Temporary Administrator Named In Stafford Estate Suit
YT H VanderHoeven named temporary administrator of the $500 000 Stafford estate of Mrs Sarah E Stafford. The appointment follows agreement among attorneys and allows him to collect rents and interest, sue if needed, and pay debts while a will contest proceeds. Bank deposits remain with R E Stafford and Company of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. VanderHoeven
Will
T. T. Vandoeven
Sarah E. Stafford
van derHoeven
R. E Stafford and Company
Columbus
Yoakum Officials Seek Frisco System Takeover
B F Yoakum chairman of Frisco board and other Frisco officials travel from Brady to Fredericksburg to confer with the railroad committee on taking over the Frisco system from Brady to San Antonio. Tonight they plan to meet in San Antonio to decide if the project proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Yoakum
Frisco System
Frisco
Fredericksburg
Railroad Committee
Brady
San Antonio
Report Is Untrue About Lynching Claim Near Moultrie
A Savannah dispatch from Moultrie, Georgia states that the report of Will McGriff the black man said to have shot and killed three men near there yesterday being lynched is false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Savannah
Moultrie
Will McGriff
Diverse Society Notices From Local Homes And Affairs
Social events include a cantata at Mrs. R Webb’s Woodlawn Ave home benefiting Laurel Heights mission. A wedding at Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lane’s Devine St. home united Miss Meta Lane and Edward O Cravens with a reception and out-of-town guests from Boerne Houston Laredo Floresville. Community events feature Riverside Baptist church Willing Workers and a porch party on Nolan St with multiple guests and prizes. An eight course dinner honors Misses Jeanette and Mayme Tobias with a car ride after piano selections. A miscellaneous shower for Miss Sarah Bramson is planned at 138 Callaghan Ave and summer ball events at Elks’ hall July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Webb
Woodlawn Avenue
Laurel Heights Mission
Eugene Lane
Devine Street
Meta Lane
Edward O. Cravens
J. C. Felger
Grace English Lutheran Church
Tilly Dienger
Boerne
Eugene Lane Jr
Dorothy Neumann
Emma Bodeman
H. J. Vogt
Harry Niggli
Dorothea Dienger
Louise
Lena Dienger
August Dienger
Walter Lane
Houston
Charles Lane
Laredo
Cravens
Texas
Floresville
Theresa Arbetter
Center Street
Jeanette
Mayme Tobias
Dallas
Tex
S. Tobias
Jeanette Tobias
Acme Aebias
Nettie Sellinger
Elizabeth Cain
Elizabeth Weise
Fannie Berger
Ray Wittels
Sarah Sellinger
Sarah Bram
Elizabeth Weis
Sarah Bramson
Mayme Sellinger
Dora Hahn
Hadesa Sadovsky
Leah Sadovsky
Bertha Schwab
Martha Levy
Annie Schlesinger
Israel Hahn
Jake Alterman
Ben Adler
Morris Novick
Alexander Dubinsky
Joe Goot
Hume Wise
Jake Dodie
Levin Levy
W. B. Weisinger
Benjamin Weiderman
Evans
Dayton
Ohio
George Schulman
Smiths Sell Home on Fowler Street in Beacon Hill
Mr and Mrs O W Smith have sold their Fowler Street residence in Beacon Hill and plan to build in the Lake View addition. W N Hagey and family and R M Yantis and family have returned from a fishing and camping trip on the Frio River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hall
Ruiz Street
Lake View Addition
Percy G. Hall
George Harris
Claude Rowland
N. H. Rowlin
O. W. Smith
Fowler Street
Beacon Hill
Lake View
W. N. Hagey
R. M. Yantis
Dr Charles Stevens and Miss Leila Harris Wed at Harris Home
Dr Charles Stevens Edmund Stevens and Miss Leila Harris were married last evening at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs John Clayton Harris. Rev S H C Burgin performed the ceremony with a few intimate friends and relatives present. The couple will reside in San Antonio after a brief wedding journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Edmund Stevens
Leila Harris
John Clayton Harris
H. C. Burgin
Stevens
San Antonio
Surprise housewarming at Beacon Hill couple’s new home
Mr and Mrs Charles Mahon recently moved into their home at Tenth and Merchant Streets Beacon Hill when friends surprised them with a party Monday evening. Watermelon refreshments were served by the well wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mahon
Tenth and
Merchant Streets
Beacon Hill
White stockings trigger a cat attack near a butcher shop
Catherine Owens recalls a white stocking sighting that provoked a large white cat to attack her and a black cat to join in outside Frank Bitz's No 92 Columbus avenue butcher shop. Police and health officials were notified. Catherine received hospital treatment and Pasteur Institute care was suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bitz
Bitz
Columbus Avenue
Catherine Owens
West Ninety-ninth Street
New York
General Memorial Hospital
One Hundred and Sixth Street
Pasteur Institute
Catherine
Prefer Dancing to Money Returns Yeomans Trust
The Columbia Commercial reports that the town selectmen voted to return a 1500 Yeomans hall trust fund to Mrs. Mary B. Yeomans. She noted the gift’s condition forbidding dancing had been violated by dances and receptions at Yeomans hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Yeomans
Yeomans Hall
Columbia Commercial
Woman Suffrage Bid Falls in New York Senate
In Albany on July 12 the senate in committee of the whole voted 17 to 16 to block advancing the Stillwell woman suffrage resolution from general orders to final passage, effectively killing the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Senate
Heat Wave Grips Berlin With 102 Degree High
A heat wave has engulfed Berlin with downtown thermometers peaking at 102 degrees. The extreme heat affected daily life as residents endured high temperatures. Local authorities urged caution and hydration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Remarkable Bunions and Sore Feet Relief Tactics
A pamphlet touts Calocide foot treatment as a near magic cure for bunions corns and callouses. It claims dissolving two tablespoons in water and soaking fifteen minutes nightly relieves soreness shrinks bunions and leaves feet soft and odor free with a twenty five cent package enough for severe cases.
