Insurgents Reject Tax Increase in San Antonio Council
In San Antonio the insurgent city council blocked raising the real estate tax rate from 1.06 to 1.10 for 1911 12. Aldermen objected citing weak spending and no street progress. Special tax rates for twelve improvement districts were adopted with various bond amounts and rates.
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San Antonio
Mauermann
Finance Committee
Fincham
Alderman Fincham
Callaghan
Boynton
Texas
Peter
Paul
Uhr
Lipscomb
Steves
Ryan
Lambert
San Fernando
Braden- O'Neil
Avenue C
Fincham, Lipscomb and Boynton
How to Remove a Poor Complexion from London Fashions
An old fashioned remedy suggests nightly mercorized wax application as a facial treatment. The wax, obtainable from druggists, purportedly dissolves disfiguring cuticle and blemishes including red blotches freckles liver spots and pimples to reveal fresh natural skin.
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Guarantee Ad at Rexall Store
Store ad by H. L. Wagner promises money back guarantee on Rexall 93 Hair Tonic. Claims erase dandruff, stimulate hair growth, prevent baldness if unsatisfied. two sizes 50c and 1.00, sold only at The Rexall Store at East Houston Street and Avenue C.
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Rexall
H. L. Wagner
East
Houston Street
Avenue C
Cost of High Living Against Rich Tax Dodgers
In Chicago the Race Betterment league, a women’s group, met to ratify county candidate selections by the board of review of the protective league. About 200 attended, mostly women, with 75 men in the audience and none among the speakers. A man complained that if they won’t let men speak here, what will happen at the ballot.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Board of Review
State to reclaim land along Brazos valley
A topographic survey for Brazoria and Fort Bend counties shows 40 000 to 200 000 acres suitable for reclamation. About 40 000 acres are state owned or controlled. Reclamation costs range from 7 50 to 15 per acre for levee construction. The project would save the state about 1 050 000 and the governor has authorized proceeding.
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Austin
Tex
Stiles
Brazos Valley
Brazoria
Fort Bend
Seguin Forms Village Improvement Association
Seguin Texas March 8 the Village Improvement association has been organized to beautify the town and plan general improvements charter members include Mesdames F C Weinert J B Dibrell D Nolte J H Vaughan J T Holmes Walter Nolte Eugene Nolte C E Tips E Mosheim Ben Terrell Cora Smith Carrie Walker J M Abbott A W Breustedt Sam Blanks W H Baxter M B Grace I B Tegener W R Neal Max Starcke H E Short T H Hollaman W C Thomas Robert Koch W Simmons W Myers R L Combs William Steinmeyer H Seligmann Miss Helen Seligmann Ella Weinert May Humphreys.
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Seguin
Tex
Village Improvement Association
Mesdames F. C. Weinert
J. B. Dibrell
D. Nolte
J. H. Vaughan
J. T. Holmes
Walter Nolte
Eugene Nolte
C. E. Tips
E. Mosheim
W. C. Thomas
Robert Koch
W. Simmons
W. Myers
R. L. Combs
William Steinmeyer
H. Seligmann
Helen Seligmann
Ella Weinert
May Humphreys
Prison Reform Urged at Southern Sociological Conference
Nine of sixteen governors have appointed delegates to the Southern Sociological conference to meet in Nashville May 7 10 with others signifying participation. Governor Hooper aims to make prison reform a focal point and cites prior calls for religious attention prison schools and a state library as progress. He notes the desire for more humane punishment and social reforms in the south.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Sociological Conference
Hooper
South
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Union Tailors
I.avolush
Texas National Guard
E. E. Walker
James
Justice
United States Army
Hillsboro
Hubbard
Corsicana
Athens
Kaufman
Terrell
Dallas
Waco
India Tea
the Growers of India Tea
London Fashions
Hicks
Terrill
THE
Terrill Medical and Surgical Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Dalkowitz Bros. CO
North Flores
Tom Light
State Board of Education
Orn
Wome
America
Kops Bros
Mfrs
New York
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