Grand Musical Concert by Ninth Cavalry Band This Thursday
A Ninth Cavalry Band concert is set for Thursday night May 11 at the First Baptist corner North Center and Chestnut. Dr. Chas K. Garming Osteopathic Physician advertises office at 204 Gunter building old phone 3439. Services and notices follow.
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J. Harvey Moore
State Institution For the Blind
American Medical College At
St. Louis
Gunteree Building
Houston and
St. Mary's Streets
Ninth Cavalry Band
Corner North Center
Chestnut Street
Second Baptist Church
Chas, K. Garmng
Gunter Building
Fletcher's Castoria and Paint Selling Controversy
An old text notes Fletcher's Castoria ads and calls out Callaghan for election, while McDonald plans to supply paint at unusually low prices to deter competition. The item hints at price wars and promotional tactics in paint and wallpaper sales.
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McDonald
McLay’s
Galveston Retains Original City Commissioners for Fifth Term
In Galveston Texas the city election returned the original board of city commissioners to office for a fifth two year term. All members were re elected except the mayor who had died in office years ago. The commission form of government continues with strong support despite some opposition.
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Galveston
Tex
Board of
Front Street Property Sees Front Foot Value Hit 2000
John M. Bennett Jr. sells part of holdings on Houston Street to C. A. Stieren M. L. Oppenheimer B. Longini and J. Nathan for 28 feet 4 inches frontage. Buyers secure a site with plans to set back the front and install a glass front while surrounding development including the Gunter hotel and theater spur rising values. Previous sales show rapid rises from 350 to 2500 a front foot in five years.
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Houston Street
John M. Bennett Jr
Fenstermaker
C. A. Stieren
M. L. Oppenheimer
B. Longini
J. Nathan
Mr. Bennett
L. J. Hart
Bennett
Meerscheidt & Reutzel
Gunter
Otto Wahrmund
F. A. Vance
Mule Maud Wins Public Crossing Case in Texas Court
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals in San Antonio affirms a $200 verdict against St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railway for Maud the mule on a Matagorda County public crossing. Justice H. H. Netill writes the opinion.
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Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
St. Louis, Brownsville
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Zach
H. H. Netill
George BE. Williamson
R. EB. Ward
Fort Stockton
Bexar
W. A. Hampton
G. W. Wooley
Presidio
A. N. Dawson
P. Dawson
Harris
A. C. Schaier
A. W. Shaw
Oil Wells Planned Near Rockport on Live Oak Peninsula
May 10 Rockport Texas special report notes oil prospects on Live Oak peninsula. Investors lease land and form a company to drill experimental wells near St Josephs Island with 14 inch rotary gear and Texas Oil Co machinery. Directors include Scrivner Mathis Sparks Bracht Stevens as stock sales proceed.
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Rockport
Tex
Live Oak Peninsula
T. E. Schell
Minnetonka Oil Company
Pittsburg
Wood & Allyn
St. Joseph’s Island
D. R. Scrivner
Arthur Mathis
W. F. Sparks
L. M. Bracht
F. Stevens
Buffalo businessmen head to Washington for reciprocity rally
A large delegation from Buffalo Rochester Niagara Falls and Tonawanda will travel by special train to Washington tonight to testify before the senate finance committee in support of the reciprocity agreement with Canada.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Tonawanda
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Canada
State Senate Bribery Probe Sets Report Compilation
The state senate bribery investigation forced executive conferences yesterday afternoon and last night to draft a report for senate submission.
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Springfield
Ill
State Senate
Senate
Industrial Meeting Ends Early in Detroit
DETROIT Mich May 10 The American Railway Industrial association adjourned last night after a shorter than expected two day session. The gathering concluded sooner than anticipated.
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Detroit
Mich
American Railway Industrial Association
Slander Suit Over Baseball Boss Goes To Trial
John M. Ward a former ball player sues Ban Johnson president of the American league for 50000 dollars in slander. The case was tried before Judge Hane in federal court in New York yesterday.
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New York
John M. Ward
Ban Johnson
Hane
Democrats Win Oklahoma City Mayor and Three Commissioners
In Oklahoma City on May 10 under the commission system, Democrats secured the mayoralty and three of four commissioner seats. W. T. Grant won the mayoralty by about 500 votes. The day also saw federal action as the House passed the Difenderfer resolution seeking navy and army shoe contract history back to 1901 amid claims of a monopoly.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
W. T. Grant
Washington, D. C
House
Difenderfer
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Army
National B'nai B'rith officers elected in Indianapolis
Indianapolis May 10 officers of the national B'nai B'rith were elected with Samuel Dorf of New York named Grand Master Leonard Lelsterzeimn of New York as Grand Secretary and Barnett Friedman of New York as Grand Treasurer Buffalo was chosen as the site for the next convention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Order
Higginson Dies in Cambridge at 87
Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson historian author minister and soldier dies at his Cambridge home aged 87. Once among famed abolitionists and scholars in the mid 19th century era.
