Overland Distributors Gather at Willys-Overland Plant
A Dallas to Toledo caravan of 341 Texas dealers and 13 Pullman cars marked a nationwide Willys-Overland gathering. Frank A. Winerich reported strong optimism and rising car demand as manufacturing capacity expands to 3000 cars daily by March 1, with talks on sales, materials costs, and longer-term growth amid prosperity across the United States.
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United States
Overland
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Frank A. Winerich
Woodward Carriage Company
Unio
Ind
Secon
Winerich
T. A. Tirado
Southwest Texas
Louisiana
Company
Guaranty Securities Corporation of New York
Overland Band
San Antonio
Rotarians
Willys- Overland Company
Mr. Winerich
Europe
John M. Willys
Willys
Tirado
Caplan Convicted in Los Angeles Times Explosion Case
David Caplan was found guilty of manslaughter at his second trial for complicity in the Los Angeles Times explosion on October 1, 1910, which killed 20. He faces a one to ten year sentence to be determined Monday, while McNamara and Schmidt received life terms or long prison sentences in the same case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
David Caplan
Los Angeles Times
Caplan
Charles Hagerty
James B. McNamara
John J. McNamara
Mathew A. Schmidt
Pay for Recruits War Era Bonus Proposed
Washington December 16 The War Department will invoke a long dormant Civil War era law to pay civilians 2 for each man they persuade to enlist. Adjutant General McCain urged Secretary Baker to seek up to 50 000 from Congress to fund the recruitment bonuses. The plan centers on retired enlisted men mobilizing an active canvass of potential recruits.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
McCain
Baker
Congress
Three Union Furniture officials found guilty in mail fraud case
In Toledo on December 16 a jury convicted H Yaga Reinhold Merschell and Ernest W Toadvine of misusing the mails to defraud Texas negro customers. The three week trial featured testimony from more than twenty Texas witnesses about prepaid goods not delivered, with Toledo cited as the company headquarters.
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Toledo
Ohio
United States District Court
H. Yaga Reinhold Merschell
Ernest W. Toadvine
Union Furniture Company
United States
Texas
New gas heater ad with fire clay mantles
SAM SPEIR HARDWARE CO presents a gas heater featuring fire clay mantles. Located at 219 Losoya St Adyv.
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SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Adyv
Dr Spohn Heads to England for Military Service
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas December 16 Dr P D Spohn and his family will leave next Tuesday for Canada to spend Christmas with relatives after which they sail for England on December 30 from New York aboard the Philadelphia. He has been appointed surgeon at an English military hospital for six months and hopes to be assigned to a field hospital in France before service ends.
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Spohn
England
Corpus Christi
Tex
P. D. Spohn
Canada
New York City
Philadelphia
France
Guard poultry against thieves before new year, city warns
Captain Caruthers of the city detective bureau advises locked chicken coops and vigilance from now until the new year as raids on coops increase. Five turkeys were stolen Thursday night from Mrs. R. C. Watkins at 601 Carson Street, signaling a strong demand for poultry.
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Captain Caruthers
City Detective Bureau
R. C. Watkins
Carson Street
Perfection Oil Heaters Ad from Sam Speir Hardware
Sam Speir Hardware Co at 219 Losoya Street advertises Perfection oil heaters priced from 3.25 to 5.00 dollars. The short catalog note presents a compact sales pitch for home heating during the period.
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Perfection
SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Xmas Suggestions for Bicycles and Gear at Portage Tire Co
A holiday list from Portage Tire Co at 221 South Alamo Street highlights gift ideas including bicycles, guns, skates, fishing rods and knives.
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Portage Tire Co
South Alamo Street
Depots Granted for Lockhart Southland Facilities
The railroad commission grants petitions for adequate depots at Lockhart on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway of Texas and at Southland on the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway. Katy has 30 days to submit plans and four months to build, Southland 15 days for plans and 60 days to complete. A Pyron petition is set to be considered January 9, 1917.
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Austin, Tex
Citizens of
Lockhart
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway of Texas
Railroad Commission
Katy
Southland
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Commission
Compassion
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Pyron
Alcazar Duplex Combination Gas Wood Coal Ranges
Sam Speir Hardware Co offers Alcazar duplex ranges combining gas wood and coal heating options for versatile kitchen and laundry use.
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Alcazar Duplex
Sam Speir
Losoya St
Xmas Bicycles From $8 to $40
Portage Tire Co at 221 South Alamo street advertises Christmas bicycles priced from 8 to 40 dollars. The brief notice highlights affordable toy bikes for holiday shoppers.
