Jones Wanted at Houston in Missing Investment Schemes
Houston dispatch reports J J Jones sought loans for Prudential Investment Co of San Antonio. He advertised statewide offices, required 18 dollars plus 13 later, and vanished after withdrawing funds. Rinehart of the Houston firm says Jones acted briefly without authority and had no current ties to the San Antonio company.
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Houston
Tex
J. J. Jones
Prudential Investment Company
Ban Attonio
Jones
Tra Q. Rinehert
Frudential Investment Company
Houston Street
Light and Gazette
Mai! Aime
Fie
San Antonio
Tyne
Commissioners award contract and appoint engineer
The commissioners awarded Martin Wright a contract to install an electric fan in the court house for 24.75 dollars. Charles Seiderschmit was appointed engineer at the rank quarry with a salary of 60 dollars per month.
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Martin Wright
Charles Seiderschmit
Rank
Appoint Hustlers to Raise Bonus for Railroad
At a meeting of the Business Men's directors led by President Fred W. Cook a central committee of seven was empowered to raise a 50 000 cash bonus and a 50 000 bond subscription to secure the J P Nelson railroad to Frederickburg and north. A motion to accept Nelsons Proposition and raise the bonus was carried. The seven will be announced after confirmations. Several men, including Ben Hammond A R Ainiff and Haralubrey, signaled willingness. remaining members to be secured promptly so work can begin. Present were Jake Wolff H 2 Hildebrand H L Wolff W B Tuttle George McQuaid Chas Grabner H M Aubrey August Bramer John B Carrington and business men A F Hulff J 3 Kampmann Ben M Hammond and MN U Hewitt.
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Fred W. Cook
J. P. Nelson
Prederickeburg
North
Nelson
Ben Hammond
A. R. Ainiff
Haralubrey
Ware
Jake, Wolff
H. 2. Hildebrand
H. L. Wolff
W. B. Tuttle
George McQnaid
Chas, Grabner
H. M. Aubrey
August Briamer
John B. Carrington
A.F. Hulff
J. 3. Kampmann
Ben M. Hammond
Mn.u. Hewitt
Bailey to remain in Gainesville after Congress ends
Gainesville Special Dispatch reports that Senator Bailey will leave Washington at the end of the current session and return with his family to Gainesville. Close associates describe Gainesville as his home, noting he has disposed of farm holdings but retains a fine residence and productive business property there, with no suggestion of leaving the city.
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Gainesville
Tex
Bailey
Washington
Congress
The Superba to Reopen After Overhaul and Upgrades
Announcement Yesterday that the Superba theater, formerly the Happy Hone, would reopen Saturday was greeted with pleasure by many friends. After a thorough overhaul, opera chairs, new scenery and ample fans have been installed, and the Superbs are expected to quickly regain popularity.
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Superba
Happy Hone
Superbs
Sidney Weiss Buys Theaters in Southwest Circuit
Special Dispatch reports that the Greenwall theater circuit has been sold to Sidney H. Weis of San Antonio. Mitchell Greenwall says the Houston and Galveston houses may be affected, while Fort Worth and New Orleans houses remain under Greenwalls for now. Weis is in New York awaiting confirmation of the deal.
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Dispatch
Greenwall
Fort Worth
Tex
New York
Southwest
Phil
Henry Greenwall
Sid
Ney Weis
San Antonio
Mitchell Greenwall
Houston
Galveston
New Orleans
Sidney H. Weis
Assistant General secures depositions in anti trust suit
Avatin Texas July 2 Assistant Attorney General Lightfoot returned from New York with depositions to be used in the trial of the anti trust suit against the Standard Oil Company. The hearings are set for the September term of the district court here. He declares the trip yielded satisfactory results.
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Avatin
Tex
Lightfoot
New York
Trias
Standard Oil Company
District Court
Trip
Changes in School Books by Board Authorization
The school board will implement numerous book changes for the coming year led by Superintendent Lukin. Revisions target outdated texts, improve readability, and reduce blank book purchases. Notable shifts include Regal Loars Leaf in upper grades, Myers Brooks arithmetic replacing Walsh’s, and new State Adaption readers across grades.
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Buperintendent Lukin
Myers’. Brooks
Walsh
Qgalden
Steppy Hollow
Schuitze
Wentworths
Ben
Goulter
Mackenen
Halleck
Bella Tickettoam
Pearson
Confesses Murder to Save Another
Associated Press reports Tuy Se-starmes Fawerd Cunningham, a laborer, confessed to the murder of Caroline Bras, cashier for Gray Bros. Construction, slain Wednesday at the firm’s office. Cunningham surrendered, while Assistant District Attorney Ghamwhers announced dismissal of Texas v Faceh Barge due to the defendant’s death after being indicted for mortgaged property disposal. Barge had been proprietor of the Hismarek cafe on Alamo Plaza.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Ghamwhers
State of Texas
Faceh Barge
Barge
Brownsville
Alamo Plaza
Mortuary notices from San Antonio list McDowell and Griffin deaths
Multiple obituaries report the deaths of Eee Mae McDowell of Duda at Santa Rosa infirmary from appendicitis, Pinkney B. Griffin of San Antonio from illness, Mrs A C Coleman of Caetus, Join F White of the city hospital from malaria. Surviving relatives include spouses, siblings, and children. funeral details and interment plans are noted for each case.
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Eee Mae McDowell
Les Mae McDowell
T. B. ‘McDowell
Duda
Tex
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Decedent
Clly
McDowell
San Antonio
Winifred “Semliner
Fred “Mayer
Ben H. Zuber
John Bollers
Kate &. Schenck
Alii
Mra
Simon Fleischmann
de Rio
Alfred White
Firth ‘Pass
Charles F. Seringer
Welock
Serlinger
North Street
Alamo Masonic Cemetery
Seven Years for Murder Convict Wallace Storey Sentenced
Wallace Storey a black man convicted two months ago of maiming and assault on two streetcar riders received a seven year penitentiary sentence. The appeal motion was dropped. Storey faced Judge Dwyer at 10:30 AM and admitted no reason to delay. The judge remarked hopes of future citizenship.
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Wallace Storey
Nenaulting
Storey
Bia Counge
Dwyer
Thes
Namault
Wal- Wallace
Sina
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Makes Bold Claim
An old advertisement claims the tonic is tasteless so sugar does not dissolve in the mouth and the bitter ingredients dissolve in the stomach acids. It asserts equal effectiveness for grown people and children, calling the product the first and original tasteless chill tonic and the standard for 20 years. The price is 88 cents.
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GROVE
Frice
Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta at Poughkeepsie Today
Colleges from Columbia and Pennsylvania to Syracuse and Wisconsin compete in three events at the annual Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta in Poughkeepsie. Races start around 5 p.m. with varsity eight crews leading the schedule. Additionally a local obituary notes the death of Mrs Harman Wolff of Guadalupe County at Santa Rosa Infirmary after a brief illness, survived by her husband and three children.
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A. C. Coleman
A. B. Cox
Mesquite Street
Caetus
Cogwany
Abs
Associated Press
Poughkeepsie
Columbia
Well
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Wisconsin
Six Month Old Baby Healed By Cuticura Remedy
A mother recalls severe itching on her infant’s right cheek starting at six months and spreading to the face and eyes. After failed treatments from two doctors, unsanitary remedies worsened the eruption until Cuticura products cured the baby. She praises Cuticura Resolvent and soap and notes sharing a photograph of the healed child.
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Faos
Thagan
Cuticura
Huabin
Sheldon
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