U S Officer's Startling Story of Recovery and Vitalitas
San Antonio resident and former deputy U S marshal M M Fitzgerald describes his revival after morphine and illness. He credits Vitalitas with restoring his health and saving his life, urging others to seek the remedy's benefits at Wagner Drug Store on East Houston Street.
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M. M. Fitzgerald
San Antonio
United States
Delmar Street
Moor & Irish
Vitalitas
Wagner Drug Store
East
Houston
Nueces County plans large bond issues for roads and courthouse
Nueces County commissioners call elections for July 19 to authorize 500000 dollars in county road bonds and 250000 dollars for a Corpus Christi county courthouse and jail. A separate plan may seek 200000 dollars for a Nueces bay causeway linking Nueces and San Patricio counties. The roads bond would be largest in the region aside from Bexar county.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
County Commissioners’ Court
Nueces County
Corpus ‘Christi
Nueces Bay
Nueces
San Patricio
Texas
Bexar County
Automobile sales soar in Latin America says state reports
Washington June 4 big rise in American automobiles and auto trucks sold to Argentina Brazil and Uruguay is reported. Five years ago counts were 70 55 8 and last year 727 554 177 respectively. Total South American sales grew from 163 machines 194011 to 1611 machines 1911066. Uruguay market shown strong relative to population.
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Washington, D. C
Latin-America
State Department
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
South America
Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
Republic of Uruguay
Turkey
China
Auto Ditches After Avoiding Unlit Buggy On South Presa
Holt Kayton and Miss Terry were injured but not seriously when an auto left the road in the 4500 block of South Presa at 10 45 last night. The car turned turtle after swerving to miss a suddenly appearing unlit buggy. Police and mounted officers investigated. Kayton and his companion received a severe shakeup and bruises. Kayton, son of Benno Kayton, was en route to Exposition Park to fetch his parents.
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Holt Kayton
South Presa Street
Terry
Young Kayton
Benno Kayton
Exposition Park
City Pays Early as $15,000 Vouchers Ready for May Salaries
City Treasurer Gallagher begins distributing about $15,000 in May payrolls to police health and hospital staff this morning. Firemen street cleaners and sanitation workers are paid tomorrow afternoon, with Friday set for street commission parks river ditches and cemeteries crews. City hall staff were paid last Monday.
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Gallagher
Matamoros Aftermath of Battle and Reassignments
Reports describe fighting around Matamoros with Colonel Castro attacking federal positions led by 250 men. Dead exceed eighty with forty wounded, including several officers. Blanco's forces burned buildings and controlled the city, while consular notes addressed safety and cease-fire concerns. Troop movements to Fort Clark followed the clash and consular communications.
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Blanco
Brownsville
Matamoros
International Bridge
Vivas
Castro
Guerra
B. B. Guerra
Hidalgo County
Texas
Ramos
Huerta
Falcon
E. B. Guerra
Blenco
Johnson
Bryan
Fort Brown
Consulate Guard Assures Safety for Ellsworth in Eagle Pass
In Eagle Pass Texas on June 4 1913 Consul Ellsworth received assurances of safety from Piedras Negras official Jefe de Armas Gabriel Calzada after Governor Carranza’s intervention. An armed guard of four men was placed to protect the consul day and night until calm returns. Ellsworth welcomed two guards as sufficient and praised the measure. He then prepared a letter dated June 3 1913 to Jose Quevedo director of El Democrata confirming the situation.
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Don Gabriel Calzada
Luther T. Ellsworth
Carranza
Ellsworth
Washington
Piedras Negras
Guadalupe Garden
Chihuahua
Jesus Carranza
Tellez
Monterey
Williams
Biegler
Fort Clark
Drake
Jones
Eagle Pass
Tex
Jefe de Armas Gabriel Calzada
Don Jose Quevedo
el Democrata
Carranza Gains Advantage with Matamoros Capture
The capture of Matamoros is seen as a decisive victory for Carranza loyalists. U.S. agents have stockpiled arms awaiting a port entry while neutrality laws restrict supplies. Officials in Washington offered no change in recognition prospects for Huerta.
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Matamoros
Washington, D. C
Carranza
Huerta
United States
State Department
Huerta Sets October 26 Election Date In Mexico City Decree
President Huerta issued a decree fixing October 26 as the election date after congress action. A special session will authorize indemnities for the Torreon killings, afloat 20 million pesos in interior bonds, and use of a foreign loan for public debts. Feders push in Michoacan and Morelos. gains reported near Monclova while Constitutionalists avoid large-scale fighting. Zacatecas city reported captured with telegraph cut. Encarnacion nearby hosts 400 federals.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Congress
Torreon
Morelos
Michoacan
Monclova
Tampico
San Luis Potosi
War Department
Zacatecas
Fresnille
Encarnacion
Arechiga
Forty Trestles Destroyed In Mexican Rail War
Maximo Castillo and 150 federal mutineers burned forty trestles on the Mexico North Western railway south of Medanos between Juarez and Casas Grandes after the line refused to pay 10 000 for immunity from damage. Castillo and his band reportedly head toward the Mexican Central railway. Castillo is not known to be affiliated with federals or insurgents. Federal officers at Juarez ordered passports for all interior bound travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico Northwestern
Medanos
Juarez
Casas’ Grandes
Maximo Castillo
Castillo
Bang
Mexican Central Railway
Refugees Arrive in Galveston from Tampico
One hundred eight American refugees with all belongings sail from Tampico on the schooner Henry Morse to Galveston this afternoon, towed by Texas Company tug Pan-American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Tampico
Mexico
Henry Morse
Texas Company
Pan-American
Body found in snow after five months near Fort Collins
The remains of Mrs. Alice P. Mac Millan formerly of San Antonio were found near Fort Collins Colorado after five months buried in snow. She disappeared December 28 from her uncle Bliven’s cabin in the Manhattan mountains amid a blizzard. A miner John McNabb located the body. She was believed to carry $13000 in cash in a suitcase but no money was found. Her will directs the body be taken to Oroville Colorado for interment. She had lived in Thermalito California prior to the disappearance.
