Governor Colquitt Praises Cuero Turkey Trot Tour
Governor O B Colquitt and his staff toured Cuero for the turkey trot event praised as unique and highly entertaining. The party traveled by special car, then continued to San Antonio and Austin, with multiple speeches and social events highlighting Cuero civic pride and hopes for a presidential invitation next year.
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O. B. Colquitt
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Austin
Colquitt
Col
BE. R. York
John L. Peeler
Cuero
United States
Jake Wolters
F. A. Chapa
Coldana
Mull Hotel
Guadalupe River
Civic League
Taft approves civil service rules for fourth-class postmasters
President Taft has enacted regulations for 50 220 fourth-class postmasters brought into the classified civil service. Alaska Guatemala Hawaii Samoa and Porto Rico are excepted. Competitions for posts paying $500 or more follow standard classified rules. For $500 or less a post office inspector will select a suitable applicant locally.
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Washington
Taft
Alaska
Guatemala
Hawaii
Samoa
Porto Rico
Baby to Join White House as Administration Infant
Washington dispatch notes that when Wilson becomes president a 16 month old Raleigh girl, Josephine Cothran, will live in the White House for four years. Her aunt Mrs Cothran, aged 22, is expected to serve as a modern chaperone amid the forthcoming administration. Virginia Howe, a 3 year old relative, may play with young Josephine.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
White House
Josephine
Perrin Cothran
Raleigh
N. C
Virginia
Joseph Wilson Howe
Little Josephine
Weather in San Antonio and vicinity forecast
For San Antonio and vicinity fair to night and Thursday. Colder tonight with a cold wave and temperatures at or below 32. Thursday shows little change in temperature.
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San Antonio
Weather Roundup From Multiple Cities
Observations show temperatures ranging from 22 to 34 across St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington Winds vary 4 to 20 miles per hour with clear or cloudy skies and expectations of fair weather or colder conditions. notably low temperatures in the last 24 hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas’ City
New York
Boston
Washington
Fredericksburg Urges San Antonio to Raise Bonus by December 4
Fredericksburg business leaders and the railroad committee demand San Antonio raise its $50 000 bonus for the proposed railroad by Tuesday December 3. Judge A W Moursand says Fredericksburg has completed its share and San Antonio must fulfill its contract obligations dated November 13. Leaders from Fredericksburg visiting San Antonio are named A W Moursand August Klier Alfred P C Petsch Robert G Striegler Louis Preiss Thomas Warren John Klaer ner Emil Riley Joe Stein Harry Rusenberger Temple D Smith Oscar Krauskopf Jacob Knopp August Cameron.
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Fredericksburg
Railroad Committee
San Antonio
A. W. Moursand
É¢ Gunter Hotel
Foster Crane
Chamber of Commerce
August Klier
Alfred P. C. Petsch
Robert G. Striegler
Louis Preiss
Thomas Warren
John Klaerner
Emil Riley
Joe Stein
Harry Rusenberger
Temple D. Smith
Oscar Krauskopf
Jacob Knopp
August Cameron
Princess Laughs At Three Dollars A Week In New York
Princess Yvonne Colloredo Mansfield of Austria sailed on the Mauretania after visiting New York where she planned to live on three dollars weekly. She paid three dollars a minute for the hotel suite and enjoyed the horse show, praising American men as more interesting than women. Four English officers aboard said they hoped to return quickly and feared a possible European war.
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New York
Yvonne Colloredo- Mansfield
Austria
America
Lieut
Walter Brooke
Europe
Three Convicted for Netting Fish at Caddo Lake
Chief Game Warden Jeff D. Cox reports the conviction of three persons in Jefferson for violating game laws by netting fish in Caddo Lake. Each offender fined 50 dollars and costs as the department pursues vigorous prosecution of illegal fishing methods beyond hook and line.
