Dallas bid for Vanderbilt Cup races eyed with militia talk
E A Slater of the Dallas Automobile club met with Texas officials to seek militia use if the Vanderbilt Cup auto races come to Dallas. Governor and Adjutant General Hutchings showed cautious stance, citing past incidents and saying militia orders would require explicit presidential or gubernatorial instruction.
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Austin
Tex
E. A. Slater
Dallas Automobile Club
Dallas
Slater
Texas
United States
Hutchings
meningitis scare in Texas fading says state health chief
State Health Officer Ralph Steiner says the Texas meningitis scare is fast vanishing with no new cases reported. He notes that quarantine restrictions at Round Rock Jarrell Corn Hill and Liberty Hill in Williamson county have been raised and he expects the situation to be over soon. A separate real estate ad mentions a $1000 lot in Mission Park offered for $600.
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Austin
Ralph Steiner
Texas
Round Rock
Jarrell
Corn Hill
Liberty Hill
Williamson County
State workers receive first cash salaries since October
Austin reports that state department heads, attaches and clerks at the state house were paid in cash for the first time since October. Acting Treasurer Edwards disbursed over 30000 dollars, the average payroll, excluding eleemosynary institutions, while clerks had previously received warrants discounted to obtain cash.
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Austin
State House
Edwards
United States Steel Suit Defendants File Answers
United States Steel Corporation and subsidiaries along with Andrew Carnegie John D Rockefeller Sr Jr Edmund C Converse and William Palmer filed answers denying government charges in the anti trust suit. They say their actions increased production and trade and deny any illegal restraint while Palmer notes past stock sales and voluntary agreements with trade associations were legal and intended to stabilize prices and production.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
United States Steel Corporation
United States Court
Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller Sr
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Edmund C. Converse
William Palmer
Palmer
American Steel and Wire Company of
New Jersey
Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Mr. Palmer
Iron and Steel
United States
Governor rejects alamo park plan and orders restoration
A Daughters of the Republic committee met with Texas Governor to push park plans for the Alamo property but the governor disclosed the deed does not specify a park and stated his intent to restore the structure to its original condition. He claimed full authority to direct care and to avoid crumbling preservation. San Antonio was set for the next executive meeting on April 21 with several local officers present. The article also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla for catarrh.
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Austin
Tex
Daughters of the Republic
Alamo
San Antonio
Rebecca J. Fisher
B. B. Throop
Walter Gresham
Galveston
J. J. McKeever Jr
Houston
T. H. Milby
Harrisburg
J. B. Dibrell
8. H. Roach
Alleged Swindler Detained on Vagrancy Charge
A white man was detained on a temporary vagrancy charge by city detectives in San Antonio. He is alleged to have swindled about twenty residents by posing as an agent of Cosmopolitan Magazine, selling subscriptions. Police report the collected money was not sent to the company and charges are expected to be filed soon.
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San Antonio
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Miss Edmonds To Bake Bread For President Taft
Eleven year old Lois Edmonds Iowa champion bread maker travels from Chicago to Washington to bake a loaf for President Taft. She earned this honor from 1400 contestants and is accompanied by ten Iowa county corn-raiser champions, sent by Iowa congressmen with prizes won last year.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lois Famonds
Iowa
Washington
Taft
Edmonds
Firemen Elect Officers
Hugh Burns Hose company No. 4 Taylor fire department elected officers for the ensuing year. Henry Struve is president and Joseph Stasny vice president. P C Goebel serves as secretary with A V Jakubig as treasurer. Foreman is William Mc Connell with J A Kiesler as alternate delegate and Hugh Overstreet as election judge. A Bisang Jr is fire police and delegate to the state convention with J A Kiesler as alternate.
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Taylor, Tex
Hugh Burns Hose Company No. 4
Taylor Fire Department
Henry Struve
Joseph Stasny
P. C. Goebel
A. V. Jakubig
William McConnell
J. A. Kelsler
Hugh Overstreet
A. Bisang Jr
A. Bisang
J. A. Kiesler
Hay Barn Destroyed in Taylor Railroad Yards
Fire of unknown origin last night at about 9 o'clock destroyed a large hay barn in the west end of the International and Great Northern railroad yards. The railroad company's property burned, with about 350 bales of hay and the frame structure, totaling an estimated loss of $800.
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Taylor
Tex
International & Great Northern
Sample Bottle Free by Mail for Ozomulsion Cod Liver
Readers are invited to obtain a free 3 ounce bottle of Ozomulsion cod liver oil emulsion by mail. The notice touts health benefits for children and relatives and asserts Ozomulsion is palatable and superior. Requests for the offer include sending addresses to Ozomulsion at 648 Pearl St. (New Zealand).
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Norway
Pearl St
N. Zs
Texans Impressively Finish Long Hike From New York
Walter Lee an 18 year old from New York City completed a cross country hike to San Antonio for a 3600 dollar purse. He met C Franke at the St Anthony hotel and described the arduous journey with worn khaki and swollen feet. The competition was run under the Olympic Pastime New York and Liberty Athletic clubs of New York City. Lee will stay with San Antonio firefighters awaiting funds for his return with a February 22 deadline.
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New York
Walter Lee
New York City
San Antonio
St.Anthony Hotel
C. Franke
Young Lee
Mr. Franke
Lee
Olympic
Pastime
Liberty
Central Station
Mason-Dixon Line
Girl Wins Corn Prize In Kansas Contest
Pittsburg Kansas February 1 A Kansas girl was yesterday awarded the prize for the best ten ears of corn in a state contest while boys carried off a bye.
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THE
Associated Press
Pittsburg, Kan
Kansas
Fire damages Katy passenger station in Smithville
Fire damaged the Katy passenger station in Smithville Texas yesterday morning, about $1000 loss. The two story concrete building was threatened as flames started in the basement near the bakery from a pile of kindling ignition.
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Katy
Smithville
Tex
Marion State Bank elects officers in Seguin meeting
Rank officers were elected at a stockholders meeting of Marion State Bank in Seguin Texas on February 1. C E Tips was named president C A Kreuger vice president R E Kloepper cashier and J Schneider William Reichmuth and Hy Koehler were chosen directors.
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Seguin
Tex
Marion State Bank
C. E. Tips
C. A. Kreuger
R. E. Kloepper
J. Schneider
William Reichmuth
Hy Koehler
Stonewall Jackson Statue Appeal Seeks Southern Aid
The Stonewall Jackson Monument Corporation of Richmond appeals to Confederate admirers to fund a memorial statue in Richmond. They urge Virginia and other southern states to help and ask patrons to send contributions to treasurer E. D. Hotchkiss. They propose May 10, 1912 as Jackson Memorial Day in southern schools.
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Stonewall” Jackson
Richmond
South
Virginia
General Jackson
E. D. Hotchkiss
Jackson
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