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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
3
State and county taxes for year 1912 on real estate and personal property as well as poll taxes must be paid to J. R. Bitter tax collector by January 1, 1913 to avoid 10 percent penalty and costs of levying on personal property. J. R. Davis County Judge.
A local ad list promotes fresh country eggs and select ranch eggs not mixed with cola storage eggs from Wagenfehr Poultry Depot. It also mentions automobile rugs and the Woodward Carriage Company. Dr Weatherby, Dentist, 215 Alamo Plaza is listed upstairs.
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges safety first as it releases its twenty sixth annual report. It notes 8215 derailments with 1877 from bad road work and 3847 from defective equipment. The report highlights unsafe track conditions and excessive speed as major factors in fatalities and calls for standardized operating rules and block signaling nationwide.
Secretary Nagel warns against broad federal control over corporations proposing a narrow, well defined commission and urges self regulation for business. He backs automatic data reports, aids for railway reorganization, and calls for safer life at sea through international action and wireless station review. Immigrant totals for 1912 show 838,172 admitted and 333,262 departed with about 70,000 naturalized.
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