Samuel W Harris obituary with service details
Samuel W Harris aged 67 died at 11 o clock Sunday at his home 3000 Jones avenue after a lingering illness. He was a Mississippi native who moved here 16 years ago and was retired from business. Surviving are his widow and eight children. Funeral at 3:30 this afternoon from the late home with Rev Nea l of Prospect Hill Baptist church officiating. Confederate camp members will attend. interment in Confederate cemetery. Sarah Pena three died at 4 yesterday afternoon at 728 South Laredo street. Funeral at 10 this morning from the home. interment in San Fernando cemetery.
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Harris
Samuel W. Harris
Jones Avenue
Mississippi
Neal
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
Pena
Sarah Pena
Laredo Street
San Fernando
Flores Suffer Pain in Santa Rosa Hospital Shootout
Deputy Constable Feliciano Flores Sr. is under guard at Santa Rosa hospital with a bullet wound from Friday night’s revolver battle in which Deputy Sheriff Ora Baird was killed. County Physician Dr. D Berry reports Flores cannot be moved without danger. lawyers delay habeas corpus filing until condition improves. Flores is represented by George M. Martin C. M. Chambers and J. R. Norton.
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Feliciano Flores Sr
Santa Rosa Hospital
Ora Baird
Flores
D. Berry
John Trainer
George M. Martin
C. M. Chambers
J. R. Norton
Bring in new well at Blue Wing club preserve near San Antonio
An artesian hot sulphur water well was brought in at the Blue Wing hunting and fishing club twelve miles south of San Antonio on the Corpus Christi road. The 2300 foot well yields about 2000 gallons per minute and will feed the lakes on the property. Club members funded the project with donations from forty members. Postmaster J J Stevens noted the flow does not injure vegetation or fish and will keep the lake filled independently of rainfall.
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Blue Wing Club
San Antonio
Corpus Christi Road
J. J. Stevens
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Promoted For Constipation Relief
Encouraging readers to switch from old remedies to Hot Springs Liver Buttons for constipation and biliousness. Endorsed as educt of Hot Springs sanitarium medical minds, with claims of improving liver and stomach health. Sold by pharmacists at 25c a box. free sample offer from Hot a Chemical Co. in Hot Springs, rk.
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Hot Springs
Ark
United States
A Chemical Co
Parade and club notices in Colquitt extend invites
A Wednesday July 24 parade at 8 30 p m invites all with torches and a Trades Council hall start. Stevens Huntress club meets Tuesday at Owls hall 220 Soledad street with good speaking. Yellow taxicabs and phone 234. A white baby boy was buried in cemetery No 8 at 10 a m by Riebe Undertaking. The infant was found at 220 Howard street at 9 30 a m. Coroner Umscheid led an inquest. Dr Berrey ruled natural causes.
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Colquitt
Start Trades Council
Hall
Stevens Huntress Club
Owls’ Hall
Soledad Street
Potter's Field
San Antonio Humane Society Officers Named
San Antonio Human Society lists officers George T. Botsford and Fred Davison at 324 Hicks Building with old phone numbers 71 for general inquiries and 2341 2782 for nights and Sundays.
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San Antonio Human Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
Grand Rally for Gov Colquitt Amid Torchlight Parade
Dancing nightly at Electric Park precedes a Wednesday July 24 rally and parade forming at Trades Council hall on S Alamo street. After the procession Beethoven hall hosts a Colquitt meeting with speeches. Navy musicians sought with emphasis on cornet clarinet and piccolo players and limited drummers. Recruiting officers will be available Monday and Thursday nights.
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Gov. Colquitt
Trades Council Hall
S. Alamo Street
Beethoven Hall
Colquitt
Navy
Naval Service
Bureau of Navigation
Peacemaker Struck in North San Marcos Street Dispute
Martin O Day Sr. a former police officer was struck in the face during a dispute on North San Marcos street yesterday. One participant allegedly cut his coat with a carving knife. The case is set for hearing in the corporation court tomorrow morning.
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San Marcos
Martin O'Day Sr
O'Day
Corporation Court
Dancing at West End Lake Weekly Boating and Fishing
Old notices advertise dancing at West End Lake every Wednesday and Saturday with boating and fishing. Contact Cowles Auto Livery and Dr. Shropshire at 520 Moore Building. old phone 3468 and 342 for inquiries.
