Flatonia Happenings Local Visits and Travels
Messrs Fred Thulemeyer Light and Milton Ragsdale visited in Winchester Sunday. H Y Miller in Rockport visiting friends. Miss Annie Balhorn of Moulton here Sunday. Earl F Decherd a San Antonio visitor this week. Mrs F W Gentry of Austin visiting relatives. A Finikestein a Weimar visitor. G W Allen and family of Yorkwa here this week. E C Decherd BE A Arnim H H Harrison and M Cockrill attended court in Gonzales this week. Miss Lucy Holmes of San Misticos returned home after extended visit. Miss Marie Cockrill visiting relatives in Austin. Sophie Spareck of San Antonio visiting here. Miss Annie Chalk of Laurena visited relatives here. Lee Cook returned from visit to Yoakum and Shiner. J B Lyendecker and family left for Yoakum after visit here. Mrs alk visiting relatives in La Grange. Louis Slomia in Yoakum this week. Mrs A J Brown returned from Boerne. Dr M Moffett and J Blanton went to La Grange to hear Hon Cone Johnson. Mrs Grace Shaver of Weimar visiting relatives here.
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Annie Balhorn
Moulton
Earl F. Decherd
San Antonio
F .W. Gentry
Austin
A. Finikestein
Weimar
G. W. Allen
York- Wa
E. C. Decherd
BE. A. Arnim
H. H. Harrison
M. Cockrill
Gonzales
Lucy Holmes
San Msticos
Soldier given lighter term for mail theft in St Louis
Edgar J Fahnestock, a three year Philippine veteran, received a two year sentence at Leavenworth for stealing about 1000 dollars from registered letters in the St Louis post office. Prosecutors cited his military service while his attorney blamed a drinking habit formed in service for his crime. He formerly lived at 4187 Shenandoah avenue with a wife and a two year old child.
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Phillippines
Edgar JF. Fahnestock
Leavenworth
Kas
St. Louis
Post Ofice
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fahnestock
Charles P
Johnson
Shenandoah Avenue
Daughters Experience With Six Doctors Highlighted
In a brief Puck exchange Mrs Frost-And asks about her daughter's hospital nursing experience. Mrs Snow-Yes confirms the girl was at the hospital two days before dismissal and had met six lovely young doctors within forty eight hours.
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Frost
Chronology of the Week A Record of Current Events
The San Antonio Light will publish a concise weekly news survey under chronology of the week. Readers are urged to collect the material in a scrapbook. The Persian government resolves to address the Caspian shore landing of exiled Shah Mohammed Mirza with firm measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Caspian Sea
Shah
Mohammed Mirza
Local Tax Value Rise and Regional News Highlights
County Tax Assessor Huth reports taxable property value rising to 15 335 184 dollars. The maneuver division hosts Beethoven Maennercher. Texas capitalists push to dam the Nueces River and build a Cotulla railroad. Local brokers seek national real estate group membership. Southwestern Casualty Insurance obtains a operating license. French colony marks fall of the hastile State. New fire rates lift premiums slightly. Antis and pros touted equally strong. Galapagos Islands neutral, La Follette wool bill favored. Pinchot asserts Alaska fraud charges true. Guggenheim documents in Alaska under inquiry. France moves to end automobile speed limits.
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Huth
Beethoven Maennercher
Texas
Nueces River
Cotulla
National Organization of Real Estate
Southwestern Casualty Insurance Company
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
State Department
la Follette
Congress
Pinchot
Guggenheim
Alaska
Chaotic 1911 Texas and World News Highlights
July 17 1911 reports Ant-Prohibition forecasts in Bexar County and a deadlock in city government. Governor Colquitt considers cooperative insurance under state control. Wells Fargo expands Texas presence. US Japan trade pact in effect. Lorimer case reopened. Cholera deaths in New York and Atlantic news from Europe and Mexico. Continuous dispatches cover tariffs, aviation, rail, and naval moves.
