San Antonio appoints new health board and street crew
Commissioner Pancoast announces abatement plans for street dust, with 79 new appointments in the street department. The fresh board includes Mayor Jones, Dr. W B Russ, and Dr. T T Jackson, Moody, and Brumby. A clean-up campaign and oil tests aim to raise city health standards.
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Board of Health
San Antonio
Jones
W. B. Russ
William Brumby
Bexar County Medical Society
William A. King
Chamber of Commerce
Woman's Club
Army Medical Corps
Fort Sam Houston
T. T. Jackson
G. H. Moody
Shropshire
Aaron Pancoast
Pancoast
Barbargus Acts Rival Boxer Uprising
American troops prepare to land in Nicaragua within forty eight hours to protect citizens as reports of brutal acts surge. Ten infantry units move from Panama to Corinto along railway routes to Managua with Marines delayed by transport.
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Corinto
Nicaragua
Panama
Diaz
Washington
Tait
United States Infantry
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Prairie
Colon
California
Lodhi
Coriito
Managua
Henry Green
United Mowers
China
State Department
Dodd
Phillips
Leon
Isthmus
Pacific
Francisco Altshul
Revolutionary Junta
Weitzed
Ham
Asnama
Terhune
Nica
Race
Central America
Bacon
Senate
Lan
Hare
Zelaya
Icans
Cannon
Mena
Cecil Lyon Heads Roosevelt Campaign Train to New York
Cecil Lyon of Texas traveled through Chicago en route to New York where he assumed command of Colonel Roosevelt’s special campaign train.
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Chicago
Cecil Lyon
Texas
New York
Roosevelt
Emperor William Walks in Park After Restful Night
In Cassel Hesse-Nassau on August 28 the Emperor William rose early and began his day with a long walk in the park before breakfast, signaling renewed vigor.
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Cassel
Hesse-Nassau
William
Great Britain Protests Panama Canal Bill
Great Britain filed a protest with the U S State Department through A Mitchell Innes of the British embassy. The note says Britain would seek arbitration at The Hague if no satisfactory agreement is reached over canal bill and coast wise shipping discrimination. It notes Innes will return to Maine after filing.
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Washington
Great Britain
State Department
A. Mitchell Innes
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Taft
Congress
Innes
Panama
Mr. Innes
Bryce
Maine
Hague
Root
Lodge
United States
Reporter Assaults American Official in Havana
Enrique Maza, a Cuban reporter, released after admitting to assaulting U.S. chargé d’affaires H. Gibson. Cuba protests as Maza faces charges and possible police court detainment after government payment dispute over a $557,000 claim by American contractor Hugh Reilly.
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Havana
Enrique Maza
United States
Gibson
Hugh Reilly
Menocal
Maza
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight and Thursday, generally fair. Winds light and variable. Overnight low around 60. Thursday mostly clear with warmer daytime temperatures. No precipitation expected.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Weather snapshot across major cities
The report shows Seattle style but lists St Louis Kansas City Chicago Saint Paul New York Boston and Washington temperatures from 60s to 76 with clear or cloudy skies. Winds range from four to twenty two miles per hour and rain is forecast for Thursday with lows in the 50s to 60s.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
ST. Pauwul
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Sole Carrier of AP Wire, Claim Denied
A statement claiming the AP wire into San Antonio is carried by other newspapers is unfounded. The San Antonio Light is the sole carrier in the city, with no basis in fact for any competing newspaper reprinting the feed.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
American Colony Slain in Mexico War Sparks Border Panic
Bulletin reports rebels increasing activity on the Mexican border with Sonora. Three hundred colonists flee toward El Paso as War Department prepares to mobilize troops from the Pacific division if needed.
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Mexico
Sonora
el Paso
Washington
War Department
Pacific Division
Mormon colonist William J Stevens killed at Pacheco Chihuahua
William Jackson Stevens an American colonist was killed at Pacheco Chihuahua while defending his home. initial reports blamed looters, later one said he was killed by an American. His wife and children were with him as 300 Sonora colonists headed for the border amid rebel bands.
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Stevens
Sonora
Mexican General Tellez Visits Fort Bliss in Texas
General Tellez commanding federal troops at Juarez toured Fort Bliss in El Paso on Aug 28 and paid respects to General E Z Steever. He arrived with Mexican Consul E C Llorente and was welcomed by a Second Cavalry squadron at the reservation entrance. He was received with honors at headquarters by high ranking officers.
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EL Paso
Tex
Tellez
Juarez
Fort Bliss
E. Z. Steever
Department of Texas
E. C. Llorente
Second Cavalry
Steever
D. A. Fredericks
Twenty-second Infantry
Frank West
Second Infantry
Thayer
New Orleans Votes on Commission Government Measure
New Orleans voters faced a special election to decide if the city should adopt a commission form of government with a mayor and four commissioners. Early results suggested overwhelming support from both major political factions, who back the plan granting initiative and referendum powers.
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New Orleans
Commi
Darrow Trial Date Set Amid Jury Bribery Charge
Clarence Darrow former chief counsel for the McNamaras must go to trial October 21 in Los Angeles on an indictment charging him with bribing juror Robert Bain the first juror sworn to try James B McNamara Judge Willis set the date when Darrow appeared in court on the bribery charge.
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Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Darrow
McNamara Brothers
Willis
Superior Court
Robert Bain
Jas. B. McNamara
Republicans Defeat Move to Put Roosevelt Electors on Ticket
In Topeka on August 28 the Kansas Republican Party council voted 80 to 62 against forcing Roosevelt electors onto an independent ballot. The decision keeps Roosevelt electors chosen in the state primary on the Republican ticket pending a Supreme Court ruling on the case.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Republican Party Council
Roosevelt
Supreme Co of the United States
Washington Adopts Sunday Mail Plan Under New Law
Postmaster General Hitchcock announces that Sunday mail delivery will end but lock box access remains. Hotel guests and newspapers will receive mail via lock boxes with extra sorting on railway mail cars before arrival. Distribution will involve minimal Sunday work and most Sunday mail will be delivered after midnight Sunday for Monday routes.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Coolest August Morning Signals Nicer Weather Ahead
This morning measured 72 at 7 o'clock, the lowest August low since July 27, with a steady, gradual dip in temperature over the past week. The morning felt nearly fall like and suggests cooler weather to come.
Plow by Moonlight In Denton County
The Denton county fly plague remains severe with many livestock deaths reported. Farmers in the area till fields under moonlight to cope with the ongoing pest outbreak.
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Denton County
Denton
Tex
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Florencio Lozano
Servero Gonzales
Juan Guerra
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Mayria
P. Ramjirez
Francisco Duque
J. Quintano
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Paton Sanchez
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A. Walter
B. P. Lund
Abram Parales
G. Santa Cruz
N. W. Wilkinson
Eugene Ogden
Adolph Garcia
Cadena
Fernando Rodriguez
Tenth Infantry
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Chin Wang Pao
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