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Cowles Auto
Dr. Shropshire
Moore Building
West End Lake
Torchlight Parade for Gov Colquitt Draws City Support
A monster Torchlight Parade on Wednesday July 24 at 8 00 pm starts South Alamo and Market streets in support of Gov Colquitt with a Beethoven hall speaking session to follow Ladies invited to attend The event is part of a series of community activities in San Antonio Texas.
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O. B. Colquitt
Texas
South Alamo
Market Streets
Beethoven Hall
William S. Anderson seeks 37th District Judge seat
San Antonio lawyer William S. Anderson, with 28 years in practice and 10 in the District Attorney's office, runs in the Democratic primaries for district judge of the Thirty-seventh Judicial District. Endorsements from numerous San Antonio lawyers emphasize his criminal-law expertise and irreproachable character.
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Wm. S. Anderson
Thirty-seventh Judicial District
Texas
Bexar County
San Antonio
George Paschal
Augustus Lewy
William S. Anderson
Colonel Lyon Incoming as Republicans Clash Over Oppenheimer
Roosevelt Republicans in San Antonio prepare for a power struggle in Bexar County as Col. Cecil A. Lyon heads from Houston. Plans to remove Julius Oppenheimer as chairman or replace him via precinct conventions are debated, with both Roosevelt and Taft factions seeking control of the county committee and the party machine.
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Julius Oppenheimer
Bexar County
Republican Executive Committee
Roosevelt
J. D. Dodson
Alamo Bank
Col
Cecil A. Lyon
Oppenheimer
Colonel Lyon
Clan MacGregor
San Antonio
Houston
United States
Eugene Nolte
Lyon
Postal Office Adds One Clerk Amid Staffing Woes
Washington confirms authorization for one extra clerk at the local post office. R H Cauley will start tonight, easing overload but officials seek three clerks and five carriers pending passage of the appropriation bill in Congress. Stamp receipts lag behind mail volume due to lack of large local factories sending advertising.
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Post Office
Washington
R. H. Cauley
Fuller
Congress
Negro Gambler Killed in Arkansas Gambling Bust
Four Prairie county deputy sheriffs led by Ben Peeples broke up a White river gambling rendezvous near Brasfield early Sunday. George Kennedy, a negro, was killed and another negro wounded when gunfire erupted. ten whites, twenty negros and four negras were present. Coroner's inquest blamed unknown parties for the deaths, with claims the victims shot each other by mistake.
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Little Rock
Ark
Prairie County
Ben Peeples
White River
Brasfield
George Kennedy
Donation to Taft Fund from Galveston Preacher
A Galveston preacher sent a fifty dollar bill for President Taft's campaign to the White House with a message about secrecy and shelter. Returning to Dallas, Sloane Simpson, ex postmaster and Roosevelt rider, with Mrs. Simpson, arrived in San Antonio en route home from a North Texas social set after a ten day outing at Oak Chor club near Rock Ort.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Galveston
Tex
Haven
Dallas
Sloane Simpson
Roosevelt
Hugh Riders
Mrs. Simpson
San Antonio
North Lawas
Oak Chor Club
Rock- Ort
Senate Forecast Predicts Passage of Sugar Tariff Bill
Washington predicts the Senate will pass a sugar tariff bill on Saturday. Democratic free sugar legislation aims to abolish the Dutch standard and reduce the rate from 1.90 to about 1.70 per hundred pounds. A Smoot substitute compromise is seen as the only merger basis. The broader excise tax bill, supported by House passage, is also under Senate debate on its merits.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Smoot
Negro in Police Court Holds Gash On Head
Joe Sanders, a negro, appeared before Judge Buckley on a minor charge and bore a severe head wound. Prosecutor Eldridge asked how the injury occurred. Sanders said he did not know after two men questioned his voting, and a policeman later found him. He paid a $2 fine.
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Negro
Eldridge
Joe Sanders
Buckley
Resolutions Honor Late San Antonio Mayor Bryan Callaghan
The county commissioners court passed resolutions of regret and respect for Bryan Callaghan, former mayor of San Antonio. The four commissioners formed a committee of the whole, and the document is signed by County Judge Phil Shook and Commissioners Sommers Meyer Crawford and Steffler.
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Bryan Callaghan
San Antonio
Phil Shook
Frank Sommers
D. A. Meyer
Charles K. Crawford
Paul Steffler
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Mabel Massey Bates
Barnard E. Bee
Daughters of the Republic
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F. W. Vomscheidt
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George D. Hunter
Texas & Pacific Lines
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Riverside
Jim Stevens
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T. J. Freeman
International & Great Northern Railway
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Harry Hertzberg
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