Commerce Street Lighting Plan Approved in City Meeting
The Commerce street widening panel announced lighting with Corinthian standards and clusters of five to six high power incandescent lamps between Alamo Street and Main Plaza. San Antonio Gas & Electric’s W B Tuttle offered to pay half the cost, and awning rules were set at nine feet high and ten feet wide, with sidewalks extending twelve feet.
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Commerce Street
Alamo Street
Main Plaza
Gillette
W. B. Tuttle
San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
City funds ready to move buildings for new street line
City officials discussed routine matters including payments to property owners for moving back their buildings to conform to the new street line. City Attorney Gillette announced funds on hand are ample for all demands and deeds transfers are proceeding as fast as possible.
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Gillette
Ferris stores robbed in several Ferris businesses
Burglars hit Wilson & Duff jewelry store and J H Martin groceries in Ferris last night, stealing about 450 dollars in watches and diamond pins. Will Scott and John Scott, Fort Worth natives, were arrested with the stolen goods and bound over to the grand jury after an examining trial. A separate note mentions Pointe Coupee parish Louisiana planting fifteen thousand fruit and peach trees by school groups last year and a road plan by schools.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Ferris
Wilson & Duff
J. H. Martin
Cloud
J. Barshaw
Martin
Will Scott
John Scott
Fort Worth
Pointe Coupee Parish
Louisiana
Trudeau
Condemned Negro Seems Unworried Ahead of Execution
The condemned slayer Lee Johnson shows indifference as two weeks remain before his death for the Dr. Augustus Maverick murder. He eats well and sleeps through the night, though death-watch reports he sometimes speaks in his sleep saying I killed him. Interest grows as applications pour in for jail passes to witness the September 26 execution in a small 14 square foot death room.
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Lee Johnson
Augustus Maverick
Johnson
Galbreath
Tobin
Believes Smith Safe at Washers Ranch Near Cuatro Cienegas
Nat Washer of the firm Wash er Brothers asserts Walter Smith the ranch manager has not left the Cuatro Cienegas area. Washer argues Smith knows the country well and could not be lost, despite press reports stating he disappeared after leaving the Washer ranch on August 27.
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Nat Washer
Washer Brothers
Walter Smith
Cuatro Cienegas
Mex
Smith
Washer
Piedras Niegras
Boquillas
Boguillas
Rio Grande
Red Wilson Indicted for Impersonating Postal Inspector
Robin J. Wilson known as Red Wilson was indicted in February 1911 in the Waco division of the western district. He was brought to San Antonio last night by Deputy Marshal J. E. Morrison and Guard J F Conrad and jailed awaiting bond.
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Robin J. Wilson
Red"' Wilson
Waco
Western District
San Antonio
J. E. Morrison
JF. Conrad
Kansas City
Cooler Weather Follows Texas Rain After Widespread Storms
Heavy rains drenched Texas with widespread totals peaking at 4.80 inches in Waco and over seven inches in Galveston. The storm prompts expectations of cooler, fair weather as rivers rose modestly and flood fears eased. Cities from Stamford to Denton report beneficial rainfall aiding crops and late yields.
Ten Inches of Rain Falls in 48 Hours at Galveston
The United States weather bureau reports more than ten inches of rain have fallen in Galveston Texas over the last 48 hours. The storm's heavy rainfall was observed as of today.
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Washington, D. C
United States Weather Bureau
Galveston
Tex
Washout Destroys Track on Weatherford Line
Weatherford Texas September 12 One thousand feet of track were destroyed yesterday on the Weather ford Mineral Wells Northwestern railroad by a washout between Graford and Oran. Temperature drops more than 20 degrees in San Angelo with cold rain. Hillsboro reports six and a half inches of rain from 6 am to 11 am as the deluge continues.
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Weatherford
Tex
Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern
Graford
Oran
San Angelo
Hillsboro
Floods Swamp Katy Area As Power House Fails
The Katy lake fills for first time in years and city streets become shallow creeks as all streams surge. Damage to crops runs into thousands and the Southern Traction Company power house wall collapses, leaving the city in darkness for hours. In Dilley Texas three inches of rain fall with lightning injuring telephone wires. Local editor condemns anti intervention remarks in Mexico.
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Katy
Southern Traction Company
Dilley
Dilley, Tex
Civil service exam tests observation for post office inspector
William Renkin of Austin and Leroy Morris of San Marcos to sit for a September 17 civil service exam in this city. The key test involves describing a totally strange person to match a headquarters submission for fitness. The piece notes Anglo American competition pressures on Welsh tin plate and a Royal Agricultural Society milking machine trial in England won by a Swedish machine.
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William Renkin
Austin
Leroy W. Morris
San Marcos
England
Royal Agricultural Society
Calomel Use Declines as Dodson's Liver Tone Rises
Calomel sales drop nationwide as Dodson's Liver Tone gains favor for bilious attacks constipation and liver troubles. A. M. Fischer guarantees the plant based remedy promising safe relief and money back if ineffective. Large bottle 60 cents and harmless to children and adults in flavoring.
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Dodson
A. M. Fischer
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