Arty Shared Boat With 400 Turtles
Wilfred P. Old, assistant curator at the Field Museum, returns to Chicago from Peru and the Amazon with 2000 fauna specimens new to American collections. He recounts hardship from plague to fevers and notes a night aboard the Amazon with 400 live turtles weighing 200 pounds each. He mentions hummingbirds seven and a half inches long and a rare black and white speckled bear hide among the finds.
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Wilfred P.ood
Chicago
Peru
Ama Valley
J. Osgood
South America
Mr. Old
Iquitos
Amazon
New Clothing on Credit Plan Sparks City Buzz
Hoyle & Rarick Clothing Co at 116 W. Houston St introduces a no deposit credit plan claiming to outfit men women or children with weekly payments. They report over 2000 new customers in one week and offer outfits including suit shoes and hat for 15 dollars with broader options depending on finances.
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Hoyle & Rarick Clothing Co
Houston St
San Antonio
Business Men Hear Ellerys Band in Beethovens Hall Concert
Channing Ellery presents a program titled Business Men’s Concert at Beethoven hall with Mrs. L L Marks soprano and Taddeo di Girolamo directing. The opening march King Onion by E A Rogers honors the Chamber of Commerce and features items from Verdi Donizetti Waldteufel and Bizet with a Wagner focus planned for the next evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldteufel
Messrs
D'Amico
Croce
Giulii
Kraushaar
Richard Wagner
Corporations File Reports Show Texas Tax Payments
The Light reports quarterly filings in the Texas Comptroller’s office. Sun Company Beaumont paid 526.77 in tax, Beaumont Traction 314.49 on gross receipts of 41 934.88, Tri State Telephone Amarillo 692.22 on 46 148.32, Corsicana Petroleum 1766.54 on 353 309.38, Producers Oil Houston 1891.55 on 378 311.42. The tax payment deadline without penalty is Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Comptroller’s Department
State Treasury Department
Sun Company
Beaumont
Beaumont Traction Company
Tri-State Telephone Company
Amarillo
Corsicana Petroleum Company
Producers Oil Company
Houston
New York Dreadnaught Launched At Brooklyn Yard
The super dreadnaught New York was launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with 40000 spectators including President Taft and the secretary of the navy. Miss Elsie Calder christened the ship as it sits about 40 percent finished and requires another year and a half to trials alongside the Texas.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Taft
Secretary of the Navy
Elsie Calder
William M. Calder
Texas
Congressman Calder
New York Dreadnought Demonstrates U S Naval Speed.
Newport News reports the New York, a 28,367 ton battleship with 14 inch guns, 21 knot speed, and 12 inch armor, built at Brooklyn Navy Yard in about thirteen months. Officials say government yards can match foreign builders, keeping the United States first in naval power.
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Newport News
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Arkansas
Hudson River
Panama Canal
Utah
North Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
Nevada
Detective Kennedy says a woman struck him in the melee
In Little Falls a clash between textile strikers and police left Michael Haley shot and Detective John Kennedy stabbed. Kennedy says a leading picket woman assaulted him as police moved to break up the Phoenix mill group. The riot sparked by a police clash with strikers. leaders were arrested and injuries not believed fatal.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Michael Haley
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Phoenix Mill
Navy electrician transferred from San Antonio to Dallas station
Chief Electrician R. E. Baucom, in charge of the naval recruiting station in San Antonio, received official notice of his transfer to the Dallas station and will depart tonight. The vacancy will be filled temporarily by Second Class Electrician F. D. Richardson who has assisted Baucom.
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R. E. Baucom
Naval
San Antonio
Dallas
Baucom
F. D. Richardson
Mr. Baucom
Stenographer Examination Notice In San Antonio
San Antonio civil service officials announce a stenographer and typewriter exam set for November 27 with a $900 annual salary. The test is open to all US male citizens aged 18 or older who have resided in the state for at least one year prior to the exam date.
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San Antonio
Civil Service Commission
United States
The
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Richard W. Sears
Sears
Central Trust Company
San Antonio, Texas
Arty
Sistant
C. Rees Optical Co
W. Commerce St
Ders
Gunter Office
Gunter Hotel
Compt
Beth
Southwest
Antonio Business College
Alamo Placa
Jos
Blackburn
Ellery
Beethoven “Hall
Congress
Calder
Fitzgerald
Maine
Havana
Connecticut
Osterhaus
Florida
United States Navy
Sampson
Santiago
Tutt’s
Gost
Tomach Powers
Main
Naval Recruiting Station
Paris
York
Red Cross
Slater
J. Slater
A. Garside & Sons
Ant
Russia
S. Weill Co
Weil
Ghe Wolff & Marx Co
Macs
Jamestown
Optimist
Pancoast & Kohler Tailors
East Commerce Street
Luther
Hermann H. Ochs
Presi
Grace Lutheran
Butcher
A. Collman
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