Vandalia hold up by bandits fails to yield loot
In Vandalia Indiana near Liggett bandits attempted to stop the Vandalia New York St Louis mail train No 11 last night. The robbers did not break into cars and fled after the train passed a deep cut. Engineer Davis and fireman V McClaine ducked as bullets hit the cab. The train stopped about two hours then continued to St Louis.
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Associated Press
Terre Haute
Ind
New York-St. Louis
Liggett
Davis
V. McClaine
St. Louis
New Itineraries for Farmers Institute Lecturers
The department of agriculture announces updated itineraries for Farmers Institute lecturers. B L Nance will speak in Blanket February 27 Brownwood 28 Ballinger March 1 San Angelo March 2 Joe E Edmondson visits Saltillo February 27 Mount Vernon February 28 Winfield March 1 Mount Pleasant March 2 J W Neill Stanton March 1 Midland March 2 R H Taylor travels to Mexia February 27 Groesbeck February 22 Thornton March 1 Kosse March 2 Paul Wipprecht performs in Port O Connor February 26 Victoria February 28 Edna March 1 Ganado March 2.
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Farmers’ Institute
Austin
Tex
Department of Agriculture
Department
B. L. Nance
Blanket
Brownwood
Ballinger
San Angelo
Joe E. Edmondson
Saltillo
Mount Vernon
Winfield
Mount Pleasant
J. W. Neill
Stanton
Midland
R. H. Taylor
Mexia
Groesbeck
Thornton
Kosse
Paul Wipprecht
Port O’connor
Victoria
Edna
Ganado
Income tax due for corporations under $500 net income
A treasury department ruling requires all corporations to file returns by March 1 1912 regardless of net income. Over 1000 district firms were fined last year for not filing. Penalties range from 1000 to 10000 plus 50 percent additional if a tax is due. First la grippe then bronchitis story with testimonial to Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Internal Revenue
Webster Flanagan
Treasury Department
Bailey
McCreary
Foley
Edwards & King Drug Co
Suc
Austin Business League Seeks Lower Fire Insurance Rates
Business men in Austin convene at city hall to press for cheaper fire insurance and plan to sue the Texas state insurance board in district court if relief is not granted after a further conference. The Austin Business League backs the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Insurance Board
Insurance Board
Austin Business League
Steps Taken in Hawley Estate May Be Void
The Hawley estate settlement faces possible voiding as records suggest Edwin Hawley listed Long Island residency not New York City. If confirmed, administration moves may shift to Suffolk County and require will verification, amid ward Margaret Cameron's assertions.
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Hawley Estate
Associated Press
New York
Edwin Hawley
New York County
Islip Township
Suffolk County
Long Island
Hawley
Cohalan
Margaret Cameron
Cardinal Farley Backs Irish Home Rule Hope
Cardinal Farley told the Gaelic Society at the cathedral residence that he would not visit Ireland again until it gains home rule. A member since the society’s 1878 founding, he urged that Ireland should have home rule in his lifetime.
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Cardinal Farley
Ireland
Associated Press
New York
Gaelic Society
Ionn
Death of Colorado’s first woman lawyer Miss Anne Hunt
Miss Anne Hunt, Colorado’s first woman lawyer and among New York’s early law stenographers, died at 62 in Denver after apoplexy. A wealthy donor who spent most of life alone, she moved to Colorado in 1890 and was the first woman graduate of Denver University law school.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Anne Hunt
Colorado
New York City
Denver University Law School
Candidate Henry Pharr Aims for House Speaker Post
Representative Henry Pharr of Hopkins county announced in Austin that he will seek re election to the legislature and then run for speaker of the house in the thirty third legislature. A D Rogers of Decatur and Chester Terrell of San Antonio are also running.
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Henry Pharr
Hopkins County
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Sulphur Springs
House of Representatives
A. D. Rogers
Decatur
Chester Terrell
San Antonio
Cardinal Gibbons Opposes Women Voting for Home’s Sake
In a talk to St. Joseph's girls Cardinal Gibbons urged against ballot use noting women belong in the home and cannot rule both home and political circles. The piece includes an aside on cold effects on kidneys and promotion of Foley Kidney Pills by Edwards & King Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
St. Joseph's Parochial School
Cardinal Gibbons
Bright
Foley
Edwards & King Drug Co
Suc
Gatonelle New Year Note From Local Professionals
A quick roundup of local specialists including Staacke Bros top notes. Dr A R Bear treats lungs and throat at 308 Gunter Building. Dr Sahra F Herdma Osteopath at Gibbs Building with phone 3055 Blue. A Collman plumber located at 416 Main Ave.
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Gatonelle
Staacke Bros
A. R. Bear
Gunter Building
Sahra F. Herdma
Osteopath
Gibbs Bldz
Prinz Regent Luitpold Launched By German Navy
The new German battleship Prinz Regent Luitpold, 24,500 tons, ten 12 inch and fourteen 6 inch guns, speed 21 knots, uses coal or oil turbines. Launched at Kiel in the presence of Emperor William and royal family. Fifty-five turrets redesigned for central line firing. Cost about 11.89 million dollars. Kaiser and Friedrich der Grosse to join fleet next autumn, others due in 1913.
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Associated Press
Kiel
Prinz Regent Luitpold
Emperor William
Prince
Princess Ludwig
Bavaria
Prinz Regent
Luitpold
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Friedrich der Grosse
Koenig Albert
Acquittal in Streight murder case shocks McGregor crowd
Mrs Minnie Lee Streight is freed by a district court jury after a nine day trial on charges of murdering her husband Editor T E Streight at McGregor. She claimed self defense saying he attacked her. The case has a long history including a prior life term and a habeas corpus bond.
