Supt Sam G Reid of Oglesby Texas Endorses Vitalitas Cure
Sam G Reid who heads the Third District of the Postmasters League in seven states lauds Vitalitas claiming it cured inflammatory rheumatism and stomach trouble. He promotes demonstrations and samples at Wagner drug store 407 East Houston urging investigation.
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Sam G. Reid
Postmasters’ League of
League
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Reid
Oglesby
Texas
Vitalitas
Superintendent Reid
Wagner Drug Store
East
Houston
Will Study Fire Hazards Away From Texas
A. H. Haynes secretary of the state insurance commission and Wallace Inglish state fire marshal travel from Austin to Chicago for a week at Underwriters Laboratories to study fire hazards and update methods to prevent waste. They then go to Philadelphia for the National Fire Marshals Association convention starting October 10 before visiting New York and Hartford for talks with insurance companies on Texas insurance laws.
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Austin
A. H. Haynes
State Insurance Commission
Wallace Inglish
Chicago
Philadelphia
National Fire Marshals’ Association
New York
Hartford
Texas
Texas Girl Injured In Collision Near Broadway Car
Lucile Singleton, 19, daughter of a Texas mine owner and a Bryn Mawr student, suffered painful injuries when an auto owned by Herman Oelrichs struck a tree while avoiding a Broadway streetcar. A male passenger named Crighorn disappeared before questioning. hospital reports suggest she will likely recover.
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York
Lucile Lineton
Pexes
Ryn Mawr
Herman Oelrichs
Broadway
Miss Singleton
Cregmore
Crighorn
Fugitive Surrenders After 27 Years on the Run
C. O. Turer, a 27 year fugitive from justice, surrendered today to Acting Governor and received a pardon after being sentenced in Campson county for a minor offense and escaping a month later.
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Austin
Tex
C. O. Turer
Camp Sunty
Yes
Joske Bros Open All Day Tomorrow Adv
Joske Brothers Co announces extended hours with stores open all day tomorrow. Bustling sales and specials expected as shoppers browse seasonal selections and new merchandise. Local customers urged to visit the stores for exclusive deals.
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Joske Bros. Co
Joske Bros, Co
Committee Decides to Repave Downtown Streets
A city street committee meeting approved repaving most business district streets with a few kept in current condition. If council endorses the plan, public service firms will be asked to ensure tracks mains or conduits are ready, so repaving can begin by January 1.
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Main
Military
Alamo Plazas
Commerce
Alamo Street
Market House
Market Street
Main Plaza
Crockett Street
Bonham Street
St. Mary’s Street
Houston Street
Alamo Plaza
North Flores Street
Travis Street
Avenue D
Main Avenue
College Street
Losoya
St. Mary's Street
Dolorosa Street
Santa Rosa Avenue
Trevino
Galan
North Flores
Obrajo Street
Soledad Street
Commerce Street
Navarro Street
Romana Street
Old Mill Bridge
Jefferson Street
Martin
Fourth Street
Nacogdoches Street
Fourth
Crockett Streets
Carson Street
Market
North Bay Street
District Sunday School Convention Planning Complete
Executive board meeting at Hutching hotel finalized October 9 to 12 dates and St. Mark's parish house as the convention site. About 1000 delegates will stay with host church families and dine at convention headquarters with a Saturday city ride from St. Mark's at 4 PM. Committees include Entertainment led by Linscott Gregory Darnell Ives Miller Jackson Jackson Thompson and Thompson. Finance led by Kercheville Mackey Ryan Bell. Round table led by Boggs Banks and Ryan. Regional rail fares set at one and one third.
