Associated Charities Report Details Yearly Cash Expenditures
The Associated Charities spent 3433.77 in cash for its work, plus 2537.25 in value of donated wood and clothing. Total receipts reached 5076.77, with expenses totaling 2238.11 including salaries, stationery, and rent. The secretary Mrs. Sacha Haley will present the report at the annual meeting at the YMCA building Wednesday at 8 PM. Dr. Frank Paschal and Rev. Philip Cook will speak, with plans for community business leaders to weigh in on the year ahead.
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Associated Charities
Sacha Haley
Young Men’s Christian Association
Frank Paschal
Commonwealth
Philip Cook
St. Mark’s Church
New York City
Shriners Plan Temple Home in Austin
Ben Hur temple holders file articles to form the Ben Hur Temple Holding association with 15000 capital. The property includes a quarter block at Lavaca and Seventeenth, site of Turner hall a 28,000 building to be remodeled with a mosque like interior and celebrity stockholders from multiple Texas towns. Incorporators are H. A. Wroe W. E. Armstrong M. H. Reed W. G. Bell and G. A. Bahn of Austin.
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Austin
Ben Hur Temple
Lavaca
Seventeenth Streets
Turner Hall
San Antonio
Elgin
San Marcos
Temple
San Angelo
Taylor
Bastrop
Lockhart
Texarkana Plans City Attorney Without Salary
Mayor John P. Kline announced a plan to hire a city attorney who will serve without salary. Attorney T. M. Mann will be the candidate, offering to work unpaid as part of a wider effort to cut city expenses in Texarkana on February 13.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Tex
John P. Kline
T. M. Mann
Kline
Emperor Receives Pensions and Privileges Under New Republic
Peking dispatch reports eight pledges by republicans to the abdicated emperor and his heirs. The emperor retains his title and a pension of 4,000,000 taels yearly until currency reform, with future equivalent. a residence is planned within the forbidden city. ancestral rites and tombs will be honored. eunuch numbers limited. imperial property protected. guards under army board. nobility retain ranks and privileges as private citizens. Mongols Manchus Mo hamedans and Tibetans receive similar rights and state will find employment for those in need.
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Associated Press
Peking
Forbidden City
Summer Palace
Nls
Kwang Su
Republic
Army Board
Dr Sun Yat Sen Becomes American Citizen
Dr Sun Yat Sen, first president of the Chinese republic, is a naturalized American. The 1904 Hawaii citizenship ruling said Hawaiian born persons were citizens of the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sun Yat Sen
Department of Commerce and Labor
Committee seeks Taft recognition for new Chinese republic
A committee representing 900 Chinese students in the United States announced a petition to President Taft urging immediate recognition of the first republic in Asia the new government of China.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Taft
Asia
China
Rail Excursions Proposed to San Antonio by Local Merchants
A committee of retailers and manufacturers proposes railroad excursions to San Antonio to attract out of town buyers. The group will petition passenger agents to arrange seasonal trip rates, noting success of the program in Dallas as a model.
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San Antonio
D. J. Strauss
Henry L. Halff
W. F. Gohlke
R. C. Caffarelli
Ben M. Hammond
H. W. Weber
Dallas
Cuero Couple Wed at Gonzales Court House
John B Ponton of Cuero and Miss Jess Helms were married at the Gonzales courthouse at 4 PM Saturday with Judge W N Lawley performing the ceremony in Gonzales Texas on February 13.
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Gonzales
Tex
John 8
Ponton of
Cuero
Jess
Helms
W. N. Lawley
Backache Solved by Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Ollie Woodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky shares two year struggle with female disorders and a crippling backache. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports lasting relief and full return to daily work. She invites others to seek help and publish her testimony.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Batkache
Ollie Woodall
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E
Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Shriners Visit Pittsburg Leaders Stopover In City
About one hundred Pittsburg Shriners led by J B Barbour and James Little visit San Antonio for a day en route to Los Angeles where the imperial council meets May 6 to 8. The group travels by a special train via Pennsylvania to St Louis Frisco to Dallas then to Los Angeles with a Southern Pacific connection. The visitors, impressed with the Alamo City, plan to enjoy a day here before continuing their journey.