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Colquitt
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Texas
United States
Japan
Lorimer
Senate
Louisiana
Sugar Trust
Samuel Gomphers
New York
New York City
Stone
Missouri
Bailey
Diaz
Mexico
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Morocco
Edward
Mary
Edinburgh
Scotland
Cananea
Last of the troops relieved to camps Mabry maneuvers
July 18 1911 reports rotative relief of troops for militia drills at Camp Mabry General Duncan assigns regulars for upcoming maneuvers Lieutenant Foulois given farewell by the Press club election officials named July 22 salaries of city employees unpaid aldermen clash one killed three injured in railroad accidents state fights between incorporated and reciprocal fire insurers grows bitter J A Whitten named sheep inspector cotton falls sharply at New Orleans and New York France asks Spain for explanation of seizure of M Boisset Luzon typhoon and flood cause 1.5 million damage
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Duncan
Camp Mabry
Foulois
Press Club
Incorporated
Reciprocal
J. A. Whitten
Schleicher County
New Orleans
New York
Heyburn
Confederacy
Lorimer
Hines
Senate
la Follette
Taft
Bailey
France
Spain
M. Boisset
Alcazar
Morrocco
Luzon
Prohibition, politics, and perils loom in July 1911 update
Reports from Mexico indicate ongoing unrest while U S statesmen argue over Canadian reciprocity. Oil county roads under Judge Shook, fires blamed on a fire bug, and Dallas probes blind tigers. Prohibition campaign ends, Taft visits Bull Run, Wickersham calls for dissolving trusts, Lorimer faces loss talk, and cholera cases rise in Salerno.
City Council approves back salaries payment
Under suspension of rules city council passes ordinance appropri ating 46 817 11 for payment of back salaries of city employes. Provisional regiment of infantry of maneuver division returns from Leon Springs after trying reduced quota of wheel transportation.
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Leon Springs
M. F. Bralley
Galveston
Mead
Colquitt
Alice
Tex
Fire bug blamed as city endures another blaze
Prohibitionists hold prayer meeting during voting. San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and International Club praised by Chicago Association for hospitality. Five Fort Sam Houston officers ordered to Camp Mabry for Texas National Guard maneuvers. Election disorders reported as funds are diverted to cover treasury deficit. Census shows factory surge in Houston. Sugar trust profits outlined in Havemeyer case. Canadian reciprocity bill passes Senate 53 to 27. awaits Taft’s signature. Cholera suspect hospitalized in New York. Million-dollar missionary gift from anonymous donor. Germany plans warship to Mexico after Puebla massacre. Mexican conditions described by travelers. Camorrist trial lawyers in Viterbo strike.
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Bailey
Aldrich
Taft
Lorimer
John E. Parson
American Bar Association
American Sugar Refining Company
Chester
Haiti
New Orleans
War Department
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Mabry
Lewis Strang
Milwaukee
Stanley
Steel Trust
Long Island Sound
San Antonio
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Senate
New York
New York City
Germany
Mexico
Puebla
San Pedro
Camorrist
Viterbo
Italy
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Fred Thulemeyer
Light
Milton Ragsdale
Winchester
H. Y. Miller
Rockport
Hostetter
San Antonio Realty
Gulf of Mexico
Atlee B. Ayres
Carnival Association
School Board of
International
Great Northern
Woodward
Fort Worth
Cape Haitien
English House of Lords
Lord Halsbury
de la Barra
Republic
Phil Shook
J. F. Wolters
Antis
Thomas H. Hall
Dallas Grand Jury
el Paso
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co
Texas Telegraph &Telephone Co
Battle of
Bull Run
Wickersham
Hancock
Mich
Standard Oil and
The
Tobacco Trust
LaFollette
Long Island
J. Eads How
National Congress of
Census
Duluth
Minn
Los Angeles
Congressional Investigation Committee
Cardiff
Wales
Pecasas
Morrecco
Agua Prieta
Houston
Iniperial Chemical Mpg, CO
J. Pfeiffer
Philo Hay Spec. CO
Newark
N. J
U.S. A
Drug and Dept
Harfina
Bexar Drug Co
the House OF Hats
Alamo Plaza
Duerler Brew
Duerler
G. A. Duerler Mfg. Co
Carlsbad
Nyt
W.commerce ST
Sullivan's Bank
Commerce St
Rees
EDU Sre Ied
Dyeing() & Cleaning CO
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Piciffer
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