City approves street, tax, and oil bids after council meeting
The city accepted Alamo Paving Company for drainage and street work on Columbia street renaming to Ezell street was tabled. Oriental Oil Company won the bid to supply gasoline and oil with prices set per gallon. An ordinance appropriated 3001.92 from Improvement District No 2 to buy bonds as an investment and 30000 from the fund to prevent unfinished bills. Episcopal Church exempt from taxes on lots nine and ten in block 1262.
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Dss
Alamo
Strom Oa
St . Episcopal Church
Oriental Oil Company
Gallon, Co, Gan
Columbia Street
Ezell Street
Third Attack Group Moves from Kelly Field to Galveston
The Third Attack Group begins transfer from Kelly Field to Galveston to be permanently stationed. A motor transport train carried about 320 enlisted men and 60 officers in a staged movement. Major Frank D. leads the force as the eastward trek continues toward the coast.
Scout Rescues Two Women At Local Pool Incident
A 1 year old terrier named Terete and a community scout helped rescue two women at a swimming pool as crowds gathered at the bar, while Hoe read their names during the unusual scene.
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Terete
Hoe
Remarkable Cameron Bride Ruth Wiley Weds Russell Wine
Miss Ruth Wiley and Russell Bruce Wine wed in Cameron First Presbyterian Church in a June ceremony with Rev. Y. G. Kenuve officiating. Bridal party included Miss Caroline Wine and Miss Alice Bennett. reception and later homecoming planned in San Antonio after a Texas trip.
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First Presbyterian Church
Camerot
Ruth Wiley
Roberts. Wiley
Russell Bruce Wine
San Antonio
Y. G. Kenuvey
Ellie Hinton
Louise Adams
George Worley
West Agarita Avenue
Thisba ‘Morgan
Edward Faris Williams
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
J. R. Cram
Miss Worley
Mein Avenue
University of Texas
Beame
Beaumont High School
Sidney Lanier ‘High
Houston
Edith Wilmans Urges Fewer Laws and Press Freedom
Edith E Wilmans former legislator and governor candidate asserts public and private rights include freedom of the press and religion She supports a changed idea law allowing newspapers to print truth without malicious edits Campaign motto fewer laws and better laws to be expanded in a Waxahachie speech at Getzenduner Auditorium at 10 am.
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Dallas
Commonwealth
Edith E. Wilmans
Wilmans
Hersclf
Burglar Chooses Glasses and Binoculars in Two Thefts
Sao Antonio burglars with defective vision target homes of Elizabeth Woodruff and S Tobias. A nearsighted thief steals a pair of spectacles from Woodruff at 307 Camden Street while a farsighted thief takes a pair of binoculars from a car at 29 West Park Avenue.
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Sao Antonio
Elizabeth Woodruff
Camden Street
S. Tobias
West Park Avenue
Caillaux Plans US Mission on French Debt Talks
Paris reports say Finance Minister Caillaux may send a special mission to the United States to explore American credit for France and possible reopening of debt negotiations. Maurice Bokanois ski, a former Caillaux adviser, is rumored for Washington. officials say they know nothing definite.
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Paris
Caillaux
United States
France
Maurice Bokanoisski
Cailaux
Zo Ito Washington
M. DeBoin
Treasury
Washington
M. Cailigux
Ministry of Finance
Rail road shopmen assess Watson-Parker act impact
Chicago June 28 shopmen from the Railway Employes Department of the American Federation of Labor met to review the Watson Parker bill abolishing the Railway Labor Board. They endorsed arbitration for failing bargaining but blamed the act for shifting dispute adjustment to the parties, while preserving the right to organize free from employer intimidation.
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Chicago
Department
American Federation of Labor
Newt Watson-Parker
Railoyd Labor Board
Transportation ‘Brotherhoods
AO T C Track Meet Called at Fort Sam Training Camp
Keen competition between students of several colleges and universities attending the Fort Sam Housim R O T C is expected at the field and track meet on the training camp athletic field on Sixth Street and Garden Avenue. Events include sprints hurdles throws and jumps. Major Byrne will referee with officers on duty assisting. On Thursday field artillery units march to Camp Stanley for service firing on the range.
