Bowie’s Niece Praises Plant Juice In Testimonial
Mrs. M Bowie Burns of Dallas a niece of James Bowie a hero of the Alamo writes praising Plant Juice saying it cured her nervous trouble stomach disorders and kidney pains after a fall on December 11 1911 She reports rapid relief and recommends the remedy at Fischer's Drug Store Alamo and Houston San Antonio urging demonstrations daily from 9 to 9.
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State of
Texas
M. Bowie Burns
San Antonio
Fischer’s
Alamo
Houston
Fischer
Former Rebel Executed After Stabbing Suspension
Francisco Torres a hotel keeper in Jimenez was executed by order of General Pascual Orozco an hour after he fatally stabbed Captain Carlos Gonzalez of Orozco s staff. Torres a former Madero revolution officer had quarrelled over a political matter and was shot at the outskirts of Jimenez without a trial.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Torres
Jimenez
Pascual Orozco
Torres
Carlos Gonzales
Orozco
Gonzalez
Dleath
Methodist conference debates church reform and labor stance
The conference debates structural changes in Methodism including episcopal supervision, a shift toward resident bishops, and curbs on evangelist revival practices. A labor program seeks abolition of child labor, shorter hours, protection for women workers, profit sharing, unemployment safeguards, and old-age provisions.
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Hingely
Joseph B. Hingely
Chicago
William Burt
Zurich
Switzerland
Russia
Europe
Methodist Conference
William M. Lucas
Meridian
Miss
Thomas B. Neely
New Orleans
Peddler reports drugging robbery in Houston pool hall
M. Grossman, a novelty peddler from San Francisco, says a young man drugged him in a Houston pool hall at 6:30 am after he traded a $5 bill for a drink. He awoke locked in a basement closet and detectives expect to arrest a suspect once more information is obtained.
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M. Grossman
Houston Street
Grossman
San Francisco
Revision of Judicial System Urged by Texas Bar
A Texas Bar Association committee led by Chief Justice Brown urged a complete revision of the state’s judiciary. They recommend appointing a commission to draft changes and pushing a Supreme Court relief bill through the next legislature, noting Texas lags behind other states by about fifty years.
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Austin
Tex
Brown
Texas Bar Association
Bar Association
Supreme Court
Texas
Anthracite Operators and Miners Vote Down Wage Agreement
The full committee of anthracite operators and miners voted down the wage agreement proposed by the sub committee. The committee adjourned subject to the chairman’s call and announced that work suspension in the anthracite fields would continue.
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Associated Press
New York
Government Sues Federal Sugar Company for Back Duties
The government filed a $116,000 suit in federal district court here against the Federal Sugar Company. It covers back duties on sugar imports at the New York Custom House from 1902 to 1909 due to weight-deduction errors. An drafting error had shown the suit as full value instead of back duties.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal Sugar Company
Federal District Court
Custom House
Visit to San Antonio A G N officials tour after talks
President T J Freeman and N M Leach of the International and Great Northern Railroad left Austin in a special train for San Antonio after a conference with the railroad commission. Freeman said the Raty has until September 1 to accept a proposition allowing continued use of International tracks into Austin, with other arrangements to follow.
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Austin
T. J. Freeman
International & Great Northern N
Steamer Niederwald Collides On Rhine Trip
A tourist steamer Niederwald collided with a ferry boat soon after departure from Cologne on May 2 causing heavy damage and a rapid return to shore. Panic spread among passengers but no injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Cologne
Germany
Rhine
Corn King of Mexico Helps Organize Farm Institute
Zeferino Dominguez, famed as the corn king of Mexico, returned from Tuleta Texas where he aided in forming a farmers institute. The group plans an experimental farm to apply his corn culture theories and conduct seed breeding and cultivation trials.
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Zeferino Dominguez
Federal prisoners travel in Pullman luxury
Four federal prisoners escorted by Deputy J H Rogers arrived from El Paso this morning in a Pullman drawing room. It is the first time federal prisoners have enjoyed such accommodations. The men are Harry Miller Albert Whitton W P Clark and James Ellis. Indicted by a federal grand jury in El Paso for illegal possession of postage stamps and to be tried in the May term in San Antonio. They were lodged in the county jail.