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Austin
Tex
Jeff D. Cox
Jefferson
Caddo Lake
Cox
Big Mince Pie for Taft's Thanksgiving
President Taft spends Thanksgiving in Washington with a huge pie and turkey from Horace Vose's Westerly farm and Delia Torrey Milbury Mass pies. The day features a pan American service at St Patrick's Church with officials, diplomats, and leaders attending before noon. Cabinet members and the president host an at home dinner with some official family members.
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Washington
D. C
Taft
Horace Vose
Westerly
R. L
White House
Delia Torrey
Milbury
Mass
St. Patrick's Church
New Panama-Pacific stamps go on sale January 1
The postal department announced Panama Pacific commemorative stamps will be issued January 1 in 1 2 5 and 10 cent values. Designs include Balboa the Gatun locks a merchant steamer and a warship at Panama Canal and San Francisco Bay discovery with a setting sun and ships in the bay.
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Panama-Pacific
J. J. Stevens
Bilboa
Pacific Ocean
Gatun Locks
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Golden Gate
Francisco Harbor
Bay
San Francisco Bay
Businessmen discuss coliseum site with Hildebrand
A Houston street triangle property eyed for a city coliseum was discussed by a committee including Adolph Wagner A B Weakley William W Herring and J J Stevens with H E Hildebrand. No firm proposal or price was set and both committees will report at an early next week public meeting.
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Carter-Mullaly Transfer Company
H. E. Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Houston’ Street
Bowie Street
Nacogdoches Street
Adolph Wagner
A. B. Weakley
William W. Herring
J. J. Stevens
Bowie Hotel
W. S. Leng
L. Lohrberg
William Herpel
Rare book swindle indicted in nationwide mail fraud case
Federal authorities allege a nationwide rare book scam netted operators about 5 million dollars. James J. Farmer and eleven others face indictments for using the mails for fraudulent purposes, linked to Emma Bird of Salt Lake City whose $42,000 excess payment judgment spurred action.
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New York
James J. Farmer
Emma Bird
Salt Lake City
Water Committee Meeting Postponed by Chairman
The citizens water committee meeting scheduled for this afternoon was postponed by Chairman Graebner until further notice. The postponement follows the lack of response from Alexander Potter the water report expert who prepared the city report and whom the committee sought for a conference. Potter is believed to be in Corpus Christi but has not replied to letters.
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Citizens’ Water Committee
Graebner
Alexander Potter
Potter
Corpus Christi
City considers seven minute streetcar rush hour schedule
Alderman Uhr introduces ordinance to require cars every seven minutes on all lines during 6 to 8 am and 4 to 7 pm. Transit manager Eysenbach says double tracking needed to meet schedule. current service runs seven and a half to fifteen minute intervals. A conference between Traction Co. and city officials is set this week.
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Uhr
Nolan Street
Nolan Line
Solich
City of
San Antonio
E. EB. Eysenbach
Traction Company
Trere
Eysenbach
Warships Reach Southwest Pass for Thanksgiving Visit
The Atlantic fleet's fourth division led by Rear Admiral Fletcher's Minnesota nears New Orleans after entering Southwest Pass. About 3500 sailors will dine in the city, with a week of entertainment planned. The South Carolina Kansas and Michigan accompany the Minnesota and are due to anchor near Canal Street around 4 this afternoon.
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New Orleans
Fletcher
Minnesota
Atlantic Fleet
Southwest Pass
Mississippi River
South Carolina
Kansas
Michigan
Canal Street
Suffragettes to Select City for Next Meeting
National American Women Suffrage Association officials said the executive committee will choose the city for the next annual meeting within a week or more. The decision hinges on committee deliberations at headquarters in New York.
