The Light's Daily Short Story by Harold Tandrup
A New York shoreline tale follows a writer returning from the city as the paper king MacWhirter lies ill. On the Odin voyage the speaker observes crowded streets and diverse districts, then notes waves, lantern light, and a stokers terse reply that reveals identity.
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Harold Tandrup
New York
Metropolis
Park Row
City Hall
Post Office
Broadway
Wall Street
Mott Street
Odin
MacWhirter
Sandy Hook
Suffragist Fela La Follette Advocates Name Retention
At a suffrage meeting Fela La Follette wife of George Middleton and daughter of Wisconsin senator states that women will keep their family names after marriage. She adds her own desire to retain her name and notes Middleton generally approves.
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Fela la Follette
Wisconsin
George Middleton
Middleton
Dream of a Stoker on a Shipboard Mystery
A shipboard tale centers on a sick stoker named Lars Andersen who dreams he is MacWhirter, a New York paper king. The crew debates his sanity as he vanishes at Nyborg and later learns MacWhirter died in New York on May 6, linking dream and reality.
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Fifth Avenue
Lars Andersen
Stoker
Jersey City
MacWhirter
Andersen
New York
Nyborg
Antwerp
King MacWhirter
Hmustration
Iduletadmens Elsewhoe
Power Plant at Seguin Seeks 8000 HP Output
The Guadalupe Water & Power Company of Seguin filed its charter with capital stock of 600000. Incorporators include W B Dunlap of Beaumont E W Brown of Orange and J M Abbott of Seguin. The plan is to harness Guadalupe river waters to supply light power and heat to southwest Texas reaching San Antonio Austin Lockhart and intermediate towns at about one tenth current cost. The project aims to develop 8000 horsepower.
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Austin
Tex
Guadalupe River
Texas
W. J. Crawford
Beaumont
Guadalupe Water & Power Company of
Seguin
W. B. Dunlap
E. W. Brown
Orange
J. M. Abbott
San Antonio
Lockhart
Red Tie brigade expands drive for 75000 budget fund
Under Ray Mackey of the Real Estate Exchange division the Red Tie campaign grows as smaller subscribers join. Committees and leaders listed as efforts persist to reach the 75000 fund, with Houston National Exchange Bank named state depository in Austin.
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Ray Mackey
Real Estate Exchange Division
Chamber of Commerce
Red Tie Brigade
Thomas L. Conroy
S. B. Ricady
A. H. Halff
Hugo Goodman
George T. Allensworth
R. T. Pruitt
Jobbers & Manufacturers’ League
Conness
B. M. Hammond
T. H. Flannery
R. G. Thomas
George Dietz
B. Ricaby
J. R. Sprague
Ike Levy
William Dobrowolski
A. B. Stephens
W. J. Edgecomb
J. L. Strohm
G. A. Gage
Walter Walthall
William FE. Butler
Gus Heys
James Kapp
Adolph Grasso
Houston Bank
Austin
Tex
State Depository Board
Eighth Congressional District
Houston National Exchange Bank of Houston
Miss Mary Hess and Julia Dempsey Headed to St Louis
Miss Mary Hess and Mrs. Julia Dempsey, visiting their brother L. L. Hess, will leave tonight for St. Louis.
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Mary Hess
Julia Dempsey
L. L. Hess
St. Louis
Set Date for Insurance Hearing in March Protest
The Insurance Board set March 14 to hear Austin's protest of current fire rates. The city will pursue court action if relief is not granted.
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Austin
Tex
State Insurance Board
Galveston Plans Trade Excursions
At a Galveston meeting of leading wholesale and retail merchants a plan for a series of trade excursions to nearby towns was approved, to begin Wednesday March 13.
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Galveston
Associated Press
Tex
Dam Bonds Floated For Austin Reconstruction
Information from Austin shows a private firm in New York markets has floated 250000 dollars in bonds to fund rebuilding the dam washed away on April 7 1900. Construction will begin at once as work resumes on the famed Austin dam.
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Austin
Tex
New York
Bexar County Tax Receipts Reported for January
Treasurer Sparks announced that County Tax Collector John A. Biton of Bexar County delivered 206000 dollars, representing the county tax collections for January.
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Bexar’s Tax Collections
John A. Bitter
Austin
Tex
Sparks
John A. Biton
Bexar County
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Warren Ave
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Teven
Ironton
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
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Emmet Bank
Thos, DL
Conroy
E. J. McCormick
J. Frank Gallagher
American Bank & Trust
West Tesas Bank & Trust Co
Avenua Guarantee Fund Bank
W. F. McCaleb
Joseph F. Green
J. H. Savage
Leon N. Walthall
W. H. Hamilton
Banking and Trust
Savings Department
State Bank & Trust Company
State Bank & Trust Company Hicks Bidg
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Alamo Plaza
Crockett Street
Maverick-Clarke Litho CO
Bentists
Egee
Joseph
Milan
Suzanne Blum
Alifornia
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