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Hutching
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Missiong
St. Mark's Church
H. B. Linscott
D. Gregory
P. B. Darnell
Gladys Ives
Jacksie Miller
Kate B. Jackson
Hattie Thompson
Raye Thompson
I. Ira Kercheville
Ray M. Mackey
Basil Ryan
George Bell
W. H. Boggs
Bruce Banks
Rogers to Command Warship
Washington Oct 1 Captain Thomas Rogers named to command the battleship New York now nearing completion at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Rogers is director of naval intelligence and a member of the Navy's general board. Secretary Daniels announced the assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Washington, D. C
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Thomas
Naval Intelligence
General Board of the Navy
Daniels
Border tensions rise as Mexicans seek asylum on U S soil
War Department officials say border patrol reinforcement from Fort Sam Houston eases worry. A machine gun platoon on the U S side of the international bridge is seen as a protective measure amid the Nationalist capital shift and retreat from Piedras Negras.
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War Department
Fort Sam Houston
International Bridge
U S Forces Arrive to Shield Piedras Negras
Major Caldwell leads United States troops at Eagle Pass as Cavalry units and artillery from Fort Sam Houston arrive by train. American consul Blocker and Coahuila acting governor Calzado secure a pledge from Constitutionalists to protect Americans and property in Piedras Negras. The arrival is reported to Southern Department and aims to ensure safety.
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Rio Grande
Frank M. Caldwell
Fourteenth Cavalry
United States
Eagle Pass
James K. Blocker
Gabriel Calzado
Coahuila
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Southern Department
Fort Sam Houston
Hkagle Pass
Third Cavalry
Third Field Artillery
San Antonio
Spofford
Department
Postponed Elections Debate in Mexican Chamber
A bill to delay elections was sent to a committee after Liberal deputies blocked immediate debate. American citizen Esteban E. Fierro, a Saltillo arrest detainee, has been consigned to the army with a detachment headed to Sonora. The American chargé d affaires protested to Mexico's foreign office over the action. Fierro, a former railroad conductor, faces charges of misappropriating funds while operating trains under military authority.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Besteben EK
Fierro
Saltillo
Sonora
Foreign Office
Missing Teen Taken by Government Captain Near Coast
Lucille Henry, a 16 year old girl, was removed from her parents by a captain of a government force as she fled toward the coast, according to reports. Authorities investigated the incident and sought further information.
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Tampico
Lucille Henry
Denial of Mexico secession plan reported in El Paso
Mateo Garcia president of the local Constitutionalists junta denied yesterday that five northern Mexican states planned to secede to form the Confederate States of Mexico under Venustiano Carranza. Garcia and other junta members had just returned from Hermosillo after a week of conferences with Carranza.
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EL Paso
Tex
Hermosillo
Sonora
Confederate States of
Constitutionalists Claim Victory Near Los Mochis and Batamotal
From Douglas Arizona a report says Constitutionalists defeated Federals at Los Mochis Sinaloa with 131 captives and five cannon taken. Only 40 Federals returned to Topolobampo after a Batamotal sortie of 800, government troops driven to Empalme. Possible succession change in Sonora noted with General Blanquet tipped to replace Ojeda.
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Douglas
Ariz
Los Mochis
Sinaloa
Batamotal
Hermosillo
Pedro Ojeda
Blanquet
Sonora
Cananea Copper Company Seeks Dissolution in Minnesota
The Cananea Copper Company, incorporated August 1, 1906 with 10 million dollars in authorized stock, has not operated since January 1909 and petitioned for dissolution. Stockholders say it planned to trade in mining stocks in Sonora and the U S, then decided to liquidate. A final hearing is set for October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
Cananea Copper Company
Sonora
Mexico
Mexicans Fire First In Clash At San Elizario
A government report from Clint Texas details a Septem ber 27 incident where Mexican soldiers fired from Mexican territory on American pickets. Two American patrols sought cover as 20 to 30 shots were fired before one US patrol returned seven shots and the Mexicans retreated.
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San Elizario
John W. Heard
Southern Department
Clint
Tex
United States
Americans Cross Border From Piedras Negras
Seventy three American refugees crossed the international bridge after orders to leave Mexico. W. W. Vaughn, an engineer, and Alford Williams, drug store manager, were ordered to vacate homes soon to be destroyed. Empty freight cars awaited to rush nearly 200 wounded once the Federals reach the city. Refugees face possible refusal of asylum as potential public charges.
