City Beautiful Plan Promoted At San Antonio Luncheon
Civic leaders push improved streets and parks to raise values. Kessler outlines funding by bonds and cites Kansas City examples. 118 attend luncheon. Kessler to speak again tonight at Carnegie hall with a mass meeting and stereopticon views.
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Kansas City
Kessler
Exchange
Joseph Emerson Smith
Nat M. Washer
John P. Withers
San Antonio
St. Anthony Hotel
Mr. Kessler
J. P. Withers
J. Herbert Compion
W. H. Wiggins
W. H. Chambers
Harry E. Miller
F. F. Collins
Ray Mackey
HR. H. Wester
B. F. Nicholson
T. L. Conroy
R. W. Carr
Carnegie Hall
Masons Elect Officers in Rio Grande Lodge
Rio Grande lodge No. 81 A F and A M in Brownsville convened for its annual meeting. Officers elected include EB K Goodrich as W M J J Wolff as SW D L Spero as JW J J Cocke as secretary Louis S Corvalski as treasurer Dr L R Burress as chaplain and M Y Dominguez as Tyler. Installations set for next week.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande Lodge
A. F
A. M
Soremn
EB. K. Goodrich
W. M
J. J. Wolff
D. L. Spero
Pelagra Fatal in San Antonio Man Bartlett Smith
Bartlett Sims Smith a 57 year old retired farmer died after six months illness from pelagra in his Grayson Street quarters. He leaves an aged mother and a sister in Oklahoma. Smith moved from Oklahoma eight years ago. Dr. Caffery treated him and diagnosed pelagra. Funeral and burial followed at Mission Burial Park.
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Bartlett Sims Smith
Grayson Street
Mr. Smith
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Caffery
Smith
Mission Burial Park
Indictment of Fourteen Lumber Secretaries Under Sherman Act
The Lum ber Secretaries Bureau of Information faces federal indictments of fourteen retail lumber dealers associations for conspiracy to restrain trade and suppress competition. Three secretaries received immunity for grand jury testimony. Indictments cite interdealer interference between manufacturers wholesalers retailers and consumers. Immunized officials include Paul Lachmund Geo W Hotchkiss and Geo Wilson Jones.
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Chicago
Lumber Secretaries’ Bureau of Information
Pennsylvania
Pacific
United States
Paul Lachmund
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Association
Geo. W. Hotchkiss
Illinois Lumber and Builders’ Supply Dealers’ Association
Secretaries’ Bureau
Geo. Wilson Jones
Illinois Association
Thought to Death and the Edison Life View
A Houghton and Calumet Mining Gazette writer contrasts J C Stubbs and Thomas A Edison both around 65. Stubbs plans retirement, cites limited usefulness while Edison says he is just reaching the climax of power through balanced work and robust digestion. Edison keeps a strenuous pace, warns against thinking in bed as harmful.
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J. C. Stubbs
E. H. Harriman
Thomas A. Edison
Houghton and Calumet Mining Gazette
Stubbs
Edison
Harriman
Legal quip about handling conflicting witness accounts
A lawyer asks what to do as witnesses for his client give varied stories of the accident. His partner suggests calling all of them to the stand to prevent jurors from inferring multiple accidents.
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Boston Transcript
Mrs Henpeck and Dashaway Relate Proposals and Superstition
Mrs Henpeck recounts her husband proposed eighteen times before she accepted in a Philadelphia Record feature. Mrs Dashaway notes she often wondered what made him so superstitious as the couple shares their humorous courtship.
Odd Fellows lodge organized in Lockhart Texas
An Odd Fellow lodge was instituted in Lockhart Texas with H L King of Luling as supervisor. Officers elected include W M Schofield N G J H Franks W G W E McDowell secretary and J M Alexander treasurer. Visitors came from Luling Fentress San Antonio and San Marcos. Joseph Murray and Alfred Meyer of San Antonio led the initiation.
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Lockhart
Tex
H. L. King
Luling
W. M. Schofield
N. G
J. H. Franks
W. G
W. E. McDowell
J. M. Alexander
Fentress
San Antonio
San Marcos
Joseph Murray
Alfred Meyer
Fire destroys Bland ranch barn near Taylor
A large barn on the Bland ranch near Taylor Texas was consumed by fire. The loss is about 3500 dollars, with partial insurance coverage. Farm machinery and all contents inside the barn were destroyed.
