Baker Considers Challenge for Texas State Treasurer
Special to The Light reports possible opposition to Governor Colquitt in the upcoming general election. Representative Jess Baker of Hood county is near decision to enter the race for State Treasurer, aiming to unseat Sam Sparks if he seeks re election. Baker, in his third term, is regarded as financially capable to conduct a campaign if he runs.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Sam Sparks
Jess Baker
Hood County
Baker
Dynamite Blast Injures Austin man near Manchaca
Edward Britt a road foreman in Precinct No 3 is in the Austin sanitarium with facial burns gravel bruises and eye injuries after a dynamite charge ignited by wind while Britt prepared to blast a gravel pit near Manchaca. His injuries are painful but not serious.
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Austin
Tex
Edward Britt
Austin Sanitarium
Britt
Manchaca
Farmers Wish Hot Weather to Fight Boll Worms
Denton Texas July 29 Farmers in parts of Denton County seek hot dry conditions to curb boll worm damage in cotton fields. Rain fell across the county today reducing some heat effects.
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THE
Associated Press
Denton
Tex
Denton County
Seven Injured in Trolley Collision at City Intersection
Seven people were injured when a Seventh Avenue trolley collided with a Twenty third Street car at Twenty third and Seventh avenues. An unidentified female passenger is reported critically injured and may die.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Government Profit from Panama Bond Issue Revenue
The government earned 1,288,204.69 in premiums on a 50,000,000 issue of 8 percent Panama bonds. Bidders paid an average price of 102.5764, below current open market quotations.
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Washington, D. C
Whirlwind Finish in Mississippi Senate Campaign
In Jackson Mississippi on July 29 all senatorial candidates and their supporters rally for a final whirlwind finish ahead of Monday nights campaign close with nearly every voter engaged in the state.
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Jackson
Miss
Bay State Milling Plant in Winona Destroyed by Fire
Bay State Milling, the fourth largest flour mill in the United States, burned to a smouldering ruin after a fire started in the sack room on the main floor during the night in Winona Minnesota.
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Winona
Minn
Bay State Milling Company
United States
Successful meeting of Texas State School Trustees at College Station
Chief Clerk T. H. Shelby of the department of education called the session one of the most successful meetings ever held. He noted a large turnout of trustees from across Texas and spoke on the new rural high school law enacted by the Thirty-second Legislature, which aroused strong interest.
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Austin
Tex
T. H. Shelby
Department of Education
State School Trustees Association
College Station
Snakes Sermon and Revival At Airdome Tonight
Sid Williams leads a revival at the Airdome with a sermon on snakes, not whiskey, including about 1500 types. The Rev. Godbey of Brains Park Methodist church preaches Sunday night as revival continues next week. Attendance last night was the best yet with full seating and standing patrons. Palmer scored the high game 233 for the Frank Bros. team in a win over the Bot Smarts 2849 to 2669. Thomas of the Smarts held the high average at 199.
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Sid Williams
Airdome
Godbey
Brains Park Methodist Church
Palmer
Frank Bros
Franks
Thomas
Smarts
Kidney ailments curable if treated early says Perry Pitman
Mr Perry A Pitman of Dale Texas describes four months bedridden with kidney bladder trouble and gall stones. He credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with a full cure after taking one bottle and urges others to ask for it at King Pattison Drug Co.
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Perry A. Pitman
Dale
Tex
Foley
King & Pattison Drug Co
Mississippi senatorial race ends with three-way fight
In Jackson Mississippi current polls show a close state primary with three strong candidates in a final push. LeRoy Percy Vardaman and Alexander tour counties delivering addresses as counties prepare polling lists and ballot boxes for Tuesday's vote.
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United States
LeRoy Percy
Jackson
Brookehaven
Lincoln County
Vardaman
Percy
Crystal Springs
Mississippi Chautauqua Assembly
Lincoln
Pike and
Hinds
Osyka
Pike County
Copiah County
Alexander
Yalobusha County
Pineville
Coffeyville
Watervalley
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promotes Hair Strength
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a daily safe hair dressing that strengthens weak hair, brightens dull hair, and restores color. It claims no new hair but improved appearance with a money back guarantee and sells for fifty cents per bottle by W. C. Meyer at 408 East Houston.
