Hotel Guests and Visitors List in San Antonio
A long roster shows dozens of individuals from Dallas, Houston, Austin, and beyond staying at the Gunter, Savoy, St. Anthony, Menger, Crockett, Bexar, and Bowie hotels in San Antonio. Names include A. H. Chatham, Mrs. Joseph Burton, W. E. Thurber, J. M. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Smoot, and many others on business or leisure visits.
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Joseph Burton
Dallas
City
Savoy
W. E. Thurber
Mexico City
Bowie
J. M. Abbott
Seguin
St. Anthony
A. G. Smoot
M. G. Sampson
George S. Nolle
Austin
San Antonio
Menger Hotel
L. Murphy
Houston
Crockett Hotel
P. Christensen
M. F. Mille
R. R. Sheffield
New York
Katherine
Tex
Charles Armstrong
Menger
John F. Quinn
Crockett
Mateson
W. M. Harris
Gunter
D. ¢. Hybarger
L. Kempher
el Paso
W. C. Kleine
Gonzales
J. J. Fineran
New Orleans
Bexar
G. de Sara
H. G. Dubose
Brownsville
Gunter Hotel
J. M. Streator
Center Point
Savoy Hotel
George L. Haynes
Lupe Haynes
Bowie Hotel
A. F. Bentley
Tempie
A. F. Nance
Kyle
J. W. Reid
Uvalde
E. H. Bell
Stockdale
M. Lacy
F. A. Waddle
Edna, Tex
Girl Identifies Two Alleged Dynamiters in Court
Miss Cleo Beard the 14 year old witness named two Cleveland men, George Anderson and Peter J. Smith, as the ones carrying a box shortly before the North Randall Ohio explosion on March 25 1911 in the dynamite conspiracy trial. Laura Beard corroborated the identifications as the box used in the blast was shown in court. An unrelated note reports a Swedish ice breaking steamer for the Russian government penetrating 30 feet thick ice with half power.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cleo Beard
North Randall
Ohio
Randall
Cleveland
Miller
Miss Beard
George Anderson
Peter J. Smith
Laura Beard
Sweden
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Promises Relief
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble and related symptoms. It urges readers to request a free sample bottle and book from Dr Kilmer Co at Binghamton New York, noting the offer appears in the San Antonio Daily Light and Gazette.
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Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer & Co
San Antonio
Daily Light and Gazette
Servian Troops Capture Dibra and Subdue Macedonia
Servian forces took the town of Dibra in Albania after stiff resistance by Turkish troops and allied Malisor and Arnaut tribesmen. With Dibra fell, the Serbs claim the entire Macedonia region is subdued. An embassy scene in St Petersburg earlier featured Bulgarian and Serbian national anthems as Russian ministers and the premier attended a charity performance.
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St. Petersburg
Imperial Theater
Bulgaria
Servia
Belgrade
Dibra
Albania
Monastir
Macedonia
Large Pension Funds Forecast for Short Congressional Session
Washington D C November 29 Appropriations of nearly 200 000 000 for veterans pensions will be needed at the coming short session to cover a 20 000 000 deficit caused by the Sherwood bill and broader pensions. The regular pension bill may total about 175 000 000 a record figure, with funds running short between March 4 and July 1 unless the extra 20 000 000 is provided.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Pension Bureau
Cruiser Llacoma to dock in Port Aransas December 2
President Hoff received a navy telegram noting that despite Galveston efforts to alter the cruiser Llacoma itinerary, the ship will arrive at Port Aransas on December 2 and remain through December 6.
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Rockport
Tex
Hoff
Galveston
Llacoma
Port Aransas
French recruit numbers fall 1906 to 1911 amid birth rate decline
Paris November 29 reports Joseph Reinach in the chamber debate on the infantry enrollment bill. He asserts French army recruits declined from 238000 in 1906 to 215000 in 1911 due to a shrinking birth rate, a startling claim presented during the discussion.
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Paris
France
Joseph Reinach
Chamber of Deputies
Clever wire tapper Bradford known as Dutch Alonzo arrested
Charles Bradford alias Sir George a veteran confidence man tied to the Gondorf gang was captured in New York during a wire tapping roundup. He lured a Pittsburgh millionaire into a fake poolroom scheme causing losses of 20000 dollars while Kirby C. Cleveland of Wilmington, North Carolina, lost 22000 dollars.