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New York
National American Women Suffrage Association
City employes urged to settle old accounts and obey ordinance
A Retail Merchants' delegation met Mayor Jones to press faster payment of debts by city workers and strict enforcement of an ordinance requiring moving companies to file addresses of owners moving goods. The group asked prosecution of noncompliant movers and blanks to be supplied by Friday. Delegation members included Sam Harris and James Capps.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Jones
Callaghan
Kenney
Corporation Court
H. Harris
Harris
Sam Harris
W. M. Morgan
J. R. Sprague
James Capps
A. EK. Thomas
A. Grasso
McManigal Denies Work Ties as Arrest Looms in Conspiracy Trial
In Indianapolis the dynamite conspiracy trial hears Ortie E. McManigal deny being used by detectives or the National Erectors' association. Defense questions if he acted as a spy while planning dynamite actions. McManigal says he expected arrest, changed stance after the Los Angeles Times blast, and that union officials double crossed him.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ortie E. McManigal
Senator Kern
McManigal
National Erectors’ Association
Iron Workers’ Union
J. J. McNamara
Dynamiters
Los Angeles Times
J. B. McNamara
Catching Possums Not An Occupation
Mose Simons a plantation negro was charged with vagrancy in police court and sent to the rock pile for 26 days after being seen prowling near Avenue C and Eighth street and accused of molesting nearby chicken coops. he denied theft and claimed possums were plentiful in the city limits.
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Buckley
Mose Simons
Mose
Avenue C
Eighth Street
Oats Pleads for Life in Texas Death Cell
Burrell Oates, condemned to hang in Waxahachie on Friday, writes a lengthy plea for commutation to life from the governor’s office. He protests his innocence in the Sol Aronoff death case and mails the eight-page letter from the death cell.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Burrell Oates
Waxahachie
Sol Aronoff
Dallas
Oates
Cold Wave Brings Freezing Night Across Southwest
Major Allen Buell warns of a sharp cold spell with temperatures expected to dip to or below freezing tonight. The cold wave spans the Rocky Mountain region and moves east, with Sheridan Wyoming at two degrees above zero and Texas panhandle at 16 degrees. Regions from Arkansas to West Texas forecast 14 to 32 degrees as fair but colder conditions set in.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain Region
Gulf States
Sheridan
Wyoming
Texas Panhandle
New Orleans
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
East Texas
West Texas
Amarillo Morning Temperature Dips to 14 Degrees
Snow covered ranges as a sixty mile an hour wind drove cold through Amarillo Texas this morning pushing the thermometer to 14 degrees above zero.
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Amarillo
Tex
Heavy Snow Buries Northern New York Struck by Blizzard
A snow storm of nearly blizzard proportions raged across Northern New York. Six inches fell at Watertown with reports of 14 to 24 inches in surrounding areas.
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New York
Watertown
N. Y
Windy Cold Weather Grips Houston Area
Windy and cold conditions with a trace of rain descended from the north at daylight in Houston on November 27 as temperatures fell steadily.
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Houston
Tex
Snow Across Western Arkansas and Jackson Miss
Western Arkansas is covered by about one inch of snow from Tuesday night. Jackson Mississippi also reports the season's first snowfall in that area.
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Arkansas
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Aviators 10 Camp to Open Winter Training in San Antonio
The Lillie aviation school wins Fort Sam Houston field and hangars for a December start of its winter camp and training in San Antonio. The Chicago summer camp at Cicero field inspired aerial feats as pilots Foulois Parmalee Ely Coffin and others showcased early aviation prowess.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lillie Aviation School
San Antonio
Carter
Fort Sam Houston
Cicero Field
Chicago
San Antonians
Foulois
Phil Parmalee
Wright Camp
George Ely
Curtis
Looney Prep to Assume Texas Attorney General Post
Attorney General elect B. F. Looney plans to take over the Texas attorney general’s office January 1, two weeks earlier than the usual transfer period. Walthall expects to return to San Antonio to resume private legal practice.