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Alice P. MacMillan
San Antonio
Fort Collins
Colo
M. J. Handsly
MacMillan
Mr. Bliven
Manhattan Mountains
Must Prove Him Dead in Guadino Trevino Trial
The state must prove Alvino Trevino is dead for Brigido Guadino’s criminal trial. Proceedings stalled from morning to afternoon as a witness was sought. District Attorney Linden announces his first appearance for the state, while C M Chambers defends Guadino.
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Alvino Trevino
Brigido Guadino
Trevino
W. C. Linden
C. M. Chambers
Ice Gifted by Knickerbocker Company Spurs Welfare Debate
The Baby's Welfare Association defends Knickerbocker Company amid calls for a municipal ice plant. It credits the firm with secretly distributing thousands of pounds of ice over four summers, totaling 900000 pounds last year, to ensure no resident lacks ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ice Trust
Baby's Welfare Association
Knickerbocker Company
Wesley M. Oler
Postponed Legal Action In California Land Bill
Japan will not initiate legal action over California alien land ownership until August when the bill takes effect Baron Nobuchi Makino says negotiations with the United States will continue Meanwhile Kyodo University professor Dasuke Sugerhiro spoke on the legal aspects and plans to sail to America on June 21 to study the situation.
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Tokio
California
Japan
Nobuchi Makino
Washington
Dasuke Sugerhiro
Kyoto University
League of Business Men
America
Summer Work Billed at YMCA Gym Schedule
The YMCA gymnastic department opens next Monday under George Wheeler. Junior classes A and B get a one hour morning session three days weekly. Intermediates have a one hour afternoon session. Business men volleyball continues as long as attendance stays high. Special swimming lessons offered all summer.
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Young Mens’ Christian Association
George Wheeler
Boys to Give Concert at Wesley Settlement House
A concert of music and reading will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at Wesley Settlement House South San Sabastret under the Boys' Club auspices. Featured guest is Mrs. H L McCafferty a noted Colorado singer and lead of the Colorado Chorus which won a $7000 prize at the St Louis World's Fair. Readings by Jacksy Miller with Miss Bessie Stanfield.
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Wesley Settlement House
South San Sabastret
Boys’ Club
San Antonians
H. L MecCafferty
Colorado
McCafferty
St. Louis
Jacksy Miller
Bessie Stanfield
Metcalfe Chosen Civil Governor of Panama Canal Zone
Richard A. Metcalfe of Lincoln Nebraska editor of The Commoner was selected by President Wilson to be civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone. He had national prominence in 1896 as Bryan spokesman and ran for Nebraska governor last year but lost.
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Washington, D. C
Richard A. Metcalfe
Lincoln
Neb
Commoner
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Metcalfe
Bryan
Daniels
Garrison
Nebraska
Attorney General Rejects Texas Bond Measure Over Date
The attorney general informs Governor Colquitt that Senate joint resolution No 4 authorizing bonds for warehouses and macadamized roads is illegal for failing to specify the election date. The amendment would be submitted July 19, but the year is omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Senate
Salaries Take Priority Over Special Appropriations
The attorney general’s opinion finds all Thirty-second Legislature appropriations, used for automatic tax levies, have priority over special appropriations. It also holds constitutional salaries take precedence over such special appropriations, delaying Thirty-third Legislature payments until state employee salaries are funded. The text ends with a hotel resort description for Corpus Beach Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Edwards
Thirty-second
State Automatic Tax Board
Thirty-third
Road bonds still unsold in Harris County
In Houston on June 4 the Harris County commissioners court again failed to find a satisfactory buyer for the $1,000,000 road and bridge bonds. Previous bids were rejected, and while public sale efforts failed, private offers are reportedly pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
County Commissioners’ Court of
Harris County
Banquet Tonight Honoring Publicity League Members
Arrangements are complete for a banquet tonight by M. B. Hutchins new director of the Publicity League of the Chamber of Commerce held at the Hutchins Hotel Garden street. Conness president of the Publicity League acts as toast master with a program of addresses and unique features planned.
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M. B. Hutchins
Publicity League
The
Chamber of Commerce
League
Hutchins
Garden Street
Conness
Warren Heads to Meet Vought in Galveston Journey
John W. Warren travels to Galveston to join M. L. Vought and family, who arrive from Xicotencatl Mexico. His protests to Washington prompted the state department to contact Consul Miller at Tampico about the Voughts. It is unclear if the Vought family will proceed to San Antonio or Topeka, Kansas, to relatives.
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Vought
John W. Warren
Galveston
M. L Vought
Xicotencatl Mex
Warren
Washington
State Department
Miller
Tampico
Terrell Visits Austin Amid Gubernatorial Speculation
Chester Terrell of San Antonio, former speaker of the Texas House, arrived in Austin for statehouse business and declined to commit to a possible free-for-all gubernatorial bid, signaling cautious consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Chester Terrell
San Antonio
Statehouse
Notice Contractors Bids for Madison St Apartment House
Bids requested for a two story brick apartment house for Madam C Scherls on Madison Street. ERNEST P BEHLES is the architect.
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Madam C. Scherls
Madison St
Ernest P. Behles
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