Williams Evangelist In Advance Talks At Local Churches
Rev Dixie Williams arrives by rail with J M Hunt and Ury as three daily meetings are set at First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches. He expounds Daniel 5 and the handwriting on the wall Tekel and Peres, urging evidence over faith.
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Ury
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Scudder
Williams
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Tekel
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Mene
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Goa
Peres
Sirius
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Christ
National convention call for anti saloon republicans at Toledo
A call signed by hundreds in Kansas and adjacent states urges a national convention of anti saloon Republicans to meet in Toledo Ohio on May 6 1886. Primaries are set for April 21 county conventions April 28 and state conventions May 5 to choose double the delegates. The document demands immediate national prohibition but leaves open the issue of a national ticket only if the Republican party fails to nominate.
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Manhattan
Kan
Toledo
Revances National Committee
Pershing to stand trial for alleged ministerial misconduct
Rev Dr H C Pershing prominent Methodist divine and president of Pittsburg Female College faces trial at Christ Methodist Episcopal Church on December 19. An indictment drawn by three ministers lists 25 charges including falsehood and obtaining money by false representations with conduct unbecoming a minister. Sharp counsel will appear. Pershing has many friends who will defend him.
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C. Pershing
Pittsburg Female College
Christ Methodiat Episcopal Church
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Fire at Drake Brothers Lumber Yard Blazes in San Antonio
Early today a fire damaged Drake Brothers Calcasien Lumber Yard sheds with flooring ceilings and sashes burned. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. Fire authorities praised water works aiding control. Separate note from Carancaru a 7500 pound safe moved to new downtown office by Martin and Schryver amid brisk local chatter.
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Austin
Drake Brothers Calcasien Lumber
Carancarua
Licar
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Commerce Street
Messrs. Martin & Sehryver
Fire Company Elects Officers for Ensuing Year
Fire Company No 1 met at Market street hall last night and chose Fritz Schreiner as Foreman H Koll man as Assistant Foreman F Krisch Sr as Treasurer A Schild as Secretary Chris Werner as Assistant Engineer W Ecken roth as Stoker F Krisch Joe Schmidt L Wolfson as Finance Committee A committee was formed to coordinate with other fire companies for the annual firemen s ball on New Year s Eve.
Sunset Hose Company Elects Officers in Meeting
Sunset Hose Company held a meeting last night to elect officers. Elected were Philip Manger Foreman John Cavanaugh Assistant Foreman H W Bitters Treasurer A Frash Corresponding Secretary P Jonas Jr Financial Secretary Police Captain John McCormick Pipe Directors M Emick and H S Bitters Hose Director C Stout Finance Committee 8 Schorr Mike Curtney and Ed Dillon. After voting a beer tasting from Lone Star Brewery and a lunch by the hall proprietor were served.
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Sunset Hose Company
Philip Manger
John Cavanaugh
H. W. Bitters
A. Frash
P. Jonas, Jr
John McCormick
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San Antonio Holiday Paper Preview Promises City Attractions
The Licar announces a deluxe holiday edition to promote San Antonio as a commercial hub, metropolis, and health resort. Austin edition covers 5000 copies and total edition reaches 15000, printed on tinted paper with careful preparation.
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Licar
San Antonio
Austin
Parrot Confusion Tragedy Spares Attorney’s Alarm
A city attorney, while on an afternoon drive near Grandjean's store, heard a crying child and rushed into a house only to learn the distress was a parrot mimicking a child. The attorney departed forgiven by reality, a wiser man.
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Grandjean
First Ward
Federal Court Faces Adjournment Over Witness Costs
The court will adjourn for the term not due to slow business but because witness expense funds are nearly exhausted. Many criminal cases are reset for the next term as appropriations run out.
Brakemen Form League to Back Their Interests
Freight brakemen on most roads in the two cities join the Brakemen's League a new secret organization launched in the West. Branches are being formed statewide to advance and protect brakemen interests.
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Prrvsesvre
Brakemen’s League
Miners End Strike Tension At Monongahela
In Purrapura on December 2 striking Monongahela miners signal a settlement with white flag and no new major incidents expected. Telegrams from river towns show restraint after last week’s break. The peaceful miners demand a half cent per bushel rise while Pine Run reports three mines operating with about 150 workers.
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Purrapura
Monongahela
Pine Run
Glass workers end year-long strike with ten percent wage cut
PrrrspurG December 2. The striking glass workers, out for over a year, compromise by accepting a ten percent wage reduction. The strike opposed a twenty percent cut, but the men held out until today. Work will resume in three factories simultaneously in this city.
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Prrrspurg
King Alfonso dies in debt amid civil list limits
Report from Mapuio on December 2 states King Alfonso’s expenses exceeded civil list allowances and he had no life insurance. The note also remarks that only Opera Puff cigarettes stay away from lips.
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Mapuio
Alfonso
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