Medina Irrigation project lays out 60000 acre plan near San Antonio
A Medina River irrigation scheme showcased to 35 San Antonio officials and business leaders details a $6,000,000 effort by Dr. F. S. Pearson and the Medina Irrigation company. The plan includes two dams, a channel system, and laterals to irrigate 60,000 acres in Bexar Medina and Atascosa counties, with a two year construction horizon and extensive camp sanitary measures for 1300 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina Irrigation Company
Bexar
Medina
Atascosa
Bexar County
Thomas B. Palfrey
C. C. Cresson
Dunlay
Murphy
San Antonio
F. S. Pearson
Mammoth Enterprise
Fletcher
A. W. Billings
Pearson
Billings
Medina River
T. B Palfrey
C. C. Cresson Jr
Franz Cc. Groos
C. K. Crawford
Frank Sommers
Albert V. Huth
J.A. Bitter
Frank R. Newton
Ed W. Tynan
J. M. Vance
San Antonio International Fair Association
Charles Armstrong
G. G. Watts
Frank M. Edwards
W.S. Hawkins
Bexar County Highway League
J. Bennett
Charles 8. Diehl
Harrison L. Beach
T. O. Bateman
William Hogan
Joe Hopwood
Robertson
Louis de- Nette
Ed .S. Newton
Light Contest Seeks Letters on Living on $20 a Week
The Light invites readers to submit letters explaining how a couple can live comfortably on $20 weekly. Judges include Mrs F W McAllister Miss Emma Pirie and Mrs A H Cadwallader. Prize $5 for best letter and $2 for second. letters under 600 words disqualified.
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The
Light
F. W. McAllister
San Antonio
Mothers’ Congress
Emma Pirie
Public Schools
A. H. Cadwallader
First Service Held at Prospect Hill Baptist Church Anniversary
The Prospect Hill Baptist church celebrated its twentieth anniversary with the first service in the new building. Rev. T. J. McConnell preached on The Building of a Great Denomination and three baptisms followed. A $1700 building fund was raised, expected to reach $2500. A city mass meeting featured multiple ministers and laymen speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Prospect Hill Baptist Church
T. J. McConnell
Mathew
J. W. Clayton
C. D. Daniel
F. T
First Baptist Church
International & Great Northern
Riebe Undertaking Co Auto Ambulance Service
Riebe Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 221 E Commerce with phone 341 for rapid medical transport and funeral support.
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Riebe Undertaking Co
Plot to Rob Smithsonian Targets Valued Relics
The New York police report an alleged plot to steal Smithsonian relics in Washington. An informer says a former lock company employee with duplicates of master keys planned to hold the items for a large reward.
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Associated Press
New York
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Gun Club Is Organized in Corpus Christi
The Corpus Christi Gun club with a 30 member roster of leading local businessmen has been organized. H. J. Borden of Houston sparked the effort, engaging local marksmen and generating strong enthusiasm.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Fourteen Die As Schooner Whisper Sinks Off Nicaragua
The schooner Whisper, commanded by Captain Winston Hall of Philadelphia, carrying mahogany, burned after a gasoline explosion off the Nicaragua coast. Fourteen crewmen drowned when the vessel sank after the blaze.
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Nicaraguan
Associated Press
New York
Whisper
Port Simon
Winston Hall
Philadelphia
Louisiana Rice Mills Form State Milling Company
Twenty eight of the forty six rice mills in Louisiana have merged into the Louisiana State Rice Milling Company with authorized capital of 9500 dollars. The combine grows from a smaller organization started last March with eighteen mills and is based in New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Lousiana
Louisiana State Rice Milling Company
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Claims Healthy Hair
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as restoring and preserving hair health. It promises to prevent grayness, dandruff, and thinning, claiming quick scalp cleansing and color restoration with safe application. Sold by W. C. Kalser at 68 East Houston Street.
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Wyeth
Wryeth
W. C. Kalexer
East Tiouston-Etmest
Campbell and Lightfoot Linked in Campaign Plans
In Austin Texas on September 11 ex Gover nor Tom Campbell and Attorney General Lightfoot are seen as closely aligning for the coming campaign. A social meeting was held with leaders and Lightfoot present while Campbell arrived late. A further conference was planned to finalize joint plans with expectations of formal announcements within thirty days.
