Agree Upon Routing of State Troops to Camp Mabry
A meeting of passenger agents and the adjutant general's department in Austin set the routing for Texas National Guard troops to Camp Mabry for the encampment. The dates are August 7 to 16. Attendees included W. G. Crush R. E. Lee E. E. F. Adams J. T. Monroe and N. Davis representing several railroads.
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Katy
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Palestine
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Galveston
J. T. Monroe
Sunset Lines
Houston
N. §. Davis
Fort Worth
Denver City
Tax Rate to Jump From 4 10 12 Cents
Austin Texas July 19 Governor Colquitt proposed raising the state ad valorem tax rate from 4 10 12 cents for the next meeting of the automatic tax board after the Thirty second legislature passes the general prohibition bill. He hints it may be 18 cents and school tax could rise to 19 2 3 or 20 cents if the statewide prohibition amendment passes. The increase aims to cover state expenses and deficits left by the Campbell administration totaling about 1 194 134, plus penalties of 2 000 000 from Waters Pierce, to fund the next two years. The planned appropriation for the next year is about 4 797 058 plus the deficiency.
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Austin
Tex
Overnor Colauitt
Automatic Tax Board
Campbell
Bankit
Roberts Family Returns After 993 Mile Tour
Fred Roberts and Mrs Roberts with two children return to Corpus Christi after a two week trip covering Houston and Waller. They report good crops along the route. Two nephews Charles and Leo Roberts from Waller visited during the trip.
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Corpus Christi
Fred Roberts
Electric Paste claims to exterminate roaches and rats
An ad fragment promotes Stearns' Electric Paste as a quick roach and rat killer. It claims easy use, no blowing powder, and a money back guarantee if it fails. The copy references pest control in sinks and shelves and mentions voters in a questionable line.
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Nigt
Stearns
Bengo
Track laying begins for Dunlgy to Medina project line
The Southern Pacific railroad from Dunlgy 28 miles to the Medina irrigation site nears completion. T B Palfrey reports grading is done and five miles of track laid with progress about a mile per day, enabling dam construction to start soon.
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Southern Pacific
Medina
T. B. Palfrey
Banquet at Avon Hears Wilson Predict 1912 Democratic Victory
Governor Woodrow Wilson told six hundred Democrats at an Avon banquet last night that a third party is unnecessary as voters turn from old parties to the Democrats. He said the current government was aligning with Jeffersonian ideals and tested to prove it lives up to those tenets.
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Avon
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
Minnesota Bar to discuss recall of judges and rail rate control
Duluth Minnesota July 19 Two key topics for Minnesota State Bar association members will be the recall of judges and the conflict between federal and state control of railway rates. Attorney General Wickersham will give an address today.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota State Bar Association
Wickersham
Robbery Strikes Boston Metal Dealer for 7500
Samuel W. Butter a Boston metal dealer was robbed of 7500 at a Providence house during night work to close a metal deal. He was attacked by four men. three fled in a car while the fourth was placed under arrest.
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Providence
R. 1
Samuel W. Butter
Boston
Butter
State contract awards for seeds and liquor in Austin
State Purchasing Agent McKay announced a new batch of contracts for state institutions. C. J. Martin & Son of Austin received a vegetables contract, Robinson Bros. for cane and oat seed and amber, Carter & Jan Drew for potato seed, Austin Manufacturing Co. for brandy wine and sherry, and L. & A. Scharff Distilling Co. for whisky wine sherry and brandy for all other institutions.
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Tex
McKay
C. J. Martin & Son
Robinson Bros
Carter & Jandrew
Austin Manufacturing Company
L. & A. Scharff Distilling Company
Port au Prince Revolt Threatens Saint Marc and Archahac
Haitian town reports revolutionists conscripting Saint Marc and marching on Archahac, eighteen miles northwest. Government holds two divisions of troops. cruiser Antoine Simon backs threatened port as unrest affects residents and families.
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Associated Press
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Saint Marc
Archahac
Antoine Simon
Blacksmith G J Desha Dies in Yoakum Texas
G J Desha a prominent blacksmith in Yoakum Texas died at his home last night from a severe attack of dysentery. He leaves a wife and child. The report notes the illness and his standing in the Sap community.
