Fire damages Pharr business section. guard HQ spared
Fire swept the Pharr business district near Brownsville early Sunday, nearly wiping out the section that housed the Third brigade of the New York National Guard. Investigators consider incendiary origin. losses about 50000 dollars. Army gear arriving the previous night was untouched. A meat shipment for the commissary was also destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Pharr
New York National Guard
Prac
New York Guard
Militia Camp Grows to Full Brigade at San Antonio
The Fort Sam Houston maneuver field hosts three Illinois and Wisconsin brigades forming a force of over 10 000 men ready to be deployed along the border. The Seventh Illinois Infantry nicknamed The Fighting Seventh, commanded by Colonel Moriarty, arrived with its camp set and drill plans underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
Seventh Illinois Infantry
Imnois Infantry
Wisconsin
San Antonio
First
Illinois Infantry
J. B. Sanborn
Second
John J. Garrity
Garrity
Pine Street
Moriarty
D. Jack Foster
Illinois
Sanborn
Harry L. Rogers
Southern Department
Wilson Avenue
Texas
Springfield
Moriarity
Seventh
United States
Illinois Militia
Hibernian Rifles
Casement Appeal Set for July Seventeenth
The hearing of Sir Roger Casement's appeal from death sentence for Irish rebellion complicity is fixed for July 17. A second item notes a Southwestern District Postoffice Inspectors' Conference held in Austin with attendees from Texas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roger Casement
Postoffice
Austin
Tex
Southwestern
Post Office Inspectors
C. B. Anderson
Texas
Louisiana
R. M. Orgain
Monroe
D. T. Kanady
Alexandria
C. W. B. Long
Dallas
W. T. .Uwacy
Abilene
C. D. Dawkins
Waco
C. H. Glenn
Lake Charles
A. S. Roberts
C. Gw.Kinsel
Two fruitless Mexican incursions end at Fort Hancock
American cavalry launched two incursions into Mexico to pursue bandits from a ranch raid near Old Fort Hancock. Lieutenant E. N. Hardy led 20 men, later reinforced, but the raiders doubled back and escaped. Captain Le Roy Eltinge held reserves. pursuit yielded no sight of the bandits as troops returned to Fort Bliss after the failed effort.
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Fort Hancock
Tex
Mexico
Rio Grande
Here
Old Fort Hancock
KE. N. Hardy
Eighth Cavalry
Bell, Jr
Fort Bliss
le Roy Eltinge
Eltinge
Rodman Butler
Troseps 2
D Wil
Y M C A Leaders Begin Border Work with Militia
L L Coulter and E Dilley depart for Brownsville to start Y M C A efforts among militiamen and regulars. Dilley takes 60 days leave. San Antonio group reports over a third of a $300 goal raised. Dallas Fort Worth Houston and others pledge shares as Donna and Brownsville are set as start stations. San Antonio Y M C A plans to host militiamen with complimentary clubroom usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ll. A. Coulter
Hk. E. Dilley
Brownsville
J. PD. Malone
J. Carter
W. W. Barnes
W. A. Franke
Victor Keller
A. A. Stewart
Emil Mueller
George Wheeler
E. E. Dilley
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Donna
San Antonio Y. M. C. A
Bids Requested for South Side High School Construction
Contractors bids due at 11 a m July 3 1916 for South Side High School at Garden and Bismark streets with separate bids for plumbing heating and electrical work. Bids opened at the School Board office State Bank and Trust Company after certified $5000 deposit. Plans at Associated Architects offices in San Antonio Texas. Right to reject bids reserved.
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South Side
Garden
Bismark
State Bank & Trust Company
Associated Architects
Alfred Giles Company
Carl von Seutter
San Antonio
Texas
Auto Crash Injures Several on New Braunfels Road
Mrs. F Vairin 116 Taylor street and Mrs. Cole M Dever 210 Powderhouse street plus Gabe F Cazell 211 Powderhouse street were injured when their car overturned seven miles from the city on Sunday night. Cornelia and Carl Cazell escaped with minor bruises. Cazell was hurled through the windshield. Mrs Dever and Mrs Vairin suffered cuts and bruises. Mrs Vairin was taken to Baylor hospital with possible fractured collarbone.
