Local option cases reviewed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
A May 3 report from Austin details bail requests in Slocum lynching cases and multiple reversals and admissions by the Court of Criminal Appeals. The ruling covered cases from Palestine, McLennan, Comanche, Red River and other counties, with discussion on local option statutes and indictments.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Tex
Ned B. Morris
Palestine
Jim Spurger
B. J. Jenkins
Steve Jenkins
Curtis Spurger
8. M. Garner
Davidson
Prenderfast
Harper
Harry Parschall
McLennan County
R. A. Slack
Comanche County
McGregor
Gaines
George Dozier
Red River County
Lonnie Beil
W. J. Danforth
Bell County
Andrew Harris
Washington County
Marie Dudolph
Court of Criminal A
Lonnie Bell
Camp
Maria Cole
Burleson
Lon Gentry
Fannin
Lewis Knox
McLennan
Red River
G. B. Comegys
Taylor
Washington
R. A
Potter
Bill Alexander
Harrison
Curtis Craig
Sabine
Eugene Hoyle
John Boyce
Bill Smith
Mitchell
Jim Ballard
J. O. Pondrill
Shelby
John Knight
San Augustine
Jerome Day
J. W. Day
Denton
Delsa Bradford
N. G. Farrell
Wichita
del Atkinson
Hamilton
Jim Allen
Williamson
Jim Day
James Barrow
Texas Supreme Court Submits Duke Golf Club Case
The Texas Supreme Court heard the case of the state of Texas versus J. C. Duke and others, known as the Dallas Golf and Country Club case. The issue contends that a club cannot dispense liquor without a state license first. Representing the state were Barry Miller, Assistant U.S. Attorney McCutcheon, Attorney General Lightfoot, and Special Counsel Mead. The club was represented by J. M. McCormick with briefs filed for clubs by Hexter.
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Duke
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
State of Texas
J. C. Duke
Dallas
Texas Supreme Court Motions and Rulings Summary May 3
The Texas Supreme Court announces rulings including reversals and remands of South Texas Telephone Co. v Huntington in Travis County, partial affirmations and reversals in Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph v Smithdeal in Hill County, and affirmations in Texas & New Orleans Railroad v Ochiltree in Orange County. Also granted applications in Salcado v Baldwin and Eastern Railway Co. v Littlefield in Deaf Smith, Dallas, and Wood counties. dismissal for lack of jurisdiction in Freeman v Field in Robertson County. refusals in Illinois cases against Green and Blanke in Dallas and Travis counties. and resets and submissions listed for various counties.
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Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company
C. M. Smithdeal
Hill County
Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company
J. A. Ochiltreet' al
Orange County
Joseph E. Salcado
Jscot Baldwin
Radio County
Eastern Railway Company of New
Pary
Dallas County
W. L
Good Roads Bond Issue Petition Filed in Gonzales
A petition filed in the county clerk's office asks the commissioners court to call an election on a $160,000 road bond issue for precinct No. 1. The measure would cover Gonzales Harwood Ottine Slayden Cost and Stieren.
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Gonzales
Tex
Commissioners’ Court
Commissioners
Harwood
Ottine
Slayden
Cost
Stieren
Baseball optimists urge early losses to start season
Some baseball observers argue that experiencing defeats early can help teams adjust quickly and improve as the season unfolds. This view emphasizes learning from mistakes and refining strategy before tougher schedules arrive.
Mrs. Flor ida P Tunstall Dies at 86 in San Antonio
Mrs. Flor ida P Tunstall longtime San Antonio resident died at 424 Oakland street aged 86. She moved from St. Louis in 1854 with Warrick Tunstall and supported religious and charitable work. Funeral at 4 p m Thursday from 424 Oakland, Rev Arthur Jones officiating, burial in Confederate cemetery.
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San Antonio
Florida P. Tunstall
Oakland Street
Florida Sharpe
J. E. Lockwood
W. H. Booth
H. P. Drought
Tunstall
Lexington
Nathan’ Hall
Presbyterian
Andrew Jackson
Kentucky
Henry Clay
Warrick Tunstall
St. Louis
St. Louis Law Society and Library
Arthur Jones
Confederate Cemetery
Stone in bladder removed without surgical operation
In spring 1904 I was bedridden with kidney trouble and tried medicines. A Swamp Root sample convinced me to keep using it, and after a few bottles I discharged a large bladder stone. My health improved and I could resume work. J L Knowles Headland Ala 1909 notarized.
