Mutual Insurance By law ruling limits votes and premiums
Austin August ruling states mutual fire insurance by laws may not grant extra votes per policy, require discretionary add on premiums, or void policy by contingent loss payment. It holds surplus must grow by 10 percent of yearly savings and that mutuals are subject to stock company laws, valued policy law, and anti technicality law. Department refused approval until objectionable features are removed.
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Austin, Tex
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Board of Directors
Insurance Commission
Mutual Insurance
Mutual Fire
Department of Insurance and Banking
Coupon for Sample Can to Make Nestle Customer Happy
A reader requests a coupon for a sample can covering 12 feedings to test Nestle products and gauge consumer happiness. The note implies promotional sampling to measure satisfaction.
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Nestle
Senator Thurston Dies in Nebraska at 68
John M. Thurston former United States senator from Nebraska died at 4 this morning after four weeks of critical illness from heat prostration. A Republican leader and attorney he chaired the Republican national conventions in 1888 and 1896. Thurston, 68, was a close adviser to President McKinley and gained national fame as an editor. A Senate speech he made is said to have precipitated the Spanish American War.
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Omaha
Neb
John M. Thurston
United States
Nebraska
Thurston
McKinley
Troops Parade Through Brownsville Under General Parker
Brigadier General James Parker reviewed all mounted troops and army transportation in Brownsville Texas. A six mile line of cavalry motor trucks and field wagons drew thousands as it passed through the business district.
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Brownsville
Tez
James Parker
Fire destroys Corpus Christi Times plant
A fire of unknown origin on the second floor destroyed the Corpus Christi Times plant and damaged adjacent property. The loss is estimated at 40000 dollars.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Corpus Christi Times
San Antonio and Northwestern Railroad Charter Amended
The secretary of state approved an amendment to the San Antonio and Northwestern Railroad Company charter. Stock was split from 100 to 10 dollars per share and shares increased from 1250 to 12600, ratified at a July 29, 1916 stockholders meeting.
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Austin
Tex
Secretary of State's Department
San Antonio and Northwestern Railroad Company
San Antonio
Not Excessive Must Pay for Victory
Allied officers aboard a hospital ship in Southampton discuss British casualties and the war’s cost. They say the value lies not in the number of dead but in the return of effort, arguing that higher losses could shorten the conflict and that many wounded will soon return to fighting.
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Associated Press
London
England
Southampton
Fricourt
Montauban
Bazentin
la Boigelle
Contalmaison
Loos
Germany
Explosion at Michel BC Mine Sparks Immediate Rescue Effort
Fernie BC reports a bad explosion in No 3 mine at Michel early this morning. Officials know nothing about the number of men inside or their fate as a rescue train departs to the scene from Fernie.
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British Columbia
Fernie
B. C
Michel
East Indian Seer Delivers Critique of Japan's Modernity
Poet Rabindranath Tagore, visiting the United States after departing Japan, laments that modern civilization has hollowed Japan’s inner life. He contrasts ancient Buddhist exchanges with today’s rapid, noisy culture, warning that superficial progress masks a loss of transparency and simplicity.
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Japan
Rabindranatha Tagore
United States
Count Okuma
Tokio
America
China
Ohio parties nominate big names for fall tickets
Ohio primaries finalize contest with Republican nominees Myron T. Herrick for U S senator and Frank B. Willis for governor and Democrat picks Atlee Pomerene for senator and James M Cox for governor. Both parties name full slates including Congress candidates across districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
France
United States
Frank B. Willis
Atlee Pomerene
James M. Cox
Congress
Namad Hv Hoth Nartie
Marriage Amid Church Ceremonies Opens Society Page
In Society Wednesday Night the marriage of Thomas Edwin Anderson to Miss Adele Schelb takes place at 7 30 in the First Presbyterian Church. Other society events include card party at 8 12, Circle meetings at 4 and 3, and a series of weddings and entertainments featuring Lt Karl Gorman and Miss Suzon D Anton and Capt John Hemphill and Miss Louise Girard. Guests travel from Birmingham and Flintown, with Fort Sam Houston hosting events and dances at the Gunter Hotel for Jewish soldiers.
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Thomas Edwin Anderson
Adele Schelb
First Presbyterian Church
Lottie Kiddle
Hoonr
Margaret Briggs
Birmingham
Ala
A. H. Winkenhower
Miss Kiddle
Misses Briggs
Alma Curtis Cook
Hazelhurst
Helen Bates
Viola Crew
Lucile Parker
Karl Gorman
Sixteenth Cavalry
Suzon D'Anton
St. Mark's Rectory
John E. Hemphill
Eleventh Cavalry
Louise Girard
J. B. Girard
Pinnell
St. Paterick’s Church
Laura Girard
Oscar Foley
Gunter Hotel
Fort Sam Houston
Rabbi Gerstein
Minna Burg
Leonora Smith
Charles Lee
Ruth Russell Matlock
Edith Goldstein
Max Blum
Sarah Bramson
Last Man's Club Reunion in Stillwater
Eight survivors of Company B First Minnesota met in Stillwater for their annual Last Man's Club reunion. The eight joined eleven total members, honoring comrades who fell at Bull Run and other dead members with draped chairs. A memorial honored those lost and a wine bottle, once housed in a Stillwater bank, sat on the table with the roster.
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Minnesota Regiment
Stillwater
St. Paul
Last Man's Club
Battle of
Bullae
Last Man’s Club
Lving
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Mindes Millinery
Nestlé
Nestle’s Food Company
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New York
Parker
Hertzberg’s
Houston and
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Mission Auto CO
U. S
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Herrick
Pomerene
United States Senate
Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart Church
Hardin
West End
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Council of Mothers
the St. Anthony
Missionary Society of
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Kathryn Brunneman
Flatonia
J. W. Woodson
Carl Hahn
Laura Maverick Graves
H. P. Drought
Comfort
William B. Lupe
Travis Club
Edward McClannahan
Miss Grace
Blanche McDonough
Beaumont
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Grace
Mildred Murray
Irmengarde Eberle
Maude Gresham
Edith Chabot
Russell Hughes
Charlotte Newton
Mona Patterson
Phyllis Shiner
Dorothy Evans
Isador Taylor
Maurice Barker
Grace Winerich
Eleanor Dowden
Alice Lammers
Lillian Hughes
Elizabeth
Grace James
Philippine Islands
Atlee B. Ayres
E. J. Martin
Laird & Shober’s
de Vonne Colonial
Grisson
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
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