City ends long standing indebtedness with partial payoff
City officials plan to fully clear unbonded debt as $26 000 note plus $87 49 interest paid Friday morning. Remaining funds hold $4 000 with auditor and $15 000 in tax collection, with more than $20 000 slated for general fund after suspensions. Mayor Chambers says salaries for firemen and policemen remain funded. two $2 000 pension notes and a $10 400 park purchase note may be settled by creditors. City reports 98 percent tax collection for 1891, likely surpassing 50 percent projected for current year.
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C. M. Chambers
Dhremen
Dicnowity Park
Chambers
Je Horrecht Shootout Scene On Austin Highway
Md identified three suspects as bandits opened fire on sheriff deputies in a high speed chase on the Austin highway around 1 am. The pursuing officers in a sedan returned fire, exchanging a long burst of pistol shots with over 30 rounds reported as hitting. Suspects fled, later captured, and three pistols were found, one from a prior robbery victim. Sheriff Albert Hausser and George Hemmond traveled from San Antonio to view the crime scene.
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Austin
Sherif Hkletsch
Albert Hausser
Georgg Hemmond
Fingerprint Bureau
Ieft
San Antonio
Sur Mire
What Congress Is Doing Friday
Senate debate on banking and judiciary bills continues as committees study relief proposals and consider war supply measures. House actions include continuing review of the same topics with banking and bankruptcy matters under scrutiny and a focus on wartime needs and veterans programs.
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Senate
Ty Oval
Griggs to Speak in San Antonio on Voltaire Goethe Lectures
Edward Howard Griggs, noted American lecturer and author, will present two talks in San Antonio January 26 and 27 under the Witte Memorial Museum and San Antonio Open Forum. He will discuss Voltaire and Goethe and their impact on modern culture, with lectures at 8 p.m. at the San Antonio Vocational Technical School auditorium. The events benefit the museum. Griggs holds a Doctor of the Humanities from the University of Munich for his work on usable ethics, economics, and culture.
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San Antonio
Witte Memorial Museum
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San Antonio Museum Association
Griges
University of Mause
Senate Action Seeks Tax Rules and Land Sales Adjustments
The senate moves to restrict ad valorem tax payments, appropriate 9800 for removing state heroes’ bodies to the state cemetery, allow Lee Moor Contracting of El Paso to sue the highway commission, require delinquent tax lists, permit sale of excess state land, create an industrial accident commission, set sale prices for land in patented surveys, establish a Montgomery county district court, and regulate contracts with mentally unsound individuals. Also eyed are hospital lien provisions, electors’ mileage, and a Galveston tax refund with a bungalow listed for sale off South Presa Street at 2250 in classified ads.
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Lee Moor Contracting Company
el Presa
State Highway Commission
el Paso-Hudspeth County
Industrial Accident Commission
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Sweetwater
Tao
Montgomery County
Arthur Duggan
Littlefield
Senate
Senator Holbrook
Texas
Holbrook
Shell and Grave
Galveston County
Texas Cily
Philippines Bill Vetoed and Its Predicted Impacts
A historical critique warns that vetoed Philippine legislation would hinder local industry without access to American markets, reduce tax revenues, and unbalance the budget. It argues US civil authority would be weakened, coercive measures might be needed, and non-Christian majorities could complicate order. It notes insufficient local income to support defense and compares regional resource potential with nearby Oriental nations.
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United States
Islands
Philippines
Health Means Charm and Happiness
Advertising copy promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health booster for women. It claims clearer skin, energy, and popularity through improved general health, stating 96 out of 100 report benefit and urging women to try the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Move to Sell U S Stock in British Drug Firm Vetoed
London reports Neville Chamberlain vetoed a proposal by the United Drug Company to sell its Boots Pure Drug Company American holdings to British interests. The deal valued at 8,250,000 pounds sterling drew concern over sterling exchange. Liggett, president of United Drug, arrived in London to press the transfer as talks continued.
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U. S
London
England
Neville Chamberlain
Boots Pure Drug Company
United Drug Company of America
Boots Company
Yous K. Liggett
United Drug Company
Oil Well Spacing Hearing Delayed Indefinitely
The Texas Railroad Commission announced the postponement indefinitely of a hearing scheduled for January 17 in San Antonio to consider Rule 37 spacing wells in the Webb County oil field.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission Today
San Antonio
Webb County
IAPS SEIZE CHINESE CITY Description of Jehol actions
The report notes IAPS seize a Chinese city with Chinese forces defending Jehol province. Estimates place Chinese troops around 180,000 in Jehol. About 10,000 entered a pass at Chiumenkow northward under Marshal Chang Hsiso-Liang before the pass closed. Tang Yu-tin heads the province’s special administrative regime. Resistance was predicted as Japanese advance toward Lingyuan, roughly 100 miles north of Jehol.
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Jehol
Passea
Chiumenkow
Chang Hsiso-Liang
Tang Yu-tin
Lingyuan
Bulgarian King and Queen Welcome First Child Daughter
Sofia reports the Bulgarian royal couple King Boris and Queen Joanna have a daughter born today marking their first child. The palace confirmed the birth in the capital city with details limited to the event.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Joanna
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