Saloons Must Take Out New Bonds At Once
County Judge James R. Davis says every saloon man in Bexar county must file a new liquor bond immediately due to the 9 30 civil closing statute. Comptroller Lane’s department confirms the nationwide change, with 4000 Texas saloons affected and bond costs around 20 000 dollars.
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Attorney General's Department
James R. Davis
Bexar County
Davis
Austin
Comptroller's Department
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Lane
Keeling
New Texas Laws Take Effect Midnight
Nine new statutes became effective at midnight including a nine thirty closing law a blue sky act and measures impacting building and loan associations sea walls and breakwaters land tax sales and mineral prospecting the wording notes various authorizations and prohibitions across state agencies counties and institutions including education and water rights in Guadalupe river DeWitt county and El Paso county special district court creation and other regulatory changes
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Austin
Tex
Guadalupe River
DeWitt County
el Paso County
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
San Antonio and nearby area expect unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with possible showers. temperatures easing overnight and remaining cool. Continuous monitoring advised for outdoor plans and travel impacts in the region.
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San Antonio
Weather forecast for tourists by city
Observations at 8 am report temperatures in St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington with winds from various directions and chances of rain. Cooler conditions are noted in most cities with the lowest readings listed per location.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Governor Seeks Land Sales and Legal Reforms in Bay Area
The governor proposes selling lands on Galveston Bay for docks and amending laws on liens, drainage districts abolition, county creation, warehouse law, and issuance of warehouse certificates. The measures affect public warehouses, drainage governance, and regional development.
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Ernor
Galveston Bay
Dunne County
More Showers Predicted Across the State
Unsettled weather continues with showers and light drizzle across Texas for the next day. San Antonio records .24 inches, Del Rio reports 1.74 inches, and Dallas Taylor Brownsville Corpus Christi note slight rains. Wet pattern extends from Gulf to Pacific coast with indeterminate low pressure.
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Maj
Allen Buell
San Antonio
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
Texas
Dallas
Taylor
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Austin
Cotulla
Cuero
Luling
Lockhart
Victoria
Rain Begins Falling Across Fort Worth and Panhandle
After weeks of fair warm weather rain started in Fort Worth this morning and extended into the Panhandle last night. Weather officials warned of showers moving eastward as a cold front moved through the region.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Panhandle
County to officially declare bond vote results
With one precinct missing the county commissioners will certify the county bond election held November 12. Canvass shows 2641 for road bonds and 716 against. school tax levies in two districts favored. District 33 raised tax from five to fifteen cents. District 46 from three to eleven cents. Collector to collect new levy.
Railroad tariffs revised south of Pleasanton by commission
The railroad commission on the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf Railway tariff amendment moves all points south of Pleasanton from differential to common point territory. The extension of the line south of Pleasanton prompted the change, effective November 24.
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Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railway
Pleasanton
Diplomats for Latin America Discuss U S Relations at Clark University
Worcester scene as scholars diplomats and officials gathered to weigh Latin American conditions south of the United States. Leopold Graham warned of American ignorance hindering ties and urged frank policy to expand friendly commerce. Montt predicted that increased American visits and Pan American congresses would foster genuine influence in South America.
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Worcester
Mass
United States
Latin America
Clark University
Leopold Graham
The
Buenos Aires Herald
Root
South America
United Staes
Central and
London
Paris
Rome
Madrid
St. Peters
Davigate
Diaro Tustradé
Santiago
Chile
Madame Marchesi Dies A World Renowned Vocal Teacher
Madame Mathilde de Castrone Marchesi died at 87 in London. Born Mathilde Grau mann in Frankfurt she studied and taught across Vienna Paris Cologne and Paris again before settling in Paris in 1881. Her husband Salvatore Cavalieri de Castrone Marchesi della Rajata was also a singer and her daughter Mlle Blanche Marchesi is a concert and opera singer active in North America.
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London
Navy
Madame Mathilde de Castrone Marchesi
Madame Marchesi
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Mathilde Graumann
Vienna Conservatory
Paris
Cologne
Vienna
Salvatore Cavalieri de Castrone Marchesi Della Rajata
New York
Mlle
Blanche Marchesi
United States
Canada
Women police carry revolvers in Chicago bags
Chicago policewoman Officer Clara Olsen revealed she keeps a revolver in her bag, saying the weapon replaces the powder puff and can be drawn quickly if needed. The disclosure changes the view that police women were unarmed.
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Chicago
Clara Olsen
Troops Reinforced on Border In Signals of US Readiness
U S forces along the Mexican border will be reinforced by the Tenth Cavalry a negro regiment arriving within ten days. The Ninth Cavalry remains at the Arizona border while the Fifteenth Cavalry sits along the Rio Grande frontier in Texas. Army circles foresee a turning point in relations with Mexico and anticipate further action.
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United States
Tenth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Fifth Cavalry
Southern Department
Tenth
Ninth Cavalry
Fifteenth Cavalry
el Paso
Second Cavalry
Rio Grande
Texas
Fort Bliss
Department
Mexico
Fredericksburg Welcomes San Antonio Train Opening New Railway
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce train carrying 126 passengers arrives at Fredericksburg Texas at 1 55 PM signaling the opening to traffic of the new Fredericksburg railway. A second excursion train arrives later as a three day festival begins with a barbecue, address of welcome, and the christening of the road by Miss Olga Priess.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Temple D. Smith
Olga Priess
Fair Grounds
Alfred P. C. Petsch
Bank cashier leads to death in coffin vault
Samuel H. H. Lessey, cashier of the Birmingham National Bank, committed suicide in a coffin box within a vault at Oakcliffe Cemetery outside of Conn. He was found by police with a bullet wound and a revolver in hand. Lessey, 25 years with the bank, had recently become cashier. family cites ill health. Bank president Nettleton says accounts were normal.
