Prospect Hill demands direct Route 10 car service
Residents of Prospect Hill gathered at the Prospect Hill Methodist church to press the city council and traction company for a direct Route 10 car service to and from the city. Leaders pledged no compromise and urged broad public support, with endorsements from area religious groups and business associations. An official reply from the traction company was expected early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill Methodist Church
R. B. Greathous
T. V. Neal
San Antonio
The
Traction Company
Thy Unter Hotel Café Hosts Harvest Jubilee Visitors
The Thy Unter Hotel Café, the city’s largest venue, serves as the headquarters for a harvest jubilee drawing visitors from across the region. Local organizers expect a busy schedule of events and festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thy Unter
YMCA Selects George Wheeler to Lead Physical Department
A telegram to the YMCA directors confirms George Wheeler of Oswego New York will fill the physical director post left vacant by N Tannenbaum. Wheeler, a Silver Bay Training School graduate, arrives with strong recommendations and likely takes charge at the start of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
N. Tannenbaum
George Wheeler
Oswego
N. Y
Wheeler
Young Men's Christian Association Training School
Silver Bay
Woman Arrested in Houston Over Alleged Wier Cecil Dress Theft
A Houston woman claiming to be Lieut. Joseph L. Wier’s wife remains in custody on a fugitive warrant from Sheridan Wyoming. Four dresses valued at $500, tied to Col. George R. Cecil’s household, were found torn and hidden. A private detective traced the dresses to the suspect, who says she bought them from an former Cecil employee. Advices say Wyoming officers will travel here to detain her.
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Houston
Tex
Joseph L. Wier
United States Army
Sheridan
Wyo
Cecil
George R. Cecil
Wier
Fort McKenzie
Wiers
Colonel Cecil
Cradford Street
Cecils
Money Pours In For Bexar County Democratic Fund Drive
Subscriptions to the Democratic National Committee in Bexar County total $1675 of the $3000 goal. Marshall Hicks, chair, reports a $138 check received last night. Donors include John W. Bennett $15, Yale Hicks $25, G P Pyburn $1, and others across city and rural areas, with notes on the Gunter hotel pool room and barber shop as the finest in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Democratic National Committee
Marshall Hicks
Hicks
John W. Bennett
Arthur Gray Jones
Alex Walton
C. G. Denison
City
W. B. Anderson
W. J. Garnaud
Lytle
Tex
Ben P. Lane
F. B. Nayer
Alice
Gunter
UT Austin students arrive for Texas Oklahoma day at state fair
A special train brought University of Texas students and alumni from Fort Worth and nearby points to Dallas for UT day at the state fair. The group attended a program of addresses at the fairgrounds before the Texas Oklahoma football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
University of Texas
Fort Worth
State Fairgrounds
Hewitt Must Stand Trial in Texas Charge
Jesse R. Hewitt, former Baptist minister, was denied a writ of habeas corpus in New Orleans and must return to Knox County Texas to face trial on the charge of wronging sixteen year old Alma Johnson of Bomarton.
Digestit promise for quick relief of indigestion
No danger of stomach distress if you take Digestit after meals. Three tablets aid digestion, relieve sour stomach gas and belching, and are harmless for children and adults. Schwab McElroy Drug Stores offers a money back guarantee with a purchase today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwab-McElroy
Bonham Mothers Club Hears Plan to Aid School Board
Judge Don A. Bliss urged Bonham Mothers Club to back a bond issue for San Antonio public school buildings. He warned current maintenance funds are exhausted and three 12 room schools are needed, with half day classes and large classes stressing facilities and grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Don A. Bliss
Bonham School Mothers’ Club
Prospect Hill
Texas railroad panel extends reconsignment privileges
The railroad commission announced a plan to extend livestock market reconsignment privileges from Fort Worth San Antonio Dallas Houston and Amarillo to all Texas railroads. The move aims to ease hardship for shippers unable to find a market locally and will be considered at the November 12 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Amarillo
Texas
Debs Claims Unified Party Financing Across Parties
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for president, said in Washington that Republican Democratic and Progressive parties are financed from the same source. He warned the country is on the cusp of a great organic change and asserted socialism is inevitable, though temporarily slowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
Indians Have Tuberculosis in Nett Lake Area
Dr. L. Clarke of the U S public health service visited Nett Lake and Orr to assess consumption and trachoma among Minnesota Indians. The Boss Fort Indians had no trachoma, Nett Lake settlement had no tuberculosis, but Pelican Point Indians were found to be heavily diseased with tuberculosis.