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Cazell
Mr. Cazell
Dever
Vairin
Baylor Hospital
Movement of U and T Troops in Full Swing on Border Reinforcement
The article reports rapid U S militiaman mobilization to Texas New Mexico and Arizona borders with about 80 000 moving, six more regiments from Illinois and Wisconsin to join, trains arriving in Brownsville Laredo Eagle Pass and El Paso, plus artillery and cavalry units en route. Brigadier General J Jack Foster visits Fort Funston.
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Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Illinois
Fort Sam Houston
New York
Brownsville
Laredo
Eagle Pass
el Paso
Wisconsin
Springfield
Kansas
Second
Kansas Infantry
Missouri
Field Artillery
Fourth
New York Infantry
Denison
New York Cavalry
Maryland Regiment of Infantry
Memphis
Maryland
Fagle Pass
J. Jack Foster
Foster
Funston
Refreshments For Troops At San Antonio
National guardsmen bound for the border were served iced lemonade and sandwiches by the San Antonio branch of the American Red Cross Society starting Sunday. The effort, aiding troop trains through the city, runs as long as movements continue with volunteers and committees organizing daily relief duties and solicitations for food and supplies from local groups.
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San Antonio
American Red Cross Society
Floyd McGown
Carlos Bee
Marjorie McGown
Council of Jewish Women
P. H. Swearingen
Red Cross
Amestic Science Room
Young Woman's Christian Association
Gunter Hotel
Denman
A. P. Ward
George Moody
J. FE. Jarratt
Ll. B. Clegg
Laurel Heights
William Aubrey
Winchester Kelso
H. S. Clarkson
W. B. Clarkson
E. C. Branch
T. J. Nye
Community Aid Rushes to Support Regiment Visit
Sterling Price Adams and several women organized a help drive starting Sunday to meet urgent needs. Volunteers bought ice cream and soda water as proceeds, with Aubrey and Kelso noted among contributors. St Anthony group supplied 1000 ice cream cones and the Riegler Ice Cream Company served the cream. Boy Scouts helped, including a shift for a regiment passing through early Monday.
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Sterling Price Adams
Misses Philis
Laurel Clarkson
Emmie Giesecke
Elsie Pancoast
Clara May Brooks
Rowena Nye
Fairfax Janin
Virginia Adams
Mary Aubrey
Josephine Woodhull
Margaret MaeGown
Katherine McGown
Catherine Franklin
Miss Haile
Aubrey
Kelso
St. Anthony
St. Anthony and
Menger
Riegler Ice Cream Company
Boy Scouts
Hetty Green Dies Richest Woman in World
The obituary details Hetty Green born likely November 1824, spouse Edward J. Green, an heiress to her aunt Sylvia Ann Howland fortune, and a life of frugal habits. She built immense wealth through investments, held real estate mortgages, and aided during the 1907 panic. Her son and daughter are noted, along with a controversial will dispute and a profligate, self denying conduct.
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New York
Metropolis
Hettie
Bering Sea
New Bedford
Edward J. Green
United States
Manila
Miss Robinson
Wall Street
Hetty
Colonel Green
Dewey
Sylvia
Matthew Astor Wilks
Stolen Silverware and Items Reported Across City
B E Scott and family returned home June 21 to find entry to 1218 West French Place through a forced window. Stolen were silverware including spoons and forks. Otto Schramm at 714 Dallas Street lost $227 cash. window wired. R H Dunn at 824 Dwyer Avenue reported a gold watch and fob chain with charm missing. G L Johnson, Creamery Dairy driver, said fifteen pounds of butter and several bottles of milk were taken from his wagon near a Chinese restaurant at 3 am. Mrs R W Smith at 207 West Locust Street had eight chickens stolen Sunday night.
