Interurban Lines Seen As Key To Southwest Texas Growth
San Antonio leaders push interurban railway plans as rapid development nears in Southwest Texas. W. B. Tuttle of the San Antonio Traction Co. argues such lines would boost business and population, linking San Antonio with Austin and regional irrigation projects. He notes capitalists are waking to the region's opportunities as Medina dam and Aransas Pass harbor work progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
W. B. Tuttle
San Antonio Traction Company
Texas
William L. Rockwell
Texas Irrigation
Uniti States Agricultural Department
Gulf
North
Dallas
Sherman
Here
Austin
North Texas Heavy Express
United States
Medina
Aransas Pass
Tuttle
Pottawatomie Divorce Law Surprises Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a divorce by a Pottawatomie husband is legal and proper if only Pottawatomies are affected. The ruling suggests many Pottawatomies may seek changes in status or accession to new ranks.
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Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Chicago Record-Herald
Slow Rise in U S Farms as Population Grows
Census figures from the Thirteenth Decennial Census show a 10.5 percent rise in farm numbers from 1900 to 1910, but population grew faster. Improved land increased 15.2 percent, farm values more than doubled to 28.39 billion, and farm buildings rose 77 percent while machinery value climbed 68.3 percent. white farmers still dominate, with 5.42 million farms versus 917 thousand operated by Black and other nonwhite farmers.
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Washington
Durand
Bureau of the Census
Continental
United States
le Grand Powers
Division of Agriculture
Farm ownership and size distribution in 1910 census data
The 1910 census shows 3,933,705 farms operated by owners and 2,349,254 by tenants, with 66.7 percent owned free of debt and 33.3 percent mortgaged. Size groups rose across all classes from 19 acres up, shifting proportions among farm classes.
Glaze Wood and Coal Co announces new phone number
Glaze Wood and Coal Co successors to Government Hill Wood Co publish contact change with new telephone 1811 and old number 60538.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaze Wood and Coal Co
Government Hill Wood Co
Steel Magnates Gather for United States Steel Meeting
DULUTH Minn Sept 7 Officials attend the annual meeting today of presidents of United States Steel subsidiary companies. J A Farrell president US Steel Alexander F Banks president Elgin Joliet East Railway D R Kerr vice president Thomas Lynch H C Frick Coke Pittsburg D M Clemson president Natural Gas Pittsburg E H Thomas president United States Steel Products New York.
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Associated Press
Duluth
Minn
United States Steel Corporation
J. A. Farrell
Alexander F. Banks
Elgin, Joliet & East Railway Company
D. R. Kerr
Thomas Lynch
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Pittsburg
D. M. Clemson
TRY WILL CONTEST OVER KUNKEL ESTATE
The will contest over Louis Kunkel's £400000 estate is set for Monday in Judge Shook's county court division. Five children survive the 1908 death. one daughter, Mrs. Emily Stewart, was left $1 and now contests the will claiming the deceased was of unsound mind when it was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kunkel
Shook
Emily Stewart
Hays County Fair Opens With Parade Of Pupils October 4 6
San Marcos Texas September 7 The Hays county fair will feature a parade of more than 1000 schoolchildren on opening day October 4 with premium prizes for best exhibits by youths. A Lone Star chapter meeting plans veteran entertainment and a German American day will be celebrated with local officials and dignitaries attending.
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San Marcos
Tex
Hays County
Hays County Corn Club
Lone Star
U. D. Co
Daughters of the Confederacy
Seguin
Gonzales
E. R. Kane
Albert Burleson
Austin
A. B. Storey
San Antonio
Sons of Hermann
Hays
Botanica Blood Balm promises cure for rheumatism
A patent remedy advertisement claims Botanica Blood Balm B B B cures rheumatism by sending rich blood to nerves bones and joints. It asserts blood purification and poison destruction with thousands of prior cures and notes price and local seller Owl Drug Store on Commerce Street.
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Botanica
Owl Drug Store
Commerce Street
Royal theater bill features five acts and revels in laughter
At the Royal this week five acts entertain with strong comedy and music. Doc Rice delivers fresh monologues and songs. Young Britt charms with voice dance and harmonica. Faust Trio offers operatic numbers on strings, Manning Twins perform acrobatics, while Rome and Ferguson close with a musical comedy sketch.
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the Royal
Doc Rice
Britt
Faust
Manning Twins
Rome
Ferguson
Pictures Show Colors Kinemacolor New Developments
Joseph McKeon, advance man for coronation pictures, announces a Grand Theatre season debut showing Kinemacolor color motion pictures. He traces progress from zoetrope to kinetoscope to kinematograph and notes that natural color rendering without artificial dyes or brushwork is now possible, with colors shown as captured.
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Joseph McKeon
Mr. McKeon
Kinemacolor Brings Color to Moving Pictures
The sun’s light splits into colors to reproduce nature’s hues. G Albert Smith and Charles Urban are credited with this process named Kinemacolor. Black and white pictures lack atmosphere and depth, making scenes flat and colorless.
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Messrs
G. Albert Smith
Charles Urban
Expected visit fuels Texas senate bid rumors
Ms. Campbell is due in Austin today as private advices suggest the ex-governor will arrive this evening and is expected to formally announce his candidacy for the United States Senate.
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Austin
Tex
Campbell
United States Senate
Get-It's painless corn remedy advertised across cities
An ad proclaims GETS-IT as a painless solution for corn calluses warts and bunions. It promises no digging or cutting and claims the corn will come out with no blood. Available at 25 cents a bottle from E. Lawrence & Co Chicago and various San Antonio druggists.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
San Antonio
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Staur Company
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York
Erry
Outhwest
Ayer
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Daldas, Texas
Filter - Deutsch - Jarratt Company BO
Flores Street
Maerick
Glarke
Gengus Bureau
Newport
Henry Clews
Rohrer
the Artelia Cream CO
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Houston
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Smith & Barnes
Emerson
Thos. Goggan & Bros
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Botanic Blood Balm
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