Deported Twice Figure Fitzpatrick Seeks U S Entry
Fran Fitzpatrick an Irish national with a troubled history is again facing deportation after immigration inspectors found him as a stowaway aboard the British steamer Cestrian and referred him to a board of inquiry in New Orleans. Previously he gained notoriety for attacking the British embassy in Washington and was released from asylum before being deported.
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New Orleans
Fran Fitzpatrick
Cestrian
Fitzpatrick
Washington
Tme
Best Bowel Cleanser Cascarets Ad
Riots of old style copy promote Cascarets as a nightly laxative for biliousness headache and indigestion. The ad touts a 10 cent box from druggists and claims cleansed bowels stomach and liver while you sleep with benefits for adults and children alike.
Debating Night At Athens Club Ends In Favor Of Negative
Athens Debating club held a session on a resolution mocking Roosevelt as a politician. The negative side won with F Gray and W Welton opposing E Gray and R Schussler. Q Torres spoke on The Fortification of the Panama Canal. A Demosthenes Society debate on US interference with Mexican Rebels is planned for month end.
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Theodore Rosevelt
Athens Debating Club
F. Gray
W. Welton
E. Gray
R. Schussler
Panama Canal
Q. Torres
Demosthenes Debating Society
United States
Conference plan for Sun day school leaders at YMCA
The executive committee of the older Christian boys conference and Sun day school leaders will meet and lunch at 12 15 Thursday at the YMCA. They expect to finalize arrangements for the conference and announce speakers, with the publicity committee stirring interest so every Sunday school in the city may be represented.
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Christian Boys’ Conference
Three Charged With Murder in Texas-Oklahoma Clash
Sheriff Lee McAfee returned from Madill Oklahoma with Jack Hunt Charley Lynch and C Lynch charged with murder of a young man named Ward. The killing occurred in the north part of the county with the victim on the Texas side of Red River and the defendants on the Oklahoma side. All are farmers.
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Sherman
Tex
Lee McAfee
Madill
Okla
Jack Hunt
Charley Lynch
C. Lynch
Ward
Texas
Red River
Oklahoma
Women’s Club urges early Christmas shopping in San Antonio
The San Antonio Woman’s club launches a city and possible state wide drive to finish Christmas shopping before December 20 to ease store congestion and preserve the season’s spirit. Led by Mrs. Leroy Bates, the plan seeks support from local federations and aims to grow into a National Consumers’ league movement.
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Woman's Club
National Consumers’ League
Leroy 8. Bates
Bates
Woman's Club of
San Antonio
City Federation
Mothers’ Congress
Fort Worth
A. W. Houston
Rufus Lewis
Solon Stewart
Jean Gordon
League
American not played by one in Quaker Girl, Morley says
Victor Morley, leading man in the Grand production of Quaker Girl, states that the role of Tony the American has never been played by an American. He notes Cohan originated the part as Irish, then a Scotchman, now an Englishman portrays it. He adds American actors often lack blend for the character.
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Tony
Victor Morley
Cohan
Cure for disfiguring skin ailment cited by Baltimore resident
Edward V. Thomas of 3107 Foster Ave Baltimore describes five months of blistering sores that spread from his face to his neck and back. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment for restoring his skin after trying home remedies and a salve.
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Foster Ave
Baltimore
Edward V. Thomas
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Bicycle stolen and recovered twice at downtown pawnshop
L Racussin reports a bicycle repeatedly stolen and recovered in front of his 607 East Commerce Street shop. C E Haynes, jailed on theft charges, was identified by Racussin and a rival shop keeper after attempting to pawn the bike. One bystander warned Haynes to sell the bike while he could.
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L. Racussin
Commerce Street
C. E. Haynes
Racussin
Krause and
Hanes
Haynes
Justice Fisk
Elgin business district to gain modern brick building
In Elgin Texas on November 14 the first business houses are being torn down to make way for a modern brick block. Only one old frame business house remains in the once thriving business section.
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Elgin
Tex
Pyramid Pile Remedy Offers Free Trial For Piles
Advert says Pyramid Pile Remedy cures piles without operation. Send name and address for a free mail sample, then purchase a 50 cent box at drug stores. Claims reduce inflammation congestion irritation itching sores and ulcers and the piles disappear.
Pyramid Drug Coupon Offer Seeks Sender in Marshall
A consumer promo asks readers to mail a filled coupon with name and address to Pyramid Drug Co at 406 Pyramid Building, Marshall Michigan, promising a free trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy sent by mail in plain wrapper. The ad requests Name Street City State.
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Pyramid Drug CO
Pyramid Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Taft Sets Panama Canal Toll Rates With Self-Sustain Plan
President Taft issued a proclamation fixing foreign vessel tolls for Panama canal passage. Rates include $1.20 per net ton for merchant vessels and 40 percent off for ballast ships. naval and army transports priced at $0.50 or $1.20 per net ton under rules. Expert Johnson predicts canal self-sufficiency in twenty years and competition with Suez, with tonnage growth projected to 14 million tons by 1925.
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Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Congress
Secretary of War
Great Britain
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Suez Canal
Emery R. Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
Suez
Europe
New Zealand
Far East
Johnson
United States
Vacancies Filled at Government Hill Epworth League Meeting
Government Hill Epworth League held a large meeting in the Baraca rooms of Government Hill Methodist church. Miss Ida F. Guest resigned as secretary and Willard L. Boone was elected to the unexpired term. Eight new members were elected and to be received Sunday night. A short devotional address followed by remarks from Rev. J. W. Shoemaker and a social hour. A debate on women suffrage failed to reach a decision. A musical program was presented. Lee Simmons, wounded in an assassination attempt, took the oath as sheriff of Grayson County in bed. Deputies now run the office.
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Government Hill
W. W. Douglass
J. W. Shoemaker
Government Hill Methodist Church
Labor Legislation to be Submitted in 33rd Texas Session
Austin will see at least ten labor measures submitted for the Thirty-third Legislature. The State Federation of Labor joint board will operate from Austin, backing reform in initiative and recall, convict-made goods labeling, and employer compensation. Other proposals include updates to safety rules for railroad workers and changes to the mechanic and masonry inspection laws. In El Paso jurors will pay their own meals during jury service, ending twenty years of county sponsorship.
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Austin
Tex
T. C. Jennings
Beaumont
Joint Labor Legislative Board
State Federation of Labor
Starling
Jennings
Texas
Carpenters’ Union
Masons and Bricklayers
Office of State Inspector of Masonry
EL Paso
el Paso County
Plans New Addition in San Antonio Purchase
William J. Allen bought 32 acres on the Tobin Hill car line from Rudolph Krisch and William Layer for 28000 through Richey & Casey. He plans immediate street and concrete sidewalk construction and aims to place the land on the market, part of Layer’s longtime property with irrigated garden.
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San Antonio
William J. Allen
Tobin Hill
Rudolph Krisch
William Layer
Richey & Casey
Mr. Allen
Layer
San Antonio Ri
Navy to Commission Three New Battleships This Year
Washington November 14 reports that Congress appropriated funds for three battleships last year and the Navy Department expects to complete commissioning three great ships in the current year.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Navy Department
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