Campaign Advanced by Rain Forces Sidewalk Push
Community groups and improvement clubs press to compel property owners to build sidewalks in Santo after a heavy rain period. Starr Heights protesters cite city notices expiring January 10 and threaten formal complaints to the corporation court if delays continue. A Heights officer says delays by well-off owners may end with enforcement and health issues from mud and standing water.
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Santo
Starr Heights
Cts
Schofield
Heights Club
Corporation
Turkey Trot Planned for Cuero Next Year
In Cuero Texas on December 12 plans are under way by the Commercial club to hold another turkey trot next year. An invitation will be extended to Governor Colquitt and to Wilson to attend the event.
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Tex
Commerlal
Cuero
Colquitt
Wilson
Establish Turkey Ranch Aimed at Elgin Texas
December 12 report from Carroll Hyde of Elgin Texas plans to establish a large turkey ranch. Hyde proposes using suitable land to make Elgin a prominent turkey center.
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Tex
Carroll Hyde
Mr Hyde
Ake Elgin
Hillsville Cases End Wytheville Court Action
Final settlement of all Hillsville courthouse killings reached with Sidna Allen pleading guilty to second degree murder for Sheriff Webb and Wesley Edwards pleading guilty to three charges. Allen had been found guilty of second degree murder for Judge Massie and received fifteen years with combined sentences totaling thirty five years. Edwards also received nine year terms on three indictments.
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Wytheville
Hillsville Court House
Allen
Sidna Allen
Webb
Wesley Edwards
Thornton L. Massie
Woodward Carriage Co Sells Bridal Carriage Robes Now
The advertisement urges readers to select a carriage robe from Woodward Carriage Co. as the current opportunity to outfit wedding teams. It emphasizes a ready supply and immediate availability for bridal coaches and carriages.
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Woodward Carriage Co
Charters Issued and Dissolutions Reported in Texas
Charters issued include Cash Grocery of Amarillo with capital stock 17805 and incorporators J W Hill McG Bill and W M Upshaw. Farmers Gin of Hebron Denton county capital stock 3290 with J Hamlyn Morgan H R Lord and J H Morgan. Dissolutions filed for Harvey Sutton Gillette Carr Store Lytle Jackson Land Brady Creamery Queen City Lumber Clarksville. others. B F Goodrich Rubber Co of Detroit given Texas permit. Phillipsburg Telephone at Washington dissolved. Texas headquarters in Dallas.
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Austin
Tex
Cash Grocery
Amarillo
Capital Stock
J. W W. Hill
McG
Bill and
W. M. Upshaw
Farmers Gin Company
Hebron
Denton County
J. Hamlyn Morgan
H. R. Lord
J. H. Morgan
Harvey-Sutton Company
Gillett
Carr Store Company
Lytle
Jackson Land Company
Dallas
Brady Creamery Company
Brady
Queen City Lumber Company
Texarkana
Clarksville Telephone Company
Clarksville
Capital
J. F. Rochelle
R. B. Harrison
W. M. Bloxham
A. C. Stuart
Texas
State Department
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Detroit
Mich
Phillipsburg Telephone Company
Washington
Bluntzer Store Destroyed by Fire
Fire at Bluntzer in Bluntzer Texas destroyed William D. Bluntzer's general merchandise store and stock. The blaze caused about 10000 dollars in loss with 5000 dollars insured. Incendiarism suspected in the early hour fire.
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Bluntzer
Tex
William D. Bluntzer
Corpus Christi
Texas farmer leads wins $1000 prize in class A
Henry M Exall announces Texas Industrial Congress awards 10000 in prizes to farmers under 21 for ten acre plots to promote crop rotation and soil fertility. Charles A Doss of Rockdale Milam county wins class A 1000 prize besting his father George Doss who earns 500. Other winners include William L Norman Kingston Hunt county and Alford Branch Overton Rusk county.
