Governors Dinner For Generals At San Antonio
Col Otto Wahrmund will host a Monday night dinner at the St Anthony hotel in San Antonio for Gov C B Colquitt and staff with Gen Carter, Gen Duncan, and other officers present. Decorations feature a twenty one foot star table and a blue white red motif. A city visit to Fort Sam Houston is planned with a possible troop review not yet announced.
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Austin
C. B. Colquitt
San Antonio
Department of Texas
Fort Sam Houston
City
Otto Wahrmund
General Carter
W. H. Carter
Wahrmund
St. Anthony
Carter
Duncan
Principals in Great National Debate at Capital
The National Press Club annual dinner hosted a debate on whether whiskers are a greater detriment than bald heads. Referee Scott Bone could not decide, so Speaker Champ Clark referred the issue to the ways and means committee along with a wool and hair schedule for later decision.
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National Press Club
Scott Bone
Champ Clark
Bald
Solomon
Clark
Ways and Means Committee
Notable Texas Officials Gather for Colquitt Reception
A large group of military officers and prominent Texans including Gen. Henry Hutchings Col. E R York Col. E B Walker Lieut Col F A Chapa and Gov O B Colquitt attend a guest of honor event in Austin with inviting dignitaries from San Antonio Dallas Waco Houston and Paris.
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R Mills
L. Niles
A. B. Dyer
Eli Hoyle
A. Reynolds
W. S. Scott
James Parker
J. B. Girard
F. L. Town
J. F. Guilfoyle
T. F. Davis
W. Buttler
C. H. Clark
A. Williams
R. H. R. Loughborough
J. F. van Arsdale
H. A. Greene
R. R. Stevens
E. H. Plummer
Henry Hutchings
Austin
R. W. Hearne
San Antonio
E. R. York
E. B. Walker
B. F. Bonner
Houston
M. Buckner
Dallas
W. W. Cameron
Waco
F. A. Chapa
E. H. R. Green
Terrell
A. Gross
O. C. Guessaz
D. J. Matthews
J. F. Wolters
John L. Peeler
Otto Wahrmund
Railroad News Notes Highlight Elusive Locomotive Job in City
Southern Pacific official H M Wilkins visited San Antonio from Galveston and left for East Texas after meetings. Indiana railroad man M R Stith and wife stay with George A Davis at 202 Adams street. International and Great Northern executives H Martin and H Crittenden plan day in the city. A new interstate commerce commission district inspector of locomotive boilers job will be filled by civil service exam in San Antonio on June 7 and 8 with $1800 salary. Requirements include three years as a foreman or engineer in relevant locomotive roles. Riebe Undertaking Co auto ambulance service is listed at 221 B Com.
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M. R. Stith
Lafayette
Ind
George A. Davis
Adams Street
Mr. Stith
Indiana
San Antonio
Mrs. Stith
H. Martin
H. Crittenden
International & Great Northern
Palestine
Interstate Commerce Commission
Confederate Veterans Elect Jolley Brigadier General at Texas Reunion
The Confederate veterans of Texas elected John H. Jolley brigadier general of the second brigade at their McGregor reunion. Jolley, born April 30, 1837 in Barton County Georgia, served as first lieutenant in Company H of the Seventeenth Mississippi before being wounded at Sharpsburg and retiring in 1862. He later moved to Caldwell County in 1877 and has resided there since.
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Confederate Veterans of Texas
McGregor
Texas
John H. Jolley
Jolley
Barton County
Mississippi
Seventeenth Mississippi
Sharpsburg
Caldwell County
Watermelons Hit Market As Home-Grown Supply Grows
Special to The Light from Brownsville Texas reports the first home grown watermelons offered on the market today. A large acreage is in, and carload shipments are expected to begin next week.
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Brownsville
Tex
Congress Plenary Updates and Actions May 6
The Senate was not in session as the House debated the free list bill. Miller of Minnesota presented a Duluth union petition seeking impeachment of Indiana Governor Marshall, California Governor Johnson, and Indianapolis Judge Collins over the McNamara extradition. Rodenberg of Illinois called for a baseball investigation while civil service reform hearings continued on union rights for government clerks. Ex Spenser Cannon attacked Taft on Canadian reciprocity. At the White House the president said the government will not intervene in Mexico unless necessary and announced Nagel and Chandler Anderson were tasked to negotiate a treaty with Russia Japan and Britain to protect seals in Alaskan waters.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
White House
Mexico
Nagel
Chandler Anderson
State Department
Russia
Japan
Britain
Alaskan
Train Crash Kills One Near Bokoshe Oklahoma
A Midland Valley freight train struck a work train in a cut near Bokoshe twenty miles west of Fort Smith Arkansas. Claude Bryant was killed. J C Downing died of injuries. others including J Witt C H Wells Frank Hudgins Terry Frassel and John Dunavan were injured. The victims were Oklahoma residents and taken to Fort Smith.
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Fort Smyth
Ark
Midland Valley
Bokoshe
Here
Claude Bryant
J. C. Downing
J. Witt
C. H. Wells
Frank Hudgins
Terry Frassel
John Dunavan
Bridge Gang
Oklahoma
Humane Society Creates Two New Committees
San Antonio Humane Society directors at the Hicks Building monthly meeting named two new committees the children's committee and the animal committee to oversee respective duties. The list of attendees included Jas Anderson president and Rev Geo D Harris among others, with the new groups joining the executive and finance panels.