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Charles Bradford
Dutch Alonzo
New York
Bradford
Gondorf
Pittsburg
Kirby C. Cleveland
Wilmington
N. C
Sir George
Niece of Alamo Hero Praises Plant Juice
Mrs M Bowie Burns niece of General James Bowie testifies from Dallas on April 20 1912 about a recovery after a December 11 1911 fall. She reports nervous troubles pain in kidneys and stomach issues vanish after using Plant Juice and recommends it. Fischer sells.
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M. Bowie Burns
James Bowie
Texas
Peak Ave
Dallas
M. Bowie
Fischer
Koreans Deny Crime Tortured by Police in Korea Trial
In Seoul the 106 Koreans charged with conspiring against Count Terauchi continue testifying. Six accused deny involvement and allege police torture and threats by the procurator. One officer suspected of mistreatment attended trial. Judge Suzuki notes religious affiliations. some say none, others Presbyterian or Catholic.
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Seoul
Korea
Terauchi
Suzuki
Vilas Memorial Statue Dedicated at Vicksburg
Mrs. William F. Vilas and Mrs. William Fox arrived from Milwaukee for the informal dedication of the Vilas memorial statue in Vicksburg National Park. Adolph A. Weinman of New York City crafted the statue placed at Union avenue and Baldwin's ferry road. Formal transfer to Capt. J. T. Wright, representing the United States, will occur November 30. The inscription honors Lieutenant-Colonel William F. Vilas, who led the Twenty-third Wisconsin in the 1863 siege.
Topeka High School beauty course teaches practical style
The Topeka Kansas beauty course at the high school, led by Miss Lydia Bolmar, emphasizes hair arrangement and apparel over facial contours. It trains girls as their own beauty doctors, avoiding rouge, and endorses natural looks and well fitting styles as the core of good taste.
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Topeka, Kan
Topeka High School
Lydia Bolmar
Catarrh Sufferer Praises Hood's Sarsaparilla Cure
Miss Mabel F Dawkins of Fort Wayne Indiana writes that three years of catarrh and blood disease resisted multiple doctors and remedies until Hood's Sarsaparilla restored her health after two bottles. She recommends Hood's to others suffering from catarrh.
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Mabel F. Dawkins
Lafayette St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hood
Young Vincent Astor Takes Control Of Titanic Fortune
Vincent Astor did not mark his twenty first birthday with celebration and assumed full control of the 65 million dollars left by his father John Jacob Astor who perished on the Titanic. He began the day with a light breakfast and spent the hours in his office studying the estate management details.
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Vincent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Claim Clerk Dies of Injuries at Cotton Belt Depot
Clem Brown aged 30, a claim clerk for the Cotton Belt, died from kidney rupture after a fall at the Cotton Belt depot ten days ago. He was operated on but died this morning. He leaves a wife and one child.
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Cotton Belt
Clem Brown
Belgium funds national horseshoeing school for students
Belgium maintains a public expense horseshoeing school where students from across the country study one season each week for two years.
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Belgium
Committee drives early donations for orphanage dormitory
Four committees named by the Protestant Orphans home report promising progress toward a $30,000 fire proof dormitory and fire escapes. Mrs. B H Zuber chairs one group noting over $250 raised this morning with bids to open soon. Corpus Christi plans cotton compression plant and cotton oil mill at $125,000 each with bids January 1 and construction by February 1 to handle the 1913 crop.
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Orphans’ Home
Mackey
B. H. Zuber
Win of
Corpus Christi
Compres
Will Build Mill and Compress
Corpus Christi Texas November 29 Captain W W Jones and J C Bald- (text truncated) likely announce plans to build a mill and compress facility with local or regional involvement.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
W. W. Jones
J. C. Bald
Unidentified man dies at central depot in Houston
An unknown man about 40 fell dead at Houston central depot. He wore working clothes and had a sandy mustache. A medicine bottle labeled Fenne Drug Store is the only clue to identity. Rail accidents on one railway day within fifteen months cost the road 1.5 million dollars, blamed on false economy by railway men.
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Houston
Tex
Central Depo
Fenne
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Knox
Ransom Oqnate
Ilsbee
Ransom & Silsbee
A. H. Chatham of
Girl
Nature
Bright
Alamo
Vicksburg National Park
ASTOR
Lion Brand
K. C
Per Peck
Per Peck Meat Department
Oberstone Sros
Orphan’s Home
SELZ
W. & G. Shoe Con.’s
Selz Royal Blue’”’ Store
Ilusion
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