Canadian Killed and Mexico Optimism Clash at Puebla
An eyewitness in San Antonio recounts the Puebla battle with vivid brutality. A Canadian, Robert J. Swayze, was murdered in Michoacan as marauders burned his body and a $7000 trunk vanished, while his wife sought indemnity from the Mexican government via the English ambassador.
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Puebla
San Antonio Esterday
Rio Grande
Diaz
Vasquez Gomez
Robert J. Swayze
Michoacan
Mexico City
Madero
Bankers’ Publishing Company of
New York
United States
Presi
Golfers Use Hazards in Park Ri Country Club Contest
Members of the Park Ri Country Club plan a 6 a.m. golf contest starting at the club grounds. Twenty four players will tee off toward Lincoln Park, 15 miles away, carrying canteens and knapsacks, playing to finish without food or water. Hazards include manholes street cars pedestrians and houses. Each player acts as his own caddie.
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Chicago
Park Ri Country Club
Lincoln Park
Yoakum Hosts Meeting For Local Railroad Employers Group
A public meeting at the Opera house in Yoakum, Texas, was held Saturday night by M. J. Murphy and C. P. Curtis to organize a Yoakum branch of the American Railroad Employers and Investors association. Officers elected were J. E. Frails president, Calvin Turberville vice president, and A. D. Stanley secretary and treasurer.
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Yoakum
Tex
Opera House
Messrs
M. J. Murphy
C. P. Curtis
A. D. Stanley
Destroying an Old Land Mark in Yoakum
Work began tearing down the old Mergenthal building in Yoakum Texas. A brick store will replace it on the lot, date for construction not yet known.
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Yoakum
Tex
Mergenthal
Hall's Texas Wonder Cure Ad Promises Kidney Relief
An advertisement for Hall's Texas Wonder claims a 60 day treatment cures kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles with quick permanent relief. It cites testimonials and lists Dr E W Hall at 2926 Olive St St Louis MO and notes druggists carry the product priced at $1.06 for bottles.
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Widd Co
Hall
E. W. Hall
Olive St
St. Louis
Baroness Plans Filipino School Network To Solve Servant Shortage
Baroness von Greyss wife of George S Wilkins of New York returns from abroad with a Filipino girl Dogima and a plan to open schools for Filipino servants in the United States She says Andrew Carnegie will supply all necessary books and society women will support entertainment fundraisers to start the schools.
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Baroness von Greyss
George S. Wilkins
New York
Dogima
Philippines
Andrew Carnegie
Military Adviser Leads Texas Guard Maneuver Plan
Captain James Justice of the Twenty second Infantry U S A has been assigned as military adviser to the Texas National Guard. He is preparing the maneuver problem for the state encampment August 7 to 16 at Taylor and Camp Mabry. Two armies, Red and Blue, will disembark and march to Camp Mabry to contest entry.
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Camp Mabry
Monument to Old Black Mammy draws southern support
J Allene Brown field manager of the Old Black Mammy Monument Association reports wide enthusiasm for a monument project. The group seeks to raise 50000 dollars, with location to be decided by vote as the association builds support across Texas and beyond.
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Austin
Tex
Galveston
South
Texas
J. Allene Brown
Houston
Body Found in Glacier After Alpine Search
The body of Homer Diman an 18 year old Arlington Massachusetts youth missing since July 5 on Dent du Midi Alps was recovered today embedded in ice in a glacier crevice on the mountain side Dent du Midi Geneva reports.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Homer Diman
Arlington
Mass
Dent du Midi
Alps
St Vincent de Paul Plans Newsboys Home in San Antonio
The St Vincent de Paul society in San Antonio plans to build a home for newsboys following a sermon by Rev W W Hume at St Henry's church. A special committee will canvass merchants after Aug 3 to raise several thousand dollars, with a donor offering five acres of land if the goal is reached. The Texas council, formed 27 years ago, funds its work through church poor boxes and donations.
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W. W. Humg
San Antonfio
St. Vincent de Paul Society
St. Henry’s Church
Father Hume
San Antonio
Fest & Gittinger Hall
South Flores Street
Newsies
A. A. Zizik
Newsboys’ Home
Zizik
St. Vincent de Paul _ society
The
Texas
Raffles shines at Exposition Park by Sins Stock Company
Exposition Park presents Raffles a thrilling and delightful play by the Sins Stock company. Richard Mandell's polished portrayal eschews bravado for suave accuracy while Earl Neil as Captain Bedford impresses with detective skill.
