Coldwitt and Looney Settle Differences
Governor Colquitt and Attorney General Looney reach an amicable settlement over the Texas Business Men's Association suit. The governor clarifies remarks to support collaboration with Looney, noting a political misinterpretation and indicating willingness to file similar action against the Anti-Saloon League if appropriate.
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Business Men’s Association
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Looney
Texas Business Men’s Association
Attorney General’s Office
Ferguson
Atorney
Cureton
Nickels
Anti Saloon League
Antisaloon League
Ohio
Texas
YWCA Pool Attracts Crowd As Summer Advances
Mrs Etta Pickering YWCA general secretary notes rising pool popularity with over 100 bathing suit applications Monday. Business Women's Club plans a moonlight tally ho ride and picnic Wednesday night meeting at 8 pm at the YWCA, ground North Loop, lunch to be carried and about fifty members expected.
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Etta Pickering
Business Women’s Club
North Loop
Judge declares business ever moving in pictures
A jurist quips that his own work never stalls, answering a question about his business. He jokes that his business is moving pictures, highlighting the era’s film industry with a light, ironic tone.
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Moving Pictures
Visiting her mother Consuelo Duchess of Marlborough
The Duchess Consuelo Belmont Marlborough spent five weeks in New York with her mother Mrs O H P Belmont. She expressed no belief in militant suffragism but called herself a loyal suffragist, noting English conditions differ from those in the United States.
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Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Arena
New York
Engand
Rail revenue order delayed by Interstate Commerce panel
Washington, June 30. The Interstate Commerce Commission delays its decision on the eastern railroads five percent freight rate request. A split on revenue needs versus charging for free services suggests disagreement on how to raise funds. Classification changes add further debate as the panel weighs options.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Speculton
Commission
Tokyo minister defers publication on California land bill talks
Japanese foreign minister Takaaki Kato says details of treaty negotiations with the United States on California alien land ownership will not be published at the US request. Moderates express mixed views, aiming to enlighten the public while wary of Japan’s case and abroad subjects. In New York, the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Railway Co plans to default on several debt issues including Indiana Decatur and Western division bonds and Cincinnati Indianapolis and line bonds.
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Tokio
Takaaki Kato
Japan
United States
California
America
Pats
New York
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company
Financial
Indiana, Decatur and Western Division
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Few Fires in June Ended With Low Alarms Record
Fire department statistics show 24 alarms by noon on the last day of June, just one more than May’s total. Losses in the 30 days were very small, slightly higher than May’s under $4,000, with the last alarm seven days earlier for a frame dwelling fire on Prospect Hill.
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Central Fire Alarm Office
Prospect Hill
Old Record Stands in Bexar County Marriage Licenses
Although licenses began with a rush on June 1, 1914, the returns available Tuesday afternoon show Cupid lagging behind June 1913 in Bexar County.
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Bexar County
Record of June marriage licenses in the county
County Clerk Frank R. Newton reports up to closing time in June, 207 licenses issued versus 212 last June. Marriage Registrar A. H. Coates laments the slow mid-month pace after an initial surge, noting daily averages of 12 to 14 early on but later only two to three per day.
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Frank R. Newton
A. H. Coates
Mr. Coates
Death by Drowning in Tampico Ties to Captain Foster
Official advices to the family state Captain Jack Foster died by drowning near Tampico while his body remains unrecovered. Earlier reports claimed foul play by a killer not present at Tampico, who was en route to San Luis Potosí. Also from San Angelo Texas, the day’s heat hit 100 degrees.
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Brownsville
Tex
Tampico
Jack Foster
Foster
Clarmed
San Luis Potosi
Awards Announced For Groceries In State Purchasing Notices
State purchasing agents announced awards to several firms for a range of grocery items including Alspiktd Nelson-Davis & Co. Austin and J. Oppenheimer & Co. Florine Corsicana and S. A. Pace Grocery Co. for Corsicana. Major General Bell visited Austin to discuss mobilization with the adjutant general. Voters in St Louis cast ballots on a new city charter redefining government powers and structure.
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Alspiktd
Nelson-Davis & Co
Austin
appleMutter
Nelson- Davis & Co
John Bremond
S. A. Pace Grocery Co
Corsicana
J. Oppenheimer & Co
Pierce-Fordyce Oil Association
M. Castanola & Sons
A. Pace Grocery. Co
Walker-Smith Co
Galveston
Davis & Co
John and
Walker- Smith Company
Abilene
8S. A. Pace Grocery Co
Amet
Gatesville
Mayfield Co
Terrell
Bell
Tex
J. Franklin Bell
Texas City
Adjutant General
Texas National Guard
St. Louis
St Louis
Board of Public Service
Railroad conference on grain rates along Texas coast
Galveston Texas officials from all railroads serving the coast and the Texas Mexico border met to discuss import grain rate adjustments and traffic into Mexico. The expect conference to continue tomorrow. A light shower cooled the dust in Brownsv Beecue Illinois, while Galveston saw cloudy skies and indications of more rain.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
United States
Mexico
Browns
Names Bill President Sig
In Washington on June 80, key figures named Bill and President with signature events referenced. The note highlights a formal naming and signing context in a political or governmental setting.
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Sig
Washington
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Anti- Saloon League
San Antonio
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L. P. Peck
Houston and Navarro Sts
San Antonio, Texas
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Brussels
China
Houston & Nivarf
Cupid
Nm Angelo
San Angelo
Te Tex
State
Austin, Tex
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Waco
Rees Ontical Co
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