Married women may be bank directors in Texas
A Texas act allows married women to apply to a district court to remove coverture disabilities and become incoporators and directors in state banks and corporations, making them single for mercantile purposes. In San Antonio, 25 of 50 civil service exam applicants for clerk carrier passed.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Bill
San Antonio
Civil Service
H. A. Leche
New Orleans
Government Keeps Accused in Dark Before Arrests
Instructions were sent to federal agents in at least twenty cities to watch men charged in thirty two indictments tied to the dynamite conspiracy involving the McNamaras and Ortie E McManigal. Indicted individuals estimated between thirty and forty are scattered from Boston to Seattle with arraignment set for March 12. bonds discussed at 300000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
McNamaras
Ortie E. McManigal
Boston
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
A. B. Anderson
Kidney relief from Swamp Root testimonial 1909
A letter from W H Warren of Gainesboro Tennessee describes relief from kidney and bladder pain within two hours after trying Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. The note requests publication and notes availability of trial bottles and further information. The letter is sworn by justice W F Dodson and appears with an appeal to mention The San Antonio Daily Light. Regular bottles are sold at drug stores.
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W. H. Warren
Gainesboro
Tenn
W. F. Dodson
Jackson County
J. P
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
San Antonio Daily Light
Fiesta San Jacinto plans show strong progress
Fiesta San Jacinto association directors report major advances for Battle of Flowers week April 15 to 20. Plans cover flag decorations on poles, parade floats, carnival buttons, illuminated Alamo, searchlights on main streets, and band arrangements. Railroads will discuss special fiesta rates. Attendees include Ayres, Graebner, Brown, Hummert, Frank, Morgan, Meier, Pruitt, Heye, Woodman, Rogers.
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Fiesta San Jacinto Association
O. O. Woodman
The
Traction Company
Fred Hummert
Aan of Flowers
Tom Brown
Emil Frank
John B. Carrington
Colquitt
Alamo
San Antonio
Atlee B. Ayres
Charles Graebner
W- M. Morgan
E. J. H. Meier
T. J. Pruitt
Gustav Heye
Ed W. Rogers
German Internal Combustion Engine May Boost Navy Power
The British admiralty reports from a reliable source that German engineers have nearly completed an internal combustion engine. If fulfilled, it could triple steaming radius or greatly increase armor, potentially making dreadnaughts obsolete and shifting naval supremacy.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Relics from the Maine Arrive Aboard Leonidas at Annapolis
The collier Leonidas arrives in Annapolis carrying relics from the wrecked battleship Maine to be distributed among municipalities and survivors relatives. Coal from the Maine is unloaded for testing at the Annapolis engineering laboratory to study thirteen years of salt water submersion. The Leonidas will also deliver the ship's main mast to Arlington National Cemetery for graves of the catastrophe victims.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Leonidas
Annapolis
Maine
Navy Yard
National Cemetery
Arlington
Fort Worth hotel purchased by H B Christian
H B Christian, former Bristol hotel owner in Houston and a known figure in San Antonio hotel circles, has bought the Westbrook hotel in Fort Worth. He states he will begin immediate work to make the property one of the most modern and up-to-date hostelries in the southwest.
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Fort Worth
H. B. Christian
Bristol
Houston
San Antonio
Westbrook
Inort Worth
Christian
Gean Griswold
Gunter Hotel
Southwest
May Enlarge Jamaica Dock Yards
A British naval committee will visit Jamaica in June to study reopening the Kingston dockyard in light of the Panama Canal nearing completion. A favorable report could lead to enlarging the yard as part of a plan to establish Jamaica as a British naval base.
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Jamaica
Associated Press
Kingston
Panama Canal
Sculptor Laura Kratz Seeks Big Dream To Write Plays
Chicago sculptor Laura Kratz, Taft assistant and daughter of an invalid father, plans a David Crockett statue inspired by the Alamo tale. She explains sculpture focuses on form and expression, notes difficulty translating ideas to plaster, and says she once modeled a snow bust she and classmates laughed labeled the corset lady. She also expresses a wish to become a writer.
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Miss Kratz
Chicago
Gunter Hotel
Lorado Taft
Mr. Taft
David Crockett
Santa Claus
Desire to write plays fuels artist’s lifelong aim
The speaker explains a drive to write plays, wishing to hear her own work performed and to see her sculptures act out the emotions she shapes in form, noting the natural growth from sculpture to dramatic writing. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as purifying blood to aid recovery from colds.
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Hood
Texas British Association Leap Year Ball Planned
The Texas British Association will entertain members and friends Thursday evening with an informal leap year ball at the club quarters located at 121 Soledad Street.
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Balt
Texas-British Association
Soledad Street
Hooper Announces Re election Bid From Tennessee Governor
Gov. Ben W. Hooper, Tennessee's first Republican governor in thirty years, announces for re election. He cites forward steps in agriculture and the penal system and accuses opponents of discrediting his efforts. He pledges enforcement of liquor laws and proposes new legislation for cities plus support for rural districts.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Department of Agriculture
Ben W. Hooper
Tennessee
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Central Trust Company
W. Commerce ST
San Antonio, Texas
Fiesta
Discovery
Germany
Collier
Crockett
Laura Kratz
Thos. Goggan & Bros
Hooper
Nowdrift
Savannah
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Broad St
Manchester
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