Local intercity golf win and national guard maneuvers noted
Local San Antonio defeats Austin and Houston 5 to 0 in a week’s intercity golf match. Texas National Guard maneuvers begin at Mabry Park as large crowds attend Epworth League encampment in Corpus Christi.
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San Antonio
Austin
Houston Buffaloes
San Antonio Bronchos
Texas National Guard
Mabry Park
Epworth League
Corpus Christi
Columbia
New York
Newfoundland
Des Moines
Togo
George Washington
Brooklyn
N. Y
Arkansas
City Council Deadlock Delays August City Employee Pay
Minority on the city council blocks an appropriation ordinance delaying July salaries for city workers. General Hoyt recalled for General Duncan. Camp Mabry maneuvers ongoing. Brackettville protests state tuberculosis sanitarium at Fort Clark site. All other items noted as part of daily briefing.
Multiple Events Mark City News and National Developments
Arrest reported for murder with March date linked to Alfred Louis and family names. Southwestern Telephone opens new Travis street building. Telephone workers push for chief operator removal amid strike threat. San Antonio picture show compliance audit reveals fire ordinance gaps. Harris County Bank battles loan-driven trouble as it changes hands. Statehouse passes quart and daylight resolutions. Ball deflects on gubernatorial candidate stance. Election probes face authority doubt. Diplomatic agents reassigned. Togo inspects 14 inch gun at Washington navy yard. Senator Frye dies suddenly in D C. Victor Jensen Electrical plant in Chicago blown by dynamite. Arizona and New Mexico statehood bills pass senate with recall clause intact. Cotton prices pressured by bears. John W Gates prominent American appears in report.
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William McWilliams
Alfred Louis
Elizabeth
Josie
Louis
Alfred Carlyle Casaway
Southwestern Telephone Company
Travis Street
San Antonio
Harris County Bank & Trust Company
House
Senate
United States
Togo
Washington Navy Yard
W. P. Frye
Maine
National Capital
Victor Jensen Electrical Supply Company
Chicago
Arizona
New Mexico
Freign
John W. Gates
Multiple National and State News Highlights
Brig Gen Ralph W Hoyt leaves for St Paul Minn. Real estate men press back taxes collection by city Citizens Party reorganizes. Incendiarian active with three fires traced to him. Aransas Pass becomes port of call benefiting San Antonio. Counties join Bexar road move. Pros seek constitutional convention. antis oppose citing no need. Dallas fire causes 250000 damage. ITB transfers HQ from Palestine to Houston. Governor Colquitt requires consent for constitution revision. Election inquiry refusals surge. State institutions receive large education funds. Texas cotton crop improves with growth. Matsuhito Crown Prince thanks Taft for Togo reception. Steel trust probe drops Perkins contempt case. US crop forecast poor. Taft will veto Arizona statehood over recall. Astoria centennial begun. Wireless tests for aviation planned. Senate delays arbitration treaties. Admiral Togo in Philadelphia. Lorimer inquiry adjourns to October. Slayden seeks Medina irrigation aid. Confederate veteran General Gordon dies. Foreign flag burned in London Ontario. Emir collides with Silverton off Gibraltar. 93 perish. Pope Pius shows slight improvement.
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Ralph W. Hoyt
St. Paul
Minn
Incendinarian
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Nueces
San Patricio
Bee
Bexar County
Texas
Dallas
International & Great Northern Railroad
Palestine
Houston
Colquitt
Election Investigation Committee
Senate
House
Matsuhito
Japan
Taft
Togo—Steel Trust Investigation Committee
Congress
Perkins
Department of Agriculture
United States
Arizona
Astoria
Ore
Astor
Togo
Philadelphia
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Chicago
Slayden
Medina
General Gordon
The
Confederate Veterans
Memphis, Tenn
London
Ontario
Emir
Gibraltar
Silverton
Pope Pius
Diverse Political and Global Developments Stir Early 20th Century
Reports span US internal politics with state charter debates in Texas, military and guard activity at Camp Mabry, and tariff talks in Congress. International notes include Hispano and Canadian labor actions, Mexico political shifts, and a Papal recovery rumor amid global tensions and naval inspections in Philadelphia.