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Piedras Negras
Mexico
International Bridge
W. W. Vaughn
Alford Williams
Lyman Drug
Tax on Smoking Opium Enacted by Sonora Government
Douglas Arizona October 1 The Sonora Constitutionalist state government imposes a tax of 50 cents on every two and two tenths pounds of smoking opium brought into the state. The levy aims to aid the U S customs in preventing opium smuggling across the border from Mexican ports into the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas, Ariz
Sonora
United States Customs Department
United States
Siege of Scutari Sparks Lynch Rumors in Montenegro
Riotous first night of King Nicholas play The Siege of Scutari in Cettinje Montenegro. An Essad Pasha actor faced a near shooting as a mob stormed the stage. Veterans denounced a cast member as a liar during the Tarabosch scene. Police used force to control frenzied spectators aiming to lynch fez wearers after the Turkish retreat.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Scutari
Essad Pasha
Tarabosch
Fez
Leaky Roofs Disrupt Classes At Main Avenue High
Rain drenches Main Avenue High School forcing second shower of the term. Leaks flood the mechanical drawing room and darken the manual training and sewing rooms. Students in domestic science and manual training suffer disrupted lessons until repairs. Continuous leaks hinder lighting and work.
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Main Avenue High School
Connecticut Returns to Sea as Flagship of Beatty
The battleship Connecticut exits the Philadelphia yard to join the Atlantic fleet at Hampton Roads for fall maneuvers and gun practice, replacing the Minnesota as flagship of Rear Admiral Beatty in the Fourth division. the Minnesota is to be laid up for four months of repairs. Rain and floods sweep South Texas and New Mexico with record-heavy downpours in San Antonio and surrounding areas causing river rises, street flooding, and transit disruptions.
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Philadelphia
Connecticut
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Minnesota
Beatty
Mexico
Ohio
Kansas
Idaho
Texas
New Mexico
Cotter
Belt
Palestine
San Antonio
Corsicana
Houston
Kerrville
San Marcos
Austin
FARM WOMAN NEGLECTED ADDRESSES FARM WIVES NEED
Secretary Houston writes to farmers wives urging direct aid from the department of agriculture. He invites criticism and constructive suggestions to improve services for women in agricultural production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Houston
Department
Chinese Deportees From Mexico Seizure Reported
The steamship Mongolia sailed for the Orient with about 80 Chinese deportees. Most were seized while entering the United States via the Mexican border. They were moved from China to Mexico by way of San Francisco and then overland. Immigration officials say nearly 100 Chinese per week pass through San Francisco en route to Mexico and return to the U S. Chinese in transit to Mexico may be barred from San Francisco in the future.
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San Francisco
Cal
Mongolia
Orient
United States
China
Mexico
Judge Refusal Triggers New US Mexico Inquiry
The Tampico judge’s refusal to inform Consul Miller about the assault on Matthew Gould’s daughters sparks a fresh international exchange. Washington directs the Mexican government to order full information in all cases protecting American citizens. The note also presses for Lucille Henry’s immediate release in another assault case.
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Vera Cruz
Tampico
Matthew Gould
Cnsul
Clarence A. Miller
State Department
Washington
Baby Going to Mama Says Please Don’t Kiss Me
A four year old girl, Margaret Harschsen, arrived in New York with a placard in multiple languages begging others to take care of her and not kiss her. She traveled roughly 7000 miles from near Vienna after her mother left her behind to marry again and move to California. An Ellis Island family bound for California is set to accompany the child on the overland journey. The doctor who wrote the card added the note to shield the child from germs.
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New York
Margaret Haritchsen
Vienna
Kenwood
Sonoma County
Cal
Ellis Island
California
Explosion Ends Mock School Session in Wilkes-Barre
John Kerrshack, expelled from a mock school started by playmates, set off a dynamite cartridge in Wilkes Barre on October 1 injuring himself and four other children aged 8. Police said the incident occurred during the pretend class run by the children.
