Treasury saving or counterfeit risk under MacVeagh reform
Washington reports that with MacVeagh leaving office and Wilson taking oath, the Treasury plans to report a saving of about 5 million dollars versus earlier years due to labor saving devices and money laundering in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Counterfeit alerts rise as machinery alters money feel and count, with experts noting subtle printing faults. Funeral notice for Mrs. Mary Jane Duckhan, 68, of 218 Slocum Place, with service tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. and burial in Masonic cemetery.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Congress
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States Treasury Department
Treasury
Secret Service
Uncle Sam
Treasury Service
Duckhan
Mary Jane Duckhan
Slocum Place
Masonic Cemetery
Wholesale Grocery Firm Planned in San Antonio
A new wholesale grocery company with 200000 capitalization is organized in San Antonio. It buys land on Southern Pacific tracks Dakota and Walnut streets and plans an 80 by 120 foot fireproof concrete building. Officers include G C Walker president and Leslie Moore assistant manager.
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San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Dakota and
Walnut Streets
J. H. Kirkpatrick
G. C. and
W. P. Walker
Walker Brothers
Luling
John A. Kerr
A. J. McKean
McKean Brothers
Prairie Lea
D. J. Francis
Roos Brothers
Yoakum
Leslie Moore
Elgin
Bruff
D. M. Day
G. C. Walker
W. C. Bruff
Thorpe Quits Track in Boston Exhibition Night
Carlisle Indian athlete Jim Thorpe ended his track career with an all around exhibition at Mechanics Hall in Boston. He will ride to New York and depart for Marlin Texas with the Giants after the event. Thorpe lost the 40 yard dash but won the shot put high jump hurdles and 440 yard run. Wille Kohlemainen defeated Billy Queal in a 16 mile windup race.
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Boston
Mass
Jim Thorpe
Mechanics Hall
Thorpe
New York
Marlin
Texas
Giants
Wille Kohlemainen
Billy Queal
Mysterious arrest as Ben Nelson faces affray charge in court
Ben Nelson a 26 year old African American was arraigned before Judge Buckley in Se Corporation Court on a charge of affray. He claimed no knowledge of any encounter. A streetcar incident and gunfire drew police attention as he ran to safety and was detained. Police clarified no matching opponent identity.
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Ben Nelson
Buckley
Se Corporation
Nelson
Fitzhenry
Buffalo Bill To Head New Showmen's League Of America
Colonel W F Cody has accepted the presidency of the Showmen's League of America to be based in Chicago. He, Warren A Patrick, and Frank L Albert back the fraternal group aimed at uplifting showmen, with admission limited to those in responsible roles across amusement enterprises. Mrs W J Van Hoodenhuyze died at 87 in San Antonio after a brief visit. funeral at 3:30 this afternoon, burial in Mission cemetery. Auckland's population has doubled since 1899 despite shorter hours.
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Chicago
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Showman’s League of America
Colonel Cody
Warren A. Patrick
Frank L. Albert
van Hoodenhuyze
W. J. van Hoodenhuyze
Rural Avenue
San Antonio
William van Hoodenhuyze Jr
James van Hoodenhuyze
Kansas City
Richard Nosworthy
Koenig
Houston
William van Hoodenhuyze
Cloeck
Mission Cemetery
New Zealand
Auckland
County Maintenance of Roads Is Urged by Farmers
About fifty farmers at the Bexar County Farmers Institute meeting urged county maintenance of roads with a dedicated worker on each road or section. They criticized the five day per season labor law and called for dirt shoulders on gravel roads to preserve travel routes.
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Bexar County
Bexar County Farmers’ Institute
Chamber of Commerce
John C. Beck
Institute
Klaus
Meyes
Gutzeit
Julian Stapper
Scherz
J. C. Beck
F. Real
T. Applewhite
J. F. Schalther
Henry Adams
George D. Marshall
J. M. Vance
F. F. Collins
W. F. Miller
T. P. Dougherty
J. W. Warren
State Highway Association
D. B E. Colp
The
A. M. Fischer
Wilson Denies Friction with Bryan Over Cabinet Posts
President elect Wilson rejected reports of any friction with William Jennings Bryan over cabinet personnel. He told reporters there was not a particle of foundation in fact to the published account and declined further comment as he traveled from New York toward Princeton.
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Princeton
Wilson
White House
Bryan
N. J
W. J. Bryan
New York
First silver doll sent by parcel post reaches St Louis
A five year old girl, Gra Addington, received the first silver doll mailed by parcel post in St Louis. The sender was M L Addington, postmaster at Yukon, Oklahoma, who said in a letter to Mrs Edna Brooks that he was making an experiment and told her to bet popcorn and peanuts for his little laughter with the parcel post dollar.
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St. Louis
Louis
Gra Addington
Edna Brooks
Lafayette Avenue
M. L. Addington
Yukon
Okla
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Soledad St
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Garneau’s
America
M. J. Gorneau
Main Avenue
Crockett
Holland Tea
W. Commerce Street
Dalkowitz Bros. Co
Frank Bros
Edwin Clapp
Alamo Plaza
Pittsburg
Tam
Elbert Hubbard
DR. Pierce
R. V.pierce
Buffalo
Red
New
Showman’s League
Farmers’ Institute
Oklahoma City
Senate
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