Brown-Brown Uhr clash over election power and petition drive
A council meeting escalated as Mayor Brown warns Uhr against ouster actions while Uhr presses for a petition backed bond election for a $1,000,000 issue. Lambert seeks controlled funds use. 3100 taxpayers sign the bond petition. Brown vows hands off on the vote. Alexander's hydro plant proposal and SAN Antonio & Aransas Pass rail switch project move forward on consent.
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Lancaster
Uhr
Brown
J. R. Baldwin
Terrell
Phil Wright
Gillette
Thr
Lambert
Bi-Centennial Association
Harry L. Miller
C. H. Alexander
Dallas
San Antonio
Marble Falls
Kearny
Aransas Pass
Comal Street
San Luis
Durango
The Uncle Sam Oil Company stock offer explodes with riches
Investors urged to buy into The Uncle Sam Oil Company as it touts control of thousands of acres across Oklahoma and Texas, plans dozens of drills, potential 10 to 100 fold value increases, and a 4 to 25 percent stock advance with limited time sacrifice pricing through June 8 1916. The notice cites multiple leases near Healdton Pawnee Duncan Ringling and Osage lands, plus refineries and pipelines to back the surge. It frames the stock as a national opportunity backed by twenty thousand stockholders and promises rapid drilling campaigns and high returns for early remitters.
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Stephens County
Oklahoma
Duncan
Ringling
Pawnee County
Jennings Pool
Uncle Sam ‘el Company
Planetr
Middle West
Uncle Sam Old Company
Great People’s Company
United States
Jone
Uncle Sam O l Company
Red Fork
Ranch Creek
Awnee County
Tulsa
Uncle Sam Ol
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Cardui Brings Strength to Oklahoma Woman After Illness
Mrs Dora Funderburg of Oklahoma City recalls being a frail skeleton at fourteen with monthly cramps and left side pain. After using Cardui she gained weight and strength, reports improved health after one bottle and continued use. She urges others to try Cardui, sold by local druggists.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dora Funderburg
Cardui
How to Be Slim Promises Easy Weight Loss
An advertisement touts Oil of Korean capsules from Sommers' Drug Store as a harmless method to shed 15 to 20 pounds without starving. It urges taking capsules after meals and before bed, weighing weekly to see fat reduction.
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Sommers
City approves paving and contracts with multiple firms
The city Council approved paving payments totaling 1870.40 to O C Chapin Roach Manigan and Uvalde Rock Asphalt for North Flores Avenue C and Avenue paving. South and Ninth streets pavements were accepted and a weekly payroll of 1007.55 was passed. A proposal to close eastern Florida street was sent to the city engineer after a petition by H J Wagenfehr claiming non dedication. Permits issued to undertakers Shelley Loring Zizik Riebe Guerra and others. sealed bids invited June 20 1916 for brick buildings plumbing electric and heating at Fort Sam Houston campus.
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O. C. Chapin
North Flores Street
Roach-Manigan Company
Avenue C
Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company
Avenue
South
Ninth Streets
Garlang
Florida Street
H. J. Wagenfehr
Sloan & N«syx
Shelley- Loring, Zizik, Riebe and Guerra Undertaking Companies
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Eagle Pass Suffers Through Extreme Heat Wave
Eagle Pass Texas reports a blistering heat wave with 35 to 40 mph winds and temperatures near 110 degrees. Residents say the heat is out of season and a possible regional record, bringing sweltering conditions to the town for hours.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Military Camp Grows in Eagle Pass as Troops Arrive
Eagle Pass hosts a growing military presence with a Third Field Artillery battery arriving to camp beside the existing Sixth Field Artillery. The latter departs for Douglas Arizona as the frontier post tightens furlough rules and orders all soldiers nearing end of term to remain in service rather than join the reserve list.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Memphis
St. Louis
Othr Southern
Inois Central
Illinois Central Railroad Co
Eagle Pass
United States
Third Field Artillery
Sixth Field Artillery
Douglas
Ariz
New York Return Fare via New Orleans Steamer
Advertisement notes a $84.15 round trip to New York via New Orleans and steamer with Southern Pacific. A brief humorous quip about calling home underscores the era's telephony.
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New York
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Enlisted Men Retained Eagle Pass Soldiers Not Placed on Reserve
Army announces that troops in Eagle Pass remain active with over 1000 soldiers not placed on reserve. The decision keeps units ready at base while reassignments and drill schedules continue.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Sta
Foley mail-in health cure ad targets ailments
A newspaper cutout promotes Foley & Co. Chicago mail order health products. Readers are urged to mail a cutout with name and address to receive a trial package including Foley Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills Foley Cathartic Tablets and related remedies for coughs colds back pain rheumatism bladder issues constipation and biliousness.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
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