McDonald challenges church status quo at Christian Endeavor session
In Los Angeles on July 11, Dr. J A MacDonald of the Toronto Globe urged the International Christian Endeavor convention to boost membership and unify future meetings. He warned of industrial absolutism, criticized the comfortable church, and urged a return to early Christian practice of working with all groups for social reform.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Assembly of the International Christian Endeavor Association
Churches of America
J. A. MacDonald
Toronto Globe
America
Dr. MacDonald
John Knox
MacDonald
Jail Term Reduced After County Jail Release
Casamiro Hernandez was released this morning after 60 days in jail and fined 100 dollars for bootlegging at Medina dam. United States Commissioner R. L. Edwards allowed a pauper's oath of inability to pay to release him, the first time this procedure has been used here since he became commissioner.
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Casamiro Hernandez
United States
R. L. Edwards
Hernandez
Medina Dam
Edwards
United States Comsioner
Watch as Jupiter Moon Transits the Planet’s Disk
Local astronomer Gus Duerler Jr observed the transit of Jupiter’s second moon across the planet at 10:45 PM. Despite imperfect weather, the event appeared clearly at times and the planet’s two bands were seen with improved clarity.
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Jupiter
Gus Duerler Jr
Mr. Due
City Considers Playgrounds and Pools for Children
Mayor Brown's plan to add municipal playgrounds and bathing pools in San Antonio gains support from a civic club member. Proposals focus on San Pedro Park and riverfront wading beaches, with a proposed natatorium at San Pedro Creek and a $2000 cost estimate for basic facilities.
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Brown
San Antonio
Denver
San Pedro
San Pedro Park
San Pedro Springs
Myrtle Street
TATTler Shows Rapidly Moving Auto Scene and Coppi n Portrait
The Texas Tattler will feature a high speed car sequence shot at 73 mph with a Velie racing past a cinematographist. It also includes Pompeo Coppini at work on a large bas-relief of an early settler trading with Indians and scenes of the Fourth of July parade in San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
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Texas Tattler
Alamo Film Company
Velie
Tattler
Texas
Pompeo Coppini
Prairie Schooner
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Park Commissioners Named
Governor Colquitt appointed R. S. Dilworth John C. Jones and J. W. Rainbold all of Gonzales as members of the Gonzales state park commission in Austin Texas on July 11.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
R. 5
Dilworth
John C. Jones
J. W. Rainbold
Gonzales
Gonzales State Park Commission
Tobacco Trust Ruins Kentucky Towns, Jarvis Testifies
A. B. Jarvis testifies before a congressional committee that Imperial Tobacco Company pauperized Kentucky towns by buying at its price and renting factories to the trust. He claims tobacco prices were fixed with Italian buyers in Richmond Virginia and that competition among the four divisions of the American Tobacco Company masked true control.
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Washington, D. C
Imperial Tobacco Company
Tobacco Trust
Kentucky
Tobacco
A. B. Jarvis
Henderson
Congressional Committee
Trust
Jarvis
Imperial Company
Richmond
Imperial
American Tobacco Company
Tariff Measure Ready for Senate
The Underwood-Simmons tariff bill advances as Chairman Simmons is authorized to report it to the Senate. Republicans oppose. the proposal preserves free raw wool and free sugar from May 1, 1916, expands the free list, and cuts rates in metal woolen and agriculture, with major changes to administration and the income tax. Cattle and wheat enter the free list, wheat with a countervailing duty.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Simmons
Finance Committee
Free Committee
Cash deposits cue large stock increase at Central Trust
Five hundred thousand dollars in cash were deposited into the Central Trust Company vaults yesterday to boost capital from 500000 to 1000000 dollars. Stockholders provided the funds during banking hours and many new shares go to existing holders. About 100 stockholders exist and authority from the banking department is awaited for new stock issuance. Chester Terrell traveled to Austin to arrange issuance.
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Central Trust Company
Merchants to Take Part in Jobbers' League Buying Excursions
The first of a series of buying excursions by the Jobbers' and Manufacturers' League runs August 5 to 14 with return by August 24. Merchants in small towns across the San Antonio territory are expected to use the low railroad rates to visit trading centers and place orders. Three more trips are planned for September, November, and a second September run.
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Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ League
San Antonio
Governor Offers Reward for Seitz Murderers in Angleton
Colquitt offers a $250 reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Mrs. John Seitz in Angleton on the night of July 9. The governor's action aims to spur investigation and bring attackers to justice.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
John Seitz
Angleton
Wonderful Resinol cures itching and improves hands
A 1913 New York letter describes severe itching and cracked hands relieved by Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment. The note touts Resinol as a doctor prescribed remedy for eczema ringworm pimples dandruff wounds burns sores and piles. Trial samples offered by Dept. 5-R Resinol Md.
