Western Claim Conference Meeting Draws Claim Agents
A gathering of claim agents from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico will meet at the St. Anthony hotel on January 21 for the Western Claim Conference. The annual meeting will elect officers for the coming year and discuss standardizing claims handling to reduce friction with shippers. A committee may be formed to coordinate with other regional claim conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithwestern Claim Conference
Texas
Louisa
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Newxico
St. Anthony
Juary
General Agents to Meet Over New Texas Passenger Rates
Texas line passenger agents and rate clerks plan a joint meeting in Aston on January 15 to draft approve and publish a new line passenger rate schedule for Texas points with rail service. Company files charges list incorporators E S Fomby J Jones and J W Donnell with capital stock of 20000. Pay your poll tax message repeats.
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Aston
Texas
Ustin
Tex
Fomby Jones
San Antonio
State Department
Fomby
J. Jones
J. W. Donnell
Man recounts recovery from tuberculosis using Eckman’s Alterative
An affidavit from Arthur Webb describes a severe TB case starting in December 1904 with pneumonia and emaciation. After using Eckman’s Alterative alongside rest and nourishment, he improved drastically, gaining weight from 103 to 158 pounds and reporting full recovery and no lung pain.
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Ckman
Eckman
Fort Worth
Texas
Colo
Canon City
Arthur Webb
Kman’s
A. M. Her
Paparint
Ickman
Iladelphia
Paving Contract Scrutiny Over East Commerce Street
City Engineer A C Pancoast defends five year guarantee for Roach Mannigan Paving Company work on East Commerce Street. Interstices between wood blocks are partly filled with asphaltum due to weather and design, with inspectors noting most seams closed while Chestnut Street area shows deeper gaps. Mayor Jones has consistently approved the paving as the best in San Antonio.
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Commerce Street
Wickeland
A. C. Pancoast
Jones
Pancoast
Roach-Mannigan Paving Company
Chestnut Street
San Antonio
Examination Postponed for San Antonio Civil Service Test
The civil service examination for unskilled laborers at the San Antonio post office has been postponed to January 25. Vacancies exist for many government workers in this capacity. Riverside Restaurant promotes meals and daily specials including turkey, chicken, shrimp, frog legs, and mackerel with 25 cent meals. Pay your poll tax.
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San Antonio
Riverside
Kansas City
Riverside Restaurant
Poslam Promises Rapid Cure For Skin Diseases
Poslam is advertised as a superior treatment for skin diseases claiming immediate relief from itching inflammation and rapid healing. It targets eczema acne tetter salt rheum psoriasis and scalp scale with overnight results for pimples and blemishes. Poslam Soap complements daily cleansing and is billed as gentle for infants. Free samples offered via Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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New York City
Grand Trunk Chief Indicted Over New Haven Monopoly
hk J Chamberlin president of the Grand Trunk railway with Charles S Mellen president of the New Haven and Harifo railroad and Alfred Smithers of the Grand Trunk were indicted by a New York grand jury for conspiracy to restrain commerce. They allegedly agreed to preserve a New England transport monopoly and crush competition with outside markets.
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Hk. J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Railway
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Harifo Railroad
Alfred Smithers
Grand Trunk
United States Grand Jury
Southern District of
New York
New Haven
New England
Elks Minstrel Cast Chosen Tonight for San Antonio Show
The San Antonio Lodge of Elks selects 40 to 50 performers tonight for a two part minstrel at the Grand Opera House on January 21 under Harry Miller of New York. The program features a Panama Pacific Exposition scene, new jokes, songs, and a headlining act The Gay Deceiver with comic songs clog dancing and other acts interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Orders Railroad 10 Quit Using Sewer
Mayor Jones informs J. E. Taussig of Southern Pacific to discontinue using the city sanitary sewer for waste from the roundhouse. Residents along Austin street complain the discharge overwhelms sewers. two years ago a storm sewer from the roundhouse to the San Antonio river was promised but not built. If the practice continues, the city will seek legal action and sever the sewer connection.
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J. E. Taussig
The
Southern Pacific
Jones
Austin Street
Southern Pacific Round House
Round House
San Antonio
Taussig
More Rain Forecast Across Texas and Southwest
Weather forecasts warn of continued rain and cloudy, raw conditions across Texas and the region. A storm area sits over the plateau, bringing unsettled national weather and cold snaps in the British northwest, with rains noted in Austin, Corpus Christi, Lockhart, Luling, and Taylor.
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Texas
British Northwest
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Southwest
Austin
Corpus Christi
Lockhart
Luling
Taylor
German Consul in Chicago Dead by Self Destruction
Ernest Bodenheim a 44 year old vice consul for the French government at Cassel Germany died by suicide at the Blackstone hotel Chicago after arriving January 7 with H Katz of Memphis. He left three sealed notes and was found in pajamas with an automatic pistol. Bodenheim and Katz were connected with the American Land Timber and Stave Co. of Memphis. Katz read the note to him and notified management. Bodenheim had come to sell foreign interests of his company in Berlin. the deal was completed this week. No motive given.
