San Antonio Fire Insurance Rates Seen Likely To Fall
City officials and fire insurance expert discuss a new building ordinance approved at an adjourned council meeting. If enforced, San Antonio’s key rate could drop from 35 to 27 cents, with potential further cuts if fire department staffing improves and alarms systems are upgraded. Credits for new equipment cited.
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State Insurance Commission
San Antonio
W. L. Stiles
Jake Wolff
Chamber of Commerce
Stiles
Insurance Commission
Fire Insurance Ledger
Mercantile
Yoakum Valuations Increase
A. J. Buckner bought the Front street house and lot of Frank Knafels for 2200 dollars. Yoakum taxable values rose to 2,441,446 this year from 2,134,326 last year, a gain of 307,320 dollars or about 14.5 percent, maintained at the same rate for four years.
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Yoakum
Tex
A. J. Buckner
Front Street
Frank Knafels
Pale Delicate Women and Girls Elixir Tonic Ad
An Old Standard Grove tasteless Chill Tonic advertises malaria relief and immune support for both adults and children. Priced at 50 cents.
Seven Dead Reported In Guaymas Mexico Storm
Seven persons were reported dead in Guaymas and nearby areas after heavy rainfall and wind lashed the west coast of Mexico last Tuesday afternoon. Property damage nears 300000 dollars. unconfirmed deaths also cited at Ortiz, thirty miles away. The Guaymas storm is the heaviest in fifty years, second only to the 1866 event, with foothill rainfall estimated at twenty to thirty inches.
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Associated Press
Tucson
Ariz
Guaymas
Mexico
Ortiz
Sonora
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Babies
An antique advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a reliable remedy for teething pain, croup, colic, and diarrhea in children. It claims wide use by millions of mothers, assures safety, and advertises a 25 cent bottle.
Yoakum Plant to Expand Equipment in City
Yoakum Texas October 13 manager J W Greer returns from San Antonio where the board of directors decided to enlarge the Yoakum Improvement Company plant adding a 500 horsepower engine and a 150 kilowatt sixty cylinder dynamo. Next spring residents will receive day current and meters will be used for water and light service.
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Yoakum
Yoakum, Tex
J. W. Greer
Yoakum Improvement Company
San Antonio
General Hoyt, 62, Weds 32 Year Old Clara Harbolt
Brigadier General R. W. Hoyt, former Texas department commander, now Lakes department head, marries Clara McKean Harbolt of Dillsburg Pennsylvania in a secret Philadelphia ceremony at the Richardson home. The pair, who met after Hoyt's first wife’s death, began a romance years earlier and began a honeymoon without stating a destination.
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R. W. Hoyt
Department of Texas
Department of the Lakes
Philadelphia
Clara McKean Harborr
Dillsburg
York County
Thomas D. Richardson
Germantown
Long
Methodist Church of
Hoyt
Kansas City Leaders Tour San Antonio For Beautification Plans
George E. Keatler landscape architect and D. J. Hoff Kansas City park board president will visit San Antonio with several city leaders. They accompany J. P. Withers in Kansas City and expected to return soon. Keatler will supervise extensive Rockhill Hunt club improvements after recent discussions on city beautification plans.
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George E. Keatler
D. J. Hoff
Kansas City Park Board
Kansas City
San Antonio
J. P. Withers
Kessler
Rockhill
Watch for smooth talkers offering a diamond loan
Ben M. Hammond warns in Bell Jewelry notices to beware a San Antonio based diamond loan scam. Real diamonds with flaws are used to dupe victims who lend cash against flashy but undervalued gems. Also noted is the Simmang case set for trial in Justice Ben Fisk's court on Monday at 10 o'clock for allegedly dumping offensive material outside the city limits.
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Sweeney
Ben M. Hammond
Bell Jewelry Company
Austin
San Antonio
Simmang
William Simmang
Ben Fisk
Test of Emergency Lengths Under Car Inspection Law
Austin on October 13 reports Representative Roger Byrne Smithville author of the bill said a test likely will be made to define emergency and its duration under the car inspection statute. The law requires inspectors with three years experience except in emergencies and differs from the attorney general's department interpretation. Byrne supports Katy strikers and aims to thrash out the issue.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Roger Byrne
Smithville
Katy
Bay City shows sharp rise in cotton bales this season
In Bay City Texas on October 13 officials note that the two cotton shippers have turned out over 1600 bales this season and receipts may reach 2200 bales, a vast increase from last year when only 275 bales were received.
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Bay City
Tex
Bailey of Houston Election of Officers in Unanimous Vote
The text notes Bailey of Houston with sixteen members and lists officers elected unanimously W R Morgan P C L Sullivan Com A W Albrecht L C Abe Goode R K M A Brunnemann F K R E Hinton chaplain A M Kotzebue physician J J Spachek sergeant Ben C Koch M A R M Fullin first M of G Hugo Seekamp second M of G J Huber sentinel Edward F Mueller picket All officers to be installed at the next regular meeting on October 21.
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R. M. Fullin
Hugo Seekamp
J. . Huber
Sentinel
Edward F. Mueller
New Hat Styles and Prices Offered
Stetsons Sterling Hawes Van Gal hats range three to five dollars. Various novelty shapes and staple blocks available in stiff or felt styles.
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Astikops
SAN Antonio Printing CO
B. Clegg
Soledad S&t
Hood
Houston Hatco
Alamo Piaza
Frank Bros
General Foyt
Castoria d
Mae
Kansas
Wood
Stimson
Leonard Wood
Fort Sam Houston
Duncan
Maccabees
Flatonia
Jflatonia
Sir Knight
Cluetts
Monarchs
Saul Wolfsq
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