Flood Victims Lacking Food Shelter in Hearne Wellborn Area
Rescue teams battle perilous conditions in Bryan Texas as high winds, wreckage, and cold hinder efforts to reach hundreds driven from homes. Many refugees lack food clothing and shelter with Italians marooned in upper stories and trains stranded awaiting rescue.
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Bryan
Tex
Hearne
Wellborn
Hewitt
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Texas Central
Galveston
Brazos flood crest nears Freeport mouth still shown safe
Flood reports from Freeport Texas indicate the Brazos River crest has not damaged the town. Levees protect export grounds on all sides and water remains high but not threatening. Refugee evidence shows damaged bridge sections and a wrecked house drifting downstream. Bales of cotton have been sighted.
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Freeport
Tex
Brazos River
Brazos
Gulf
Velasco
Clute
Oyster Creek
Angelton
Flood Threat Closes Brazos River Crossing at Columbia
Early this morning a heavy raft of logs nearly wrecked the county bridge at Columbia on the Brazos. The raft is drifting downstream toward the river mouth posing danger to craft and piers. Crested flood waters are expected tonight or tomorrow.
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Brazos
Columbia
Delayed Mail Reaches Austin As City Receives First Mail
After four days with no mail Austin residents received the first mail this evening. Four teen pouches of first class letters arrived, plus newspapers and other mail. A Houston & Texas Central branch car carried mail to Lampasas route points and another car will depart tomorrow.
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Austin
Tex
Houston & Texas Central
Lampasas
Floods Cause Severe Damage in Luling Area
The San Marcos river and Plum Creek topped flood levels in Luling Texas causing heavy damage to homes fences and stock. Houston Tolley and family were rescued from their second story by local volunteers. Robert Harris a Fentress merchant disappeared while saving cotton and was later rescued by Prairie Lea residents.
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Luling
Tex
San Marcos
Plum Creek
Houston Tolley
Westfork
Jim Weels
Robert Harris
Fentress
Prairie Lea
Stranded Passengers Fill Taylor Texas Town After Snowbound Delays
More than two hundred travelers are marooned in Taylor Texas with trains stalled north and south. I G N lines face no repair before tomorrow night while the Katy line remains tied up. Some passengers plan to walk as streams block routes and relief is not immediate.
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Taylor
Tex
Katy
San Antonio
Texas Governor pegs flood relief need as minor
The governor said before leaving for Terrell that no subscriptions for flood sufferers are needed statewide and the situation is not as serious as in 1909. He noted tents cannot be sent to any point due to lack of transportation facilities.
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Austin
Tex
Terrell
Stotts
DR. Stotts & CO
Gunter Office
San Antonio
Texas
Heavy Rain raises Blanco river levels and weekly totals
Rain measured at 6.71 inches this week drives high Blanco river and full streams. Since September 1 rainfall accumulates to 20.54 inches in Blanco and surrounding areas.
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Blanco
Blanco, Tex
River Falls Near Floresville as Flood Recedes
Wilson county reports flood conditions greatly improved with the San Antonio river near the bridge on Thursday and a rescue effort at the approaches. The river fell late Friday while the Cibolo remains high in the east with no bridge damage reported.
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Floresville
Tex
Wilson County
San Antonio
Mayes
Road plan backed by boundary commission for El Paso to Rio Grande
Senator Sheppard proposes a military road from El Paso to the Rio Grande mouth to aid civil and military authorities in keeping order. Anson Mills of the international boundary commission endorses the plan, saying it would improve access along the border and help quickly address disturbances.
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Washington, D. C
Sheppard
el Paso
Rio Grande
International Boundary Commission
Anson Mills
Poll Tax Receipts Rise in Travis County
Austin dispatch reports 441 poll tax receipts issued this year with 164 exemptions, compared to 249 receipts and 129 exemptions by the same point last year. With 8000 qualified voters in Travis County, issuance is about halfway complete.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County
Baroness de la Roche Sets Long Distance Record
Baroness de la Roche, famed aviator, braved freezing fog to break the women’s long distance flight record. She won the women’s prize at the Mourme jon meet by completing a continuous 203 mile flight in four hours.
