Victorious Citizens Leaguers Hold Post Primary Smoker
Clinton Brown hosted a Citizens league primary smoker at the Tivoli on Presa Street presided by Toastmaster R Neill Campbell known as Home stretch Campbell. Candidates answered prepared topics amid jovial banter and mock speeches as the session wrapped with vote tally announced.
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Clinton Brown
Campbell
Citizens’ League
Tivoli
Presa Street
R. Neill Campbell
Peruna’ Brown
Choose Sight: Protect Your Vision With Proper Glasses
If forced to lose two senses, cling to sight. Protect it now with glasses adapted to your needs, fitted properly. Don’t delay until you must have them.
Bacon bill to limit use of army and navy abroad
Senator Bacon of Georgia continued his attack on executive use of troops abroad and offered a bill to restrict intervention. The measure would bar the president from sending troops into a foreign country while Congress is in session without congressional authorization.
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Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Congress
Hundred Men in Canvass for Jubilee Fund
Harvest Jubilee directors plan a public fund drive next Tuesday to raise 6000 for a fall festival replacing the International fair. One hundred committees will solicit donations, with a $3000 auto race prize fund and October race dates.
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Harvest Jubilee Association
Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carrington
Association
W. A. Hering
Auto Club
Horn of Plenty
W. B. Tuttle
Texas
Fairgrounds
San Antonio
Roosevelt Avenue
E. P. Behles
Boehmer Advocates Ballot Purification in Texas
Eagle Pass editor Joe Boehmer, a state legislator and Democratic convention attendee, tours the city seeking support for his ballot purification amendment. He predicts House approval next January and explains the measure would bar judges from helping voters unless the voter cannot mark the ballot themselves. Boehmer promotes the just nature of the reform.
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Joe Boehmer
Eagle Pass
Texas
House
Mr. Boehmer
Boehmer
Eagle Pass News Guide
Navy moves to appoint Winslow to Atlantic squadron
The Navy Department officially denies a report that Rear Admiral Cameron Winslow will succeed Rear Admiral Osterhaus as commander of the North Atlantic squadron before the October naval review. Osterhaus stays on duty until June 1913.
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Navy Department
Cameron Winslow
Osterhaus
North Atlantic
Travels for health ends in marriage for Grace Seymour and Otto Heibaum
Miss Grace Seymour of Elgin Illinois and Otto Heibaum of San Antonio married at St John s Lutheran church in San Antonio. The couple’s romance began in Los Angeles where Heibaum worked and Miss Seymour visited. After health travel, they wed with relatives present and reside at 509 Indianola Street.
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Grace Seymour
Elgin
Otto Heibaum
San Antonio
St. John’s Lutheran Church
O. W. Hartman
Los Angeles
Cal
William Knickrehm
Heibaum
Kunkel Grocery
Mrs. Heibaum
Indianola Street
Final Dividend Paid to Woods Bank Depositors
Depositors of the Woods National Bank, which failed on November 7, 1907, received a final dividend of 2.5 percent, paid by T. G. Leighton for receiver H. N. Morris. The total paid amounts to $714,242.19, about 97.5 percent of deposits. Checks issued in New York and mailings planned for out-of-town depositors, with further actions to follow in Washington.
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the Woods National Bank
T. G. Leighton
H. N. Morris
Dana
United States
Leighton
Central Trust Company
Washington
Friends
Will F. Woods
Leavenworth
Wood
Arrested as vagrants in San Antonio two men flee
George W. Ingles and N. L. Nelson white men were held on vagrancy charges and given two hundred days in jail or departure from San Antonio. They chose to leave the city. Detectives testified they loitered around trans San Pedro district and repeatedly violated court orders. Judge Buckley set three days for departure and warned of penalties if found on the streets again.
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George W. Ingles
N. L. Nelson
San Antonio
trans-San Pedro
Buckley
Convention Sets Houston for Eighth District Dem Nominating Meet
The Eighth district democratic convention will convene in Houston on Saturday. Joe Eagle leads in the primaries and is expected to be nominated. Judge Kittrell carried Harris county but not the district. Reginald de Koven criticizes the push for grand opera careers despite early success in light opera and high wages.