Alamo Heights Moves to Incorporation in August 1911
Friday August 11 1911 reports Alamo Heights set to incorporate as a municipality. Captain Novak department quartermaster awards contracts for Fort Sam Houston improvements. Lipscomb insurgent alderman declares support for monthly payrolls and related measures.
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Alamo Heights
Captain Novak
Fort Sam Houston
Lipscomb
Local unrest and salary hikes across the state
The report notes a mob in Farmersville lynching a Black person, officials raise salaries by ten percent for state workers, and Attorney General Lightfoot set to rule on the constitutionality of legislative committees probing alleged election frauds with many arrests expected. Sworn appropriations exceed 400000 for the Southwestern insane asylum in San Antonio.
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Newnam
Russia
el Paso
Frisco
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
National Guard
Mabry Park
Colquitt
Duncan
Farmersville
Lightfoot
Southwestern Insane Asylum
South Texas Gardeners’ Association
Brownsville
St. Louis
Congress Debates Inquiries And Trust Methods
Congressman Littleton to introduce a resolution for further inquiry into trust methods. Both houses accept a wool schedule of 29 cents after discussion. Senator Cullom proposes seven national highways from Washington to Austin Texas. Garner bill granting Fort Clark site for a tuberculosis sanitarium passes the House with minor amendments. Bailey resigns from the Senate monetary committee. Panama Zone squatters dispute canal commission by refusing to move. English lords abandon opposition to veto will but lose prerogative. Mexican anti reelectionists name Go mez to head party against Madero. Diaz addressed petition in Luzerne Switzerland urging return to restore peace. London strike situation eases. Pope Pius reports a restless night.
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Littleton
House
Congress
Cullom
Washington
D. C
Austin
Tex
Garner
Fort Clark
Bailey
Monetary Committee
Senate
Panama Zone
Canal Commission
Mexico
Gomez
Madero
Diaz
Luzerne
Switzerland
Republic
London
Pope Pius
Fire bug target offered reward by lumber firm
Ed Steves & Sons offers a $100 reward for capture of a fire bug. The Chamber of Commerce presents to County Judge Shock and commissioners a plan to spend $40,000 yearly on oiling county roads. Attorney General Lightfoot says legislative committees have power to investigate elections of July.
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Ed Steves & Sons
Chamber of Commerce
Shock
Lightfoot
Congress and elections sweep through the day in clashes
Representative Spradley accuses John D. Rockefeller of contributing 1,000,000 to anti campaign funds. Legislature plans no election inquiry funding yet hires experts. Debates over 10,000 for paintings and other appropriations continue as conference is sought.
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Spradley
Collin County
House
John D. Rockefeller
Senate
Corpus Christi
Judge Seeks Guiding Maxim for Bench Conduct
An eminent judge sought a bench guiding maxim and chose Be swift to hear slow to speak slow to wrath James 1 19 as the rule. The quotation underscores measured judgment and restraint in court proceedings and temper in rulings.
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James
Boys 10 Show Corn at the Fair
A circular from P I Stewart to the Bexar County Boys' Corn club urges members to prepare corn for the International fair, write essays on how the crop grew, select the best ears, and bring twenty five exemplary ears to the exhibit while noting weather difficulties and future improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County Boys’ Corn Club
Bexar County
Secretary of Agriculture Praises Fragrant Forest Tree
The secretary endorses a forest tree that outperforms the English walnut in this country. It spreads like an oak with feathery foliage and fills the air with fragrance.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Credit gown prompts household bargain in Life dialogue
In a Life magazine style exchange Mrs Crabshaw agrees to use credit for a new gown while Crabshaw suggests opting for a more expensive one if charged. The dialogue centers on shopping and financial consent within a marriage.
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Crabshaw
Mrs. Crabshaw
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