Panama Prices Beat San Antonio on Canal Zone Meats
A San Antonio price survey shows canal zone allowances for food costs are often lower for perishables despite long shipments and refrigeration. Meats such as mutton chops and stewing lamb are cheaper in Colon than in San Antonio while eggs and cheese also vary, with Colon showing several price advantages for workers on the canal.
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United States
Panama Canal Zone
Canal
San Antonio
Panama
Colon
San Antonians
Canal Zone
Ric
Calon
San Anonio
Dry Weather Threatens Pecans In Medina County
Deputy County Tax Assessor Henry Feille reports dry conditions affect pecan trees around Castroville along the Medina River. He says trees appear to produce but not abundantly, showing early shedding and potential shriveling if rain does not come soon, risking poor quality nuts.
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Henry Feille
Medina County
Feille
Medina
Castroville
Historic Galveston port posts record cotton receipts
At 3 o clock the cotton year closes with the third largest receipts in port history. For the year ending at Galveston the port reports 2,984,354 bales, up 356,942 from last year but below the 1906-07 and 1908-09 peaks. August customs receipts total $143,153.49, the heaviest month ever for the Galveston customs office.
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Galveston
Tex
United States Custom House
Galveston Custom House
No Change in Japanese Policy by Cabinet
Marquis Saionji the new premier of Japan authorized the Associated Press to state that the administration change does not portend a fundamental policy shift. The government will maintain traditional aims including strengthening national credit and developing industrial resources, while giving priority to international peace and maintaining amiable relations with all powers.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Marquis Saionji
Japan
First Steamship Arrives for New Baltimore Galveston Line
The D. N. Luckenbach, first steamer of a revived Baltimore to Galveston line, arrived loaded with 36000 cases of canned goods for Texas and beyond. Baltimore business men aided in forming the new service after the prior Baltimore Texas line failed.
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NEW Line
Galveston
Associated Press
Tex
Baltimore
Texas
D. N. Luckenbach
Home Weather For Tourists Observations At 8 A M
Weather report from several cities with temperatures winds and brief forecasts. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington totals. Forecasts include possible showers tonight or Friday and warmer or fair conditions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Newspaper Leased Wire Carried Only by The Light
Officials warn that any statement asserting the Associated Press wire is carried in full or in part by a newspaper other than the San Antonio Light is rejected and without legal validity.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Taft Urges Judicial Reform and Higher Salaries
President Taft told the American Bar Association that reform is needed in judicial procedure and salaries. He urged initiative by lawyers, supported higher pay for judges to attract the best talent, and criticized patent law handling while favoring a second court for patent appeals. He praised John Marshall and defended treaty arbitration with Britain and France.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Taft
American Bar Association
Huntington Hall
United States
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Great Britain
France
Antiseptic Tablet Fatal for Nurse Miss Dickson
Miss Olive Dickson an 18 year old nurse at Kinney sanitarium died after taking an antiseptic tablet by mistake for pain relief. She collapsed at her sister Mrs Edward Turner’s home and died several hours later after doctors failed to save her. She was born in San Antonio and belonged to Myrtlegrove No 1 Woodmen Circle and Stanley Circle Ladies of the G A R. Interment will be at Mission Park Cemetery with Myrtlegrove Woodmen Circle in charge.
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Olive E. Dickson
Kinney Sanitarium
Edward Turner
Crosby Street
Miss Dickson
San Antonio
Ca Boras
Sanitarium
Myrtlegrove No. 1
Woodmen Circle
Stanley Circle
G.A. R
A. Gastling
Roy Dickson
Mission Park
Myrtlé Grove
Affidavit Charges Harvey With Display Of Pistol
An affidavit filed in the police court charges Will Harvey with having rudely displayed a pistol on the night of August 28. Albert Black alleges Harvey pointed a pistol at him near the corner of Crockett and Bowie streets. The defendant denies having had a gun.