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The
San Antonio Humane Society
Hicks Building
Society
Jas, Anderson
Mesdames Jno
J. Stevens
D. Livingston
F. W. Smithers
J. F. Howard
Geo
D. Harris
A. W. Garden
Jno
G. Tayloe
F W. McAllister
Geo. D. Harris
Yale Hicks
R. TR. Russell
Sas Livingston
F. W. McAllister
S. J. Brooks
R. R. Russell
J. P. Ward
D. A. Livingston
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Endorsed for Children’s Care
An old advertisement claims Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed millions of mothers and calmed wind colic for sixty years. It promises to ease pain, soften gums, cure diarrhea, and is described as harmless, priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
Armistice in Juarez Off. Hostilities to Restart
Major General Wood reports informal notices from Juarez that the armistice between Federal troops and General Madero's army is off and fighting will resume immediately.
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Washington
Wood
Juarez
Madero
Guard Officers Host Banquets With Militia Delegations
Militia officers from across the country hosted two banquets at the Menger for regular U S Army officers of the Twenty-second Infantry and First Battalion Highteenth Infantry. Toasts praised harmonious relations between the two services as a new militia delegation prepared to arrive.
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United Stat Army
State National Guards
Menger
Twenty-second Infantry
Highteenth Infantry
Wiley
New York Coast Artillery
Twenty-second
Herman H. Metz
Fourteenth
New York Infantry
New York
Cole
First Corps of Cadets
Massachusetts
Livingston
Pennsylvania Infantry
Pittsburg
Earthman
Forty-seventh New York Infantry
Metz
Warren
Ravelle
Sixty-ninth Infantry
First Cadet Corps
Howard
Tenth Infantry
Latimer
Fifth Infantry
Gordon
Medical Department
New Jersey
Doane
Second Infantry
Fourteenth Infantry
Pennsylvania
McReynolds
Sixth Infantry
Thompson
First Infantry
North Dakota
Cogswell
Fifty-fourth Infantry
Iowa
Pomeroy
Wisconsin
Scott
Doyle
Canty
Ninth Infantry
Morgan
Second Cadet Corps
Colonel Tilson
Nelson
Acton
Miller
Palmer
Watson
Gunster
Taylor
Mackall
Robinson
Lemley
Lockett
Schillenhorn
Ad Men of San Antonio Plan Luncheon at St Anthony
San Antonio ad men meet at the St Anthony hotel Monday at 12:80 with guests Colonel F A Wynne I Lorch and Fred Johnson of Dallas. The luncheon aims to revive the local Ad Men’s club and learn how Texas cities spur activity while seeking support for a Texas delegation to the 1912 Associated Advertising Clubs convention in Boston. Samuel C Dobbs, national president, will also attend May 15 during his nationwide tour.
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Ad Men
San Antonio
St. Anthony
F. A. Wynne
I. . Lorch
Fred Johnson
Dallas
Texas
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Wynne
National Association
Boston
Samuel C. Dobbs
National Organization
El Paso Wins Interscholastic Debate On Prohibition
El Paso high school defeated Honey Grove in a statewide prohibition debate held in Austin. The El Paso team argued in favor of prohibition, praising its benefits despite coming from a town known for its wet stance.
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Austin
Tex
el Paso High School
Honey Grove
Two Local Obituaries: Baily and Kuppers
Baily Lloyd Baily 28 son of Mr and Mrs N W Baily died Friday at his parents home 1008 Buena Vista street in San Antonio He was a native of Little Rock Ark and had lived here three years The funeral will be from the residence at 2 30 this afternoon with interment in City Cemetery No 3 Kuppers Peter Kuppers 64 resident of San Antonio for 45 years died Saturday morning at 3 o clock at his home 20 Cevallos street He is survived by his wife and nine children John Herman Robert Peter Charley Max Fred Celia and Annie The German born stone mason funeral is at 5 this afternoon from the residence and burial at the new Lutheran cemetery Rev J C Felger to officiate
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Baily
Lloyd Baily
N. W. Baily
Buena Vista Street
Bailey
Little Rock
Ark
San Antonio
City Cemetery No. 3
Kuppers
Peter Kuppers
Cevallos Street
John Kuppers
California
Herman Kuppers
Tennessee
Robert
Peter
Charley
Max
Fred Kuppers
Celia
Annie Kuppers
Germany
New Lutheran Cemetery
J. C. Felger
Colorado Legislature Fails to Elect US Senator
The Colorado joint assembly dissolved sine die without electing a successor to the late Senator Hughes. After 123 days of deadlock on Speer and Adams, 92 ballots cast, Colorado will have one senator for two years, a Republican, from a Democratic state.
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Denver
Coto
Joint Assembly
Colorado
United States
Chas, J. Hughes
Robert M. Speer
Alva Adams
Senate
Carroll Declines Offer to Visit Oklahoma on Prohibition Claim
Houston Texas May 6. On April 30 Representative Fred M Stevens of Liberty Texas published a letter stating a trip to Oklahoma proved statewide prohibition did not prohibit. Beaumonts George H Carroll challenged Stevens to accompany him to Oklahoma to verify. Stevens accepted in a May 6 letter. Carroll declined to go and Stevens replied.
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Oklahoma
Houston
Tex
Fred M. Stevens
Liberty
George H. Carroll
Beaumont
Mr. Stevens
Stevens
Carroll
Digestit Digests Indigestion Quickly and Safely
A new remedy named DIGESTIT promises instant relief and permanent cure for indigestion. Sold at drug stores with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after a few doses. Digestit Co of Jackson Mississippi offers samples by order. Fifty cents per package.
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Digastit Co
Jackson, Miss
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Railroad News Notes
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Southern Pacific Atlantic Steamship Lines
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Humane Society
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Hamilton
Ontario
Florence Harvey
Exchampion
Canada
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EL Paso
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