San Antonio Rail Bonus Drive Gathers Support
A Chamber of Commerce committee pushes a 250000 dollar bonus to secure the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railway. Citizens respond with strong backing while engineers survey the Artesian Belt line and work begins on track and roadbed ahead of construction.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Rockport
General Committee
Chamber
Artesian Belt Railroad
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican
Kirk
Christine
Crowther
H. W. Quinan
English Syndicate. Mr. Quinan, With First Vice President S. A. Hopkins
Scott
Frio
Gulf
Rio Grande Valley
England’s suffrage movement gains broad parliamentary support
Women’s voting rights gain traction across parties with unions and federations backing suffrage. Groups include the Conservative and Unionist Women’s Franchise Association, the Liberal suffragists of the Women’s Liberal Federation, and the People’s Suffrage Federation with 400 branches. Labor party women’s wing surpasses 1.6 million members, joined by the British Women’s Temperance Association and its Scottish union with tens of thousands, plus the Women’s Co-operative Guild.
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England
Women's Social and Political Union
Women’s Franchise Association
Women’s Liberal Federation
People’s Suffrage Federation
Labor Party
British Women's Temperance Association
Women’s Co-operative Guild
Milford man claims smallest living twin mules in the state
J A Thomas of Milford Kansas says his pair of twin mules are the smallest living twins in the United States. The mother mule weighs around one thousand pounds. One baby stands twenty four inches tall and weighs thirty two pounds while the other is thirty two inches high and weighs fifty five pounds.
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J. A. Thomas
Milford
Kas
United States
Widow Lanman to enter convent in Belgium
Mrs. Gertrude Hallie Lanman of Norwich Connecticut widow of William Camp Lanman will leave next week for the mother house of the Marie Reperatud order in Belgium. She has received the white veil and will spend two years abroad in study before taking the black habit as a professed nun.
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Gertrude Hallie Lanman
Norwich
Conn
William Camp Lanman
Marie
Belgium
Lanman
Seven Wonders Up To Date Declared By Ithaca News
The Ithaca News reports the Chemists' seminary faculty graduates and seniors at Cornell named seven wonders of modern times. Prof L M Dennis announced the list ranking wireless, synthetic chemistry, radium, antitoxins, aeroplanes, Panama Canal and telephone as the top achievements.
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Ithaca News
Chemists’ Seminary
L. M. Dennis
Cornell
Chemical Department
San Juan Castles and Columbus Statue Mark High Harbors
The article notes two recognizable features in Spanish America. The Columbus statue and the El Morro fortress appear in many regions with mountains or high terrain. Morro means the snout, and these citadels guard harbor entrances atop projecting headlands.
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San Juan
Spanish America
Columbus
el Morro
United States
Havana
Santiago
Cuba
Porto Rico
Christian Herald
Callaghan Ticket Faces Split Over Lipscomb Maneuver
A Callaghan candidate's bid to force Judge Claude V. Birkhead to repudiate Citizens' league backing sparked a midnight visit to County Chairman H. E. Hildebrand and Lipscomb's filing as a rival. Rumors say the move may trigger a full ticket repudiation and force Lipscomb's withdrawal to salvage Governor Colquitt's influence in Bexar county.
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Callaghan
Claude V. Birkhead
Citizen's League
W. H. Lipscomb
H. E. Hildebrand
Mr. Lipscomb
Birkhead
Citizens’ League
Lipscomb
Colquitt
Bexar County
Judge Birkhead
Toto
Proctor Bulldogs Patrol Oxford At Night For Violations
A university rule bans students from cafes and saloons after 9 PM. Proctors with 2–4 town bullers chase offenders, with fines from 1.25 dollars to 4 dollars for offenses such as appearing after hours or drunkenness. The system fuels campus legends and debate over its purpose. In Utica Mississippi a negro school showcased industrial tasks during commencement, including cutting a girl’s waist and forging iron.
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Oxford
Utica
Miss
Hampton
Tuskegee
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Woodbury’s
Mennen
Strat
Ottes
Cardus
Woodbury
Pinaud
Lilae
Houston & Alamo Plaza
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Houston Street
Houson and
Soledad
Main Avenue
Romana Streets
Colgate’s
Colgate
Cashmere
Hudnut’s
Williams
Williams’ Williams
Sadie
Parisian
Jergen
COE Rve Move
Trouble Maker
Vian
Bulldogs
CHASE
Kaufman
Gantic
Sea Island
Pongee Madras
Packard
John Mitchell
Belleville
Walton
South Flores and Delorosa Sts
Southern Hotel
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