Engineers Abandon Banquet for House Warming Event
Special from Austin Texas reports the University of Texas engineering department cannot hold its annual banquet due to space limits. A two part house warming reception, dance, and smoker is planned in the engineering building with 200 guests anticipated including faculty, alumni, and student leaders. A smoker, drawing room dances, and a decorated parish style reception will replace the banquet, with Judge Clarence Miller as master of ceremonies. The article also notes a basketball game between the varsity and scrub teams and an upcoming match against St. Edwards and West Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Engineering Department
University of Texas
Engineers
Bessorer
Upper Dlass- Treu
Dummies
St. Edwards
J T
O'Connor
West Texas
Jook
Oriskill
Fubuymer Gang
Udi
Bengtors Bailey
Culbereon
Dayillin
Clarence Miller
Thre
Ccruba
Scrubs
Rst
Sim Anthio
Prop Mines With Steel Save Wood
Special to The Light Pittsburg Pa November eight. Major steel manufacturers advocate steel for mine timbering to cut timber use. A pamphlet cites Forest Service data showing 52,620,000 square feet of round timber and 421,820,000 board feet of sawn timber valued at 5,340,000 dollars used in Pennsylvania mines annually.
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Pittsburg
Forest Service
Department of Nericuk
Amthraette
Pennsylvania
Inland Waterway Delegates Meet in Houston
Special to The Light Houston Texas delegates from Texas and Louisiana gather for the Interstate Inland Waterway league meeting. C S B Holand of Victoria presides with M J Sanders among speakers. Delegates expect intercoastal canal progress and a nine foot depth, aiming to press government action. A national congress in Washington next month may be attended by Texas and Louisiana leaders.
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Houston
Tex
Interstate Inland Waterway League
Texas
Louisiana
Citiees
B. Holand
Victoria
M. J. Sanders
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
National Congress
Washington
Ulweting
Trawsiana
League
Socialists Move to Defeat Gompers at Convention
In Kington Nav a strong socialist push affiliated with the American Federation of Labor seeks to prevent Samuel Gompers reelection at the Tamestown convention on November 11. This year they gain backing from United Brewery Workers Union of Armories after suspension over trades in breweries. The German speaking unions demand reinstatement and threaten action if denied. Gompers has held leadership for two decades except one term. Hood's Sarsaparilla praised for catarrh relief.
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Kington
Nav
American Facthon of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Tamestown
United Brewery Word Union of Armeries
Brewery Workers
Gompera
Money Forgeries Stir Brazilians
Special to The Light. New York reports that Brazilian paper money forgeries have grown so common that a currency overhaul is likely. Arrangements with an American engraving company are under negotiation to implement the change. Forgeries also extend to Brazilian national bonds, with the finance minister revealing forged entries in a large series.
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New York
Aitlance
Aviosa Coffee Packed and Sealed by Homegrown Machine
Arbuckles Aviosa Coffee is cleaned, roasted and packaged by machinery without human hands. A self-contained machine built in our shops weighs, wraps and seals the coffee, delivering a clean wholesome brew at low cost from Arbuckle’s BNOA in New York City.
Theatrical war ends as factions reportedly settle
New York reports indicate a vaudeville war across the nation may end after conferences between Keith & Proctor Klaw & Erlanger and United Amusement. The plan reportedly retires Klaw & Erlanger from vaudeville while United Banking and Western Vaudeville Association take control, with details undisclosed. A merged capital plan of about 25 million dollars was rumored, while Henry Miner and the Thomashefskys plan a network of Yiddish theaters in Chicago Baltimore Cleveland and St Louis.
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New York
Vaudeville
Klay & Erlanger
United Amusement Company
United Banking Offices of America
Western Vaudeville Mann Association
Keith & Proctor
Klaw & Erlanger
Broadway
Nat
A. M. Murdock
Western Vaudeville Managers —Association
Pabout
Holland House
Mr. Murdock
Henry Q. Miner
Umnager
Boris
Max Thomashe
Chicago
Baltimore
Cleveland
St. Louis
Timber and Coal Shortage Spur Canadian Fuel Moves
Montreal Canada Nov 8 Canada faces a looming fuel crisis as no coal has been found in Ontario and timber supplies dwindle. Peat is being developed into briquettes for home use, hundreds of thousands spent on drying and manufacturing peat fuel, with a Montreal firm reportedly losing 480000 in efforts to solve the fuel problem.
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Montreal
Can
Canada
Ontario
Hog crop outlook mirrors last year’s record yield
U S hog crop prospects suggest a total near 65,293,000 pounds, matching last year’s extraordinary 65,293,000 pound output. Early estimates for 1907 project a national intake between 782,000 and 2,219,000 hundredweight, with Nav and Washington figures indicating strong domestic production.
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Washington, Nav, &—I
United States
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Inland Waterway
W. Grove
Gompers
Brewery Workers’ Union
Hood
Arbuckld Bnoa
New York City
Grove
United States Army
Recrutiog
Moora
Avenue C
Houston Street
San Antonio
Carters
East Commerce
Bexar Drag Co
Mexico
the Republic
Dwayites
Christie Strang
Christie Rager
Pain
Naples
Vesuvius
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