Rain breaks all Texas June records with heavy statewide dump
Heavy June rain drenched San Antonio and much of Texas, with local gauges from Lampasas to Dallas reporting multiple inches. Temperatures plunged from 96 to 65 as thunderstorms swept across the state, lifting stock and produce markets and easing drought fears for Southwest Texas ranches and truck growers.
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Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Lampasas
Dallas
Henrietta
Longview
Sherman
Weatherford
Marble Falls
International & Great Northern
Cotulla
Austin
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
del Rio
Houston
Shiner
Waco
Aransas Pass
Elmendorf
Texas
Major Buell
Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company
Luling
San Marcos
Taylor
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Uvalde
Victoria
Effort to Get Roosevelt Supporters on Roll Fails
An effort to place Roosevelt supporters on the roll failed as the motion was declared out of order. The procedural move aimed to add supporters to the list but was rejected by the chair.
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Roosevelt
Contest for Temporary Chairmanship Grows Heated
At the Chicago convention the race for temporary chairman remained unsettled as Elihu Root of New York and Governor Francis McGovern of Wisconsin attracted Taft and anti Taft support respectively and no vote had been taken by 2:30 PM.
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Chicago
United States
Elihu Root
New York
Francis McGovern
Wisconsin
Rainfall in Fort Worth area brings drought relief in June
Fort Worth Texas reports a rare June rainfall unseen in three years. The wet weather extended west to Odessa and reached droughty areas across the state, with cattle raisers and grain dealers assessing the moisture as worth millions.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Odessa
Mine Owner Appeals as Mexican Mine Tensions Rise
F W Donovan, an American foreman at Cloete Coal mines near Sabinas, was abducted by Gran Liga miners who demand all American or English workers be fired and replaced by Mexicans. Owner Cloete in England refuses the ultimatum, seeks Mexican government protection, while Colonel Guajardo threatens disarming the union.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
F. W. Donovan
Cloete
Sabinas
Rosita
Gran Liga
Miners’ Union
Donovan
Seeler
Lovering
W. B. Cloete
England
Parrot
Guajarado
Burke Named Dark Horse In Democratic Convention
Baltimore report says if the Democratic convention deadlocks, Western friends favor Governor Burke of North Dakota as a presidential candidate. Judge Alton B. Parker of New York is proposed as temporary chairman, with Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall having suggested Parker. The arrangement committee meets Thursday to set temporary officers.
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Baltimore
Middle West
Burke
North Dakota
Alton B. Parker
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Parker
Virginia Brown Named on Caldwell County School Ticket
The Caldwell county ticket for superintendent of schools includes Miss Virginia Brown of Dale. She would be the first woman to be voted on in the county.
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Lockhart, Tex
Virginia Brown
Dale
Caldwell County
San Antonio Area Weather Forecast Brief
For San Antonio and vicinity the brief predicts fair skies tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions on Wednesday.
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San Antonio
Weather snapshot for Major U.S. cities at 8 a.m.
Observations show St Louis 68 with rain and NW wind 8 mph. Chicago 65 6 with NE wind 10 mph and clouds. Milwaukee 54 partly cloudy NW wind 8 mph. St Paul 52 with N wind 4 mph cool and cloudy. New York 66 with N wind 24 mph and clouds. Boston 66 partly cloudy NW wind 12 mph with likely rain. Washington 74. Kansas City 52 with rain and N wind 10 mph and likely rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
New York
Boston
Washington
Kansas City
Clarification on AP Leased Wire Carriage
The statement claims no San Antonio newspaper other than the Light carries the AP leased wire, asserting the claim is unfounded and without basis in fact. It reflects a defense of exclusive or primary distribution by the Light.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Endorsement by San Antonio Clearing House on English Syndicate Rail Project
Bankers at a morning meeting unanimously backed the contract between the European Contract Syndicate and the Chamber of Commerce for a San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railroad. They pledged to subscribe to a $250,000 bonus fund and urged directors to provide as much as possible. The endorsement signals strong local financial support for the project aiming to link San Antonio with Harbor Island.
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Alamo National Bank
R. L. Ball
National Bank of Commerce
Clearing House Association
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Thomases
Chambr
Commrce
J. M. Muir Jr
Lockwood National Bank
Frederick Terrell
The
Clearing House
City National Bank
G. A. C. Halff
B. G. Barnes
Central Trust Company
J. N. Barnes
N. S. Graham
American Bank and Trust Company
Franz Groos
Groos National Bank
J. H. Haile
State Bank and Trust Company
Ernest Steves
W. R. King
W. F. McCaleb
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
G. C. Vaughan
Ernest L. Brown
H. E. Hildebrand
Special Chamber of Commerce Committee
Hildebrand
Rio Grande
Harbor Island
Delegates Begin to Arrive at Chicago Republican Convention
At the Chicago Coliseum on June 18 delegates from Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana filed in by 10:16 as a subdued crowd awaited the party gathering. By 11 the hall filled with delegates while outside crowds pressed for entry and the mood remained unenthusiastic with no early cheering.
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Chicago
Ill
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
New York
Victor Rosewater
Republican National Emeee
Convention Hall Chorus Over Root And McGovern Nominations
At Chicago convention hall on June 18 Elihu Root was named temporary chairman by Rosewater while Cochems of Wisconsin nominated Governor McGovern. Job Hedges and Hadley seconded Root and MacGovern respectively amid loud cheering. Governor Johnson of California also seconded McGovern and Roosevelt was praised in a tribute.
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Chicago
Rosewater
Elihu Root
Cochems of
Wisconsin
McGovern
Job Hedges
Root
New York
Roosevelt
Hadley
Hedges
MacGovern
Johnson
Afornia
Taft Roosevelt clash over temporary roll at national convention
At the Chicago Taft Roosevelt showdown the Roosevelt camp sought to amend the temporary roll to substitute contested Taft delegates with Roosevelt delegates. Chair Rosewater ruled the move out of order, stalling the bid and prompting heated debate among Hadley Payne Fort and Deneen as factions cheered.
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Callaghan
Jesus Christ
Roosevelt
Hadley
Missouri
Watson
Indiana
Taft
Barnes
New York
Fort
New Jersey
Deneen
Illinois
Sereno E. Payne
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Vicinity
Taft-Roosevelt
Senator Borah
William B. McKinley
William Flinn
William Barnes JR
Francis J. Heney
Murray Crane
Gov. Burke
Ewer
Senee
Roses Water
National Committee
Pennsylvania
California
Republican Party
Ley
Governor Fort
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