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Austin
Tex
Tom Campbell
United States
Lightfoot
Campbell
Home Folks Entertain for Speaker Clark at Louisiana
Champ Clark visits Louisiana Missouri in a big homecoming event with Pike County and most of the Ninth Missouri district in attendance. He landed there 36 years ago as a Kentucky attorney. The day includes a large basket dinner with home fried chicken and 400 baskets promised, plus 100 home grown watermelons on ice for dessert.
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Louisiana
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Pike County
Missouri
Washington
Clark
Kentucky
Harlingen Set for Local Option Vote on Dry Outlook
Harlingen Texas plans a local option election on Tuesday with strong sentiment leaning dry though campaigns remain active. The report notes varied opinions and a large anticipated turnout. A stray item mentions land ownership in Japan and a note on paper materials from sugarcane waste.
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Harlingen
Tex
Gaby Deslys Sails for New York Engagement
Mile. Gaby Deslys former favorite of ex King Manuel of Portugal sails from London aboard the Lorraine for New York to begin a three months engagement at the Winter Garden.
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Mile
Gaby Deslys
Manuel of
Portugal
London
New York
Winter Garden
Noted physician dies in New York home
Dr. George Alexander de Santos Saxe, a leading physician in gynecology, dies of heart disease at his New York home. He held a professorship in gynecology at Bellevue and the Postgraduate Hospitals, served on the New York Medical Journal editorial staff, and authored several textbooks.
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de Santos Saxe
New York
Associated Press
George Alexander de Santos Saxe
Bellevue
Post Graduate
New York Medical Journal
Artzt Orchestra Directors Meet Amid Real Estate Talks
President B F Nicholson summons the San Antonio Real Estate Exchange directors to a special meeting tomorrow at 1 30 oclock in the exchange offices. Several business matters will be disposed of.
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B. F. Nicholson
The
San Antonio Real Estate Exchange
Exchange
Engine Disaster Claims Engineer in Brookshire
In Brookshire Texas on September 11 a boiler collapse trapped and killed L H Lull engineer of the M K & T line. Fireman J Kaplan and brakeman Jim Lipscomb suffered injuries while Conductor Tansley was shaken. all were taken to Smithville after the wreck as the crew returned by caboose. Royal Orchestra performs daily at the Saratoga restaurant.
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Associated Press
Brookshire
Tex
L.H. Lull
Feon
J. Kaplan
Jim Lipscomb
Tansley
Smithville
Katy
Santa Fe
Man Fined for Malicious Destruction of Property
On a complaint by his wife, A. E. Fahnstock was fined 25 dollars by Judge Buckley in the police court for maliciously destroying property after his wife testified he cut her waists and skirts at their Convent street home on Saturday. He also received a 10 dollar fine for disturbing the peace. Bebles Boelhauwe architects 228 West Commerce Street.
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A. E. Fahnstock
Buckley
Convent Street
Injunction Against Woman
District Attorney Baker obtained a temporary injunction in Seventy third District Court against Mrs Bettie A Layman barring her from operating a disorderly house at 426 West Houston Street The writ runs until October 2 when the court will decide on permanence The process also bars the respondent from any other similar operation in Bexar County.
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Seventy-third District Court
Baker
Bettie A. Layman
West
Houston Street
Bexar County
Pistol Toters in Brownsville County Court
Seven pistol toting cases were heard in Brownsville County Court last week. Five defendants paid fines of 100 dollars plus costs, while two offenders were sentenced to thirty days in jail.
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Bprectay
Brownsville
Tex
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J. J. Astor
Cnd
Cob Astor
Katherine
Estithidin
Madeline Talmage Force
Miss Katherine Force
Paris
Red
Saul Wolfson Dry
Alamo Corner
Commerce Street
Baptist
New Prospect Hill
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
Japan
America
Theo Artzt
Orchestra
Royal Orchestra
Saratoga Restaurant
Bebles & Boelhauwe, Architects
West Commerce Street
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