Texas Insane Asylum Report Shows 1557 Patients
Dr. John Preston reports at year end 1912 there were 1557 inmates at the Texas State Insane asylum up from 1509 last August with 212 male and 90 female admissions. The death toll reached 97 and recoveries ran 25.5 percent of admissions while per capita cost fell to 151.26. Additional funding is urged for power plant expansion and hospital upgrades including a new women’s hospital and old-ward improvements.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
John Preston
State Insane Asylum
Preston
New Year Eve Watch Party Promises Unique Entertainment
An evening of December 31 featuring a watch party and entertainment events invites guests to book table reservations. Contact options include old number 1088 and new number 673 for reservations.
Record Trade Boom Seen for 1912 in United States
Washington reports that 1912 foreign trade will surpass all prior records with imports near 1.8 billion dollars and exports around 2.4 billion. The year’s totals rise from 1910 and 1911 highs, with strong gains in raw material manufacturing. For ten months, imports of raw materials totalled about 523.9 million versus 421.5 million last year.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Houston Pioneer William D Cleveland Dies at 73
The Houston businessman William D Cleveland died suddenly at about 6 p m yesterday. He was 73 and had shaped the city’s commerce since 1858. Funeral plans are in progress and a temporary business shutdown is planned for the hour of the service. He founded and headed the Cotton Exchange for many years.
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Houston
Tex
William D. Cleveland
Cotton Exchange
Farmers Union Set for Fort Worth Convention
A Texas Farmers union special state convention will meet in Fort Worth on January 14 to review the past cotton season and warehouse marketing success. The event will include one to four delegates from each of 150 county unions, with counties deciding their number. If four are sent from each, it will be among the largest farmer gatherings in the state.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Farmers’ Union
Four Express Firms Turn Profit in Texas, 1912 Report
The Texas railroad commission annual report for year ending June 30 1912 notes four express firms operating in Texas Adams Express American Express United States Express and Wells Fargo Express mostly earned profits with only one exception.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad
Adams Express Company
American Express Company
United States Express Company
Wells Fargo & Co
S Express
Patrick Reunites With Daughter After Pardon
In St Louis on December 23 Miss Lillian Patrick aged 16, daughter of Albert T Patrick recently pardoned by New York Governor Dix, met her father for the first time since she was four. She arrived from Denver with her mother and stays at John T Millikin’s home. Patrick’s near term plans remain undecided.
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ST. Louis
Lillian Patrick
Albert T. Patrick
Dix
New York
Denver
Patrick
Edward T. Patrick
John T. Millikin
Paving Begins in Taylor Business District
Ockander Brothers of Waco, contracted to pave nine blocks in Taylor Texas with creosoted blocks, started preliminary work last week with a full crew.
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Taylor
Taylor, Tex
Ockander Brothers
Waco
North Texas Snow Delays Rail Traffic At Fort Worth
Snow and cold sweep North Texas and Oklahoma causing late trains from Fort Worth. Light snowfall limited travel disruption, but Panhandle sections report snow and record colder temperatures. Temperatures drop with further freezing forecast across many areas tonight.
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Texas
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Weather Forecast Sees Cold Wave After Gulf Storm
The Gulf storm moved eastward bringing heavy rains to San Antonio and coastal cities. Forecasters predict a cold wave with freezing weather tonight in San Antonio and cold but not extreme temperatures across North Texas New Mexico.
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Gulf
San Antonio
Texas
New Mexico
Houston
Galveston
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Oklahoma Snowfall Promises White Christmas
The first sizable snow of the season began Sunday night in Oklahoma City and western Oklahoma with widespread coverage. Snow also reaches the Texas Panhandle as forecasters expect continued cold, raising concerns for exposed livestock.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Texas Panhandle
Light Snow in Dallas Marks First in Two Years
Light snow fell in Dallas for about 20 minutes this morning and melted quickly. It was the first snow in two years, prompting brief excitement in the city.
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Dallas
Tex
Northeast storm warning issued for Mobile region
Special storm warning issued in Mobile at 11 a.m. for northeast movement from Mobile to Cedar Keys. Disturbance over Louisiana moving northeast. Brisk southeast winds to shift to high northwest tonight.
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Mobile
Ala
Cedar Keys
Louisiana
Trains Late at Fort Worth During Snow Storm
Trains run late here as sleet and fourteen hours of rain create widespread disruption. Snow to the north and west slows schedules, delaying arrivals and departures across lines.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Snow Covers Ground in McKinney for First Time in Years
Ground in McKinney Texas was blanketed by snow that began at 7 o'clock this morning marking the first snow cover in three years.
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Mckinney, Tex
Farmers Benefit As Snow Falls In Eastern Oklahoma
Three inches of snow covered eastern Oklahoma this morning. Snow began before daylight and lasted until 9 30. It is melting rapidly. The moisture is valuable to farmers.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Sleet and storm sweep Stamford and Cleburne Texas
An inch of snow and sleet covered Stamford and surrounding areas marking the season s first snow and ice with potential grain crop benefits. Cleburne reports a heavy storm bringing rain hail sleet snow and an electrical storm overnight.