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Austin
Tex
B. F. Looney
Attorney General’s Department
Walthall
San Antonio
Rubin Testifies of Great Wrong In Kyde Bank Case
In New York on November 27, Joseph G. Rubin the so called sky rocket financier testified that Charles H. Kyde forced him to loan 130000 dollars to the Carnegie Trust company. Rubin described his mental and physical distress during the period and recounted wearing rubber soles to shield against imagined electric shocks in his cell. He said his lawyer urged him to feign insanity to appear unstable.
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New York
Charles H. Kyde
Joseph G. Rubin
Hyde
Carnegie Trust Company
Robin
Moss
Washington Savings Bank
William Travers Jerome
Thim
Champ Clark and family roast toy turkey for Thanksgiving
Speaker Champ Clark deplores modern cook stoves and a kitchen toy oven. After a family meeting and consulting several statesmen, the Clark turkey is moved to the Capitol. The chef will roast it in the House restaurant oven and deliver it browned and stuffed to Clark's home for Thanksgiving.
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Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Clark
South Trimble
Capitol
House of Representatives
Tellez Ordered to Move 3000 Men to Seventh Military Zone
Orders sent to Gen Jacquin Tellez, commanding federal forces in Chihuahua, to report to Mexico City with 3000 troops to take charge of the seventh military zone covering Mexico Puebla Morelos and Guerrero amid Zapatista concerns. Gen Tracy Aubert expected to take north command.
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Mexico City
Jacquin Tellez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Puebla
Morelos
Guerrero
Zapatistas
Tracy Aubert
Rebel General Orozco Jr. improving health in Texas letters
Letters from the rebel camp below Eagle Pass report General Pascual Orozco Jr. is much improved and soon may move his troops into the interior to join other rebel leaders. One letter was signed by the rebel leader.
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EL Paso
Tex
Eagle Pass
Pascual Orozco Jr
Mexico
Taft Declares He Is Not A 1916 Presidential Candidate
Taft informs friends he will not be publicly called a possible 1916 Republican candidate. He says the president does not wish to be seen as eyeing the top post four years hence. He plans to help rejuvenate the party and may give speeches before March 4 and after returning to private life, but aims to return the party to power as its former standard bearer, not as a renomination seeker.
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Washington
Taft
Sneed Denied Threat Contradicted by Student
Fort Worth reports that Sneed denied threatening to kill Captain Boyce, but Ernest Thompson of Amarillo, UT student, testified the remark was made on a train last December.
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Sneed
Fort Worth
Tex
Captain Boyce
Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
University of Texas
Turks Refuse to Yield in Adrianople Armistice Talks
Paris dispatch reports Austria plans to send a squadron to Durazzo and stage military demonstrations toward Belgrade seeks to pressure Turkey. Turkish authorities claim Adrianople can hold out another month and Bosphorus lines remain impregnable. Bulgarian siege operations praised for ingenuity and discipline.
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Adrianople
Paris
Austria
Durazzo
Adriatic Sea
Servia
Berlin
la Liberte
London
Turkey
Asia
Dudaras
Arda
Anarchy and Famine Strain Adrianople Besieged Fortress
Refugees report fires near the Selim mosque as Adrianople endures fire famine flood and rising misery. Water from the Maritza Tunga and Arda overflows, civilians face food shortages and growing anarchy under Turkish siege.
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Mustapha Pasha
Turkey
Adrianople
Selim Mosque
Aan
Maritza
Tunga
Arda
Germans Prepare for War with Enormous Reserves
Berlin reports that the German government has stockpiled clothing and provisions in anticipation of possible war. Vorwärts notes a 41.5 million dollar item in the finance budget funds field stores for man and beast, linked to the rent budget. Army and navy outlays rise by 45.75 million dollars, not 250 thousand as previously cited.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Eral Finance Administration
Army
Americans Reported Safe in Asia Amid War News
Washington report states all American citizens in Asia are accounted for as safe, amid ongoing conflict concerns. The message confirms no verified casualties among the 873 listed individuals.
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Washington, D. C
Asia
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