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Taylor, Tex
Bland Ranch
No Bosses of Any Kind.
Editorial quote from the Providence Journal arguing against bosses in politics and commerce as a principle of free institutions.
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Providence Journal
Interstate tax on motor cars proposed to fund wagon roads
Senator Simmons of North Carolina urged in the Senate that a $10 license on interstate automobiles could raise about one million dollars annually for road improvements. The bill would allocate $1.9 million yearly to aid rural mail routes, with farmers expected to save $200 million to $400 million in crop transportation costs through better highways.
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Washington, D. C
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Washingtonian Fined for Loitering in West Virginia
A Washington motorist in a sparse West Virginia region faced a magistrate after a constable complaint. The magistrate found no speeding but fined him ten dollars for loitering claiming slow progress and an out of order engine.
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West Virginia
Lippincott's
Heat Sparks Guessing Game on Kansas City Street
In front of the Sexton hotel, two men wager on identifying passersby. The blue uniformed policeman, a motorman, and a taxi chauffeur are named as the quartet of occupations in ten minutes. The loser concedes and pays up.
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Sexton Hotel
Kansas City Times
Tennessee Legislature Resumes With Quorum Reached
Nashville June 23. The Senate and House resumed business today after reaching a quorum for the first time since April 13.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Senate
House
Fire at Acme Texas Causes Major Damage
Fire at Acme Texas caused about 25000 in damage. Acme fire department fought flames and prevented spread to nearby buildings.
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Acme
Texas
Associated Press
Quanah
Tex
Indictments Expected in Lumber Trust Case
Indictments against a dozen or more individuals and organizations tied to the lumber trust were expected to be returned before Judge K. M. Landis today after weeks of investigation by a special grand jury.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lumber Trust
K. M. Landis
Motorist Nearly Bleeds to Death in Texas
Paul Templin was repairing his car on a road to home from Austin when a pocket knife slashed his left hand. Dr. Smith of Belmont, passing by in an automobile, stopped and dressed the wound, saving him from severe blood loss.
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Gonzales
Tex
Austin
Paul Templin
Dr. Smith
Belmont
Richmond gum bans curb broadmewl refrain in transit
Progress in Richmond notes surprisingly few women chewing gum in street cars and public assemblies this season. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports evolving public etiquette and social norms in city life.
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Richmond
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Obituary notices for Oeffinger and Ortiz figures
Margaret Oeffinger, 76, died Thursday night at her daughter's home in San Antonio. She leaves two sons and several daughters, with funeral services at Emanuel's Lutheran cemetery conducted by Rev. Carl Saenger. Pablo Orte z, 57, died at a local hospital from blood poisoning after leg amputation. funeral at 1510 San Fernando Street and burial in San Fernando Cemetery.
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Oeffinger
Margaret Oeffinger
Lydia Kollatschny
South Cherry Street
John
Gottfried Oeffinger
San Antonio
Margaret Balzen
Hondo
Peter Geib
del Rio
George Bult
Fritz Schultz
Lydia Kollatschnky
Germany
Emanuel’s
Lutheran Cemetery
Carl Saenger
Ortez
Pablo
Ortiz
Mexico
Seguin
San Fernando Street
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando Cemetery
Robertson A B dies after brief illness in San Antonio
Robert A B Robertson aged 45 died at a local hospital Thursday afternoon after a brief illness from appendicitis. He is survived by his wife and other relatives residing in Missouri. Robertson had been a San Antonio resident for the past six months.
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Ransom & Silsbee
Men's Outfitters
Anxom
Ilsbee
Alamo Plaza
CHTY
Civic Improvement League
R. H. Wester
Real Estate Exchange
Masons
Senator Borah
Chicago Grand Jury
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Littell
Rhuma-Sulphur Company
N. 2Nd Street
St. Louis, Mo
William Simon
White Plains
N. Y
Tafts
Taft
White House
Executive Mansion
President Yes
Cincinnati
Delia Torrey
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Kansas City, Mo
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Carriage and Ambulance Service
Homer Jones
W. Commerce Street
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