Duncan Urges More Officers for Texas Department
Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan, in his first annual report as Texas Department commander, urges maintaining full officer strength to reduce discontent and avoid constant post commander changes. He backs retaining Fort Clark and expanding Fort Sam Houston with land purchases for drill grounds and a fenced reservation.
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Department of Texas
Joseph W. Duncan
Duncan
Texas
Fort Clark
Fort Sam Houston
New Braunfels Avenue
Cavalry Post
Wilson Street
Maneuver and
Frank Street
Riebse Undertaking Co Auto Ambulance Service
Riebse Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 221 FE Com. Phone 341 for rapid mortuary transport and on demand medical aid.
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Riebse Undertaking Co
American Bank& Trust Co
City Warns to Boil Water Over Typhoid Deaths
Louisville Health Officer Grant urged residents to boil all drinking and cooking water as seventeen typhoid cases and six deaths occurred in twenty eight days. The warning comes amid a sharp rise in typhoid fever deaths in the city.
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Associated Press
Louisville, Ky
Grant
Louisville
Malaria Cure Tonic Touts Pale Blood Relief
An old patent tonic named GROPE'S TASTE LESS CHILL TONIC claims to expel malaria and strengthen the system for both adults and children. It markets itself as a tonic remedy suitable for broad use with a price of 56 cents.
Tragic double suffocation and suicide near Lions Head
In Ontario at WIarton on August 18, Mrs. Thomas Pettigrew killed her two children aged 2 and 10 by strangulation, then hanged herself while the husband was away. Neighbors found the bodies. The woman, in poor health, is believed to have lost her mind.
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Associated Press
Wiarton
Ontario
Thomas Pettigrew
Lions Head
Wall Street Broker Seeks Wife in Europe Tour
Alfred R. Risse a 23 year old Wall Street broker of Mexican birth and American residence began a four week trip to London Paris Vienna and Rome in search of a bride. He seeks a brunette with good morals and admires English conservatism French vivacity Viennese nerve and Italian fervor in a prospective wife. If no match found he plans to return to New York within a month.
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Associated Press
New York
Alfred R. Risse
Wall Street
Europe
London
Paris
Vienna
Rome
Risse
Wedding hacks and services at Palace Livery Stable
Reliable WR service promotes wedding hacks and planning tips from Palace Livery Stable. Phones 693.
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Palace Livery Stable
Railroad Time Table Summary With Train Numbers
The page lists a complex railroad schedule including arrivals and departures for multiple trains. It details Nos 4 8 9 6 10 12 245 241 236 246 386 242 1 5 44 42 146 52 4 6 483 41 145 and more, with origins such as Houston New Orleans Kerrville El Paso Victoria Cuero and coast towns, plus Arrive and From directions and times throughout the day.'
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Houston
New Orleans
Galveston
Fort Worth
North
Dallas. Worth
Waco
Veston
Cobb
Coane Tale Cove
Kerrville
Esos
el Paso
West
Cuero
Victoria
East
Santa Fe
J. & G. BH. Devot
Carnal rage in Italian court as prisoner rages naked
Camorrist Gioon ni Bertolozi, imprisoned in Viterbo, raged after cloth strips he used to weave a barside design were removed. He accused a carbineer of undoing his work, collapsed in a fit, tore off his coat and shirt, and remained nearly naked for the session. Efforts to calm him failed.
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Associated Press
Viterbo
Italy
Gioonni Bertolozi
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertises Teething Remedy
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long used teething remedy for children claiming it softens gums relieves pain and cures wind colic while being harmless. It promotes the product price at twenty five cents a bottle and urges customers to ask for the brand directly.
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Mrs. Winslow
Mra. Winslow
San Antonio Fair President Rushes Home As Mother Falls Ill
Vories P. Brown, president of the San Antonio International Fair Association, received a telegram from Toledo announcing his mother Mrs. Mar ite Brown is seriously ill and not expected to live. Brown left at night for Toledo. Mrs. Brown, 78, suffered paralysis years ago and never fully recovered, known in San Antonio from a visit a decade ago.
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Vories P. Brown
San Antonio International Fair Association
Toledo
Ohio
Marrite Brown
Bohemian Commits death by own action near Gonzales
Jim Barosh a 25 year old Bohemian was found dead in the Dreyer bottom on the Guadalupe river seventeen miles below Gonzales Texas with two bullet wounds in the left breast and a nearby 45 caliber pistol with two empty chambers. Coroner's verdict: death by own action.
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Gonzales
Tex
Jim Barosh
Dreyer Bottom
Guadalupe River
Peroxide Zine Soap Claim Under Fire from Roessler Hasslacher
Advertisement for R. and H. Peroxide Zine Soap from The Roessler Hasslacher Chemical Co. of New York pressed the seller to reveal the actual peroxide content, urging the consumer to push for a truthful specification rather than evasive replies.