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Yoon Eer
Yoakum
Tex
G. J. Desha
Prominen
Anonymous charges of illegal poll tax receipts flood Texas
The Texas attorney general’s office reports anonymous tips alleging large scale illegal poll tax receipts. Claims describe tens of thousands of receipts tied to plantations and city corruption. Officials urge local prosecutors to investigate while clarifying that paying or lending money for receipts is a penitentiary offense.
Accident Victim Buried as Castoria Ad Tale Appears
Kenneth Dixon a 6 year old son of Mr and Mrs S J Dixon of Buda was buried in Kyle following an automobile accident near Austin. Richmond Dixon and Welton Dixon of Buda were injured and hospitalized in Austin in very dangerous condition.
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Kyle
Tex
Kenneth Dixon
S. J. Dixon
Buda
Austin
Mr. Richmond
Welton Dixon
San Antonio Couple Wed in Corpus Christi Ceremony
Miss Ethel Heilbron and Dee Atkinson, both of San Antonio, wed at 10 a m yesterday at South Chaparral street residence of Sars v T Orr. Rev D P South officiated. A wedding dinner followed by F F Fisher of Fisher restaurant. The couple will spend the summer in Corpus Christi.
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Corpus Christi
Ethel Heilbron
Dee Atkinson
San Antonio
Sars
V. T. Orr
South Chaparral Street
Dp. B
Mrs. Atkinson
British envoy James Bryce may retire after arbitration
The British foreign office denied a US cable report that James Bryce plans to retire from his post as ambassador in Washington after the Anglo American arbitration concludes.
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London
Foreign Office Today
United States
James Bryce
Washington
PRESS CLUB PAYS TRIBUTE TO FOULOIS
Lieut. Benjamin D. Foulois of the United States Army, a famed aviator, was honored at the Gunter hotel roof garden in San Antonio. The event featured speeches, a life membership card, and tributes to his aeronautical achievements as he prepares to continue studies in Washington.
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United States Army
Gunter Hotel
Foulois
San Antonio
Washington
Samuel Marks
Elijah
Enoch
Lloyd Spencer
Ray Hare
George A. Schreiner
Claude Mills
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Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Hearne
Texas National Guard
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Bert J. McLean
Charles M. Barnes
Frederick S. Murphey
Adolf Grasso
A. B. Bennett
Edward Wolff
T. O. Bateman
William J. Dooley
George D. Armistead
Carl Runge
B. B. Cox
FE. G. Huntress Jr
W. B. Price
Beauvais Baugh Fox
Frank 8. Tillan
R. C. Lehmann
Illiam J. Dooley
W. P. Calvert
R. S. Israel
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Charles G. Norton
Charles M
Persian Government Shows Resolution In Persian Coup
Teheran reports the government displaying resolve after the exiled shah Mohammed Ali Mirza landed on the Caspian coast. A coalition cabinet of democrats and moderates named Sipahdar as premier with Samsem es Sultananeh heading war. Bakhtiyahi leaders and police chief Yep rima pledge support against the deposed shah.
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Associated Press
Teheran
Persia
Caspian
Shah
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Sipahdar
Samsem-es-Sultaneh
Yep
Deposed Shah Returns to Persia With Small Following
Telegraph dispatches from Teheran report the deposed shah has a small following and financial circles in London view his action as of little importance, despite his return to Persia.
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London
Teheran
Persia
Two More Railways Offer Free Transport to Farmers Meet
Austin July 19 Two leading Texas railroads the Katy and the Southern Pacific will provide free transport to delegates to the farmers institutes road-up meeting scheduled for July 24 at College Station. This brings total railroads aiding delegates to six and raises expected attendance toward 1000.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Agriculture Kone
College Station
Katy
Southern Pacific
Kane
Smhs Abaeeam Ee Bes
Details of Sugar War Come Under Congressional Scrutiny
New York July 19 The American Sugar Refining Company known as the sugar trust faces a fresh session of a special congressional committee investigation. Washington B. Thomas resumes the board room stance as H O Havemeyer and John Arbuckle testify through a sub committee that will also visit Mohonk Lake to hear Arbuckle who is ill. A sub committee of Representatives Sulzer Welty Jacoway and Hinds will probe all company books records and correspondence.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Washington B. Thomas
Special Congressional Committee
H. O. Havemeyer
John Arbuckle
Themag
Havemeyer
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman
SADIE MULLEN of Evans Wood Indiana reports relief after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for displacements inflammation and other female ailments. The advertisement urges women to seek the remedy and to write for advice while noting the product has long been a standard treatment.
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M Sadie Mullen
Ewood
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
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