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Wilkesbarre
John Kerrshack
Advances in Rates Suspended for Packing-House Goods
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed freight rate increases on packing-house products destined to Arkansas Oklahoma and Louisiana until April 4 1914. A general investigation of the rates is underway in Washington D C on October 1.
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Washington, D. C
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Interstate Commierce Commission
Forced to be a pro London artisan golfer Abe Mitchell
Abe Mitchell, an artisan golfer, says hostility toward working men in amateur tournaments forced him into professional ranks. He details lifts of class bias in golf and notes he moved to compete in Atlantic open championships after warnings he would be barred from teeing off.
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London
Abe” Mitchell
Golf Monthly
England
Mitchell
Atlantic Ocean
Good Exhibits at Rowena Fair
Prof. E. B. Scholl state entomologist returned from Rowena fair praising the exhibits. He noted Runnels County farmers produced a good crop despite heavy regional rains.
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Austin
Tex
E. B. Scholl
Rowena
Runnels County
Sunset route crippled by East Texas floods
Floods in East Texas and Louisiana severely damage Lake Charles tracks and Calcasieu river bridges on the Sunset route. Hills schedules are disrupted with late eastbound trains and broken connections to New Orleans. Westbound service started late with incomplete equipment.
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Alexandria
Shreveport
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Calcasieu River
Orange
Sunset
A. R. Atkinson
Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
District Floods Hit Kerrville Area Sparks Rail Delays
Albert Kronkosky president of the San Antonio Drug Company reports widespread flooding along the Kerrville Comfort and Boerne region. Guadalupe and Cibolo rivers rose up to 12 feet, washing timbers and telegraph poles from tracks and hindering train progress. Boerne reports unparalleled water levels and the Cibolo torrent threatens the high bridge and dam with water two feet over the dam. Olmos Creek runs over railroad tracks between San Antonio and Kerrville causing trains to pass through nearly a foot of water.
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San Antonio
South Park Terrace
Fairplay Avenue
South Presa Street
Hot Wells
South Heights
Porter Street
Nolan Street
Cameron
West Macon
San Pedro
Leon Springs
Olmos Creek
Olmos
Boerne
J. W. Hucker
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Mr. Hucker
Albert Kronkosky
San Antonio Drug Company
Aransas Pass
Kerrville
Comfort
Guadalupe
Cibolo
Seys
Kronkosky
Robards
Gap
Riverside offers 25c meals for families
Readable fragment promises inexpensive family meals at Riverside with a promotional line for Fletcher's Astor and a mention of a 25 cent price. The text is fragmented but suggests a community dining offer targeting households with children.
Death Penalty Will Be Asked For Serrato
Letters revive the case as wheels move. Jay Smith of Alexandria Louisiana secretary of the I W W reports action for Cline and encloses The Voice of the People story. He urges more men to aid the working class.
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Ortiz
Jay Smith
Alexandria
I. W.W
Cline
Voice of the People
Smith
Fouth
Buck is Key Prosecution Witness in Serrato Case
Testimony by Eugene Buck, captured with Ortiz by a Mexican band, was allowed after objections. Judge Mullay may hold night sessions as the trial explores federal versus state jurisdiction over arms transport in Ortiz’s death and related events with Charles M. Decker Sr. and Alexander Boynton testifying on the scene.
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M. A. Spurgeon
Waco
Cline
J. M. Range
Eugene Buck
Jose A. Serrato
Ortiz
Mullaly
Buck
Hudson
Mullay
Alexander Boynton
San Antonio
Boynton
Liberal Mexico, Land and Liberty
Charles M. Decker Sr
Carrizo Springs
Decker
Membe
Rio Grande
Mullaiy
Save Your Hair With Danderine Ad Claim
An advertising piece extols Knowlton's Dandeline as a hair saver promising shiny fullness and new growth after use. It urges purchase of a 25 cent bottle at drug stores and toilet counters with claims of luster, softness, and abundant new hair appearing within weeks.
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Knowlton
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