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the Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical CO
New York
the Roessler Hasslacher Chemical Co
Typographical Union debates Lynch hold over energy
In San Francisco on August 18 delegates of the International Typographical Union reopen a dispute over President Lynch’s tenure after a vote rejected barring members found in violation of union law. Arbitration and piece work topics were revisited as new national officers for the women's auxiliary were installed led by Mrs. C. B. E. McKee and Mrs. R. J. Lowther.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
International Typographical Union
Lynch
Woman's Auxiliary
C. BE. McKee
Indianapolis
R. J. Lowther
St. Louis
Arizona cyclone kills one woman in Winkelman Hayden damage
A cloudburst and twister hit Winkelman and Hayden on Wednesday night. One woman died and her son was injured by falling timbers. A Mexican child was found dead in a wrecked house. About 200 buildings were blown down at Winkelman and the Mexican quarter at Hayden was destroyed with many injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Winkelman
Hayden
Confined 20 years for another's crime in Pittsb urg
Andrew Toth, jailed 20 years for a murder he did not commit during the 1891 Homestead riots, plans to sail to Hungary next Tuesday to reunite with his wife and daughter. His wife says Steve Toth confessed to the crime, and Toth thanks Andrew Carnegie for a lifetime pension.
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Hungary
Associated Press
New York
Andrew Toth
Vison
Western Penitentiary
Pittsburg
East Side
Mary Zighty
Toth
Steve Toth
Andrew
Michael Quinn
Homestead
Andrew Carnegie
Magistrate Mason Isaacs Succumbs After Near Penick Shooting
Local papers report the death of Mason Isaacs a magistrate from a shooting near Penick Kentucky. Ben Robinson shot Isaacs after a dusk dispute over Isaacs hogs being corn for Robinson. Robinson was brought to Louisville to escape potential vengeance.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Lebanon
Mason Isaacs
Penick
Courier Journal
Ben Robinson
Isaac
Robinson
Deer population climbs in Adirondacks this year
Albany reports from game protectors to the state conservation commission say deer are more numerous in the Adirondacks this year than ever before. The surge is seen as evidence that the rigid protection program is working as deer multiply rapidly.
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Albany
N. Y
Adirondacks
State Conservation Commission
Queer Flying Craft Tested at Hempstead Plains
One of the queerest flying machines ever seen at the Hempstead Plains aviation field is being tried out here by its inventor William Gaeny of Paterson New Jersey. It resembles a ferris wheel but does not go round and so far it has refused to soar.
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Associated Press
Hempstead
N. Y
Hempstead Plains
Wm. Gaeny
Paterson
N. J
Glaze Wood and Coal Co Announces New Phone
Glaze Wood and Coal Co successors to Government Hill Wood Co report a new phone number 1811 and an old line 6053 for company contact.
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Glaze Wood and Coal Co
Government Hill Wood Co
Returning to San Antonio after thirty year absence
Mike Williams, former Southern Pacific switchman, returns to San Antonio after thirty years to find a transformed city. He recalls the 30 years ago scene of mesquite lands and a single engine yard crew, now replaced by state buildings and fine residences. Williams may settle in the city while recounting railroading across the Americas.
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San Antonio
Mike Williams
Southern Pacific
Mr. Williams
Harry Ferguson
Carson Street
United States
Canada
Mexico
South America
Panama
Durant Discharges Grand Jury After Disorder Probe
Judge Ferguson discharged nine members of a special grand jury in Durant Oklahoma after learning no indictments would be returned. The court ordered a new special panel of eighteen to appear the next morning to continue examining disorders and alleged officer neglect following a fatal assault and arson case involving Mrs. L. R. Campbell.
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Associated Press
Durant
Okla
Ferguson
L. R. Campbell
Two Goldsboro Men Arrested for Larceny on Train
Railroad detectives with Norfolk and Southern arrested W. G. Cooper and John Casey in Wilmington on charges of stealing jewelry money and other valuables from passenger trunks. The pair, noted as young men from Goldsboro, were taken into custody last night.
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Associated Press
Goldsboro
N. C
Norfolk and Southern Railway
W. G. Cooper
John Casey
Wilmington
Hall's Texas Wonder Kidney Remedy Ad
Thousands dying daily from kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. A $1.00 bottle with a sixty day treatment of Hall's Texas Wonder seldom fails to cure. Send for testimonials. Dr. E W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis. Sold by druggists.
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Hall
Texas
E. W. Hall
Olive St. St Louis
Hailstorm Wipes Out Grain Across Southern Alberta
A late yesterday hail storm in Southern Alberta devastated crops, likely destroying about a million bushels of grain. The hardest hit areas were near Wilson and Sterling southeast of Lethbridge where several farms were completely threshed.
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Associated Press
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Wilson and
Sterling
Nevada Congressman Enters University As Freshman
Reno August 18 George Bartlett congressman from Nevada has entered the University of Nevada as a freshman.
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THE
Associated Press
Reno, Nev
George Bartlett
Nevada
University of Nevada
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