Meanest Man on Earth Locates in Louisiana Town
The story notes the meanest man on earth lives just across the Texas border in a small Louisiana town. His wife faced a near death from stomach liver and kidney complications and was given up by physicians. A friend sent Vitalitas to aid her. he stole it for a small sum and spent it on a sordid use. At Wagner Drug Store a demonstration and sample of Vitalitas are offered.
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Texas
Louisiana
Wagner Drug Store
East
Houston Street
Health officers plan intensified war on mosquitoes in San Antonio
City Health Officer King and Mayor Brown authorized extra laborers to spray oil on stagnant pools and marshes after rains. Sanitary inspectors will canvas wards to map pools, with 250 to 300 gallons already used. A city-wide cleanup and removal of water-filled tin cans is urged to curb the outbreak.
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San Antonio
Board of Health
King
Brown
Sanitary Department
Clgite
Health Department
Alamo Wall Crack Causes sidewalk hazard near Hugo Schmeltzer building
A major crack in an upright column of the Hugo Schmeltzer building beside the Alamo led to falling stone and mortar onto the sidewalk. State masonry inspector Soboy Pence arrived to assess, but current funds prevent repairs. Daughters of the Republic await notice, while Judge J E Webb says action will follow.
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Hugo-Schmeltzer
Alamo
Huston
Sob ’ Oy
Nike
Daughters of the Republic
J. E. Webb
Business Women Plan Y. W. C. A. Talk and Building Campaign
The Business Woman's Club meets Thursday at the Young Women's Christian Association with Miss Mabel K. Stafford state YWCA secretary presiding. Miss Bertha Miller will attend, parliamentary law drills are planned, and a spring building campaign will be discussed by the board. Stafford also heads toward Beaumont to assist organization efforts there.
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Business Woman's Club
Young Woman's Christian Association
Mabel K. Stafford
Bertha Miller
el Paso Association
J. T. Smith
Miss Stafford
Association
Beaumont
el Paso
Croxone Promises Relief For Kidney and Bladder Ailments
An ad claims Croxone saves elderly people from kidney and bladder miseries by cleansing inactive kidneys, neutralizing urine, and easing rheumatic pains. It promises rapid action and offers a drugstore guarantee to refund if it fails in any case.
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Croxone
Giants Rally For Second World Series Victory At Shibe Park
The second game sees New York’s Mathewson and Philadelphia’s lineup clash as the Giants seek a 2-0 lead. A crowd of about 20 000 fills Shibe Park despite mist and dampness while fans praise Collins and Baker for yesterday’s win and await Benders mound appearance.
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Wiltse
Plank
Fletcher
New York
Collins
MeiInnis
Mathewson
Murphy
Herzog
Philadelphia
Fietcher
Oldring
Baker
McInnis
Doyle
Strunk
Pletcher
Burns
Shafer
Murray
Barry
Lapp
McLean
Grant
Matty
Wilson
Shibe Park
Giants
Athletics
Merkle
Snodgrass
Meyers
Larry McLean
Twentieth Street
Schang
Brown
Thomas
Tesreau
Hartley
Demaree
Danny Murphy
McGraw
Bender
San Antonio weighs bid for Vanderbilt Cup race
A joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce stockholders in the San Antonio Automobile Racing Club and Auto mobile Club directors will decide this afternoon if San Antonio bids for the Vanderbilt Cup. Main obstacle is road prep time, as the race would be on Thanksgiving Day. An $85,000 fund is eyed for expenses and road improvements to handle the speed, with hotels and businesses asked to contribute, while possible continuation of races at the Made in San Antonio show is considered.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio Automobile Racing Club
The
Automobile Club
W. H. Furlong Jr
Chamber weighs action after Victoria train service cut
The Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad ordered permanent discontinuance of the daily Victoria division local passenger train. Chamber of Commerce leaders including W. B. Tuttle plan a board meeting to consider protests and argue rail service supports regional growth.
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Chamber of Commerce
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad
Victoria
Houston
W. B. Tuttle
Here
Sutherland Springs
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
J. H. Savage
Southern Pacific
Torredn Reported Captured Amid Border Turmoil
The story, continued from page one, notes insults toward passersby as officials vow no rioting and swift punishment for abusive soldiers. Rumors say Constitutionalists may cut Federals’ supply base near Piedras Negras and even advance on the city once resistance fades. Colonel Carleton praises the word keeping by the Constitutionalists and their restraint toward foreign property, echoed by Major Caldwell.
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Constitutionalists
Piedras Negras
Carleton
Border Patrol
Caldwell
Maytorena Letter to Wilson on Mexican War Neutrality
Governor Jose M. Maytorena writes President Wilson praising neutrality while urging real neutrality to allow arms for both sides in the Mexican conflict. He cites Sonora's situation, Huerta, and Carranza, arguing civil war is needed for reforms and urging free arms imports for both factions to ensure genuine neutrality.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mex
Jose M. Maytorena
Wilson
Congress
United States
Washington, D. C
American Congress
Mexico
Guaymas
Pacific Ocean
Huerta
Republic
Francisco I. Madero
Jose Maria Pino Suarez
Madero
Suarez
Coahuila
Senor
Venustiano Carranza
Senor Carranza
Chihuahua
Durango
Hidalgo
Spain
Juarez
Maximilian
Hiladgo
Ciudad Juarez
Vera Cruz
Europe
Japan
Henry Lane Wilson
Juan Sanchez Azconsa
Sec
Conditions Improve at Eagle Pass and Piedras Refugee Camps
Advices from the Southern Department indicate markedly improved conditions at the Eagle Pass and Piedras refugee camps. Officials report better food, shelter, and sanitation, with increased medical assistance and security measures in the camps.
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Eagle Pass
Southern Department
Piedras
Refugees to Receive Temporary Asylum in United States
Four thousand Mexican refugees who fled to Eagle Pass Texas after Huerta troops captured border forts will be granted temporary asylum by the United States but cannot become public charges. The decision was announced after talks among Secretary Garrison Secretary Wilson and the president.
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Washington, D. C
Eagle Pass
Tex
Huerta
United States
Garrison
Wilson
Lind Meets Rei Minister At Luncheon In Vera Cruz
John Jind Wilson's representative met British minister Sir Lionel G. Carden at a luncheon aboard the Louisiana in Vera Cruz. The minister arrived yesterday morning and departed for the capital last night, succeeding the recalled Francis William Strange. The article also notes library distribution in Cleveland and mentions Mary Hildreth of Butternut Farm adopting fourteen babies.
Autos Will Carry Mail to Kerrville
An automobile mail service operates between Boerne and Kerrville three times weekly until the Boerne bridge is repaired. Cars will meet trains near Boerne and carry letters and daily papers, following instructions from Fort Worth and Washington. Kerrville mail piled at San Antonio will move now that service is established.
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Boerne
Kerrville
Theodore Crause
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Washington
Malady Fatal to Children Sweeps Bellingham
Nearly a dozen children die in Bellingham from a mysterious illness described as resembling an Oriental plague possibly spread by rats. State health commissioner Dr. Eugene Kelly warns and calls for anti rat measures as health officers seek ways to prevent rats from boarding ships.
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Bellingham
Wash
Eugene Kk. Kelly
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Alamo Wall Falls
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Marino Buratovich
Prop
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Torredn
Maytorena
V. Carranza
Constitutional Forces
Negros
Third Cavalry
Consuelo A. Leone
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Secretary of Labor
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Guy Carlton
Magle Pass
J. W. Heard
Carranza
Boot Shop
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Cleveland Public Library
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Butternut Farm
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Daffy
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