Governor to appoint Texas text book board this summer
Austin July 29 Governor Colquitt expected to announce the appointment of a state text book board created by the Thirty second legislature. The board will include nine teachers from a sealed list of thirty, with rules to prevent conflicts of interest and book lobbying. The group will choose textbooks for all Texas public schools for a six year term beginning September 1 1913.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Thirty-second
Texas
College of Industrial Arts
University of Texas
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Superintendent of Public Instructions
Sna
Couny
Board Members Paid Five Dollars Per Day for Duties
The text states compensation of five dollars per day for board members while actively serving in official duties. It notes payment rate and condition of engagement, implying a formal policy or guideline for stipends during active discharge of duties.
Hotel Arrivals List From Various Cities
A lengthy hotel arrivals roster records guests from Houston Dallas Chicago New Orleans and many other locales. Names include W T Gunter C H Gates J H Bohmfork J A Matthews Allan Beall Marcus Baerwald A L Brown and E G Comstock among others with origins spanning Galveston Fort Worth New York Boston Baltimore and beyond.
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E. M. Lucky
Austin
G. Poole
Lintner
Ill
L. 4. Carter
Galveston
J. A. Matthews
Uvalde
Allan Beall
Vicksburg
Miss
J. ©. Moore
Goliad
St. Anthony
L. L. Bryan
Dallas
J. H. Bohmfork
Houston
I. . Davis
F. H
F. H. Petilfils
Fort Worth
Menger
D. EB. Brown
Richmond
L. A. Cummings
C. M
Sheffield
W. J. Townsend Jr
W. B. Bankin
B. F. Gibson
Lufkin
Crockett
New Orleans
R. B. Rankin
New York
J. A. Isaacs
Kentucky
A. W. Long
Childress
I. L. Brown
Charles Engle
Marcus Baerwald
J. M. Connelly
H. K. Percy
Los Angeles
H. L. Munger
Waco
William Gans
California
Bexar
E. L. Byrd
Tucson
Ariz
W. D. Lord
Mary Garrett
Alice
W. B. Pyatt
Kansas City
Savoy
M. W. Hudson
Baltimore
J. C. Stevens
Westfield
R. P. Hariig
C. L. Smith
Fentress
L. W. Winters
Aes Pamco
Lee H. Lefttern
O. B. Fox
Jacksonville
W. Rankin
E. G. Comstock
Chicago
C. C. Marquetz
St. Louis
Signature comparison clears Naill identity in Texas case
A handwriting check shows the missing San Antonio grocer J. W. Naill is not the same man registered at the Milby Hotel in Houston on July 14. The Dallas directory lists a J. W. Naill at 5103 Crutcher Street, Dallas. Police spread Naill posters in El Paso and nearby towns and in Arizona.
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J. W. Naill
San Antonio
Milby Hotel
Houston
Naill
South Presa _ street
Dallas
Dallas Bell Telephone Directory
Births for July at multiple Dayton households
To Mr and Mrs W Fritz a child born at 128 West Pine. Mr and Mrs HB P Brack July 24. To Mr and Mrs W I Jobes July 28 120 Devine a girl. To Mr and Mrs Theodore Mesch July 20 601 Harrison a boy. To Mr and Mrs Arthur T Mooty July 23 109 Caldwell a boy.
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W. Fritz
West Pine Street
HB. P. Brack
W. I. Jobes
Devine Street
Theodore Mesch
Harrison Street
Arthur T. Mooty
Caldwell Street
Burial Permits Listed for Local Residents
Burial permits issued for Josephiste Kiesel 15 who died July 26 at 745 West Houston street Eduardo Guarjardo 3 months died July 28 at 507 South Pecos street etra Sanchez 42 who died July 27 at 615 South Laredo street Refugio Chavez 85 who died July 27 at 923 South Laredo street Names ages and death dates provided for local residents with street addresses included.
