Seguin Elks Elect Officers in Local Lodge Meeting
Seguin Texas March 13 Special to The Light Last night Seguin lodge No 1229 B P O E met and elected officers Exalted ruler T H Baker Esteemed leading knight A W Pie per Esteemed loyal knight Joe Freeman Esteemed lecturing knight Hmar H Starcke Secretary George J Kempen Treasurer C H Donegan Tiler Chris Herry Jr Trustees H H Weinert J T Holmes P E Serger Representative to grand lodge meeting
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Seguin Elks
Seguin
Tex
T. H. Baker
A. W. Pieper
Joe Freeman
Himar H. Starcke
George J. Kempen
C. H. Donegan
Chris Herry Jr
H. H. Weinert
J. T. Holmes
P. E. Serger
Grand Lodge
Elsie Janis Opens The Slim Princess At The Grand
Elsie Janis leads the original company of eighty in The Slim Princess at the Grand tonight with carriages at 10 45. The new production promises lively musical comedy entertainment in New York.
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Elsie Janis
N. Y
Supreme Court bars exclusive water contracts for cities
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a city cannot grant an exclusive water supply contract to a corporation. In Ennis Waterworks vs City of Ennis the court held such a contract creates a monopoly and violates the constitution, affirming the contract’s set aside after the city sought to establish its own waterworks.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
Ennis
Court of Civil Appeals
Waterworks official resists monopoly fears in city talks
H. E. Ellsworth, secretary and treasurer, says the waterworks has no city exclusive contract and opposes one. He notes the current agreement expires next June after ten years and allows the city to hire another supplier or build its own plant. He suggests a ten year period is reasonable for any new company to develop without fear of removal by city leadership.
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H. E. Ellsworth
San Antonio
Garza Case Upheld Five Year Assault Conviction
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Abel Garza of Bexar County five years in the penitentiary for assault with intent to murder Ed McKinney on April 1, 1911. New evidence was not deemed sufficient for reversal. the indictment was found sufficient. E. J. Wilson Jr. seeks habeas bail from Bexar. hearing set for March 20 at Southwestern insane asylum.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Abel Garza
Bexar
Garza
Ed McKinney
E. J. Wilson Jr
Court of Civil Appeals Upholds Damages Award
The Court of Civil Appeals sustains the lower court verdict awarding Gro damages of nineteen thousand dollars in a civil case. The decision confirms the prior ruling and the amount granted to the plaintiff.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Gro
Cardui praised by Arkansas woman in Alma testimonial
Miss Amelia Wilson from Alma Arkansas reports using two bottles of Cardui and feeling stronger with no dizziness or loss of appetite. She endorses publication of her words and urges others to try Cardui as a remedy for womanly troubles. The ad notes Cardus has aided countless women for over fifty years and directs readers to buy at a drug store and write for guidance from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
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Alma, Ark
Amelia Wilson
Cardui
Miss Wilson
Cardus
S S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Milady's Toilet Table Adopts Home Beauty Remedies
An 1900s style advertisement touts at home hair removal with delatone paste and magatone witch hazel mixes for a smooth complexion. It promotes Mother's Salve for pain and swelling, and a dry shampoo using cornmeal and a beauty powder for lighter, fluffier hair.
Fourth Court Affirms G H S A v Sample Rail Injury
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals affirms G H S A against G C Sample, noting Sample, employed by Southern Pacific, was injured by a locomotive at Glidden on March 6, 1910. Other opinions affirm, reverse, or dismiss various cases from El Paso Uvalde Maverick Bexar Dimmit Fayette Wharton and related motions, with several actions remanded or advanced.
