San Antonio Plumbing Firm Higgins Sold to Ahrens Ott
The Higgins Company, a major San Antonio wholesale plumbing firm, is sold to the Ahrens & Ott Mfg. Co of Louisville for well over 100000 dollars. Higgins remains as San Antonio branch head. the deal adds a third Texas house alongside Houston and Fort Worth, with Mexico distribution via San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins Company
Ahrens & Ott Mfg. Company
Louisville
Samuel H. Moon
Ahrens & Ott Company
San Antonio
W. G. Higgins
Higgins
Ahrens & Ott Mfg
Standard Sanitary Mfg. Company
Theodore Ahrens
Ahrens
Standard Company
United States
Bath Tub” Trust
Mr. Ahrens
Mr. Higgins
Fort Worth
Texas
Houston
New Orleans
Nashville
Losoya Street
Mexico
Moon
San Ahtonio
Knights and Ladies of Honor meet in Dallas in eighteenth biennial
The Grand Lodge of Texas Knights and Ladies of Honor holds its eighteenth biennial convention in Dallas with two closed sessions scheduled. George D. Tait of Indianapolis delivers the featured address as delegates elect all officers unanimously. J Burgheim becomes supreme representative to the United States supreme lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Grand Lodge of Texas of the
Knights and Ladies of Honor
George D. Tait
Indianapolis
Marie J. Cole
Joseph Netzer
Laredo
J. Burgheim
Houston
Jacob Weber
San Antonio
T. G. Knight
Allen
Grand Guardian
William Repp
Grand Sentinel
I. Carro
Fort Worth
Ben E. McCulloch
Austin
T. E. Brord
Brownwood
August Nester
Supreme Lodge of the United States
Brito Granted Bail in Extradition Case
Washington August 13. On charges by the Huerta government against Emmanuel Castillo Brito provisional governor of Campeche involving political crimes not extraditable, Attorney General McReynolds allowed the U S attorney at New Orleans where Brito is held to consent to release on ten thousand dollar bail pending extradition proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Huerta
Emmanuel Castillo Brito
Campeche
McReynolds
United States
New Orleans
Brito
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
San Antonio and vicinity expect fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Winds light, no precipitation anticipated. Temperatures will remain mild with slight cooling tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather watch across cities amid heat and possible showers
Observations at 8 am report St Louis 82 with 8 mph southwest wind and hot trend. Chicago 70 with possible rain and 4 mph northeast wind. Milwaukee 62 cloudy with 4 mph southeast wind and probable rain. St Paul 66 cloudy with 16 mph southeast wind and rain likely. Kansas City 82 with cloudy sky and south wind and cooler. New York 74 cloudy with 4 mph south wind and possible rain. Boston 68 partly cloudy with 14 mph southwest wind and increasing clouds with possible rain. Washington DC 64 raining with 4 mph northeast wind and cooler Thursday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas — City
New York
Boston
Washington, D. C
Methodists 10 Sell Epworth Grounds in Corpus Christi
Texas Epworth league trustees vote to sell 13 acres at Epworth by the Sea and relocate the encampment to a smaller town. Bid minimum around 75000 dollars set, with sale likely in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
State Board of Trustees
Texas Epworth League
Epworth-by the-Sea
J. E. Harrison
A. E. Rector
W. N. Hagg
San Antonio
Gus W. Thomasson
Dallas
State League
J. J. Russell
Plano
Rockport
College Port
Palacios
Port Lavaca
Port Arthur
Port Connor
Alamo Beach
Braad
Cupid May End Trouble in London Situation
A Bucharest dispatch to the Daily Mail says future Balkan alliance will be cemented by marriages. Princess Elizabeth of Roumania to George crown prince of Greece. Prince Charles of Roumania to Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia. Prince Alexander of Servia to Olga daughter of Emperor Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Bucharest
Balkan States
Elizabeth
King
Roumania
George
Greece
Charles
Ferdinand of
Tatiana
Nicholas
Russia
Alexander
Olga
The Real Trade Maker and the Daily Advertiser
The piece praises newspaper advertising as a powerful sale driver linking manufacturers to customers. It argues ads turn attention into store visits and purchases, highlighting The Light's role in weather offers, reducing living costs, and aiding merchants by boosting sales.
Affidavit Details Attack on Family at Tampico
The Light reports an affidavit, signed by Matthew Gould and U.S. Consul Clarence Miller, about an attack on Gould’s daughter Edna and niece Edna Gould near Tampico, Mexico in July 1913. The document, sent to Washington, describes kidnapping, robbery, and assault by three Mexicans at the Gould home in the Atascador colony, with details of Edna’s struggle and Lillie Gould’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Clarence Miller
United States
Tampico
Matthew Gourd
State Department
Washington
Gourd
Consul Miller
American Consular Service
Wilson
Bryan
Lescard Parish
Cornwall
England
United States of America
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
la Salle
Corning
Iowa
le Salle County
Illinois
Almira Epperly
Lillie Gould
Atascador Colony
San Luis Potosi
Lillie
Edna Gould
Edna
Lille
Chief Wright cites arson as half of San Antonio fires
Fire Chief Phil Wright says not less than 50 percent of San Antonio fires are incendiary and backs the claim with 15 affidavits by Fire Marshal Mc Neel. Six Bexar County grand jury indictments support the concern amid insurance-industry competition and incentives to burn for higher coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Phil Wright
McNeel
Bexar County Grand Jury
Wright
Templars May Honor Samuel P Cochran
Denver Aug 18 The Knights Templar hold their thirty-second triennial conclave with 16 commandery teams and discuss senior and junior wardens office selections. Rumors favor Samuel P Cochran Dallas for junior grand warden, while Colorado backs George W Vallery, with other candidates Houston B Coleman and Frederick C Thayer also in contention. Los Angeles and New Orleans discussed as possible next conclave sites.
