Southern Commercial Congress closes with new directors elected
The seventh Southern Commercial Congress ended in Mobile with a new directorate elected and resolutions passed. Officers named include Senator Duncan A. Fletcher as president and plans to divert Panama Canal trade to southern ports. A rural credits measure was urged before Congress.
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Mobile
Ala
Southern Commercial Congress
Oklahoma City
Houston
Duncan A. Fletcher
T. 8
Southgate
Albert P. Bush
Clarence J. Owens
W. H. Saunders
Panama Canal
Congress
United States
Minors Barred From Pool Halls in Texas Ruling
AUSTIN Oct 30 The Court of Criminal Appeals sustains Mills county case of Bert Stark upholding law that makes it a misdemeanor for pool hall owners or managers to admit minors to play pool or billiards. Stark fined 25 dollars for allowing a 17 year old to participate.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Bert Stark
Mills County
Oklahoma Congressman Targets Land Laws At Congress
Oklahoma Congressman Scott Ferris, chair of the House public lands committee, attacks U S land laws and Secretary Lane during the International Dry Farming Congress in Tulsa. His critique centers on crude, conflicting laws and inconsistent Interior Department rulings harming settlers and Westward development. He notes four past interior secretaries and calls for land restoration when mineral withdrawals lack minerals. The congress also re elected officers and welcomed Kansas Agricultural College president J W Waters.
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Tulsa
Okla
Wichita
Kans
International Board of Governors
Budapest
Hungary
Regina
Canada
Prescott
Asia
J. H. Grisdale
Dominion Experiment Work
Ottawa
United States
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
House Committee On Public Lands
Congress
Congressman Ferris
Interior Departments
Ballinger
Garfield
Fisher
Lane
Department
Ferris
International Congress of Farm Women
Belle von Don Harbert
Manzanola
Colo
John T. Burns
J. W. Waters
The
Agricultural College of Kansas
W. R. Motherwell
C. D. Hunt
H. M. Rainer
Amarillo
Tex
Alfred M. Atkinson
Bozeman
Mont
Terrible itching with ringworm and family cure claim
An elderly advertisement notes a mother describing severe ringworm on her children from a house cat, causing hair loss and intense itching. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing the condition in six weeks and promotes the products for skin and scalp issues with offers of samples and a Skin Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aisquith St
Baltimore
Sadie Pollock
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
NEW ROAD ADVANCES TO MATHIS ON GULF DIVISION
The gulf division of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad pushes toward Mathis with expected service next week. A. R. Ponder, president and GM, says two new cars will ship next week and arrive soon. Full operation toward Corpus Christi expected before the New Year as M. J. Hannam, general freight and passenger agent, arrives in San Antonio.
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Gulf
San Antonio
Uvalde & Gulf
Nueces
Mathis
A. R. Ponder
Ponder
Corpus Christi
M. J. Hannam
London committee seeks U S tariff relief for 1915 expo
An influential non-political committee formed in London urges the government to reconsider its denial of Britain participation in the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Members include Lora Cowdray and Sir Algernon Freeman Firth of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom.
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London
United States
Lora Cowdray
Algernon Freeman Firth
Associated Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
Williams Again Heads Austin Real Estate Exchange
At the Austin Real Estate Exchange meeting J H W Williams was re elected president O Ebbeling named vice president and W T Spruill secretary and treasurer A banquet at the Driskill preceded the elections with speeches from local figures on October 30 in Austin Texas.
Two Gushers Brought In at Moran Texas
Two oil gushers were brought in at Moran on the Texas Central Tuesday and another yesterday. A well brought in yesterday flowed about 200 barrels during last night, according to messages to J. R. Downs from his brother-in-law Sam Webb.
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Waco
Tex
Moran
Texas Central
J. R. Downs
Sam Webb
British Steamer Rescues Crew of Lottie Beard
The crew of the American schooner Lottie Beard abandoned their vessel October 16 and were landed at Lizard England today from the British tank steamer Sylvia under Captain Prouse. Sylvia sailed from Port Arthur Texas October 6 via Newport News toward Sheerness. The Lottie Beard was en route from New York to Augusta Maine.