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Wyeth
W. C. Mever
East
Houston
May Compromise On Early Closing In City Stores
A proposed deal between city merchants and advocates for early Saturday closing moves toward eight o’clock on Saturdays and six o’clock on other days. A 1911 San Antonio letter outlines merchant willingness and broad public support from churches, clubs, and shopper groups.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Merchants’ and Traders’ League
Trades Council
The
Shoppers’ League
John M. Rowland
San Antonio
Tex
Father in Jail and Children in Home
Blu ford Bobbitt a Southern Railway section hand is jailed while four children reside in the county detention home a twelve-year-old daughter lies dead and Mrs Bobbitt with two other children remain in a box car home near Jefferson town Officials seek to burn the dwelling to destroy disease germs after the death of Katie Bobbitt police found him drunk beside six children on the car floor Magistrate Wheeler’s court convicted Bobbitt on testimony from a man he accused of stealing the burial fund.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Bluford Bobbitt
Southern Railway
Bobbitt
Jefferstown
Katie
Wheeler
Lorimer Popular With the Democrats
Lawrence B Stringer a Democratic candidate testified before the senate committee that Lorimer and Speaker Shurteff were the Republicans most popular with Democrats in the Illinois legislative session. Stringer said Springfield knew Lorimer would win Democratic votes if he ran and noted Hopkins faced strong opposition from Democrats.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lawrence B. Stringer
William Lorimer
Illinois
Senate Committee Today
Lorimer
Speaker Shurtleff
Springfield
Hopkins
Potatoes as a New Local Legal Tender in Milliken
In Milliken Colorado a potato circulated as payment after a patron P A Murphy bought two beers and received a nickel change along with the vegetable. The episode highlights a potato as de facto currency amid potato shortages and high prices.
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Associated Press
Denver
Milliken
Colorado
P. A. Murphy
Murphy
Urn Mixes Gin Rickeys Story At Quarantine Hearing
Testimony describes an incident where Col. Warring's ashes were allegedly used to make a ginrickey at a New York quarantine station, a claim later disputed by health officials who said the colonel was cremated and his ashes sent to his family. The hearing reviewed Warring’s role in urban sanitation and sewage projects in cities including Memphis, Buffalo, and Santiago, Cuba.
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Associated Press
New York
Col. Warring
Cuba
Arthur Denyse
Warring
New
Amusements at Ta Exposition Park
Women and children in San Antonio are invited to a Sunday matinee at Exposition Park theater starring Sins Stock company with 25 cent admission and no reserved seats. "An Actor's Romance" is the week's regular offering and the giant dip rides are free Monday night for coupon holders.
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Exposition Park
San Antonio
Great Sins Stock Company
Grace Benson Celebrity for Hand and Arm Beauty
Grace Benson, famed for the beauty of her hands and arms, shares a recipe to achieve similar results. She says the Ku lux Compound with witch hazel and water, used nightly, clears skin defects and tints the skin transparent without hair growth.
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Grace Benson
Farmers Promise Bigger Exhibits at International Fair
A. M. Pyron, superintendent of the agricultural department, returns from the farmers' congress at College Station and reports plans for larger exhibits. He secured items from Brazos valley Rockdale and Smith counties. Secretary Vance notes daily exhibitor applications, with two out of town firms seeking space.
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A. M. Pyron
Farmers’ Congress
College Station
Brazos Valley
Rockdale
Smith Counties
Vance
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Texas Receipts Report
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company in Texas reported gross receipts of 1 062 126 48 for the last three months. It paid 15 931 90 in a 12 percent tax to the treasury, aiding the state’s depleted treasury.
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Austin
Tex
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Treasury Department
Ross
Illinois Primaries Open in East St Louis Campaign
Illinois republican primary fight begins with the Merriam progressives campaign in East St Louis. Walter Clyde Jones of Chicago will deliver the keynote address for the gubernatorial nomination and Charles E. Merriam, former Chicago mayoral candidate, will speak on progressive principles.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Chicago
East St. Louis
Walter Clyde Jones
Charles E. Merriam
Legislators oppose repeal of railroad claim law in Texas
In Austin on July 29 lawmakers publicly oppose repealing the International and Great Northern claim law. Rep. Jess Baker and Rep. C M Cureton defend the statute, saying it is sound and would not hinder railroad development. They expect no repeal measure during the special session or the ensuing regular session.
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Austin
Tex
International and Great Northern
Colquitt
San Antonio
Texas
C. M. Cureton
Bosque County
International
Patrolman John Ennis Transferred From Auditorium Beat
Chicago July 29 Patrons of grand opera and stars of the stage will miss John Ennis a longtime patrolman at the Auditorium theater for fifteen years A department shake up by Chief McWeeney moves Ennis to the Twenty second street district station where he will walk a beat Ennis known as the scholar of the department organized the Irish Music club of Chicago and wrote several songs including The Shady Road to Clane He has served nineteen years and praised Chief McWeeney as the boss.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Ennis
Auditorium Theater
McWeeney
Ennis
de Rerkes
Eduard
Jean
Caruso
McCormick
Melba
Calve
Nordica
Erin
Shady Road
Clane
Postal Savings Banks to Open in 16 Offices
The postoffice department plans postal savings banks in first class post offices during August. Postmaster General Hitchcock designated sixteen offices in ten states to serve as postal depositories. Operations will start August 8 at Tucson Arizona Boulder Colorado Springs Colorado Jacksonville Florida Tampa Florida Boise Idaho Billings Great Falls Helena Montana Reno Nevada Memphis Tennessee Nashville Tennessee Ogden Utah Salt Lake City Utah Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Postoffice Department
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Tucson
Ariz
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jacksonville
Tampa
Fla
Boise
Idaho
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Helena
Mont
Reno, Nex
Memphis
Nashville, Tenn
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cheyenne, Wyo
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