Social clubs form Texas state group to curb imposters
About 150 San Antonio club members head to Galveston for a June 27 28 meeting where a permanent state organization will be formed to shield bona fide clubs from oppressive laws and help officials shut down illegitimate ones. Delegations from Travis Club Casino Beethoven Hermann Sons and others plan full representation with up to 4000 anticipated from across Texas.
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San Antonio
Galveston
Texas
J. L. Peeler
Travis Club
Casino
Beethoven
Hermann Sons
Diederkranz Singing Society
Country Club
Elks
Moose
Auto Club
International Club
J. H. Savage
W. F. McCaleb
R. T. Pruitt
R. C. Norton
C. A. Goeth
Adolph Wagner
Alex Sartor
H. Goldschmidt
Dr. L. Hirschfeld
Theodore Moeller
F. M. Gloeckner
Jacob Wagner
J. G. Neus
F. Hensel
Hermann Sons' Home Association
Paul Meerscheidt
John Windlinger
W. A. Wurzbach
Bruno Wauschutz
A. Horath
Harmonia Lodge
Tom Leighton
Joe Scherro
Siemering Lodge
Adolph Uhr
Wenzel Lodge
Frank Gugert
Wedrer Lodge
Carl Schulze
St. Joseph's Society
Charles Meyer
Joseph Courand
B. J
Huerta Fall Seen Imminent by Azcona Continued
Azcona asserts Huerta’s downfall is near as Reppeteau is released. Consul Ellsworth reports Carranza’s letter confirming Reppeteau’s dismissal. Carranza orders return of the automobile rented in Laredo and left by Crumpler in Piedras Negras. Applewhite and Crumpler offered no river crossing effort, Reppeteau departed by train. Auto now held by the consul awaiting its owner.
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Ellsworth
Carranza
Reppeteau
Laredo
Crumpler
Piedras Negras
Applewhite
Front foot plan meeting set for citywide explanation
Mayor Brown leads push for a front foot assessment plan to fund street improvements with a referendum on June 30. First public gathering at Moon's Drug Store on South Flores, eight ward meetings to follow, detailing costs, benefits, and city share under this plan.
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Front Foot
Brown
Moon
South Flores Street
Precincc
Dallas Finn
Texas
Kansas City
Dallas
San Antonio
Villa To Attack Juarez In Mexican Rebel Push
Pancho Villa and about 2100 men move from Casas Grandes toward Juarez to attack the border city this week, with artillery mounting by Juarez defenders and reports of additional forces at Palomas Villa Ahumada.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pancho Villa
Casas Grandes
Here
Juarez
Pearson Lumber Interests
Villa
Bana
Edwards
Col
Castro
Palomas
Villa Ahumada
Neils Larsen
Lino Ponce
Roque Gomez
Madera Lumber Co
Chihuahua
Francisco Castro
Inez Salazar
San Ignacio
Ben
Vitalitas touted as general antiseptic and tonic
Dentists use Vitalitas in practice as an antiseptic and mouth wash for extractions and gum irritation. It is claimed to stop bleeding ease soreness and cleanse the mouth, with use diluted in water. The ad claims Vitalitas treats stomach liver kidneys and blood conditions and asserts it works where other remedies fail. See Wagner Drug Store 407 East Houston Street.
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Vitalitas
Wagner Drug Store
East
Houston Street
Meeting Called to Endorse One Third Two Thirds Paving Plan
Federation of Improvement Clubs schedules a special meeting at 8 30 p m Thursday June 26 in Bedell building auditorium. President Callahan urges unanimous support for a one third two thirds funding plan to secure city improvements with Mayor Brown present to explain the proposal. English East Africa reportedly holds the world’s richest soda bed, with engineers citing 206000000 tons and a lake surface over 50 square kilometers.
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Federation of Improvement Clubs
R. G. Callahan
Bedell Building
Clinton G. Brown
Callahan
East Africa
Educators Campaign For State Bond Amendment
San Antonio hosts two June 30 meetings to push the state constitution amendment allowing universities and other institutions to issue bonds for new buildings. July 19 election to approve. Speakers include S. Ek. Mezes, F. M. Brasley, and C. J. Evans with ward chairmen Eli Hertzberg and Chester Terrell at Gunter and St. Anthony Hotels.
