Texas Tax Commissioner Urges Revision of Laws in Annual Report
Texas Tax Commissioner A L Love asks the legislature to create a tax commission to revise tax laws and establish a joint committee to study needs. He calls for a board to correct state county assessment inequalities and to value all public service companies for ad valorem taxation. The report notes airlines, railroads, and utilities with significant intangible assets escaping taxation, and highlights current tax rates and the value breakdown of several firms.
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Austin
Tex
A. L. Love
Tate Tax Commissoner
Govrnor
Love
Rvice
Ate Tax Board
Egate
Murder Trial Opens Over Jacobson Death in Missouri
In Houston Missouri on December 5 the defense for Rev. Charles Emelius and Mrs. Mary Jacobson and Edgar Jacobson began in a trial for the alleged murder of Augustus Jacobson, farmer of New Sweden. Jacobson died June 12 1912 and was buried after a death by own action diagnosis. Exhumation and inquest led to indictments naming Emelius, then Lutheran pastor, his wife and son.
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Houston
Augustus Jacobson
Charles M. Emeliusa
Minnesota
Mary Jacobson
Edgar
Jacobson
New Sweden
Emelius
Edgar Jacobson
Syrup of Figs Promotes Digestive Ease and Health
A vintage advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle remedy for biliousness indigestion and sluggish bowels. It claims the product cleanses the stomach liver and thirty feet of waste without gripe or weakness. The message urges asking for the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Company and to refuse substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Company
Suffrage Endorsed by San Antonio Woman's Club
The San Antonio Woman's Club adopts a unanimous resolution endorsing woman suffrage under male voter regulations. Speakers including Miss Eleander Brackenridge and Mrs. Hortense Ward of Houston address legal status and civic equity for women in Texas.
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Hortense Ward
Houston
Texas
Woman's Club of
San Antonio
Milton J. Bleim
M. Eleander Brackenridge
Maria B. Fenwick
Dan Leary
W. L. Dunne
L. S. Bates
Woman Rights Talk Exposes Texas Property Law Gaps
Mrs. Ward explains how Texas law allows a husband to control his wife’s community property and even her furniture, while a deserted wife cannot freely manage assets. She cites Supreme Court records and references Amelioration efforts by the Delineator and Mothers Congress as groups push for protective legislation. An audience prompt with questions follows the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Texas
Mother's Congress
State Federation of Woman's Club
Oole Speer
Fort Worth
Cascarets Urge Nightly Bowel Cleanse For Morning Relief
An advertising pitch promotes Cascarets as a nightly remedy to cleanse the stomach and bowels, remove undigested food and foul gases, and relieve headachy, bilious, and nervous symptoms by morning. It cites a 10 cent box as providing healthy bowel action and cheerfulness for months, and it notes children as part of the target audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Fletcher
Democratic national committee spent over a million on Wilson campaign
The Democratic National Committee reported 1,159,446 in costs for Wilson and Marshall's election. Major donors included Charles R. Crane 40000 and Cleveland H. Dodge 365000. Contributions totalled 1,110,952 from 89,854 donors, with 1625 giving less than 100.
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Washington, D. C
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Marshall
House
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Cleveland H. Dodge
New York
Herman Ridder
Rose Zindel Ordered to Repay Forged Funds in Brooklyn Case
New York December 5 Rose Zindel a top New York wage earner who lost a 10000 job at a major factory due to forgeries was ordered by Justice Blanchard of the supreme court to repay 15000 she admitted she obtained by the forgery The court offered a suspended sentence keeping her free The induction mentions she started as a sweatshop worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rose Zindel
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Wife Forgives Husband in Guthrie Trial Sentencing
William J. Short, a wealthy farmer, was denied a new trial and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for shooting and wounding his ex wife. Mrs Short testified she would stand by him, despite the crime. In a separate item a big war at Riverside Restaurant promises Turkey vs Guests tonight for 25 cents.
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Guthrie, Okla
William J. Short
Riverside
Turkey
Delegates arrive for Delta Kappa Epsilon convention in Memphis
Two hundred delegates to the national convention of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity arrived in Memphis aboard a chartered Illinois Central train. Western and southern state reps came in on Wednesday and undergraduate delegates from southeastern colleges are expected to arrive in time for the opening session this afternoon.
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Memphis
Tenn
Delta Kappa Epsilon College
Illinois Central Railroad
Beal Sneed Seen in Waco with Uncle J W Sneed
J Beal Sneed and his uncle J W Sneed were spotted in downtown Waco this morning. Sneed declined to discuss plans or movements, and witnesses say he appears notably older than a year ago.