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Raffles
Sins Stock Company
Richard Mandell
Earl Neil
Captain Bedford
Mr. Neil
A. Paul Maithot
Life
Lord Ameraterth
George Hanna
Minnie Lee Ferguson
Vidal
Katherine Shepard
Gwendolin Conroy
Margaret Briggs
Melrose
Wreck Attempt on Long Island Train Near Valley Stream
Bloodhounds aid detectives in the search for highwaymen who planted a tie in a track hole near Valley Stream L I. A fifteen car excursion train was stopped within fifteen feet when Engineer Whitford applied brakes. The obstruction tilted toward the locomotive and was secured with ropes.
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Associated Press
New York
Long Island
Valley Stream
L. i
Whitford
Arrivals and departures listing for multiple trains
The document shows train numbers and schedules arriving or departing from various northern and southern routes, including local from Palestine Laredo Houston Kerrville and El Paso. It lists times across the day. It references the H B A Main Line and Victoria Division with several Cuero Victoria stops.
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Corse
Coce Coves
Gcobst
Kerrvile
Kerrville
Sun Gay
BumGay
Wvor
el Paso
West
Tee Teva Oe
Victoria
Cuero
Diane
Chauffeur Fatally Hurt in Ohio Car Crash
Fred Smith, a chauffeur, died after two cars slid down a 100 foot embankment into the Farmington river near Tariffsville. Eight others were injured. Smith was trapped beneath the second vehicle with a gear lever piercing his side.
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Tariffsville
Ohio
Fred Smith
Farmington River
Turtle Smiths
Taylor horses ship to open racing circuit in August
Stable of pacers and trotters owned by Sus Nelson ships from Tayl or to begin August 1 at Brookfield Missouri. The tour will include stops at Sturgeon Fayette Marshall Independence Leavenworth Topeka Ottawa Coffeyville Muskogee and Dallas with races ending at the Dallas fair October 16 to November 1. Horses Wheeler Wilkes Symbol Flint and May Noble travel with the stable. Nelson departs for Brookfield tomorrow to start the meet.
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Tex
Lugur- Sus Nelson
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
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Sturgeon
Fayette
Marshall
Independence
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Topeka
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Kan
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Okla
Dallas
Dallas Fair
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Wheeler Wilkes
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May Noble
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Symbol Flint
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Three New Roads for Austin
Austin faces an railroad boom as citizens push three new lines. A committee of businessmen from Austin Fredericksburg Johnson City Stonewall and Dripping Springs plans a route from Austin to Fredericksburg in Gillespie county with work to begin soon. The Austin Business League leads the effort, also seeking lines from Austin to Lockhart and another linking to Rockport and Aransas Pass.
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Tex
Austin c
Fredericksburg
Johnson City
Stonewall
Dripping Springs
Gillespie County
The
Business League of Austin
Lockhart
Rockport
Aransasass
Lightning Storm Kills Boy in Akran Area
A severe weather outbreak caused one fatality and extensive damage in the Akran vicinity. Clarence Beck, a boy from near Palmyra, was struck by lightning and killed instantly as the storm swept through last night and today.
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Akran
Ohio
Clarence Beck
Palmyra
Austin to Rebuild Colorado River Dam Near City
The city council accepted Johnson Contracting to rebuild the $1.5 million dam across the Colorado near Austin. Voters will decide at an election early next month. Residents are jubilant. the dam is the largest across a stream and collapsed previously due to a weak foundation.
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Austin
Tex
Colorado River
Johnson Contracting Company
Texarkana Board Pursues Texarkana to McKinney Road
The Texarkana board of trade seeks to complete a road from Texarkana to McKinney to connect with the Red River to the Gulf highway. The half built route needs county cooperation and a meeting may be held soon to decide next steps.
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Texarkana
Tex
Texarkana Board of Trade
McKinney
Red River
Old Citizen J C Butner Dies in Cleburne
Cleburne Texas July 24 J C Butner an old and well known citizen of this city died at his home last night The funeral will be held this afternoon.
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Cleburne
Tex
J. C. Butner
Cool Weather Helps Cotton Disease Pests Leave Area
Cool weather in Childress Texas boosts farmers by driving cotton leaf worm millers southward, easing crop damage concerns. The change is seen as relief to growers in the region.
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Associated Press
Childress
Tex
Jeaf
Just the Man for the Job in Pure Food Department
Dr. Wiley faces opposition from rivals who favor Dr. Cook to head the pure food department. The Kansas City Times notes the clash over leadership in the agency.
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Dr. Wiley
Dr. Cook
Pure Food Department
Kansas City Times
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