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Josephiste Kiesel
West Houston Street
Eduardo Guarjardo
South Pecos Street
Etra Sanchez
South Laredo
Refugio Chavez
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
Charles W. Rossy and Ella B. Perner receive a marriage license, followed by Santos Villalon and Erlinda Morales. An advertisement touts Harlandale waters as a tonic with iron for vitality, and Swift & Co. reports fresh beef sales in San Antonio averaging 6.53 cents per pound for the week ending July 20.
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Charles W. Rossy
Ella B. Perner
Santos Villalon
Erlinda Morales
Swift & Co
San Antonio
Social Calendar events and hostess duties noted
Miss Beatrice Mills attends a farewell garden party at the Illy residence on West Park Avenue with Addie Baylor as hostess. Miss Mary Pauline Fortran invites a house party to spend the week. A Woman's club called meeting is scheduled at the club house. Miss Ola Applewhite hosts a birthday party on Boisd Arc Street. Mrs C H Jackson hosts an afternoon party for her children on West Woodlawn Avenue.
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Beatrice Mills
William Illy
West Park Avenue
Addie Baylor
Mary Pauline Fortran
C. H. Jackson
West Woodlawn Avenue
Sweet Briar house party hosts in Belknap area
Miss Mary Pauline Fortran entertains a house party at her Belknap Place home with college friends Jane Gregory Christi Storey and Clara May Brooks. Guests include multiple formal events at the Country club St Anthony hotel and Travis club swimming outing with Mary Colquitt in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pauline Fortran
Belknap Place
Miss Fortran
Jane Gregory
Austin
Christi Storey
Houston
Clara May Brooks
San Antonio
Frederick J. Combe
Country Club
Bruce Martindale
St. Anthony Hotel
Zaleme Vance
Travis Club
Birthday Parties Light Up Bois d Arc Street Home
Miss Ora Applewhite hosted a 4 to 6 pm birthday tea at her Bois d Arc Street residence assisted by friends. Attendees included Marjorie Cameron Lucile Parker Helen Garden Lyda Duval Inez Anderson and others while refreshment were served at six. Separate notes mention Miss Clarinda and Master Newton Jackson’s party on West Woodlawn Avenue and Miss Gertrude Dietzmann hosting a country house party ten miles south of San Antonio.
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Ora Applewhite
Bois d’Arc Street
Beatrice Jones
Alice Stone
Elizabeth Scott
Helen Zweig
Thelma Neil
Rudolph King
Isabelle Wessing
Grace Applewhite
George Parker
Cornelius Dallas
Clarence Otterside
Murray Roberts
Clarinda
Newton Jackson
C. H. Jackson
West Woodlawn Avenue
Gertrude Dietzmann
San Antonio
Convalescent Enjoys Veranda View and Renewed Life
A convalescing man rests on a broad veranda enjoying healthful surroundings. When asked about extracting life’s full value, he replies affirmatively that this is the first time he feels that way.
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Harlandale
Clark Returns From Trip
Professor Lee Clark reports strong interest in educational reforms from the Conference for Education in Texas. He believes the constitutional amendment creating six year terms for governing boards of educational charitable and penal institutions will pass by a large majority.
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Austin
Tex
Lee Clark
Conference For Education In
Texas
Most Out of Life Massage and Baths Offer
A one floor setup promotes Turkish Russian Roman scientific massage and electric baths, with half the building devoted to ladies, promising full luxury and relaxation.
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Harlandale
Italian raid on Hodaida fort in Arabia at Red Sea
Italian cruisers and destroyers bombarded the north fort of Hodaida, a major Arabian port on the Red Sea, July 29. No casualties reported. fort reportedly armed only with unmanned cannon.
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Massau
Hturia
Hodaida
Arabia
Red Sea
Woman's Club Opposed to Longer School Sessions
San Antonio mothers led by the Woman's Club and Mothers Congress protested lengthened school days. A meeting at 201 Camden street endorsed a petition to rescind the action and urged board members and Superintendent Lukin to hear arguments.