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New York
N. Y
Wm. Sutherland
East
Death claims daughter of dead pioneer in San Antonio
Colonel William Belhaven Hamilton, a Confederate veteran and longtime New York Life agent, dies in San Antonio. Within two hours his daughter in law Lizette Bauman dies at the family home. Surviving heirs include six Hamilton children and Mrs Bauman's three children. Funeral plans pending arrival of relatives from South Carolina and New York.
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Col
William Belhaven Hamilton
Lizette Herbert Bauman
Hamilton
McCullough Avenue
John C. Breckinridge
West Feliciana Parish
Baton Rouge
Camp Amite
Breckinridge
Confederacy
Joseph E. Johnston
Ben G. Humphreys
Livingston Mims
New York Life Insurance Company
Texas
Mississippi
San Antonio
Hilary A. Herbert
Navy
Cleveland
Katie B. Magruder
William H. Magruder
Susie T. Hildebrand
H. E. Hildebrand
City
Anne KE. Hamilton
R. W. Hamilton
William B. Hamilton Jr
Vivian E. Hamilton
Lizze
Bauman
South Carolina
Charles Holtzman
Schenectady
N. Y
Relief In Prospect For Southwest Weather Change Expected
Major Allen Buell of the Weather Bureau says the current hot wave should ease within forty eight hours with possible showers and a temperature change. A trough from the Rio Grande Valley to Manitoba drives a gentle breeze and increasing cloudiness is seen in San Antonio. Showers may occur tonight or tomorrow. the heat remains strongest in the southwest with no other region experiencing intense heat.
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Allen Buell
United States Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Manitoba
San Antonio
Mayor Brown Leaves City Hall for Austin on Bond Mission
Mayor Brown absent from city hall as he travels to Austin on business believed connected to a bond issue. He is expected to return by night train.
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Mayor Brown
Austin
City Hall
Toy pistol scare at House of Commons sparks panic
London July 11 reports say a toy pistol fired from the strangers gallery caused a york of justice for women and a pamphlet shower as MPs were in session. Two suspected perpetrators were detained. later it was found the weapon was a toy.
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London
House of Commons
Scentless Trail Baffles Detectives in Perfume Robbery
In New York detectives pursue a scentless trail after 143 perfume packages totalling about 1400 pounds and valued around 5000 dollars were stolen from a downtown depot. Thieves allegedly backed a truck to the depot after hours and fled with the loot and 14 dollars from a weekly baseball pool.
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New York
Bridge Collapse Injures Five Men in Fort Worth
Five men were injured, none seriously, when the West Seventh Street bridge on the riverbed collapsed in Fort Worth Texas. Workers were placing final girders as a strong wind blew and shifted the steel, causing the structure to fall.
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Fort Worth
Tex
West Seventh Street
Ex-Warden Kennedy Indicted Over Prison Conditions
Westchester County grand jury charges John S. Kennedy former Sing Sing warden with giving convicts insufficient food and clothing unclean bedding and damp blankets forcing prisoners to wear cast off garments without fumigation. Kennedy surrendered in county court and posted a 1000 bond.
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White Plains
N. Y
Westchester County Grand Jury
John S. Kennedy
Sulzer
Sing Sing
Kennedy
Indian Fighter Dead Dies at 78 Former Fort Ridgely Commander
Lt. Col. Timothy J. Sheehan, who led Fort Ridgely in the 1862 eight day siege by Indians, died today in Paul, Minnesota, at age 78. He previously commanded at the fort during the historic conflict.
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Paul
Minn
Timothy J. Sheehan
Fort Ridgely
New Hotel Planned on Site of St George's Hospital
London reports a new hotel to cost 6,260,000 dollars will rise on the former St George's hospital grounds opposite Hyde Park. The project marks a major development in central London real estate and hospitality.
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London
St George’s Hospital
Hyde Park
Riverside Restaurant Ad Offers Family Night Out
An advert promotes peace at home and harmony with your best girl by dining at the Riverside Restaurant. The concise pitch suggests a cozy, affordable meal as a perfect date or family outing.
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Riverside
Advy
Divorce Rates Across Nations Cited
The text states United States divorces average seventy three per hundred thousand people annually while Austria’s rate is one per hundred thousand, highlighting a stark national difference.
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United States
Austria
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