Handsome Young Woman Leads the Insurrectos
F E Bess of St Louis reports from Mexico City that 90 percent of Guerrero province’s loungee are insurrectos led by a young, active, attractive woman. Battles occur daily with both federal and rebel troops seen nearby. graves hold thirteen natives buried for insurrectionist ties.
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Brownsvilid
Tex
Mexico
Republic
F. E B. Bess
St. Louis
Mexico City
Bess
Guerrero
Ana
Busi
Thome
Mrs. Bess
Rail travelers flee after frontier attack and bridge burning
A letter from travelers via Laredo reports an insurrecto assault on their train, baggage set aflame, coaches fired, and forced camping on a prairie night due to a bridge burning. Mr and Mrs Bess began their journey home but avoided the Laredo gateway and departed today.
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Laredo
Mr. Bess
Mrs. Bess
Commissioner Sol Yakey Run Down by Auto in Taylor
Williamson county commissioner Sol G. Yakey was run over by his automobile Saturday on West Sixth street in Taylor. He had stopped to restart the car after stalling, forgot to set the clutch, and the front wheels passed over him. He sustained bruises and a cut above the eye but no serious injuries.
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Taylor
Tex
Sol G. Yakey
Williamson County
Yakey
T. W. Morse
West Sixth Street
Mr. Yakey
Taylor Amateurs Shine At Home Play Facing the Music
Taylor Texas May 1 The Taylor home talent play Facing the Music played to a large audience at the opera house in Bartlett on Friday night and was praised for improved performance. Proceeds support the Taylor Baseball Association with plans to tour Elgin Rockdale and Granger. Cast includes Mat Mathis Paul Baur F W Jaegli J B Morris Rey Bullock and others with N E Riviere piano and S M Spell orchestra director.
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Taylor
Tex
Opera House
Bartlett
Elgin
Rockdale
Granger
Taylor Baseball Association
Mat Mathis
Wating
Paul Baur
F. W. Jaeggli
J. B. Morris
Rey Bullock
A. A. Zizinia
Nell Hyde
Marjorie McKay
W. H. Schaefer
C. B. Caswell
W. N. Blake
H. D. Samuels
N. E. Riviere
Children Cry For Fletcher's Castoria
An old advertisement style notice featuring the slogan Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA and referencing New York Star Dye Works in a vintage display. The fragment presents classic patent medicine branding and a cleaning claim.
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Fletcher
Castoria
New York
Land Owners Seek Irrigation District Approval
The Union Irrigation District company known as the Raymondville Lyford Sebastian project asks Cameron County officials to stage a vote on creating an irrigation district. About 800 landowners cover roughly 185000 acres valued around 1.6 million dollars, spanning Cameron and Hidalgo counties with most land in Cameron, needing irrigation due to scant rainfall.
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Raymondville
Tex
Union Irrigation District Company
Raymondville-Lyford-Sebastian Irrigation Project
Cameron County
Cameron
Hidalgo
Smoking tobacco brands and product types offered
The ad asks for recommendations on tobacco brands not carried by the store and lists various forms including cloth, wood, tins, glass, strong, mild, light, dark, granulated, straight cut, and notes a humorous line about an old soldier with a wooden leg. Prices are stated as right as always at 400 and 514 1 2 East Houston.
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East
Houston
Bexar County to Hold Board of Equalization in May
The County Commissioners Court of Bexar County Texas will meet as a Board of Equalization on May 8 1911 to receive the assessor of taxes lists for inspection correction and approval. Witness is Frank R Newton County Clerk in San Antonio with official seal. Dr Sarah F Herdmann osteopath Gibbes building lists contact details.
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Bexar County
Texas
A. D
San Antonio
Appellate Court to Rule on Railways Injury Awards
The appellate court will decide if two railroads pay 32500 to injured men after new trials were denied in the Thirty-seventh district court. Grover Sample won 19000 and Frank Graschel 13500 after accidents during unloading operations. Graschel lost a leg when a wheel struck his hand. The cases drew local bar attention for the large verdicts. The appellate ruling will be watched closely.
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Thirty-seventh District Court
Grover C. Sample
G. H. & 8S. A. Railway
Frank Graschel
International & Great Northern
Graschel
Sample
Ripley McGary Nuptialsin Brownsville
Edith McGary of Brownsville married into the Ripley family in a Church of the Advent ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. A reception followed at the bride’s sister’s home, and the couple left for a brief wedding tour before settling in New Orleans where the groom manages Foundation Co.’s southern office.
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Ripley-McGary
Brownsville
Tex
Edith McGary
Church of the Advent
J. G. Fernandez
Ripley
The
Foundation Company
New Orleans
Mrs. Ripley
Club Women to Stage Topsy Turvy Benefit
Lockhart Texas May 1 club women announce an entertainment titled Topsy Turvy at the opera house on May 2 to support the Paris fund. The group has purchased a new ground near the high school and built a band stand with grounds improvements. A musical treat aims to draw laughs and pay off the debt.
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Lockhart
Tex
Lockhart Woman's Club
Opera House
Pary Fund
Half‑dollar Dinners Stir San Antonio Buzz at Elite Cafe
Crowd praises 50-cent meals and good service at Elite Cafe in San Antonio. Ad invites a trial run for daily and Sunday service from noon to midnight. Also lists Riebe Undertaking Co. offering auto ambulance service at 221 E. Com with phone 341.
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San Antonio
Govud
Elite Cafe
Riebe Undertaking Co
Anti Campaign To Open At Fort Worth June 5 Rally
The anti statewide prohibition group of Texas announced a Fort Worth rally on Monday June 5. The event at the Coliseum will include a grand barbecue at Marine Park and rail transport arrangements. Key speakers from across the state are slated to attend and a low railroad rate will be announced later.
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ANTI
FT. Worth
Dallas
Tex
J. F. Wolters
Prohibition Organization of Texas
Fort
Mexican corn expert lectures Texas farmers and seeks seed corn
Zeferino Dominguez of Santa Maria Coahuila lectured on corn culture before the Bexar County Farmers Institute and spoke at the Travis County Farmers Institute in Austin. He then returned to San Antonio and left for Mexico to learn about a train of seed corn held up in Chihuahua due to railroad destruction by rebels. He plans to go to New York soon to place his manuscript on corn culture with publishers.
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Zeferino Dominguez
Santa Maria
Coahuila
Bexar County
Farmers’ Institute
E. R. Kane
Austin
Travis County Farmers’ Institute
Mexico
Dominguez
San Antonio
Chihuahua
New York
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Alamo Street
Madras
James Callan
Banker & Stockman
Menardville
Los Angeles Heights
Hagelstein & Dickinson
E. Houston
Board OF Equalization
Frank R. Newton
Sarah F. Herdmann
Osteopath
Gibbs Building
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Wolters
Associated Press
Flatonia
Tillie Schmidt
of Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Theo
Artzt
Light Premium
Losoya Street
Losoya Hotel
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