Sayre Divorces Legislation Belief Stated Before Wedding
Francis B. Sayre resigns from the New York district attorney’s office hours before his November 25 marriage to Miss Jessie Wilson. He plans to move to Washington and pursue social problems as secretary to the president of Williams College. He argues strict divorce laws still leave suffering and cites unequal treatment for rich and poor.
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New York
Francis B. Sayre
Jessie Wilson
District Attorney's Office
Washington
Williams College
Sayre
Governor Colquitt Tours Texas For Openings
Governor Colquitt travels from Austin to El Campo to open the local fair and then to Cuero for the Turkey Trot opening ceremonies. He will lead a turkey parade with more than 15,000 birds, joined by Adjutant General Hutchings and Colonel E R York.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
el Campo
Cuero
Hutchings
E. R. York
Hunters Report Plentiful Game Across County
Halletsville Texas November 17 reports say the hunting season has many parties out daily. Deer and turkeys are plentiful in the lower county while quail hunters have little success this season.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Mission Work Along Yukon Faces Whites and Indians
Archdeacon Stuck urges protection of Yukon natives in Alaska noting the harm of white miners. He calls for stronger laws, a hospital, and missions to build healthy Indian communities while denouncing debauchery and liquor traffic harming native populations.
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Alaska
Archdeacon Stuck
Yukon
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Fairbanks
Robert Service
Washington
Territory
Burke
Living cost conference to target New York food prices
Governor Glynn leads a conference with railroad executives and economists to craft a program to cut food costs in New York. The session draws on insights from American commission members who studied European food supply and will inform President Wilson and Congress. Thaddeus A. Thompson leaves Colombia for New York due to Mrs. Thompson illness. Leland Harrison acts as charge d affaires and continues Panama partition dispute talks.
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New York
Martin H. Glynn
New York State
Glynn
American Commission
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Europe
Wilson
Congress
U. S
Bogota
Colombia
Thaddeus A. Thompson
United States
Barraquail
Vinci tonic touted as strength builder for old people
An advertisement praises Vinci cod liver and iron tonic as a cure for weakness and waning energy in seniors. A Boston lawyer cites his 76 year old mother gaining strength and endurance. The ad offers a money back guarantee and mentions Saxo Salve for eczema.
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Vinci
Boston
A. M. Fischer
San Antonio
Texas
P. S
Cause Given for Boer Explosion
The boiler explosion on the Southern Pacific passenger engine at Kirby last Saturday night injured three men. A board of inquiry reports the cause as low water and excessive steam pressure. A chemical analysis of the water will check for ingredients that may have affected the water gauge. The board includes experienced boiler and engine experts from the SP and related firms. Fireman R C Ware has left the Santa Rosa Infirmary. Engineer J M Broderick and Road master N B Rawlings remain hospitalized but are expected to recover pending no complications.
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Southern Pacific
Kirby
Board of Inquiry
G. S. McKee
Sap
F. L. Carson
T. L. Miller
Miller Boiler Works
San Antonio
H. E. Hildreth
San Antonio Machine and Supply Company
F. A. Walsh
Crucible Steel Company
Houston
R. C. Watkins
J. T. Conner
R. Lipscomb
H. Helman
R. C. Ware
Santa Rosa Infirmary
J. M. Broderick
N. B. Rawlings
House Members Seek Assurance Over Roll Call Adequacy
In Washington on November 17 members faced anxiety over daily roll calls during the closing days of the long extra session. Acting Majority Leader Johnson of Kentucky said Minority Leader Mann promised to drop the insistence on daily adjournment roll calls. Democrats had blocked recesses and routine business, prompting Mr Mann to assert the records showed they were not on the job. Absent members wrote to the majority leader seeking explanation for the scrutiny on their absence.
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Washington, D. C
House
Johnson
Kentucky
Mann
New Haven Women Seek Clemency For Wakefield Hanging
The New Haven Women’s Political Union urged President Wilson to intervene to spare Mrs Jessie J Wakefield from execution for the murder of her husband. A mass meeting will protest the planned hanging, with more meetings planned statewide. If carried out, she would be the first woman hanged in Connecticut since colonial days. The Idaho forest fires of 1910 left lands now regrown with young seedlings.
