Two Men Detained in Death of Stamford at Brackenridge Park
Sheriff Tobin arrested two men who escorted Charles G. Stamford to Brackenridge Park after he was found dead there. They admit assisting Stamford while he was intoxicated but deny knowing how he died. The body was identified at the morgue by Nellie Ronan.
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Charles G. Stamford
Brackenridge Park
Tobin
Stamford
River Avenue
East Houston Street
Carver
Mford
Mamford
Beacon Hill
E. E. Wood
The
Traction Company
E. P. Barry
Barry
Duchess of Orleans Celebrates Seventeenth Wedding Anniversary
The Duchess is married to Emmanuel of Orleans and values her children over any throne. The couple recently marked their seventeenth wedding anniversary with a gathering that included many Royalist figures.
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Emmanuel of Orleans
Local Man Stamford Connected to Railroad Work
Benton street and by Mrs. M. B. Starace of 227 Hood street. Stamford, about 42, recently employed on the Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad.
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Benton Street
M. B. Starace
Hood Street
Stamford
Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
Parish Holy Name observance at St Marys Church
Parishioners and Holy Name Society at St Marys Catholic Church prepare for the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus with a 7 am mass and body communion, a school dining room breakfast, and an 7:45 pm rosary sermon and benediction led by Rev Father Mulvaney with a te deum singing. An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier for rheumatic pains.
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Holy Name Society
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father Mulvaney
Pay Your Poll Tax Subscriptions Aid Dallas University
Subscriptions totaling twenty thousand dollars for the endowment fund of Southern Methodist University in Dallas were pledged in San Antonio over six days by the university education commissioner Rev J D Young. An additional ten thousand dollars was pledged by San Antonio citizens. Young departed for Austin to continue appeals and is expected to return next week to finish soliciting.
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Southern Methodist University
Dallas
San Antonio
J. D. Young
Mr. Young
Austin
Riverside Restaurant Adverts and Global Island Trivia
An afternoon Riverside Restaurant offers a 25 cent supper and a Big Roast Turkey Dinner tomorrow at 101 East Houston Street by the Bridge. Nearby, a note mentions sixteen thousand islands between Madagascar and India, with six hundred inhabited. The piece also cites election costs in New York City totaling about 1.2 million dollars and 293 thousand for polling notices.
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Riverside
East
Houston Street
Madagascar
India
Poll tax notice targets Coliian at 416 Main Ave
A local public notice lists Coliian as a payable party at 416 Main Ave regarding poll tax. The short entry shows a demand for payment and directs compliance with local tax authority.
Bill aims to bar ships from Panama Canal under combine bill
Washington January 18 The House merchant marine committee acts on the shipping trust with a bill by Representative Humphrey to bar from the Panama Canal all vessels in combines and conferences The hearing record shows many Atlantic coastwise ships and foreign lines share rates rebates pooling and failing dates and Humphrey says foreign ships monopolize canal trade and use the United States as a way-station
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Washington, D. C
Shipping Trust
House Merchant Marine Committee
Humphrey
Washington
Panama Canal
New York
South America
South Africa
Australia
Japan
China
Philippines
Humphry
United States
Call for Receipts Threatens Voter Disqualification
County Collector Bitter warns that several hundred poll tax receipts on file must be collected by February 1 to remain valid for voting. Receipts were largely paid by business men who mailed property and poll tax checks. Only in person issuance qualifies, and 150 San Antonians qualified today as four hours opened.
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Bitter
County jail repurposed as dwelling in Hugoton Kansas
County commissioners in Hugoton Kansas have rented the two and a half year old jail as a residence after deciding it is not needed as a jail. Ford town nearby has a vacant building advertised for rent, awaiting occupants.
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Hugoton
Kas
Ford
San Antonio Tests First City Air Braked Street Car
San Antonio ran its first street car with automatic air brakes on a trial trip around the San Pedro Army Post line. John Hume of Westinghouse supervised, with Traffic Superintendent Brown and Traction Company inspectors present aboard Car No. 260. Two double-truck cars are equipped, with about sixty larger cars to follow. brakes weigh about 1000 pounds each, and total brake shipment cost over $22,000.
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San Antonio
San Pedro-Army Post Line
John Hume
Westinghouse Company
Traffic Brown
The
Traction Company
Hume
Westinghouse
Dyer to Deliver Address at YMCA Sunday Session
Rev Frank Dyer will speak at 3 30 PM Sunday in the YMCA auditorium on the topic Pleasure the first in a series of Sunday afternoon talks. He serves as natural secretary of the Congregational Brotherhood of America and has represented his church at international conferences in Europe. The YMCA orchestra will provide music.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Frank Dyer
Jesus
Y. M. C. A. Orchestra
PRESS CLUB TO MEET IN SAN ANTONIO
The Press Club of San Antonio holds a general meeting at 6 o clock Sunday afternoon in the club quarters the Dungeon at the Gunter Hotel. President Joseph Emerson Smith calls the gathering to plan a big Beethoven hall concert Monday February 3 featuring Signor Alessandro Bonci and Miss Martina Zatella and committees will be formed. Automobile rugs advertised by Woodward Carriage Company.
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Press Club of
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Joseph Emerson Smith
Beethoven Hall
Alessandro Bonci
Martina Zatella
Helena Stallo Engaged to Prince Murat in Paris Match
Announcement from Paris says Miss Helena Stallo, Cincinnati heiress, engaged after three months of courtship to Prince Murat. Described as a tall, handsome businessman with unostentatious, democratic ways, friends call this a genuine love match.