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Nett Lake
Minn
L. Clarke
United States Public Health Service
Orr
Minnesota
Crop Prospects Excellent in Texas Wheat Oats and Corn
Prosperity prevails in western and southwestern Texas with oats wheat and corn crops never better says Paul Wipprecht Farmers Institute lecturer after two weeks touring the region in mid October.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Paul Wipprecht
Farmers’ Institute
Yoakum Urges Farmers to Form National Association
Dallas, Oct. 19 A. B. F. Yoakum urged Southwestern Growers to form a national marketing association for farmers. He said farmers pay about 5100 million yearly in loan interest, 200 million more than needed, and urged a system to reduce selling costs without creating a price-raising trust. He cited watermelons sold for five cents in Oklahoma vs 50 to 60 cents in Minnesota due to distribution and freight concerns. He proposed dividing the southwest into zones to curb congestion and wasteful prices and endorsed expanding the Southwest Texas Truck Growers to include Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Dallas
Tex
National Marketing Association For Farmers
B. F. Yoakum
Southwestern Growers
Yoakum
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Southwest
Texas Truck Growers’ Association
Arkansas
Louisiana
Fine House for Sale in San Antonio on Goliad Street
One of the finest residences in San Antonio, the M. Halff Homestead on Goliad street, offers a bargain and good terms. Listed by Woodward & Altgelt with Dr. J. R. Cunningham, osteopath, 449 Moore Building. Old phone 984-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
M. Halff
Goliad Street
Woodward. & Altgelt
J. R. Cunningham
Moore Bldg
Colonel Roosevelt Leaves Mercy Hospital For Oyster Bay
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will depart Mercy hospital for Oyster Bay Monday at 10:25 AM via Pennsylvania railroad, health bulletin says convalescence is satisfactory. He told Mrs Roosevelt he will be good during the trip and start home as planned. Theodore Roosevelt Jr and aides organize train plans with the Progressive party. Secretaries sort letters from across the nation for Sagamore Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Mercy Hospital
Oyster Bay
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexander Lambert
SAS
John B. Murphy
Arthur D. Bevans
Scurry L. Terrell
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
MceGrath
Martin
United States
Express
Sagamore Hill
Syrup of Figs Ad Promises Gentle Child Relief
An old style advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a safe, gentle laxative for children and adults. It warns against harsh medicines like castor oil and calomel, claiming the product cleanses the stomach and regulates bowels without cramps. It urges mothers to ask druggists for the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Victoria Boosters Here on Way Home
A group of over 100 Victoria residents traveled by special train from the Dallas fair to San Antonio and then onward. The delegation included representatives from various industries and manufacturing sectors targeted for development in Victoria. They promoted local resources and future manufactories tied to the Guadalupe bay extension and deep water prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Victoria
San Antonio
Guadalupe Bay
Artillery Tests by Leon Springs Batteries Impress Inspectors
Seventeen artillery firings at Leon Springs by batteries A and C, Third artillery, U S A, tested their proficiency in front of Gen E Z Steever and Inspector General Major LeRoy Springs Lyon. The two batteries received strong praise from superiors and returned to San Antonio amid unofficial reports they matched the best inspections Lyon has seen. Lyon plans to conclude his northern and eastern tour in two to three weeks and will forward a report to Washington.
