San Antonio Hosts British Investor Meeting on Railroad Bond
Mr Mounsey and Mr Cowper Thwaite plan a week long inspection of the route and local conditions before bond issues. They will meet city business leaders at a banquet at the St Anthony and return to England to finalize financing and contracts if satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowper-Thwaite
St. Anthony
Mounsey
San Antonio
Mr. Cowper-Thwaite
England
Mr. Mounsey
Ince
Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Business Leaders To Honor English Syndicate Chief
Between 75 and 100 of San Antonio's prominent businessmen will attend a banquet at the St. Anthony Hotel Tuesday night in honor of O. R. Mounsey, chairman of the English financial Syndicate backing the railroad project for Southwest Texas. The event is a felicitation meeting for Mounsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
St. Anthony Hotel
O. R. Mounsey
English Financial Syndicate
Texas
Boy Shot While Riding Bicycle On Fredericksburg Road
Thirteen year old Adolf Boldt was shot in the calf while riding his bicycle on the Fredericksburg road. It is thought an accidental rifle shot by a hunter nearby caused the injury. He was taken to Kenney sanitarium for observation and blood poisoning precautions after an x ray showed the bullet came from a Winchester rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Boldt
F. W. Boldt
Romana Street
Fredericksburg
Young Boldt
Clarence
Kenney Sanitarium
Winchester
Wolff and Marx Company
Alamo Restoration Advances with Verified Excavations
State inspector J. B. Nitschke oversees restoration of two Alamo plats in San Antonio with plans to raze modern east wall and Houston Street boundary. Excavations confirm convent dimensions and alignments with Potter and Giraud drawings, while governor Colquitt may direct work amid possible parking space creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Mission
J. B. Nitschke
Reuben M. Potter
San Antonio
United States War Department
Bexar Abstract Company
H. E. Hildebrand
F. Giraud
Colquitt
Nitschke
Mr. Nitschke
Houston Street
Alamo Plaza
Sergeant Potter
Mexico to search archives for Alamo data
President Francisco I Madero replies to Governor Colquitt that he will issue orders to the secretary of war to search Mexican archives for early Alamo data and, if found, will send authorized copies quickly. The letter came as Colquitt sought historic information on the San Antonio fort. Madero also states Mexico will bear the expense of procuring the data if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Francisco I. Madero
Republic of Mexico
San Antonio
Madero
Secretary of War
Alamo
Government Courtesy Offered on Mexican Expense
A fragment notes promises of courtesy by the Mexican government toward covering expenses, stressing readiness to meet costs as a gesture of goodwill toward the recipient. The passage emphasizes cordial relations and mutual accommodation between the parties involved.
Lincoln's Birthday Observed in Corpus Christi
Banks and the post office closed in Corpus Christi on Lincoln's Birthday. Afternoon exercises were held at the Odd Fellows hall under the auspices of the Grand Army post and the Women’s Relief corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Lincoln
Grand Army Post
Women’s Relief Corps
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Gurinsky Widow Dies Suddenly in Gonzales
Mrs. B. H. Gurinsky wife of Ben Gurinsky a local merchant died very suddenly Friday evening Burial was held Sunday evening at 3 o clock in the Jewish cemetery at Gonzales Texas in the Jewish cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
B. H. Gurinsky
Ben Gurinsky
Brandt May Get Pardoned In New York Case
Folke E. Brandt the former valet to Mortimer L. Schiff has served five years of a thirty year burglary sentence and will appear in New York court proceedings to reopen his case District Attorney Whitman returns with additional evidence for the grand jury Governor Dix who previously refused clemency is now weighing further action to grant clemency to Brandt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Associated Press
New York
Folke E. Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Whitman
Washington
Dix
Brandt
Pension bill rejected. Smoot substitute approved by committee
Washington and the senate pensions committee rejected the Sherwood house dollar day pension bill. A substitute proposed by Senator Smoot would spend 22 million dollars annually. Senators Brown and Curtis gave notice they would press the Sherwood bill as a substitute in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Sherwood House
Senate Committee On Pensions
Smoot
Utah
Brown
Nebraska
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Sherwood
People's Rule Principles On Ballot In Texas Meeting
William Hoefgen of San Antonio led a labor federation meeting in Waco to push initiative referendum and recall onto the ballot by constitutional amendment or referendum. R L Cable of St Joe led, with John R Spencer as a secretarial attendee, and a three person committee was named to draft a non partisan resolution. Adjournment set for the afternoon to present the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Waco
Tex
William Hoefgen
San Antonio
State Federation of Labor
State Conference of Friends of the Initiative
Texas
R. L. Cable
St. Joe
Montague County
John R. Spencer
J. H
Cyclone) Davis
Sulphur Springs
Wm. Hoefgen
H. M. White
Austin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Men’s Outfitters
English Syndicate
San Benito
Engle Bros
Gibbs
San Antonio, Texas
Staacke Bros
Texas Field and National Guardsman
Guessaz & Ferlet CO
Navarro Street
Mexico
Carivent
Ps Church
Carel Vasdi
Fletcher
Castoria
Friends of
AN Fernand
J. H. Kirkpatrick Co
Collins Garden Car
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!