Aviation feats at the Fair Grounds State draw crowds
Local chronicle notes CHRONOLOGY OF THE WEEK detailing DeLloyd Thompson and Andrew Drew performing aviation stunts at the Fair Grounds State. Also reports fatal locomotive automobile collision near Fort Worth involving Lawrence Ripy, a farmer dead under a Floresville bridge, a big fire hit Poteet’s business district, and Wilson's cabinet selections statement.
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Andrew Drew
Fair Grounds State
Lawrence Ripy
Fort Worth
Gustave Karnel
Floresville
Poteet
Woodrow Wilson
City moves to elect voters on bonds for Commerce Street widening
Mayor Jones blocks the minority report in the Stevens case as the city council orders a February 8 election to let property owners decide on bonds to widen Commerce Street. The article also notes Sherman act concerns, a Senate appointment, rail merger actions, and harsh Texas weather with cross border labor movements.
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Jones
Charles F. Stevens
Commerce Street
Bowen's Island channel work halted pending council vote
City officials pause work on diverting the San Antonio river at Bowen's Island until the council votes an ordinance disposing of the matter. State legislators arriving in Austin for the legislative session back Ches ter Terrell for speaker. The Fourth Court denies Albert Reitzer an injunction against Medina Valley Irrigation to stop Medina dam construction and open flood gates. A northern storm leaves widespread damage. An exporter testifies that the steamship trust can shift shipping contracts abroad. Senator William Alden Smith reports Taft favored Madero in U S Mexico relations.
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Eugene Walter
International Fair Grounds
London
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican
William Alden Smith
Senate
United States
Mexico
Pedro Lascurain
New Orleans
R. M. Johnston
J. W. Bailey
Merchant Marine Committee
House of Representatives
California
Rosencrans
Peacock Spit
Pacific Coast
Bowen's
San Antonio
Austin
Chester Terrell
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Albert Reitzer
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
Medina
Reitzer
House Merchant Marine Committee
Steamship Trust
Taft
Madero
Annual San Antonio meeting elects Groos president
The San Antonio Clearing House Association held its annual meeting and Franz Groos was elected president. The report notes other leading events, including indictments in a federal grand jury and political maneuvers in Austin and Washington. The piece mentions proposals, legal actions, and a dramatic family tragedy near Floresville. The foreign brief notes Adrianople’s fall appears imminent.
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San Antonio Clearing House Association
Franz Groos
Federal
Legislative shifts and trials frame national headlines
Friday’s briefs cover a one sided lower house shift in Chester H Terrell’s favor. investigations into Federal Judges Van Valkenberg and Pollock. the will of White law Reid benefiting Mrs. Reid Baker. Also mentions a habeas corpus denial for Cipriano Castro and a deadly steamer explosion on the Tombigbee River with Mexican rebels approaching Mexico City. Turkey warns on London peace talks.
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A. S. van Valkenberg
John C. Pollock
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Whitelaw Reid
New York
Reid
George F. Baker
Money Trust
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Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
James T. Staples
Tombigbee River
Alabama
Mexico City
Ayotcingo
Turkey
Women's seats on San Antonio school board proposed
Citizens mass meeting decides to amend the San Antonio Independent School District charter to open three board seats to women. Chester Terrell, rival for the House speakership, says prohibition is not an issue. A detective is shot in New York during a clash with highwaymen. Big Tim Sullivan is sent to a sanitarium. Rebels threaten the Vera Cruz to Mexico City railroad.
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San Antonio Independent
Chester H. Terrell
House of Representatives
New York
Big Tim” Sullivan
New Yorkegislator
Fly Carriers of Infantile Paralysis Linked by Harvard
The Harvard medical faculty reports that the common stable fly distributes the germs of infantile paralysis. Flies once seen as harmless are now identified as carriers of typhoid fever sleeping sickness ophthalmia and infantile paralysis and thus among humanitys worst enemies.
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Harvard Medical Faculty
Cotton King and Seven Cotton Men to Stand Trial
Wall street buzzes as James A. Patten and seven other cotton magnates face trial in the Southern District of New York. Indicted June 17 1910 for Sherman anti trust violations by cornering the 1909 cotton crop and driving up raw cotton prices. Supreme Court confirms trial is required.
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J. N. Heiskell
Arkansas Gazette
Senate
Jeff Davis
Robert W. Archbald
Scranton
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas
Mexico
Wall Street
James A. Patten
Grand Jury
New York
Historic Wood Gavel Presented to House Democratic Caucus
The Washington House Democratic caucus will use a gavel fashioned from historic timber. George A. Ray presents the gavel to Burleson the caucus chairman. The head uses heartwood from a tree before Arlington House and the handle comes from flooring of the old Lee mansion laid in 1802.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Burleson
George A. Ray
House
Arlington
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Commodore to Become Floating Armory and Gymnasium
The Commodore, long used as a storehouse, will be secured by the Chicago Naval Reserves and rebuilt into a floating armory and gymnasium. At 280 feet long with a 42 foot beam, the vessel will host an indoor baseball field, basketball and handball courts, and other facilities at a total cost of 50 000 dollars.
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Chicago
World’s Horoscope for 1913 Predicts Global Turmoil
The New York American foresees a year of disturbances for the United States and world events including Panama Canal disputes, major strikes, stock-market strains, wars and revolts abroad, notable accidents, and political perils for leaders in Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria, and other nations.
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United States
New York
Chicago
Alabama
Wildcat Mascot Adopted for Gunboat Castine in Norfolk
A real wildcat captured near the Dismal Swamp is to become the mascot of the gunboat Castine. Sailors at a Norfolk saloon seized the animal after seeing it on display and provided a cage, planning to tame it as a ship mascot.
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Norfolk
Castine
Cachine
The Dodo Story and a French Ambulance Carriage
The article recounts the dodos Mauritius origin and extinction with notes from 17th century travelers, Clark’s 1865 remains linking it to pigeons, and a later description of a large portable French Schneider ambulance with an onboard operating room, water system, UV sterilization, and tent-like wings for battlefield use.
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Harry
British Museum
Clark
Mauritius
Schneider
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