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Chicago
Ernest Bodenheim
Casesel
Germany
Blackstone Hotel
Bodenheim
H. Katz
Memphis
Tenn
Katz
American Land, Timber and Stave Company
Berlin
Hyomei Catarrh Cure Promoted in Simple Breathing Claim
Hyomei is advertised as a safe remedy for catarrh in the nose or throat. The ad asserts the medicine works through inhalation, soothing inflamed membranes, stopping discharge, and promoting healing without stomach administration.
Booths Hyomei Inhaler for Catarrh and Colds
Just breathe through Hyomei marketed as a eucalyptus based antiseptic inhaler. The complete outfit with inhaler bottle and instructions sells for $1.00 and a separate bottle costs 50 cents. Used for catarrh coughs colds and sore throats with guaranteed relief.
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Booth
Socialist to Lecture by C Oliver Power in San Antonio
C Oliver Power of Columbus, a noted socialist speaker, will give an illustrated lecture on The Waste of Capitalism and Its Remedy at Beethoven Hall in San Antonio on Tuesday evening January 14. About 150 stereopticon slides will illustrate socialist views and conditions. Power cites testimonials from professors and Chautauqua managers who heard him in Where the Other Half Lives. The talk begins at 8 oclock.
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C. Oliver Power
Columbus
Beethoven Hall
San Antonio
Power
Chautauqua
Dwyer Avenue Circle In Charge Of Meeting
The week of prayer meeting at the First Baptist Church is led by the Dwyer Avenue Circle with Mrs. George Houston as chairman. The program covers Judson the Apostle of Faith and Work and the missionary contributions of Adoniram Judson and Ann Hasseltine with sermons by local members and a China missionary report.
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First Baptist Church
Dwyer Avenue
George Houston
Fred
Hall
Circle No. 1
Judson
W. H. Price
Rosa Morrison
J. S. Porter
John Lowe
China
Jennie Martin
Adoniram Judson
Greenland
San Benito Day Opens Busy Midwinter Fair in Brownsville
Big Day at Brownsville sees San Benito day as banner event at the midwinter fair. The sun returns after a cloudy week and attendance is expected to reach 2500 as a flower parade is held this afternoon.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Benito
Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths Ad
An advertising notice promotes Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths offering weight reduction via scientific massage therapy. The deal includes a beauty parlor and is accessible via the South Flores street car line.
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Harlandale
South Flores
Investment Delayed Over School Fund Bond Rules
The Texas State Board of Education invested about 30 000 in permanent school fund bonds after Comptroller Lane questioned whether funds idle in the state treasury for two years could be invested except in state federal or county bonds. An investigation may delay the purchase.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Education
University
Blind Institute
The
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Orphans’ Home
Lane
United States
Hanging of John Robinson Delayed by Last Meal Pace
The Dallas Texas murder case notes John Robinson, a Black man, delaying his execution as he eats a large midday meal. he is hanged at 12:52 PM after finishing dinner. The report also surveys Philippine industrial education and shifting import patterns in cocoa tea and coffee, with U S electrification plans by the Denver and Rio Grande railway.
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Dallas
Tex
John Robinson
Robinson
Rain Checks Poll Tax Payments Highlight Weather Delay
The county tax collector reported 218 poll taxes paid yesterday with similar turnout expected today, but bad weather reduced attendance. If totals reach 150, it will be viewed as a good day. City taxes also faced light morning service as voters must post both city and county receipts to vote. City tax costs $1 and county tax $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John’ A. Bitter
Court House
Ocean Drive Project Aims to Link Corpus Christi Bay Area
A plan seeks to build Ocean Drive from Corpus Christi around the bay to Aransas Pass via Portland La Quinta Ingleside and Harbor City. Citizens consider a bond issue for a Nueces Bay causeway with automobile road wagon roads and rail lines. Senator Willacy backs Portland and Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company favors the project. The Harbor City Terminal Corporation supports it. An electric line may run along the grade if access is arranged.
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Corpus Christi
Portland
la Quinta
Ingleside
Harbor City
Aransas Pass
Nueces Bay
Willacy
Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company
A. D. Powers
Beauty and Liver Health Promotes Youthful Looks
A famous stage actress advocates liver function as key to beauty and happiness. Dodson's Liver Tone is promoted as a safe, gentle remedy replacing calomel, claimed to relieve constipation and biliousness, with testimonials from A. M. Fischer and widespread local trust.
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A. M. Fischer
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London
John Williams
F. Houston St. Maverick Hotel
LAIM
Andy
Dgson
Candy Maker
Houston St
St. Mary's St
the Bridge
Council
BIG Elk Minstrel
Harry Miller
Railway Company
Raiway Salvage Company
Melaco Enemeles A
Ing
W. Houston St
Ouston St
Hyomei
Maude A. Kiskadden
Maude Adams
Forty-first Street
Fifth Avenue
Blackburn
Blackburns
North Dakota
Harper Brush
London & Northwestern Railway
Crewe
England
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philippines
Manila
College of Agriculture
Los Banos
University of the Philippines
France
Great Britain
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Electrical Review
Fletcher
Dodson
Bael
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