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Associated Press
Gatesville
Tex
Minnie Lee Streight
Waco
T. E. Streight
McGregor
Streight
Richard Munro
Coryell County
Franklin road rails ordered to build 175 miles
President J E Franklin announces rail orders for 65 pound chrome steel rails to cover 175 miles of the Mexico San Antonio Gulf railroad. Galveston shipments expected in 30 to 60 days. Baldwin locomotives of 72 tons each and concrete mixing equipment also procured. Creosoted or Cypress ties at 3000 per mile to form the roadbed.
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Mexico, San Antonio & Gulf Railroad
J. E. Franklin
Galveston
Baldwin
San Antonio
Pendsesren
M. E. Lemley
A. R. Ponder
Pennsylvania Limited Hits a Work Train
The Pennsylvania Limited eastbound collided with a work train at Larwill Indiana killing five Fort Wayne workers and injuring eleven none of the Limited passengers harmed foggy conditions and a flagman signal failure were cited as causes. The article also mentions a burglary insurance withdrawal by Empire State Surety from Texas and notes other state department actions.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Limited
Warrior's Ridge
Larwill
Ind
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Company
Limited
Fort Wayne
Inmate Buckley Dies After Self Inflicted Shot
Edward Buckley a 72 year old inmate at St Francis Home for the Aged was found dead in his room with a pistol in his left temple. Coroner Umscheid summoned. Buckley a native of Ireland lived in Texas about 28 years with Eagle Pass as his home base and leaves three sons in Eagle Pass.
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Edward Buckley
St. Francis
Buckley
Umscheid
Riebe Undertaking Company
Mr. Buckley
Ireland
Texas
Eagle Pass
Taylor shops to be enlarged and improved
C. H. Seabrook superintendent of machinery B. P. Myers master mechanic of the San Antonio division and Master Car Builder Duff of Palestine officials of the International and Great Northern railway inspected the Taylor shops yesterday and announced changes in work and equipment.
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Taylor, Tex
C. H. Seabrook
B. P. Myers
San Antonio
Duff
Palestine
International & Great Northern Railway
Taylor
Enforcing Car Shed Law Finds Mixed Compliance In Texas
Safety Appliance Inspector Robert McKinley returned from Palestine where he investigated alleged violations of the car shed law and found sheds failing to meet requirements. He also inspected Taylor and reported Katy and the International and Great Northern sheds were compliant.
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Austin
Tex
Robert McKinley
Palestine
Taylor
Katy
International
Great Northern
Wireless message sets speed record in navy signals
Vallejo California February 17 news reports the South Dakota Pacific fleet cruiser sent a seven line wireless message to Washington yesterday from Honolulu. Mare Island navy yard and Key West relayed the reply within twenty minutes. The answer read OK this is regarded as a time record in wireless communication.
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Associated Press
Vallejo
Cal
South Dakota
Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
Navy Department
Washington
Mare Island Navy Yard
Key West
O. K
Tennis doubles champions win national indoor title
Wylie C. Grant and L. M. Burt were defeated by S. B. Alexander and T. H. Pell in the national indoor tennis doubles final in New York. The champions won in three straight sets 9-7 6-4 6-0. The singles final is scheduled for today with Grant facing W. B. Cragin Jr.
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Preess
New York
Wylie C. Grant
L. M. Burt
S. B. Alexander
T. H. Pell
W. B. Cragin Jr
Gonzales County Poll Taxes Increase in 1912 Total
Gonzales Texas February 17 1912 total poll taxes paid in Gonzales County reach 3713 up 304 from 1911. Local officials report the rising tax receipts reflect growing voter participation and tax collection progress.
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Gonzales County
Gonzales
Tex
Gunter Hotel company dissolves operating unit
At a meeting of stockholders the Gunter Hotel company decided to dissolve the operating company which held the lease for the Gunter hotel. The managing directors L. J. Hart F. W. Cook George B. Taliaferro Thomas F. Brady and A. P. Ford will direct the hotel’s management with no change in daily operations.
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Gunter Hotel Company
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
L. J. Hart
F. W. Cook
George B. Taliaferro
Thomas F. Brady
A. P. Ford
Gunter
Ill Businessman Brought From Mexico To San Antonio
H. T. Lay, wealthy Kewanee man, ill with pneumonia, arrived from Mexico City with a physician and nurse. They were met by Lay’s two sons at Laredo and are staying at the St. Anthony hotel. Dr. A. W. Parsons accompanied them. Lay aims to return under U S protection and recovery is expected after a few weeks in the city.
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H. T. Lay
Mexico City
San Antonio
Kewanee
Stars and Stripes
A. W. Parsons
Republic
Mr. Lay
Laredo
St. Anthony Hotel
Bralley Heads to Hearne for Educational Rally
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Bralley left Austin for Hearne to speak at an educational rally. He will then proceed to Groesbeck to address teachers, school trustees, and county boards of education.
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Austin
Tex
Bralley
Hearne
Groesbeck
Brig. Gen Clin ton Sears Dies Suddenly in Boston
Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Sears retired U S A of St. Louis died suddenly after being struck by a trolley car in Boston last night.
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Sears
Associated Press
Boston
Clinton B. Sears
St. Louis
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