Veteran San Antonio police Captain Coy Sr dies at 86
Captain Andres Coy Sr., a longtime San Antonio police figure and political ally, died at his son’s home at 5:30 PM age 86 from complications of diseases. Survived by sons Andres Jr., Dave, and Alex Coy. funeral at 4 PM from home then 4:30 PM at San Fernando Cathedral. Burial in San Fernando cemetery.
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Andres Coy Sr
Son
Police Department of
San Antonio
Andres Coy Jr
Salinas Street
Captain Coy
Bexar County
St. Mary’s College
Karnes County
Butler
Bryan Callaghan
Coy
Jones
Dres Coy Jr
Dave Coy
Alex Coy
el Paso
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando Cemetery
F. A. Chapa
Ed. Moczygemba
Fred H. Lancaster
John W. Tobin
Poisoned Blood Quickly Cleansed
An astonishing record of serious blood poisoning is daily brought to our attention. The bloodstream is healed by S. S. 5S, a tonic claimed to purify blood and prevent diseases from typhoid to malaria. The ad urges readers to obtain S&S, avoid rivals, and write for free advice from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Ga.
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S&s
Swift Specific Co
Swift
Atlanta
Vatican celebrates Catholic deputies wins in Italian vote
The pope expressed satisfaction at the election of six more Catholic deputies on the second ballot of Italy's general elections. Rome defeated candidates backed by Radicals Republicans and Socialists who had led the municipality. Father Romolo Murri’s defeat drew interest as Mayor Nathan plans an aldermen meeting and a royal commissioner may be appointed before June municipal elections.
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Rome
Vatican
Romolo Murri
Nathan
Four Story Storehouse Collapses in Hartford
The north Front street collapse toppled a new four story storehouse onto John Hughes’s frame dwelling. Two killed, three fatally injured, one seriously hurt. Victims: John Hughes 59 and Eva Dooley 5. Owner Michael Greenberg blamed dynamiting but police saw no explosion. faulty construction cited.
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Hartford
Conn
Meteor Drops in Malden Park Delights and Frights
In Malden Massachusetts a meteor plunged into Craddock Park nearly missing two men, John McDonald and Frank Butler, who fled as fumes from the white hot mass struck them. The object buried ten feet deep, leaving a jagged crater and a lingering nausea in the witnesses. Scientists from Tufts and Harvard plan to excavate the meteor for study.
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Boston
Mass
Craddock Park
Malden
John McDonald
Frank Butter
Tufts
Harvard College
Walker Leaves for Europe for Railway Financing
L. E. Walker president of the Quanah Seymour Dublin Rockport Railway Company departs Austin for Europe to finalize financing. He says a syndicate of European capitalists backs the project and has asked for a conference on construction plans.
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Walker
Europe
Austin
Tex
L. E. Walker
Quanah, Seymour
Petty Naval Officer Held on White Slave Charge
W H Ames a petty officer in the United States navy was brought from San Diego to Houston and jailed to await examining trial on white slave charges. He was on a ship in San Diego harbor when arrested. Also noted is a French transport stat showing one automobile per 600 people and a rapid rise in cycles between 1910 and 1911.
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Houston
Tex
W. H. Ames
United States Navy
San Diego
Cal
Ames
France
Bark Has Close Call at Sea on Phantom Ship
The four masted bark Annie M. Reid, captained by Durkee, narrowly avoided a collision with a phantom ship near the Cape of Good Hope. After a calm, a sudden squall toppled sails while a tramp steamer loomed. signals failed and no one answered from the other vessel. The ship then sailed on, maintaining full sail with only a biscuit’s toss between vessels.
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New York
Brooklyn
Annie M. Reid
Durkee
Seven Seas
Cape of Good Hope
Stray bullets kill man as steers run loose in New York
In a fusillade by police to halt sixteen escaped steers from a west side stock pen a man named George Beattie was killed when a stray bullet struck his brain as he rode in an express wagon. Walter Wangenheim, a waiter, was wounded in the foot. A steer hit an auto truck and a policeman, while another was shot dead near Cardinal Farley's home on Madison Avenue.
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New York
West Side
George Beattie
Walter Wangenheim
Madison Avenue
Cardinal Farley
No-Tsu-Ooh Carnival Opens November 10 In Houston
Houston reports the No-Tsu-Ooh Carnival Association completing plans for the annual event set to begin November 10. Officials say this year's show will be bigger and better than ever.
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Houston
Tex
No-Tsu-Ooh Carnival Association
Reading and Keighley by elections in Britain stir party fights
Britain's by elections heat up as Unionists and Liberals spar in Reading and Keighley while Scotland prepares two contests over Scottish issues. Reading leans Unionist with Leslie Wilson challenging George Peabody Gooch and Liberal ties fading. Keighley sees Buckmaster seeking re election after a narrow 852 vote win last year. Scotland expected Liberal gains in Wick Burghs and Linlithgowshire with Munroe’s lord advocate return and Pratt opposing Kidd amid temperance debates.
