Franklin Road Near Nueces River Movement Advances
Track laying gangs of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf work below the Nueces River in the West ranch area. Passenger service is expected to extend in a few weeks. Steel on hand to reach Mathis and a boatload from the East due to Galveston. J E Franklin funds support the line to Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass. President A R Ponder returned from Corpus Christi where the road’s interest is advancing. Corpus Christi bonus raised. right of way and terminal facilities remain. Plans include an extension from Garrizo Springs toward Eagle Pass.
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San Antonio
Uvalde & Gulf
Nueces River
West Ranch
Mathis
Galveston
J. E. Franklin
St. Louis
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
A. R. Ponder
Garrizo Springs
Eagle
Remedies That Stand the Test of Time in Mothers’ Chests
In Mother's Medicine Chest standard remedies endure through generations with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound leading the way for nearly forty years as a cure for various female ills, reflecting a longtime, trusted lineage of personal health care.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Unfinished Railway Lines Delay Rio Grande Route
Passage to the Rio Grande country awaits completion of the coastal line. Neither route will be considered ready for use until the primary coastal connection is finished and in operation.
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Rio Grande
Kansas to Form 1750 Rider Motorcycle Patrol Statewide
A Kansas Motorcycle Patrol plans 1750 riders under Governor Hodges direction. The program, modeled on anti horse thief groups, aims to place a patrol in every county, with members serving without pay and required to belong to the Federation of American Motorcyclists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Hodges
Federation of American Motocyclists
Instruction Camp Opens for Texas National Guard Officers
A ten days school of instruction for Texas National Guard officers began at Fort Crockett Galveston with Captain S H Wagner U S S A directing. Twelve first lieutenants from the Fifth Army Brigade assigned by Colonel Cornman assist in the instruction.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas National Guard
Fort Crockett
S. H. Wagner
U. 8
S. A
Fifth Army
Cornman
Wagner
Taft Aids Sailors in Harvard Clothing Drive
Robert A. Taft, son of the former president, qualifies as a top clerk among Harvard law students aiding a week long clothing drive. The group canvassed the university for cast off clothing and shoes to be sent to missions and sailors homes in Boston and New York.
Priests Alter Plans for Rome Pilgrimage
Fifty New York priests reportedly changed plans for a Rome pilgrimage tied to Constantine celebrations because private advice suggests the pope may be too ill to receive pilgrims or participate in summer events.
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Rome
New York
Constantine
Garrison outlines seaboard defense against land attack
Secretary Garrison states seaboard fortifications face difficulties defending against land assault. He calls for mobile troops drawn from militia, emphasizes land defense lines, and argues coast artillery alone cannot protect cities behind forts.
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Garrison
Washington, D. C
Spinster Ada Dunscomb Found Dead In Starvation Case
Ada Dunscomb a middle aged spinster was found dead in a Yonkers residence reputedly owned by the family. Coroner Dunn ruled death by starvation with no food found in the house. Her brother 60 year old S Whitsey Dunscomb disclosed the death and planned a trip to New Jersey to notify relatives. Neighbors described the mansion as a mystery for years with no servants and curtains always drawn.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Ada Dunscomb
Dunn
Whitsey Dunscomb
Miss Dunscomb
Dunscomb
New Jersey
Diplomas Awarded to 33 at Coronal Institute Graduation
In San Marcos Texas the Coronal Institute held graduation exercises awarding diplomas and certificates to thirty three students. Valedictorian was Miss Lucy Johnson salutatorian Miss Ivey Peel and class orator Prescott Williams. Rev W T Rentro gave the commencement address on The Privilege Temptations and Safeguards of Student Life.
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San Marcos
Tex
Coronal Institute
Lucy Johnson
Ivey Pee
Prescott Williams
W. T. Rentro
Methodist Church
Bernadine Brevard
Lois Foster
Gertrude Williamson
Judith Fisher
Nita Sykes
Nellie Parr
Bertha Carter
Fannie Simpson
Ruth Johnson
Etoy Sykes
Kathleen Dugger
Tennessee Harris
Laurie Ballard
Gracie Rylander
Ivey Peel
Bertha Withers
Luella Fisher
Lora Hogan
Elinor Schley
Blanche Barnes
Messrs
Sam Johnson
H. J. Shands
Carroll Thomas
Jack Berry
E. A. Hunter
Joe Gordon
Clyde la Bauve
Roy Seale
Robert Locke Harris
Luther Terry
Thomas Edwards
Marion DeVinney
Demand the Best for Your Money Piel Beer Ad
A compact advertisement urges readers to choose Piel bottled beer to maximize value for money. It highlights quality and affordability in one concise sales pitch.
Old Time Breakfast Pork Sausage Sold In 1 Pound Boxes
Union Meat Company offers breakfast pork sausage in one pound boxes at twenty five cents per pound. The ad also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to restore appetite, digestion, blood quality, and nerve steadiness.
