Chronology of the Week July 23 1911 Local and World Briefs
A compact weekly timeline noting slow county vote counts in Texas, anti-prohibition majorities around 8000, a firearms embargo at the Texas border, political tensions over elections, Taft acknowledging Democrat passage on Indian reciprocity, Mississippi senatorial frictions, normal cotton, a cholera fatality in Boston, Nebraska rains and U S weather forecasts, Constantinople fires, Haitian rebels, London race congress, Mexico’s Queretaro Governorship defeat, aviator Jolly killed near Juvisy, and the gunboat Peoria arriving at Cape Haitien.
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San Antonio
Court House
Mexico
Texas
Taft
Mississippi
H Leroy Percy
C. H. Alexander
James K. Vardaman
Boston
Mass
Nebraska
Ted States Weather Bureau
Constantinople
Race Congress
London
Queretaro
Jolly
Juvisy
France
United States
Peoria
Cape Haitien
Prohibition vote leads Texas to defeat across state
Texas voters reject prohibition with a wide margin 4387 to 10709 while county results in Bexar show a majority against the amendment. News notes include San Antonio Light expanding AP wire service, civic campaigns for European immigration, and local nonprofit plans amid heavy state rainfall.
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Bexar County
San Antonio Light
Associated Press
San Antonio
Knights and Daughters of Tabor
Publicity League
Texas
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Cunerd Company Quietly Plans Grand Ocean Liner
Reports claim Cunerd company's Inner Acquitana will be the largest vessel afloat, surpassing the German Imperator at about 50 000 tons and exceeding length and tonnage.
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Cunerd Company
Acquitana
Imperator
Fire incidents and politics dominate on July 25 1911
Firebug blamed for another blaze amid 78 degree heat and a dry spell. Texas politics circulate further with election returns contested and Colquitt stances, while the fourteenth Texas farmers congress opens at College Station with 1000 attendees.
Railroads join San Antonio publicity push with national event
Local railroads decide to participate in San Antonio publicity plans to start within weeks. A publicity league may advertise Southwest Texas at the American Land and Irrigation congress in Madison Square Garden New York November 3 to 12.
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San Antonio
Publicity League
Southwest
Texas
American Land and Irrigation Congress
Madison Square Garden
New York
Municipal architect sought by San Antonio real estate exchange
On July 27 1911 the San Antonio Real Estate Exchange urged the city council to hire a municipal architect. The Third cavalry Third field artillery and Twenty-second infantry prepare for a march to Mabry Park for Texas National Guard maneuvers as state legislators weigh a constitutional amendment election. The Texas Farmers congress convenes at College Station to elect officers for the year while Governor Colquitt is urged to withdraw from the Methodist church. Attorney General Lightfoot rules campaigns must show election expenses. Cotton harvest speeds across the state. The Senate backs the La Follette wool schedule with possible House rejection. Senator Bailey resigns from the privileges and elections committee as Gifford Pinchot criticizes President Taft over pay. Congress debates inquiry into a banking trust.
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Thomas H. Ball
Pros
Farmers Institute
Colquitt
Hines
Taft
Lorimer
Chicago
House Steel Trust Committee
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Vedrines
Great Britain
Stamboul
Constantinople
House of Commons
Lord
Morocco
Young Men's’ Business League
Antis
Wolters
Congress of Texas Farmers
College Station
Gage
House Democrats
Bailey Raps
Bryan
Steel Trust
Bobby Leach
Niagara Falls
Austin
State
Controller Bay
Chugach National Forest Reserve
Alaska
Clapp
Wilson
Dr. Wiley
James Keeley
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Eleventh Cavalry
San Antonio
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Methodist Church
Lightfoot
Bailey
Senate Committee On Privileges and
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Diverse Texas news items include political shifts and local actions
The clipping lists multiple topics from Texas and beyond: Medina Irrigation plans floodwater use. health board reports city health at peak. Bexar County roads league formed. San Antonio restaurateurs discuss ending free lunch. a 1000 strong Knights of Tabor parade. Davidson urges prohibitionists to quit the Democratic Party. Texas National Guard assigned twelve escort wagons by the War Department for Mabry Park maneuvers. insurance rerating possible. Lane to assist Cameron lynchers case. Democrats plan governorship bid. Williams backs liquor in unbroken packages. Burleson proposesMexican reciprocity. seal treaty talks halted by Russian seizure. US aims to leave Mexico to its revolution. wool tariff compromise hoped. cotton tariff debate in Congress. Banker Walsh’s parole risk. Bangor Maine railroad wreck with fifteen killed. French military prep calming populace. Germany viewed as subdued in stance.
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Medina Irrigation Company
Guadalupe River
Health Board
Bexar County Highway League
San Antonio
Knights of Tabor
A. B. Davidson
Democratic Party
Texas National Guard
War Department
Mabry Park
Lane
Cameron
Boy Gomez
Williams
Burleson
Texas
Mexico
Washington
United States
Senate
House of Congress
Congress
Walsh
Chicago
Federal Penitentiary
Bangor-Aroostock
Maine
France
Germany
European and Caribbean turmoil amid Morocco crisis
The report notes Asquith’s Moroccan embrollo speech welcomed in France, German emperor and Von Bethmann-Hollweg to confer at Swinemunde, and Rambouillet cabinet talks led by President Fallieres. Leconte leads Haitien rebels near Cape Haitien. English ministers anticipate changes after the veto bill. NR Mexico official E R Kelly beaten to death near Puebla.
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Asquith
France
von Bethman- Hollweg
Swinemuende
Rambouillet
Fallieres
Morocco
General Leconte
Haitien
Cape Haitien
E. R. Kelly
National Railways of
Mexico
Mederisto
Puebla
City jail injury suit seeks $59000 damages against corporation
Summary of diverse items: Blair sues for injuries alleged in city jail seeking damages of 59000. Hawkins named highway and consulting engineer for Bexar County. Oklahoma official news, Waco Morning News, Texas, Canada and Newfoundland items follow in brief.
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W. A. Blair
German Scientist Develops Tiny Microscope Oven
A German scientist has invented a miniature electric oven that fits on a microscope platform to dry objects prepared for examination under the glass. The device enables controlled drying without removing slides, potentially speeding microscopic analysis.
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