Brackenridge Retires as Bank Leaders Change
Ferdinand Herff elected president of the San Antonio National Bank and the San Antonio Loan & Trust Company following Geo W. Brackenridge’s retirement due to age and health. Leroy G. Denman becomes president of the Loan & Trust and chairman of the bank board. no policy changes anticipated.
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Ferdinand Herff
San Antonio National Bank
George W.brackenridge
Leroy G. Denman
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
Brackenridge
Judge Denman
Geo. W. Brackenridge
Herff
Bank
Brackenridge Bank
Dwyer Avenue
St. Mary Street
Commerce
D. Sullivan & Co
Commerce Street
Loan and Trust Company
Supreme Court of
State of Texas
San Antonio
Largy
Denman,anklin and McGown
Brackenridge’s Retirement Marks Local Civic Shift
Mr Igane steps back from active labor as Mr Brackenridge retires from business after decades shaping San Antonio. A benefactor to the city, Brackenridge donated land now Brackenridge Park and Mahncke Park across from it, creating a driving and breathing space. Citizens regret his retirement but trust new officers will sustain the banks and institutions that have long served the city.
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Igane
Brackenridge
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Mahncke Ps
Miss Frances Pegg Ties The Knot In Los Angeles Romance
Miss Frances Pegg married C. P. Ottis in St. John's Episcopal church Los Angeles after a seaside honeymoon plan. Ottis, a LA broker in ten years, wed the bachelor amid a family telegram and a light hearted affinity joke that preceded the union. The couple will visit Newport Beach and San Antonio before settling back in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frances Pegg
San Antonio
California
Miss Pegg
Annie Palmer
C. P. Ottis
Quo warranto action over Portland office feud
District Attorney Cameron ousted by Governor Oswald West files quo warranto against H M Easterly who was appointed to fill the post after Walter Evang refused. The dispute stems from West anti vice crusade aims to clean up the town, meeting strong opposition and likely months of delay.
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Portland
Ore
Cameron
Oswald West
H. M. Easterly
Easterly
Walter Evang
West
Starling Seeks Higher Texas Labor Department Funds
Commissioner of Labor Starling filed estimates showing $17,200 requested for the next two fiscal years, the same as prior years and the legal maximum. He stated he will seek a legislative increase in the department’s appropriation in the next session.
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Starling
Austin
Tex
Colouitt Honors Requisition for Extradition
Special to The Light Austin August 31 Governor Dix of New York issued a requisition for the extradition of Michael Kleinheinz now under arrest in Galveston. He faces a grand larceny charge in New York City. Detective Joseph Russo obtained the papers and left for Galveston after delivering them.
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Colouitt
Austin
Tex
Dix
New York
Michael 5
Kleinheinz
Galveston
Joseph Russo
Creambery Dairy Co Ice Creams Pleases All
Advert reads that everybody likes the Creambery Dairy Co s ices and ices and creams with phone contact 871 for orders or inquiries.
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Creambery Dairy CO
San Antonio School Board Drops Drawing and Music
San Antonio moves to end free drawing painting and singing in the public schools amid longer sessions. Debates over supervisor roles prompt pay retention without duties as dealers face $2000 in dead stock while books and art materials sit unsold at term start.
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San Antonio
Nellie Lytle
Lulu Griesenbeck
OConsul's RanchLooted by Zapatistas in Guanajuato
The Consul Frank A. Dickinson’s ranch Absalo in Guanajuato was looted by Zapatistas on August 28 with no resistance offered. News from San Luis Potosí reports the raid reached there on August 31.
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Oconsul
San Luis Potosi
Mex
Plan To Form City Beautification Committee In San Antonio
Mayor A. H. Jones announced a Civic Improvement plan committee with Atlee B. Ayres as chairman and Thomas L. Conroy as vice chairman. The group, including leaders from the Civic Improvement league and Chamber of Commerce, will meet Tuesday morning in the mayor’s office to outline a city beautification plan focusing on transportation, underground conduits, parks, and long term systematic improvements.
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A. H. Jones
Atlee B. Ayers
Thomas L. Conroy
Civic Improvement League
San Antonio
Atlee B. Ayres
Walter P. Napier
John W. Warren
Highway League
The
Chamber of Commerce
R. H. Wester
Real Estate
Fred W. Cook
John H. Kirkpatrick
Nat M. Washer
F. L. Hillyer
Joseph 8. Carr
N.S. Graham
B. F. Nicholson
E. W. Knox
Harvey L. Page
Leo M. J. Dielmann
Harrison Tl. Beach
Frank G. Huntress
Joseph Emerson Smith
Tom Brown
J. H. Savage
Harry l. Miller
Albert Kronkosky
Conroy
Bust Enhancement Offer Promises Quick, Natural Growth
An advertisement claims a noninvasive bust development method can transform a woman’s figure in two weeks without drugs or devices. The author presents as a high priced artist’s model, requiring only a few minutes daily from readers aged sixteen or older and not invalid, to achieve a firm, youthful bust.
Madero Assures Protection for Americans in Mexican Mines
Governor Colquitt announced he received telegrams from President Francisco I. Madero promising Mexican federal troops had been detailed to Tominil to protect Americans working in the mines and ensure no further interference.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Presidentancisco I. Madero
Mexico
Tominil
Mex
Madero
Press Club to Meet in Gunter Hotel Rathskeller
The Press Club of Antonio will outline a slate of new officers this afternoon at 8 30 in the Rathskeller club rooms of the Gunter hotel. Important business will be discussed and a call for all members to attend issued. Refreshments probably will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Club
Press Club of
Antonio
Lodge of Perfection to Be Organized in San Antonio
Scottish Rite Masonic club members learned that the petition of San Antonio Scottish Rite Masons for a lodge of perfection, 14th degree, had been granted. Creating the lodge could begin September 19 with further committee work at the Swearingen building and a club meeting set for September 12 to organize preliminaries. The club also appointed a resolutions committee to honor the late secretary John H. Bolton who died August 17.
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Scottish Rite Masonic Club
P. Cochran
Dallas
San Antonio
Cochran
Lodge of Perfection
Nat M. Washer
Scottish Rite Masonic Club of
W. A. McDuffee
Swearingen
A. W. Houston Jr
Irving Dietz
John H. Bolton
Beck Abandons Plans For Orpheum Theaters In Texas
Martin Beck will not build Orpheum theaters in Texas after a talk with Karl Hoblitzelle. Beck had planned a Texas chain linking with the Pacific Coast circuit but was persuaded the time was not ripe and Hoblitzelle will handle the southwest territory.
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Chicago
Martin Beck
Karl Hoblitzelle
Orpheum
Texas
Beck
Lone Star State
Hoblitzelle
Damages Likely Against Woolen Co President Over Lawrence Plot
In Boston on August 31 authorities expect suits for damages total ing many thousands to be filed against William Wood of the American Woolen Company if he is found guilty of plotting to plant dynamite in Lawrence during the textile strike. The possible lawsuits come from property owners whose premises contained the explosives.
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Boston
Mass
William Wood
American Woolen Company
Lawrence
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