Texas railroads face large drop in intangible assets for 1914
Preliminary tax valuations released in Austin show Texas railroads should report a total intangible asset decline of more than 3 million dollars versus 1913. Leading lines listed with 1914 figures include the Missouri Kansas and Texas, Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio, Santa Fe, and Trinity and Brazos Valley among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroads of
Texas
Chicago
Rock Island & Gulf
Fort Worth
Denver City
Houston
International & Great Northern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Pecos & Northern Texas
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Brownsville Road
E Mee
Texarkana
Fort Smith
Land
New Orleans
Texas & Pacific
Galveston
Harrisburg
Santa Fe
Wichita Valley
Trinity
Oil Pipe Line Hearing Continued in Texas Gulf Ports
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells and Lt J O Richardson led the Federal board reviewing oil line from Oklahoma to Gulf ports. Local oil men largely favor the plan and Galveston Texas City and Port Arthur are eyed for terminals as Gulf hearings wrap up this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Indian Affairs
Cato Sells
J. O. Richardson
Navy
Federal
Oklahoma Fields
Gulf Point
Galveston
Texas City
Port Arthur
Gulf Points
So-called cider analyzed in Texas inquiry finds high alcohol
In Austin on June 3, the pure food department under Chemist R. H. Hoffman analyzed a locally sold sample labeled cider. It contained 6 4-10 percent alcohol while genuine cider averages 3 1-2 to 4 percent. The dispenser faces probable prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Comptroller
Pure Food Department
R. H. Hoffman
Governor supports Ferguson ally and opposes prohibition submission
The Texas governor plans to aid James E. Ferguson in Bell county after missing a Weatherford engagement. He will speak in Dallas and deny tying to Ferguson clubs. Colonel R. M. Johnston of the Houston Post supports Thomas H. Ball and both oppose submitting the prohibition issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson Clubs
R. M. Johnston
Houston
Houston Post
Thomas H. Ball
Johnston
North
Texas
Charbon Attack Case Feeds Houston Obituaries
Physicians report Mrs. August Warnke ill with charbon or anthrax and show optimism of recovery. Funeral held for her husband, Harris County landowner, who died of the disease after skinning a dead animal. Mrs. Warnke contracted the illness while nursing him. King’s Daughters elect New York woman president at Detroit convention. Palm Beach suits ad copy mentions Chas. Gildemeister, watchmaker and jeweler in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
August Warnke
Harris County
Warnke
King’s Daters
Detroit
Mich
A. H. Evans
New York
International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons
City and County Plan Joint Hospital for Use of City
A joint city and county hospital to cost 250000 eyed for approval at a banquet by Sisters of Charity to the Santa Rosa Training School for Nurses. Mayor Clinton G Brown announced plans after graduates were honored. local officials and doctors praised the idea as proper for sick and indigent care.