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New Haven
Conn
Fair
San Antonio Automobile Club Luncheon Set
The San Antonio Automobile Club will hold its weekly luncheon at 12 30 tomorrow in the Gun ter Hotel private dining room. Dr W A Hering, club president and chief promoter of the meet, will preside and guest racing drivers and managers are invited to discuss the forthcoming races. Harry W Seele and J H Neber gall of New Braunfels visited the Southern Motor Car Company sales rooms with Velie touring cars.
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San Antonio Automobile Club
Gunter Hotel
W. A. Hering
Harry W. Seele
J. H. Nebergall
New Braunfels
Southern Motor Car Company
Velie
Local Paige Dealers Meet Chief Executives in Bedell Building
About twenty Paige dealers from the surrounding territory attended a morning meeting in the Bedell building offices with H. M. Jewett president of Paige-Detroit and Henry Krohn. Jewett outlined industry outlook and southwest expansion while Krohn praised sales growth. The group then dined at the Travis Club. Velie agents report sales of Velie Six-50 to R H Krause of New Braunfels and Velie Four-45 to Frank C Bell of Cuero with a shipment en route. A Birdsong demonstration covered a Six-30 Franklin at 14.52 mpg on 75.5 miles. A Velie three-ton truck from Rock Springs Mercantile carried 6000 pounds on a 180-mile trip. The Birdsong firm also notes a Franklin Six-30 order from Dr. W C Farmer in Rochester. Ford Sales Co received a carload of Ford touring cars today.
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H. M. Jewett
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
Detroit
Henry Krohn
G. A. C. Halff
Bedell
Mr. Jewett
Southwest
Paige Company
Jewett
Alex Parrigin
Velie Auto Sales Company
Southern Motor Car Company
R. H. Krause
New Braunfels
Frank C. Bell
Cuero
L. F. Birdsong
Birdsong & Potchernick
Franklin
Birdsong
Rock Springs
W. C. Farmer
Rochester
Minn
San Antonio
Chicago
Sulzer Plans Six Week Western Tour Against Tammany
William Sulzer former New York governor and future legislator will tour western cities for six weeks to denounce Tammany Hall. He will discuss the "Treason of Tammany" and extend his campaign as far west as Pacific coast cities.
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Sulzer
New York
William Sulzer
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Pacific Coast
Madonna in History and Art Lecture by Rev Handley
Rev John Handley of Austin presents an illustrated lecture titled The Madonna in History and Art on Saturday at 3 30 p m and 8 30 p m in St Marys Auditorium under Queen's Daughters auspices Adults 50 cents children 25 cents Adv
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John Handley
Austin
St. Mary’s Auditorium
Queen's Daughters
El Paso Man Dies After Gasoline Blast
D W Burton aged 30 died early today from injuries after a gasoline explosion blew him through the brick wall of his automobile paint shop in El Paso Texas. The building was wrecked.
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EL Paso
Tex
D. W. Burton
You are entitled to the best. You won’t get it unless you ask
An advertisement urges readers to demand top quality service from a plumber named Collman, listing a phone contact and promoting superior results. The brief ad uses catchphrase language to entice inquiries.
Ship Wyoming Believed Lost in Lake Huron Gale
A steamer Wyoming and a barge with 23 crew are believed lost after a gale on Lake Huron. The Wyoming was thought to be near Saginaw Bay when the storm struck.
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Port Huron
Mich
Wyoming
Lake Huron
Saginaw E Bay
Senator Bristow Describes A and A Washington Lobby Loss
The Washington Herald records Senator Bristow comparing the failed A and A Washington lobby to a shipwreck endured with cheerfulness. He likens it to an Ohio farmer in spring floods, who, while his family rides a dilapidated skiff, asks for relief with humor and longing for wings.
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Senator Bristow
A&a
Washington
Ohio
Chicago's oldest woman dies in Montclare home
Chicago's oldest resident Mrs. Harriet E. Sayre, 94, died at her Montclare home after arriving in the city 72 years ago with her parents in an ox wagon. She witnessed Chicago's rise from a tented village to a modern metropolis and donated Sayre Park to the city. In 1912 British Columbia produced 563000 tons of coal.
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Chicago
Harriet E. Sayre
Montclare
Sayre
Sayre Park
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