Deadlock Over Tea Exposes Green Tea Shortage in U S
A Shanghai cable to the Cincinnati Enquirer reports a deadlock in green tea imports due to prohibition of colored teas. Buyers refuse colored samples despite Chinese purity gains, demanding guarantees. China cites June samples as evidence and seeks time. Without action, about fifteen million pounds of green tea may not be shipped this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Shanghai
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mind Lost Seeking Elixir in Paterson Contractor Case
A sheriff's jury finds Antonio Federici a wealthy Paterson contractor insane from pursuing an elixir of life. He believed a rare costly wine mixture could grant perpetual youth and was confined to Morris Plains state hospital after months of private study and mounting expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Antonio Federici
N. J
New York
Five Years for Clerk in Georgia Theft Case
Edward Valentine Lee former paymaster clerk on the battleship Georgia pleaded guilty to larceny after absconding from Havana with $46,000. He was sentenced in Jamestown to five years in a federal prison in Atlanta and a $5000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jamestown
N. Y
Edward Valentine Lee
Georgia
Havana
Atlanta
Fever Restores Mind Blank For Six Years
An Atlantic City case reported by the New York World tells of Benjamin Leeds who vanished in 1906 after a bank visit and later suffered a fever that revived his buried memory. His delirium recalled his wife Lydia and his past life, guiding surgeons to contact his wife in Cleveland for reunion and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Leeds
Atlantic City
New York
Leeds
Cleveland
Ohio
Ocean City
Lydia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph Campbell Company
Stafford Estate
Yoakum
Katherine M. Joseph
James Arnold
Earl Haynie
Prime
A Hall
S. W. Smith
Mahon Sr
Riverside Baptist Church
Fay Spencer
J. W. Dickinson
Iona White
Elaine White
Esta Calhoun
Virginia Dickinson
Janice Newton
Janie Dickinson
John Dickinson
Ethel Loosemore
Connie Youngblood
Hazel Granfield
Ruby Dickey
Louise Carlisle
Max Alford
Max Kohn
Hallettsville
J. August
Theodore Harris
Mexico
Percy
Tom Cardwell
Fort Worth
Austin
Hazel Davis
Nat Davis
Locust Street
Charles Henry Benson
Zelma
Mattie Prior
Nolan Street
Georgia Marshall
Sam Betters
Anna Clavin
Mooney
Mattie
Carrie Gentzen
Olivette Furman
Annie
Jennie Mountjoy
Mary Dunaway
Gladys Gaylor
Mina
Elsa Burg
Maida Schwenkburg
Nellie
Carrie Bennett
Nell Anderson
Grace McGhee
Florence Westmeyer
Pansy Marshall
Cory
Dick Mountjoy
Otto Guyzer
Clayton Dunn
Earnest Alley
Amos Alley
Tom Mooney
Zach Pate
Bernard Horner
Whitney Stevens
Paulene Stephen Sessel
Louie Altman
Wells McKay
Edward Clavin
Henry Berry
Henry Rochelle
Arthur Schwenkburg
Charlie
Teddy Conley
Emil’ Wagnerfield
James Mogees
Aubrey Schofield
Albertmith
Sarah Bramowitz
San Diego
Callaghan Avenue
Harry J. Kronsberg
Merry Club
Elks’ Hall
Beethoven Jr
A. R. Byrd
Guenther Street
May Russell
Port Gibson
Musical Round Table of
Woman's Club House
Alamo Mission
The
Daughters of the Republic
Menger Hotel
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Joseph H. Dorst
Fort Sam Houston
Biggar Bros. Furniture Co
L. P. Peck
Houston and Navarro
Emil Blum
E. Houston
Ella Wilson
Hunneywell
Kansas
Stubbs
Ben Leed
House of Fashion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!