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Xmas
Portage Tire Co
South Alamo Street
Nixon dies as Frisco president in St Louis
William C. Nixon, 58, president of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, died Friday afternoon in St. Louis due to heart disease. A career spanning from a bridge carpenter at 17 to various Santa Fe and Frisco posts, he led the Frisco as president and general manager after its 1902 ascent and later served as a receiver during the railroad’s reorganization. Born in Earlville, Illinois, Nixon's long service included key roles in operations and management across multiple lines.
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ST. Louis
William C. Nixon
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Emporia
Kas
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
N. M
Las Cruces
Southern
Frisco
Nixon
Earlville, Ill
Gas Heaters Three Dollars Up Adv
Gas heaters priced at three dollars rise as a hardware and auto supply ad lists Sam Speir Hardware Co and A Smith Motor Wheel for him along with Portage Tire Co at 221 South Alamo Street in a compact local advertisement.
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Smith
Portage Tire Co
South Alamo Street
Charters Issued for Several Texas Firms Today
Charters issued include W T Wilson Grain Company of Nacogdoches with 15000 capital stock and incorporators Eugene H Blount F R Penman and Thomas E Baker An amendment filed by Western Woodenware Company of El Paso increases capital stock from 50000 to 200000 Tracy Oil and Gas Company of Taylor with 30000 capital stock Incorporators B P Turner A M Todd and H F Loessin Certificates of dissolution filed Kauffman Meyers Co of Galveston Farmers Gin Company of McKinney Route No 2
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Austin
Tex
W. T. Wilson Grain Company
Nacogdoches
Capital
Eugene H. Blount
F. R. Penman
Thomas E. Baker
Western Woodenware Company
el Paso
Tracy Oil and Gas Company of
Taylor
Croup Cough Stopped After Foley’s Honey and Tar
Billie Mayberry Eckert Ohio reports her two children choked and coughed with croup. after giving Foley’s Honey and Tar before bed the cough ceased and they slept through the night. The remedy is a common low priced cold and bronchitis remedy.
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Billie Mayberry
Eckert
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Banquet Honors A B Frank Stockholders With 10 Percent Bonus
Employes of the A B Frank Company hosted a Friday night banquet at the Travis Club for stockholders to honor a 10 percent salary bonus declared in November for the year 1916. Toastmaster A J Cotton led speeches by Henry L Halff and numerous employees and guests, praising the firm’s generosity and worker loyalty.
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A. B. Frank Company
Travis Club
A. J. Cotton
G. A. C. Nalff
Henry L. Halff
Morris Blue
L. Halff
8. Halff
New York City
O. J. Brunner
Max Piccara
Toastmaster Cotton
Assembly
Theodore W. Friedrich
G. Oesinger
Paul J. Lindgreen
Morris Bluethe
R. G. Byon
Reagan Houston
A. Siegel
Gussie Smith
Mary Spencer
Minnie Byington
Horace Jones
Milton
Aohener
George R. Minus ,Jr
J. C. Halliday
M. M. Nuessle
J. C. Bruce
H. Davis
Hugh 0. Koen
M. Leventhal
Chester A. Hamer
Charles Davis
Sam C. Weller
J. C. May
Alexander Winter
L. C. Wulfe
Mark Hopkins
Marcus N. Stricker
Dodd Files an Appeal in Marble Falls Banking Case
An appeal has been filed in the Court of Criminal Appeals in the case of Lewis Dodd from Travis county. Dodd was given 99 years in the penitentiary for the killing of a bank cashier during a Marble Falls bank robbery. The case was moved to Travis county on a change of venue.
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Dodd
Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lewis Dodd
Travis County
Marble Falls
Will Rebuild Laundry Plant at State Insane Asylum
Austin Texas December 16 at a special meeting of the board of managers of the State Insane Asylum it was decided to rebuild the steam laundry plant destroyed by fire on Thursday night. The board will buy machinery at once and seek a deficiency appropriation of 50 000 to 60 000 to prevent delays in rebuilding. Estimated loss to the institution from the fire about 35 000.
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Austin
Tex
Board of Managers
State Insane Asylum
Ferguson
Final Examinations At University In Austin
Final examinations are now being held at the University of Texas in Austin as the fall term ends. In the next few days the exams will finish and the University will suspend activities for the holidays. The new session starts with the new year.
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University
Austin
Tex
Post Office Tightens General Delivery Rules
The Houston Post reports stricter enforcement of general delivery for mail. Postmaster George Armistead warns misuse risks and notes about 1000 warned last week, many of them young women involved in clandestine correspondences. A dramatic quote, “Wanted prove it, probably,” reflects local tensions surrounding the issue.
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Perso
George Armistead
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Julian Cisneros
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R. A. Menger
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