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Paris
Helena Stallo
Edmund K. Stallo
Cincinnati
Alexander McDonald
Laura
Prince Murat
Marshall Murat
Wilson Hears Panama Canal Details From Goethals
President-elect Wilson spent a quiet morning at home after arriving from New York and planned to study the Panama Canal question. Col George W Goethals outlined canal zone conditions and urged a visit. Goethals expected to fill the canal with water next December.
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Princeton
N. J
New York
Wilson
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
Canal Zone
Goethals
Postal Business Increases At San Marcos Post Office
San Marcos reports that business at the post office for the last three quarters totaled 12249.49 dollars, up from 11621.59 dollars the year before, a gain of 727.90. The higher activity is enough to raise the postmaster salary by about 1200 dollars annually.
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San Marcos
Tex
Harris acquitted in Denison railroad strike killing
W T Harris charged with the February killing of R L Black during a railroad car men strike in Denison was acquitted this morning. Black was a striker and Harris acted as a guard.
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Sherman
Tex
W. T. Harris
R. L. Black
Denison
Black
Harris
Dorothea Cleared for Rio Janeiro From Mobile With Lumber
The Russian bark Dorothea abandoned at sea and found by the revenue cutter Seneca cleared from Mobile for Rio Janeiro December 14, carrying 706 493 feet of lumber. Commanded by Captain J. A. Jansen, the crew numbered 14 men. Dr. Goeth moved across the street to F building. Hours 2 to 4 p m.
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Mobile
Ala
Dorothea
Seneca
Rio Janiero
J. A. Jansen
Sister Mary de Sales Semmes Funeral Held in Nashville
The funeral for Sister Mary de Sales Semmes granddaughter of Admiral Raphael Semmes of the Confederate cruiser Alabama was held at St. Cecelia Academy in Nashville today. She was 21 and her family home was in Arkansas.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mary de Sales Semmes
Raphael Semmes
Alabama
St. Cecelia Academy
Arkansas
Beautiful Words Contest Names Twenty-Five Top Terms
In a Chicago contest twenty five words are named as most beautiful. Winners include Melody splendor adoration grace eloquence virtue innocence modesty faith truth peace nobility joy honor love divine heaven hope harmony happiness purity justice liberty radiance and sympathy. Grace justice were dropped for harsh sounds and truth for a mentalize tone.
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Chicago
Alvine
Liquor Dealers Must Give Bond Advised by Attorney General
The Attorney General told the San Antonio tax authorities that liquor dealers planning to sell from one pint up to a gallon of liquor not for on premises consumption must qualify as liquor dealers by posting a bond, same as other dealers.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Attorney General Today
Woman Suffering Fourteen Years Seeks Pinkham Aid
Elkhart Indiana resident Mrs Sadie Williams reports fourteen years of organic inflammation female weakness and related pains. After six doctors offered only temporary relief she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with four months of relief. She grants permission to publish her letter and urges others to seek guidance from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Elkhart
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Williams
James Street
Indiana
Pinkham
Lyd E
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn Mass
Keene Stable Dominates Turf Winnings in 1907
The New York Evening Post notes James R. Keene’s stable earned close to 33 million from turf racing in England and America, with $406,591 won in 1907 at the Jockey Club track in New York surpassing prior records. Colin led with $125,951, Peter Pan $88,325, Ballot $63,315, and Sysonby among other victors. The article also mentions presidential etiquette for the First Lady and social constraints in Washington.
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James R. Keene
England
America
New York Evening Post
Jockey Club
New York
Keene
Duke of Portland
Colin
Peter Pan
Ballot
Sysonby
How You Can Tell The Best Goods to Buy
Advice on recognizing quality in goods through trademarks and packaging. Emphasizes the manufacturer’s interest in protecting trade marks and design, the cost of registration, and the value of广告 to consumers for avoiding inferior imitations.
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J. P. Fallon
Italian doctor Moretti eyes wireless voice long distance leap
The Baltimore Sun reports 26 year old Italian doctor Riccardo Moretti has developed a faster rapid-discharge apparatus to transmit the human voice by wireless as far as 700 miles, surpassing current Marconi limits. He gifts the discovery to Italy, expects world use amid syndicate plans and government backing.
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Rome
Tripoli
Baltimore Sun
Ricardo Moretti
Lybian
Moretti
America
Europe
Bell Telephone
Marchiafava
Pius X
Italy
Paris
Banker tourists laud Texas progress during San Antonio visit
Minneapolis banker John Birkholz and companions praise Texas growth during a San Antonio stay. He notes the modern city, hotel quality, and plans to visit Corpus Christi and the King Ranch before duck shooting along the coast. Also mentions Governor Colquitt retaining the prison commission with Ben E. Cabell as chairman and two others.
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Texas
John Birkholz
Minneapolis
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
King Ranch
Mr. Birkholz
T. F. Baxter
Boston
E. W. Decker
Northwestern National Bank of
C. P. Jaffrey
First National Bank
Edwin Chamberlain
St. Anthony
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Ben E. Cabell
R. BE
Brahan
L. B. Tittle
Free prescription promises quick restoration of manhood
A Detroit man advertises a free copy of a purported prescription for nervous debility and weakened manhood. The notice claims the recipe cures deficiency without drugs and offers to mail it in a plain envelope to any man who writes for it. Dr A E Robinson provides the offer and address 4725 Luck Building Detroit Mich.
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A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
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Tom L. Miller
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Losoya
Duchess OF
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A. Coliian
Bill
Premer
Westinghouse Representative
San Pedro
Dyer
Woodward Carriage Company
Pringe
Miss Helena Stadlo
Joseph Medill Patterson
Roosevelt
Panama
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White House
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J. K. Cannaday
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Third National Bank
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