Post Masters State League Elects Davis President
The Texas Postmasters State League met at the St Anthony hotel San Antonio on the ninth annual convention's second day electing A S Davis of McGregor as president with J F Burris Windom as secretary and treasurer and five vice presidents led by M L McConnell Jourdanton and others. A resolution urged extending civil service to fourth class postmasters in all states and placing third class under civil service, plus a defined pay scale and 10 hour workdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas’ Postmasters’ State League
St. Anthony
A. S. Davis
McGregor
J. F. Burris
Windom
M. L. McConnell
Jourdanton
Harry Frieze
Silverton
Arthur Halbert
Sansom
R. L. Williams
McDade
C. A. Dillard
Alto
William Gilford
Thornton
Committee On
Civil Service
Congress
San Antonio
League
Texas Postmaster’’ Association
Ank L. Irwin
Terrell
Phillip Cook
Irwin
Cuban presidential nominee Gen Mario Menocal candidate profile
Gen Mario Menocal, nominated by Cuba’s conservative convention, enjoys broad island support. A Cornell graduate and former sugar mill manager earning 75000 dollars annually, he earned the nickname Sugar Trust Candidate for his control of the world’s largest sugar mill. He served in the Spanish American War and later organized Havana’s police department. He and his wife are prominent socially in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario Menocal
Island Republic
Cornell University
Sugar Trust
Havana
Washington, D. C
Post Toasties Jingle Contest Opens June 1912
Fifty participants will each earn twenty dollars for short snappy jingles. The June offer is separate from May purchases and invites girls boys and older folks to write jingles for a Post Toasties jingle book.
Toasties Jingle Offer June 1912 Advertisement
A June 1912 invitation seeks 50 Post Toasties jingles at 20 cents each for a jingle book venture. Jingles judged on merit, no return of submissions, May entries excluded. Winning lines must end with the brand Toasties, with proper rhyme and metre.
Plant Juice credited by Mrs Crone for kidney and digestion relief
Mrs M J Crone of 335 Indiana Street San Antonio reports Plant Juice as a powerful tonic aiding kidney trouble indigestion and liver concerns. She says one bottle helped more than all prior medicines restoring vitality and suggesting others with kidney or stomach issues try it. visit Fischers Drug Store Houston and Alamo corner to learn more.
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M. J. Crone
Indiana Street
San Antonio
Fischer’s
Houston
Alamo
Merchants Oppose Parcels Post Plan Across Nation
San Antonio merchants and national dealer groups unite with the United Commercial Travelers to fight a proposed parcels post expansion. They sign a petition to Congress and forward resolutions to Texas senators, arguing the bill risks deficits, rural mail delays, and bias against country merchants in favor of big retail mail order houses. The American League of Associations has opened Washington headquarters to coordinate opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Congress
United Commercial Travelers
United States
Texas
Post Office Department
American League of Associations
Washington
El Paso hit by historic wind and rain storm
Severe damage struck El Paso and nearby areas as a historic wind and rain storm lashed the region. A torrent washed through homes, flooding cellars and washing streets. railroads north and south of El Paso were washed out, including the two Mexican lines to Juarez. Telephone poles and wires were downed, farms and crops suffered in the valley, and train service was interrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Rebels Defeated Near El Cobre in Cuba Battle
A detachment of government troops under Major Rosendo Collaso fought rebels near El Cobre ten miles west of Santiago. The insurgents were defeated with ten killed as government artillery performed well. Federals continue pursuing the fleeing fighters. Married at New Braunfels. Laura Albrecht wed O D Fischer at her mother’s home officiated by Rev G Mornhenweg. They will reside in San Antonio.
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Santiago
Cuba
Rosendo Collaso
el Cobre
Here
New Braunfels
Tex
Laura Albrecht
Bertha Albrecht
O. D. Fischer
G. Mornhenweg
Lutheran Church
San
Varsity's Final Ball at Driskill Brilliance in Austin
Special report from Austin dated June 12 details UT closing exercises with a grand ball at the Driskill hotel attended by several hundred current and former UT students. President Tips and sister Bessie led the grand march as 40 of 54 law graduates received licenses. Prizes in debate oratory declamation and composition were awarded to multiple students across Denton Gainesville Tyler Austin and other cities.
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Austin
Tex
Driskill Hotel
University of Texas
Charles Tips
Bessie Tips
Supreme Court
H. A. Wrve
Charles Ingle Francis
Denton
Allen Rowell Grambling
Dallas
Charles Edward Mays Jr
San Amrg
Hugh Morris Potter
Gainesville
Stelfox Company
Ira H. Evans
Tom B. Ramey Jr
Tyler
Preston Pope Reynolds
Coleman
E. P. Wilmot
Taylor
William Jennings Bryan
Julia Nott
Goliad
Anne Aynesworth
Kyle
Nancy C. Rice
Hermann Sons
Bertha Renken
Yoakum
Max J. Werkenthin
Marlin
Lydia Gohmert
Cuero
Helen B. Kuehne
Alfred Ruesblahm
Luckenbach
Carrie Stanley
Weatherford
Albert Sidney Johnston
Mushroom Corns Quick Cure For Sore Feet
An ad touts Calocide compound as a fast relief for mushroom corns and sore feet. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls in warm water, soak fifteen minutes, then rub sore parts. Claims immediate relief, peeling corns and bunions with a twenty five cent box.
Berry D. Sasser Dead in Houston Fire
Berry D. Sasser aged 73, a well known federate veteran and citizen, died from injuries received in a house fire that occurred at his home in Houston Texas on June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry D. Sasser
Houston, Tex
Berry
D. Sasser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Post Masters State League
DAVIS
Committee On Resolutions
W. H. Hoffman
Waco
R. S. Hedges
Hedges
H. A. Leche
New Orleans
S. M. Gaines
Fort Worth
Eleventh District
C. B. Anderson
B. Strong
M. Smith
Brownwood
Postoffice
J. A. Smith
Old Mother Hubbard
Jingle Dept
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Enquirer
Zephyr Gingham
Csiane
Barsain Sale
Saul Woetson
Shields
Varsity
United Daughters of the Confederacy
E. C. Tanner
San Antonians
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