City and San Antonio Water Supply plan contract draft
An executive meeting of the citizens' Water committee at city hall, attended by Mayor Jones and engineer Alexander Potter, decided to draft a contract with the San Antonio Water Supply to fix rates and regulations for the term of years. Potter's report urged a 20 percent rate cut, a new 20,000,000 gallon reservoir, 36 and 30 inch mains, a five year plan for larger mains, a 100,000 gallon water tower, continued fire protection payment until improvements complete, and stricter anti waste rules.
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San Antonio Water Supply Company
Alexander Potter
Citizens’ Water Committee
Jones
Potter
Pancoast
Graebner
Gruebbner
Gruebner
Get Rid of Piles at Home Remedy Ad
An advertisement for Pyramid Pile Remedy promises quick relief from piles with one to two applications. It urges sending for a free trial package to prove effectiveness and notes a regular package costs 60 cents at drug stores.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
Marshall, Mich
Port Aransas Deepening Debate Spurs Texas Harbor Plan
A Texas harbor study panel heard supporters urge a thirty foot depth to handle 400 000 to 500 000 tons of inbound tonnage, including cotton and oil shipments. Advocates from Aransas Pass Rockport and San Antonio argued the depth would boost commerce and reduce freight costs, with a banquet to elicit concrete tonnage data.
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Dallas
Laredo
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
H. Brooke
Texas
Y. Vandenberg
Aransas Harbor
Port Aransas
Tampico
Galveston
S. B. Weller
Newton, Weller & Wagner
Burgess
Rockport
D. M. Picton
A. J. Bell
San Antonio
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Gunter Hotel
Congress
E. A. Holmgreen
Alamo Iron Works
San Antonio Drug Company
H. A. Weber
Charles Graebner
Chamber of Commerce
Edward Burr
Lansing H. Beach
Charles S. Riche
A. 5. Pawkett
E. O. Burton
H A. Weber
T. L. Conroy
L. J. Hart
Thomas H. Franklin
Fredericksburg Rail Link Prompts Quick Bonus Drive
President Graebner reads the Fredericksburg railroad pledge as the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce launches a rapid $50,000 bonus canvass. Subscriptions shrink by about $10,000 due to moved or deceased donors, but renewed pledges are hoped to cover the gap. Contractors Crane and Love promise start within ten months after San Antonio fulfills the bonus.
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San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce
R. A. Love
Foster Crane
Crane
Charles Graebner
Parade on Fifth Avenue Honours Etter and Haywood
In New York 1000 struggling men women and children gathered on Fifth Avenue singing the Marseillaise and cheering Joseph J. Etter freshly acquitted of murder and William D. Haywood famed IWW organizer as they walked center street amid the crowd on a bitter afternoon.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Joseph J. Etter
Massachusetts
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Taft removes widow Longstreet as Gainesville post mistress
President Taft will remove Mrs Helen D Longstreet widow of the Confederate general from her Gainesville post mistress job for per nicious political activity in office. James B Gaston will replace her as part of the regular organization.
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Roosevelt
Atlanta
Chicago
County Judge Davis outlines plans for roads and jail reform
County Judge James R. Davis and Commissioners pledged to improve roads, oiling and modernizing county infrastructure, create a large county poor farm, and unclog the criminal docket. He will oversee courthouse operations, with over 50 cases set for the week starting December 9. Incumbents Dr. D. Berrey and John V. Huntress will keep their posts under the two year rule.
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San Antonio
Court House
Davis
A. L. Dunnica
Dan Lewis
D. Berrey
John V. Huntress
Busy hen may open doors of egg trust
Unusually large numbers of fresh eggs from hens threaten the nation’s speculators and the cold storage market. Loan brokers press investors toward the egg trust as warm weather keeps hens laying unusually long. Experts predict eggs could drop to 10 cents a dozen in January amid a surge of storage egg sales in Chicago and Philadelphia.
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Chicago
Egg Trust
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Turkish Balkan Armistice Approved for Signing Tomorrow
The council of ministers voted in a late special session to approve an armistice proposed by the peace plenipotentiaries. The plenipotentiaries met behind the Talaldja lines to agree on general terms and settle minor points ahead of the signing.
