Tuberculosis Sanitarium Opens With Texas Honor
In Carlsbad Texas on July 5 a state tuberculosis sanitarium was inaugurated with T H McGregor of Austin delivering the principal speech. He defended the commission and its work while criticizing Judge Ramsey for politicizing the project. The ceremony drew visitors from across the state and the speaker urged the state to keep the institution free from political strife.
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Carlsbad
Tex
T. H. McGregor
Austin
McGregor
Texas
Colquitt
Prairies
Saturday Hours at Wolff and Marx Co Store
The Wolff and Marx Co store will close at 1 p m on Saturdays and operate in the morning during the Saturday After Breakfast Sale.
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Wolff & Marx Co
Fire destroys block of old-time structures in Houston
Fire originating in a negro restaurant on Milam street near the ship channel at 2 30 this morning wiped out a block of old-time one story frame structures including the plants of the Southward Sign company and the Union Bottling works. Total losses about 30000 with little insurance.
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Houston
Tex
Milam Street
Ship Channel
Southward Sign Company
Union Bottling Works
Favorite Prescription Promises Health For Women
Dr. Pierce presents Favorite Prescription as an alcohol free remedy for women’s ailments. A Kentucky woman testimonial claims relief after four bottles and improved weight from 115 to 135 pounds. The ad touts Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser for women’s questions and guidance.
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Dr. Pierce
Gexeth E. Corrry
Longstreet
Anderson 15 Succeeded by Houston Man Assumes Duties
J. E. Taussig promoted to superintendent of the Houston division of the Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio railway succeeding H F Anderson of this city. Taussig keeps San Antonio HQ and takes effect July 3. Anderson, with the line 23 years, retires to rest.
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J. E. Taussig
Houston
Sunset-Central Lines
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway
H. F. Anderson
Taussig
San Antonio
Division
Gus Radetzki
W. G. van Vleck
Southern Pacific Railroad
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
H. J. Michsch
Houston Terminals
Michsch
Galveston
Texas & Orleans
Galveston, Harrisburg
W. L. Cox
Texas & New Orleans
R. M. Hoover
Houston & Texas Central
Ennis
W. T. Hall
Auto crash in Plainview kills woman and injures three
In Plainview Texas last night Buck Sams driving to pass another car on Wayland boulevard lost control when a wheel failed and the car capsized. Mrs Essie Sams was killed instantly and her husband Flake Garner and Miss Artie Moreland were badly hurt. Roy Moreland and Buck Sams were bruised. The victim, just out of her teens and married eighteen months, leaves a baby. This is Hale county’s first fatal automobile accident.
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Plainview
Tex
Buck Sams
Flake Garner
Artie Moreland
Canyon
Roy Moreland
Wayland Boulevard
Sams
Essie Mitchell
Hale County
Camera for Snake Hunt Heads to Oil City Coast
Peter Gruber known as Rattlesnake Pete plans a Oil City visit from Rochester New York with friends to stage one of his famed rattlesnake hunts. The party includes a newspaper artist and a moving picture man may film the capture method. Gruber formerly lived in Oil City and has spoken with Dr J C Reynolds now of Pittsburgh.
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Peter Gruber
Oil City
Rochester
N. Y
Gruber
J. C. Reynolds
Pittebure
Striking Seamen Battle Police in Havre Riots
Havre witnesses violent clashes as seamen and dock workers seize a steamer and clash with police and infantry. Stones and bricks fly, injuries occur to officers and soldiers, and barricades rise as rioters retreat. Leaders include several women with red sashes. Reinforcements arrive from Rouen.
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Havre
France
Rouen
Dockers Strike Sparks Clash in Bordeaux
In Bordeaux the dockers strike in sympathy with sailors elsewhere. A serious clash broke out today between strikers and police when the steamship Magellan from South America arrived, and several policemen were injured.
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Bordeaux
South America
Two English Army Aviators Die In Salisbury Plain Fall
Captain E. B. Lorain and Sergeant Major Wilson of the army flying corps were killed at Salisbury Plain during an early morning training flight. The aeroplane veered at about 400 feet, lost balance, and plunged to the roadway.
