Alderman Promises Aid In Ward Street Improvements
Alderman George Saunders of the Second ward told a Prospect Hill Improvement Club gathering that with the city council abolishing the street commissioner his ward will oversee street work. Dr W C Farmer urged sewer expansion on Prospect Hill. The group backed municipal band concerts and reported over $100 raised for a Crockett school flagstaff. A women’s Civic and Sanitary club for Prospect Hill formed, to be perfected next week.
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George Saunders
Second Ward
Prospect Hill
Crockett School
Woman‘s Civic and Sanitary Club
W. A. King
Close Rock Quarries Save City Over Two Months
The city shuts its rock quarries due to a surplus, laying off about fifty workers. Officials estimate rock on hand will cover street improvements for the next month and a half to two months, with Mayor Brown noting substantial saving from the reduced labor costs.
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Brown
Murder Probes Seek Two Slayers in Pittsburgh Area
County detectives hunt for Pauline Loos a Crafton school teacher whose body was found in the Allegheny river near Verona and likely assaulted before death. A separate probe targets Nicholas Ritorti shot dead on Washington Street as onlookers heard four gunshots and a fleeing assailant.
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Pittsburg
Pauline Loos
Crafton
Allegheny River
Verona
Nicholas Ritotti
Washington Street
Ritori
No Money for Alamo Returns in Texas Budget Fight
In Austin the bonded warehouse bill is stricken, ending a long dispute. The free conference committee deleted the $5,000 Alamo restoration appropriation, leaving completion two years away. The liquor law enforcement funding of $25,000 is expected to be vetoed. Other actions include witness fee changes, rule reform proposals, and various Senate and House measures advancing or stalling as the session nears adjournment.
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Austin
Tex
Alamo
Executive Department
Willacy
Free Conference Committee
San Antonio
Daughters of the Republic
Senate
Wortham
House Appropriations Committee
House
Free Conference
Tarver
Bailey
Harris
Fom
Lott County
Duval County
Warren
Warren Senate
University of Texas
United States
Wheeler-Oliver controversy drives votes on horseback committee
Brelsford moved and the committee adopted a resolution to appoint a special clerk. Senator Lattimore announced that notary appointments are ineligible and would be considered promptly if submitted. Burmeister's bill to locate more experiment stations was amended to require board and legislature acceptance rather than board and governor for station approval.
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Brelsford
Lattimore
Burmeister
House
Townsend
Constitutional convention resolution blocked in opening House session
The House opened with a bid to clear the docket after the Allison liquor bill as a special order. Humphrey argued for a constitutional convention, but Speaker Terrell ruled the resolution out of order as legislative in nature. an attorney general opinion was awaited. Minor bills raced through, including county road laws for Galveston and Dallas, and a Rowell measure allowing the state to lease a thousand acres for mineral development.
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Austin
Tex
Humphrey
Campbell
McGill
Galveston
Davis
Governor seeks confirmation for Sayers and Moran to new boards
Austin Governor requests Senate confirmation of former Governor Joseph F. Sayers as chairman and William J. Moran as labor representative on the industrial accident board created by the employes' compensation act. Effective September 1. Third member unnamed. Also seeks confirmation of John B. Callicutt of Navarro county as a member of the Corsicana state orphans' home board of managers.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Joseph F. Sayers
William J. Moran
Fort Worth
Industrial Accident Board
John 8. Callicut
Navarro County
State Orphans’ Home
Corsicana
Senate stalls on university bill as minor measures advance
In Austin on August 16 the Texas Senate failed to bring up the university bill as planned, focusing on minor measures to clear the docket before university debate. The committee favored repealing the technicality law and a co-insurance law, and validating school land settlements while Collins pushed a county line district tax assessor bill. Cowell called for a three member committee to inspect state departments and institutions and report on appropriations by the next regular session. The Senate also declined to act on the contingent expense report.
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Colquitt
el Paso
General Land Office
Austin
Tex
Senate
Collins
Cowell
State Treasurers Allows Warrant Cashing in Austin
Austin Texas August 16 registered warrants may be cashed at the state treasury without discount for the first time since the special session began. The available call is 65000 dollars and tax collections could fund warrants through September 1 the start of the new fiscal year. Remaining claims of about 550000 dollars cannot be paid until after September 1 per attorney general ruling.
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Austin
Tex
Edwards
Flag Law Approved Extends Texas Flag Emblem Ban
The Texas House concurred with Senate amendments to the Wortham House bill amending flag law. The bill becomes effective after gubernatorial approval and extends the effective date to July 1 1914 for the prohibition on imitate emblems of the Texas flag.
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Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Wortham House
Thompson takes first vacation after decades on West End line
J L Thompson, longtime West End street car conductor, receives his first vacation in 23 years of service. He started as mule car driver before the electric system and has been a staple to regular riders, visiting relatives in east Texas after a long absence.
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West End
J. L. Thompson
East Texas
Thompson
Traction Company
Davis Will Return From Health Recovery
J Frank Davis of this city, president of the ad club and veteran newspaper man, is recovering after a serious operation in New York. He plans to return to San Antonio in the first or second week of October after several weeks at an Atlantic coast resort and a hospital discharge expected next week following a two month confinement. He traveled east in June for the Associated Advertising Clubs of America convention in Baltimore and subsequent treatment in New York.
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J. Frank Davis
Ad Club
New York
San Antonio
Atlantic
Davis
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Baltimore
New York to San Francisco Highway West Texas Division Meet
The executive committee met in Stockton Texas and appointed a committee to select an expert road supervisor. J L Crawford of Alpine was elected treasurer and the initiation fee for clubs was set at 100 dollars.
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Ft, Stockton, Tex
New York To
San Francisco
West Texas
J. L. Crawford
Alpine
Foley Kidney Pills Ad Claim and Pricing
An advertisement states that a substitute offered for Foley Kidney Pills is for dealer profit, not the buyer, claiming Foley Kidney Pills TM cost more for dealers but deliver better kidney and bladder relief. Fischer Drug Co. promotes Foley Kidney Pills.
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Fischer Drug Co
Adv
How to Be Your Own Weather Prophet
A government guide urges readers to forecast weather on local scales using practical observation. It explains proverbs reflect observed changes in sky color, sun, moon, stars, wind direction, humidity, and atmospheric pressure, and notes their usefulness for predicting rain and fair weather.
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Government
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
W. J. Humphreys
Professor Humphreys
Gas stoves near hundred in use in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong an estimated one hundred gas stoves are in use among Chinese households while many cooks still favor traditional oil methods, cooking over charcoal and wood. The remark notes a transitional trend in local culinary practices and fuel preferences.
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Hong Kong
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