Texas press convention discusses libel law reforms and postage
Delegates hear proposals for sweeping changes to libel statutes and a unified state rate for legal notices. The session includes talks on postal reform, circulation-based pay, and a push to publish notices at lower costs. Governor Colquitt addresses via long distance megaphone link from Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Thompson
McKinney Examiner
Thompson
M. W. Florer Jr
Dallas News
A. S. Crisp of
Cuero
Printers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Texas
W. T. Eicholtz
Texas
Committee On
Clarence E. Gilmore
Edgar P. Haney
John E. Davis
E. M. Crest
Zeppelin flight promised to lure Texas press meet
Fort Worth boosters say Count Zeppelin will fly a large dirigible to entice the 1914 Texas Press association convention. Felix Bath, a Fort Worth cotton broker titled count in Germany, is the link to Zeppelin, with local efforts led by Byron Buckeridge to secure the event.
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Texas Press Association
Fort Worth
Byron B. Buckeridge
Texas Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Count Zeppelin
Buckeridge
Felix Bath
Germany
Count Zeppelin’s. If Worth
General Hutchins Here at San Antonio Convention
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings of the state militia mingles with newspaper friends at the state convention in San Antonio. He is there to observe the cavalry officers school at Fort Sam Houston and spots a chance to return to active service someday.
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Henry Hutchings
State Militia
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
General Hutchings
Night Patrol Pioneer Captain John P. Morgan Endorses Plant Juice
Captain John P. Morgan longtime San Antonio night patrol chief and ex Pinkerton man credits a bottle of Colonel Frank A. Dillingham’s Plant Juice with curing liver trouble. He promotes Plant Juice as a top tonic reviving nerves and energy, claiming fast, lasting benefits and urging friends to try it. The piece also covers a luncheon talk, governor’s long distance address, and a vaudeville program for visiting newspaper men amid rain.
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Joseph Emerson Smith
San Antonio Press Club
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
John P. Morgan
San Antonio
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Lone Star Protective Patrol
Mr. Morgan
Frank A. Dillingham
Gale
Fischer’s Drug Store
Ingleside Hotel Run By Mr and Mrs January
The Ingleside hotel is managed by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. January offering home like service and wholesome country cooking. Rates are 2.00 per day or 12.00 per week with family discounts. Guests may swim fish sail and invest in Ingleside Harbor City lots. A D Powers 833 Alamo Plaza.
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Ingleside
J. E. January
Harbor City
A. D. Powers
Alamo Plaza
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Revenue and Quick Relief
Dodson's Liver Tone is advertised as a harmless vegetable remedy for liver issues keeping the liver in check without calomel side effects. Fischer's Drug Store offers a 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee if the product fails to meet claims, highlighting a customer-friendly return policy.
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Dodson
Fischer’s Drug Store
Fischer’s
Handing Lemons and Famed Tuberculosis Potions Stir Critics
Dr. Frank Friedmann faces harsh notices from medical journals and officials in New York over his methods. A federal report hints 90 day tests show little serum value but potential danger periods remain possible. The piece touts Vitalitas as a nature remedy claimed to cure many ailments, with demonstrations at 407 Hast Houston.
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Frank Friedmann
New York
United States
Wagner Tree
Houston
Delegates Enjoy Trolley Ride Through City Features
Yesterday afternoon at 4 30 delegates and their ladies rode a trolley through the principal parts of the city, with the excursion ending at the Gunter Hotel. Credit was given to those who arranged and participated in the affair.
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Ing
Gunter Hotel
Badger Fight Scheduled for Texas Press Association Visit
Chief of Police Lancaster grants permission for a badger fight tonight for the Texas Press Association convention. The event, at 7 o clock in the Gun ter Hotel dungeon, features a bulldog owned by C. R. Le Point against a Dallas-supplied badger, with A. B. Hillan as referee and ringside judges to be chosen.
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Lancaster
Press’ Club
Texas Press Association
Gunter Hotel
C. R. le
Cisco Acts to Improve Roads with $6000 Plan
Cisco Texas May 16 The Cisco Commercial Club approves a $6000 expenditure to improve roads leading out of Cisco for a stretch totaling about 300 miles.
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Cisco
Tex
Cisco Commercial Club
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Regal
Shriner & Urner
DAN Gom Cuties
Ilsbee
Convenient Stores
Colquitt
C. B. Colquitt
Shriners
Missions
Charles C. Treat
Governor
Austin
O. B. Colquitt
Governor Colquitt
Knox
Zeppelin
Joske's
General Hutchins
Norfolk
Joske
Matchless Shoe Company
Goodyear
Oxfords
Strument
H. Abbott
Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Spencer
Plaza Theater
Grand Opera House
Lucille Morris
Jessie Lee Ellie
Tom Waters
Waters
Plaza Orchestra
Burns, Kissen and Cane
Beauty Chorus
the Cat and the Fiddle” Company
Plaza
Joe Walsh
DR. Friedmann
The
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Dallas
Co. R. le Point
Vicious Beast
de Welch
Hodgson
Candy Maker
E. Houston St
St. Mary’s St
Bedell Shoe Company
Billie
Bedell
Royal Theater
Texas Press
Wichata Falls
Flaxman’s
East
Houston Street
Navarro and
St. Mary’s
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