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Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Tcataldja
Stabbing in Saloon Leaves Man Wounded in City
E Galindo, 22, South Comal Street, was stabbed in the right chest during a saloon fray at 11 15 last night on West Commerce Street. Attended by Dr Elmdorf and moved to city hospital. Wounded man battered head. condition possibly serious. Antonio Ramirez, 24, arrested by Officer Valdez.
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E. Galindo
South Comal Street
West Commerce Street
Elmendorf
Antonio Ramirez
Valdez
Bulgaria Claims Victory in Peace Talks Near End
Sofia reports Turkey accepted allies modified peace terms and Bulgarian officials anticipate a forthcoming treaty. Fighting continues around Adrianople as Bulgarian lines tighten their hold on the frontier.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Turkey
Adrianople
Bridgie Webber Leaves New York for Cuba
Bridgie Webber sails for Cuba with his wife clinging to him to forget the murder case of Herman Rosenthal. He faces testifying against Charles Becker and the four gunmen at their upcoming murder trial.
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Webber
Gotham
New York
Cuba
Herman Rosenthal
Charles Becker
Forty Fire Alarms Reported In November
Fire Chief Wright and crews responded to forty alarms in November, the highest monthly total this year. Losses were small overall, with the Alamo Oil & Refining plant fire on November 20 causing the greatest damage at about 125000 dollars, insured.
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Wright
Alamo Oil & Refining Company
Russia halts aviator Kusminski plans in Peking
Russian government orders Kusminski to leave Peking at once or face treason charges. The aviator had planned a flying school to train Chinese army officers as tensions rise between Russia and China over Outer Mongolia.
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Russia
ST. Petersburg
Kusminski
Peking
China
Outer
Mongolia
Blood Humors And Their Effects On The Body
Blood humors commonly cause pimples boils hives eczema or salt rheum and other eruptions but may exist without breakouts causing weakness languor loss of appetite or debility. They are expelled and the system renovated strengthened and toned by proper remedies.
Elk Lodge to Hold Memorial Service for Deceased Brethren
San Antonio Lodge No. 216 plans a memorial service at Travis Park Methodist church at 3:30 this afternoon honoring 59 members who have died since the lodge’s founding in 1871. Six brothers died in the last year A H Shafer A E Heusinger Jr Robert Fresenius C A Eager Joseph Priest Rugisell Caffery to be eulogized.
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Elks
United States
San Antonio
Elks Lodge
Travis Park Methodist Church
Groesbeck
A. H. Shafer
A. E. Heusinger Jr
Robert Fresenius
C. A. Eager
Joseph Priest
Rugisell Caffery
W. E. Roach
Pilgrim
Wagner
Mary Harrison
Campana Gilbert E. Schramm
Buck
G. E. Guinn
T. H. Flannery
Tom Martin
Gilbert E. Benediction
D. BE. Hawk
Speree
Calkin
Ellis’ Lodge No
A. Groos
Schramm. Groesbeck
Julius I. Posert Jr
Esquire
J. and
H. E. Burks
Hood's Sarsaparilla Becomes Sarsa Tabs Availability
Local ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla in liquid form and New Sarsa Tabs chocolate tablets for easy intake.
Twenty Deaths Reported in Joplin City
In Joplin Missouri on November 30 reporters noted over twenty deaths the largest total in the city’s history. Most victims were elderly and died of natural causes.
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Joplin
Mrs Lucius Hopkins Smith Studies International Law
Mrs Lucius Hopkins Smith of New York begins studying international law to contest her husband’s will. The will leaves 250000 dollars to their adopted daughter, a move opposed by the husband’s relatives who challenge the document.
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Lucius Hopkins Smith
New York
Mr. Smith
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Taft
James R. da
James R. Davis
Elk Lodge
Travis Park Church
Lodge of Sorrow
Neen Cee Set
Eerens
Goodyear
Saul Woltson
Eiffel Tower
France
Switzerland
Payerne
M. Blankart
West Commerce ST
Santa Claus” Headquarters
Santa Claus
Nic Tengg
Commerce
Hood
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