Lowth ers Win Nine Pin Championship Over Hoefgens
The Lowther team edged the Hoefgens in a three game Turner League match, taking two to claim the title. L Seidel led with 14 clean-outs across the three games, while Otto Puppe impressed the crowd for Hoefgen. Hoefgens showed strong bowling averages but fell short as Lowther maintained consistency to clinch the final game. Captain Hoefgen praised his squad at the end and planned a post-season banquet.
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Rooters
Otto Puppe
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Lowthers
H. Deininger
Puppe
H. Kraus
Doc Mayes
Frank Swindler
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Bexar County to fix tax rate next week
County commissioners announced plans to set the tax rate after Auditor John V. Huntress compiles a budget of essential expenditures plus a small contingency. The aim is to possibly lower the rate, but with ongoing improvements and a yet incomplete budget, a reduction cannot be guaranteed this year.
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Bexar County
John V. Huntress
Fire destroys Houston building housing Rein printing and Galveston Overall
A three story brick structure on Caroline street between Congress and Preston burned down. Owned by the E L Dennis estate, the loss is put at 15000 with insurance. Rein and Sons report losses of 75000 insured for 53000. The Galveston Overall factory loss runs about 5000. Origin of the fire is known.
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Caroline Street
Congress and
Preston Avenues
Charles M. Rein and Sons Printing Establishment
Galveston Overall
E. L. Dennis
Rein and Sons
Police Inspect Downtown Hotels For Unlawful Resorts
Police Chief Lancaster orders an inquiry into downtown hotels and lodging houses amid reports some houses operate as unlawful resorts. Captain Coy will lead plainclothes inspections and arrests may follow within the week as residents report suspicious conduct in several suspected establishments.
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Lancaster
Down Town
Captain Coy
Records fall as Army marksmen shine at Leon Springs
The Leon Springs rifle meet concludes with 82 competitors, led by First Lieutenant William C. F. Nicholson who scores 661, beating the 5 percent handicap to earn a gold medal. Captain Christian Bach adds a bronze with 846. Eleven officers and enlisted men earn medals while revolver preliminaries start, aiming to form the Fort Niagara team for national matches at Camp Perry.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
New York
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Ninth Cavalry
Nicholson
Smashes
Christian A. Bach
Fourteenth Cavalry
Andrew Wie Smith
Third Cavalry
John K
Gosche
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Fifth Cavalry
Corporal Powers
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Palmer
Rd Cavalry
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Burke
Jefferson
Saddler Richards
Howard
Thirteenth Cavalry
Rowland
Stafford
Davis
Hickey
Second Cavalry
Wodarsky
Lst
Third Field Artillery
Fifth Field Artillery
Bottom Drops Out as Mayor Piano Company Holds Sale
An illustration shows the corner of Travis and Soledad where the Mayor Piano Company closes its warerooms to clear a large piano stock for a new building. Pianos sell at factory prices with terms to suit, offering savings of 40 to 50 percent with no restrictions.
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Travis
Soledad
Mayor Piano Company
Speculator at 91 hid large Union Pacific stake
Testimony in the Burke estate appraisal reveals that John Masterson Burke, who died at 97 in 1909, had given housekeeper Vincenta M. Fensiy 2600 Union Pacific shares valued at about 450 000. Burke reportedly continued stock speculation into his 90s and in 1902 transferred 4 million dollars in real estate to a trust for Winifred Masterson.
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John Masterson Burke
Vincenta M. Fensiy
Union Pacific
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