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San Antonio
Gunter
Eli Hertzberg
St. Anthony
Chester Terrell
S. Ek. Mezes
University
F. M. Brasley
Home For Deaf and Dumb
Building Permits and Repairs Filed in Local Notices
Felipe Boone moves a 2 room box dwelling on Delgado street and Jeyes Najera adds a 3 room frame dwelling on Ruiz street with a $400 sum. R McCormick files a second story addition to a frame dwelling on Denver street for $300. Mrs L J Folbre repairs North Magnolia avenue at $1200. Connie Barton builds 3 chicken houses on Buckingham avenue for $50. D J Woodward adds a staircase on Martinez street for $10. Miss Laurence Steele operates a 10 room frame apartment house on Lewis street for $4000. E W Marshall builds a shed on Louise street for $95 and rebuilds a seed room on Fredericksburg street for $65. Mrs T A Wiseman adds a porch on Zarramora street for $76. Asphalt is mentioned as ancient binder in Babylonian masonry.
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Felipe Boone
Delgado Street
Jeyes Najera
Ruiz Street
R. McCormick
Denver Street
L. J. Folbre
Magnolia Avenue
Connie Barton
Buckingham Avenue
D. J. Woodward
Martinez Street
Laurence Steele
Lewis Street
Ojeda Victory Denied In Mexican Skirmish Near Santa Rosa
Governor Pesqueira of Sonora issued a denial from Hermosillo disputing reports from Mexico City and Nogales that General Pedro Ojeda defeated a larger state force at Ortiz and Santa Rosa. Federals halted by wrecked tracks, and Constitutionalists pressed toward victory as fighting continued around Santa Rosa yesterday and today.
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Douglas
Ariz
Pesqueira
Sonora
Hermosillo
Mexico City
Nogales
Pedro Ojeda
Ortiz
Santa Rosa
Ojeda
General Tracy Aubert Not Killed Returns to Mexico City
General Tracy Aubert, once reported killed, has returned to Mexico City after a period in Monterrey. He has been ill and expects to resume campaigning only after full health is restored.
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Tracy Aubert
Mexico City
Mexican Herald
Aubert
Monterey
Railroads Expect Swift Rate Changes After Supreme Court Ruling
Kansas City attorneys for Missouri railroads announce that, pending the Supreme Court mandate, they will implement the 2 cent passenger and maximum freight rates at the earliest practicable date. The decision in favor of the Missouri rate laws affects railroad pricing across the state.
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Kansas City
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Twelve executed for assassination of Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
In Constantinople twelve of the men condemned for the assassination of Mahmoud Shefket Pasha, late grand vizier, were executed this morning in Bayazide square. The area was heavily guarded with no disturbance. The condemned walked to the scaffold with firm steps and several gave addresses before being hanged.
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Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Bayazide
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
Patent medicine advertisement claiming the Texas Wonder treats kidney and bladder issues for men and women and regulates children's bladder problems. Sold by mail for $1.00 with a two month supply per bottle, promising rare cures. Dr. FE. W. Hall listed in St. Louis Missouri.
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Texas Wonder
Texas
FE. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Ty Druggists
Fall of Durango Confirmed in Mexican War News
CONFIRM FALL OF DURANGO. MEXICO CITY June 24 The capture of Durango by Constitutionalists is officially confirmed with few details. Garrison was small and city deteriorated by siege. Aguascalientes under martial law with curfew notices and warnings of shooting. Mondragon to Europe as Ghent exposition delegate. may become minister to Belgium. President Huerta bid farewell, saying all for the country.
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Mexico City
Durango
Aguascalientes
General Mondragon
War Ministry
Europe
Ghent
Belgium
Huerta
Mondragon
Tellez Bottled Up Near Nuevo Laredo in Rebel Report
An official report to General Blanco from Matamoros details Tellez with about 650 fighting men and wounded from 1200 who left Monterey. A courier near Nuevo Laredo says Tellez aims for Nuevo Laredo while rebels destroy path ahead. Blanco notes federal forces have effectively bottled themselves in. United States Consul Johnson is urged by Bryan to aid Armendian property owners in Matamoros, who run a mule car street railway.
