San Antonio Troop C Cavalry Faces Border Patrol Duty
Captain R O Whitaker reports Troop C San Antonio Texas cavalry stands in strong health after a severe federal training course. Troop C, part of the Texas squadron at Ruidosa in the Big Bend, patrols fifty miles of border with no Mexican trouble. They run a funded diet, guard a water system, and aim to remain until government needs end.
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San Antonio
Texas Cavalry
Big Bend
R. O. Whitaker
Whiteaker
Mexico
Texas Squadron
Ruidosa
Texas
Rio Grande
Marfa
Presidio
Laredo
Whitekar
Chico Cano
Captain Whiteaker
John D. Long
Teague Bank to Open as Liquidation Starts Monday
Judge J D Moore receiver for The Farmers Merchants State Bank of Teague TX says liquidation will begin Monday after talks with Insurance and Banking Commissioner C O Austin. Unsecured depositors to be paid in full from the guaranty fund, though timetables are unsettled. This bank closure led to the death of Commissioner Patterson.
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Bank
Patterson
Scarcity of White Paper Forces Newsrooms to Trim Pages
The Light explains rising white paper costs and paper shortages limiting daily newspapers. To survive, publishers cut pages and free copies, eliminating exchanges and returns while maintaining news coverage. Subscribers may pay more yet receive fewer features as war-driven price rises bite the industry.
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United States
The
Light
Stamp Tax Law Is No Longer Effective
Austin September 9 A B Walker collector of internal revenues announced that stamp taxes on documents and proprietary articles under schedules A and B of the emergency revenue law of October 22 1914 have been repealed effective at midnight last night. The tax on documents stock certificates deeds promissory notes and cosmetics perfume chewing gum and other proprietary items has been removed. A new liquor tax is imposed under the new act with rates to be announced by circular. Unused stamps may be redeemed on form 46 available from the Austin collector.
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Austin
Tex
Walker
Internal Revenue
Plans for Katy depot in San Antonio outlined
L. F. Lombladh chief engineer of the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad arrived from Dallas to supervise the new Katy freight depot on South Flores street. He said passenger depot plans are not yet complete and construction may start weeks later. He envisions a beautiful Spanish style depot with modern conveniences and substantial planning.
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L. F. Lombladh
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Texas
San Antonio
Dallas
Katy
South Flores Street
Lombladh
Weather forecast for cities across the nation
Regional and city level forecasts from The Light note Sunday fair conditions in parts of East and West Texas. St Louis shows 76 degrees with SE wind and Sunday rain. Chicago 68 degrees with light east wind and Sunday rain. Milwaukee 72 and cloudy with SE breeze. Kansas City 78 and clear with SE wind and rain. New York 70 with rain and south winds. Boston 170 degrees and clear with NE wind. Washington 66 degrees with north wind and Sunday fair.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Far Reaching Peace Plans for Mexico Unveiled
New London report outlines American and Mexican commission proposals including border protection, American garrisons, and a neutral zone to pursue brigands. Plans call for land reform, tax overhaul, education, stable currency, and rehabilitation of railroads with U S support for a large Mexican loan.
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New London
Conn
Commission
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
United States
U. S
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Camp Wilson Restored as Fort Sam Houston Encampment Name
The Fort Sam Houston site reverts to Camp Wilson after War Department revokes Cecil A. Lyon title. The gain and loss of names reflect Army rules on living persons and postoffice naming. General Funston did not comment on the reversal of the living person naming.
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Cecil A. Lyon
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
South Department
Eitle
Big Win Rment
Funston
War Department
Wilson
The
United States
George LD. Armistead
Texas
Texas National Guard
Comptroller Seeks Settlements From Texas Tax Col lectors
The Texas Comptroller reports most county settlement papers for 1915 16 have been received. Only El Paso Sabine and Val Verde counties remain outstanding. Officials aim to finish the annual report to the governor before the 35th Legislature convenes in January.
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Austin
Tex
Comptroller's Department
el Paso
Sabine
Val Verde
Terrell
Ordr
Comptroller
Acomnes
Responsibility fixed in collapse at Welsh White fight
The coroner's jury holds the One Hundred Million Dollar Club of Colorado Springs chiefly responsible for the bleacher collapse at the Welsh-White prize fight, which killed A. A. Nostrum and injured more than 200. The Colorado Springs city council is secondarily liable. contractors and architect censured for supervision neglect.