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Lizard
England
Lottie Beard
Sylvia
Prouse
Port Arthur
Tex
Newport News
Shearness
Lottie Beary
New York
Augusta
Methodist Episcopal Church South meets in St Louis
The college of bishops began its semi annual five day session in ST LOUIS Missouri with executive business sessions. A convention committee formed to build the 400000 National Methodist Church in Washington met last night to plan raising the final 100000 needed for the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
College of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Washington, D. C
GETS-IT Corn Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a painless corn remedy that shrivels corns in two seconds and removes pains without harming healthy flesh. It claims to treat warts and bunions, priced at 25 cents a bottle or mailed from E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Theatre Preview: A Romance of Billy Goat Hill Opens
San Antonio audiences receive a six day Grand Theatre run starting tomorrow with May Buckley in A Romance of Billy Goat Hill directed by Sidney H. Weis. Critics praise the new comedy and its wholesome humor promising strong advance sales. telegram from Waco manager Charles Brain Jr. lauds the show as superior to Mrs Wiggs.
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San Antonio
May Buckley
the Grand
Sidney H. Weis
Miss Buckley
Mrs. Wiggs
Cabbage Patch
Memphis News-Scimitar
Anna
Anna Held
Weis
Charles T. Brain Jr
Waco Opera House
Fort Worth Wins Fortieth 1914 State Convention
Fort Worth secured the fortieth 1914 state convention as the Texas Marble Dealers and Good Ready Association each chose the city for its next meeting. The move followed an unusual push to attract conventions citing the new Chamber of Commerce auditorium.
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Ft. Worth
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Marble Dealers and Good Ready Association
Chamber of Commerce
St Jacobs Oil offers instant relief for backache
Pain vanishes after a gentle rub with St Jacobs Oil. The backache lumbago and sciatica cure is advertised as harmless and non burning, promising quick relief from soreness stiffness and pain when applied directly to the ache. Obtain a trial bottle from a druggist for lasting relief.
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St. Jacobs
Property values set for district under Somers system
At a city hall meeting yesterday, front foot values were assigned to all property in the district bordered by Alamo Walnut Nolan Fourth and Camargo streets. The highest value is 660 per front foot on South Alamo between Commerce and Market, with 450 per front foot on East Commerce between St Joseph and Bonham. The district average is about 100 per front foot, with residences down to 15. these owner established values will govern next year’s Somers system taxation.
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City Hall
Alamo Street
Walnut Street
Nolan Street
Fourth Street
Camargo Street
Commerce and
Market Streets
New Road for Pacific Coast
Plans for a $20,000,000 railway project named West Coast Railroad were filed in Olympia by J. D. Farreld president of the Oregon Washington Railroad Navigation Company. The line would run parallel to the Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul across the Cascade mountains with ocean terminals in Tacoma and Seattle.
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Pacific Coast
Seattle
Wash
West Coast Railroad
J. D. Farreld
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Harriman
United States Land Office
Olympia
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Cascade Mountains
Tacoma
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Fletcher
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Commercial Congress
Dallas Co-operative Land & Mortgage Company
Capital Stock
J. B. Rucker
Rosser J. Coke
Alex Camp
Enterprise Iron & Foundry Company of
Capital
W. H. Heroe
J. A. Herrell
J. A. Hererll
Robstown Light Company
Robstown
Nueces County
R. R. McNeil
H. R. Sutherland
W. E. Pope
Santa Anna
Coleman County
Incorporators
W. F. Wieser
J. F. Wieser
R. M. Wieeger
Nitrate Agencies Company of Texas
Purpose
G. B. Rogers
A. T. McKean
George E. Shelley
Rose Lake Coil Company
Nacogdoches
E. A. Blount
J. F. Summers
B. F. Hardeman
Southwestern Townsite Company of
Incorpor
A. M. Coffin
A. F. Bentley
E. C. Claybough
H. A. Wroe
Texas. Refining Co
Greenville
Farmers’ Union Gin Company of
Brown County
Brownwood
Dominion
S. A
Play
Grand
Arnold
NOA Spears CO
Losoya Street
Wright Bros
Main Ave
Crockett
Mystic Shrine
Ben Hur Temple
Turner Hall
Dean
W. M. Gibson
Danny F. Connor
J. T. Jackson
J. Winters
G. Bechtel
R. B. Rose
Bettinson
R. S. Michael
J. S. Borrum
W. J. Porter
Zay Smith
Homer T. Wilson Jr
R. E. Jones
Robert Burns
Ben Hur
Ben Hur Patrol
Shriners
Shriners-to-be
Women of Adah Chapter of the
Eastern Star
A Collman
Stetson
America
Austria
Germany
Earl & Wilson
Fomby-Jones Company
East
Houston Street
Schlitz
Bory
Ae “Aie, ML Wagye
Jung Brewing Co
Shaneston Oldey
Geo. Siaberee
Water Street
Texas
Milwaukee
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