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Clinton
G. Brown
Sisters of Charity
Santa Rosa Training School
St.Anthony
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Effie Lopez
B. Garza
A. Crowley
Angel Decuir
William Campbell
Southern Messenger
John W. Shaw
San Antonio
Brown
No Nhere
Beet
R. H. Ward
Ward
Adolph Herff
J. H. Burleson
R. C. Watkins
The
Southern Pacific
Edward Dwyer
M. &. Buckley
J. P. Shaw
J. R. Davis
W. W. Hume
T. T. Jackson
J. W. Shaw
Clinton G. Brown
G. P. Mulvaney
Joseph C. Ei
E. A. Chatten
C. M. Decker
A. V. Huth
R. Cc. Watkins
Rennie Wright
J. W. Goode
C. E. Scull
Conrad Frey
N. N. Oglivie
V. Co. Cade
E. V. DePew
J. J. Jurgens
P. F. Nichol
F. Schneider
N. ©. Hasdorf
Nelson Lytle
R. J. Boyle
Holman suit seeks $50,000 damages in insanity case
Mrs Elizabeth Curtis Holman sues former husband Brenton College president and two Hartford doctors for alleged unlawful confinement in an insane asylum. She testified that in September 1912 doctors Waterman and Smith arranged her removal to a Vermont sanitarium and that the Brenton president pressured her to confess guilt. She said she would have confessed to murder to secure release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Elizabeth Curtis Holman
Brenton College
Trinity College
O. C. Smith
Paul Waterman
Thomas
Class Day Exercises Held by Class of 14 at Main Ave High
The June 14 class day program at Main Avenue High School featured readings, poems, a class prophecy, an address by the class pessimist, an Optimist talk, songs, a piano solo, and a class legacy. A wall clock was presented to the school by Henry Lee Taylor, and palm planting ended the program with a chorus of Auld Lang Syne. Separately, Darwin W. Johnson of Louisville sought an insurance permit for Commonwealth Life Insurance Company of Louisville to operate in Texas, meeting with the state insurance and banking commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Avenue High School
Robert Field
Main Avenue
Dorothy Hensel
Helen Marian Barton
Katherine Hurt
Elmer Luter
al de Viney
Charles Stone
Lucy ‘Newton
Reading
Gilbert Lang
Laura Wolff
Henry Lee Taylor
Anna Jones
W. D. Williams
Austin
Tex
Darwin W. Johnson
Louisville
Collier
Commonwealth Life Insurance Company
Johnson
Texas
Ammansville State Bank Granted Texas Authority
At a meeting of the state banking board the Ammansville State Bank of Ammansville Fayette county received a certificate of authority to do business in Texas. The bank is a guaranty fund institution with capital stock of 10000 dollars. George Herder Jr. serves as president and F J Parma as cashier. Palm Beach Suits Kentz Tailor. Cook left yet another without delay through a light want ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Banking Board
Texas
Ammansville State Bank of
Ammansville
Fayette County
Capital Stock
George Herder Jr
F. J. Parma
Cook
Texas Hotel Keepers Hold Three Day Victoria Convention
Hotel men from across Texas gather in Victoria for a three day Texas Hotel Keepers Association meeting. Officials will discuss hotel practice legislation and alcohol service rules while officers are elected. Otto Herold of Dallas presides as students prepare to complete certificates under old regulations before September.
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Victoria
Tex
Texas
Otto Herold
Dallas
Summer Normal Opens at Southwest Texas State Summer School
Summer session begins at Southwest Texas State Normal College in San Marcos Texas with faculty and students assembling for the opening. The program features courses for teachers and prospective educators and marks the start of the annual summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Tex
Southwest Texas State Normal
County surveyors to be paid 3 per mile run
The attorney general's department advised Childress county that each surveyor appointed to establish a county boundary would receive 3 for each mile run. The county would not be liable for flagmen chainmen transport provisions etc as the 3 per mile is full compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Childress County
Water works bonds OKd for Sweetwater city
George Dd Wilson, mayor of Sweetwater, obtained approval from the attorney general's department for a 320000 waterworks bond issue to fund a new system. The announcement appears with a separate item on a medical column promoting cosmetic treatments, claiming rapid skin transformation using mercolized wax and saxolite preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetwater Bonds
Austin
Tex
George Dd, Wilson
Sweetwater
Attorney General's Department
City of Sweetwater Waterworks
R. Mackenzie
Sausage Order Cited After Velvet Steak Banter
A butcher quips the steak is the best ever and as tender as a woman’s heart. The husband replies he will take sausage. The excerpt ends with a chicken dinner priced at $1 and a reference to White Horse Tavern Rav.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
White Horse Tavern
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State Mann
Palm Beach
Stearns
Still. For. Ferguson
Bell County
Lentz
Taylor
Chas. Gildemeister
Hamburg
Texas General
J. G. Hornbercer
A. G. Beckmann
Crockett
Central Trust Building
Santa Rosa
Sues
Brick Masons
Otto Riebe
Kentz
Express
Fifth Ave
Madras
Washer Bros.Co
Texas Association
Staacke Bros
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