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B. E. Scott
San Antonio
West French Place
Otto Schramm
Dallas Street
R. H. Dunn
Dwyer Avenue
G. L. Johnson
Creamery Dairy Company
R. W. Smith
Locust Street
Woman Found Dead in City Shed Linked to Ill Health
Mrs. Lillie Kaufmann 41 of Houston was found suspended from the rafters of a wood shed at her sister’s home on Hays street shortly after 11am Sunday. Despondent over illness after last year’s surgery and the recent death of her husband, she was living with relatives. The body was sent to Houston Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Kaufmann
Houston
F. F. Andree
Hays Street
Dodson's Liver Tone Advertises Safer Calomel Alternative
A period advertisement urges ditching calomel for Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable liver cleanser. It claims calomel is dangerous causing nausea cramps bone damage and salivation while Dodson's promises a gentle effective cleanse with no sickness and a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Lehmann Funeral to be Held at Glenwood Cemetery
Interment will be made in Glenwood cemetery. Mrs. Kaufmann is survived by her mother Mrs. C. B. Lehmann of Houston five sisters Mrs. P. C. Gagne Mrs. N. B. Judd of ton Mrs. C. F. Feigle of Hite Tex Mrs. A. M. LaDow of New Jersey and Mrs. F. F. Andree of San Antonio five brothers O A Lehmann C E Lehmann of Houston E P Lehmann of Joplin Mo O H Lehmann of Portland Ore and C I Lehmann of San Antonio two daughters Misses Constance Helen Kaufmann and two sons Herbert Kaufmann and Lewis Kaufmann Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Kaufmann
C. B. Lehmann
Houston
P. C. Gagne
N. B. Judd Ofton
C. F. Feigle
Hite Tex
A. M. LaDow
New Jersey
F. F. Andree
San Antonio
O. A. Leheman
C. E. Lehmann
E. P. Lehmann
Joplin, Mo
O. H. Lehmann
Portland, Ore
C. I. Lehmann
Misses Constance
Helen Kaufmann
Herbert Kaufmann
Lewis Kaufemann Jr
Bell Texas telephonists urged to enlist for war service
Bell Telephone Company of Texas announces full pay for three months and continued wages under government deduction for nine months for Bell employees who join militia units on the border. General Manager C A Gates describes the drive, and workers willing to enlist will have their names recorded for potential government assignments leveraging their telephone service experience.
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Bell Telep Organization of
Texas
C. A. Gates
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Warda Howard
Duncan McRae
Ernest Maupain
John Lorenz
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V-L-S-E. Co
McCombs
Princess Theater
The
Princess
Atlantic Squadron
Secretary Daniels
Fletcher
Winslow
Mayo
War College At
Newport
Newport Training School
Harold Lockwood
May Allison
ROYAL
Theda Bara
East Lynne
Mutt and Jeff
Edith Storey
Antonio Moreno
Frank Daniels
Grand Opera House
Wilfred Lucas
Bessie Love
Sam Degrasse Konana
Keystone
WM. S. Hart
Joy de Strand
Dewolfe Hopper
DeWolff Hopper
Jay
MR. Goode
Samaritan
Hopper
Queen Theater
BIG Country Store
Williamson
S.S.S
S. I
the Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, GA
Texas Refining Company
Crockett
Casement
Southern Pacific
Sutherland Springs
F. Vairin
Cole M. Dever
Gabe Cazell
UAND
Hettie Green
John D. Rockefeller
John Howland
John
Cape Cod
Boston
Sylvia Ann Howland
Caesar
God
Wolfson’s
Saul Wolfson
Bell Telephone Company
HRARE
G. A. Duerler Mfg. Co
San Antonio, Texas
Queen Chocolate Shop
E. Houston
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