Letter From Stephen F. Austin in Belem Jail 1834
Austin writes from Belem prison in Mexico City in 1834 stating his casemade to Texas reforms and autonomy. He defends his actions as agent for Texans and urges moderation. He notes Texas, Coahuila gains and calls for public support, jury trials and land sales while awaiting charges and possible release. The letter reflects his belief Texas needs peace and improved governance within Mexico.
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Austin
Tex
Stephen F. Austin
Belem
Mexico City
State Library
W. 8. Holman
Bay City
Texas
Mexico
Oliver Jones
Ayuntamiento of
Bexar
Coahuila
Texais
Captain Martin
D. G. Burnett
Miller
F. Austin
Ayuntamientos
United States
State to Probe City Laundries for Child Labor Violations
San Antonio may host state labor investigators this week amid widespread complaints of underage labor in laundries. Commissioner Starling will inspect suspected sites if voluntary compliance fails. penalties include fines from 20 to 200 dollars and daily offenses for each underage worker.
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San Antonnio
Austin
Labor Commissioner
Starling
Baptist Encampment Attracts Crowd From San Antonio
Special dispatch reports large attendance at the Sutherland Springs Baptist encampment with visitors from San Antonio and nearby towns. B. H. Carroll of Southwest Theological Seminary will lead sessions. Sunday and Monday are prohibition days, Thursday is ladies day. Special trains depart San Antonio at 7:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. round trip fare 50 cents.
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San Antonio
Sutherland
Springs
Tex
B. H. Carroll
Southwest Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Sutherland Springs
City depository bids hinge on missing fiscal year data
Mayor and council prepare to open bids for the city depository for the next year yet no banks have submitted terms. Officials cite lack of a public financial statement for the last year as the reason banks cannot bid confidently, despite a June 1 1911 to May 31 1912 funding need of about 1 029 743 dollars.
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Last ModMay
Qty
Callaghan
The
Commercial Recorder
Missouri Choice for 1912 President
David A. Ball of Pike county attending his mother Elizabeth Ball’s eighty second birthday in Montgomery. Ball declined to speak for Folk or Clark but said both are representative Democrats with Missouri interests at heart and that the presidential outcome will depend on strength outside Missouri.
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Montgomery
David A. Ball
Pike County
Elizabeth Ball
D. P. Dyer
St. Louis
Ball
Missouri
Folk
Clark
Anti-Prohibition Events Planned in San Antonio
The Anti-Prohibition Trades Union league schedules a smoker at Beethoven hall on July 12 at 8 30 p m and a torchlight parade July 14 at 7 30 p m starting at Trades Council hall. Governor Colquitt and F N Hill will address the crowd after the parade.
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Beethoven Hall
Trades Union League
Trades Council Hall
Joseph Ryan
Theo
Harris
O. B. Colquitt
F. N. Hill
Denton County
San Antonio
Paul Steffler
Texas
Graft Skin on Negro in Nebraska Hospital
Fifty square inches of white skin grafted onto L. P. Thomas, a coal black patient, at a Nebraska hospital after a wreck six weeks ago. The white skin came from Oscar Bragg who received payment from Burlington railroad officials. The operation succeeded. the patient’s face is about half white. The report notes the German empire maintains twenty institutions for cripple care and Hartford, Connecticut uses more electricity per capita than any other city.
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Holdridge
Neb
L. PD. Thomas
Thomas
Oscar Bragg
Burlington Railroad Oficials
Hartford
Conn
Stokes Missing Witness Delays New York Trial
The missing elevator boy Wilfred Hart halts the trial of Misses Graham and Conrad over the Stokes attempted murder case. Police widen probe into nine missing letters from Stokes to Miss Graham, while detective liens and statements unfold.
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New York
Graham
Conrad
W. E. D. Stokes
Wilfred Hart
Varuna
Hart
Freschi
Waldo
Stokes
Dillon
Mr. Dillon
James Cummins
August Bloom
West Sixty-eighth Street
Hughes
Detective Bureau
Cummings
Gleason
Mission Ice Factory Showcases Modern Energy Enterprise
Mission Ice Company, ten years after entering the field by purchasing ice from others, demonstrates progress in energy use and industrial efficiency, illustrating how a specialized ice business grows within a broader industrial line.
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Mission Ice Company
Ice
Oth
Wesleyan College Holds Fifty Haines Bros Pianos
The Wesleyan Female College in Macon Georgia announces it has acquired fifty Haines Bros pianos for use in music study and student performances.
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New England Conservatory
Boston
Mass
Haines Bros
Wesleyan Female College
Macon, Ga
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Peage
City
Ngfass
Monterey
Noahuila
S. F. Austin
Mexican Republic
Danis
Chwab’ Drug Store
East
Houston Street
OUR
Chwab’ Druc Store
Oxfords
Alamo Plaza
Commissioner of Labor
Brazil
Missourian
ANTIS
German Empire
Aqjouang
Ers
Rivas and
San Marcos
John Stricker
H. H. Baldwin
J. R. Baldwin
Mission Field
Mission Company
Mlinois Woman's College
Jacksonville, Ti
Meridian Woman's College
Meridian, Miss
Maryland School
Baltimore, Md
Greenville College
Greenville, TL
Mont Amoena Seminary
Mt. Pleasant, N
Patti, Campanari
Marguerita Sylvia
Haines Bros. Uprights
Goggan & Bros
Houston and Navarro Sts
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