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Union Meat Company
Strikers Return to Work at Arthur Price Mill
In Paterson New Jersey on May 19 a police guard two blocks long escorted twenty former Arthur Price Company silk mill workers back to work after a more than two month strike. Pickets from the Industrial Workers of the World clashed with police. sixty pickets were arrested. The mill formerly employed thirty workers and the return suggests a possible end to the strike, though IWW leaders say the fight will continue.
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Industrial Workers of the World
Missing Kennett Square official deepens city disappearances
Charles Pennock a noted Kennett Square businessman naturalist and public official vanished after attending a natural sciences meeting. He is 53 a justice of the peace and brother to Assemblyman Theodore Pennock and uncle of Philadelphia American pitcher Herbert Pennock. Police face a widening mystery with numerous recent missing persons cases. A separate item reports the World_order Woodmen monument unveiling for the late William Kennedy at Hillside cemetery Cuero Texas.
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Philadelphia
Charles Pennock
Kennett Square
Here
Pennock
Theodore Pennock
Herbert Pennock
Broad Street
Academy of Natural Sciences
Suffragette Campaign Moves Into Baseball Parks
Philadelphia reports women suffragettes will recruit fans by distributing a pamphlet titled Woman Suffrage Statistics in both American and National League parks. The note mentions Italian universities founded between 1200 and 1290 and Trinity College Dublin chartered in 1591, as context.
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Philadelphia
Bologna
Padua
Naples
Genoa
Perugia
Macerta
Italy
Trinity College
Dublin
After Sickness How to Recover Strength
After grippe pleurisy pneumonia or any illness readers are advised to regain strength via Vinci cod liver and iron. The ad touts improved blood appetite and full recovery claiming a bottle restores vitality with money back if it fails. A. M. Fischer of San Antonio endorses the remedy and mentions Saxo Salve for eczema.
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Vinci
Alice Mill
Newton, N. C
Grippe
A. M. Fischer
San Anonito
Tex
P. S
Efficiency Lacking Cambridge Shoe Trade Bulletin
The Starvard University bureau of business research has issued its first bulletin on shoe retailing costs. Field reports cover over 130 stores nationwide and show gross profits from 20 to 42 percent of net selling price, with stock turns ranging from once a year to four times. The study suggests higher stock turnover could release capital and boost net profits without higher prices per pair.
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Cambridge
Mass
Bureau of Business Research
Starvard University
Central Park Renovation Sparks Mass Court Action
In New York on May 19 authorities moved to clean Central Park turning it from dirty to clean as posters urged crowds to protect the city. Over 160 people were brought to court with fines imposed for littering while one young man who walked on the grass with his date was jailed overnight for disorderly conduct.
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New York
Cntral Park
Ex-city marshal recalls strict enforcement in Portland
Thomas Norton, veteran ex-city marshal of Portland Maine, recalls a past era when a street smoking ban existed and he boasted that few offenders escaped his enforcement. The note references Sam Speir How Co and Hofheinz successors in hardware.
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Sam Speir
Sam Speir How. Co
EB. L. Hofheinz
Losoya Street
Thomas Norton
Portland
Elmira Reformatory Inmates Largely From Orphanages
Recent statistics on life history of Elmira re formatory inmates show that 60 persons of them were raised in orphan asylums. The data indicate a strong link between early orphanage upbringing and first convictions of offenders under twenty five.
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Elmira
N. Y.) Reformatory
Stolen Bank Money Traced Through Chicago Saloonaks
In Chicago police say almost 100000 of 271000 Canadian currency stolen from the Bank of Montreal in New Westminster B C was exchanged for U S dollars by Chicago saloonkeepers. Saloon owner Michael J Flannagan was arrested as two men accused him of exchanging notes. Lawler and O Leary face charges as receivers. Three gang members who tunneled into the Westminster Bank vault are jailed awaiting trial with a fourth still at large.
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Chicago
Ill
Bank of Montreal
New Westminster
B. C
United States
Michael J. Flannagan
William J. Lawler
Charles O'Leary
Flanagan
Lawler
Westminster Bank
Apegan
Former Railroad President Horace Burt Dies in Chicago
Horace Greely Burt longtime Union Pacific president and later chief engineer for the Chicago Association of Commerce and Smoke Abatement committee died in Chicago after surgery for a growth and related complications.
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Chicago
Horace Greely Burt
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago Association of Commerce and
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West Commerce St
L. G. Denman
Edwin Chamberlain
Wm. L. Herfi
Sec’y-Treas
Matthews
Houston St
Antonio
Segee
Mobile
ARMY
Pier Bros
America
The
Growers of India Tea
Carl Schurz
Carl Schr
Riverside Drive
Columbia University
New York City
Washington
Wolfson
Were
Madras
Saul Wolfson
Yonkers, N. Y
Hood
Paterson Silk Mill
Cuero
Sovereign
William Kennedy
Edgar
Hillside Cemetery
Central Park
Fletcher
Adetin
E. Eppstein & Co
Dallas, Texas
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