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United States
J. H. Rogers
el Paso
Pullman
Harry Miller
Albert Whitton
W. P. Clark
James Ellis
Federal Grand Jury
San Antonio
Japanese estimate coal at Fushun colliery
Japanese experts estimate Fushun colliery coal reserves at around 100 million tons, indicating a vast supply for wartime needs.
Flood waters rise as levee crevice floods eight Louisiana parishes
Relief poured in as flood waters from a Torras levee crevice threaten eight parishes including Point Coupee West Baton Rouge and Iberville. Rail cars cattle trains and boats moved to shelter livestock and keep people safe while warnings spread through rural areas. No human losses reported though cattle losses occurred.
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Torras
Mississippi River
Texas & Pacific
Southern Pacific
Frisco
Lettsworth
Point Coupee
West Baton Rouge
Iberville
Governor Sanders Heads to Torras Levee Break Site
Governor Sanders Captain Sherrill and Major Kerr with railroad officials traveled to Torras to aid the levee break response. engineers report grave danger to 25 miles of levees in the bayou des Glaise and Atchafalaya districts and the team was authorized to spend 40000 dollars for material and labor to hold embankments.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Sanders
Louisiana
Sherrill
Corps of Government Engineers
Frank M. Kerr
State Engineers
Torras
Bayou Des Glaise
Atchafalaya
High Wind at Columbus South Texas Farm Weather
Farmers in Columbus Texas report that recent rain improved crop prospects while a accompanying high wind caused no noticeable damage. The storm affected labor idle due to Louisiana floods in the region.
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Columbus
Associated Press
Tex
Louisiana
South
Texas
State Convict Farm Inundated At Angola
The levee protecting the Angola convict farm on the Mississippi River broke after noon May 2. In a few hours the 5000 acre plantation was flooded, threatening the recently built half million dollar sugar refinery. Nearly 1000 convicts are stationed at the farm.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
State of
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Angola
Local council planned for San Antonio Boy Scouts
Laymen of San Antonio met at the Y M C A to discuss forming a local council to govern the Boy Scouts and to organize a joint Camp Kerrville III at Kerrville June 12 to 22 for city Sunday schools. Further action is expected at a future meeting.
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San Antonio
Boy Scouts
Young Men's Christian Association
Scouts
Kerrville
Camp
Annual Burial of Dead in Nashville
Nomads from the south to about a hundred families gather in Nashville led by the Sherlocks and Carrolls for the annual burial of their dead. Families trade horses while their deceased are shipped here and held until burial day.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Sherlocks
Carrolls
Southern National Fire Insurance to Move to San Antonio
Preparations are underway to relocate the Southern National Fire Insurance company from Austin to San Antonio. The removal will start this evening as management believes affairs can be more profitably managed from San Antonio.
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Austin
Tex
Southern National Fire Insurance Company of
San Antonio
Southern National
Hail Drift Said to Aid Snyder Farmer’s Ice Cream
W A Doak, a farmer southeast of Snyder, says his children used ice from a hail drift that fell five weeks ago to make ice cream today. He reported the anecdote from Snyder Texas on May 2.
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Associated Press
Snyder
Tex
W. A. Doak
Egyptian Embalmers Bested Says Scientist
Professor Earle B. Hughes of Chicago in San Antonio says American methods surpass ancient Egyptian embalming. He demonstrates at morgues and will lecture free to undertakers at the Gunter hotel, with further talks on Saturday.
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Earle B. Hughes
Chicago
San Antonio
Hughes
Egypt
Gunter Hotel
Kirkpatrick Plans Grand Lake Summer Home In Colorado
J H Kirkpatrick of this city will own a summer home named Thoredin at Grand Lake Colorado. The rocky promontory house, ready by July, sits above 800 feet deep water with 14 000 foot mountains and fir covered slopes. Kirkpatrick and family will travel west in July to occupy the residence built by two local workmen.
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Grand Lake
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Pole
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Thoredin
Norway
Dockets Equalized by Texas Supreme Court Transfers
The Texas Supreme Court issued an order equalizing appellate court dockets. It moved 52 cases from the second to the sixth district, 25 from the fifth to the third, 31 from the fifth to the fourth, 22 from the first to the fourth, and 59 from the first to the eighth. Clerks were notified today.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
Courts of Civil Appeals
Cartoonist Homer Davenport Dies in New York
Homer Davenport, 44, a cartoonist for Hearst newspapers, died today in New York City of pneumonia. He had been working in the city.
