Memoirs of Henry Castro Texas Pioneer Founder of Castroville
Series based on Henry Castro memoirs founder of Castroville and Texas pioneer. Capt. A J Sowell describes gathering documents from early settlers and judges in Medina County and D Hanni areas. Castro’s life includes Paris politics with Godoy and negotiations over a Texas deed, amid Spanish exile and Napoleon era honors.
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Henry Castro
Texas
Town OF
Castroville
A. J. Sowell
Herman E. Haas
Hondo
Chris Batot
Koches
Neyes
D’hannis
August Kempf
Medina County
M. Schorobing
New Fountain
August Rothe
Rothe Brothers
Seco
Godoy
Provisional Government of
San Antonio bank settlement praised by city officials
The Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company completed a full $517,000 payment to San Antonio’s City Treasurer, honoring an April 1916 deposit related to the West Texas Bank failure. The City Clerk and Mayor endorsed the bank’s prompt settlement and public notice underscores public confidence.
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Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
Board of Commissioners
City of
San Antonio
San’ Antonio
State Banking Board
Texas
Savings Department
State of
New battleship Arizona commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Arizona, sister to the Pennsylvania, was placed in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on October 17. It displaces 32 567 long tons, measures 608 feet, carries over 1000 crew, and surpasses 21 knots in speed. Its 14 inch guns, shown in a deck photograph, are praised for greater effectiveness than British Queen Elizabeth type guns.
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Arizona
Uncle Sam
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Pennsylvania
Stuart's Calcium Wafers Promise Clearer Skin
An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a fast remedy for pimples blotches and liver spots. It claims the wafers purge blood impurities, avoid pore-clogging creams, and promise a perfect complexion with a 50 cent box and a free trial by mail.
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Stuart
Free Trial Coupon Request for Stuart's Calcium Wafers
A reader seeks a free trial package of Stuart's Calcium Wafers from F. A. Stuart Co at 335 Stuart Ridge, Marshall Michigan. The note requests return mail with name street city for delivery.
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F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Ridg
Marshall, Mich
Stuart
Castro Letters Outline Texas Land Claims and Ambition
Henry Castro writes to the president claiming lands granted for his colony and pledging continued effort. He asserts past obstacles were overcome and asks government support to take possession of the lands while in Eastern Texas at Old Washington.
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Republic of Texas I
Rio Grande
Camargo
Salt Lake
Dolores
Laredo
Nueces
San Antonio
Medina
Uvalde, Frio
Atascosa
Bexar
McMullen, LaSalle
Zavalla
San Pedro Creek
France
Algiers
Ebro
Perry
Havre
Galveston
Texas
Castro
Republic of Texas
Washington
Kingdom of
Republic
Kingdom of France
Paris
Henry Castro
Old Washington
Byrne Heads International Dry-farming Congress
Gov. Frank M. Byrne of South Dakota was elected president of the International Dry-farming Congress in El Paso on Oct. 21 with R. H. Forbes of Arizona as first vice president, E. G. Peterson of Utah as second, and B Youngblood of Texas as third. Mrs. W. A. Warner of Claude urged farmers to value hogs over children and praised women’s influence on farming.
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EL Paso
Tex
Frank M. Byrne
South Dakota
R. H. Forbes
Arizona
E. G. Peterson
Utah
B Youngblood
College Station
Texas
W. A. Warner
Claude
Remanded in Jail In Frio City Stabbing Case
Two Mexican men charged with assault to murder and remanded to jail by the sheriff's department as two of three suspects in the stabbing of Robert Hattox in Frio City.
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Sheriff's Department
Robert Hattox
Frio City
Classified Advertising Department
The
San Antonio Light
Justice Fisk and Hattox in County Jail After Preliminary Waiver
Justice Fisk and Hattox were remanded to jail in default of $500 bonds each after waiving preliminary examination. The papers were sent to the grand jury for investigation. Hattox received medical attention after the incident.
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Justicen
Fisk
Justice Fisk
Grand Jury
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Prince of Peace
Commonwealth Bank & Trust Go
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Clinton G, Brown
J. Lafitte
Hamilton
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Gulf
New Orleans
Simpson
Europe
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Lyons
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Dunkirk
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Menetier
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Mexico
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Jeane Key
Jeanette
Germany
BIG Guns
America
International Film Service
Farm Congress
B. Youngblood
College Station, Texas
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Army
T. B. Baker
A la Carte
Hot Wells Hotel
Bath House
Arthur G. Jury
Orchestra Music Daily
Great Southwest
New Mexico
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Eastern
Lousiana
Houston Chronicle
Dallas Times-Herald
Theft. Worth Star-Telegram
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