Medina County Tax Rolls Await State Rate Clarification
Medina County tax assessor H B Taylor said rolls are ready except for totals after the state rate is announced in Austin. He expects a larger county valuation next year due to the Medina river dam irrigation project and a new railroad. Dry weather damaged crops, with cotton yields reduced. rain could aid stockmen needing water.
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H. B. Taylor
Medina County
Huth
Austin
Taylor
Esre
Ausain
Medina
Stormy Weather Cancels Hartford Boston Aero Meet
Stormy weather again cancels the Hartford Boston aero meet at Squantum. George K. Meyer of Dallas is listed as missing at the St. Anthony.
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Associated Press
Boston
Squantum
George K. Meyer
Dallas
Fire Department Logs 47 Alarms in 31 Days
Fire Chief Bishop reports 47 fire alarms in 31 days with total month losses not exceeding 30 000 dollars. Most blazes confined to small dwellings and many extinguished early. One arrest on arson burglary and theft charges. several incendiary fires. Three kerosene lamp explosions. one injures Mrs Virginia Travis at 216 Forcke Street. Unknown origin fires seven. two grass and three trash fires. two due to spontaneous combustion.
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Bishop
Virginia Travis
Forcke Street
Two Women In Court In Disturbing The Peace Case
Deputy Constable Go cores filed complaints in Justice Umscheid's court against Mrs Zadrosky and Mrs Marshall for using abusive language and causing a disturbance at 2023 and 202 Cole man street. The court charged both with disturbing the peace after hearings and slated the cases for trial Friday. Mrs Zadrosky demanded a jury and both have legal counsel.
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Coleman Street
Veteran Daniel O'Brien Found Dead in Austin Hospital Yard
Daniel O'Brien a 70 year old Civil War veteran was found dead in the yard of the Confederate Home Hospital Austin at about 5 am He apparently fell or jumped from a third story window after recent self inflicted injuries a razor attempt weeks earlier is noted An event segment announces an oratorical speech by Hon Jake Wolters at Beethoven hall Friday night Audience invited.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Daniel O'Brien
Confederate Home Hospital
O'Brien
Jake Wolters
Beethoven Hall
Ma dero Chosen Unanimously for Eur Presidency
Mexico City Aug 31 Francisco I Madero was nominated by the progressive party for the presidency after a dramatic convention session. Vasquez Gomez faced grilling as vice presidential prospects were debated amid a chaotic, partisan exchange and a heated confrontation with the central committee.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Progressive Party
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Jose Pino Suarez
Alfredo Robles
Dominguez
Vasquez Gomez
School tax rate fixed for coming year in Austin
The automatic tax board in Austin fixed the school tax rate for the new fiscal year at 162 3/4 cents. The ad valorem tax rate will be set when the board reconvenes this afternoon at 6 o clock.
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Austin
Tex
Automatic Tax Board
Gen Stanleys Grandson to Wed in New York Circle
San Antonio friends report the engagement of Lieutenant David Stanley Rumbough to Miss Colgate of New York. Rumbough has resigned from the army and will take a position in Europe. General Stanley once commanded the Texas department and is well known locally and in military circles.
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Stanley
San Antonio
David
David Stanley Rumbough
Colgate
New York
Rumbough
Europe
Department of Texas
Kidney Remedy Credited For Quick Recovery
Mr. Perry A. Pitman of Dale Texas says he was bedridden four months with kidney and bladder trouble and gall stones before Foley's Kidney Remedy cured him. The ad urges readers to ask for the medicine at Xing Pattison Drug Co.
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Perry A. Pitman
Dale
Tex
Foley
Xing & Pattison Drug Co
Woman defends home against armed attacker in Fort Worth
Mrs. B H Mason of Penn Street fought off a negro assailant in her kitchen using a keen ice pick. She fatally wounded him in the chest near the heart, and Fort Worth officers hunt the wounded man as they scour the city for answers.
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Fort Worth
Tex
B. H. Mason
Penn’ Street
Blood stained bundle linked to Camorra violence in Viterbo
In Viterbo on August 31 the son of a porter testified that Nicola Morra and Guieseppe Salvi handed over a blood stained bundle to Camorrists at the Stendardo home where Cuocolo killings occurred. Police counter that Maria Stendardo was not present the night of the murder.
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Associated Press
Viterbo
Nicola Morra
Guieseppe Salvi
Maria Stendardo
Bexar County Highway League Plans Big Get Together
Letters were mailed to about 600 members of the Bexar County Highway League inviting a Tuesday night meeting at the St Anthony Ballroom to introduce members and outline the group’s purposes. Directors praised the success of tag day as membership jumped from 200 to 600 in hours and aim to reach 2000 to 2500 by year end.
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Bexar County Highway League
St. Anthony
Pastor Greer to Preach Farewell Before Princeton Studies
Rev. D. B. Greer resigns as Pine Street Presbyterian pastor after four weeks. He will deliver a farewell sermon next Sunday before departing Monday for Princeton New Jersey to pursue studies at Princeton University. A farewell reception is planned Friday night at the Beatty home on Wyoming Street with parishioners invited. No successor has been named yet, but likely soon.
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D. B. Greer
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
A. Beatty
Wyoming Street
Greer
Marriage Licenses Issued In 24 Hour Period
Licenses issued during the last twenty four hours include Rafael Medina and Rita Romas. Lambert Leary and Lena Farmann. Ray Shannon and Ada Wall. Grady McCullar and Zula Roberts. James P. Allen and Gussie Huebner. Harvey N. Hamilton and Nellie Gray Kennedy. Richard de Saime and Katherine Do Ziec Listers. Leonard and Velma Hallowell. Clyde Stone and Fannie McAnneély. Gus Taylor and Camilla D. Madison. R C Buckman of Tilden arrived from his ranch and registered at the Bexar hotel.