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Fort Sam Housim
L.T. Byrne
Camp Stanley
Negriss Blames Cat For Arrest At Disturbance
A San Marcos Street Black woman claimed a black cat caused her arrest as prohibition officers and detectives entered to seize a still, mash, and whiskey. Police were summoned after a reported disturbance at the residence.
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Negriss
Black Cat
Lawsy
San Marcos
Prohibition
Nueces County Sees 8361 School Aged Children Count
Corpus Christi June 28 with 8361 scholastic age children in Nueces county, up 122 from last year per Miss Effie Hutto, county superintendent, following a recent census.
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Nueces
Corpus Christi
Nueces County
Cnsus
Effie Hutto
Kettle to Tank scale for Lydia E Pinkham product
An advertisement traces Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound from a kitchen kettle to large steel tanks. Each tank holds 5000 gallons and a tankful is produced every two days to meet demand. Production emphasizes sanitary conditions and public lab inspections in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia He Pinkham
Lydian E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Viscount Furness Marries His American Bride in Secret Wedding
London reports Viscount Furness, 43, shipbuilder and head of Fitness Withy, secretly wed his 22 year old American bride Thelma Morgan Converse in Washington after a discreet courtship. The bride, daughter of US consul general Jerry Hays Morgan, previously divorced from James Converse of New York. The couple had been together since 1922 and kept the ceremony private as friends learned only afterward.
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London
Viscount Furness
Thelma Morgan
Converse
New York
L Ady Furness
Oferry Hays Morgan
Buenos Aires
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Benjamin
Angeles
James
Theodore N
Washington
Christopher
Furie PL
Wilson
Tremor Felt as Red Earthquake Approaches City
Widespread tremor reported across the city as a massive population surge and flight indications rose. Officials noted a dramatic shift in residents’ behavior amid the advancing red threat and unfamiliar atmospheric signs.
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Cfrwood
Choue Alors
Eaddud
Eokl
Ray McCauley
Wolff and Mars
Harriet Sprague
George- Sprague Bridal Party
Miss Sprague
Nea
J. Blaine Burns
Tampa
City
Sam L. Edwards
F. W. Linebarger
Griffin Apartments
Hugh F. Ewing
Fort Sam Houston
Max A. Elser
Fort Sir
Okla
Elser
Wiser
Walter Giesecke
Suse Dorothy Rey
D. F. Curry
Helen
Eree Rosita Samuel
Brackenridge Dark
Bernard Simon
Koehler Park
Birdie Jac Ray Harris
Goldie Reich
Tillie Brown
Marie Metzer
Bernice Rae Simon
Rae Saimuel
Sarah Bartho
Simon Stern
Leon Wise
George Samuel
Gus Blitze
Harry Samuel
Hostees
E. C. van Ness
Daurter
Anna Doris
Clarence C. Heremann
Herrmann
West
Herrman
Treasur
O. J. Winning
Kelly Field
W. M. Ratcliffe
Thomas H. Jarrell
Yellowstone Park
Salt Lake City
Portland
Marvis C. Hill
Lucille
Nuesos
Corpus Chri So
Ralph Erland Alstead
Neil Rayford Caldwell
Daisy Y. Caldwell
Dell E. Wurzbach
Helen Henderson
W. E. Henderson
Denver Heights Methodist Church
Spirit of the Army
B .B. Buck
Eli Hertzberg
Yrul B. Malone
Lewis Ikrams
Ind Bmors
Henry Drought
Edith Wilmans
America
George Keene
Drnazist
Flores
Militurs Plaza
Knox Nurseries
Safety Crockett
Commerce Street
The
Unson Crook Or Shoe Co
East
Steffler Baking Company
Garden Street
Texas
Texas Laundry Service
Lyle
Crockett
Crockett Texas Steam Laundry
Losoya St
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