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Dallas
Tex
Henry M. Exall
Texas Industrial Congress
Congress Today
Texas
Exall
Rockdale
Charles A. Doss
Milam County
Doss
George Doss
University of Texas
William L. Norman
Kingston
Hunt County
Alford Branch
Overton
Rusk County
Kovar
Fayetteville
Fayette County
W. J. Levens
Roby
Fisher County
C. D. Newberry
Eagle Pass
Maverick County
Woman Indicted on Smuggling Charge in Dress Gown Fleet
A New York woman, Mrs. Haldorn, indicted on facilitating the transportation of smuggled goods into the United States via Canada. The case ties her to a broad conspiracy involving major dressmaking houses and a million dollars in defrauded revenue. She was found with 21 gowns valued at 15000 and held on $2000 bail.
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New York
United States
United States Treasury
Canada
George Haldorn
London
Paris
Haldorn
Amaldorn
Madame Haldane
Madame Hubert
Treasury Department
Europe
Rotteram
Liverpool
Quebec
Shields
Young Man Saved From Gallows
Rene Canton, convicted of murder in the fatal robbery of Edgar H. Farrar Jr., was spared the gallows after the Louisiana state pardon board recommended life imprisonment. Col. O H Farrar urged commuting the sentence as the victim’s father.
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New Orleans
Rene Canton
Edgar H. Farrar Jr
State Pardon Board
Col
O. H. Farrar
Canton
Young Farrar
Fire Destroys Undertaking Parlors in Houston
A Houston blaze last night nearly destroyed Wall and Stake's undertaking parlors and an adjacent brick building owned by J. W. Thiel. Loss estimated at $40,000 with five horses killed. Firemen rescued the body of 11 year old Joseph Bird of Chicago, who died after an appendicitis operation while awaiting transfer home.
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Houston
Tex
Wall & Stake
J. W. Thiel
Joseph Bird
G. S. Bird
Chicago
Cure for painful eczema in three weeks with Cuticura
Mrs John W Wines of Warrenton Virginia reports her three year old daughter's severe eczema. The child suffered burned itching hands with blisters and yellow discharge preventing sleep. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the hands healed in three weeks. March 8 1912.
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Warrenton
John W. Wines
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad For Hair Care
To remove dandruff and promote hair growth, frequent shampoos with Cuticura Soap and occasional dressings with Cuticura Ointment provide an effective economical treatment. Sold by druggists with free samples and a 32p Skin Book. Tender-faced men should use Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick.
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Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Dignified Card Shark Walker Arrested in New Orleans
In New Orleans a well dressed man naming himself J. Walker was arrested on a police blotter as suspicious. Detectives found marked cards, loaded dice, bonds, a card players code, and $900. Walker claimed the bonds stood for capital in Cathedral Mining. he said the code was a game played over the telephone.
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New Orleans
J. Walker
New York
Walker
Cathedral Mining Company
Empire Trust Company of
Reynolds
Walkerville
Ontario
Forgeries Involve $125000 in Boston Case
Boston district attorney said E P Hosford former treasurer of the James Donovan Slipper company of Everett Mass confessed to forgery and larceny totaling 125000. Hosford was indicted for stealing 25000 from Boston businessman Frank E Paige and forging documents.
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Boston
Mass
E. P. Hosford
James Donovan Slipper Company
Everett
Lavelle
Hosford
Frank E. Paige
Nobel laureate Dr Alexis Carrel lectures with moving picture operations
Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute New York Nobel prize winner in medicine lectured at the Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Prince and Princess Carl attended. A striking feature was moving pictures of organ transplantation. The lecture drew unprecedented interest for a Nobel event.
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Stockholm
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Academy of Sciences
Prince
Princess Carl
GETS-IT corn cure touted as painless wart remover
An advertisement extols GETS-IT as a new corn cure that avoids knives and irritating plasters. It claims to shrivel corns and warts without damaging surrounding flesh, guarantees satisfaction or refunds, and lists 25 cent bottles sold by druggists or mailed from Chicago suppliers.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Banquet Highlights Tax Assessors Meeting at Travis Club
More than 250 tax assessors and officials gathered at the Travis Club for a cabaret banquet after the 1913 annual meeting. Albert W. Huth received a gold headed umbrella as retiring president, while Gus Reininger was given a fountain pen to aid his work. The eighth annual convention date will be set for December next year.
