Verdue Schooners Reach Chicago Port
Three schooners overdue since two weeks ago the Cora Icherboy and Tyler arrived in Chicago with ice aboard but in good condition after rough passages from northern lake ports. Two other vessels the George C Harsh and Hossack limped in yesterday hampered by ice and storm damage. The family of Captain Herman Ueneman mourns the missing schooner Rouse amid ongoing search efforts.
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Cora
Icherboy
Tyler
Great Lakes
George C. Harsh
Travers Bay
Herman Ueneman
Rouse Amons
Christmas Fun for Farmers in Corpus Christi
Isident Dodson and Nueces County Farmers Institute officials with Secretary Blake the Commercial club and other fair business men plan a farmers Christmas tree entertainment at the Commercial club on December 14 in Corpus Christi Texas.
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Sorpus Christi
Tex
Isident Dodson
Nueces County
Blake
Commercial Club
Sunday Lid on Tight in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi on Sunday closed all five picture shows to enforce the state Sunday closing law. Sheriff Wright declares he will continue to force enforcement as no cigar or cold ink sales were allowed.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Rpus Christi
Wright
Ight
Bible Revision Asked By Chicago Suffragist
Mrs Laura G Fixen business manager of the Working Women's Home in Chicago argues that a woman cannot be both a conscientious Christian and a suffragist. She says the Bible centers on men and was written when women were chattels and should be revised to reflect women’s equality.
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Chicago
Laura G. Fixen
God
Christ
Rates suspended on cottonseed products and edible tallow
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered permanent suspension of proposed freight rate increases from Oklahoma to the southwest for cottonseed products and to Louisville Louisville Cincinnati Hammond for edible tallow. The ICC ruled the proposed rates unreasonable and discriminatory.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hammond
Find
Interstate Commerce Commission
Change Terminals to Waco
Local freight trains north and south on the Katy started from the terminals here in Waco this morning instead of from Hillsboro. The start was moved up and by about the fifteenth to twentieth this will be the general terminal point with crews shifting here and workers arriving from other points.
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Waco
Tex
Katy
Hillsboro
State school trades may be taught at Gatesville reform school
The State Training School for Juveniles near Gatesville could shift from a reform school toward vocational training after guard strikes exposed flaws. Legislators and Governor Colquitt weigh reforms to teach trades suited to each boy, replacing farm training with practical vocations to improve post release employment prospects.
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Austin
Tex
Campbell
Elliott
Reformatory
Gatesville
Colquitt
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Cure
Advertises Pape's Cold Compound as a rapid remedy for grippe and severe colds. Claims two hour dosing with three doses ends symptoms including headache fever and nasal congestion and asserts no quinine and gentle taste.
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Pape
Texas property value climbs in 1912 report
Texas state comptroller reports total realty and personal property at 2.532 billion dollars for 1912, up 17.08 million from 1911. Details cover land, cattle, hogs, livestock, banks, rails, ships, and wharves with gains and losses by category.
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Austin
Tex
State of Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Department
Pledges Exceed Four Thousand for Orphans Dormitory
Proponents for the Protestant Orphans Home announce pledges over $4000 toward a $30,000 dormitory project. Committees of interested ladies have worked quietly and plan a whirlwind campaign after year’s start, aiming to reach $10,000 before launching.
The Gift a Man Likes Best is Best Bought at Wolfson's
Practical gifts for men featured in Wolfson's men’s store include smokers sets, shaving sets, leather boxes, and knitwear with prices from 25 cents to $7.50. Holiday season emphasis urges shoppers to buy gifts now, with selections for collars, ties, handkerchiefs, watches, and accessories.
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Wolfson’s
Frats Condemned at Southwestern University
A pamphlet titled The Barbarian circulated among Georgetown Texas Southwestern University students denouncing Greek letter fraternities as draining democracy's vitality. The four page anonymous issue carried the motto We recognize no aristocracy but that of work and followed a faculty effort to curb campus factionalism.
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Georgetown
Tex
Southwestern University
Taft Plans 10 Visit Isthmus
President Taft's Panama trip is tentatively slated to start December 19 as he aims to inspect the canal zone before leaving office. Secretary Meyer ordered the new dreadnought Arkansas to Key West on December 13, with one battleship, likely the Delaware, to accompany.
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Washington
Taft
Panama
Isthmus
Wilson
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Meyer
Navy Department
Arkansas
Key West
Delaware
Wilson County voters reject 15 cent road tax
Floresville Texas December 9 The full ballot count is pending but it appears Wilson County will vote against a 15 cent road tax. Inclement weather and low interest kept many from the polls.
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Floresvelle
Tex
Wilson County
Art prizes awarded at national design exhibit show Indian subjects
Awards announced for the National Academy of Design exhibition featuring about 400 works including paintings and sculpture. Erving Couse won $500 Carnegie prize for Making Pottery, an Indian subject. Ernest Willemenschein won Isidor medal for Wiseman Warrior and Youth, also Indian. William Chase won $200 for best portrait of Mrs Helen Foster Barnett. E McArtain won $100 for Fountain, a sculpture by an artist under 35.
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New York
National Academy of Design
Erving Couse
Isidor
Ernest L. Willemenschein
Wiseman
Thomas R. Proctor
William Chase
Helen Foster Barnett
E. McArtain
Freeport Oil Well Producing 5000 Barrels Daily
Teletype reports from Tampico Mexico indicate a new well operated by Freeport Mexican Fuel Oil Co. is producing about 5000 barrels per day. The Texas base at Freeport has a storage tank and will receive oil by gravity into tanks and steamers, boosting supplies at the Freeport station.
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Freeport
Tex
Freeport & Mexican Fuel Oil Company
Tampico
Mexico
Texas
Gulf
the Brazos
Riebe Undertaking Co Auto Ambulance Service
Riebe Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 221 E Commerce. Phone 341.
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Riebe Undertaking Co
Phore
Aged Woman Cecelia Fuentes Dies in Fire Ruins
The charred body of Cecelia Fuentes, 80, was found after a morning fire that reduced her South Colorado street jacal to ashes. Fire Chief Wright suspects a burning ember from her retirement fire. She had lived alone and previously worked forty years for L. Moke at 325 South Presa. The body moved to 423 South San Marcos for burial at San Fernando cemetery. Fire also damaged Pablo Palomo's home at 127 Perez street with $300 loss and a second fire at 101 Dawson street caused minor damage to a Negro residence.
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Cecelia Fuentes
Jacal
Wright
Colorado Street
Alazan
Carr Hill
Fuentes
L. Moke
South Presa Street
M. G. Monslavo
San Marcos Street
San Fernando
Pablo Palomo
Perez Street
Dawson Street
Inward Effects of Humors Warned. Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted
The notice argues that inward humors are more dangerous than outward signs and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla eradi cates all humors curing inward and outward effects. It is presented as a great alterative and tonic with widespread merit.
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Hood
Dr G N Keeling Dentist At 517 Moore Building
Dentist Dr G N Keeling is listed with old telephone contact at 517 Moore Building.
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G. N. Keeling
Moore
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