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E. Z. Steever
LeRoy Springs Lyon
Leon Springs
Lyon
San Antonio
Washington
Harris County local option request halted by court ruling
Houston officials report county commissioners halted the push for local option elections in outlying Harris County areas after a ruling by ex Judge M M Brooks on criminal appeals, which held school districts were not eligible subdivisions. Discussion of appealing to the legislature to amend the statute followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
County Commissioners’ Court
Harris County
M. M. Brooks
Court of Criminal Appeals
Free Recipe for Weak Kidneys Promises Quick Home Cure
An advertisement offers a free "recipe" for kidney troubles by mail from Dr. A. E. Robinson of Detroit. The pitch claims rapid relief from headaches, back pain, weakness, vision spots, yellow skin, and other symptoms, urging readers to request the copy at no charge to cure themselves at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Praise for Wilson Stance Amid Roosevelt Assassination
State Senator J. C. Willacy of Corpus Christi, while a Democrat, applauds Governor Wilson for withdrawing from the campaign during Roosevelt’s incapacitation. Willacy says the Progressive party will attract a large popular vote, possibly more than Taft, but Roosevelt may narrow in the electoral college. He believes the Progressive party is here to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wilson
Progressive Party
J. C. Willacy
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Willacy
Republican Party
Taft
Heavy Fine for Theft of Corn and Gun
Carl Staeger pleaded guilty in county court to stealing 12 bushels of corn and a $10 shotgun. Judge Phil Shook imposed fines totaling 150 dollars and 50 and 100 dollar penalties with jail terms of 60 and 90 days, plus 150 or 742 days if fines are not paid.
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Carl Staeger
Staeger
Phil Shook
One Million Dollar Fund Reached by Church Extension
Louisville reports the board of church extension has attained a 1 013 520 dollar permanent fund after three years of effort toward a one million goal. The past year added 136 000 dollars to the total, enabling 213 churches to be aided and 604 churches organized across the field. Receipts rose by 124 330 dollars. 500 000 dollars is sought for immediate spending this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Board of Church Extension
American Christian Missionary Society
Disciples of Christ
Mexico forms national law society in Western Hemisphere
Washington reports Mexico has organized a national law society to affiliate with the American Institute of International Law. Each country will appoint five members to the international body. Dr James Brown Scott, president of the institute, praised the auspicious start and hopes for closer ties in Panama affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
American Institute of International Law
James Brown Scott
Association For the Furtherance of
Panama
Higgins Company Increases Capital Stock To 100000
The secretary of state approved an amendment to the Higgins company of San Antonio raising capital stock from 50000 to 100000. The increase was decided at a stockholders meeting on October 9 in Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Secretary of State
Higgins Company of
San Antonio
Body of Baby Found in River Near Crockett Street Bridge
Workmen cleaning the stream found a newborn baby’s body in the river above the Crockett street bridge wrapped in a bath towel and newspaper dated September 30 with a heavy cord binding the package. Coroner Fisk was notified and the body was removed.
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Crockett Street Bridge
Fisk
Port Aransas Rail Rates Suit Postponed to October 28
The injunction suit filed by Aransas Harbor Terminal railway against eight major Texas railroads was postponed until October 28. The case, set for hearing in the Forty-fifth district court, alleges a railroad combination to injure Port Aransas by refusing to quote a through cotton rate for ocean shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Aransas Harbor Terminal
Forty-fifth District Court
Port Aransas
Benecia Arsenal Fire Destroys Pacific Coast Storehouse
The Benecia arsenal, main government supply storehouse on the Pacific coast, burned last night. Loss estimated at 3 to 4 million dollars with 60 000 stands of small arms and 12 000 000 rounds of ammo destroyed. Fire began by spontaneous combustion from crossed electric wires. building erected in 1859. no occupants since 4:30 pm. no powder or large shells stored.
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Benecia Arsenal
Benecia
Cal
Pacific Coast
Arsenal
Orient
Best Rain Since May Shines After Two Days of Rain
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS Tex Oct 19 after two days of almost continuous rain the sun returns to the town. The past week saw 3.25 inches of precipitation marking the best rainfall here since May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland
Springs
Tex
Plattsburg mother credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs Verna Wilkes of Plattsburg Miss reports recovery from nervous exhaustion indigestion and female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it saved her baby's life and brought health back to her home. The ad invites letters for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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Plattsburg, Miss
Lydia E. Pinkham
Verna Wilkes
Plattsburg
Miss
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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N.C
Hood
Ayers
Bonham Mothers Club
Debs
National Marketing Organization
Fine House
Walter Baker
Alt
Baker’s
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Ghose
Victoria Boosters
C. F. Keeny
Shreveport
Archie. D. Bean
New Orleans
W. A. Martin
LAW Society
American Institute
ARMY
Mrs. Wilkes
Bausch
Lomb-Zeiss
Lemaire
H. C. Rees Optical Co
W. Commerce St
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