Thunder Showers Expected To Break Heat Wave
Weather officials forewarn thunder showers for Wednesday night may lower the unusually long heat spell. Forecaster Major Allen Buell notes unsettled conditions and likely cooling rains across the central region with highs near 100 degrees the past week. Temperatures peaked at 100 and fluctuated between 96 and 100 from May 29 to June 6.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Rio Grande Valley
Lake Region
Central Valley
Atlantic Ceast
Oklahoma
Texas
Palestine
Taylor
Abilene
Houston
Galveston
Russians claim capture of 40,000 plus in new offensive
Petrograd reports that in the latest Russian push along the Pripet to Romanian frontier the forces have taken more than 40,000 enemy soldiers. The tally includes 900 officers, 77 guns, 134 machine guns, and 49 bomb throwers.
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Petrograd
London
Pripet
Roumanian
Flower sale supports suffrage fund on New York streets
Suffrage statisticians report more than a ton of flowers sold in a single day across New York's busiest corners. seventy five automobiles carried the bouquets as workers manned autos overnight, with some blooms wilting in the heat. Miss Georgette Lenhardt is noted as a top seller.
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New York
Georgette Lenhardt
Confessed thief leads to hiding place found in auto headlight
Sheriff Tobin reports a 21 or 22 year old man confessed toReceiving a 3200 bank check deposited for collection at Pleasanton and obtaining a 1500 cash advance. The funds traced to a First National Bank he spent in San Antonio. A search led to the suspect’s arrest in San Antonio after a Wednesday morning confession by the sheriff and deputies.
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John W. Tobin
First National Bank
Pleasanton
Pleasanton Bank
San Antonio
Tobin
Fredericksburg
James Galbreath
Antonio Diaz
Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co Moves to Soledad Street
Adv notes Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co has moved to 453 Soledad Street and advertises a New York round trip fare of 84.15 dollars via New Orleans and steamer on Southern Pacific line.
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Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
Soledad Street
New York
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Want Woman Driver Opens San Antonio Chauffeur Job
An automobile owner in San Antonio advertised in The Light for an all round white lady as chauffeur. It marks one of the first opportunities for women to work as chauffeurs in the city. The ad drew two responses on the first day, showing the need was already evident.
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San Antonio
Germans claim Warspite sunk in North Sea clash
Dispatches from Kiel to Overseas News Agency assert the British battleship Warspite was sunk in the North Sea battle last week by the German battleship Koenig. Survivors say German submarines aided, shells rained, and fighting lasted seventeen hours with no food for much of it.
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Berlin
Sayville
North Sea
Kiel
Mayor Denies Threat Over Uhr Office Rights
Mayor Brown rejects any plan to remove Commissioner Uhr for not obeying Terrell election law saying he never intended a threat. He claims his remarks in the city council were an illustration about needing city attorney services, not an attempt to pressure Uhr. Two sleepers to Memphis and Chicago daily. Southern Pacific.
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Uhr
Terrell
Brown
Memphis
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Sunday Train Schedules to Sutherland Springs from Southern Pacific
60 centa Sutherland Springs and return every Sunday with departures at 8 15 a m and 9 16 a m from the Southern Pacific line. Adv. Pacific Adv.
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Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
San Antonio Boy Scout Fund Drive Sees Early $920
Four teams collected $925 by noon in a three day canvass to raise $8000 for Boy Scout support in San Antonio. Additional teams worked Wednesday afternoon and organizers expect totals to more than double by night.
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Boy Scout Movement
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Military burial for Walter Kutzer in Donna with full honors
Walter Kutzer's funeral, held Wednesday at 10 before interment in Hermann's Sons cemetery, featured full military honors by the Third Field Artillery. A mounted escort and band accompanied the body, with all bearers from the unit and Taps signaling the burial. In El Paso, Mexican authorities report a counterfeiting plot involving Carranza stamps, leading to seizures of six million pesos in false stamps and arrests as the government phases out old currency.
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Donna
Third Field Artillery
Oelain Perry
Hermann’s Sons
EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Mexico City
De la Rosa Bandit May Lead Raid Across Border
Reports say Luis de la Rosa plans a raid with 400 men toward the Laredo to Rio Grande City border crossing. General Funston warns troops would pursue into Mexico if the bandits return after the attack. Troop I patrols were sent toward Zapata County as authorities await developments.
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Luis de la Rosa
Brownsville
Zapata County
Mexico
General Funston
de la Rosa
Laredo
Rio Grande City
San Diego
Ferguson
Dgorder
Tex
Fourteenth Cavalry
Sirmyer
Rio Grande
Zapata
Owever
City explores Marble Falls power deal for San Antonio
The city commission and Dallas businessman C H Alexander continue talks on supplying San Antonio with 20000 to 30000 horsepower from Marble Falls hydro plant. A municipal ownership option is discussed, with possible contracts for distribution by San Antonio Gas and Electric, and dam sites on the Colorado river to feed the system.
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City Commission
C. H. Alexander
Dallas
San Antonio
Marble Falls
Kearny
Colorado River
Alexander
Magon Convicted in Mailplot Case in Los Angeles
Ricardo Flores Magon and his brother Enrique Flores Magon were found guilty on two counts of using the mails to incite murder and revolution. The men, allied with General Villareal in a plan against Porfirio Diaz, face up to five years on each count with sentencing set for Monday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ricardo Flores Magon
Antonio Villareal
Porfirio Jay
Mexico
Enrique Flores Magon
Opposition to DuPont Chooses Delaware Rival for National Committeeman
In Chicago on June 7 supporters of Charles Warner gathered as opposition to Coleman DuPont seeks to unseat the Republican national committeeman from Delaware. The movement pressed for a new choice and announced plans to organize.
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Chicago
Coleman DuPont
Delaware
Mr. Dupont
Charles Warner
Governor Or tiz Arrested in Attempted Treasury Robbery
Manila report says Union province Governor Or tiz is charged with inciting an attempted robbery of the provincial treasury. A treasury guard was killed during the botched raid, but the robbers were captured before taking any loot.
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Ortiz
Union Province
Manila
Texas Steel Company Chartered In Beaumont
The secretary of state's department approved and filed the charter of the Texas Steel Company of Beaumont with capital stock of 2,600,000. Incorporators are L. P. Featherstone S. G. Burnett and T. C. Morgan. Purpose to manufacture iron and steel products.
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Texas Steel Company
Austin
Tex
Secretary of State’s Department
Texas Steel Company of
Beaumont
L. P. Featherstone
S. G. Burnett
T. C. Morgan
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