Labor Day Queen Crowned At San Antonio Celebration
Labor Day festivities in San Antonio drew thousands at the fair grounds with a queen contest won by Ida Bowdoin of the Garment Workers union. Voters cast all day, total 74 699 votes equal to 746 99 dollars for a labor temple fund. Athletic events followed including a Plumbers vs Brewery Workers game won by the Brewery Workers. several youth and adult races and contests were held, with a dislocated shoulder reported for Norman White.
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San Antonio
Ida Bowdoin
Garment Workers’ Union
Queen
Bessie Collins
Leota ‘Eel
Kate Gilbert
Gladys Carpentier
Bowdoin
Labor Day
Arthur W. Gray
John Woerner
Marcel
Fair Grounds
Norman Whiteline
Whiteline
Jones
Ayres Out of City Plan Committee Postponed Meeting
City plan committee first meeting postponed to Thursday afternoon 4 o clock due to chairman Atlee B Ayres absence. Informal discussions planned on committee goals and finances with a view to civic support for future improvements. Field Agent Appointed in Nueces County
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City Plan Committee
Atlee B. Ayres
A. H. Jones
Mr. Ayres
Ayres
Wife is sorry now after aiding arrest of husband
Mrs. Ruth McBride caused the arrest of her husband Burton McBride on a wife and child abandonment charge and then kept vigil at the south side station for 48 hours. Exhausted, she quit her post but planned to return with meals from a restaurant, unable to find a bondsman for his release.
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Chicago, Ill
Ruth McBride
Burton McBride
South Side
Edison Launches Central Station Lighting Fifty Years Ago
Had Only One Dynamo New York marks thirtieth anniversary of commercial incandescent lighting begun by Thomas A Edison on September 4 1882. The world’s first central station operated in a lower Manhattan brick building with a single dynamo powering around 400 lamps via underground cables. Early customers included the army office the Times and Herald offices and J P Morgan Co with 106 lights.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Army
Times
J. P. Morgan & Co
Labor Day At Sutherland Springs Observed With Games
Labor Day was observed in Sutherland Springs with a barbecue and sports. A special train brought many visitors from San Antonio and nearby points. The highlight was a ball game between the local team and the Knights of Columbus of San Antonio, called after seven innings with the Knights winning 16 to 12.
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Sutherland Springs
Sutherland
Springs
Tex
San Antonio
Knights of Columbus
Body of Tony Kyle to Arrive Tonight in San Marcos
The body of Tony Kyle who died in New Mexico Friday will reach San Marcos tonight. The funeral will be held tomorrow. Two weeks earlier the body of his brother Walter Kyle was brought from Los Angeles after death following an operation.
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San Marcos
Tex
Tony Kyle
New Mexico
Walter Kyle
Los Angeles
McAllister Habeas Hearing Set in Brownsville Killing Case
A habeas corpus hearing for Paul McAllister, accused of fatally shooting Brownsville Police Chief Joe Crixell, will take place Wednesday morning before District Judge W. B. Hopkins in Corpus Christi. McAllister was denied bail after an exam in Brownsville last Thursday and is held in Cameron County jail ahead of the October district court term.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Paul McAllister
Joe Crixell
Brownsville
W. B. Hopkins
McAllister
Browns
School Chief Corders Resigns. Peterson as Successor
Gonzales Texas September 3 A B Corder county superintendent of public schools resigns to take effect September 5. Commissioners appoint A V Peterson of Waelder, the Democratic nominee for the post in the recent primaries. A Collman plumber 416 Main Ave.
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Secial
Gonzales
Tex
A. B. Corder
Commissioners’ Court
A. V. Peterson
Waelder
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Moo Bowdoin
Garment Workers
Labor
Teddy Conneley
Ralph Trejo
Charley Lawrence
Hazel Smith
Viva Ferguson
Helen Kress
Bryan Nayior
Simon Cohen
Keith Huber
Elsie Tehas
Hilda Lieck
Frances Rossman
C. T. Pittman
Reinold Herleck
E. Marceau
E. Coker
Henry Schelper
C. J. Orman
Charles Orman
George Muntzer
Minnie Switzer
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Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta, Ga
LIGHT
R. A. Berryman
Cuero
United States
Nueces County
Berryman
Department of Agriculture
Kendall County Fair
Boerne
A. Collman
Main Ave
Dinah
Miss Dinah Junior
Chicago
Illinois
France
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