Land deals under grand jury probe in South Texas
Brooks Duval Starr and Zapata counties face a blue sky syndicate investigation after W. W. McCampbell testified before the Bexar county grand jury that more than 500 000 and possibly up to 1 000 000 acres were sold without valid titles. He cited bogus deeds and a king pin who allegedly transferred 300 600 acres in one deal at 11 cents an acre. Deputy Galbraith heads to Dallas to serve a capias as indictments extend the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Duval
Starr
Zapata
Blue Sky Syndicate
Bexar County
Grand Jury
W. W. McCampbell
San Diego
Grand
McCampbell
Falfurrias
Gulf Coast
Tobin
Brooks and Star
Brooks County
McCampbelb
San Antonio
Dallas
James Galbraith
Galbraith
Poslam Claims Rapid Cure For Skin Diseases
An advertisement extols Poslam and Poslam Soap for quick relief of eczema acne salt rheum tetter and barber's itch. It promises immediate itching relief and daily healing progress with skin clearing, touts safety for babies, and lists prices with a New York City address for free samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 25Th Street
New York City
Biased War Reports Spark Skepticism In London
Reports from Constantinople of Ottoman attacks on the Bulgarian army at Gallipoli are denied by Sofia as unfounded. Bulgarian forces claim repulsing an Ottoman advance from Chataldzha toward Izmit while Adrianople bombardment continues with little result for either side. German views float on whether Allied moves threaten Dardanelles forts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Sofia
Tchataldja
Izzedin
Adrianople
Germany
Dardanelles
Meet Next in Dallas Texas General Passenger Agents Meet
The Texas General Passenger Agents Association plans its monthly meeting in Dallas on February 13 to discuss matters of business interest to agents. Among San Antonio railroad men today were C. H. Mann of Houston Jack Lehane of Fort Worth W L Gerr of Waco John H Crall of Indianapolis and Joseph M Bryson of St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas General Passenger Agents’ Association
Dallas
San Antonio
C. H. Mann
Houston
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Jack Lehane
Fort Worth
Cotton Belt Lines
W. L. Gerr
Waco
John H. Crall
Indianapolis
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Hastern Traction Company
Joseph M. Bryson
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Pioneering Officer Mrs. Wells to Speak in San Antonio
Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells, the first woman police officer in the United States, arrives in San Antonio and will lecture at the High School auditorium tomorrow at 3 pm. The talk, free and open to all, explores women's evolving roles and work across professions. The Woman's Club of San Antonio helped place police matrons at local railroad stations and urges everyone to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Stebbins Wells
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
San Antonio
Woman's Club of
Mrs. Wells
Freezing Weather Predicted for Texas and Louisiana Coasts
A northeast storm moving east from off the Rio Grande will bring freezing weather to the Texas and Louisiana coasts today. The Weather Bureau issued the warning noting the disturbance centered near the mouth of the Rio Grande this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Gulf
Texas
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande
Rev Charles E Tower Visits San Antonio Church
The Rev Charles E Tower Congregational superintendent for the Southwest arrived in this city to assist the permanent organization of the Congregational church. He will preach Sunday morning in the pulpit of Rev Mr Dyr, the local pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tower
Congregational Church
San Antonio
Charles E. Tower
Southwest
West Virginia Bars Liquor Shipments to Dry Areas
Charleston West Virginia Feb 7 The senate adopted a house resolution urging Congress to pass the Kenyon Sheppard bill which would prohibit shipments of intoxicating liquors into dry territory. manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors is banned in West Virginia after July 1 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Congress
West Virginia
Praise This Remedy For Lung Trouble
Praises Eckman's Alterative as effective for coughs colds throat and lung troubles with testimonials from St Marys Academy Nebraska and Sister Marie. Claims benefit for tuberculosis bronchitis asthma hay fever and lung upbuilding without poisons or habit forming drugs. Sold by A Fischer and other druggists with recovered cases available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
St. Mary’s Academy
O'Neill
Nebraska
Columbus
Ohio
Marie
Sisters of St. Francis
A. Fischer
Ieroedanda
Notable Arrivals At San Antonio Hotels From Across Texas
A long list of visitors and arrivals at San Antonio hotels includes Ray A. Toombs of Fort Worth, Mead of Houston, H. W. Dodd of Victoria, Dr. R. F. Martin of Crystal City, Co. R. Jackson of Dallas, J. P. Barrage and O. Barnett of Houston, N. T. Eastman of Denison, and others. Guests stay at Menger, Crockett, Bowie, St. Anthony, Gunter, Bexar, Savoy, and more. Several families from Kansas City, New York, and Chicago join the influx, with Local business figures noted among the travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray A. Toombs
Fort Worth
Menger S. S. Mead
Houston
Crockett
H. W. Dodd
Victoria
San Antonio
Bowie Hotel
R. F. Martin
Crystal City
Tex
St. Anthony. Co
R. Jackson
Dallas
Gunter
J. P. Barrage
O. Barnett
Savoy Hotel
W. G. Gibson
Bexar
N. T. Eastman
Denison
Menger
J. FB
Eugene Clark
Austin
George M. Crowder
A. H. Brown
Kansas City
A. T. Dolan
St. Anthony
M. Little
Laredo
F. D. Wood
Sabinas
R. L. Pettus
Goliad
Bexar Hotel
C. W. Murray
Claude Neilon
J. D
W. M. Beecher
Rock Island, Ill
John Nulls
Louise Kaugh
New York
St. Anthony Hotel
A. H. Chatham
Gunter Hotel
B. Wofford
Crockett Hotel
J. E. Cook
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles H. White
W. J. McDaniel
Co. B. Porter
L. S. Townsend
San Marcos
City
M. D. Bennett
Cuero
Harlandale
O. Marg
Chicago
