Civil Service Exams For Typewriting And Garden Work
An August 27 typewriting and stenography exam in the federal building aims to create a eligible register for federal classified civil service vacancies. Both genders may apply with a minimum age of 15 years. A separate August 7 exam for garden and field station superintendent in the Bureau of Plant Industry is for men with nursery orchard grafting experience. Additional local notices cover miscellaneous services and transit updates.
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Civil Service Room
Federal
Federal Classified Civil Service
United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Recovered cornet and travels noted in city items
Baggage transfers occur as staff return from Palestine and Frisco trips. District agents Yiteh and Tobin travel with a special laborer train to Palestine. U S Marshal Nolte heads home from San Francisco while a cornet valued at 15 dollars is recovered from 105 West Houston. Dance events and local services are advertised, including clock repairs.
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Palestine
W. FE. Yiteh
International & Great Northern
Garland Tobin
Southwestern
Tren Mountain Railroad
Jacksonville
Massey and
Cassiano
Charles Slatmach
West
Houston
Cure claimed for tuberculosis by open air and Eckmans Alterative
Letter from JAS. SQUIRES of Wilmington Delaware praising Eckmans Alterative as curative for lung hemorrhage and tuberculosis symptoms. Affidavit states recovery after June 1908 with no other remedies used. Claims include bronchitis asthma hay fever throat and lung support. Available from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia and druggists with recovery booklet.
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Eckman
West Street
Wilmington
Del
Lippincott & Co
Market Street
Jas. Squires
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Theft charge leads to arrest over musical instrument
Two Mexicans have been arrested charged with stealing an instrument. Dixie Social club announces a watermelon and prize dance on Saturday July 13 at the Dixie Social Hall 1429 S Flores Street. Artzt music. Drs Garring and Hawker Osteopaths offer care in the Oree building. Residence Travis club.
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Dixie Social Club
Dixie Social Hall
S. Flores Street
Drs
Carter Expected Tomorrow in San Antonio Return
J F Carter secretary of the Chamber of Commerce is due back in San Antonio tomorrow after a trip to Mobile with his family. He formerly served as secretary of the Alabama city’s chamber. Politicians reserve rooms for the state nominating convention August 13 with figures like Lt Governor A B Davison of Cuero, R A Pleasants of Houston, and Judge James B Wells of Brownsville already registered at the Menger hotel. The Southern Pacific steamer Antilles brought many Texas passengers to New Orleans from New York, none from San Antonio.
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Carter
J. F. Carter
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Mobile
Mr. Carter
Alabama
Antilles
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
New York
Texas
A. B. Davison
Cuero
R. A. Pleasants
Houston
Supreme Court of Texas
James B. Wells
Brownsville
Menger
Wilson to meet Gompers in Trenton during brief stay
Governor Wilson traveled from Sea Girt to the state capital under a hot sun to handle state business and letters. He plans talks with Samuel Gompers and AFL officials, then head to Atlantic City to lay the Y M C A building cornerstone.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Sea Girt
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Tragedy Strikes Harris on Local rail line in Longview
G V Harris secretary treasurer of the Big Pasture and Gas Development company near Frederick Oklahoma was killed when he slipped while boarding a train in Longview Texas this morning. His foot was amputated and he died within hours. He formerly resided in Tatum Texas.
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Longview
Tex
G. V. Harris
Big Pasture and Gas Development Company
Frederick
Okla
Tatum
Alaska Shaken Again Rumors Mount Katmai Eruption
Shocks from Saturday night and Sunday tremors felt across Alaska raise fears Mount Katmai again is erupting. Wireless links with Kodiak island and Karluk Bristol Bay are broken, and navy stations cannot communicate. Kennecott in Copper River country reports heavy shocks.
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Cordova
Alaska
Mount Katmai
Kodiak Island
Navy
Karluk
Bristol Bay
Kennecott
Copper River
Mothers Protest Longer School Days and Playgrounds
Several hundred mothers gathered at Mrs. Ross W. Davis home in San Antonio to oppose the school board’s order lengthening daily sessions. They adopt a resolution urging shorter hours and plan to deliver a petition to the board at tomorrow night’s special meeting.