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San Antonio
Pittsburg
Los Angeles
Imperial Council of the Shrine
J. B. Barbour
James Little
Syria Temple of
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Frisco
Dallas
Southern Pacific
Alamo City
Southern Merchants Convene in Atlanta Discuss Trade Plans
Nearly one thousand business leaders from across the south gather in Atlanta for the Southern Merchants convention under the Merchants and Manufacturers association. The two day program covers commerce across southern industries with J D Anderson of Rock Hill South Carolina slated to discuss the Rock Hill plan for cotton acreage reduction.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
South
Southern Merchants’ Convention
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Atlanta
J. D. Anderson
Rock Hill
8. C
Careless Grocer Delivers Blessing With Grape-Nuts
A Michigan household received a misdelivered package of Grape-Nuts that led to a dramatic health turnaround. The user reports relief from stomach trouble and nervousness, regaining appetite and plumpness, with other family members benefiting as well. The letter promotes Grape-Nuts and cites its ease of digestion and assimilation.
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Michigan
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Whole Town Battles Inferno in Butler Area Fire
In Butler Pennsylvania on February 13 the business district of Eau Claire and a nearby village faced a severe fire. Residents formed a bucket brigade amid record low temperatures to combat the blaze as most of the town lacked formal fire protection. The estimated loss reached 28000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Butler
Eau Claire
The Lax-Fos Way Ad Promotes Liver and Stomach Benefit
An advertising pitch touts Lax-Fos as a medicine to strengthen the liver stomach kidneys and bowels while acting as a systemic tonic. It offers a money back guarantee on the first bottle and urges asking for Cream of Rice as a breakfast food.
Girl Dies From Fear After Dog Bite
Annie Denis aged sixteen died at Charity hospital after a period of terror over a dog bite last September. Doctors diagnosed the case as fear, and her condition worsened with mounting hysteria believed to threaten her life.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Annie Denis
Charity Hospital
Famine Threatens Millions in China Says Relief Panel
Three million Chinese are on the verge of starvation says the Chinese famine relief committee chaired by Bishop David A. Greer. Floods last summer ruined crops across 50,000 square miles, with deaths from hunger already occurring. No harvest before May, famine to worsen daily without aid.
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Associated Press
New York
China
Chinese Famine Relief Committee
David A. Greer
Belton Doctor H C Ghent Dies After Illness
Dr H C Ghent of Belton a prominent Central Texas figure dies at 2 AM from pneumonia aged 83. He leaves a widow and several children including Mrs M L Graves of Galveston and Mrs W S Shipp wife of Bell County Judge. Ghent formerly led the State Medical Association and served in the Milam County legislature.
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Pr. Ghent
Belton
PRISS
Waco
Tex
H. C. Ghent
Central
Texas
M. L. Graves
Galveston
Marvin Graves
The
State University
W. §&. Shipp
Shipp
Bell County
Ghent
State Medical Association
Milam County
Death of 6 year old Arthur Ebel in Gonzales
Arthur Ebel aged six, son of Mr and Mrs August Ebel, died of pneumonia at their home three miles north of Gonzales Texas at 9 oclock last night. The burial took place at City Cemetery at five this afternoon.
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Gonzales
Tex
Arthur Ebel
August Ebel
Exclusive listing system to rollout by Real Estate Exchange
The Real Estate Exchange will implement an exclusive listing system soon with contract forms and index cards in printers hands. Secretary Ray M Mackey says distribution to members should begin around Wednesday and the plan will be tested to benefit agents and owners listing property.
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Real Estate Exchange
Ray M. Mackey
Commissioners Court Meets for Jail Repair and Courthouse Painting
Gonzales Texas February 13 regular quarterly term of the commissioners court convened at 10 o'clock Today a busy session is anticipated as contracts for repairing and remodeling the county jail and painting the courthouse are to be considered at this meeting.
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Commissioners’ Court
Gonzales
Tex
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YM. C. A
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