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Derby
Conn
Samuel HH. Lessey
Birmingham National Bank
Oakcliffe Cemetery
Lessey
Nettleton
Bank
Queen Victoria of AR yeep Arrives in Paris Ahead of Vienna Trip
Queen Victoria and the Empress are welcomed by crowds in Paris during a three week European tour. They will stay several days in the French capital before continuing to Vienna, amid orderly scenes and fanfare.
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Paris
Victoria
Vienna
Leased Wire Day Report Promises Broad AP Coverage
The San Antonio Light relies on the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report for expansive daily news. It combines AP coverage with its own extensive special news service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Rights Clash at National Conservation Congress
At the fifth annual convention delegates clash over federal vs state control of natural resources. Charles Lathrop Pack warns against conservation being seen as reservation and notes opposition from state rights advocates. Miss Mabel Boardman proposes Red Cross led first aid training in camps with funding for instructors. A forest utilization committee cites waste from lack of ready markets transport and timber quality as solvable through better logistics.
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Washington, D. C
National Conservation Congress
Washington
Charles Lathrop Pack
Mabel Boardman
American Red Cross
Congress
Turkey Trot Opens Amid Rain and Festive Cuero Parade
In Cuero Texas heavy clouds gave way to rain as the second annual Turkey Trot began with a large parade. Local firms and groups joined in, with floats from Yoakum and Victoria, and crowds welcomed the South Pacific strike being called off boosting attendance. Turkeys for the first parade have arrived.
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Cuero
Tex
Yoakum
Victoria
Modern women score in London speech on athletes
Dr Thomas Clay Shaw, a medical psychology authority, told a largely female audience at the Institute of Hygiene that sport harms marriage prospects. He criticized athletic women for neglecting home life and described messy gear and casual meals as signs of athletic carelessness.
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London
Thomas Clay Shaw
Institute of Hygiene
Destroyers Out of Commission and Struck from Navy List
Three destroyers Craven Wilkes and Stockton previously with the Atlantic reserve fleet have been placed out of commission at Charleston South Carolina and today were stricken from the navy register. The oldest Craven laid keels December 6 1897 and commissioned June 9 1900.
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Washington, D. C
Craven
Wilkes
Stockton
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Charleston
S. C
Navy Register
Fire bar seizes worker and messenger in Cambria plant
In Jamestown Pennsylvania a white hot bar jumped the run at the Cambria Steel Company and wrapped around Herman Rabner a 15 year old messenger boy entering the weighmaster's office. Foreman Thomas R Young pulled the boy free. Both are taken to a hospital with Rabner listed in serious condition.
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Jamestown
Gautier
Cambria Steel Company
Herman Rabner
Thomas R. Young
Brown retires from New York Central Lines
William C. Brown resigns as president of the New York Central lines effective New Year's Day after 44 years in rail service. A. H. Smith is expected to succeed him. Brown cites aging and failing hearing as reasons while planning to focus on Iowa financial interests and regional agricultural development.
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New York
William Co. Brown
New York Central Lines
New York Central System
A. H. Smith
Brown
New York Central
Iowa
Three Criminal Appeals Filed In Texas Court
The Court of Criminal Appeals received three new cases. Jack Mayes of Dallas County appeals a pistol possession conviction with 30 days in jail. D M Black of Montague County earned two and a half years in the penitentiary for an offense of in cest. Gertrude Gordon of Palo Pinto County challenges an assault to murder conviction carrying two years in prison.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Jack Mayes
Dallas County
D. M. Blalock
Montague County
Gertrude Gordon
Palo Pinto County
Corn Imported From Ireland To Montreal Harbor
A cargo of corn from Ireland arrived in Montreal aboard the steamer Bengorehead from Belfast. The import is due to American crop drought reducing supply, with Irish corn cheaper than shipping from Chicago.
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Ireland
Montreal
Belfast
Middle West
Chicago
Prichard seeks court order to force talk with wife
M C Prichard of Macon Georgia has obtained a habeas corpus writ to compel his wife Mrs Prichard to appear in court next Monday. He hopes to resolve marital troubles by dialogue after they have been separated. Keeley is named in the writ as the person with whom Mrs Prichard currently resides. Lawyers say his case is plausible.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
M. C. Prichard
Macon
Prichard
No Holidays at University After Thanksgiving
Official UT statement by Dr. S. E. Mezes to the Students' Association says there will be no holidays at the University of Texas on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. Many students and faculty expected a closure from Wednesday night to Monday morning.
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University
Austin
Tex
S. E. Mezes
University of Texas
Students’ Association
Father and Son Killed at Brewster County Ranch
An alleged 15 year old shot and killed goat dealers W. H. Lemmons and his son at their ranch near McKinney Springs Brewster county yesterday. A second son was wounded. the youth escaped. The killer’s identity and motive are unknown.
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Alpine
Tex
W. H. Lemmons
McKinney Springs
Brewster County
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Home Circulation and Advertising in The Light
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the Light
San Antonio
Texas
The Light Advertises Largest Southwest Texas Circulation
The Light claims the largest paid home circulation in Southwest Texas and 100 percent higher local paid home circulation than any San Antonio newspaper. Quality and quantity circulation together promise top results.
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the Light
Texas
San Antonio
Huerta Defiance Seen Finalized as Congress Organized
Diplomatic parleys near end as Huerta’s call for a new Congress completes. Washington reportedly not preparing active measures, while Mexicans doubt US armed intervention. Fighting rages near Orizaba and Michoacan with Federal and Constitutionalist forces.
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New
Mexican Congress
Huerta
Washington
Wilson
John Lind
Congress
New Mexican Congress
United States
Orizaba
Vera Cruz
Mexi City
Ramirez
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