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Rafael Medina
Rita Romas
Lambert Leary
Lena Farmann
Ray Shannon
Ada Wall
Grady McCullar
Zula Roberts
James P. Allen
Gussie Huebner
Harvey N. Hamilton
Nellie Gray Kennedy
Richard de Saime
Katherine Do
Veracity of Paul Beattie Questioned at Trial
Chesterfield Court House Aug 31 witnesses challenged Paul Beattie's truthfulness about buying a shotgun for his cousin Henry C Beattie Jr. E H Neblitt testified he saw Paul with a shotgun a day after the weapon was said to be delivered. Other witnesses described Beattie's poor reputation for truth.
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Chesterfield Court House
Paul Beattie
Henry C. Beattie Jr
E. H. Neblitt
Paul
Henry
Neblitt
Henry Clay Beattie Jr
Wendenburg
Smith
Chas. L. Page
Commonwealth
South
Richmond
David D. Beattie
Paris Cabinet Suspends Museum Director Over Mona Lisa Disappearance
Theophile Homelle, director of France's national museum, was suspended by the cabinet after the Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre. The ministry blamed insufficient precautions. Also noted: Mr and Mrs A H Tanquard of Hitchcock Texas arrived recently at Losoya.
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Associated Press
Paris
Theophile Homelle
National Museum
Louvre
M. Hemple
A. H. Tanquard
Hitchcock, Tex
The
Losoya
Notable Visitors At San Antonio Hotels
Dallas carriage maker W QO Brown arrives and checks in at the St Anthony hotel. Houston visitor D D Orr also at St Anthony. Austin’s L R Rigsby registered at St Anthony. Coley Woods Dallas Western passenger agent for Queen and Crescent tours the city on business. BE Wright Missouri Kansas Texas claim agent in town. W C Preston Frisco official stops over en route to pool. C A Baird Pennsylvania lines agent returns after illness. H L Redfield Texas and Pacific official arrives. John L Dibrell deputy marshal returns from Nixon. Reps R R Smith Jourdan ton and W W Caves Oakville reside at local hotels. Dr W H Doty Kerrville at Losoya. H C Clark famed traveling man at Gunter. Frank Eckel and wife from Waco at Bexar. Max Schwartz Schulenburg stockman guests at Bexar.
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W. QO. Brown
Dallas
San Antonio
D. D. Orr
Houston
Texas
W.C. Preston
Frisco
Fort Worth
Pool
Toay
C. A. Baird
Pennsylvania’ Lines
H. L. Redfield
Texas and Pacific
John L. Dibrell
United States
Nixon
Tex
R. R. Smith
Jour
Danton
Gunter
W. W. Caves
Oakville
Maverick
W. H.,doty
Kerrville
Losoya
H. C. Clark
Americus
Frank,Eckel
Waco
Bexar
Max Schwartz
Schulenburg
Optimistic Farmer Sees Hogs and Hominy Guarding Against Drouth
Gus Hermann a northern county farmer says despite a short cotton crop and weaker corn, dry weather will not derail his family. He expects fifteen good hogs to provide meat and cash flow, plus corn from last year to feed them, helping him survive until the next crop year.
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Gus Hermann
Hermann
Rain records broken across the tri state area
Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware logged eight and twenty three hundredths inches of rain in the seven days ending at 8 a m today the Weather Burden reports. All records for 29 years were broken.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Wether Buren
Rainfall Boosts Fall Crop Prospects Near Dilley
Special to the Light reports 1.10 inches of rain in Dilley over 24 hours with minimal cotton damage. Surrounding areas received two to three inches, prompting farmers to be jubilant about fall crops and prospects.
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Dilley
Tex
Cooler Weather Meets San Antonio After Rain
Rains followed by gentle breezes cooled San Antonio with temperatures near 68 to 70 degrees last night and early today. The day cooled from 88 to 89 after a warmer year ago. forecast calls for more fair weather ahead.
French Cabinet Sets Morocco Terms in Congo Exchange
Premier Caillaux and the French cabinet met at Fallieres to hear Justin de Selves report on Germany talks over Morocco. They approved instructions to Jules Cambon offering parts of French Congo in return for Germany recognizing France’s rights in Morocco, while Paris investigates food price rioting in northern France.
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France
Germany
French Congo
Morocco
Jules Paris
Columbus Day Queen Contest Opens By Vote
The Italo American Young Men's club decides to select a Columbus Day queen by popular vote with boxes to collect ballots. The first box goes to Giorda's store on South Leona Street, and Sept 5 sees stations across the city. Candidates will be announced at a Sunday mass meeting by the Italian colony with invitations to officials and societies to participate.
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Callaghan
Board of Aldermen
Jake Rubiola
Joe Obriotti
Charles Troilo
John Pianta
John Muza
Eugene Fecci
Hay Fever Relief Claim for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
E M Stewart of Chicago reports strong hay fever relief from Foley's Honey and Tar Compound during hot months. He notes great benefit and points to others who suffer similarly from summer allergies. The King Pattison Drug Co.
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Foley
Wolfram St
Chicago
Stewart
King-Pattison Drug Co
Cheer Upsurge at State Convention on Woman Suffrage
Delegates to the state convention of the American Woman's League cheered every reference to woman suffrage this morning. Several speakers discussed the topic and drew strong enthusiasm from the audience.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
American Woman's League
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