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Cambridge
Mass
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Young Men to Form Texas State League at Cotton Palace
The Young Men's Business league of Waco Texas will issue a state invitation to all similar organizations in Texas to gather during the cotton palace exposition in November and establish a state organization modeled after the Texas Commercial Secretaries' group.
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Waco
Tex
Young Men's Business League
Texas
Texas Commercial Secretaries
Weather bulletin for Houston district temperature report
Cotton Bulletin notes morning 8 o'clock Houston district 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Mentions minimum temperature in last 12 hours and zones not used in computing averages for the Houston district with incomplete data.
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San Antonio
Tex
Temfor
Houston
Stakes Placed for New Santa Fe Station in Sweetwater
Stakes were driven today for the new 50000 dollar Santa Fe passenger station at Sweetwater Texas. The project marks a major expansion in regional rail service with funding details released and construction expected to begin soon.
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New Depot
Sweetwater
Tex
City Officials Vacant as Mayor Declares Posts Open
Lockhart Texas May 10 W E Fields the newly installed mayor declared two city offices vacant under the nepotism law County Treasurer Putnam has withdrawn his resignation J M Haller elected president of the Yoakum school board for the ensuing term
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Lockhart
Tex
W. E. Fields
Putnam
Yoakum, Tex
J. M. Haller
Malfest details finalized after well attended meeting
In Brenham on May 10 a fully attended meeting set final details for the annual Malfest which opens Thursday. In Corpus Christi also on May 10 the Typographical union denounced the arrest of J J McNamara in the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case and offered aid for his trial.
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Brenham
Tex
McNamaras
Corpus Christi
Typographical Union
J. J. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Death of F B Easley in Waco Stroke At 45
F B Easley former secretary of the Waco city water works died this morning from a sudden stroke of apoplexy. He was 45 years old.
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Waco
Tex
F. B. Easley
Waco City Waterworks
Fair Weather in Belt Region With Near Normal Temps
Local forecaster Allen Buell reports fair weather across the belt with temperatures near the seasonal average. No precipitation is expected as high pressure dominates the area.
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Allen Buell
Three Men Arrested in Santa Fe Depot Robbery
Three men, including Geo. Harris, are in custody over the Santa Fe depot robbery and dynamiting Friday night that yielded over $100. Harris’s person reportedly contained several ounces of nitro.
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Kountze
Tex
Santa Fe Depot
Geo. Harris
Pereson
Orrine Destroys Desire for Drink
The Orrine treatment claims to erase all desire for whiskey and beer and can be used at home without hospital costs or time off work. It offers two forms, no 1 a tasteless powder and no 2 a voluntary pill, priced at $1 per box. The ad guarantees a refund if no benefit is seen and directs readers to Fischer's Drug Store in Gibbs Building for purchase.
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Orrine
Orrine CO
Washington, D. C
Fischer's
Gibbs Bldg
Arrests at Bessmay Linked to Glycerine Fuzes and Caps
Reports from Open Church Conference in PORT ARTHUR and BEAUMONT on May 10 describe ongoing proceedings. The bi state Congregational conference reviews progress, while Texas Episcopal council debates appointing an assistant for Bishop Kinsolving.
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Open Church Conference
Port Arthur
Tex
the Congregational Churches and Ministers
Beaumont, Tex
Episcopal Council For the
Diocese of Texas
Kinsolving
Wireless Case Delayed in Federal Court
The trial of Charles H. Beauchamp J T Dickinson and William A Bo mar on charges of using the mails to defraud in connection with Collins Texas Wireless Telegraph company was continued until May 9 1912 on defense motion. Judge A B Storey and Carlos Bee argued the continuance due to federal grand jury indictments only reaching them Tuesday morning.
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Charles H. Beauchamp
J. T. Dickinson
William A. Bomar
United States
Case Postponed to Next Term by Court
The court accepted a request from counsel noting there was insufficient time to review the counts and postponed the case until the next term to allow for full consideration and preparation.
Flatonia Attracts Mattress Factory Project
J L Elkins of El Paso has rented the Allen brick building in Flatonia for a mattress factory. The plant will use local long staple cotton. Elkins will move his family and bring operators from El Paso. The city council also purchased six acres for a new school site.
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Flatonio
Tex
J. L Elkins
el Paso
Elkins
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