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Brownsville
Tex
Tellez
Laredo
Blanco
Matamoros
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
United States
Johnson
Bryan
Armendian
Oil Well Tested At New Somerset Prospect
The strainer is to be lowered this afternoon in the nine inch well at New Somerset and a determination is expected before dark on whether the 950 foot level yields oil. If not, the drill will continue to 1100 feet and company officials from the Somerset Oil and Gas Company will witness the operation.
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New Somerset
Somerset Oil and Gas Company
Progressive party nominates Col. George W. Murphy for governor
In Little Rock on June 24 delegates to the Arkansas progressive state central committee nominated Col. George W. Murphy for governor on the progressive ticket. Murphy, a former Democratic leader and attorney general of Arkansas, was selected with over 75 delegates in attendance.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Progressive State Central Committee
Col
George W. Murphy
Falls Thirteen Stories to Death in Dallas Building Collapse
Matthew Thill a carpenter fell thirteen stories and died while working on the Busch building in Dallas today An elevator knocked Thill and Miles Gibson from the top of the shaft Gibson was rescued dangling from a timber Forensic details are scarce and no further names or causes are given
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Dallas
Tex
Matthew Thill
Busch
Thill
Miles Gibson
Gibson
Wall Street fears tariff bill and calls for monetary reform
W F McCaleb warns passage of the tariff bill may trigger maneuvers against its operation. President Wilson urges immediate monetary reform. Bank leaders split on government control with many favoring elastic currency and limited government role. Old witness mentioned. Kansas City note ends the fragment about bantam chicken.
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Wall Street
Wilson
T. C. Frost
Frost National Bank
Ll. Ball
National Bank of Commerce
Mann
Aldrich
Bryan
J. M. Brown
Alamo National Bank
Otto Meerscheidt
Selling the Sales in New York
Col Bill Hutton observes a stray dog on Wall Street and jokes that if it stays, the other dogs will eat, a mood that mirrors conditions on the money boulevard. A bond salesman pursues an insurance company client then lunches the company president, then the president’s father, a lawyer, who bills $100 for legal advice. A judgment looms as the salesman reflects on the costly lunches and declining prospects.
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New York
Bill Hutton
Wal Street
Colonel Hutton
Money Boulevard
Insurance Company
Father
Proves She's No Fool
Detectives McGann and Randolph interrupted a violent scene at 362 West Forty-fifth Street after responding to a distress call. They found Frederick Thompson, 39, of 310 West Thirty Seventh Street, claiming a counterfeit Planters Bank $20 bill led to the confrontation with Barbara Funk who rents rooms on Forty-fifth Street. Thompson faced petit larceny charges.
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New York
McGann
Randolph
West Forty-seventh Street
Ninth Avenue
West Forty-fifth Street
Frederick Thompson
West
Barbara Funk
Forty-fifth Street
Thompson
Planters’ Bank
Fairfield
South Carolina
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Somerset
R. H. Wester
L. B. Jones
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Smith Subdior
Old City
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B. Jones
W. T. Williams
Smith Global
J. F. Montgomery
C. C. McRae
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Green Terrace
Ida C
Charles Murphy
Alex
Jessie E. Hodge
Indiana Street
West End
George Kettler
Los Angeles Heights
New City Block
Fest Street
H. C. Burney
F. Wilson
Varas
Castro Street
B. E. Witte
W. F. Turner
Highland Park
Mac M
W. B. Hart
F. C. Ried
Halliday Addition
Regal
William Capps
Riverside Park
J. H. Thompson
W. J. Allen
Halliday
J. . Callahan
E. C. Neel
San Pedro Terrace
George Capp
A. Cohen
Laurel Street
Fitz Groos
Ludwig Fisher
Gorman Street
Missouri Railroads
Nueva Laredo
Mediterranean
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