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Associated Press
New York
Homer Davenport
Davenport
Hearst
Republicans Active in Caldwell County Convention
Lockhart Tex May 2 Both factions claim control of the county convention on May 7 to select delegates to the state convention. Each side asserts its delegates and has staged speeches by party leaders in support of their choice.
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Caldwell
Associated Press
Lockhart
Tex
Democrats to Meet in Houston for State Convention
The Houston Chamber of Commerce and allied groups report arrangements for the Texas Democratic convention on May 28 are in excellent shape. Quarters for State Chairman Williams and the state committee were secured at the Bender hotel, with plans for a Monday May 27 meeting to review the temporary roll and choose convention officers.
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Houston
Associated Press
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Williams
Bender Hotel
New Telephone Manager Named for Corpus Christi District
H. P. King of Dallas arrived in Corpus Christi to assume the office of district commercial manager for the telephone company, succeeding H. F. Patterson Jr., who resigned to join Bell Telephone in Philadelphia. The Corpus Christi district covers the area from Kenedy to the Rio Grande.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
H. P. King
Dallas
The
Telephone Company
H. F. Patterson Jr
Bell Telephone Company
Philadelphia
South Texas
Kenedy
Rio Grande River
County Line Dispute Revived as Port Aransas Port Opens
The opening of the deep water port at Port Aransas and new railroads have revived the county line dispute among Aransas, San Patricio and Nueces counties. The state department has directed County Surveyor Fred Percival to locate the lines.
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Rockport
Tex
Port Aransas
Aransas
San Patricio
Nueces
State Department
Fred Percival
Johnson rejects Australia bout offer in Langford clash
Milwaukee May 2. Jack Johnson refused a $30 000 offer from Hugh McIntosh to meet Sam Langford in an Australian boxing match. Announcement came from T S Andrews Milwaukee American representative of McIntosh.
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Smoke
Associated Press
Milwaukeer
Wis
Jack Johnson
Hugh McIntosh
Sam Langford
Australia
T. S. Andrews
Milwaukee
Amercan
McIntosh
Theater talks in San Antonio move toward pact
Karl Hoblitzell e president of Interstate Amusement arrived in San Antonio to continue talks with G A Stowers on a ten story theater building on Main avenue north of the Clower block. No agreement yet and the decision hinges on tonight. If no deal Stowers will proceed without a theater. Workers clear the site as negotiations persist.
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Karl Hoblitzelle
Interstate Amusement Company
San Antonio
G. A. Stowers
Main Avenue
Clower
Hoblitzelle
Stowers
Clark Club to Meet Before Precinct Convention
The Clark club schedules a business meeting at the Maverick hotel tomorrow night to prepare for the precinct convention on Saturday May. Secretary C. R. Macfarlane urges Clark supporters to attend and assist. Brice Edwards will stay in San Antonio until after Saturday night to learn the results of his organizing efforts.
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Champ Clark Club
Maverick Hotel
C. R. Macfarlane
Clark
Brice Edwards
Sa Antonio
Macfarlane
Southwest
Trade Trip Planned by Jobbers League
Directors of the Manufacturers on Jobbers League met in the Chamber of Commerce building at 4 pm to plan a trade excursion to Brownsville from May 21 to 24. Pullman officials discussed obtaining a diagram car for the trip while the edhed committee outlined route, stops, and time allotted. The itinerary calls for one night in Brownsville and one night in Corpus Christi with stops at intermediate points.
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Chamber of Commerce
Brownsville
Pullman Com
Edhed Committee
Brownville
Corpus Chris
Parisian Sage Promoted as Safe Hair Tonic Choice
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a clean hair dressing free from harmful ingredients. It claims to stop hair loss, soothe itching, banish dandruff, and restore luster, featuring the auburn haired girl on every carton. A testimonial from Mr. Matlaney of Springfield, Illinois praises its impact after typhoid illness.
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America
Gireux Mfg. Co
Buffalo
N. Y
St. John's Hospital
Mr. Matlaney
North 11Th St
Spield, Til
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