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Women of
San Antonio
Woman’s Club
Camden Street
M. Bliem
Lukin
Main Avenue
Mother's Congress
Mother's Clubs
Woman's Club
Farmers Institute Opens in College Station
Austin July 29 Commissioner of Agriculture Kane and Chief Clerk Lindsey left for College Station for the Texas Farmers Institute Association annual meeting. Kane said about 1000 delegates are expected to attend.
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Farmers’ Institute
Austin
Tex
Agriculture Kone
J. C. Lindsey
College Station
Texas Farmers’ Institute Association
Kane
Newsboys Help Charity With Nickel Ice and Milk Fund
Fort Worth youths at a Sunday club meeting contributed nickels to the free ice and milk fund aiding the sick poor. The coins, all in nickels, were delivered to fund headquarters this morning.
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Newsboys Aid Charity
Fort Worth
Ten
Newsboys
Bottling plant boss injured by exploding soda bottle
Walter W. Bonagli superintendent of Star Bottling Works in Austin Tex was badly cut and injured when a carbonic gas bottle exploded at the plant. Shattered glass gashed the left side of his face from flying debris.
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Austin
Tex
Walter W. Bonagli
Star Bottling Works
Bonagli
Ways and Means Delays Cotton Tariff Revision
Washington July 29 The house ways and means committee declines to introduce the Democratic cotton tariff bill vetoed by Taft. A full committee meeting set the revised tariff path while Majority Leader Underwood seeks conferees on the wool tariff and excise tax measures. Republican members vote to concur with the senate bill as Hammond breaks ranks on the Canadian reciprocity rider.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Taft
Underwood
Senate
Hammond
Minnesota
Secretive Highland miser starves himself after long isolation
Adolph Hufenhauser, a reclusive Highland Indiana miser who stored money in tin cans and every crevice of his shack, lay down to starve on Sunday after failing to reunite with a German sweetheart before the Civil War. Neighbors found him missing and investigated.
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Chicago
Adolph Hufenhauser
Highland
Ind
Hufenhauser
Hammond
Wesdorf
Germany
Saxo Salve Proves Effective for Skin Ailments
Mrs. W. C. Crewe of Binghamton New York says Saxo Salve cured her eczema on hands after a burning itch and cracklike condition. The letters claim the antiseptic heals with remarkable success for eczema salt rheum tetter barber's itch and other skin troubles.
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W. C. Crewe
Binghamton
N. Y
A. M. Fischer
Gibb
San Antonio
London First Day Aboard Warren and Helen Explore
In a London hotel room Warren and Helen begin their first day abroad. They note lighting and decor, dodge left side traffic, and ride a bus to St Pauls, planning dinner at a famous chop house. Helen accepts solitude and adventure as she steps into the cathedral city.
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London
Helen
Warren
Strand
The
St. Paul's
St. Mary's
Fleet Street
Ludgate Hill
Baedeker
St. Paul's Courtyard
St. Pauls
St Paul's
Harlandale Hot Sulphur Cure Promoted in Ad
An advertisement touts Harlandale Hot Sulphur as a cure for rheumatism sciatica stomach bile and neuritis claiming a worldwide reputation for treating gout liver and blood diseases. It urges readers to inquire about the remedies and benefits for the sick and healthy alike.
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Harlandale
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Central Trust Company
State Text Book Board
Nadine
Money Back
National Toilet Company
Paris
Gunter Office Building
Fast
Houston Street
Walter H. Whisenant
Gunter
Gunter Hotel
Houston Hotel
Sie II
Katherine M. Joseph
Miss Ola
Applewhite
Boic d'Arc Street
Yadie Clamp
Boerne
Mary Colquitt
Davis W. Carter
Georgetown
Helen Luderus
el Paso
Lily Lehr
Prospect Hill
Emrett Parker
Knob Hill
North Texas
Charles J. Ernst
West
Mrs. Ernst
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Seattle
Clark
Trip
Fletcher
Olive H. P. Belmont
Newport
A. Collman
Main Ave
BIG Crockery
Mabel Herbert Urner
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