Adams banker's journey to Little Rock follows lookalike widow
In a Boston Transcript excerpt a Pittsfield Mass banker named Adams, eighty four years old, travels toward Little Rock with his wife after discovering a striking resemblance between Miss Catherine Edwards Baldwin and his late wife. The tale notes Adams’s past in Worthington Mass and a bank he started there before marrying the elder Baldwin sister.
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Missatherine Edwards Baldwin
Howard Dams
Little Rock
Ark
Pittsfield
Mass
Dispatch
Miss Baldwin
Adams
Worthington
San Antonio Day Sets Attendance and Traffic Records
San Antonio Day drew about 21 000 attendees at the fair with 18 000 paying at gates and 3 000 on passes. Street car traffic reached historic highs with an estimated 25 000 riders to the fairgrounds and total fares around 125 000 across all city lines. Exact totals pending late evening figures from the International Fair association.
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International Fair Association
San Antonio
Traction Company
The
Traction Company Deploys 154 Cars for Record Day
Eight men checked registers and transfers as 154 street cars ran to handle unprecedented crowds at the fair. Ty Down says attendance rose 25 percent over San Antonio day last year. Mr Brown and General Manager Tuttle assisted dispatchers and inspectors amid three derailments from mud. One axle broke, but wreckers restored service within thirty minutes.
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Mr.Brown
Tuttle
Fair Grounds
South Presa Street
Gatekeeper Jud Fry Reflects On Dallas International Fair
Jud G. Fry of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad and his wife visited the Dallas fair grounds. He recalls the first fair about 23 years ago and notes the board of directors including B F Yoakum Col H B Andrews A C Schryver and A J Fry. A heavy rain greeted opening day but he says the fair grows bigger each year.
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Jud G. Fry
Southwestern
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Dallas
Awards in Goat Department Highlight Local Exhibits
Awards in the goat department list prizes for several classes led by E L Witte & Sons of Mantel Texas and Mrs M Armer of Kingston New Mexico. Recognitions include buck age groups doe kid and flock categories with first and second placements and sweepstakes awards. The awarding committee comprised Aubrey Gist B H Barnett and G C Barwood.
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Buck
E. L. Witte & Sons
Mantel
Tex
M. Armer
Kingston
N. M
Lt. Witte & Sons
Buck Kid
E. L Witte & Sons
W. H. Skaggs
Junction
Doe
EB. L. Witte & Sons
B. L. Witte & Sons
BE. L. Witte & Sons
Aubrey Gist
B. H. Barnett
G. C. Barwood
Interesting Exhibits At Bonn Avon School
Handcrafted silver and gold items including rings watch fobs and flatware showcase the Bonn Avon school’s arts and crafts program. Instructors Miss Alix Bettison and Miss Jane Chauvin, New Orleans alumnae, introduced courses in life drawing leaded glass beaten metals leatherwork and general art studies.
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Alix Bettison
Jane Chauvin
Bonn Avon School
San Antonio
Newcomb Art School
New Orleans
Maccabees Day Social at the Fair Grounds
The Maccabees Rest bungalow at the fair grounds hosts a planned social entertainment tomorrow designated as Maccabees day. Local ladies of the order prepared the event for community enjoyment.
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Fair Grounds
Fairy yesterday program features music and recitations
The event will draw guests from across the state with a large program including music and readings. Hazel Taylor Mary Manning Stella Cappuyns Kitty Adams and Mrs. Harry Leap are listed among participants. pickpocket incidents at the fair include Modesto Torres losing a $26 pocketbook and a purse snatching at the race track. A fair visitor was arrested on a charge involving a pistol. no arrests reported yet for the pocket thefts.
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Hazel Taylor
Mary Manning
Stella Cappuyns
Kitty Adams
Harry Leap
Modesto Torres
Carine
International Cattlemen Report Meeting Tonight at Chamber
The International Cattlemen's association meets at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium tonight. A. W. Hartman will report on mutual-benefit measures for beef producers and consumers. Members include General Trevino of Monterrey and Juan Castillion. Jake Wolff will welcome, G. H. Hodge replies. Attendance expected large.
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International Cattlemen's Association
Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Hartman
Cattlemen's Association of Texas
Hartman
Mexico
General Trevino
Monterey
Juan Castillion
Jake Wolff
G. H. Hodge
Houston
Women Build Walk on Muddy Pecan Street
Two residents, Mrs Elizabeth Clark and Mrs Wilson, funded and supervised a sidewalk from the bridge to St Marys Street on Pecan Street after a heavy rain made the route impassable. They spent 15 dollars on materials and created safe pedestrian passage where it was lacking.
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Pecan Street
St. Mary’s Street
Elizabeth Clark
Wilson
Charity baseball game eyed as feature of annual meeting
A.N. Farrell of the National Association of Professional Baseball says an East versus West charity game will highlight the annual meeting in San Antonio on November 18. Cities in the South have requested the event be part of a series with Gulf cities, and proceeds may go to charity.
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Associated Press
Auburn
Tary Farrell
National Aation of Professional Baseball Leaguer
San Antonio
Texas
Gulf
Scholz Restaurant Proprietor Confined by Injury
Albert Seffel proprietor of the Scholz restaurant on Losoya street is confined to bed after a broken line cap suffered when he slipped and fell Wednesday afternoon at his home. He will be unable to get about for several weeks.
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Albert Seffel
Scholz
Losoya Street
Mr. Seffel
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Shiary Gale
Acuke
Dalkowitz Bros.co
West Commerce
North Flores Sts
Bonn
Avon
Choe Bocker
San Angro
Knicker
Frank Bros
Alamo Plaza
International Association
Danforth
Travis Club
Colquitt
James L. Slayden
Callaghan
St. Anthony
Birmingham Age-Herald
Rhode Island
Ed C. Jungkind
Crawford
Crabshaw
South
Seffel
Court House
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