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San Antonio
Ross W. Davis
Howard Street
T. W. Johnson
Frederick Terrell
Troop Train to Depart Galveston for El Paso
A special troop train will leave Galveston on July 12 and pass San Antonio on July 13 en route to El Paso. The recruits join the Second Cavalry recently arrived from the Philippines via Fort Slocum New York harbor. R L McKibben instructed to be in Galveston July 12 to accompany the train.
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Galveston
el Paso
San Antonio
Department of Texas
Second Cavalry
Philippines
Fort Slocum
David's Island
New York Harbor
R. L. McKibben
Burrell Oates Wins Another Stay of Execution
Burrell Oates, a Dallas black man repeatedly sentenced to death for the killing of Sol Aronoff, obtained a new stay as his attorney filed for a rehearing in the Texas Court of criminal appeals. The stay extends to October, delaying action for at least three months.
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Austin
Tex
Oates
Nathan Aronoff
Young Aronoff
Lax Fos Way Promotional Claim Seeks Drugstore Buyback
An advertisement touts Lax-Fos as a liver stomach kidneys and bowel strength tonic. It promises a money back plan and implies a second bottle purchase if the first is satisfactory, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product.
Italians Take Misratah in Libyan Advance
Italian troops seized Misratah 120 miles east of Tripoli after brief resistance by Arab forces under Turkish officers. The retreating Arabs left hundreds dead. Italian casualties were nine killed and 121 wounded.
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Rome
Iitalian
Misratah
Tripoli
Taft Nominates U S Officials for Several District Posts
President Taft sent nominations to the senate naming Oliver D. Street for U S attorney in the northern district of Alabama Aaron M Storer for U S marshal in the northern district of Mississippi and H C Turley for postmaster at Natchez Mississippi The announcements were made in Washington on July 9.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Taft
Oliver D. Street
United States
Alabama
Aaron M. Storer
Mississippi
H. C. Turley
Natchez, Miss
Mrs Laduque hearing postponed after fatal Dallas shooting
The hearing for Mrs. W. A. Laduque, who shot and killed her husband in Dallas last week, was postponed to Thursday. She was reported prostrated at her Paris home where she went to bury her husband’s body.
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Dallas
Tex
W. A. Laduque
Hotel Arrivals List Wide Range of U.S. Cities
Guests arriving at the hotel include Mrs William Groos Kyle W J Brown from New Orleans M Kesseler Kansas City Ray Robbins Cleveland C Hadden Houston N O windfall Dallas J W Ross New Haven Conn Charles W Morris St Louis E W Hutchinson Houston and many more from Chicago Dallas New York Baltimore San Francisco and other locales. The long roster names multiple individuals and pairs traveling from diverse states and countries.
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Gunter
William Groos
Kyle
W. J. Brown
New Orleans
M. Kesseler
Kansas City
Ray Robbins
Cleveland
C. Hadden
Houston
N. O. Windfall
Dallas
J. W. Ross
New Haven
Conn
Charles W. Morris
St. Louis
E. Ww. Hutchinson
A. Giraud
Austin
C. A.levin
F. Crane
la Coste
J. $. Fielding
H. C. Hale
Chicago
G. C. Simmons
Flatonia
J. A. Bird
Ray H. Murrah
Granger
St. Anthony
Charles Schreiner
Kerrville
C. M. Fish
Laredo
Frank Rabb
Brownsville
Co. H. Pritchard
New York
Thomas L. Mangum
Uvalde
J. W. Speeght
Waco
Specker
J. Robert Carter
Fred T. Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Claude Pollard
Kingsville
Royal Smith
Harry Knight
F. H. A. Arens
Baltimore
E. F. Bobeson
D. L.williams
Menger
F. E. Smith
C. M. Sheffield
C. B. Griggs
J. E. Leary
Luling
J. P. Latz
New Braunfels
C. M. Freeman
J. F. Mulhall
Bryan
J. B. Mulhall
Guadalajara
Mex
Harry Lundin
Comfort
Joe Banfield
Gonzales
Taylor Wafford
Cuero
Taylor Whitsett
Campbellton
Jack Patterson
Montell
V. Nixon
Edgar Fisher
John Champion
H. Hymen
Savoy
Shipp
Rogers
Angel Cano Ruiz
Gomez Palacio
O. Warden
Sabinal
M. S. Kapkere
San Francisco
Charles Gray
Corpus Christi
Elgin Fred
Ploresville
F. D. Wood
A. Patterson
J. Pena
Real estate transfers list from local records
Transactions show J C Petty selling to Campbell Petty Lumber company a lot in Lakeview addition for 150 dollars and Los Angeles Heights Improvement Company selling to W D Liddon a lot for 250. Other transfers include William Reuter to H C Jones for 215, Louis M Weinfeld to Carl F Groos for 500, Campbell Petty Lumber to James W Brooks for 450, and executors Mary J Myrick et al transferring to James M Watson for 3000.
