Disbrow Dominates As San Antonio Auto Meet Battles Weather
Louis Disbrow wins every race he enters at the San Antonio fall races though weather interruptions threaten to delay the meet. A serious crash injures Mason driver Eddie Richenbacher while Bill Chandler survives a high embankment plunge, with promoters contemplating next Sunday for a finish.
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Louis Disbrow
de Palma
San Antonio
W. A. Herring
San Antonio Automobile Club
Bill Chandler
Physicians & Surgeons Hospital
Smoky Bill” Chandler
Latonia
Case
Ralph DePalma
Disbrow
Advant
Mason
George Mason
DePalma
Jinx
Eddie Richenbacher
Rickenbacher
Simplex Zip
Staver
Chicago
Monckmeier
Mercer
Case Special
Endicott
Heinemann
Staver-Chicago
Raimey
Simplex
Mason Special
Case Six
Sherman law amendment seeks jail penalties only
Representative Henry proposes an amendment calling for jail sentences only for Sherman act violations and banning any device to restrain trade or fix prices. Exemptions would apply to nonprofit organizations and producer-held agricultural products. The Post notes government actions offend certain interests.
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Washington, D. C
Henry
Texas Tops Stock Judging At International Exposition
Texas led with 3654 points in the students judging at the International Live Stock Exposition. Missouri Agricultural College finished second with 38495 and Purdue third with 8494. other scores and top student honors are listed, including W. H. Reed of Texas with 819 points and Fred Haepfner with 758.
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Chicago
Texas
The
Agricultural College of Missouri
Purdue
Qohio
Iowa
Ontario
Manitoba
MacDonald
Canada
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ceanee
Nebraska
W. H. Reed
Fred Haepfner
Record rainfall and rabbit pest noted in Blanco Texas
Heavy rain totals in Blanco Texas show 8.57 inches in the last week and 43.87 inches since January 1 1913. Historical comparisons mark this year as the highest since 1900. The report also notes rabbits becoming a major pest in Argentina and Australia, with a cannery starting to export tin g.
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Blanco
Tex
R. C. Crist
Observer
Argentina
Australia
Swift's 8 8 8 Blood Purifier Promises Quick Sore Healing
An 8 8 8 remedy claims to heal old sores by boosting blood flow and tissue nutrition. It asserts detoxifying action against poisons and promotes local cell cooperation. no minerals or drugs used. The Swift Specific Co. advertises medical advice from its Atlanta laboratory.
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Medical
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Americans Best Readers of News Says Commerce Bulletin
The Commerce Department reports 1909 totals for the U S printing and publishing industry. There were 31 445 establishments with 388 446 workers and 588 345 708 dollars in capital. New York led in employment and output, Illinois second, Pennsylvania third, with 2600 daily papers nationally and Circulation concentrated in ten cities forming 47 percent of daily total.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
United States
New York State
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Buffalo
San Francisco
New York City
Ype
PLAN SCIENTIFIC WORK BY ATHENAEUM ASSOCIATION
The Athenaeum Association will run departments in numismatics philatelics oratory debate biology observation natural science chemistry electricity and modern inventions. It will aid the Christmas Cheer committee in San Antonio relief efforts. Inauguration of officers on December 11 features talks by Hobart Huson Edgar Pauling Carlos Chavido Lucien B. Mitchell and George N. Cannon.
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Athenaeum Association
Association
Carnegie Library
San Antonio
Hobart Huson
Edgar Pauling
Carlos Chavido
Lucien B. Mitchell
George N. Cannon
Speed laws violators swarm New York courts
Police courts in New York will handle over 500 speeding and reckless driving summonses issued since Saturday. Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo shifted the motorcycle patrol to uptown hotel and theater districts and Central Park and Riverside Drive to curb speeders, promising continued enforcement until drivers heed speed laws.
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New York
Uptown
Central Park
Riverside Drive
Rhinelander Waldo
Waldo
St Paul Housewives Join National Egg Boycott
St Paul housewives join the national egg boycott. Mrs. D W McCourt says over 2000 local women have joined, with several thousand more expected in two days.
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St. Paul
Minn
D. W. McCourt
National Housewives’ League
Rear Admiral John H. Clark Dies at 76
Amherst reports the death of Rear Admiral John Howe Clark former medical director of the navy from paralysis at age 76. Clark enlisted as a surgeon in 1861 and became medical director and president of the naval examining board in 1893.
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Amherst
John Howe Clark
Navy
Naval Examining Board
Hunters Cause 135 Deaths In Season Across 21 States
A morning paper tabulation shows the hunting season ending Sunday caused 135 deaths and 140 injuries across 21 states. Wisconsin led with 29 dead and 27 injured. Michigan 28 dead. New York 19 dead. Lordly careless handling and self inflicted shots are cited as top causes.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Minnesota
Maine
Garment Worker Shot as Strike Tensions Rise in Philadelphia
A garment worker named Harry Skulnick was shot from a passing taxicab while being escorted by a city detective. Four striking workers had returned to work. Two suspects were arrested as a garment workers strike persisted for months.
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Philadelphia
Harry Skulnick
Skulnick
Zelaya Adjourned Habeas Corpus Hearing in New York
Arguments on the merit of habeas corpus for ex-president Zelaya of Nicaragua held on a provisional warrant for murder and other crimes were adjourned until Friday next, at request of Washington authorities. Extradition papers from Nicaragua were not yet received. An acre of fishing ground is noted as more productive than a year's worth of land.
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New York
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Washington
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