Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw Aims for Stage Career Move
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw plans to collect 15000 on checks signed by her husband and then seek an independent stage career. She aims to leave Thaw and the 5000 yearly support, seeking freedom from contract terms and not testifying in upcoming habeas corpus proceedings. The child, born in Hamburg, accompanies her as she pursues a new life.
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Associated Press
New York
Evelyn Nesbitt
Europe
Keough
Plains
Hamburg
Germany
One Plains
Pony wagons and carts arrive for Staacke Bros sale
Staacke Bros receive a carload of pony wagons traps and carts and urge prompt use. Autos and carriages repainted by A Hannich Jr at 210 Elm St. New 1014. Roast turkey listed at White Horse Tavern.
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Staacke Bros
A. Hannich Jr
Elm St
White Horse Tavern
Government Seeks Breakup of Sugar Refining Trust
The long deferred federal suit to dissolve the American Sugar Refining company opens with District Attorney Wise and Knapp leading the government’s case under the Sherman act. Defense time allowances edge the record toward a spring 1918 decision, with potential Supreme Court review delaying final settlement to 1914. The government aims to prove a conspiracy to monopolize raw sugar and related products, targeting American Sugar Refining, National Sugar Refining of New Jersey, and Western Sugar Refining as separate trusts. The sugar firm is represented by James M. Beck with Olney Johnson and Crawford. dissolution suit filed November 28, 1910.
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Associated Press
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Wise
Knapp
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
National Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey
Western Sugar Refining Company
James M. Beck
Richard Olney
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Frank L. Crawford
Flood Interferes With Louisiana Legislature Adjourning Post Inauguration
Louisiana General Assembly may adjourn after Governor-elect Luther Hall’s inauguration due to flood conditions. Representative R D Johnson of Washington parish proposed a concurrent resolution to adjourn immediately after the governor’s message and inaugural ceremonies, with an extra session to follow after floods recede. Governor Sanders to retire after his term ends.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
General Assembly of
Louisiana
Luther E. Hall
House
Senate
R. D. Johnson
Washington Parish
Jared Y. Sanders
Christian Science Lecture At Beethoven Hall Draws Big Crowd
Bliss Knapp delivered a Sunday afternoon lecture on Christian Science at Beethoven Hall, introduced by N. B. Graham, noting Moses’s commandments as divine law. He compared Christian Science to mathematics, saying Mrs. Eddy’s writings state facts about spirit that can be demonstrated in healing and moral reform. He praised Eddy’s book for unlocking biblical meaning without displacing the Bible, and argued Christian Science heals diseases, including incurable ones, by mental causes.
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Bliss Knapp
Beethoven Hall
N. 8
Graham
Moses
Mr. Knapp
Knapp
Eddy
Paul Simpson Not From Houston Mystery Man Identified
Police say no trace of Paul Simpson in Houston. Dispatches report a body found murdered in Omaha Nebraska identified as Paul Simpson of Houston, but no such name appears in any directory and no trace of the individual is found locally.
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Paul Simpson
Houston
Associated Press
Tex
Omaha
Neb
Bakers to Attend State Convention in Austin
A San Antonio master bakers meeting named a delegation to attend the Master Bakers Association convention in Austin on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Officers or committee members include W. L. Richter and F. W. Flughaupt with Louis Arnisch and H. T. Matthews among the listed members. A committee to arrange a local meeting and banquet on May 29 was also appointed, led by Richter Flughaupt Steffler.
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Master Bakers’ Association
Austin
San Antonio
P. Langsdorf
G. Jorke
J. Bailie
Fred Herrie
Bakers
Weeting
W. L. Richter
F. W. Pfiughaupt
Charles P. Steffler
Film catches fire at Cres cent moving picture show
The Cres cent East Houston street theater suffered a small blaze when a film tore from a lamp causing a fire in the machine room on the building roof. About fifty people evacuated with no injuries except operator Manuel Montez who was burned on the forearm and face.
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Crescent Moving Picture Show
Houston Street
Manuel Montez
Remains of Mrs. Lewis Soloman Taken to Wichita
Corpus Christi, May 13. The body of Mrs. Lewis Soloman who died here last night was moved to Wichita, Kansas this morning with her family. She had been in Corpus two weeks seeking health benefits. She is survived by her parents husband Lewis Soloman and four children.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Lewis Soloman
Wichita
Kan
Mothers Day Observed Across Corpus Christi Churches
Observances marked Mothers Day in Corpus Christi with special Sunday services in all churches. Pas tors delivered dedicated mother sermons and many wore white arm bands to honor the occasion.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Mission Convention Opens
The state mission convention of the Christian church convened in Houston for three days of deliberations with a large attendance.
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THE
Associated Press
Houston, Tex
State Mission Convention of the Christian Church
Taxpayers push for Texas court procedure overhaul
In Austin on May 18, candidates for the upcoming legislature voiced strong support for a broad revision of Texas civil and criminal procedure. A Texas Bar Association committee urged changes, citing an old 60 year old law penalizing liquor dealings with hostile Indians that no longer reflects current conditions.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
House
Senate
Texas Bar Association
Tag Association
C. J. Lane
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