City Council Approves Park Concessions Fund and Bonds
The council creates a special fund from park concessions to stock and maintain the municipal zoo. It approves bids for Elm Street improvements and Romana Street moves, and authorizes depository bonds totaling hundreds of thousands. Final readings on Katy franchise and billboard ordinance postponed pending legal review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert
Otto Koehler
Ing
Elm Street
Burnet
Nolan
Romana Street
North Flores
Augusta Street
Chapin- Colglazier Company
Rushmore & Gowdy
Western Paving Company
Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company
Hoff & Williams
Kear
Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company
D. & A. Oppenheimer
Central Trust Company
Harris
Uhr
R. Lee Harris
A. C. Pancoast
County Commissioners’ Court
Katy
Gillette
Kearny
Texas Engineers to Lead Rail Work for 15000 Soldier Hike
Company A Texas Engineers based in Port Arthur is assigned to Fort Sam Houston duty and will run railway transport trains for the 15000 man hike from Fort Sam Houston to Camp Mabry. They will arrive in Austin September 23 under Captain J G L Howard and First Lieutenant Robert Dunbar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Company
Port Arthur
Andy
Army
J. G. L. Howard
Robert Dunbar
Prominent Copper Miner Frank Stanton Dies at Whitestone
Prominent copper mining figure Frank McMillan Stanton age 51 died today at his Whitestone Long Island home from intestinal trouble. He formerly resided in Houghton Michigan and was well known in copper circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank McMillan Stanton
Whitestone
Long Island
Stanton
Houghton
Mich
Mean ah Agnes and the yawning age joke
Agnes groans aloud claiming she feels thirty years older while Marie teases her about tiring herself out. The banter unfolds in a light comedic exchange from the Boston Tran script.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes
Marie
Boston Transcript
Cabarets Abolished in Fort Worth After Comptroller Orders
Fort Worth, Sept 12 The Texas comptroller H B Terrell ordered a halt to singing and instrumental music at saloons as part of a statewide campaign. Captain T A Hall led the enforcement with City Attorney Spoonts and Rube Phillips assisting. Only a few places affected. Social clubs were also closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
H. B. Terrell
Fort Worth
T. A. Hall
Marshall Spoonts
Rube Phillips
Montgomery
Captain Hall
Kidney Pill Claim Helps Arkansas Man Heal
T F Hutchinson of Little Rock says ten to twelve years of kidney trouble ended after using Foley Kidney Pills. He tried remedies and doctors with little success, then five boxes restored his health. The pills claim to ease kidney ache and bladder sleep disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Hutchinson
Little Rock
Ark
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Charters Issued Across Texas Amid Corporate Growth
A roundup lists newly chartered firms in Texas including American Production Company of Houston capital 100000 for coal and oil. Co operative Building and Loan Association of San Antonio capital 500000. Eastern Realty Company of San Antonio capital 85500. Temple Building Association of Houston with no capital stock. and others in Brownsville West Riverside Fort Worth Thorndale Edinburg and Victoria. Amendments include Jarrell Evans Dry Goods in Denton and State Petroleum changing to Goose Creek Petroleum with capital rise. Final payments shown for Vickers Harley Furniture Beaumont and dissolution filed by Angelita Cattle Victoria.
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Austin
Tex
American Production Company of
Houston
Capital Stock
Purpose
Charles Mitchell
L. B. Prewitt
H. H. Hurd
San Antonio
Dan M. Murphy
R. P. Schermerhorn
G. Newton Jr
J. C. Williams
J. A. Wilburton
Eastern Realty Company of
R. J. Boyle
J. H. Grover
Lawrence B. Brady
First Presbyterian Church of
Nacona
J. R. Miller
J. D. Jones
Dr. A. Stripling
Farmers Mercantile Company of West
Capital
Robert Cervenka
A. C. Ryder
Emil Jorabek
Riverside State Warehouse
Calvin V. Lysinger
Temple Building Association of Houston
C. E. Settegast
L.9. Cox
A. F. Schubert
Jarrell-Evans Dry Goods Company of
Denton
State Petroleum Company of Houston
Goose Creek Petroleum Corporation
Vickers-Harley Furniture Company
Beaumont
Angelita Cattle Company of
Victoria
Fall Fatal for Confederate Veteran at Home
J F Hutchins aged 80 a Confederate veteran died after an accidental fall from a three story window at the Home in Austin. He died about two hours later and no one was with him. He belonged to the Forty sixth Georgia infantry and fought throughout the war. He came to the Home from San Antonio August 15 and his body was taken back there for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
J.F. Hutchins
Forty-sixth
Georgia Infantry
San Antonio
Monument Fund Grows for Patterson Statue in Texas
A Texas fundraising effort gains momentum to honor John B Patterson late commissioner of insurance and banking killed on duty. Dabney White of Tyler reports Robert J Eckhardt of a Taylor bank has joined in soliciting contributions from bankers and insurers across the state to support a monument fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
John 3. Patterson
Insurance
Dabney White
Tyler
White
Robert J. Eckhardt
Ylor
Local fund backs Texas bank building project
A fragment notes that bankers and insurance companies in Texas contributed to the construction. The item mentions Sutherland Springs and a Sunday service at 8:15 a.m. on Southern Pacific lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherlane Springs
Southern Pacific Tilnes
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Paris
Garters
Stein & mM
Children’s Hickory Garters
Chicago
Council
Ray
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
San Antonio, Texas
Martin Wright
East
Houston St
West Texas Military Academy
West Point Military Academy
United States Army
War Department
Chas. J. Lukin
Menger
Edwin H. Lee
Hot Wells
Cibolo Gravel Company
Nolan Street
Texas
J. Stevens
Harry Hatc
Hsil
Anyitle
Landa and
Salade
M.K.T
Urocken
G. N
SAN Antonio Brewing Association
Crockett
New
Wagner
Steem
J. F. Hutchins
Monument Fund Grows
Patterson
Spears CO
Loeseya St
Sae Bros.co
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