Merchants Plan Two Informal Meetings in San Antonio
San Antonio retailers plan two informal gatherings to discuss mutual interests. A luncheon at the Crockett hotel on September 4 is organized by Ben Varga W J Slg S N Burdin and Adolph Grasso. A fall smoker is planned and a Sunday store closings resolution was adopted.
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Crockett Hotel
Ben Varga
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F. L. Toepperwein
Z. W. Cannon
Artesian Printing Company
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
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Farm shooting death ends man’s paralysis tale
Robert L. Adams died in Dallas after being shot in the back by his wife at their Reinhardt area farm. A guest, Bertha Neese, was also killed instantly. Adams was paralyzed from the hips after the bullet severed his spinal cord and he began a statement before becoming too ill to finish.
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Dallas
Tex
Robert L. Adams
Reinhardt
General Jones and Admiral Casey Answer Last Taps
General Edward F. Jones aged 85 former lieutenant governor of New York and Civil War veteran died at his home in Binghamton New York. He led the Sixth Massachusetts regiment which was first to answer Lincoln's call for 75000 volunteers. Rear Admiral Silas Casey retired and a Civil War veteran died at Warm Springs Virginia. His last active post was commander in chief of the Pacific fleet.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Edward F. Jones
New York
Massachusetts Regiment
Lincoln
Casey
Warm Springs
Silas Casey
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Rates Suspension Shifts Freight Rise to December
The Interstate Commerce Commission has suspended proposed Santa Fe Railway rate increases on cante loupe shipments from Kansas New Mexico and Colorado to eastern markets until December 13.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Santa Fe Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Budget cuts delay raises and park purchases in city plan
A 1913 14 city budget forecast totals 1 237 452 75 dollars with 25 000 slated for fair ground purchase. Laborers wage remains 1 50 per day and police fire pay not increased. Police and fire see economy cuts while a rivers and ditches program and two new wells are funded.
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Fire Department
Surkey
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
San Pedro Park
City Electrician’s Department
Carnegie Library
College Street
Navarro
Losoya
Ray Lambert
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