Franklin outlines plans to link San Antonio to Aransas Pass
President J. EB Franklin confirms progress on the coast line by the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf to Aransas Pass. He says freight rates to deep water will drop once connected and emphasizes independence from trunk lines. He details 35 miles graded below Pleasanton, a bridge over the Atascosa river, 250 crews grading, 500 workers overall, rails to reach the Nueces river by February, and a hoped rapid pace toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. EB. Franklin
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf
Aransas
San Antonio
Carrizo Springs
Coast Line
Franklin
Pleasanton
Atascosa River
Nueces River
Aransas Pass
Texas
Clever Polish Swindlers Captured in Paris
Four Polish Jewish con artists operating in Paris used a fake banking scam involving a magic box to claim extra notes. They duped victims by inducing them to invest in a rumored method to print banknotes, but the scheme collapsed when a sharp target exposed their trick and authorities arrested the quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Guichard
Alamo San Jacinto Trail Prompts Texas Road Drive
The Alamo Victoria San Jacinto highway aims to link San Antonio Houston via Seguin Gonzales Victoria and Fort Bend County. Colorado County and nearby counties push road building with bonds sought to connect 86 miles of improved routes from Houston to San Antonio. Local groups urge broader support and education to accelerate gravel and clay road expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Winnipeg
Canada
Houston
Victoria
Ouston
Texas
Seguin
Gongales
Cuero
Yoakum
Jackson
Wharton
Fort Bend
Harris County
San Jacinto
Guadalupe County
Gonzales County
DeWitt
J. F. Carter Jr
Weimar
Columbus
East Bernard
Southern Pacific
Colorado County
Eagle Lake
D. H. Colp
Highway League of the Chamber of Commerce
Guadalupe
Gonzales
Current events chronology reflects police mysteries and global clashes
Domestic notes report anonymous confessions of three murders in New York and ongoing FBI and secret service probes. Internationally, Turks and Bulgarians clash along the Tchataldja lines as fighting resumes. weapons and political developments ripple through Texas courts and Jamaica tidal disaster.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Federation of Labor
Rochester
Tchataldja
Test of U S Army Power in Neutrality Cases
The report notes cases involving Colonel Orozco and David de la Fuente to test the army’s authority to detain suspects violating the neutrality law. The Sneed trial at Fort Worth draws many women into the courtroom. Other items include murder verdicts against gang members in New York and headlines on rail robberies, a Roosevelt insanity ruling, and Balkan peace negotiations.
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J. B
Sneed
A. Ga. Boyce Sr
Fort Worth
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Estic
Rosenthal
Charles H. Hyde
Foomer City Chamberlain
New York City
Constantinople
Tchataldja
Kingston
Jamaica
Orozco
David de la Fuente
United States Army
Gyp the Blood
Leftie Louie
Whitie Lewis
Dago Frank
Cirofici
Norlina
N. C
New York
John Schrank
Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
City market report and civic actions in brief
Dr L L Shropshire criticizes market cleanliness while officials seek Pot ter input on a San Antonio Water Supply contract. Chamber directors back a 5 million dollar bond plan as Freemasonry holds its first Scottish Rite reunion. Texas federation backs county libraries and post office branches in an education push. Inland waterways league opens in Palacios as Carnegie grants 25 thousand dollars yearly pensions to ex presidents and widows. China plans war with Russia over Mongolia. Turkey rejects Balkan peace offers. Mexican rebels under Salazar seize Palomas.
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L. L. Shropshire
San Antonio Water Supply Company
Alexander Potter
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Masonic Temple
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Fort Worth
Court House
Interstate Inland Waterways League
Palacios
Carnegie Corporation of New York
United States
Republic of China
Russia
Mongolia
Turkey
Balkan
Salazar
Palomas
Suffrage delegates hold mass meeting in Independence Square
National Woman Suffrage association delegates convene a mass meeting in Independence Square Philadelphia. Five army officers and enlisted men visit the White House to receive honor medals. An escaped madman Henry Palker is shot in Minneapolis during an asylum escape. John Cohan, who threatens to kill President elect Woodrow Wilson, is arrested in Colorado Springs. Harvard beats Yale in the annual football game. Two US soldiers seize San Ignacio and are imprisoned in Juarez. Albania proclaims independence. Cholera devastates Turkish army camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Woman Suffrage Association
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Army
White House
Henry Palker
Minneapolis
John Cohan
Woodrow Wilson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Harvard
Yale
United States
San Ignacio
Juarez
Albania
Women seek school board seats and Alamo reform
Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sevier writes to Governor Colquitt asking him to drop his suit to obtain authority to remodel the Alamo. She promises restoration by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The movement to amend the San Antonio school district charter to allow women to be elected to the board is launched.
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Clara Driscoll Sevier
Colquitt
Alamo
Daughters of the Republic of Texas—Movement
San Antonio
Court studies eggs in Chicago appellate ruling
An appellate court in Chicago rules for shipper Mc Cartley in a money dispute with a commission man. Evidence centers on egg grading, noting stages from extras to No 1 dirties checks spots and finally rots, illustrating how eggs are valued in trade.
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Chicago
McCartley
Bear and Monkey Fight Sparks Protest at London Music Hall
London November 23. John Hendrickson proprietor of an animal circus faced Scarborough magistrates over cruelty to a small bear and a monkey during a staged fight at the People's Palace and Aquarium. Spectators rose in protest as the animals were incited to battle with weight tied to the monkey and the bear dragged onto the stage. The manager then barred the act for the week.
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London
Scarborough
John Hendrickson
People’s Palace and Aquarium
Jack Johnson
Catch Missionary's Slayer in China
Peking reports the Chinese government has arrested the alleged murderer and three accomplices in Kirin Manchuria. The group is connected to the February mutiny that looted Peking and to the March 3 murder of English missionary Rev. Frederick Day near Chichaw while with Bishop Scott and Rev. Mr. Hughes.
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Peking
Frederick Day
Chichaw
Scott
Hughes
Kirin
Manchuria
Saunterers Active In Secret Walking Club
London reports describe the Saunterers a secret society of walkers that keep to rules carry lunches to eat openly and persist in excursions despite weather. The piece notes seven years with only occasional cancellations and mentions a weatherproof habit and hedge or ditch as shelter.
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Saunterers
London
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Santo Tomas
City Supply CO
Amoras Otree
J.G. Scott
Gen-Megr
Gulf
Uvalde and
State Railroad Commission
International & Great Northern
Alamo- Victoria-San Jacinto Trial
Business League of
Colorado Co
Artelian Belt Railroad
Kirkpatrick
America
Antonio
San Fernando
J. H. Kirkpatrick Company
Navarro Street
Charlotte Tompkins Jones
New Alamo Methodist Church
A. 8
Burleson
United States Secret Service
Navy Department
Raines
Bronx
Amos Pinchot
Orphans’ Home
St. Anthony
J. 8 S. Sneed
A. G. Boyce
Bg? Bowman
Sidna Allen
Carroll County Court House
Hillsville
Nenteaaen
Tocal
Gifford Pinchot
Monkey
London Music Hall
Rosa
Sin
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