Merchants Seek Law Against Bad Checks Title
After a Retail Merchants' meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, a San Antonio committee will travel to Austin to urge Governor Colquitt to back a bill making it a misdemeanor to write checks with insufficient funds. The act carries fines from five to one hundred dollars or 10 to 90 days jail, or both. The group aims to join others to counter claims of high living costs and attend the Fort Worth cattle and meat meeting September 12–15. A resolution condemns short weight packaged goods sold in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Austin
O. B. Colquitt
Merchants’ Association
Fort Worth
San Antonio Spring Carnival Dates Set for April 15–20 1912
The San Antonio Spring Carnival was fixed for April 15 to 20 1912 after talks by J B Carrington secretary of the Chamber of Commerce with Mrs B G Newton president of the Battle of Flowers association and with Iranz Groos president of the Order of the Alamo. The queen's coronation is set for April 18 and the grand ball for April 19 with the flower title on April 20 as San Jacinto day falls on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
J. B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
8. G. Newton
Battle of Flowers’ Association
Iranz Groos
Order of the Alamo
San Jacinto
Shots Fired At Chicken Thief In Dark At Cox Farm
Ivy Cox at 130 Chicago Boulevard awakened by a yard disturbance and fired two shotgun blasts at a retreating chicken thief. The shots missed but thwarted a raid. Mounted Policeman Rupe pursued the prowler but fouled by a cactus bed. Nearby prowler activity has troubled the neighborhood for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivy Cox
Chicago Boulevard
Mr. Cox
Railroad panel to hear druggist rate readjustment Sept 12
The Texas Railroad Commission will hear on September 12 an application by wholesale druggists for rate readjustment on druggists sundries and supplies in car loads. The notice lists many articles that may be shipped in mixed car loads with drugs and medicines and will be used as the basis for the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Open Schools September 25 and staff additions in Austin
The Austin city school board set September 25 as opening day for the fall term and voted to discontinue basement high school lunch service. New teachers elected include Marcella Arthur Lillian Krohn Pauline Pinckney Edna von Rosenberg Lela O Banion Jonnie Trotter Madge Roberts Mary Gribble and Lilliam Murphy. Negro teachers named are Mrs A N Hunt and Mrs Mary Madison.
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Austin
Tex
Marcella Arthur
Lillian Krohn
Pauline Pinckney
Edna von Rosenberg
Lela O’banion
Jonnie Trotter
Madge Roberts
Mary Gribble
Lilliam Murphy
A. N. Hunt
Mary Madison
Atlanta Judge Orders Man to Kiss Wife Twice Daily
An Atlanta judge ruled a man must kiss his wife twice each day as a remedy in a domestic dispute. The decision raised questions about the crime or wrongdoing attributed to the woman and the case details in the Houston Post report.
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Atlanta
Houston Post
Traffic Men of Gould Lines Confer in Galveston
One hundred twenty five men from the International & Great Northern and Texas & Pacific traffic departments met at the Hotel Galvez for a two day conference focused on cotton handling. Traffic Manager Leach presided, following a suggestion from I G N President Freeman, with another session planned and harbor inspection scheduled for tomorrow to study port facilities.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
International & Great Northern
Texas & Pacific
Hotel
Galvez
Leach
Freeman
Dirigible ready to cross ocean bound for Atlantic City
Akron reports the giant dirigible balloon built for Melville Vaniman’s Atlantic crossing has been completed after months of work. It will be shipped to Atlantic City New Jersey early next week from which Vaniman plans to depart for England.
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Associated Press
Akron
Ohio
Melvin Vaniman
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic City
N. J
Vaniman
England
French note debunks Aix les Bains flag incident
Paris reports the government confirms a German flag found in a restaurant at Aix les Bains was removed by a restaurant employee after a Nancy manufacturer complained. No French officers were involved or troubled by the act per the interior ministry note.
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Aux-les-Baines
Associated Press
Paris
Aix-les-Baines
Ministry of the Interior
Nancy
Atwood to Fly 95 Miles to Erie Pressing Plans for Big Flight
In Cleveland on August 18 aviator Harry N. Atwood prepared for a 95 mile hop to Erie as part of his St. Louis to New York cross country record venture. He may push to Buffalo if weather allows, with potential brief stops and an exhibition schedule at the Country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Erie
Harry N. Atwood
Atwood
St. Louis
New York
Buffalo
Ashtabula
Boston
Country Club
J. H. Wade Jr
Burgess-Wright
Standard Oil Company
Bond
Euclid Beach
Good Roads Conference Discusses Wilson County Bond Plan
An informal meeting in San Antonio connects Wilson county advocates with Bexar County Highway league directors. They debated a bond issue to fund road improvements amid local opposition from ranchers while farmers and towns favor the plan. precinct bonds could route a road from the county edge through Sutherlands Springs Lavernia Stockdale Pandora to Gonzales and back to Karnes City, with Port O Connor gaining access to the coastal route. Representing Wilson were W F Upshire and H A Speers. highway league members included J W Warren H E Hildebrand T N Smith M J Arnold R H Wester W A Hering W S Hawkins G Tayloe and Ray M Mackey.
