McCabe to testify as everglade probe widens
Washington February reports say Solicitor McCabe will tell the Agriculture Department’s side before the House committee on expenditures. Florida everglade land promoters long claimed reports were suppressed and two engineers dismissed after dissenting statements.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Department
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Moorehouse
Wiley
McCabe
Taft
Everglade
United States
Everglades
Elliott
F. E. Singleton
Ground Seeming Like Stage for Erecting Two Story Building
A two story building is being built on Avenue C using reinforced concrete walls weighing 120 tons each. The walls are laid almost flat and will be raised upright with jacks when finished. Spectators watched the unusual construction method. Contractor G C Simpson says the method was once experimental but is now widely used in San Antonio. The White building is the second of its kind locally.
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G. C. Simpson
White
San Antonio
Rheumatism Advice Prominent Doctor's Home Prescription
A physician promotes a mix at home using one ounce Toris compound and one ounce syrup of sarsaparilla in half a pint of whiskey. Take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime. He claims quick relief and urges insisting on the original sealed Toris compound.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Child Growth and Health
Advert reads Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are safe for children and adults. Testimonies claim relief for infants with indigestion and poor appetite, noting a Chicago mother and a Hoboken resident endorse the product. Full boxes priced at 60 cents. order a trial package from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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Washington St
Hoboken
New Jersey
Erie Co
W. T. Dethlopd
Henry Karis
F.A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Split Florida Republican Delegations Vote for Roosevelt and Taft
In Palatka Florida on February 7 the Republican state convention split into two factions. One group moved to a separate hall to elect delegates to the national convention and instruct them for Roosevelt. The regular administration faction chose delegates to Chicago and instructed them to back Taft. Each faction named a full state ticket.
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Fla
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt Club Organized to Back Roosevelt in Oklahoma
The Roosevelt For President club formed in Tulsa with 112 members. It stated its aim to aid Theodore Roosevelt and oppose the state Republican machine rather than attack President Taft.
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Roosevelt
Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Taft
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
St Andrew Club Wins Gordon Cup in Curling Series
The St Andrew club of New York won the Gordon cup from the National Curling club after defeating Utica 15 to 11 and Schenectady 22 to 5 in consecutive matches.
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St. Andrew
Associated Press
Schenectady
N. Y
St. Andrew Club
New York
National Curling Club
Utica
Erie Railroad Sued Over Sixteen-Hour Law Violations
The government filed three federal cases against the Erie railroad for violations of the sixteen-hour law relating to employees. Penalties sought total $25,500.
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Erie Railroad
Assocated Press
New York
Federal District Court
The
Remodeling Underway at S. H. Brown Property in Lockhart
Steel and building materials arrived in Lockhart as the S. H. Brown business property is remodeled. The Brown brick, comprising four large stores, will gain a solid plate glass front, creating nearly half a block of prominent show windows.
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Lockhart
Tex
S. H. Brown
Fire destroys Seguin barn and home
Fire totally destroyed the large barn and home of Louis Huey in Seguin Texas. The blaze swept through the northern part of the city yesterday. Special to The Light.
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Seguin Ho
Seguin
Tex
Louis Huey
Mexican attorney thanks judge for bail after neutrality case
Jose Bonales Sandoval, a Mexican attorney jailed in Brownsville for neutrality law violations linked to General Reyes' attempted revolt against Madero, traveled from Houston to thank Judge Waller T. Burns who lent him the money to pay his $600 fine. He spoke of amnesty plans and said his family will move to Redo as he ends his revolutionary stance.
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Jose Bonales Sandoval
Brownsville
United States
General Reyes
Madero
Houston
Waller T. Burns
San Pedro Avenue
Sandoval
Laredo
Mexico City
Mexico
Hudspeth Opposes Law On State Mineral Rights
Senator Claude Hudspeth of El Paso says another plea will push the supreme court to hear J A Gillett’s mandamus for A A Cox of Culberson County against Land Commissioner Robison. The challenge targets a state act reserving mineral rights on state school lands sold, arguing constitutional issues and potential western development benefits.
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Austin
Tex
Claude Hudspeth
el Paso
Supreme Court
J. A. Gillett
Hudspeth
A. A. Cox
Culberson County
Robison
No Interest in League Hurts Corpus Christi Prospects
Special to The Light Corpus Christi Texas February 7 The Texas league meeting in Houston effectively blocks Dickinsons bid to place Galveston and Houston Heights in the Southwest Texas league and makes Corpus Christi entry far harder The post meeting view says hopes for a locally financed team are now unlikely and the gathering proved largely a farce harming Dickinsons plans.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Houston
Dickinson
Galveston
Houston Heights
Tigers Sign Sally Player
Infielder J. H. Berkel who played in Albany Georgia in the South Atlantic league last season has signed with the Detroit American league club He has spent the winter on the Pacific coast showing his baseball form.
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Tigers
Sally
Associated Press
Detroit
J. H. Berkel
Albany, Ga
Detroit American League Baseball Club
Berkel
Pacific Coast
Doctor's Best Formula for Cold and Cough
This winter staple claims to break the severest cold in a day and cure any curable cough. Instructions advise mixing glycerine and Concentrated Pine in whiskey, with dosage after meals and at night, adjusted for children, and to obtain genuine Globe Concentrated Pine.
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