County Teachers Hold Their Institute In Bexar County
The Bexar county teachers institute will be held at Alamo Heights school September 9 to 13. Attendees will be paid salaries for time, with sessions led by local educators on topics from school laws to sanitation, libraries, and teaching methods. The Friday program includes Dr W S Sutton and Miss Hale among others. The county school board will meet September 14 to review the year's work and discuss consolidation rural high school obstacles and cooperation of city and rural schools.
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Bexar County
Teachers’ Institute
Alamo Heights
P. ¥. Stewart
Carlos Bee
Uesday
McAlister
Davis
Holland
M. J.bliem
Baxter
Rowland
Thurman
W. S. Sutton
Miss Hale
Miss Howard
Berg
Irving
Miss Nuckolls
Morse
Sutton and
Horn
Charles J. Lukin
Texas
City cannot use Austin public squares for market or auditorium
The attorney general's opinion in Austin holds the 1839 public squares were dedicated for ornament and public recreation, not for a market or an auditorium. Mayor Wooldridge submitted the question, and the ruling emphasizes the squares as places for health, pleasure, exercise, and recreation in four central locations of the capital.
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Austin
Tex
Wooldridge
Attorney General's Department
Texas
Busy Week for Teachers in Five Day Institutes Set
Sixty Texas counties begin five day teachers institutes with county programs prepared. State Superintendent F M Brasley will visit Hill Ellis Tarrant Collin Montague and Fannin counties to discuss rural urban industrial education and higher education in Texas. Chief Clerk Shelby and assistants plan talks across additional counties including Milam McLennan Eastland Parker Clay Burleson Galveston Grimes Liberty Jefferson Brazoria.
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Austin
Tex
F. M. Brasley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bralley
Hill
Ellis
Tarrant
Collin
Montague
Fannin
Texas
Shelby
Milam
McLennan Eastland
Parker
Clay
B. A. Decherd
Colorado
Lavaca
Goliad
Jackson
Wharton
B. W. White
Burleson
Galveston
Grimes
Liberty
Jefferson
Brazoria Counties
Press humorists convene in Detroit after tombstone meeting
American press humorists from across the United States gather in Detroit on September 2 for a week of recreation with a possible business session on Thursday night if time permits.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Dr. R. F. Stokes Resigns as Calvary Baptist Pastor
Dr. R. F. Stokes tendered his resignation as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, effective November 1, accepted with regret. A pulpit committee will appoint his successor. He has led the church seven years, overseeing growth and a $25,600 new building at North Pine and Hays. He may enter evangelical work, remaining in the region if possible.
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R. F. Stokes
Calvary Baptist Church
M. H. Ludwick
S. W. McClure
R. D. McGee
B. L. Rabora
T. H. Thorn
Ben Overton
Dr. Stokes
Stokes
North Pine
Hays Street
Southwestern Texas Baptist Workers’ Conference
Bounty Law Effective in Texas for Wildlife
The Texas act appropriating 100000 dollars to pay bounties for wolves coyotes and other wild animals took effect. It pays five dollars for each larger predator scalp and one dollar for each coyote or wild cat upon delivery to county commissioners, aiding western stockmen.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Hotel Guests and Arrivals Listed Across City Establishments
A long list of visitors and guests is noted at San Antonio hotels including J H Smith of Dallas at the Gunter, Joseph Warden and daughter Mary from Victoria at the St Anthony, and many others from Texas and beyond lodging at the Savoy Bexar Crockett Menger and related stops. The note also records W R Preston Frisco agent visiting San Antonio to discuss regional traffic.
