Campbell Swat Political Plot confronts Governor Campbell
In a Houston meeting of the Dick Dowling camp Confederate Veterans, leaders denounced Governor Campbell for broken promises. Colonel Joel H. B. Miller defends Campbell, saying six state departments are led by Confederate veterans and vows to nip the movement in the bud. Cadres urge all Confederate veterans to help defeat Campbell in the next election.
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Brecal
Austin
Tex
Joel H. B. Miller
John B. Hood
Dick Dowling
Houston
Miller
Campbell
Otton Welshers
Paul Paul
Did Dowling
Texas
Frank Chilton
Hood's Brigade Monument
Insurance Co Wins In State Contest
Special to The Light Austin Tex Aug 21 Judge Brooks of the Twenty sixth district court refused a temporary injunction in the State of Texas versus John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co Dallas seeking to stop it for loan business without proper permit. The injunction denied as the statute covers only true insurance cases not loan operations. The case proceeds in regular order.
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Austin
Tex
Brooks
Twenty-sixth District Court
State of Texas
John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Texas
Dallas
Secretary of State
Ice men may face new weighing ordinance in Waco
Special to The Light Waco Texas August 21 an ordinance will be prepared today to require weighing ice for customers instead of selling by fractional parts and guesswork. Officials say many weights have been short and customers report heavy variance after delivery with instances of added or deficient amounts.
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Waco
Tex
Pope Pius to issue encyclical condemning modernism
Rome reports Pope Pius is about to follow up his regent syllabus with regard to thirty called modernism in the faith. The encyclical is expected to condemn all modernist efforts in religion.
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Rome
Pius
Shock at Fez Mosque Sparks Panic During Prayer
An observer says a man shouted a claim that a new sultan was chosen in the Brand mosque at Fez during noonday prayer. The proclamation triggered fear among worshippers, who fled into the streets, causing a general panic.
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Associated Press
Tangier
Morocco
Brand
Fez
Woldler
Mahammend
Chifon
Fricht
German immigrant seeks Navy through self education in San Antonio
Rudolph Piovvalsky of Texas travels over 300 miles to enlist in the U S Navy but is rejected for lacking English literacy. A native German speaker who can read and write German, he vows to stay in San Antonio to learn, hoping sailors or officials will assist him. He studies daily, aiming to pass the required exam and join the service.
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San Antonio
Rudolph Piovvalsky
Thine
Tex
Piyvvalsky
Germany
Duvy
Duey
Gur
Uncle Sam
San Anthoni
Navy
Horton
Rockefeller Collects Witness Fee in Chicago Court
The world s richest man, John D Rockefeller, received seventy three dollars and ninety five cents from the United States for serving as a witness in a federal hearing before Judge Landis in Chicago. He will be allowed two cells a mile for traveling and an additional 1 50 for a witness fee for the day.
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Chicago
United States
Landis
Rockefeller
Grover Cleveland Able to Travel After Summer Illness
Former President Grover Cleveland, recovering from illness, is expected to travel to Tamworth before week’s end. He has largely recuperated and will be accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and their children if health permits the family will stay until late in the season.
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Asanofatnd Press
Whetfeld
N. 11
Cleveland
Tamaworth
Steeple Jack Dashed To Death In World High Chimney
London reported Aug 21 that A Colde the famed steeple jack fell from a Towend chimney said to be the world’s highest at 448 feet. The accident occurred yesterday as rescue efforts spread across the scene. In Texas Waco Aug 21 reports say hopes rise for Katy railroad division, with complications and tentative routes south of the state line.
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Associated Press
London
A. Colde
Waco
Tex
Katy
Pure Food Law Meeting In Waen Texas Discusses Provisions
Waen Texas August 21 grocers and butchers of Waco plan a meeting tomorrow night to discuss the new pure food law going into effect September 1. They aim to become fully acquainted with the provisions of the act.
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Waen
Tex
Waco
Canal Agitation Marks Start of Cape Cod Canal
Bayards Mass Aug 21 The first shovel full of dirt on the Cape Cod canal was thrown yesterday by William Gerclay Parsons chief engineer of New York. The canal’s rain from Bourne to Massachusetts Bay through Bourne to Buzzards Bay dates plans back two hundred years.
