Shutdowns Hit Texas Oil Fields Over Mexican Imports
Fifteen of twenty producing oil wells in Texas have been shut down by operators who blame rising imports from Mexican fields for unsustainably low prices. The surge follows the death of John W. Gates, who headed a Texas company that reportedly bought a large stake in Sonora oil, and questions remain why Mexican oil is moving into Texas at freight-cost prices.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
John W. Gates
Texas Company
Pearsons
Mexico
Gates
Taft Denounces Democrats at Essex GOP Rally
President Taft spoke to the Essex Republican club with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and gubernatorial hopefuls Froth Ingham Joseph Water and White in attendance. He attacked Democrats and Republican insurgents for tariff politics and urged tariff board reform as a bipartisan goal.
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Preaverly
Mass
Aziz
Taft
Essex Republican Club
Henry Cabot Lodge
Froth Ingham
Joseph Water
Representative White
Republicam
Congress
Two New Dormitories at A M College Named Legett and Milner Halls
Two new dormitories at the A and M college in College Station Texas with 102 rooms each have been inspected and accepted for use. They are reinforced concrete with brick facades and funded from stock feed inspection tax revenue. Legett Hall will honor Judge K K Legett of Abilene and Milner Hall will honor Col. R T Milner, college president.
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College Station
Tex
A. & M. Colege
Legett
Milner Hall
Col. R. T. Milner
Woman leaps onto moving Katy at Sunset depot
A rioting scene ends with a Black woman leaping from a streetcar to catch a departing Katy train. She calls to the engineer to hold the train as bystanders assist her onto the platform while scattering packages fall behind. She orders a trunk moved and sits in a carriage as the train pulls away.
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Katy
Sunset Depot
Susan
City Parks Watering Efforts Aimed at Saving Damaged Greenery
City park commissioner Henry Steingruber says all parks including San Pedro and Maverick Square are being watered to counter a dry spell. He notes trees receive water regularly and grass gets attention when water is available, but limited supply and late watering constraints hinder full restoration.
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San Pedro Park
Maverick Square
Ténry Steingruber
Steingruber
San Pedro Avenue
Maverick Street
Postcard shipment lands in San Antonio in 1911
Six tons of sou venir postcards, about 12 000 pounds, arrived recently for a local dealer on Alamo Plaza. It marks the dealer's second large shipment in months and includes cards showing scenes around San Antonio. The cards are mailed to all countries and the shipment is estimated at 2 000 000 cards.
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Aransas Pays
Alamo Plaza
San Antonio
Post Card Shipments Prompts San Antonio Views Claim
The Dahrooge Post Card Co of San Antonio boasts the largest shipment of San Antonio views in Southwest Texas with a carload of 4.5 million cards, weighing forty tons and costing $1.3 million to print, as a salesman notes the order was unprecedented and proclaims honesty as best policy. The ad-promoter Harry Budow markets a carload of local views from 516 1-2 Houston Street, inviting customers to inspect stock and place mail orders.
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Dahrooge Post Card Co
San Antonio
Texas
Tobok
Matto
Gelli
Dahroogeh Post Card. CO
Alamo Plaza
Harry Budow
Houston Street
General Duncan approves next day troop review on parade grounds
Brigadier General Duncan orders a second review of the provisional division on the maneuver camp parade grounds. The muster will form at 6 o clock under Lieutenant Colonel Van Corsdale with more than 6000 troops to be inspected. The parade will face north on the south end of the maneuver camp and mirror the department’s best reviews.
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Duncan
Department of Texas
van Corsdale
Seventeenth Infantry
Poultry Exhibit Plans Aim for Exceptional Fair Show
Lone Star Poultry association members say the International Fair poultry exhibit this fall will be larger and finer than before. Members near San Antonio will supply most birds and aim to outshine national rivals, with a meeting set for September 6 to outline plans for January 8 to 15. The group notes January is ideal for shows as birds are in prime feather and ready for judging. An constitutional amendment offering benefit to the organization and members will be proposed.
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Lone Star Poultry Association
Southwest
San Antonio
Fair Grounds
Fees as Art and Medicine Evade Public Regulation
The article argues that artist fees and medical fees have never been fixed by law and remain private or unregulated. It frames medicine historically as an art rather than science, noting the absence of statutory fee standards.
Expert Commends Oiled Highways in Williamson County Visit
W T Montgomery head of the Texas Building company road division toured the Fred ericksburg road section with H E Hildebrand and W S Hawkins and praised the oil dust suppressor. Montgomery discussed bond limits under the state constitution and invited the visitors to observe Williamson county road work. Hawkins heads to Beeville then joins San Patricio officials to plan the Seville Pettus stretch and shore drive from Portland to Aransas Pass.
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W. T. Montgomery
Texas Building Company
Fredericksburg
H. E. Hildebrand
W. 8. Hawkins
Bexar County Highway League
Montgomery
Iamson
Messrs. Hildebrand and
Hawkins
Williamson
Attorney General's Department
Beeville
Cox
Seville
Pettus
San Patricio
Portland
Arangas Pass
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a daily dressing to restore gray or fading hair, prevent shedding, and strengthen thinning hair. It claims few applications return hair to natural color and promotes growth.
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Nature
Wyeth
Snakes Return to Old Farm Roost After Move
A family moves from a Missouri farm to Arkansas, but two large trained bull snakes return to their hollow sycamore tree roost in Missouri. The eight and eleven foot reptiles appear well fed and calm, and local residents David Brothers’ sons measure them, noting the ten foot nine inch and eleven foot snakes. The reason for the snakes’ return remains a mystery.
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Millizer
Mr. Millizer
Fulton
Arkansas
Mrn Millizer
Akes
David Brothers
Fine Program Delights San Antonio Singing Societies
Applause filled Beethoven Hall as Frohsinn Lisderkrang and others presented a joint program conducted by Carl Hahn. The San Antonio bands and choral groups performed selections including Overture Schauspiel, Hymne, Medley, and Die Lieder.
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Beethoven
Carl Hahn
Directo Frohsinn
Lisderkrang
Dentehermetcher
Beethoven Maenneré
San Antonio Bend
Jm J
William Zimmer
Consolidated
Gesangsverein
Ted Synders
San
Galveston Grocery Jobbers Meet To Discuss Trade
A Galveston meeting at Hotel Gaim gathered grocery jobbers from Dem and surrounding areas. The session included press present and a later committee was formed to study forming a permanent organization for the wholesale grocery trade.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Gaim
Houston
Dem
Free Remedy Promise Offers Cure for Rheumatism
An 1893 testimonial ad claims a person cured by a certain remedy after years of muscular and inflammatory rheumatism. The writer urges readers to send for a free trial by mailing name and address to Mark Jackson, Syracuse, with a pledge of truthfulness.
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Mark
Jackson
Street
Syracuse
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