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Dr. Kilmer
J. L. Knowles
Headland
Ala
J. Loftus Knowles
J. W. Whiddon
Prove What Sines Moot Will Do For You
Letter requests sent to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York offer a sample bottle and a booklet about kidneys and bladder. Mention San Antonio Daily Light. Bottles priced fifty cents and one dollar available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
San Antonio Daily Light
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Gastring this afternoon
The funeral for Mrs. Kate Gastring who died Tuesday afternoon will be held at 5 o'clock from 924 East Houston Street. Rev. O Hartmann will conduct at the home and grave in City Cemetery No. 3 with pallbearers George Reynolds Jim Owens Walter Gregory Joe Steimel Robert Wrase and Emil Scholl.
Cunningham Tobin Death Prompted Family Undertaking Transfer
Acting on telegraphic instructions from R H Cunningham of Stillwater Oklahoma, the body of Mrs Mildred Cunningham Tobin who was found dead in her East Commerce Street apartments last Friday was sent to her former home by the Riebe Undertaking Company.
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Tobin
R. H. Cunningham
Stillwater
Oklo
Mildred Cunningham Tobin
East Commerce Street
Riebe Undertaking Company
Capt Bill Fleming Dead In Texas County
Capt Bill Fleming longtime Gonzales County resident dies near Belmont Sunday after long illness. A noted breeder of short distance race horses he raised many quarter mile stock known as Billy. His horses earned honors on tracks in Texas and Mexico.
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Bill Fleming
Gonzales
Tex
Belmont
Child Dies at Taylor Texas
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Roddy died Monday in Taylor Texas from a complication of pneumonia and whooping cough, Special to The Light.
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Taylor
Taylor, Tex
W. B. Roddy
Hyomei Promises Catarrh Cure With Inhaler
Advert says Hyomei will end catarrh by breathing the remedy to destroy germs and clear nasal and throat inflammation. It claims relief from hawking, snuffles, crusts, and coughing with the complete inhaler kit priced at $1.00 and extra bottles 50 cents at Bexar Drug Co.
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Bexar Drug Co
Change in San Antonio administration urged in letter
A reader criticizes Mayor Callaghan’s six year tenure accusing him of autocratic rule wasteful spending and neglect of public works. The letter argues for modernizing governance and calls the upcoming election a choice between old methods and twentieth century administration.
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San Antonio
Callaghan
State warehouse urged to standardize cotton receipts
W B Thompson of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange hailed a public owned warehouse as the answer to the south cotton crop's handling woes. He spoke to the Louisiana State Bankers association in Baton Rouge as they adopted resolutions opposing a proposed New York cotton bill of lading clearing house.
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Baton Rouge
W. B. Thompson
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Louisiana State Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
American Banking Association
New York
Prohibition Lecturer Faces Street Speaking Fine Case
In Victoria Texas on May 3 Rev J B Adams a prohibition lecturer jailed after refusing to pay a $5 fine for violating a street speaking ordinance may be put to work on the streets. Mayor Craig fined him previously and Adams refused to allow Rev R G Plummer to pay the fine. Marshal Holzheuser warned Adams of street labor as punishment if fines are not paid. The minister defended himself denying the offense fell under the ordinance.
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Victoria
Tex
Adams
Marshal Holzheuser
Craig
R. G. Plummer
Woman's tonic Cardui touted by Mrs Root in letters
Mrs Albert Root of this place reports relief from neuralgia and back pain after taking Cardui, claiming a 10 pound gain and ability to perform housework. The ad emphasizes Cardui as the premier European ingredient tonic for weak women and urges buying only from drug stores with a Chattanooga Medicine Co. contact for a female advisory book.
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Albert Root
Cardus
Amanda
Europe
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
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Peck’s Sale
L. P. Peck
Houston and Navarro Sts
THE
Kramer
Crane
Cobb and Avery
Ces CO
Rye
E. Eppstein
Texas
Austin, Tex
South Texas Telephone Company, Et al
H. E. Huntington
Travis County
J. C. Tuke
Lailas County
W. Fowell
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company
Navarro County
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas
Oliver Letot
R. H. Drownman
State of
True Optimists
Mukden Quarantine Station
F. P. Tunstall
Binghamton, NY
Hiyomei
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Carriage and Ambulance Service
Ghy Hall
Pabst Blue
Milwaukee Beer Con
el Paso Street
Fletcher
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