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Bayards Bay
Mass
Cape Cod Canal
William Gerclay Parsons
New York
Bourniale
Massachusetts Bay
Bourne
Busc Zard's Bay
Local Weather Forecast for San Antonio Area
San Antonio and vicinity expect showers and cooler conditions tonight and Thursday. The 8 PM to 8 AM low was 74 and the previous 24 hours high reached 96. Winds at 8 AM were 4 miles per hour. Temperature records today show 96 as the high and 74 as the low in the recent 12 hours. The Texas cotton region bulletin and national weather report appear on the next page.
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San Antonio
Sollowe
Dam. Nei
Ning
Public Schools Open On Sept 10
San Antonio public schools will resume on September 16 for the term. Superintendent L W Wolfe reports repairs and additions to the city schools, including the High school, will be complete by opening date though some delays occurred due to material shortages. Private schools and seminaries will also open in September with many enlargements and improvements noted.
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San Antonio
Aspen
L. W. Wolfe
West Texas
Micolland
Athosta Street
St. Mary's Hall
Bailey report out in November
Austin Texas August 21 The state printing board today appointed Clyde Brntth secretary of the senate to read proof on the Bailey Investigation report which is to be all about November run gepland in November.
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Austin Tex
State Printing Board
Clyde
Brntth
Senate
Vigil over wife ends a long life of service
Nathan Perry Beers, 64, longtime principal of public school No. 18 in New York, has kept a solitary vigil by his wife's coffin after her death late last Wednesday night. He served as a longtime educator from 1850 to 1908, organizing school No. 15 before a city board existed and retiring when No. 18 was named. His wife was his adviser in his vocation.
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New York
Nathan Perry Beers
Worse Strikers and Better Clowry Hold Fast in AP Stand
The Associated Press remains firm as editor Stone refuses to meet with strikers while conceding no arbitration. Messages from Chicago describe horrible conditions and near paralysis of telegraph services. New Orleans reports devotion from striking workers and confidence among women not to read papers.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Uction
Small
New York
M. B. Stone
MC Etons
Stong
Turnaike
Oren
South
Texas
Postal
Western Union
Hearst News Service
United Press
Laffan
Witt
Chicaso Western Union
Out
Cut Qwen
New Orleans
Bob Hubbard
Bey $T. Louis
Arrest Crazy Man Who Wires Teddy
New York August 21 A man who sent rambling telegrams to President Roosevelt and other officials was arrested in an uptown telegraph office. Police seized more than 100 messages addressed to the president Kaiser Wilhelm and King Edward. The prisoner gave names John Pinto and John Collis and claimed to have no home. He described himself as a telegraph operator and quoted incoherent phrases about Alfonso and a dramatized mock dialogue.
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New York
Roosevelt
Kaiser Wilelm
King Howard
John Pinto
John Collis
Dane Melange
King Alfonso
Town rich no tax Fifteen levied in Harrisville
Harrisville, the county seat of Richie County, West Virginia, announces it will have no municipal tax this year. Mayor Tomeo H. Fraey, former attorney general, highlights profits from the electric light plant and bank interest to cover all expected expenses, a unique distinction for the town.
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Wheeling
W. Via
Farrisville
Richie Count
Tomeo H. Fraey
Harrisville
West Virginia
Telegraphers Introduce Bulletin Boards In Strike Fight
Local telegraphers plan two bulletin boards on Houston and Aldine streets to post strike reports. Officials say the boards will let the public compare union news with telegraph company reports while protests continue. A dance at West Bod Pavilion next Wednesday aims to raise funds and gain union support. Postal officials report improving conditions and uninterrupted cable service despite worker actions. Long distance calls remain preferred by businesses. no new operators are hired locally.
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Sininn
Houston
Aldine Street
Bow Weing
West Bod
Conmittes
Anager Herring
Postal Company
Western Union
Noq
Althar
Poxtnt Omcas
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Steeple
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Western Union Telegraph Company
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Teddy
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