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Denver
Colo
Knights Templar
United States
Lone Star
Templars
Colorado
George W. Vallery
W. H. Norris
Manchester
Iowa
Michigan
Houston B. Coleman
Kalama- 200
Mich
Maine
New York
Frederick C. Thayer
Lewiston
Leonidas Newby
Knightstown
Ind
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Mulhall's Statement Denied by Towne
Henry R. Towne of New York testified before the Senate lobby committee that the National Tariff Commission Association formed at an Indianapolis convention in 1909 included 232 participating organizations. He cited thousands of contributors from manufacturers and New York merchants and noted James E. Watson was briefly employed by the group in 1909. Towne denied efforts to place men on the tariff board and explained two $500 drafts connected to Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Henry R. Towne
New York
Senate Lobby Committee
National Tariff Commission Association
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Towne
Indianapolis
Manufacturers
Merchants’ Association of New York
James E. Watson
Association
Congress
Watson
Tariff Association
Tariff Board
Living cost increases hit English workers
A Board of Trade report on rising living costs shows nine million workers in England and Wales with weekly incomes of 6.26 dollars facing a seven year increase of 425 million dollars in living costs, about one dollar per person per week. Prices are at a 25 year high with food up 14 percent since 1900 while wages rose only 3 percent. Consumers cut consumption to meet the advances, with bacon up 2 percent and potatoes up 46 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Board of Trade
England
Wales
Near Side Stop to be Adopted for San Antonio Trams
E. E. Eysenbach, general manager of the traction company, announced plans to institute a near side stop system for street cars in San Antonio. The scheme, used in northern and eastern cities, would require the car to stop at each corner before crossing the intersecting street, reducing accidents and saving time. City council approval will be sought to make the measure a permanent ordinance, likely at the next meeting alongside new traffic rules for crowded thoroughfares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
E. E. Eysenbach
Traction Company
Eysenbach
Townspeople seek dissolution of Socorro corporation
El Paso Aug 18. In Socorro 47 of 65 voters join a petition to county commissioners requesting an election to dissolve the town's corporate status citing high city taxes that threaten local businesses and the desire to become a plain country town again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Enioons
Socorro
Weatherford Raises Funds for Parker County Fair
The Parker County fair finance committee announced funds raised for the new organization. The fair will open September 30 and run for five days, Weatherford, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Tex
Ave
Parker County Fair
Lease WIRE Day report from AP powers The Light news
The San Antonio Light relies on the leased AP WIRE Day report as its core daily general news service. It states the AP provides about 20,000 words each day and is considered the world's largest and most reliable general news service, supplemented by The Light’s own extensive news operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Texas river projects face adverse House report
The War Department delivered an adverse report to the House on the Sabine river improvement in Texas above Orange and on the Red river project from the Washita mouth to the Big Wichita mouth. Red river work is ongoing at Fulton, Arkansas, and Denison, Texas.
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Washington, D. C
Sabine River
Texas
Orange
War Department
Red River
Washita River
Fulton
Ark
Denison
Tex
Rain Post Dynamite Blast Fails to Bring Precipitation
TRY TO BRING RAIN POST Tex Aug 13 4500 pounds of dynamite exploded to shatter the breath. The blast produced a cloud but no rainfall materialized as officials attempted weather modification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Tex
Impeachment of New York Governor Sulzer Aboard Power Battle
Governor Sulzer faces removal after a 79 to 45 impeachment vote by the New York Assembly following an all night session. His wife’s last minute bid to save him is noted as a factor, with prayers of a chaotic power struggle as Lieutenant Governor Glynn looms. The Senate trial date is tentatively set for September 22.
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William Sulzer
New York
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Glynn
Assembly
Assembly Chamber
Frawley
Levy
Senate
Court of Appeals
Capitol
Martin H. Glynn
Executive
Democratic Organization
Assemblyman Levy
New York City
Senator Palmer
Wall Street
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HIG Plumbing Ham
Ahrens & Ott
Louisville Ky
Mircessages
Mas
Mercccceess
Mercesses
Methodists
Epworth-by-the-Sea
Cupid
Balkans
Chief Wright
Samuel P. Cochran
Mulhall
National Tariff Commission
London Board of Trade
Rison
Traction
Nwlzer
NEW York Assembly
Bulletin
Smith
Israel
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