Senate plan inquiry into use of funds and probes expand
In Austin Texas on March 9 the Senate announced two new probes into expenditures by the State Board of Water Engineers and the Department of Agriculture. The finance committee will audit if appropriations in the Thirty-fourth Legislature were in fact spent, with bills pending on irrigation districts, normal colleges, and other fiscal actions. The effort includes contentious fights over laws, salaries, and past funding.
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Austin
Tex
House
Senate
State Board of Water Engineers
State Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Hobby
Strickland, Hudspeth and Bailey
DeWitt
Board of Water Engineers
Clark
Finance Committee
Texas
Kinney, Uvalde and
Medina
South Texas State Normal College
Stephen F. Austin State Normal College
Ferguson
General Irrigation Conference
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
C. O. Austin
Department of Insurance and Banking
E State Department
Official Notice to Property Owners on South St Marys Street
City Clerk Fred Fries publishes official notice to property owners along South St Marys Street between Market and Garden Streets. The notice references a resolution and outlines the matters contained therein for public record and compliance.
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South St. Mary’s Street
Market Street
Garden Street
Fred Fries
City of
San Antonio
Public hearing set on South St Marys Street improvements
San Antonio city actions approve plans for paving and curbing on South St Marys Street from Market to Garden, assess property owners for costs, and schedule a public hearing for March 19 1917 in City Hall Council Chamber. It details the city and abutting owners responsibilities, cost estimates, and plat references, with inspection and lien provisions.
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State OF Texas
Wilereas
City of
San Antonio
Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co
Eaid Engineer
Bexar County
Texas
Street Caf Company
Essesss
Sr Oscar
Teeveseses
C'Ty
Begiantos
S. E
Lee Mro
Freezone corn remover claims instant relief lifts out corn
A Cincinnati man’s discovery, sold for a small price, promises to loosen and lift corns with drops applied to the tender area. The sticky liquid dries without inflaming nearby tissue and reportedly prevents severe infections from improper corn removal.
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Cincinnati
New Vap-O-Rub Cold Remedy Hits Local Pharmacies
Local druggists offer a 30 day trial with money back if Vap-O-Rub Salve fails to outperform internal medicines. The product treats croup coughs head colds sore throat bronchitis hay fever and other complaints by applying to the throat chest or nostrils and inhaling vapors. Users report rapid relief and wide interest among mothers with children.
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Vick
Texas redistricting bill shifts counties among districts
After an agreement, the free conference committee revised the congressional redistricting bill. The Senate approved the report 25 to 3. the House delayed action to print the bill. The plan moves Hill and Bosque to the Sixth, Walker and Montgomery to the Seventh, Leon and Madison to the Sixth, and adds Aransas San Patricio Bee Karnes Wilson Nueces and Guadalupe to the Fourteenth. Austin to the Tenth, and removes several counties from the Houston and Dallas districts.
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Harris
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Colorado
Wharton
Matagorda
Jackson
Lavaca
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DeWitt
Victoria
Calhoun
Goliad
Refugio
Washington
Austin
Burleson
Lee
Bastrop
Caldwell
Hays
Travis
Williamson
Bell
Coryell
Hamilton
Bosque
McLennan
Falls
Erath
Hood
Somervell
Sutton
Kimble
Terrell
Pecos
Reeves
Culberson
el Paso
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Brewster
Hudspeth
Real
Kerr
Gillespie
Bandera
Val Verde
Edwards
Mason
Burnet
Llano
Comanche
McCulloch
San Saba
Lampasas
Mills
Brown
Coleman
Callahan
Eastland
Stephens
Shackelford
Jones
Palo Pinto
Taylor
Nolan
Concho
Runnels
Hardeman
Foard
Knox
Haskell
Fisher
Stonewall
King
Cottle
Childress
Collingsworth
Wheeler
Hemphill
Lipscomb
Ochiltree
Roberts
Gray
Denley
Hall
Motley
Dickens
Kent
Scurry
Bearden
Garza
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Floyd
Briscoe
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Hutchinson
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Sherman
Moore
Tex
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House
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Dallas
Bosque County
Galveston
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San Antonio
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Guadalupe Counties
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Trinity
Three Women Overcome Illness With Pinkham’s Compound
Three women across Michigan and Pennsylvania report recovery from female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Carrie Davis from Lorain says it restored sleep and strength. Mrs. James E. Clarke of Pittsburgh credits avoiding surgery. Ellis F. Brown of Hancock reports being well and strong. For forty years the remedy has claimed to relieve backache nervousness and other symptoms and is advertised with offer of free confidential advice from the Ly dia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Lorain
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carrie Davis
Lorman
Pittsburgh, Pa
James E. Clarke
Juliet St
Hancock, Wis
Ellis F. Brown
Tableaux Vivant Net $700 for Red Cross at Grand Opera House
Approximately 700 dollars was realized from the Tableaux Vivant and Society Vaudeville at the Grand Opera House for the American Red Cross. The event, a fourth in a series by the San Antonio Red Cross chapter, featured revised acts and vaudeville, with proceeds to the general fund under Washington orders.
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American Red Cross Society
William Aubrey
San Antonio
J. J. Stevens
The
George Martin
A. B. Spencer
George Dunn
A. Sachs
R. E
Roy Beitel
Arthur Claassen
Mary Aubrey
Eleanor Parker Cushman
Harry E. Wilkins
Harry L. Rogers
J. R. Davis
United States Steel Suit Heard by Supreme Court
The government asks the Supreme Court to dissolve United States Steel Corporation after a 1911 suit. Federal attorneys argue the firm dominates iron and steel, controls prices, and stifles competition. The defense says the merger benefits the public and remains legal despite size.
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Washington, D. C
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
New Jersey Federal District Court
Taft
Iron and Steel
British Steamer Princess Melita Surrenders Armament at Rotterdam
Overseas News Agency reports the British merchant steamer Princess Melita was denied harbor entry at Rotterdam on Tuesday due to carrying a gun. She departed that evening and returned the next day after discarding the weapon overboard.
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Berlin
Sayville
Princess Melita
Rotterdam
Overseas
Smell Trouble In a House With a Foggy Mystery
Mrs Northey and her niece uncover a foggy, damp smell blamed on a summer boarder keeping a window ajar in the front chamber. The front parlor scene shows a chaotic cleaning effort as the mystery unfolds amid a weathered household report. Nearby a note about Germany's breweries mentions electricity powering most work.
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Mrs. Nor
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Annie
Mrs. Northey
How Any Woman Can Dry Clean
A home method using two ounces of solvite dissolved in two gallons of gasoline cleans a wide range of fabrics and items. It promises bright, like-new results without shrinking or fading, with instructions to dry outside or in a well-ventilated area away from flames.
Prominent New Orleans Doctor Dies
Dr. W. T. O'Reilly, president of the New Orleans City Board of Health since 1906 and a longtime civic leader, died early today after a three month illness from a complication of ailments. Meanwhile Senate President John M. Henderson, of Daingerfield Morris County, Texas, is reported seriously ill with erysipelas at his Austin apartment and has missed recent sessions.
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W. T. O'Reilly
New Orleans City
Austin
Tex
Senate
John M. Henderson
I Daingerfield
Morris County
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