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Stamford
Tex
Cleburne
Cleburne, Tex
Roads Impassable After Heavy December Rain
Lockhart Texas reports twenty inches of rain this December. All roads except paved ones are impassable, hampering farm access to town. Merchants remain heavily stocked despite conditions.
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Lockhart
Tex
Austin Schools Close for Holidays
Practically all institutions of learning in Austin have closed for the holidays and a ten day vacation is under way. Many students at state eleemosynary institutions have also departed to visit parents across the state.
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Austin
Tex
Sheriff Finds Negro's Body Near West Baton Rouge Jail
Sheriff Parker found Norm Cadore dead by hanging from a telegraph pole near the West Baton Rouge jail in Baton Rouge. Cadore had been convicted of killing plantation manager James Norman about three weeks earlier and his attorneys planned an appeal motion. Also listed is a special Christmas dinner at the Gunter Hotel on December 25 from 6 to 8 30 p.m. priced at $1 60 per plate with reservations via phone.
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Baton Rouge
Parker
West Baton Rouge
Norm Cadore
Cadore
James Norman
Gunter Hotel
Daring Convict Free From Sing Sing in Escape Mystery
Chester Yates, famed for the Bancroft robbery that toppled Daniel O'Reilly, vanished from Sing Sing after serving twenty one years. His cell was found empty with the door ajar, and it is unclear whether he remains on prison grounds or has fled.
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Chester Yates
Daniel O'Reilly
New York
Sing Sing
Yates
Castro May Be Barred From United States
The United States weighs whether Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela may land in American ports. Officials report he is traveling from Paris toward New York and no decision has been made on his admission while the state department monitors the situation.
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Washington, D. C
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
United States
Paris
New York
State Department
Castro
Caracas
Gomez
Immigration Service
RUSH GROWLER ROW PROMPTS DC PROTEST
The central citizens' league of the District of Columbia pressed the excise board to allow beer in growlers. The group argued workingmen should drink in private spots, opposing the order barring beer in containers other than original packages. The commissioners considered the protest.
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Washington
Central Citizens’ League of
District of Columbia
Excise Board
League
Excise Commissioners
New Variety of Wheat Imported by Agriculture Dept
A new durum wheat variety named Teiskaia has been imported from Bezneshook Russia by the Department of Agriculture. Discovered by Frank N. Meyer during a Central Asia tour, Teiskaia features black bearded ears, very long open ears, and exceptional hardiness surviving winter snow.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bezneshook
Russia
Frank N. Meyer
Foreign
Department
Central Asia
Teiskaia
Roanoke Mayor John W. Woods Dies
John W. Woods who had just been elected Roanoke mayor on a good government ticket died this morning in Roanoke Virginia. The notice notes his recent election and the sudden death with no further details provided. The sugar ad text is unrelated to the obituary item.
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Roanoke
John W. Woods
Tax Notice for 1912 Real Personal Property and Poll Taxes
State and county taxes for 1912 on real estate and personal property plus poll taxes must be paid to J R Bitter tax collector by January 31 1913 to avoid 10 percent penalty and costs of levying on personal property J R DAVIS County Judge Dr J R Cunningham 449 Moore Bldg Osteopath old phon 984 3
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J. R. Bitter
J. R. Davis
Peru consul reports outrages against Putumayo Indians
Stuart Fuller, consul at Iquito, Peru, arrived in Washington after investigating crimes against indigenous rubber gatherers in the Putumayo district. He provided new disclosures to the state department, highlighting widespread abuses by foreign operatives and British firms. Congress has requested his full report to determine if abuses have ceased.
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Washington, D. C
Stuart Fuller
Iquito
Peru
Putumayo
Washington
State Department
Consul Fuller
United States
Department
Congress
Prince Ludwig Declines Bavarian Throne Regency Move
Prince Ludwig, Bavarian regent in waiting, vetoes efforts to place him on the throne as king. He seeks loyalty to administer the inheritance from his father and asks that no action be taken amid the regency controversy.
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Munich
Ludwig
Bavaria
Civic meeting for Precinct 49 Ward informal talk at church
A Friday 8 pm meeting at McKinley Avenue Methodist church discusses civic work in Precinct 49 Ward with speakers Mayor Jones and several pastors and doctors. Mrs. R. A. Reese presides due to illness of chair J. C. McCullough. Citizens invited. Hickey sentenced to life for murder of 10 year old Josephs at Lackawanna.
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McKinley Avenue Methodist Church
Jones
C. S. Fowler
Mr. Harbord
The
Christian Church
Dickinson
Riverside Baptist Church
Mr. Johnson
W. A. King
William Brumby
J. C. McCullough
R. A. Reese
Hickey
Buffalo
N. Y
J. Frank Hickey
Jos. Josephs
Lackawanna
Auburn
Senator Overman Recovers Quickly After Appendectomy
Senator Overman of North Carolina remains in good condition after surgery for appendicitis. He slept well overnight and doctors anticipate a speedy recovery.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Capitol Quiet as Texas Officials Depart for Holidays
State officials leave Austin for Christmas observances as the capitol shuts midday today and reopens after the holiday period. Governor and Mrs. Colquitt plan a New Year reception at the mansion with invitations sent statewide.
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Austin
Tex
Tomore
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