G A R Circle 8 Celebrates Third Anniversary
Social at Mrs L A Martin home corner Pine and Nolan streets from 6 to 10 tonight honors General Stanley Circle No 8 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Veterans and their wives plus the Woman's Relief Corps attend. The circle has donated flags to city and out of town schools and remains prosperous in all departments. Receiving party includes Mesdames Sallie Fox Ellen Mills Emma Norris J J Powers and Mrs Martin.
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General Stanley
L. A. Martin
Pine and
Nolan Streets
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Mesdames Sallie Fox
Ellen Mills
Emma Norris
J. J. Powers
Martin
Ladies entertainments and club meetings announced
Entertainment for the ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic General Stanley Circle No 3 runs from 6 to 10 o'clock at Mrs L A Martin's home on Pine and Nolan streets. Mrs A P Calhoun hosts the Thursday Morning club at her home. Home Mission society of South Heights Methodist church meets at 4 PM at the church.
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the Grand Army of the Republic
A. P. Calhoun
Home Mission Society of
South Heights
Five Hundred Party Honors Galveston and Tyler Guests
Mrs. Waters Cannon hosted a morning five hundred party at Woodlawn Avenue with guests Beatrice Dart Valeria Campbell and Genevieve Frazier. Edith Goldstein Mildred Chambers and Beatrice Dart won prizes. luncheon followed.
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Waters Cannon
Woodlawn Avenue
Beatrice Dart
Valeria Campbell
Galveston
Genevieve Frazier
Tyler
Edith Goldstein
Mildred Chambers
Eddie Lehman
Mildred
Margaret Chambers
Eugenia
Lucy Lankford
Florence Nicholson
Annie Jones
Hallie Purvis
Nerne Perryman
Herman Goldschmidt
Nichols
Orchestra Entertained at Mrs Jonas Home on Lafitte Street
San Antonio mandolin and guitar orchestra was entertained Wednesday evening at the residence of Mrs. E. M. Jonas 303 Lafitte street. Attendees included numerous Jonas family members and local residents. After a select program of popular melodies, refreshments were served.
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San Antonio
No Trace Found of Mail Car Robbers
The Katy train mail car robbery near Houston remains unsolved as two masked men stole nine registered packages at about 9 p m. Mail Clerk Meitzen reported facing two guns as the train neared the western suburbs and the robbers fled at Eureka with no trace since.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Katy
Meitzen
Eureka
Bomb Explodes Outside Tenement After Baby Arrival
Antonio Colarusso and his wife narrowly escape injury when a bomb bursts outside their New York apartment after a baby girl’s arrival. The blast hurls bricks around them as other residents flee. Colarusso reports no known enemies or threats.
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Associated Press
New York
Antonio Colarusso
Colarusso
Navy to send Pacific fleet to Hawaii this fall
The Navy ordered armored cruisers Colorado South Dakota West Virginia and California and eight torpedo boat destroyers to sail from San Francisco on September 15 for a cruise to Hawaii. They will return to San Pedro California on November 1 for target practice.
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Washington, D. C
Hawaiian Islands
Navy Department
Colorado
South Dakota
West Virginia
California
San Francisco
Hawaii
San Pedro
Cal
Judge Bennett struck in Fayette County clerk clash
Circuit Judge William Bennett knocked by Floyd Keller in a Fayetteville confrontation over a lawsuit. The blow staggered the judge and sparked a dispute among officials. Bennett warned of vengeance if Keller repeated the assault. Keller was not arrested.
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Floyd Keller
Fayette County
Fayetteville
Huntington
W. Va
Cincinnati Enquirer
Biff
Keller
Bennett
Ananias
Will Have Exports SPECIAL T THE 7 Gene
Gonzales Tex Aug 17 The commissioners court accepted J O Berry man U S government proposal to establish a demonstration farm in the county The county bears one half the expenses A man will be appointed to run the work with a 75 dollar monthly salary and to start by September if possible
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J. O. Berryman
United States
Taft Nominates Nine Consuls and Officials for Embassy Posts
President Taft sent 48 nominations to the Senate including Willing Spencer as secretary of the embassy at Bern and Arthur H. Frazier as second secretary at Vienna. The list includes consuls general and consuls in Smyrna Copenhagen Hankow Georgetown Progreso and many other postings with most promotions within the foreign service. Nine civil life appointees include seven from the South and two from the North, with exams used to fill vacancies and an aim for regional balance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Senate
Willing Spencer
Pennsylvania
Bern
Arthur H. Frazier
Vienna
George C. Tarler
New York
Montevieo
Foreign Service
Confederate veterans to receive September pension payments
Pensions to 10,800 Confederate veterans will be issued on September 1 as war warrants are prepared by the comptroller's department. Each veteran gets 10.50 for the quarter ending August 31, with total veterans on the rolls including totally disabled. There is 125,000 available for this quarter.
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Austin
Tex
Comptroller’s Department
Buford
Beresford admires the American Navy on grand voyage
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, retired from the British navy, leaves New York for a Great Lakes cruise aboard the Catania, praising the Delaware and asserting Britain must be strong. The trip will take him to St Andrews, Quebec, Montreal, then westward via the New England coast.
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New York
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Great Lakes
Canada
Vancouver
Duke of Sutherland
New England
St. Andrews
N. B
Quebec
Montreal
Laurier to Speak at Three Rivers in Reciprocity Rally
Interest in the reciprocity campaign rises in Quebec as Sir Wilfrid Laurier and six cabinet colleagues prepare to address a liberal meeting at Three Rivers. The event will test nationalist strength claimed by Henry Bourassa and allies in the province.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Three Rivers
Sir Wilfried Laurier
Henry Bourassa
Borden Says Western Ontario Likely Reject Reciprocity
CHATHAM Ontario August 17 R L Borden opposition leader in a speech said the reception to his opening remarks indicated Western Ontario voters would vote against the reciprocity agreement and oppose its adoption.