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C. Sample
Southern Pacific Railway
Fourth
Court of Civil Appeals
James
G. C
Sample
Glidden
G. B. Ketchum
F. G. Bourland
Uvalde
W. L. Packard
Celia Carter de Miranda
Maverick
E. Degetau
Sarah Mayer
el Paso
G. H
8. A. Ry. Co
Grover C. Sample
Bexar
Galles
Bowie
P. T Alarcon
Frank Dunn
Wharton
W. H. Gibson
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Byrd Irrigation Co
J. G. Smyth
Supreme court actions in Texas March term
Affirmed Ennis Waterworks Co versus City of Ennis and Nash Hardware Co versus Guy K Morgs. Writ of error in Gibbs versus Eastham set aside. application refused. Rehearings overruled in Bonner versus Boisterling and Lefevre versus Senetney. Mandamus petition allowed for Simmons versus Lightfoot and Carothers versus Robinson. Other motions submitted or discussed in various Travis, Dallas, Erath, Haskell, Cooke, Harris counties.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
Ennis Waterworks Co
City of
I. B. Simmons
J. P. Lightfoot
S. F. Carothers
J. T. Robinson
M. L. Eppatein
State of Texas
Travis
E. H. Hopkins
C. Cain
Harri
Robinson and Artin
Cooke
Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Unlawful Fishing Ban
Austin March 13. The court upheld a law barring unlawful fishing and seining in state waters from Corpus Christi bay to the gulf, ruling the Corpus Christi pass part of prohibited waters. Jose Hernandez and Jose Gavinia of Nueces were fined 25 and 10 dollars respectively. Also noted tax collectors must report poll tax receipts and other yearly business by May 1 to the comptroller.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Jose E. Hernandez
Jose Gavinia
Nueces County
Corpus Christi Bay
Gulf
Hernandez
Gavinia
San Antonio
Comptroller’s Department
Comptroller
City to Begin Street Paving Under Weather OK
City plans asphalt paving within days as Alderman Mauermann says conditions permit. Crews started tearing up old Trevino street pavement from Main to Military plazas. Initial work targets central city. Garden and Travis streets, Nacogdoches, St. Joseph, and portions of Blum streets slated for paving soon.
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Mauermann
Trevino Street
Main
Military
Garden Street
Traction Company
Travis Street
Main Avenue
St. Mary’s Street
Nacogdoches
St. Joseph
Blum Streets
Market Building
Confederate veterans organize entertainment at Grand Opera House
Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No 144 United Confederate Veterans plans an event for March 26 at the Grand Opera House. The group will meet at 10 am tomorrow at Sloan and Hagg on Crockett Street to finalize the program and details with full attendance urged.
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Grand Opera House
Albert Sidney Johnston
United Confederate Veterans No. 144
Sloan & Hagg
Crockett Street
Missing Car Recovered After Joy Riders Steal Vehicle
A black runabout numbered 1358 belonging to Kearney Mason of Jackson Road was stolen from Augusta Street around 10 pm. The car was found four blocks from the theft site at 4 am this morning, four blocks away.
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Joy Riders
Kearney Mason
Jackson Road
Augusta Street
Marriage Licenses Listed for Guzman Paniagua and Cantu Salizar
Domingo Guzman and Maria Paniagua are granted a marriage license. Joe G. Cantu and Francisco Salizar also receive marriage licenses.
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Domingo Guzman
Maria Paniagua
Joe G. Cantu
Francisco Salizar
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Goggan & Bros
Houston and Navarro Sts
Portland, Ore
Max Starcke
R. J. Willmann
R. L. Whittaker
Owen Riley
White Horse Tavern
A. Collman
Theo Artzt
Goth
Alamo
Ennis Water Works
San Antonio Waterworks Co
Arkansas
United States
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Pept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Milady
Mme. D’mille
Supreme Court Proceedings
Ollie Warren
Comanche
Hogue
Dallas
Dan Slain
Curtis Robinson
Harrison
Henry Murray
Hih
Roscoe Lattimore
Jose Hernandez
Nueces
Charles Oneal
Wise
J. Kk. Bailey
Erath
E. Stapp
Eastland
John Myers
D. L. Yantis
van Zandt
Bill Mitchell
Charley Fagnani
Marcellus Penton
Lula Dobson
George W. Walker
Henry Moore
Amos Moore
Antonio Columbo
W. J. Overcash
Haskell
Willie Wallace
Falls
Zack Booth
Liberty
M. J. Crowell
Archer
Hugh McLaurin
Lynn
Carl Grubbs
Scurry
West Alexander
Hill
Lon Lamb
Cherokee
Carrie Tucker
Limestone
George Burton
Jones
Monroe Waites
Franklin
John Alexander
W. J. King
Sabine
Andrew Harris
Washington
John Gordon
Henry Gunter
Knox
George Washington
George Foley
Lavaca
Frank Smith
Besar
Calletano Vesqier
Reeves
Porter January
Jim Lubbock
Harris
Robert Hogg
McLennan
Walter Williams
Shelby
Frank Castro
Galveston
Owen Saye
L. M. Maxwell
Tarrant
Elbert Jacobs
Smith
Peter Thompson
Foulard
Dalkowitz Bros. CO
N. Flores
Iron Mountain
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Desoto
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