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Wilson County
Bexar County Highway League
League
East
Houston Street
Sutherlands Springs
Lavernia
Stockdale
Pandora
Bexar County
Gonzales County
Karnes City
Karnes County
Gulf
Port O'Connor
Calhoun County
Galveston
W. F. Upshire
H. A. Speers
Highway League
J. W. Warren
H. E. Hildebrand
T. N. Smith
M. J. Arnold
R. H. Wester
W. A. Hering
W. S. Hawkins
G. Tayloe
Ray M. Mackey
Drownings After Confederate Reunion Near Gurley
Four people drown while fording Dry Creek near Maysville Alabama after heavy rains. William Hambry his wife and daughter from Princeton plus Dink Hill of New Market were returning from a Gurley reunion. Hill’s body recovered. others swept away.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
William Hambry
Princeton
Dink Hill
New Market
Maysville
Gurley
Hill
Obituaries of Eva Runge and Frank Anderka
Eva Runge 32 died this morning at her mother Mrs Clara Runge 28 Cassiano street after a lingering illness. Survived by mother and sisters Ida Runge and Hattie Waller. Born and raised in San Antonio she had been an invalid for twenty years. funeral from her mother’s home next Sunday afternoon. burial City Cemetery No 6. Frank Anderka 50, died Thursday night at the county hospital after a long illness. A native of Austria with relatives there, he had lived in San Antonio 22 years and worked as a butcher. former Austrian army member. interment today at the pewerat poor farm northwest of the city.
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Anderka
Frank Anderka
Austria
San Antonio
Pewerat
Mrs Mary A Franks dies after brief illness at 82
Mrs Mary A Franks aged 82 died at 2 o clock this morning at the home of her niece Mrs Frank Durbin 1217 North Flores street after a brief illness. She was a pioneer resident of Frie county and had been in the city several weeks on a visit. The remains go to Pearsall Texas for interment Sunday afternoon. She leaves five children two daughters Mrs J L Burden of Frio county and Mrs Julia Henman of Hardin Montana and three sons M W Franks of Carrizo Springs W A Franks and S W Franks of Big Foot Texas. Twenty three grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren survive.
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Julia Henman
Hardin
Montana
M. W. Franks
Carrizo Springs
W. A. Franks
8. W. Franks
Big Foot
Texas
Death notices: Eva R Carroll 49 Mount Carmel Penn
Advices conveying in formation of the death of Mrs Eva R Carroll aged 49 at Mount Carmel Pennsylvania on August 11 have been received in San Antonio. She was daughter of Mrs Mary A Bishop of San Antonio and educated in local public schools. Born September 11 1861 in Carlisle Barracks she later moved with parents to San Antonio. She married A J Carroll in 1886 in San Antonio and moved to Mount Carmel. She leaves six children two girls and six other survivors.
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A. J. Carroll
Mount Carmen
Penn
Mount Carmel Native Remains Reunited Family Details
Four boys from Mount Carmel are named along with their mother Mrs. Mary A. Bishop of this city. The text lists two sisters Mrs. S. E. Huth of San Antonio and Mrs. John Storck of Boston Mass and two brothers W. P. Bishop and L. H. Bishop of this.
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Mount Carmel
Mary A. Bishop
City
S. E. Huth
San Antonio
John Storck
Boston
Mass
W. P. Bishop
L. H. Bishop
Free-for-all Fight on Walnut Street Ends with Shot and Arrests
A melee involving about fifteen to twenty black individuals on Walnut Street between Crocket and Center ended with two shots fired one hitting a man in the head accidentally as City Detectives Green and Stowe intervened. Bud and Alfred Griffin and Henrietta Denison were fined $10 each for disturbing the peace. others fled as police used force, including a struck knife-wielding assailant.
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Green and Stowe
Walnut Street
Crocket
Center Streets
Bud
Alfred Griffin
Henrietta Denison
Cautions on Combining Acid Fruits with Starchy Foods
Acid fruits should not be eaten with foods rich in starch such as bread milk cereals or meat. They pair well with vegetables and other fruits.
Soldiers to Review at Fort Sam Houston Wednesday
Fort Sam Houston will host a general review of more than three thousand soldiers on the maneuver camp parade ground at 8 AM next Wednesday. Units include engineers on West End Lake, Seventeenth Twenty-eighth and Tenth Infantry, Eleventh and Third Cavalry, six Third Field Artillery batteries, signal and hospital corps, and mule batteries. Colonel Van Orsdale of the Seventeenth Infantry will command the review.
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Fort Sam Houston
Duncan
West End Lake
van Orsdale
Seventeenth Infantry
San Antonio
Third Field Artillery
Signal and Hospital Corps
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Crown Theater
Jowell’s Studio
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Good Roads
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Stella
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Philadelphia
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