Race of the Railroads for Mail Business
The New Mail Special shortened the time between South Texas and St Louis, diverting mail from New Orleans and reshaping routes. The Southern Pacific moved large mail volumes from New Orleans to Houston and San Antonio, while New York and eastern routes weakened as South Texas neared St Louis. Government carriers deny favoritism, but the faster line draws more parcels toward the gulf and sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Texas
St Louio
New York
Sperin
Houston
Tex
St. Louis
New Orleans
Thas
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Toansten
Gal Yeelen
San Antonia
South Texas
St. Laulgere
Cotton Gin Deal Involves $450000 Transfer To Texas Elite
A special report notes a major sale where the W. T. Waggoner gin and oil interests in two territories and Texas transfer to Sidney Webb of Henrietta, Texas. The deal involves a financial amount around $450,000 and reshapes ownership across multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guibtic
Oklas
W. T. Waggoner
Texas
Sidney Webb
Henrietta
Texa
W. T. Waggoners
Yexas Independence Day Observed March 2
Texas independence day events described with plans for public observance in the city. A program includes exercises, songs, word contests and drills. Reports filed with the comptroller and Wells-Mingo Express Campany and railroad companies noted in the same dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yexas
Lent Fast Rules For Catholics In San Antonio
Bishop J A Forest issues Lent observance rules for Catholics in the San Antonio diocese. Fast day rules apply to ages seven and up with exemptions for infirm, under twenty one, pregnant or nursing women, prisoners, and the aged. Special dispensations allow butter cheese fruits vegetables and fish. meat permitted certain days with conditions. Morning coffee or bread allowed. abstinence guidance, devotion, and fundraising collections tied to Holy Week and Easter. Authority dated February 28 2016.
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J. A. Forest
Diocese of
San Antonio
Jaborigus
Sanda
Holy Sea
Lene
Cada
Goodaya
Sicrament
Veetora
Anna
Palestine
Pastora
Thie
Ban Antonin
Jehn Anthony
Divion of
Bai
Catholic Calendar for the Coming Week
Calendar notes a week of saints and observances with days named Sunday Quingungasima Sunday and Saturday listing confessor and chantor roles. Includes Ash Wednesday and the Apparition of the Immaculate Conception entries amid a garbled contact line for a business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quingungasima
Tribute to the late Hon. K. C. Grothaus
A tribute praising the late Tan. L. C. Grothaus as a noble, capable lawyer and devoted Republican. The piece recalls his strong mind, service on the district bench, character as a husband, and the loss felt after his wife’s death. A farewell by James P. Newcomer closes the tribute.
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Tan. L. C. Grothaos
Kitel
Grothana
Statwarts
Marshoall Micks
Grothaus
Hicks
Til
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Home Treatment
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless, at home remedy for piles. It claims immediate relief and a permanent cure via suppositories, with a free trial offer and later optional paid treatment through drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
Aurel
Marshall
Comparison of Earnings of Texas Railroads
Special to The Light Analin Texas Feb 4 the railroad commission public the comparison of earnings for the ten months ending December 11 190k with 1904 freight earnings up 1 222 609 or 1 10 percent gross earnings up 1 623 409 or 3 41 percent operating expenses up 5 673 607 or 831 percent income from operation down 149 988 or 1 16 percent affecting thirty two leading Texas railroads J T Direct Co Undertakers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
J.T Dirnect & Co. Undertakers
Iron Foundry and Shops at Rusk Penitentiary
Warden Walker reports on the Rusk Penitentiary foundry and machine shops. He notes 100 tons of iron manufactured daily, a doubling of pipe foundry capacity within sixty days, and wide sale of pipes beyond Texas. The facility employs 200 convicts and funds improvements from its revenue, asserting self sufficiency and substantial state revenue.
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Baccal
Auslln
Tex
Witker
State Penitentiary
Rusk
Comptrollers Department
Lernooy
Walker
Rush
Conedue
Wal
Horse injures man after stepping on him on East Commerce
KP J Schroeders of 2825 North New Transfels avenue suffered injuries when his horse stepped on him on East Commerce Street around 9:00 p.m. The horse kicked and stamped on his side as he lay under a wagon ladder. Authorities fear possible fractures though his condition is described as not serious.
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KP. J. Schroeders
Noth New Transfels Avenue
East Commerce Street
Mr. Sichroeders
Mr Schraeder
Prominent Stonecutter Arrives in City on Official Visit
General secretary of the Stone Cutters' Union of America arrives in the city with Alderman Lanbert and Mayor Callaghan escort. He will stay through today touring city sites before heading to Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tames Fo MeHngi
Stone Cutters' Maton of
America
Jay Mul
Lanbert
Callaghan
Taumber
Fort Worth
United States
Mississippi Pushes Immigration Expansion Bill
Special to The Light reports Mississippi's senate passed a bill creating an agricultural and immigration department within the state government. The department would be led by a governor-appointed commissioner earning 2400 dollars annually, with an assistant at 1500 dollars, serving until the next general election when elected like other state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jouchson
Auss
Senate
Nation Association Committee
Diay
Aimeto
Burial Permits For Children and Adults In Local Cemeteries
Burial permits issued for F Badua r te Aguilera age four who died February 24 at 216 Ban Feramn do street with interment in Cathalla cemetery. Charles Jones, 28, died February 22 of tuberculosis and is to be buried in cemetery No 8 De Riebe. Contact numbers 241.
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Fbaduarte Aguilera
Ban Feramndo Street
Cathalla
Charles Jones
Pedronry
Tiberculo
Gol Say Saba Street
de Riebe
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Union Taukine
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Bhelley - Gadoriaking Co
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Simmy
Plctron
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Paragon
Manhattan
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Eagle
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