Texas anticipates a surge of new saloons as scholastic population rises to about 1,000,000 children. Cities and precincts gain licenses based on children times five plus one saloon per 500 residents. Applications pour in as the comptroller’s office processes permits in order of receipt, with hundreds more expected soon.
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Louisiana-Texas Cavalry
Camp Mabry
New Braunfels
Manchaca Springs
Here
San Marcos
Landas Park
R.V. Pierce
Austin
Tex
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Hartsell
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Alexander Potter
William L. Richter
D. Sullivan & Co
Mr. Richter
Citizens’ League
National Guard
Mabry
A. H. Jones
Mas, Preece
A. Duerler Mfg. Co
Insurance Board
Tandao
Pengiong
New York
Saul Wolfson
Woodward Guarantee
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