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Colorado Springs
A. A. Nostrum
Club of
Maine voters set test for drift in national politics
Representative Hatton W. Sumners of Dallas says Maine's September election will reveal whether Democrats or Republicans gain momentum. He notes Roosevelt and Hughes visits stirred crowds, while Maine has not voted Democratic since the Civil War, with Democrats hopeful but Republicans pushing a big plurality.
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Augusta
Maine
United States
Roosevelt
Portland
Lewiston
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hughes
Bryan
Hughes
Hatton W. Sumners
Dallas
Sumners
Texas
Democrats Have Fine Maine Chance Says Sumners
Washington Sept 9 reports Rep Sumners says the Democrats have a fine chance of carrying Maine in the upcoming Congressional election. The remark emphasizes optimism about the Maine race as voters prepare to go to the polls.
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Maine
Sumners
Washington, D. C
Fall of Halicz Believed Imminent in War News
London reports Austro German defenses at Halicz blown up as Russians gain left bank of the Dniester. The bridge over the Dniester is destroyed and two troop trains were wrecked. Russians claim gains in the Carpathians and taken prisoners near Baranoff. Turkish forces counter but repulsed.
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London
Halicz
Lemberg
Reuter
Petrograd
Dniester
Austro-Hungarian War Office
Carpathians
Cibo
Galicia
Baranoff
Robbers Escape With $12,000 After Ohio Coal Exec Slaying
Martin s Ferry Ohio Sept 9 two masked bandits fatally shot Lee Rankin superintendent of the Y and O Coal Co at Florence as Rankin rode to the mine with $12,000 to pay workers. Rankin died in hospital. accomplice Paul Pickens escaped unharmed. Police and armed posses scour the area vowing to kill the killers on sight. Rankin had $1000 in his pocket the robbers missed.
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Atrack Rankin
Pickens
Rankin
Governor commutes two Arkansas death sentences
Governor Hayes commuted the death sentences of Henry Woods, convicted wife slayer, and J. T. McCown, who killed his father-in-law, to life imprisonment. Woods had been captured in Canada after an international manhunt. both were slated for electrocution next week.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hayes
Henry Woods
J. T. McCown
Woods
Canada
Russo-Roumanian invasion pushes toward Serbia and Orient rail
A Russo-Roumanian army invades Serbia sweeping from Orsova reaching Negotia seven miles inside the border. The allies alert notes threaten the Orient railway while Dobritch and nearby towns fall to the allied counteroffensive. Romanian forces reclaim Dobritch Bazar and Dobasci amid attacks around Mehadia and Orsova.
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London
Serbia
Orsova
Little Kingdom
Negotia
Athens
Daily
Bulgaria
Turkey
Berlin
Orient
Macedonia
Saloniki
Dobritch Bazzar
Bucharest
Bey Ning
British Capture Guinchy in Somme Advance Near Combles
British forces under Sir Douglas Haig take Guinchy, the last fortification before Combles, as French units push from the southwest. The gains extend 300 yards east of High Wood and 600 yards northeast of Pozieres, with Combles under fire from three British and French fronts.
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London
Guinchy
Combles
Douglas Haig
Guillemont
High Wood
Leuze Wood
Somme
Pozieres
British Hold Near Feres Amid German Counter Action
Report describes heavy casualties as German forces mass for a counter attack near Feres. British artillery fire caught the Teutons, inflicting losses while British troops maintained position during the engagement.
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Feres
French Advance Ties Down German Forces Near Foch Front
Paris reports say French troops push forward north and south of General Foch lines as German offensives stall. Guns pound Thiepval area while the Allied advance eyes more gains and a potential renewed push amid looming parliamentary finance measures.
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Somme
Paris
Foch
Thiepval
Einem
Roye
Rheims
Peron
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
Fra
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R. C. Whiteaker
Liquidate Teague Bank
Congress
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West
Coroner’s Jury
Hall
Coal Company
Seria
Qrsova
Negotin
Orient Railway
Dobruch
Dobasci
Dobritch
Roumania
San Milai
Deline
Giurghiurgen
Senmiglan
Mehadia
Orsovan
Constanta
Roumanian War Office
Roumanian
Black Sea
Baltjik
Vienna
Transylvania
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