Harvest Jubilee planned for San Antonio in October
Publicity drives by the Chamber of Commerce push a harvest jubilee in San Antonio from October 19 to 28. Albert Steves Jr. heads a 12 regiment fundraising effort aiming for 15000 dollars. Merchants pledge 100 to 500 dollars and invite out of town customers to visit and enjoy the events.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Albert Steves Jr
St. Anthony Hotel
A. J. Castanola
D. A. Terrell
Arthur Muir
Albert Huth
John K. Carrington
B. M. Hammond
Texas
Contracts Awarded In Texas Seed and Alcohol Supply Deals
State Purchasing Agent Elliott awarded seed contracts to the Texas Seed and Floral company of Dallas for charitable institutions. L. & A. Scharff of St Louis received licenses to furnish alcohols and liquors. J. M. Radford Grocery Company of Abilene to supply planting potatoes for the fiscal year.
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Austin
Tex
Elliott
Texas Seed & Floral Company
Dallas
L. & A. Scharff
St. Louis
J. M. Radford Grocery Company
Abilene
Pinchot Mocked Over Tax Miscalculation
Former forestry bureau chief Gifford Pinchot drew laughter from friends after attempting to pay $600 too much in taxes. He argued he was under assessed at the tax office and offered to cover the extra amount. Assessments cover three year periods, with the current term not ending until 1914, so no adjustment can be made now. Pinchot would thus forgo $600 for two more years before possible relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Society's Saturday dances restricted after midnight
Mrs Julian Little, a society leader at Newport, was warned by a mysterious woman over the telephone not to let Saturday night dances continue past midnight. The edict mirrors Mrs Stuyvesant Fish who ordered musicians out at 11 30 pm, sending guests to the Jones cottage to resume dancing into Sunday morning.
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Julian Little
Newport
Stuyvesant Fish
Pembroke Jones
Lawmakers favor legalization and regulation of large corporations
A three Republican panel urges legalizing and regulating big industrial concerns rather than dissolving them. They propose an interstate commission with broad regulatory powers and the option for large firms to operate under U S charters. The report backs Brandeis bill shifting proof to defendants and aims to curb interlocking directors.
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Washington
House
Steel Investigating Committee
Gardner
Massachusetts
Young
Michigan
Danforth
New York
Sterling
Ilinois
United States
Bureau of Corporations
Brandeis
New Lockjaw Cure Draws Attention in Baltimore Case
In Baltimore a 9 year old boy Bernard Meyerly survived lockjaw after a stone bruise due to a new treatment by Dr. Pearce Kintzing. The method uses injections of a 10 percent solution of a proprietary drug, given deep into muscles at three hour intervals initially. The article also notes a shift to khaki uniforms in the Austrian and French armies for economy and concealment.
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Baltimore
Bernard Meyerly
Pearce Kintzing
Kintzing
Socialists Meet to Nominate Successor to Late Mayor
A meeting of Socialists and sympathizers is called at Odd Fellows hall 123 Soledad street Monday at 8 PM to nominate a successor to the late Mayor Bryan Callaghan by order of Local 18 executive committee H M Edwards secretary. Yellow cab company listed with contact numbers.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Soledad Street
Bryan Callaghan
H. H. Edwards
Assault to Murder Charged in July Alley Shooting
Ed Robinson faces an affidavit in Justice Umsehfeid's court for assault to murder after a July 26 alley dispute off Chestnut Street left George Barrett wounded in the left breast. Barrett is hospitalized in improved condition. The two men are identified as negroes.
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Ed Robinson
Justice Umsehfeid
Massey
Robinson
George Barrett
Chestnut Street
Barrett
Grand midsummer reunion on St Marys Parochial roof
A Wednesday evening event at 8 30 on the roof garden of St Marys Parochial school features a musical program and refreshments. Mrs Archer teaches dancing Expo Park or home Old phone 6816. Removal notice for Talcott Electric moving from 416 Navarro to 194 College Street Central office building. Archer's dancing Expo Park. Natural gas land lease proposals near two active wells address 648 Light. Stephens Huntress club meets Wednesday July 31 at Owls hall to endorse mayoral candidate.
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St. Mary’s Parochial School
Talcott Electric Company
Navarro
College Street
Stephens-Huntress Club
Owls’ Hall
State Factory Inspector reports 8 hour law compliance
A. F. Garrett says contractors statewide follow the 8 hour law and no complaints were necessary after his inspection tour. He found child labor law violations but factories promptly removed children from work. Cities visited include Marshall Longview Paris Bonham Commerce Sherman and Denison.
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Austin
Tex
A. ©. Garrett
Marshall
Longview
Paris
Bonham
Commerce
Sherman and
Denison
Texas inspectors to examine Cleburne dairy herds
State Pure Food Commissioner Abbott and Assistant Chemist Hoffman left Austin for Cleburne to inspect several dairy herds. They will file complaints if met with resistance, testing the validity of the pure food law granting inspection authority.
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Austin
Tex
Abbott
Hoffman
Cleburne
Five Rosenthal Slayers Said Near Capture, Reports Claim
District Attorney Whitman hears from private detectives that the five men who killed gambler Herman Rosenthal may be soon captured. Investigators allege the killers fled to Rockaway after the shooting, lost the crime proceeds in a gambling house, then returned to New York and hid.
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New York
Whitman
Herman Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Rockaway
Scott to El Paso in Texas Department Visit
Major W. 8. Scott, adjutant general of the Texas department, left Saturday night for El Paso to confer with Colonel E. Z. Steever, acting commander, on compiling the annual report and other departmental affairs.
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W. 8. Scott
Department of Texas
el Paso
E. Z. Steever
Mortgage and financial assets report excerpt
Mortgage loans 2 308 835 76 Bonds 31 500 00 Accrued interest receivables Cash on hand and in banks Capital in stock paid 2 340 335 76 27 141 82 364 458 00 Surplus Undivided profits Reserved for 1913 taxes 3 100 000 00 50 000 00 5 156 93 524 00 Trust funds 2 576 264 65
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Chas
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Orpheum Theatre
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Mark Wright
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Steel
NEW Lockjaw Cure
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Citizens’ League
Bexar County
T. T. Vanderhoeven
San Antonio Human Society
George T. Bowsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
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Pike Theater
Electric Park
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County Humane Society
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Uater
Travis Lab
Dr. Shropshire
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