Plan to Bring Factories to San Antonio by Land and Housing
J F Carter urges San Antonio to copy Oklahoma City Evansville and Fort Smith campaigns that buy a tract of land to house factories and workers. Build homes, sell lots to cover costs, and sell only enough lots to locate plants, boosting lot values and city wealth. He cites Detroit Jacksonville and Los Angeles as models and warns private schemes undercut gains.
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Jackonville
Los Angeles
Los Ageles
Tony
Detroit
Daytonia
Fla
Dayonia
San Antonio
Brn Newndustries
Oklahoma City
Evansville
Ind
Fort Smith
Real Este
Antonio
Easy to Squelch and Sidelined Arguments in Wyoming
Mrs. Susan Wissler, new mayor of ayton Wyoming, suppresses an anti suffrage argument with a quip about the weakness of such claims. The Washington Star cites a crude sexist remark and a joke on women’s supposed inferiority. The report notes wages in Japan rising over 50 percent in ten years while the cost of minorities climbs about 88 percent.
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Susan Wissler
Ayton
Wyo
Washgton
Japan
Heir to Astor Fortune to Live on 9.13 a Day
Surrogate Fowler approves a $100,000 provision from the Titanic widow Elaine Force for the infant heir of John Jacob Astor to be raised for three years. The child, heir to roughly $3 million, faces a modest annual budget under the settlement.
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John Jacob Astor
John Jacob
Fowler
Eline Force
Feeding Prisoners and the Poor in Bexar County
A Texas county report details 50 cent daily per inmate meals in the jail and at the poor farm, with Tobin and Chadwick using wholesale buys and competitive bidding to trim costs. The system includes a traveling convict kitchen, seasonal menus, and strict oversight to ensure value and health.
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John W. Tobin
Bexar County
Joe Chadwick
Association of County Sheriffs
State of
Texas
Tobin
Chadwick
Phil Shook Early
Shook
Frank Sommers
Sommers
Sir William Ramsey Calls America a Land of Promise
England's top science authority Sir William Ramsey praises America while urging youths to study chemistry. He says the United States lacks great roads spanning coast to coast, a key missing factor in national development.
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Sir William Ramsey
England
America
Sir William
United States
Hundred club aims to restore old French cookery
Paris November 16 article describes a group called the Hundred club of automobilists who have toured 16,000 miles each and boycott hotels lacking authentic kitchen and solid wines. They promote simple, well cooked meals and oppose cosmopolitan hotel menus, drawing letters of support and some pushback from foreign-run establishments. The club pledges to star the rural inns with praise and plans a pilgrimage to Gyfor, the so far unmapped village, for a meeting of its leadership.
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Paris
France
International Hotel
Hundred Club
M. Forest
Baedeker
Riz de Veau
Cold Bath Ordered for Lazy Theo Peyton by Judge
Theodore Peyton was placed on probation in juvenile court. Judge De Lacy ordered a daily cold bath to wake him, citing chronic laziness and morning drowsiness reported by his father. The passage notes Swiss railways receipts for 1911 at just over $15,000,000.
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Washington
Theodore Peyton
de Lacy
Theodore
Swiss Federal Railways
Nurse Wins Medal At St Bartholomews For Nursing Skill
Miss Helen Thompson Baines aged twenty five wins the gold medal for top nurse in a St Bartholomew's examination awarded by the clothworkers' company. She completed three years training and excelled in tray preparation, nursing papers, operating theater work, staff examination, and patient care advisements.
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London
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Helen Thompson Baines
Sanchez seeks aid in injunction case
Sheriff Amador Sanchez of Webb County met with the governor in Austin to discuss the injunction proceedings filed in Judge Seeligson's court in San Antonio against the county judge and others. The talks aimed to secure government aid amid the legal action.
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Webb County
Sanchez
Taft
Austin
Tex
Amador Sanchez
Seeligson
San Antonio
Segregation Bill Debated in St. Louis House of Delegates
A race segregation bill is before the St. Louis House of Delegates. It would divide blocks into white and Negro areas and allow whites to move into white blocks while restricting Negro movement. The bill covers Negro property in white neighborhoods and would apply to churches. unrest near a Negro home prompted guard action to avert further damage.
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ST. Louis
House of Delegates
Tribal Displeasure Halts Amusement Devices Plan
Attempts to bring merry go rounds and other amusements to the area failed as the na showed no interest in the new offerings while preferring traditional tribal dances.
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J. F. Carter
Chamber of Commerce
Madeline Force Astor
Ss. Ebara
House of Commons
House of Peers
Clarice
AN Fernand
Alamo Plaza
J. H. Kirkpatrick CO
Navarro ST. Our
Alil
Club of Automobilists
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