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J. C. Petty
Campbell-Petty Lumber Company
Lakeview Addition
Los Angeles Heights
James W. Brooks
Mary J. Myrick
James M. Watson
New City
Burial permits list multiple deaths and addresses
A burial permits list shows several individuals with ages and death dates at various addresses. Names include Bryan Callaghan Sr aged 60, Venita Scott aged 14, Leath Fern Davis 11 months, Concepcion Arispe 20, Juan Paderes 3, and Dora Fichtner. Locations include East Crockett street, Soledad street, South Olive street, Bexar county hospital, Pa lamo alley, and 915 North Hackberry street.
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Bryan Callaghan Sr
East Crockett Street
Venita Scott
Soledad Street
Leath Fern Davis
South Olive Street
Concepcion Arispe
Bexar County Hospital
Juan Paderes
Palamo Alley
Dora Fichtner
North Hackberry Street
Births and Army Conscription Notes
Birth notices list six newborns with parental names and street addresses including Mr and Mrs G A Autrey and Mrs A Greenberg. A separate item notes four hundred fifty thousand Japanese to be examined for army service this year, up forty thousand from last year, with expected physique improvement.
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G. A. Autrey
North Brazos Street
G. C. Aten
Howard Street
L. Cadena
Ruiz Street
A. Greenberg
Cameron Street
San Antonio Attorney Indicted in Barratry Cases
James Brackenridge South, an attorney with offices in the Washer building, was indicted in two barratry cases by the latest grand jury. The filings say he unlawfully sought employment as an attorney by personal solicitation and by having another solicit for him. Deputy Sheriff Joe Villareal has tried twice to locate him. he is said to be out of the city. Witnesses include J. H. Means, R. L. Bridgeman, City Detective Sam Cook, and A. E. Fleming.
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James Brackenridge South
South
Joe Villareal
J. H. Means
Southern Pacific
R. L. Bridgeman
the Traction Company
Sam Cook
A. E. Fleming
South Presa Street
Poison deaths mount at Rosalia ranch in San Diego
San Diego Texas July 9 One more death from poisoning at Rosalia ranch brings fatalities to three after a water barrel incident. A woman died, County Commissioner Diaz and a nurse previously perished. Officials warn more deaths likely and warn several drinkers could become seriously ill.
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San Diego
Tex
Rosalia Ranch
M. G. Diaz
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Sap
San Antonio Hospital
H. C. Rees Optical Co
West Commerce St
M. Maracheau Grain CO
San Antonio, Tex
Mike Goggan
Houston Bt
Wow
Union Painless Dentists
West Commerce
West Commerce Street
J. Mi. Krakauer
South Alamo
Mgsue Buku A
San Antonio Human Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
Cowles Auto
Electric Park
Sureddin
Bexar County Humane Society
Mackay Building
E. M. Collins
N. Presa St
Kohr
Frisco
Eugene Nolte
West End Lake
Friedman
Hicks’ Capudine
Williams
A. M. Fischer
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texas
Muth
Bond & Co
J. M. Millen
Gompers
The
Citizen’s League
Inhexar
Anderson
Sith District Court
R. B. Minor
J. Frank Gallagher
Henry Boerner
Peter P. Hoefgen
Frank O. DI Hymel
P. F. Stewart
A. Sc. Ross
R. Neill Campbell
Ben
Fisk
RE. P
Charles Rees
Rees
Houston ST
Orpheum Theater
Mothers Favor
John F. Fentiman
Committee On
Don A. Bliss
Sam Harris
T. N. Dechmann
Pozzoni
Alamo Plaza
Burrell Oates
A. Cotman, P
Main
Laduque
London Daily Chronicle
Britain
Haddingtonshire
A. Collman
Tast Grand Jury
Upper Third Avenue
Bunn
Columbus Avenue
Miss Stich
Leon Noel
Boston Avenue
Morg
Preas
Emmet Bank
Thos
D. Conroy
E. 3. McCormick
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