Capital Stock Raised by San Antonio Firms to Fund Growth
San Antonio Traction increases chartered capital from 1 million to 1.21 million and Gas & Electric from 984 thousand to 1.16 million. Both full paid in cash as construction costs over past two years exceed 600 thousand. General Manager W B Tuttle says about 300 thousand will be spent on 1912 construction.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Traction Company
Gas & Electric Company
W. B. Tuttle
Gift of 50000 acres lands to New Orleans for charity
Edward Wisner donates 50000 acres in the Mississippi delta for charitable use in New Orleans with a 100 year non disposal clause. Revenues fund Tulane University a city convalescent home schools embellishment a civic center and homes for police firemen newsboys and other city needs. Mayor Behrman accepts pending council action.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Edward Wisner
Father of
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Tulane University
Salvation Army
Martin Behrman
Great Grandmother at 47 Begat Four-Generation Line
Hazel Conklin of Indianapolis became a great grandmother at 47 when her granddaughter Lydia Rauch gave birth to a baby yesterday. Conklin wed at 14 in Memphis defying her mother who married young as well. Her daughter Mildred Ferguson married at 16 and is now a grandmother at 34.
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Hazel Conklin
Denver
Indianapolis News
Lydia Rauch
Testimony details daily reports in Chicago Packers trial
Direct testimony revealed daily and weekly shipment and margin reports among Armour Swift Morris and National Packing, with Boston and New England branch ties. Everett Dill described close daily contact and telegraphed margins used to fix prices, guiding sales to maximize profit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Everett B. Dill
National Packing Company
Boston
New York
Armour, Swift, Morris
New England
Everett B. Hill
Consolidated Beef Company
Philadelphia
Hill
Swift & Co
Armour Packing Company
Omaha Packing Company
Kenyon
Dill
Hiego
Armour, Morris and Swift
van Pelt
Armour
Paddock
Morris
Hunnewell Swift
Er. Swift and Morris
Armour, Swift and Morris
Payne
Paul Steffler Named County Commissioner for Precinct 4
Paul Steffler secretary of the Bartenders' union was appointed by County Judge Phil H. Shook as county commissioner from Precinct 4 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William C. Kroeger. He will post bond of 4000 and be sworn in. Steffler has held leadership roles in labor circles and this marks his first public office.
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Paul Steffler
Bartenders’ Union
Phil H. Shook
William C. Kroeger
Steffler
State Federation of Labor
Trades Council
Railroad plans hinge on local funding for 6 percent preference shares
Local capital is urged to take up part of the 6 per cent preference issue as construction plans proceed. William Pattinson says surveys show a first class express route from San Antonio to Rockport with minor engineering hurdles and about 1500 local laborers to be hired. Civil works, docks at Harbor Island, and extensions to Tampico are tied to the same timeline.
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Pattinson
William Pattinson
Harbor Island
Rockport
Rio Grande
Tampico
Mexico City
San Antonio
Messrs
Mounsey
Quinan
San Angelo
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Famous Hot Liver Buttons Now Sold Nationwide
Readers learn that druggists stock Famous Hot Liver Buttons for the first time in Sannia. The ad touts benefits for constipation, liver issues, stomach and bowel discomfort, headaches, and nervousness, claiming rapid relief and blood purification with a single dose. Box price is 25 cents from Hot Springs Chem in Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Sannia
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Chem
Ark
Powers To Recognize Republic Contemplates Yuan Plan
The report says Yuan Shi Kai agreed to retire the Manchus and back a republic for the southern provinces with Dr Sun Yat Sen as head of a southern republic while Yuan would govern the north. A dual administration would await a convention decision on government. Delegates were seen as likely to back a republic.
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Yuan
Dr. Sun
United States Troops Arrive for Peking Railroad Guard
The Fifteenth United States Infantry unit arriving to guard the Peking to coast railroad reached Chin Wang Tao aboard the transport Logan. The arrival follows duty in the Peking area as the guard contingent moves to different sections of the line.
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Chin Wang Tao
Associated Press
PEKIN
Fifteenth
United States Infantry
Peking
Logan
Railway finance moves toward San Antonio project
Edward Cowper Thwaite reports London cable confirms early funds for the San Antonio Rockport and Mexico railway with 60 000 pounds to start construction. Pattinson Mounsey may travel to oversee first phase with Quinan handling initial work as bids await bond issue.
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Edward Cowper-Thwaite
London
San Antonio
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexico
The
Light
Mounsey
Pattinson
England
Quinan
Rockport
Hecknart
Cowper-Thwaite
Santonio
Rockpternoon
All Rolling Stock to Capital Edict Shocks Peking Rail
London dispatch reports an imperial edict orders the Peking railroad to send all rolling stock to Peking. An exodus of the nobles is expected soon, with three trains awaiting near Peking according to a Tien Tsin news agency dispatch.
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Associated Press
London
Peking
Tien Tsin
Miners Seek Constitution Change to Bar Civic Federation Delegates
Indiana miners at their convention discuss a proposed new constitution forbidding any member of the national civic federation from serving as a delegate to a United Mine Workers convention. The move mirrors last year’s action targeting John Mitchell.
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Civic Federation
PY Thessetrceal BD Press
Indianapolis
Ihd
Miners’ Convention
National Civic Federation
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Atlany
Franklin Stile Says He Has Nothing to Say For Publication
J. Franklin, president of the noted organization, is quoted as saying he has nothing to say at the moment for publication. No further comments or details were provided.
Root Defends Courts at New York Address
Senator Elihu Root, president of the New York State Bar Association, defended both state and federal courts in a New York speech on judicial decisions and public feeling. He attacked recall of judges as impatience and opposed expanding such powers.
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New York
Elihu Root
New York State Bar Association
Root
Better Digestion Promised by Pink Pills for Pale People
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for indigestion gas and heartburn claiming they purify the blood strengthen the stomach and tone nerves. It cites Mrs G W Eggleston of Topeka Kansas detailing relief from stomach trouble gas and rheumatism after using the pills and offers a free booklet and order details with prices.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
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