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Salisbury Plain
England
E. B. Lorain
Wilson
Army Flying Corps
Corpus Christi to Organize Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter
Mrs Mabel Massey Bates of San Antonio arrives to organize a Corpus Christi chapter at Mrs W B Hopkins home. Daughters of the Confederacy expected to form the new unit with initial membership around fifty or more.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Mabel Massey Bates
San Antonio
Texas Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. B. Hopkins
Ramsey to Speak in Austin and San Antonio Rally
Supporters of Judge W F Ramsey plan an address at Wooldridge park Austin on July 20 and a Ramsey rally there on July 13. A general conference of Ramsey supporters will be held at the Gunter hotel San Antonio on Monday July 8 with attendees from Central and surrounding regions.
Veteran Sea Captain Frank Roper Dies in Houston
Captain Frank Roper a veteran gulf coast mariner and longtime ship commander died at his Houston home last night aged 56. He commanded several vessels over a lengthy career. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Houston
Tex
Frank Roper
Gulf Coast
The Lax-Fos Way Promises Health Revival
An advertisement touts a medicine claimed to strengthen liver stomach kidneys and bowels while providing a systemic tonic. It urges buying the first bottle on a money back plan and asking a druggist for the second, claiming unmatched efficacy and urging readers to remember the name LAX-FOB and consult the Alamo Automobile Co Green Book.
LaFollette Attacks Roosevelt Over Campaign Expenses
LaFollette urges Roosevelt to publish his expense account or justify why he hides campaign costs. He cites Roosevelt’s Ohio primary funding from steel and harvester interests and financiers Perkins, Hanna, and Munsey, noting Roosevelt’s refusal to disclose finances.
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Lacrosse
Wis
United States
LaFollette
Roosevelt
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Steel Trust
Harvester Trust
Perkins, Hanna and
Munsey
Hermann Sons Open New Garden In Wallon Street Celebration
The Hermann Sons opened their new garden yesterday during a Fourth of July celebration in Wallon Garden street. Patriotic speeches were delivered by Attorney Charles Baker Judge A. W. Moursand and W. A. Wurzbach who spoke in German. Four singing societies performed German songs and last night a band concert fireworks and dancing capped the festivities. Fireworks display began about one o'clock and lasted about two hours.
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The
Hermann Sons
Wallon Garden
Charles Baker
A. W. Moursand
W. A. Wurzbach
Horsford Acid Ph Recommended for Relief Insomnia
Horsford's Acid Ph is advised for relief from insomnia impaired nerve force and fatigue. It claims to invigorate the entire system and restore strength.
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Horsford
Texas Farmers Institute to Meet July 29 at College Station
Commissioner Kane reports more than 800 farmers have agreed to attend the Texas State Farmers Institute gathering on July 29 in College Station. The list will help secure free rail transportation for accredited delegates under the anti pass law, supporting attendance at the institute and the Farmers Congress.
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Austin
Tex
Kane
Texas State Farmers’ Institute
College Station
Texas Railways
State Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Congress
Tang Shao Yi Evades Would-Be Assassin at Sea
Former Chinese premier Tang Shao Yi narrowly escapes an assassination attempt aboard a steamer headed to Shanghai. Wang Cheng Hsiang, who confronted Tang with two pistols, plans to accompany him, but Tang and his family slip ashore for safety before the ship sails.
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Tang Shao Yi
Peking
Wang Cheng Hsiang
Shanghai
Entire Corning wreck victims identified as death toll rises
Twenty five dead identified from yesterday Lackawanna wreck in Corning New York with forty one killed and fifty one injured. Buffalo man William R. Laird finds his father wife and two children among the dead as a state inquiry begins in Buffalo and Scranton.
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Buffalo Man
Corning
N. Y
Lackawanna Railroad
William R. Laird
Buffalo
Mr. Laird
George Laird
Public Service Commission
Scranton
Inspectors to Probe Lackawanna Wreck at Corning
Federal inspectors from the Interstate Commerce Commission were ordered to Corning New York to investigate the Lackawanna wreck. The assignment was announced in Washington on July 5.
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Corning
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
N. Y
Lackawanna
Melon Gift Delights San Antonio Newsboys
J. C. Cannon a local truck farmer distributed a wagonload of cantaloupes to hungry Newsboys outside The Light office on Crockett street. A near riot followed as boys rushed the wagon then received their allotted melons amid a chaotic but orderly handout.
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San Antonio
J. C. Cannon
Mr. Cannon
Crockett Street
McIntyre Promoted to Brigadier General in Insular Affairs
Washington July 6 The president sent nominations to the senate naming Colonel Frank McIntyre United States Army as chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs with rank of brigadier general and Alexander Gill as postmaster at Pensacola Florida.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Frank McIntyre
Pensacola
Fila
Alexander G
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