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Joseph J. Warden
Mary Warden
Victoria
St. Anthony
Nae Ware Jr
Pandora
Savoy
H. G. Bright
Danville
Bexar
John W. Moore
Alvin
Crockett
D. F. Pipes
Mexico
The
Menger
William McMurry
Mise Tucker
J. C. Millen
Big Wells
Texas
Tennessee
T. B. Jones
del Rio
Gunter
F. D. McMahan
Cotulla
J. A. Bonnet Jr
Eagles Pass
T. C. McCain
Houston
the Crockett
Fred J
P. O. Roemer
Port Lavaca
North
R. F. Man
Chicago
R. B. Montgomery
C. E. Lang
Jourdanton
Bexa
Powell
Laredo
H. Berton
St. Louis
G. H. Christie
Tampico
Mex
Alvin Dilly
Kerrville
H. L. Arnold
Kansas City
J. M. Innis
Dallas
R. R. Bickenbach
Beb Paso
H. R. Emmett
Fowlerton
W. E. Stalker
H. ©. Atkinson
B. A. Beemes
F. Catkin
Comfort
Tex
Frisco Lines
Santonio
Frisco
Oak Park Girls’ Yell Saves Them From Gas Boat Sinking
Four Oak Park High School girls Mildred Crissey Gladys Palmer Edith Forbush and Rachel Forbush drifted in an open gasoline boat during a storm Their shouted class yell Help Nine teen Twelve saved rescuers from shore prompting boats to reach them and bring them ashore safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oak Park High School
Mildred Crissey
Gladys Palmer
Edith
Rachel Forbush
Hazard
Labor Day Observed in Markets Amid Cheese Price Surge
Milk shortages and winter supply worries push cheese prices to multi year highs. Buyers and out of town merchants flood city markets for fall goods as dry weather and reduced cattle killings raise costs.
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Vince
Texas Ehetee Makera Algo
Ountry
Wholesale grocers eye waterfront move amid city congestion
Overcrowded streets in New York's wholesale grocers district prompt plans for a major firm to relocate to the waterfront. Experts say shifting dockside could cut trucking needs and boost efficiency as other firms may follow.
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New York City
Market adjusts to Labor Day with limited hours
Retail stores opened briefly for Labor Day while market activity remained steady during regular hours. Demand shifted to restaurants and wholesalers, with little change in prices. Eggs remained scarce at 20 cents a dozen, butter and poultry improved, and meat prices held steady as hog supply awaited the new crop. Colorado vegetables enter the market as oranges, bananas, and assorted produce show varied prices.
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Colorado
Cattle Pens Cleared At Steady Prices At Union Yard
At Union Stock Yards on Sept 2 a heavy run of cattle calves and hogs filled pens. Buyers were present early and prices held steady with last week. Best cows brought 4 and calves 5, hogs scarce with pork demand light. no sheep or goats were offered.
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Union Stock Yards
Big Sheep Run Brings 8295 Head to Fort Worth Market
Labor Day market activity remains brisk with a large sheep run the biggest in a long time totaling 298 head at 4.50 for wethers from New Mexico. Cattle receipts 3500, steady market. steers to 5.35, calves 2500, top 7. Sheep receipts 926, top wethers 4.50.
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Fort Worth
Tex
New Mexico
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts 16 000 with slow to steady trade. Hogs receipts 28 000 with market strong for pens and softer elsewhere. Sheep receipts 18 000 with steady to strong demand across native and western stock. Prices listed for cattle hogs and sheep across several categories.
Kansas City Market Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and quotations for September 2 show cattle at 15 000 head with native steers 6.25 to 10.60, southern steers 4.50 to 6.00, cows and heifers 3.25 to 5.00. hogs 3 000 head steady to strong with bulk sales 8.65 to 8.80. sheep 19 000 head with muttons 2.50 to 4.40 and lambs 6.00 to 6.75.
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Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Market Report From St Louis Receipts Steady
Receipts and quota for cattle hogs and sheep listed. Cattle prices range native beef steers six to ten fifty, Texas Oklahoma steers four fifty to eight, cows and heifers three fifty to seven. calves in carland lots five fifty to thirty eight. Pigs and lights six to nine dollars per hundredweight. native lambs three fifty five to five twenty five. lambs six fifty to seven.
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BT. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Mexico Profits From Panama Canal Warns Mexican Official
Senor Rafael Hernandez the Mexican secretary of the interior visited San Francisco on a business trip and expressed a friendly view of U S relations. He said Mexico has awakened to new opportunities and will profit from the Panama canal, second only to the United States in Pacific coast influence, with President Cárdenas attentive to its potential.