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Chatham
Ont
R. L. Borden
Western
Ontario
Millionaire Leftwich Chooses Tent Life During Tour
W M Leftwich a Nashville resident and millionaire camped Thursday night beside the road between Elyria and Cleveland. His party includes Marie Dobbs of Springfield and Shirley Hibbitt his valet. They arrived in Cleveland today in a car that serves as a house on wheels. Leftwich condemns hotels as stuffy preferring open air and a two by four room in a ten dollar hotel if needed. He touts his camping gear and never uses hotels during travels.
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Nashville
Tenn
Elyria
Cleveland
Cincinnati Enquirer
Marie Dobbs
Springfield
Shirley Hibbitt
Leftwich
County School Board Named
Gonzales Texas Aug. 17. The commissioners court appointed H W Haynes W H Ainsworth A V Peterson Jeff West and S H Gillette as county school trustees to take the oath of office in twenty days from appointment.
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H. W. Haynes
W. H. Ainsworth
A. V. Peterson
Jeff West
S. H. Gillette
Cigarette smoker finds a friend in Sir Henry Butlin
London reports Sir Henry Butlin, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, addressed the International Dental Federation about cancer. He noted some heavy smokers show healthy months, while others with a single tongue patch can be moderate smokers.
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Royal College of Surgeons
Associated Press
London
H. T. Butlin
International Dental Federation
Farwell Claims U S Banking System Worst in World
John V. Farwell of Chicago, president of the National Citizens' League for Currency Reform, told 400 western and southern business leaders that the United States has the worst banking system among civilized nations. He urged a national reserve association free of policies with headquarters in Washington to prevent panics and hurt Wall Street bears.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John V. Farwell
National Citizens’ League For Currency Reform
United States
Farwell
National Reserve Association
Washington
Bears of
Wall Street
Courthouse explosion damages Oklahoma building
The Murray county Oklahoma courthouse at Sulphur was dynamited at 3 AM. The structure suffered several thousand dollars in damage but all records were saved and no injuries reported. The blast was heard for miles and shattered glass in Sulphur. Officers investigate the incident.
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Associated Press
Sherman
Tex
Murray County
Oklahoma
WANTS REVALUATION OF RAILROAD IN AUSTIN
President T J Freeman of the International Great Northern Railway filed for formal valuation of 35 167 000 on his reorganized road at Austin He said bonds are sold and all now hinges on the commission action on the application.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
T. J. Freeman
New International Great Northern Railway Company
Commission
Delays Push Texas General Appropriation Conference
Senator Weinert chairman of the senate finance committee says free conference on the general appropriation bill will not finish before Saturday due to interruptions and member demands in both chambers. He has completed about a third. he also leaves for Seguin to attend his uncle Andrew Breustedt’s funeral at 95, a Texas Ranger under Ross.
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Tex
Weinert
Senate Finance Committee
Free Conference Committee
House
Senate
Andrew Breustedt
Seguin
Texas Ranger
Texas
Ross
L. 8. Ross
New Braunfels
Don’t Gouge Out Your Gorns Gets-It Corn Cure
A vintage advertisement touts GETS-IT as a safe painless corn cure that shrivels corns warts and bunions without harming healthy flesh. It promises easy use no bandages or salves and claims 25 cent price plus mail order from E Lawrence Co and local San Antonio pharmacies Schwab’s Fischer’s Burns Co and Bexar Drug Co.
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Fort Worth examiner addresses Yoakum Boys Hog club
A. R. Krieschbeum of Fort Worth spoke to Yoakum's Boys Hog club urging hog raising and stock exhibition at the local and state fairs. A September 2 meeting will award a prize to the boy who brings in the most new membership applications, presented by Dr. W. W. McVea.
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Yoakum, Tex
A. R. Krieschbeum
Fort Worth
Boys
W. W. McVea
Lost 1905 flood mail sacks found in Pecos river
In the next days many Americans will receive letters addressed to themselves years ago. Mail sacks lost during the 1905 Pecos flood were recovered from the river bed and sent to their intended destinations in good condition.
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Associated Press
Alburquerque, N. M
Pecos
Yoakum Public Schools Set to Open September 14
Yoakum Texas reports all preparations completed for the public school opening on September 14. Authorities anticipate record attendance as many rural families transfer children to the city school, some from distances up to eight miles.
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Yoakum
Tex
Friday Flower Day Brings Hope to San Antonio Hospitals
In San Antonio, patients in a charity institution anxiously await Friday August 18 as people will send or bring flowers to The Light office before 11 a.m. for a flower carnival. Thirteen tubercular patients at the county poor farm tents look on with hopeful calendars.
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San Antonio
Office of the Light
Guaranty Fund Proves Efficient in Texas Bank Liquidation
In Austin on August 17, the guaranty fund's efficiency is confirmed by the Harris County Bank and Trust Co liquidation in Houston. Depositors delay presenting passbooks, knowing funds are safe, while winding up creditors move slowly. The state sent 75000 from the guaranty fund to pay depositors.
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Austin
Tex
Harris County Bank and Trust Company
Houston
J. K. Woods
Guaranty
Mrs Martyn Health and Beauty Advice Column
Health and Beauty Advice from Mrs Martyn includes home creams and tonics for skin, hair, and eyes. Readers learn to mix al moroin, quin zoin, delatone, canthrox, spurmax, kardene, and other tonics with water or alcohol for cosmetic effects and weight loss.
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