Reynolds Torris
Mex
Hall
Mangum
Uvalde
J. W. MecHarry
Aunt Delia Torrey Pays Last Visit at White House
Miss Delia Torrey of Milbury Massachusetts known as Aunt Delia arrived at the White House for her last visit. She has been a welcome visitor to her nephew President Will during his time in Washington supplying an occasional old fashioned New England apple pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia
Washington
Delia Torrey
Milbury
Mass
White House
Will
Executive Mansion
Miss Torrey
Polecat Farm Planned in Coke County
A five acre polecat farm will be established in Coke county near Gainesville Texas. The site will be fenced and several hundred pole cats will be brought in to be raised for their hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Coke County
Doctor J Harvey Moore Makes Urgent Call for Eye Ear Nose Care
A notice urges readers to contact Dr J Harvey Moore, an Eye Ear Nose and Throat specialist at 204 Gunter Office Building in San Antonio, to learn how to be cured. The message emphasizes calling at once and promises explanations for the urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harvey Moore
Gunter Office Building
San Antonio
Paynter Opposes Liquor Measure in Senate Speech
Senator Paynter of Kentucky denounces the Kenyon Sheppre bill prohibiting liquor shipments to dry states as unconstitutional. He argues it cedes interstate commerce control to states and blocks direct shipments to citizens. Senator Hitchcock proposes an amendment allowing direct shipments for personal or family use in dry states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Paynter
Kentucky
Senate
Paynter
Congress
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Meeting Postponed One Week by Weather
The Scientific Society meeting in the Stevens building rooms is postponed to next Friday night due to bad weather. Dr. I. B. Kahn and C. P. Higgins will discuss Customs and Manners of the Native Inhabitants of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific Society
Stevens
Mexico
I. 8. Kahn
C. P. Higgins
Beauchamp Shooting Hearing Delayed By Ill JP
GRANBURY Tex Feb 7 Preliminary hearing for John B Mc Gaughey who yesterday shot and killed farmer P F Beauchamp near Tolar was postponed due to the illness of the justice of the peace. The hearing likely will be held tomorrow if the JP recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granbury
Tex
John B. McGaughey
P. F. Beauchamp
Tolar
Comptroller of Seaboard Dies After Stroke
NORFOLK Va Feb 7 T W Roby comptroller of the Seaboard Air Line Railway died here today after a stroke of apoplexy. The body will be sent to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Norfolk, Va
T. W. Roby
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Florida
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Promoted For Liver and Bowels
Caromel purgatives are rejected in favor of Hot Springs Liver Buttons from Arkansas. The ad claims the pills tone the liver, clean the bowels, and restore youth, energy, and vitality within days. Priced at 25 cents with free samples available from Hot Springs Chemical Co. in Hot Springs Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caromel
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Ark
Harvard to Probe Missouri River Prehistoric Race
Harvard University will lead field research on ancient inhabitants along the Missouri River, excavating vast house sites in Nebraska and uncovering artifacts left behind by a people predating known Native American cultures. The effort, directed by Professor F H Stern, aims to determine who these settlers were and why they vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Missouri River
Harvard University
Redman
Missouri Valley
F. H. Stern
Harvard
Peabody Museum
Stern
Gilder
R. F. Gilder
Professor Stern
Dr. Gilder
Missouris River Valley
Sioux City
Kansas City
America
American
James Mooney
American Bureau of Ethnology
Harlin I. Smith
Archaeological Survey of Canada
Meeting Is Postponed by Prospect Hill Club
No meeting will be held tonight due to bad weather. Ladies Night is postponed to next Friday. The agenda also includes the proposed consolidation of Wards 2 and 3 to align purposes for residents of both districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Hill Improvement Club
Fire insurance rate cut eyed for 1913 in Luling
Local fire insurance agents report a 15 percent rate reduction for Luling during the last four months of 1912 and expect the lower rate to hold through 1913 after 1912 data is submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luling
Tex
Want Ad Rates Highlight Local Classified Prices
A local notice states seventy five cents buys a fifteen word want ad for ten days including two Sundays, illustrating affordable classified rates for small businesses and individuals.
Library Answers Unusual Eye Remedy Question
A man in Carnegie Library sought information on an eye remedy claimed to cure all. Librarian staff answer questions from the Journal of the American Medical Association and provide broader reference help on topics from symphony orchestras to international treaties. Miss Clas M. M.vs Las oversees the reference work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Journal of the American Medical Association
Ireland
Clas M. M
Las
Final plans for San Antonio home products exhibit
San Antonio manufacturers will set final plans at 4:30 this afternoon for a March home products exhibit. The event aims to acquaint locals with city goods and stimulate local purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
San Antonians
Fewer Poll Taxes Paid in Seguin Texas
Seguin Texas February 7 1913 tax records show February 10 poll taxes paid at 1025, down about 800 from last year due to no elections expected in 1913. Property taxes are current and comparable to the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Blumberg
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Lil
Blackburns
C. Aver Co
Lowell
Alamo Plaza
Texas General Passenger
Birmingh
Missouri
Iowa
Iowa Hills
Saur Building
Kepley Sample Shoe Co
Crockett Street
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