Austin Postal Receipts Gain as Fiscal Year Ends
Austin post office receipts for the year ending June 30, 1916 totaled 175 291.64 dollars up 12 358.14 from the prior year. The gain runs about 11 000 annually over four years with 3 611.95 from box rents and the rest from second class mail stamps and other sources. Father of Graham B. Smedley Dies in Kentucky. John Graham Smedley, aged 86, died in Millersburg Ky prompting his son Assistant Attorney General Graham B. Smedley to depart for the funeral.
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Austin
Texas
Graham B. Smedley
Tex
John Graham Smedley
Millersburg
Smedley
Illinois Brigade to Maneuver at New Braunfels and Leon Springs
The Illinois National Guard completes move to Fort Sam Houston Texas and plans field maneuvers at New Braunfels and Leon Springs this week. Brigadier General Foster, recovering in hospital, expected to lead to New Braunfels.
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Illinois National Guard
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Landa's Park
New Braunfels
Leon Springs
Camp Wilson
Illinois
Field Engineers
Signal Corps
Field Hospital Corps
Ilinois Guard
Brownsville
Texas
Quartermaster's Department
Foster
Ft. Sam Houston
Russian officer fakes Ottoman service to flee Austria
Cornet Aldatov, a Russian officer, escaped Austrian captivity by posing as a Turk. He traveled via Vienna and Budapest, met the Turkish minister, received an army path, and arrived in Stamboul to join the Turkish forces while evading Austrian authorities. He later returned to Russia after facing scrutiny at the Russian legation.
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Petrograd
Cornet Aldatov
Austria
Vienna
Turkey
Caucasus
Roumania
Serbia
Red Cross
Alibekov
Sonntagberg
Ministry of War
Mozdok
Constantinople
Medreseh
Alibei
Stamboul
Hussars
von RR
von F
von R
Przemysl
Budapest
Fezes
Legation
von der Goltz
Pasha
Ali-Bei
Russia
G Company Thanks San Antonio After Camp
Company G, the crack shot unit, passes resolutions of thanks for help given during the Civilians' Training Camp in San Antonio. A sixteen-count indictment of gratitude is drawn by a committee including Corporal C. DeMontel, Sergeant H. B. Finch, Private W. W. Ferguson, and High Private Henry D. Lindsay, Dallas mayor. The closing vows: return to San Antonio next year and bring friends, with fifteen rahs for the city.
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San Antonio
Be, C. DeMontel
Hondo
H. B. Finch
Houston
W. W. Ferguson
Dallas
Henry D. Lindsley
Charters Granted and Amendments Filed in Texas
Texas charter notices report new incorporations including The Guarantee Abstract Company of Georgetown with 5009 capital, The Frizzell Hanna Sanitarium of Quanah with 10000, Thrall Oil Producing Company of Thrall with 20000, Wichita Rod and Gun Club of Wichita Falls with 6490, and Non-commissioned Officers Club of Eagle Pass with no capital. Amendments show Texas Power & Light Company raising to 14000000, Guaranty State Bank lowering to 15000, Kingsville Commission Company rising to 5000, plus final capital payments by Toepperwein Mayfield and Klein Bros. Dissolutions filed for Gulf Grocery Company Port Arthur and Malakoff Lignite Company Danas.
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Austin
Tex
Guarantee Abstract Company
Georgetown
Capital Stock
John N. Ellyson
C. T. Murray
W. H. Hanna
Frizzell-Hanna Sanitarium
Quanah
T. D. Frizzell
J. J. Hanna
E. B. Caskey
Thrall Oil Producing Company
Thrall
Fritz Fuchs
F. C. Klotz
Wichita Rod and Gun Club
Wichita Falls
Capital
A. L. Huey
Cc. B. Woods
E. G. Hill
Eagle Pass
Peter J. Murray
Marion F. Shepherd
Charles Peterka
Texas Power & Light Company of
Dallas
Guaranty State Bank of
Ore City
Kingsville Commission Company
Kingsville
Toepperwein & Mayfield Company
San Antonio
Klein Bros. Company
Spokane Washington Named for Ohio Man’s Son Gifted by Heaven
In an Ohio town a colored man named Washington has three sons. The first is George Washington, the second Booker Washington. The third, yet unnamed at birth, will be Spokane Washington if he lives. This Saturday Evening Post note records a family naming coincidence.
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Ohio
Washington
George Washington
Chrisener Booker Washington
Spokane Washington
Frederico Guzman Killed by Lightning Near San Antonio
Frederico Guzman a 28 year old employee of the Fucus Oil Company was struck by lightning and killed instantly at 530 PM Saturday on the Pleasanton road eight miles south of San Antonio. His horse also died. His body and horse were found in the road by passersby and brought to the city. Funeral is set for Sunday afternoon. He is survived by his father Esidio and brothers Thad and Ernest Guzman.
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Frederico Guzman
Fucus Oil Company
Pleasanton
San Antonio
Alta Vista
Cavanaugh Road
Guzman
Esidio Guzman
Thad
Ernest Guzman
South Flores Street
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Hertzberg
Houston Street
Coe 3
Choice
Goodyear
Acnesvorke Ariary
Gst
Goodyear Bervice
Ceryehore
Goodyear Tires
Hearn-Stuart Bros. Tire Co
Avenue C. Crockett
Illinois Brigade
New Braunfels and
Bucharest
Ferguson
Texas Capitol
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Washington County
Sam Low
Brenham
R. E. Pennington
Union
Henpeck
G Company
Wolfson’s
New York
Washington Trio
Pleasanton Road
Crockett 917
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