Tuttle Gta Not Desire Re election
Nominations for a president and five directors of the Chamber of Commerce will be made at the regular monthly board meeting Tuesday afternoon. If W. B. Tuttle does not seek re election, the field tightens as directors consider candidates for the presidency and five directorships.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
W. B. Tuttle
J. H. Kirkpatrick
F. L. Hillyer
Jake Wolff
J. H. Savage
B. J. Mauermann
L. J. Hart
H. G. Staacke
T. N. Smith
H. E. Hildebrand
H. L. Halff
F. W. Cook
T. L. Conroy
Simon Frank
Otto Koehler
General Organiza
J. L. Lytle
Atlee B. Ayres
D. J. Straus
A. M. Fisher
Conness
Charles Graebner
George B. Taliaferro
Tuttle
Lean Days for Wire Tappers
New York exposes a wartime wiretapping underworld, once thriving with 300 to 400 men who fed on graft. Indictments rarely stuck as graft heads clash with protectors, leaving the mob hungry and ready to rob a victim for as little as 100 dollars.
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New York
Statue of Liberty
Central Park Obelisk
Broadway
Forty-second
Boosters
Four houses looted by burglars in city weekend spree
Early Saturday night burglars hit four city homes in identical fashion taking clothing suits and a pistol from Armstrong and Carter homes while a purse snatcher struck the central district. Detectives pursued a suspect as Mrs Mann was robbed near Martin and Taylor Streets and a gold watch plus coins were taken from a purse.
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Nesto
John Hennessy
Florida Street
A. R. J. Raland
Army Boulevard
William Armstrong
Center Street
Mary Carter
Woodlawn Avenue
Mann
J. F. Mann
Ransom & Silsbee Clothing Company
Houston Street
Martin and
Taylor Streets
Christmas Cheer funds urged for San Antonio families
Donors are called to support a Christmas Cheer program in San Antonio that will provide money, clothing, groceries and toys to poor families. A Monday 10 AM meeting at Christmas Cheer headquarters will organize work ahead of a formal opening December 10. Chairs and fourteen committees are named to run the drive through Christmas Eve.
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Avenue D
Travis Street
James M. Young
Benno Kayton
Sam Slack
George Surkey
W. W. Walling
Martin Wright
Atlee B. Ayres
T. J. Nye
Frank Riley
R. D. Campbell
J. A. Phillips
Conrad Schasse
J. Coleman
E. D. Love
Mabel Massey Bates
San Antonio
Bear Begins Long Sleep at Franklin Park Zoo
Boston reports the polar bears at Franklin Park Zoo showing signs of hibernation as warm weather returns. The article notes the bears’ preference for sleep, keeper routines, and the zoo’s efforts to amuse visitors while maintaining care. It contrasts the bears’ winter feeding with summer activity and mentions migratory birds preparing for travel and shelter additions for roosting.
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Boston
Franklin Park
Bear
Palm Beach
Wild ducks find shelter as winds push birds inland
The article notes new shelters will house wild ducks away from cold north winds while owls and eagles remain exposed to the elements.
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Krueger-Atlas Engine
San Antonio Machine & Supply Co
Heer
Baroness
Baroness de la
Ine of the Hour
Roche
Jon
Tuttle Gta
J. Woo
Sixth Avenue
Buffalo Express
Emmaretta McKinley
Lansdale Pa
Montgomery County
Army
Navy
Spanish
Lfe
F. Harvey Roof
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Station N
TNIAS
Ehrlich
Rof
Misler
Houston Post
Lincoln
DR. CG. S. Lincoln
San Antonio, Texas
Conroy Building
Joske's
Alamo Plaza
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