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Houston
Tex
Joe Eagle
Kittrell
Harris County
Reginald de Koven
Dramatic Mirror
Paris
Conried
Water Contaminated by Ducks at Landa Lake
The pure food department found Landa's lake, used daily by thousands of ducks and as a water supply for New Braunfels residents, contaminated from continuous use. Inspector Johnson will refer the matter to the state board of health for action.
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Austin
Tex
New Braunfels
Pure Food Department
Johnson
Landa’s Lake
State Board of Health
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Publicity Letters
Suffering women report restored health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters from Mrs Henry Leisberger and Mrs G B Whittington describe relief from female troubles after following the company's directions and praise the treatment. The Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Mass notes thousands of grateful letters.
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Elgin, Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Henry Leiseberg
Adams St
Kearneysville
W. Va
G. B. Whittington
Delegation to discuss Comal county road completion
A highway division delegation led by Secretary D E Colp left New Braunfels to confer with Comal county commissioners and local business leaders on completing the San Antonio to New Braunfels road section in Comal county. Also notes garden dances, train service plans, bridge pier contract, and local notices.
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New Braunfels
Highway Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
D. E. Colp
Comal County
San Antonio
Pleasanton
Health Board to Meet for Milk Campaign Reports
Regular meeting of the local health board is set for 6 o clock this afternoon. In addition to inspectors’ reports from various departments, a further milk campaign update is expected. Dr. Lee and Collector Villemain have been inspecting dairies inside and outside the city.
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Health Board
Local Health Board
Lee
Villemain
Frisco-Ed Piatt Leaves For Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
I. T. Kight takes leave. Dr. B. E. Witte to be away until September 10. Talcott Electric moves from 416 Navarro to 194 College. Sr Alberto Madero, uncle of Francisco Madero, stops in San Antonio en route to California. West End Club hosts a lake dance. want ads run for ten days at half a cent a word. Mrs Archer hosts children’s event at Expo Park. Citizens league holds an “Experience” meeting at Herrmann Sons hall with refreshments.
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Piatt
Frisco
Ed Piatt
Frisco Lines
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Lines
I. T. Kight
San Antonio
Madero
Alberto Madero
Francisco Madero
California
Parras
Mex
Mexico
The
Citizens’ League
Herrmann Sons Hall
Suits at ten cents each shock Alton shoppers
In Alton Illinois Carl Hartman offered men’s suits at ten cents each to ease the cost of living. A flood damaged lot, plus boys’ suits, hats, boiled shirts, and gloves were sold. Five hundred men and several women crowded the store at opening.
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Alton
Carl Hartman
Hartman
Roosevelt Man Wins
James Wickersham, a progressive and Roosevelt supporter, is reported re elected as Alaska's delegate to Congress by an estimated 1500 vote majority. He carried the mining precincts with Kazis Karacrunas, a socialist, second.
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Roosevelt
Seattle
Wash
James Wickersham
Alaska
Congress
Kazis Karacrunas
Secona
Two Charged With Speeding In City Police Court
Two motorists were fined $10 each by the city police court for speeding. Leo Fussell, a chauffeur, exceeded the speed limit on West Houston street, and W. W. Searcy went over the limit on San Pedro avenue yesterday afternoon.
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Meyer
Leo Fussell
West Houston Street
W. W. Searcy
San Pedro Avenue
Fire damages dwelling on Casanova street
A fire damaged a frame dwelling on Casanova street occupied by a Mexican family and owned by Dr. Varga. The blaze began in the kitchen around 1:15 this morning and caused about 200 dollars in damage, confined to the building's parts. Fire Company No. 3 responded to the alarm. The building valued at 800 dollars.
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Highland Park
San Pedro Avenue
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Ramsey” Birkhead
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Dan Lewis
Elmendorf
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Rochester, N. Y
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Gunter
Morales
A. P
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Layne
Jefferson St
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Mark Wright
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Main Ave
YALE
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