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London
United Kingdom
House of Commons
Reading
Rufus Isaacs
Lord Chief
Sir Rufus
Leslie Wilson
George Peabody Gooch
George Peabody
Keighley
Yorkshire
Stanley O. Buckmaster
Buckmaster
Robert Munroe
Scotland
Wickburghs
Linlithgowshire
Alexander Ure
the Court of Sessions
Government
Pratt
James Kidd
County Cork
John Guiny
Harvard Enrolment Teems With Notable Names
Cambridge notes a sprawling Harvard catalogue with diverse names including N. Ng a junior KK S Ma in graduate school R G Wee unclassified and A B Lee the "human alphabet" senior The Smiths dominate with forty six members among the student body and the campus ripples with cosmopolitan enrollment.
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Cambridge
Harvard
N. Ng
KK. S. Ma
R. G. Wee
Love
Maidens
Legg
Darling
Joy
Morningstar
Watchmaker
A. B. Lee
Smiths
Oil calm on troubled seas saves Volturno aid
The Naragansett oil carrier helped calm raging Volturno waters, guiding rescuers as the Naragansett sprayed oil to steady seas. The piece notes oil's historic use and urges storing oil on vessels for emergencies, favoring animal and vegetable oils over mineral ones.
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New York Herald
Narragansett
Plutarch
Famous Packer Dies
Edward Morris, partner in Morris & Co. packers, dies in Chicago after a year long illness.
Morris Millionaire Packer Edward Morris Dies at Home
Edward Morris president of Morris & Co. packers died at his Chicago home after a yearlong illness. A 47 year old born in Chicago he led a vast fortune estimated at 30 to 50 million dollars and was a major bank stock owner. He married Helen L Swift in 1890 and is survived by his widow two sons and two daughters.
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Chicago
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Packers
Mr. Morris
Nelson Morris
California
Ira Nelson Morris
Italy
Morris
Edward
Knickerbockers
Helen L. Swift
Swift & Co
Hindu girl learns English phrase puzzle from slang
In Augusta Maine a Hindu girl learning English kept a Book of Phrases and Idioms. She struggled with slang until asked why she gave a surprising reply for the love of Mike a phrase she could not locate in her books.
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Augusta
Mike
Alliterative Tongue Twists At Bohemian West End Club
A Sketch organized tongue twister contest at a Bohemian West End club awarding 25 dollars to the best alliterative line. Entries include A crowing gleam growing green and Flesh of freshly fried flying fish.
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West End
Stephen Stringer
Grimes Jim
Laymen Serve as Forerunner to Revival Meetings
A layman conducted service at First Evangelical Church paving the way for a series of revival meetings led by Rev. W. A. Schutte starting November 6. Speakers included R. H. Wester A. A. Hughes and W. S. Swan who urged lay involvement and soul winning as key to church work.
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First Evangelical Church
R. H. Wester
A. A. Hughes
W. S. Swan
W. A. Schutte
Hughes
Wester
High tides wipe out dikes along Windsor to Grand Pre
Immense damage from recent high tides along the coast between Windsor and Grand Pre. Several miles of dikes swept away and large areas of valuable land flooded by several feet of water. Crops ruined.
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Windsor
N. S&s
Grand Pre
Nut Growers to Meet in Houston Convention
National Nut Growers convention set for a three day session in Houston beginning Wednesday. Attendees include Secretary of Agriculture Houston and Governor Col quitt among other national figures.
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Houston
Tex
Nut Growers’ Convention
Secretary of Agriculture
Colquitt
Los Angeles Opens San Fernando Aqueduct Water Supply
Los Angeles prepares for a citywide celebration as the San Fernando aqueduct delivers Sierra snowmelt water to Owen's reservoir and Hainee reservoir after eight years of construction costing over 20 million dollars. The flow reaches about 200 million gallons daily, with a 500000 dollar fountain dedication planned at a park.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Fernando
Sierras
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Owen's
Inyo ‘County
Hainee Reservoir
Lincoln overcoat and suit now owned by Washington man
The overcoat Abraham Lincoln wore the night of Ford's Theatre murder and a matching suit are in the possession of John M. Kirby of Washington. The garments are well preserved though one shoulder of the overcoat is torn. The items were loaned to an artist after Lincoln's death and later used by a sculptor for the Capitol statue in statuary hall.
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Washington, D. C
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
John M. Kirby
Washington
Lincoln
Statuary Hall
Capital
Couple wed beside Emerson’s grave in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Richard Wightman and Patricia Margaret Street of Saybrook Conn were married today beside the grave of Ralph Waldo Emerson at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord New Hampshire. Rev Loren B McDonald officiated as the couple stood before the quartz boulder marking the poet’s burial site.
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Concord
N. H
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Wightman
Patricia Margaret Street
Saybrook
Conn
Sleepy Hollow
Emerson
Loren B. McDonald
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