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Will Harvey
Albert Black
Harvey
Crockett and
Bowie
City issues 242 building permits for August totals
The city issued 242 permits in August valued at 177 984 dollars. Leo M J Dielmann notes the Third ward leads with 29 permits totaling 30 563 dollars, while the Seventh ward follows with 49 permits at 28 672 dollars and the Eighth ward with 10 permits at 30 075 dollars.
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Leo M. J. Dielmann
Battleship Utah Placed In Commission At Philadelphia Yard
In Philadelphia on August 31 the battleship Utah was placed in commission with a crew of over seven hundred under Captain Grant and Captain Benson taking command. The ceremony featured a band playing and the flag being raised before Utah sets course for New York and the Atlantic fleet. Iowa Massachusetts and Indiana also arrived for overhaul after a European cruise with Annapolis cadets.
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Philadelphia
Utah
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Grant
Secretary of the Navy
W. S. Benson
Navy Department
New York
Iowa
Massachusetts
Indiana
Annapolis Cadets
Hunger drove one armed man to break into Houston grocery warehouse
Frank Harold late last night traveled from Houston to Laredo Street in a burglary at 1430 South Laredo. He was found by Emmett Kenney and George Hober guarding the scene and held until police. Harold admitted hunger drove the break in after consuming food stored in the warehouse. He was booked for burglary and to be transferred to county officials. A nearby barber shop at 1428 South Laredo was also entered but nothing was stolen.
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Frank Harold
Houston
Tex
John Kenney
South
Laredo Street
Harold
Emmett Kenney
George Hober
Senna
Mockert
Young Kenney
Hober
Alfred Cardinal
South Laredo Street
Kenney Warehouse
Storm warning issued for Gulf coast small crafts
The New Orleans weather office repeated a storm warning for small craft along the Louisiana and Texas coast due to unsettled conditions in the middle gulf.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Middle Gulf
Pbureu
Louisiana
Texas
Union Officers Seek Recognition by Harriman Lines
General officers of railroad shopmen unions arrive in San Francisco to press for recognition of the Federation of Shop Employes by Harriman roads. They plan talks with Julius Kruttschnitt to avert a strike and cite Harriman’s approach of dealing with groups, not individuals, as a precedent.
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San Francisco
International Organizations of Railroad Shopmen Crafts
Harriman
Federation of Shop Employes
Julius Kruttschnitt
Kline
Kruttschnitt
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Rock Island
Gould Lines
Chesapeake & Ohio
Wabash
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Standard Oil Passes Out Of Existence
New York Aug. 31 The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, long at the center of anti trust agitation, today dissolves in its present form and relinquishes control of its subsidiaries as mandated by the Supreme Court decree ending the old regime.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Final Cotton Trading Sees Sharp Fluctuations in 1910 11
New York reports violent swings in the final trading for the 1910 11 cotton crop as August advances from 11.70 to 12.70 in the last minutes, 100 bales trading at the high, about 150 points or seven and a half dollars above yesterday. Once August exits the market, new crop positions slide sharply under heavy liquidation with little excitement earlier.
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Associated Press
New York
Deep Water Port Could Make San Antonio Major State Distributor
Business leaders at the Real Estate Exchange luncheon urged activating a deep water port at Aransas Pass to position San Antonio as the state’s largest distributing center. Max Beals of Seaboard & Gulf Ste Company said $150,000 could cover improvements, with the city controlling the port. Noah Allen of Brownsville backed San Antonio gaining access, while W S Hawkins and local merchants stressed regional cooperation to push the project and boost local commerce.
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San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Max Beals
Seaboard & Gulf Ste Company
Real Estate Exchange
Beals
Tex
San Antonians
San Atonio
Aransas Harbor
Texas
Las
Fort Worth
Dallas
W. S. Hawkins
Highway League
Galveston
Antonio
Houston
Santonio
Brownsville
Noah Allen
Drst
Aransas
Mittee
Exchange
A. D
City Board of Health to Discuss Garbage Collection
The board of health will meet at 6 pm to consider the current garbage collection system in the city. Officials favor a city government waste disposal meeting and may propose improvements including more wagons and a dedicated incinerator or cinerator.
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City Health Board
Board of Health
Cinerator
Conei
Hi Believe
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