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Temple
A. G. Vick
Belton
George R. Foreman Jr
Gus Reininger
New Braunfels
Albert W. Huth
Bexar County
Travis Club
Reininger
Mr. Huth
Lloyd Spencer
Vaudevillians
Ione White
Helen Morris
Claudia Smith
Allegro
Willette Chartris
Grimm
Elliott
Sam Carlton
Mr. Spencer
Thomas J. Conroy
Hardware Plant Destroyed in Dallas Fire
A $200000 blaze gutted the Huey & Philp Hardware Co plant at Elm and Griffin, near Dallas city power lines. The three story building suffered about $200000 in losses, with two thirds insured, and adjacent stores including Field Lipman Piano damaged by heat and water.
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Dallas
Tex
Huey & Philp Hardware Company
Elm and
Griffin Streets
Myers
Field-Lipman Piano Company
Cullum & Boren
Mrs. Anna Ludwig Dies at 47 in San Antonio Home
Mrs. Anna Ludwig wife of Albert L Ludwig of the San Antonio Undertaking and Embalming Co died at 10 15 this morning at 315 Blum Street in San Antonio at age 47 She was born in New Braunfels and lived in San Antonio 29 years The funeral will be at 2 30 Sunday at the home with Myrtle Grove Woodmen Circle assisting Rev O Hartman of the Lutheran church Interment in Mission Burial Park vault Survived by husband two daughters Josie Ludwig and Edna Scott a son Milton mother Mrs Mary Bruns Seguin two brothers Charles and William Bruns Seguin two sisters Mrs Theodore F Wagner Seguin and Mrs Otto Beyer San Antonio.
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Anna Ludwig
Albert L. Ludwig
San Antonio
Lutheran Church
Mission Burial Park
Josie Ludwig
Edna Scott
Milton
Mary Bruns
Seguin
Charles
William Bruns
Theodore F. Wagner
Otto Beyer
Supreme Court Affirms Texas Liquor Bond Case
The Supreme Court, in Austin, on December 12, affirmed the Second Court of Civil Appeals ruling from Fort Worth in the case Texas v Savage. The state sued Savage as principal and his liquor dealer bond sureties in Potter County.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
Second Court of Civil Appeals
Fort Worth
State of Texas
Z. Z. Savage
Potter County
Savage
Mills Elected President of International Club
At a special meeting of the International club directors A T Mills was chosen to succeed John H Sweet as president. Sweet resigned due to heavy travel demands. Joel A Lipscomb was named first vice president and P H McNemer second vice president. Secretary Del Valle reported improved finances and higher membership.
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International Club Directors
A. T. Mills
The
Mills Engraving Company
John H. Sweet
Sweet
Joel A. Lipscomb
P. H. McNemer
Ond
Rankin
del Valle
Club
Suffragette Debate Rages Over Government Reform Bill
Sir Edward Grey reaffirmed that woman suffrage would have a chance in the government reform bill and that the government would support it if Parliament adopts the suffrage amendment though ministers are divided. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst was booed down at a Norwich meeting despite ticketed admission for sympathizers.
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London
Edward Grey
Emmelin Pankhurst
Norwich
Ferry In Operation Extends Railroad To Freeport
P G Burns an Houston engineer announces the Brazos river car float transfer system is ready for operation. The Houston and Brazos Valley road ferry service will carry both passenger and freight across the Brazos with trains floated today. Track connections extend from Velasco to the ferry slip and on the Freeport side into town.
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Freeport
Tex
P. G. Burns
Houston
Brazos River
Velasco
Osteopath Dr J R Cunningham Listed at 449 Moore Blog
Classified note lists Dr J R Cunningham osteopath with address 449 Moore Blog and old telephone number 984 3. The entry records his practice location and historic contact method.
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J. R. Cunningham
Moore
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Centaur Company
Murray Street
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Albert Ludwig
Myrtle Grove
Woodmen Circle
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Geo. Heberer
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Commerce Street
T. L. Conroy
E. J. McCormick
J. Frank Gallacher
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