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Waco
Tex
J. Beal Sneed
J. W. Sneed
Rosebud
Beal Sneed
Dallas Youth Takes Own Life In South Dallas
The body of Hugh O. Spivey, 20, was found in South Dallas with an empty carbolic acid bottle nearby. A note in his pocket said to whom it may concern and explained he did not know why he was about to do this but was tired of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Hugh O. Spivey
South
Spivey
GETS-IT Corn Cure Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a corn and bunion remedy that harms only the corn, not healthy flesh. It claims application in two seconds and quick relief, selling for 28 cents at druggists or by mail from E Lawrence & Co of Chicago.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Grand Jury Opens Probe Into William McKinney Killing
Dallas Texas December 5 The grand jury began investigating the shooting death of William McKinney who was killed by Arthur Turner in Grand Prairie. Turner remained jailed and had not faced arraignment by morning.
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Dallas
Tex
William McKinney
Arthur Turner
Grand Prairie
Turner
Winnsboro Waterworks Bonds Drafted for Approval
Winnsboro mayor W. D. Sulder appeared in Austin and submitted for approval by the attorney general's department the record for a proposed issue of 25000 dollars in Winnsboro waterworks bonds.
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Austin, Tex
W. D. Sulder
Winnsboro
Attorney General's Department of the Record
Winnsboro Waterworks
Col Hugh L Scott Moves Apache POWs From Fort Sill
Col Hugh L Scott commander of the Third Cavalry and expert on Indians travels to Fort Sill Oklahoma on business about moving Apache prisoners of war from the Fort Sill reservation to the Mescalero Apache reservation in New Mexico. He recently met with Interior Secretary Fisher in Washington on the transfer proposal. The Apaches trace to Geronimo's band and have been POWs since capture, housed at Fort Sill for years.
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Hugh L. Scott
Third Cavalry
United States Army
Fort Sill
Okla
New Mexico
Scott
Washington
Fisher
Geronimo
Phoebe Davis Dead Actress Who Portrayed Anna Moore
Phoebe Davis died at her Larchmont home after months of illness. Born in Wales in 1864, she was known to playgoers nationwide for the role of Anna Moore in Way Down East, a part she began in 1897 and kept until retirement about four years ago. in private life she was Mrs. Joseph R. Grismer.
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New York
Phoebe Davis
Anna Moore
Larchmont
Joseph R. Grismer
Wales
Miss Davis
Judge Dunham Dies at 64 in Austin
Judge W. B. Dunham aged 64 died at his home in Austin yesterday. A leading local lawyer for years he served as assistant attorney general and was a city council member. He edited the Texas Court Reporter and is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs T B Wheeler and a son Walter C Dunham.
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Judge Dunham
Austin
Tex
W. B. Dunham
Texas Court Reporter
T. B. Wheeler
Walter C. Dunham
Houston Man Shot and Killed in Ark Hotel Lobby
James E. Graham of Houston Texas, a representative for a Dallas and Fort Smith real estate concern, was shot and killed in the lobby of a Fordyce Arkansas hotel. Walter G. Kendrick, a local printer's employee, surrendered claiming self defense.
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Houston
Fordyce
Ark
James E. Graham
Tex
Dallas
Fort Smith
Walter G. Kendrick
Kendrick
Christmas Photos At Powell Studio In Houston
The Powell Studio presents Christmas photos with finished work in an artistic style. Located at 5112 and 513 East Houston Street the studio offers prompt service.
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He Powell
E. Houston St
Feltoid Castors Stove Wood and More Ed Steves
Ed Steves and Sons advertise Feltoid castors for stoves and floors as a factory item. They promote cheap wood and offer phone contact 6059 for orders. The brief notice emphasizes floor protection and appliance hardware in a compact catalog style.
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Feltoid
Ed Steves & Sons
Pleads Guilty to Embezzling in Tax Case
NEW YORK December 6 Henry Reusch former delinquent tax collector of New York City pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from tax accounts. He acknowledged misappropriating money during his tenure and faces sentencing proceedings. Reusch’s plea marks a key development in sarbanes era municipal financial misconduct cases.
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New York
Henry Reusch
City official embezzler sentenced to prison term
A city employee admitted embezzling 14000 dollars of public funds and was sentenced to serve two to ten years in the penitentiary.
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Day
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Ares
Alamonette Chocolates
Point Drug Store
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Frederickeburg Road
Woodlawn Grocery
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Flores and Mistletoe
T. B. Blundela
Flores Street
MIC P
Leonea
Zavala
K H. Meier
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M. Hertzfelder
William . Rieden
Ge Bros
North Flores
W. Whilen
E Burns
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F. W. Alter
Garden Street
Catalina Bros. Nichols Grocery Company
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Charles A. EB
Apmann & Sergeer
Julius Horn
Corner Avetin
Cm Pritsch
F. H. Weber
Paul Kurts
I A. Nester
J. L. Stinson
Urban Grocery
L. Kunebl
C Carl & Som
Ben Overton
G. Livingston
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New
L. F. Webb
San Pedro Ave
Louis Spahn
B. Commerce
Army Post Drug Store
Hood’s Drug Store
Hood's Drug Store
Commerce
P. Jane Almings
Preea
Talerico
SAN Pedro Grocert Co
San Pedro Avenue
R. Krueger & Bro
Hood &J
G. A. Duerler Manufacturing CO
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Col
Ugh Scott
Phoenix
Washer Bros. Co
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