Horses Gather at Riverside Park for Fair Opener
The International fair opens September 26 with more than 600 thoroughbreds and about 300 quarter horses stabled at Riverside Park for the races. Trainers and owners report early-morning training, tents erected for stable hands, and a rising spectator interest as the event approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opatia
Itversity Park
Captain B. C. Brumby
Clayton Morris
Morria Ranch
Wade McLmere
Sam, Steve and
Ben Charles
Encinal
Mr. Roeeye
Fraunk O’neal
Tappyeho Wd. Teirer
D Carter
New York
Henry Autry
Riverside Park
Denver
Tarpy Rebo
O’neal
A Beneficial Toilet Preparation Profits from Oriental Dream
A complexion beautifier praised as purifying and healing claims to improve skin conditions. Dr T Felix Gouraud's Oriental Dream or Magical Beautifier gains favor among those who know its value and how it assists nature. Board of Health declares it free from injurious properties and physicians recommend it. available at druggists and fancy goods stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Felix Gouraud
Board of Health
Drugetsts
State to Inspect Nurseries Across Texas This Year
State Department of Agriculture announces Captain Sam H. Dix will lead inspectors to survey nurseries and orchards statewide, aiming to finish by year end. 1907 report shows over 19 million trees inspected, including apples, pears, oranges, and pecans, plus grape vines and ornamental stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tes
State Department of Agriculture
Sam H. Dixon
Gapisin Dixon
Gagdain Dixon
Texas
Dixon
Houston
Injunction Granted In Tate Gage Case In Georgia
A temporary restraining order blocks an August freight rate increase on food products and shipments from western states. Merchants from Albany Valdosta and others filed suit in the southern district of Georgia against Atlantic Coast Line and several railroads seeking to halt the rate rise. Judge Speer set July 29 for a hearing in Atlanta. witnesses include W M Seellgson of Houston and S Besler of Ware at the New Maverick hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thearat
Atlanta
Inia Gear 87
Albany
Valdasts
Mudge Towery Speer
United States
Elscuit
Georgia
E Atantic Coast Line
Tonnsville
Nashville
Chattannogh & St. Loutis
Southern
Clarhinath
New Orleans
Texas Pacific Railway
Sneer
Iy New
Mount Airy
Mie
United State
Rhodes Scholars at Austin Examinations Announced
A long fragment notes summer school completion and a Rhodes Scholarship selection process to begin in Austin. It mentions scholarships valued at 3800 English winds a year, eligibility for unmarried United States citizens who have not yet turned 20, with examinations held in each state and territory and residence at Oxford beginning in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ins
Tesunder
Ocober
Oxford
Gelmher
United States
Local Band Engagement Attracts Crowds To Beauty Spot
A band with growing repute under W. H. Smith has been engaged for day afternoons and Sunday night concerts. Readers praise the group as pleasant and the engagement is seen as a magnet drawing crowds to the beauty spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Smith
Lightning strikes at Nashville shop injures, kills
A bolt struck a blacksmith shop near Nuckville killing young farmer Will Roper and seriously injuring Walter Poots, Dr. W. M. Pool, Will Mahaffey, Joi and EM Robbins. The bolt melted shoe tacks andcloth items. Pool, gripping a handsaw, escaped as others were hurled by the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
Mat Springs
Will Reper
Walter Poots
W. M. Pool
Will Mahaffey
Joi
EM Robbins
Pool Five
Pool
Ila Son
Imniedin
S. Deol
Postum Daily Beverage Converts Doctor to Healthful Habit
A lady physician extols Postum as a daily enjoyable drink replacing coffee. She details years of use, praising its clear taste, lighter sleep, and perceived health benefits, noting friends’ interest and ongoing endorsements. The testimonial concludes with the brand’s origins and a periodic reader letter feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwayes
Scheuermeyer Plans Concerts At Old Family Park
The Scheuermeyer family resort plans extensive improvements under lessee J E Krimmer, with a Brass band to play four times weekly. New woodhenl property purchased, and the park to receive further upgrades next year. San Antonians note the park’s addition of five weekly concerts starting Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheuermieyer’s Park
San
Rich Prizes For Shooters At Texas State Sportsmen Meet
Special to The Licht Austin Tex July 25 The thirty free annual tournament of the Texas State Sportsmen's association will be held July 28 29 and 30 under the auspices of the Austin Gun club The program has just been issued and is an attractive one prize money includes 60 added cash prizes and diamond medals Contingents from across the state are expected The good wife fits her home at night with her walk upon her knee is happy that she feels just right She takes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Deng Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas State Sportsmen’s Association
Austin Gun Club
Messina
Marksimen
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
TL & GN
Deng Store
Taxpayers Notice for San Antonio Property Tax Rendering
City of San Antonio Notifies all property owners to render their property for taxation. Books open for rendition on June 1, 1948 with deadline September 1, 1908. Mayor Bryan Callaghan. City Clerk Fred Fries attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Noble
Sauwned
Bryan Callaghan
Fred Fries
Ciera
Texas Firms Pay Taxes From June Quarter Returns
Special to The Light Austin July 24 Texas firms paid gross receipts taxes to the state treasury and comptroller for the quarter ending June 30 listing firms such as Wilson Broach Co Beaumont Georgetown Telephone W. A. Harper Angin A Pusch Co and San Antonio Srewing Association with taxes ranging from tens to hundreds of dollars and gross receipts from several thousand to over sixty nine thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ceasury Department
Comptroller's Department
Wilson Broach Company
Beaumont
la Grange Tee and Cold Storage Company
Georgetown
Comony
ASTRO
Poote, Wilkens & Lanes
Galveston
W. A. Harper
Sau Angelo
J.T. Lyon
Somerville
San Antonio Srewing Association
Cowie OH Company
Angin A Pusch & Co
Waco
Milk Far Sunburn Beauty Cure Draws Fashionable Attention
A beauty cure called milk is gaining attention in fashionable society. Rubbed into the face at night with soft moon, it dries and is washed off in the morning with water only. No soap should be used. Regular washing with water is claimed to prevent sunburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fastfongine Society
Distination Bohemian excerpt shows querulous gatekeeper exchange
A passerby asks to see the lady of the house but is told by Mr Wyss that it is the cook's day out. He offers to have the caller call his wife for any suit regarding the household. This fragment captures a comic domestic moment in a Bohemian setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wyss
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Tuat
Maslin
Isle and Tacs Hose
Kaufman
FMAN
Madras
Tate Gage
W. M. Seellgson
Maverick
Besler
Ware
New
University of Texas
Bolt
Ivan
Posium Co
Tittle Creek
Mich
Wollville
Wlige
Scheuermeyer
Aenenseers
Ceewen
Eees
ODF
Phe Doetors
Garvin
South Olive Street
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