Supreme Court grants writ to halt Texas railway injunction
The Texas Supreme Court issued a writ of prohibition against Judge James L. Sheppard of Nolan County to stop a bid for a third injunction in the Kansas City Mexico & Orient railway dispute over moving its headquarters from Sweetwater to San Angelo. Receivers and directors of the Orient, represented by H. S. Garrett C. C. Higgins Alex Collins and W. A. Wright of San Angelo, filed the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Sheppard
Thirty-second
Nolan County
Sweetwater
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
San Angelo
Supreme Court
the Orient
H.S. Garrett
C. C. Higgins
Alex Collins
W. A Wright
Want ads in early for Sunday Light
Advertisement notice urges readers to place want ads early for the Sunday Light edition. It notes a ten day run starting Saturday or Sunday includes two Sundays and costs one half cent per word per insertion, with both phones listed as 176.
Mess Hall Contract Awarded to Gordon-Jones at A and M College
The Agricultural and Mechanical college at College Station awards the mess hall contract to Gordon-Jones Construction. D W Kempner and L J Hart met with F E Giesecke at the Gunter hotel to finalize details after multiple bids. The brick concrete building will cost about 100000 dollars, with a base bid of 86665 not including plumbing and lighting. The dining hall will seat 1200 and can be expanded to double capacity if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural and Mechanical College
College Station
Gordon-Jones Construction Company
D. W. Kempner
Galveston
L. J. Hart
Gunter Hotel
F. BE. Giesecke
A. and
M. College
Gordon-Jones Company
Roosevelt Oklahoma Delegation Still Leads as Taft Fights
Oklahoma GOP convention ends after all night session. Roosevelt delegates at ten and a Roosevelt favored primary plan endorsed. One Roosevelt delegate dies of apoplexy as he rushes to a train. George C. Priestley named national committeeman. Taft chairman James A. Harris retains post amid failed reorganization efforts.
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Associated Press
Guthrie
Okla
Roosevelt
Taft
Denison
Lexington
Theodore Roosevelt
George C. Priestly
Bartlesville
James A. Harris
Woodward Carriage Rambler Cross Country Feature
An article in this week’s Saturday Evening Post highlights the Woodward Carriage and Co Rambler in a cross country feature detailing design, performance, and market appeal with emphasis on craftsmanship and innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward Carriage &Co
Rambler Cross Country
Saturday Evening Post
Fort Sill to Become Permanent School of Musketry and Artillery
The second battalion of the Nineteenth Infantry, U S Army, has been ordered from the Philippines to Fort Sill Oklahoma for target practice. Military men say this indicates Fort Sill will house the school of musketry and the school of artillery fire.
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Associated Press
Fort Sill
Okla
Nineteenth Infantry
United States Army
Philippines
Judge West Invites State Officials to Aransas Pass Harbor Opening
Judge West of Aransas Pass extended an invitation to the governor attorney general comptroller and other state officials to attend a June or July celebration for the formal opening of the new harbor at Aransas Pass. The event will mark Texas new deep water port with extensive local preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Judge West
Aransas Pass
Texas
Death of J H Norton at Congress Avenue
Austin official reports J H Norton aged 63 a well known news agent died suddenly yesterday afternoon from a hemorrhage at the corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street He had worked for the Austin Liano branch of the Houston and Texas Central railway since its completion
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Austin
Tex
J. H. Norton
Austin & Liano
Houston & Texas Central Railway
Congress Avenue
Sixth Street
Rail Schedule Fragments From Houston to Kerrville Notes
A faded timetable fragment lists trains from Houston Galveston Dallas and Kerrville with arrival and departure times and line names such as Fort Worth H A P Main Line and San Francisco Sunset Limited with scattered numbers and routes across a regional rail network. The legible items show departures from Kerrville Kerrville Sundays and trains for the north coast and east and west routes with varied AM and PM times.
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Houston
Coast
Kerrville
Iiterrevie
H. Rf
el Paso
West
Sunset Limited
San Francisco
New Orleans
Buungay
East
Sunset
Sods ‘Covsee
Sevesee
Cuero
Victoria
Sanita Fe
Social origins of Lancashire mill leadership
Lancashire mill leadership shows 18 percent of managing directors 42 percent of superintendents and 7 percent of assistant superintendents are of working class origin according to social statistics.
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Lancashire
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Cardus
S. A. Webb
P. O. Box
Dallas
Wudge
Orient Railroad
Horlick
A. and M
Oklahoma
Charles Hunter
United States
John H. Cotterall
Pro
The
Tutt’s
International &Great Northern Railway Co
FT. Worth
San Antonio
International & Northern Railway
St. Louis
W. E. Fitch District
Palestine
Laredo
Mexico
Fort Worth
A. P
Buneay
Corpus Christi
H. D. Wagner
T. A
Avenue C
Houston Street
E. Houston
F. B. Griffin, Co
T.A
Walter Walthall
Golonist
California
Los Angeles
Oteamseed
Europe
Rou
GON Cevitas Agents
Bowus
Maverick-Clarke Litho CO
Bentists
Hicks
Tome
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