Delegation to Civic Convention Among Chamber Plans
Delegation from the Chamber of Commerce is to consider sending delegates to the American Civic Association convention. John Boston will preside over planning sessions with focus on national capital and state capitals. J Horace McFarland will discuss national and state fairs and Niagara Falls power-company issues. A federal national parks bureau progress will be reported.
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American Association
of Directors
John
Boston
Ociation
Chamber of Commerce
J. Horace McFarland
Harrisburg
American Civic Association
Niagara Falls
Federal Bureau of National Parks
injunction granted in Tamalina Milling vs Alamo Milling case
Judge T S Maxey of the federal court in Austin issued an injunction against Alamo Milling company restraining any use of the nix tamal trade mark by the San Antonio firms. The ruling followed a Saturday hearing in Maxey's courtroom. A second paragraph promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for various ailments.
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Maxey Grant
Austin
Tex
T. S. Maxey
Federal
Tamalina Milling Company
Alamo Milling Company
San Antonio
Maxey
War parallels ancient Greece versus Persia drawn by UT speaker
Prof W S Battle of the University of Texas told a Trav is club audience that the current Balkan conflict mirrors the Greece versus Persia struggle. He argued the east versus west clash defines the war and that the crescent must fly before the cross. His Athens-in-Pericles era lecture used lantern slides to illustrate classical art and architecture, followed by a society banquet.
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Balkans
Greece
Persia
W.S. Battle
University of Texas
Scientific Society
Travis Club
Europe
Asia
Battle
Athens
Pericles
Phidias
W. F. McCaleb
Society
Clean sweep named for Looney's attorney general staff
Austin reports Attorney General-Elect Ben F Looney will appoint a sweeping new team. First assistant M Cureton, noted legislator and bank guaranty law author, also ran for congress. Luther Nickels from Hill County and other assistants Clyde Sweeton G E Smedley Wood Lang Keeling are named.
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Austin
Tex
Greenville
Ben F. Looney
State Insurance Board
Luther Nickels
Hill County
University of Texas
Judge Looney
Clyde Sweeton
Hopkins County
G. E. Smedley
Midland
William H. Woodlang
W. A. Keeling
Limestone
County officials ready for new court with full six year record
The incoming Bexar county commissioners will review a detailed report by Judge Phil Shook and current commissioners on eight years of county work. The package includes a complete road contour map, a financial ledger, jail rebuilt at over 60000 dollars, a new poorhouse site, a modern smallpox detention camp, and multiple road improvements funded from current revenues without bonds.
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County Commissioners Court
James R. Davis
J. K. Lamm
Charles X. Gutzeit
Jacob Klaus
Henry Meyer
Phil Shook
Frank Sommers
Dave Meyer
Judge Shook
Bexar County
Commissioners Court
Medina
Pleasanton Road
Southton Road
Sommers and
Meyers
Robert Green
Charles K. Crawford
Paul Steffler
A Rousing Appetite And Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
A promotional fragment extols eating as life’s joy and recommends Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a reliable cure for indigestion. It urges keeping a 50¢ box at home and cites holiday excess as occasions for use to ensure digestion and mood stability.
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Stuart
Postmaster Campbell on Trial in Chicago
The trial of Postmaster Daniel A. Campbell began today before the federal civil service commission on charges he encouraged office staff to engage in politics. He is accused of distributing money via an agent at a fourteenth ward negro republican club meeting before the presidential election for use by ward and precinct workers at polls.
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Chicago
Daniel A. Campbell
Federal Civil Service Commission
Former Banker Fitzgerald On Trial For Sub-Treasury theft
George W. Fitzgerald, indicted for stealing 173000 dollars from the United States sub-treasury in Chicago over five years ago, was to be tried today. A former teller, he faced largely circumstantial evidence. Over 100 subpoenas, many directed at bankers and bank officers, reportedly issued in the case.
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Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
Sub-Treasury
Fitzgerald
San Antonio Club Organized at Southwestern University
Georgetown Tex Nov 11 The San Antonio club of Southwestern University has been formed by all students from San Antonio. Blue and white were chosen as the club colors. The purpose is to foster friendship among San Antonio students and to advertise that the city is well represented at Southwestern.
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San Antonio
Georgetown
Tex
Southwestern University
Alamo City
Southwestern
City Attorneys Meet to Expand Texas Association
Houston reports President Collins of Dallas convened the City Attorney's association of Texas at city hall to broaden its activity across the state. Attendance was good and many issues were discussed to extend the body's usefulness. Dallas hosts the American Society for Municipal Improvement convention with topics on garbage disposal parks and municipal finance.
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Houston
Tex
Collins
Dallas
City Attorney's Association of Texas
American Society For Municipal Improvement
Women Escape From Jail In Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas reports two women Annie Morris and Linnie Williams dug their way out of the county jail last night marking the third escape in two days. The sequence began with Tom Tate a convicted murderer who reportedly slid free from the death cell Saturday night.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Annie Morris
Linnie Williams
Tom Tate
Oil Mill Has Good Season in Flatonia
Flatonia Texas November 11 The oil mill here has closed after one of the best runs in its history. A Collman plumber 416 Main Ave.
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Flatonia
Tex
Cowboys Turn to Film Work Deserts Ranches Go Hollywood
Texan cowboys head east to ride in western pictures drawn by salaries of 25 to 40 dollars a week. Veterans warn the boom will fade but expect to return to rugged plains work at their former weekly pay.
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Plains
Bronx
Central Park
Texas
Women to Build Church at Catholic University
Catholic women of the United States organize to fund and control the construction of a new church at the Catholic university. Monsignor Thomas J. Shahan will name the treasurer. Women will supply the funds and have a voice on the building style, aiming for completion within a year. Dr J R Cunningham OSTEOpath notes.
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Washington
United States
Catholic University
Thomas J. Shahan
Alfalfa Leading Crop Report From Toyah Texas
Judge William Blakeslee, former pardons board member, reports from Toyah Reeves County that alfalfa is the leading crop. He notes farmers are making as much as 100 dollars per acre growing alfalfa, underscoring its prominence in the region.
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Austin
Tex
William Blakeslee
Board of Pardons
Toyah
Reeves County
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