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Mexico
San Francisco
Cal
Senor Rafael Hernandez
United States
Senor Hernandez
Panama Canal
Pacific
Earer
Gins Busy at Snyder Cotton Gins
Snyder Texas September 2 The gins at Dunn and Ira are turning out thirty bales of cotton daily at each Upland cotton production cited with rapid ginning activity in the local area at Snyder.
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Snyder
Snyder, Tex
Dunn and
Ira
Speculation in Stages of a Cautious Nature
New York reports a Labor Day stock exchange closure and a cautious outlook as crops shape sentiment in the market. Banks show higher withdrawals and harvest-linked demand, while grain exports are lighter than last year. September dividends for railroads and industries rise, with many extra disbursements added to lists.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Berlin
London
Bank of England
Journal of Commerce
Weather observations from September 2, 1912 report wind, temperature and rain
Observations taken at 8 a m on Monday September 2 1912 detail wind direction and velocity first column temperature second rainfall third column state of weather fourth and fifth columns.
Gill Corrects Error On Texas Insurance Deposits
Commissioner Gill writes Indianapolis attorney Guilford A Deitch to correct a misimpression from a recent article. He clarifies that the Texas law requiring deposits of securities with the state insurance department has been expressly repealed, not upheld.
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Austin
Tex
Insurance and Banking
Gill
Guilford A. Deitch
Indianapolis
Ind
Deitch
Texas
Insurance Department
Love
Insurance Commissioner
Veteran Denied Bail in Welch Murder Case
Moses B. Tyler, Confederate veteran, faced an examining trial in Austin on charges of killing Joseph L. Welch, another veteran, at a home on August 24. Denied bail, Tyler appeared without counsel and offered only that Welch had pushed him from a porch months earlier. He was remanded to jail awaiting grand jury action.
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Austin
Tex
Moses B. Tyler
Joseph L. Welch
M. M.johnson
Tyler
Welch
Texas cotton crop showing deterioration
The Commercial Appeal reports weekly crop conditions across cotton states. Progress was steady in Mississippi river border states, Alabama, and Oklahoma, but deterioration occurred in Texas Georgia and the Carolinas due to drought boll weevil pressure and mature crop effects. Final yields hinge on frost timing.
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Memphis
Tenn
Commercial Appeal
Mississippi River
Alabama
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Georgia
Carolinas
Drouth
Liverpool Cotton Closing Prices and Sales Report
Liverpool spot market mixed demand with prices 1 to 3 points higher. American middling fairs at 7.194 pence, good middling 6.794, middling 6.374, lower grades down to 5.654. Daily sales 5000 bales, 4900 American, 300 for speculation and export. Receipts 7000 bales, including 6900 American.
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Liverpool
Market Figures Show Quiet Opening on Futures
Futures opened quiet and steady in Liverpool with a barely steady close. Key contracts listed include Sept at 6.084, Sept-Oct 6.924, Oct-Nov 0.88d, Nov-Dec 0.83%d, Dec-Jan 5.86%d, Feb-Mar 6, Mar-Apr 5.86140, April-May 6.8749, and June-July 65.88d, among others.
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Liverpool
Cotton fabric trading stalls amid price dips and holiday lull
New York Sept 2 Cotton goods trading in primary markets shows some restraint as raw material prices ease and a new cotton year nears. Buyers foresee fair consumer demand but hesitate to commit before further market signals. production remains restricted in New England due to labor troubles and export demand stays light. Prices hold with modest variations across prints, denims, tickings and ginghams as Fall River sales stay small.
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New York
New England
Fall River
Boy Lost Two Hours Near Broadway and Avenue C
Seven year old Homer Hyde Jr. wandered from home at 3820 Broadway toward his grandmother on Avenue C and failed to alight at the correct corner. After a two hour search by police he was found safe and the alert ended.
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Homer Hyde Jr
Homer
Broadway
Avenue C
Watermelon Wagon Loads Marketed in Snyder
Snyder Texas September 2 L T Conora of Ira marketed a wagon load of watermelons weighing forty to ninety pounds each. The report notes Andrew Carnegie in London and remarks on taxation of millionaires in this country.
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Snyder, Tex
L. T. Conora
Ira
Andrew Carnegie
London
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