San Antonio installs modern Gamewell fire alarm system
San Antonio adopts a new Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph system costing 15000 dollars to replace the old city hall setup. W A Kite supervises with F Maulen of Gamewell New York present. Underground wiring from city hall to Travis street station expands to 372 signal boxes citywide, with faster dispatch and lower fire losses.
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Texas
San Antonio
City Electrician
W. A. Kite and Co
F. Maulen
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company
New York City
Government Hill
Laurel Heights
State Board
State Board of Fire Underwriters
Callaghan
John Wickeland
City Council
Gaynor
W. P
R. C
Travis Street
Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company
Crockett and
Losoya
West Commerce
Polares
King William
West Guenther
Main Plaza
Dolorosa
City Hall
Cigar Box Violin: San Antonio Owner’s Joy and Fame
Pablo Persia of San Antonio, maker and owner of a single string cigar box violin, has toured Texas with the instrument for nearly a quarter century. The tiny fiddle impressed governors and cardinals, drew applause at the 1889 San Antonio midwinter fair, and has won prizes in contests, earning praise for its rich mellow tone despite its humble box.
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Pablo Persia
San Antonio
Senor Persia
Governor Reyes
Monterey
Mexico
Garza Galan
Saltillo
Italy
Falconi
Satolli
Ross
Belton Journal
Persia
Cure for Skin Troubles Promised by Cuticura Remedies
Personal testimonies from multiple readers claim Cuticura soap and Cuticura ointment cured or relieved eczema rashes itching and skin irritations. Reports include cases of severe outbreaks over the body sleepless nights and healed conditions after using the products. Readers from Newark New Jersey to Baltimore Maryland endorse the remedies as effective.
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We. Hunt
Fairmount Ave
Newark
N. J
M. C. Maitland
Ee Gridley
E. 43Rd St
Delaware Barrett
King St. Wilmington
Del
Wilhelelm St
Baltimore
Bordwell
Long List of Street Intersections and Boxes
A dense catalog of street names and box numbers lists numerous intersections including West Commerce and St Marys, Navarro and College, Wyoming and South Pine, East Macon and Erie, East Crockett and Nacogdoches, Grant and Magnolia, South Presa and Labor, and many others with varied box numbers and cross streets. The text reads like an address ledger or classifieds catalog for parcel or mail boxes, lacking narrative context.
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Commerce
Navarro
College
Wyoming
South
Pine Streets
Macon
Erie Avenue
East Crockett and
Nacogdoches
Grant
Magnolia
South Presa
Labor
Martinez
Warwick Boulevard
St. Mary's and
Martin
Bandera
Cincinnati Avenues
Flores
Theo Avenue
Palmetto Avenue
van Ness Street
Indianola
Victoria
Matamoras
South Pinto
Fredericksburg Toad
Cincinnati Avenue
River and
Newell Avenues
Smithville Rail Yard Sees Resignations and Schedule Change
Roadmaster N G Rich resigns after eleven years to join International and Great Northern. Chief clerk Carl Abbott also resigns after eight years. J E Scott of Denison named chief clerk. New time schedule adds four daylight trains starting June 18 as Boilermaker Ed Rapp resigns for San Antonio. Numerous staff travel and routine shifts noted across the Katy division.
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Smithville
Tex
N. G. Rich
Katy
International & Great Northern Road
Carl Abbott
J. E. Scott
Denison
W. W. Stenson
St. Louis
F. A. Lattig
C. J. Brown
Dallas
Ed Rapp
San Antonio
M. W. Curry
J. E. Roberts
Hillsboro
Otto Franklin
C. M. Hancock
San Marcos
E. H. Sullivan
Wichita Falls
J. R. Wilkes
Houston
F. T. Chase
C. B. Patts
Leonard
Texas
W. C. Kenedy
Austin
J. K. Barry
F. T. Flint
L. C. Ramsey
Sulphur Springs
Mr. Ramsey
Raymond McCaghren
J. H. Whitenberg
William Bailey
Galveston
F. B. Deamer
Waco
Elo Doerr
Taylor
C. J. Hutchins
Eleanor Dwyer
W. T. McCaul
Long Island Railroad Records 335 Million Passengers in 18 Years
The Long Island railroad reports carrying 335,148,826 passengers since June 1, 1893 with no fatalities from train accidents. The line, a Pennsylvania system subsidiary, serves dense suburban traffic within a restricted territory and has seen high ridership over eighteen and a half years.
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Long Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island
Predicted Wonders Echoed in Early Literature
A reflection on how past English writers imagined future inventions from flying machines to phonographs. The piece cites Tennyson, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Tattler, and Steele to show how visionary ideas were treated as prophecy and how later works mocked or refined those forecasts.
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Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Cyrano de Bergerac
Richard Steele
Bergerac
the Tattler
Sir John Mandevil
Nova Zembia
Heat Sparks Successful Hatch Of Twelve Chickens
In Emporia Kansas a grocer A B Hall moved a hen on a nest during a heat wave. Though the eggs were left undisturbed, twelve of fifteen eggs hatched after five days as temperatures remained extreme.
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Kansas
Emporia
Kas
A. B. Hall
Waterboy Yacht Sinks After Boiler Explosion Near Pensacola
The crew of the auxiliary yacht Waterboy of Pensacola barely escaped as their vessel sank in six fathoms in the Gulf of Mexico after a boiler explosion. Fishermen rescued the four crew members, who were en route to Port St. Joe with a cargo of palm trees. The Waterboy, built in New Orleans in 1906, was about fifty miles east of Pensacola when the accident occurred.
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Pensacola
Fla
Waterboy
Gulf of Mexico
Port St. Joe
New Orleans
Telegraph Operator Deserts Family Over Burden
Rolla M. Lincoln, a telegraph operator at Elgin, was arrested in Chicago for deserting his family. He said he could not stand the responsibility of supporting seven children and his wife on his operator’s pay.
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Chicago, Ills
Rolla M. Lincoln
Northwestern Railroad
Elgin
Cuba Irrigation Drive Seeks 25 Million Expenditure
A major push for irrigation expansion in Cuba aims to spend 25 million dollars. The plan outlines extensive water management projects to boost agricultural output and drought resilience across multiple provinces.
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Cuba
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Johan Olafson Turi
Fentiman’s
Alamo
J. F. Fentiman
Alamo Plaza
Florida
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