Pryor to Seek Aid in Fight Over Texas Live Stock Rates
Col Ike T Pryor of San Antonio heads to Chicago to rally the National Live Stock Shippers Protective Association and bolster the Texas Shippers Protective League against proposed higher interstate railroad rates for cattle. The move follows the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling tying Texas rates to Louisiana levels and a suspended higher tariff slated to run March 1. Police report a quiet 24 hours with two speeding arrests and one peace disturbance arrest. one prisoner in the police court bull pen.
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Texas Livestock Shippers
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Commission
Ike T. Pryor
San Antonio
Chicago
National
Live Stock Shippers’ Protective Association
Colonel Pryor
Texas Shippers’ Protective League
Texas
Shreveport
Louisiana
Texas Railroad Commission
8. W. Cowan
Texas Cattle Shippers
Bacon
Ezzeli
Arnold
Election Day Quiet in San Antonio Reports Low Arrests
Election day and night in San Antonio were record-breaking for peace and order with only four arrests during the 24 hours from 7 am Monday to 7 am Tuesday, according to police reports. The record continued to hold from 7 am Tuesday to noon.
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San Antonio
Two Thieves Rob San Antonio Homes and Saloon
While the city watched election returns, two thieves raided Vic toriano Posnia at 109 North Leona street stealing a diamond ring valued $125 another ring worth $100 and a third $50 plus a $25 watch and a pistol. The other thief hit Charles Bellingers saloon on East Commerce street taking several boxes of cigars and a quantity of beer and whiskey. The thefts were found Wednesday morning and reported to police.
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San Antonio
Victoriano Posnia
North Leona Street
Charles Bellinger
East Commerce Street
Martin elected in Fredericksburg district race
Thomas J. Martin a Democratic candidate for the Legislature in the district appears to have defeated his Republican rival. Early returns show Gillespie and Kendall counties favoring McFarland, while Llano and Blanco lean to Martin, potentially giving him a narrow victory.
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Thomas J. Martin
Fredericksburg
Martin
McFarland
Gillespie County
Kendall County
Llano County
Blanco County
Mr. Martin
Comprehensive Remedy For Colds Digestion And Strength
A concise home remedy describes a single treatment recipe to ease colds coughs and nasal catarrh while aiding digestion and boosting appetite. It also claims to restore strength after illness lift mood and relieve nervousness with a unified tonic approach.
Light Makes Record Giving Election News
San Antonio crowds on Travis street watched a wall of bulletins as the Light set a record for rapid election news. Wilson supporters clashed with Hughes backers amid a large turnout including many women. Local race results and national returns were posted through the night with naval and army stations relaying updates to ships and camps.
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Travis Street
Associated Press
Wilson
Hughes
San Antonio
Mr. Hughes
James K. Davis
S. Engelking
Bexar County
New York
J. E. Glover Jr
Election News to Army Bring Presidential Returns to Troops
General Funston arranged for AP election results to reach troops in San Antonio and border posts by installing an AP operator at Fort Sam Houston. Updates flashed on Camp Wilson screens, read in the Officers' Club, and telephoned to Leon Springs as wireless messages along the border relayed results to ships and stations.
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Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Point Isabel
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Associated Press
Army
Camp Wilson
General Funston
Army Y. M. C. A
Brownsville
Ringgold
McAllen
Harlingen
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Funston
San Antonio
Leon Springs
Texas engineers convene in San Antonio year convention
The fourteenth annual Texas branch NA Stationary Engineers convention guides held November 9 to 11 at the St. Anthony Hotel San Antonio. Sessions include welcomes, business meetings, papers, and social events plus tours to Fort Sam Houston Brackenridge Park Lone Star brewery and a Majestic theater party.
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Texas
National Association of Stationary Engineers
San Antonio
St. Anthony
T. T. Jackson
South Loop
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
Brackenridge Park
Lone Star Brewery
Majestic
City Brewery
State Association
D. E. Claypoole
Fort Worth
W. D. Orr
L. H. Sargent
Fred Fletcher
W. H. Braunig
L. A. Brandt
E. Hesse
C. E. Shaw
L. O. Thanheiser
George H. Cushman
M. Berry
R. A. Hancock
R. J. Holmgreen
F. Foutrell
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Claims
Advert mentions tonic and laxative effects of Laxative Bromo Quinine suitable for anyone without nervousness or head ringing. Mentions only one "Bromo Quinine" and shows FE. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. Price 25 cents.
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FE. W. Grove
Plans to make Catalina the Bar Harbor of Southern California
The Los Angeles Express reports a $1,000,000 trust deed secured by most of the Banning Company land on Catalina Island and Avalon. Officials say the plan will create the Pacific coast’s most exclusive resort with lavish hotels and apartments.
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Catalina Island
Bar Harbor
California
Los Angeles Expresss
Banning Company
Avalon
Banning
Pacific Coast of America
Fair to Both Sides MacPherson the Coal Merchant
A Scotsman and coal merchant Phairson MacPherson proclaims his honest pricing while explaining two shillings a ton discounts for friends and two hundredweight off for a friend a sly bargain in a local tale of love and trust.
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Phairson MacPherson
Atlanta Journal
Train collision near meager tracks unsettles drummer
On a single track line in the middle west a chatty jewelry drummer rode a train that halted for water. The following express collided with the rear coach. the drummer was knocked forward, hat jammed over his ears, but escaped with no broken bones and quipped that they hadn’t been beaten.
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Middle West
Newark
History From the Nursery
A teacher probes history recall with Miss Smith asking who followed Mary Queen of Scots. Elsie, the star pupil, finally answers Heriittle lamb, teacher, revealing humorous confusion among the class about sequence in history.
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Elsie
Mary
Return of War Cotton Taxes Urged by Confederacy Group
Mrs. Cordelia Powell Odenheimer reports at the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention in Dallas urging congress to act on returning about 68 million dollars from 1862 to 1868 cotton taxes to southern states or heirs. She notes limited Senate prospects but calls for persistent coalition action with veterans and their families. A bill by Senator Martin would rebinding an archive volume listing 27 000 Confederate soldiers who died in prison.
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Dallas
Tex
Cordelia Powell Onderheimer
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New Orleans
Sim
Martin
War Department
Tilden Richest Nominee
Both political parties, says Girard in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, habitually choose comparatively poor men for president. In this generation there has not been a rich presidential candidate, at least not by the American standard. Roosevelt is the richest Republican who was ever president or nominee for the White House. Wilson, Taft, McKinley, Cleveland, Harrison, Garfield, Grant, Arthur, Hayes, Johnson and Lincoln were not rich.
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Girard
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Roosevelt
White House
Wilson
Taft
McKinley
Cleveland
Harrison
Garfield
Grant
Arthur
Hayes
Johnson
Lincoln
Wealthy presidential candidates in 19th century politics
The passage notes Samuel J. Tilden as an exception among candidates like Bryan Blaine and Hancock, highlighting Tilden as a multimillionaire and the wealthiest nominee since before the Civil War. It emphasizes his status as the richest man who ever ran for president with any realistic chance.
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Bryan
Blaine
Hancock
Samuel J. Tilden
Washington
Wealth of Tilden Surpasses Local Rival in Quiet Contrast
A fragment notes that while his day brought some wealth, it was far less than that possessed by Tilden, highlighting a notable disparity in fortune between the two figures.
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Tilden
Expert Diagnosis in a Medical Quip
The physician declares the boy is ill from eating too much watermelon in a brief exam. A parent protests the notion, insisting the child cannot have too much water melon and uses dialect to express the idea.
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Dome Journal
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