Water From San Antonio River Permit Filed
H J mm of San Antonio filed with the state board of water engineers for a permit to divert and appropriate one cubic foot per second from the San Antonio River via a pumping plant on the west bank, 11 miles south of San Antonio, to irrigate 40 acres in Bexar county. Hearing set for October 23 with other applications.
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San Antonio
Austin
Tex
H. J. mm of
State Board of Water Engineers
Ing
Bexar County
Statesman Plant Sold in Trustee's Sale at Austin
The Austin Statesman plant, once a morning paper and a Texas daily, was sold at a trustee's sale to Judge K L Batts representing John H Kirby for 15000. Kirby is the principal bond holder. management changes remain unannounced.
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Austin, Tex
Austin Statesman
Austin
John W. Hornsby
K. L. Batts
John H. Kirby
Colonel Kirby
Statesman Company
the Statesman
Texas
Texas counties rush tax roll submissions as October first deadline nears
Only 63 of 248 organized Texas counties had filed 1916 tax rolls with the comptroller by September 13. Officials expect more rolls to arrive as county commissioners met September 11 to review and pass them, though not all counties may meet the October 1 cutoff.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Texas Tax Rolls Show Little Change in Valuation
Statewide assessed valuation is not expected to rise this year. Last year wealth on tax rolls totaled 2 756 904 475 and officials note no material increase. A key factor is the wartime sale of mules and stock for Europe, which lowered Texas stock values. By now 63 tax rolls have been received.
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Texas
Europe
French Chamber Reassembles as Briand Promises War Loan Interest
Paris deputies convened with Premier Briand signaling a government declaration on the diplomatic situation. M Ribaut presented a bill for a new war loan and a memo touting the issue as an attractive investment.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
M. Ribaut
Farmer Dies After Bull Attack Near Austin
Gored by an aggressive bull a week earlier, John J. Jackson, age 60, died from his injuries in Austin. He was in his cow yard when attacked, hospitalized at the Austin sanitarium, and later died. Survived by his wife, a son J H Jackson, and a daughter Mrs Grace Martin.
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Austin
Tex
John
Jackson
Austin Sanitarium
J. H. Jackson
Grace Martin
Prohibited remarriage in Protestant Episcopal Church rules
The church proposes a new canon barring remarriage for divorced individuals with living spouses, to be adopted at the St Louis General Convention on October 11. The commission includes five bishops five priests and five laymen and will allow annulments for pre marriage causes. Parish priests defer to the bishop on divorced persons remarrying and receiving communion.
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Chicago
Protestant Episcopal Church
Commission On Marriage and Divorce
General Convention of
Church
St. Louis
Bee County Fair Catalogs Boost Premium Money Amid Tough Times
Beeville Texas September 13 catalog and premium list for the fifth annual Bee County fair and stock show are issued this week. The sixty page catalog features extensive Beeville business advertising. Premium money shows a several hundred dollars increase despite hard conditions.
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Beeville
Tex
Calomel Promoted Over Dodson's Liver Tone
An advertisement warns that calomel damages the liver causing cramps and nausea and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative. It claims calomel may salivate and harm users, while Liver Tone promises quick relief without sickness and is suitable for children.
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Dodson
Bee County Crops Suffer After Drought Storm Insects
Crop failure in Bee county follows a long drought and damaging storms with insect pests worsening cotton and corn prospects. Cattlemen express relief as forage crops become viable and farmers hold out for a recovery.
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Bee County
Dupont Powder Plant Blast Kills Three at Oliphant
A mill blast at the Dupont Powder Company plant in Oliphant near Fairchance, Pennsylvania destroyed the press mill. Three workers were at the mill when the explosion occurred and only a human foot was recovered among the remains.
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Fairchance
Dupont Powder Company
Oliphant
Here
Page visiting front with American embassy officials
Udine Italy September 13 Thomas Nelson Page the American ambassador arrived for a week at the Austro Italian front. He is joined by Captain Elvin R Heiberg and Lieutenant Commander Charles Russell Train naval attache. They were received by military and civil authorities and will be guests of the Italian supreme commander.
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Udine
Italy
Thomas Nelson Page
Elvin R. Heiberg
Charles Russell Train
Charters Issued Across Texas For New Companies
In Austin on September 13 charters issued include Maxwell & Gilliam Auto Sales of Gatesville with 412000 capital stock and incorporators P L Maxwell A G Gilliam D D Me El Paso Auto Sales Company of El Paso with 15000 capital stock and incorporators C R Johnson E C Allen W V Davis Edinburg Hardware Company of Edinburg Hidalgo county with 3000 capital stock and incorporators J W Sleacock Roy H Klossner W R Montgomery Orange Potato Warehouse Company of Orange with 2600 capital stock and incorporators F W Hustmyre J P Hilliard C K Akers and others Panhandle Gin Company of Quanah with 15000 capital stock and incorporators G A Simmons W R Vaughan A B Newman and others Imperial Investment Company of Dallas with 2000 capital stock and incorporators Sam Hargreaves G M West and Walter Jackson The Western Auto Company of Midland with 10000 capital stock and incorporators K E Nutt C W Kerr Allen Tolbert City Garage and Automobile Company of Jacksonville with 5000 capital stock and incorporators F L Haberle Sam D Goodson C B Newsom Jacksonville Warehouse Company in Jacksonville made final payment proof Also dissolution certificates filed for Gunter Robison Company of Sherman and Troy Steam Laundry of Amarillo
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Austin
Tex
Maxwell & Gilliam Auto Sales Company
Gatesville
Capital
P. L. Maxwell
A. G. Gilliam
D. D. Me
el Paso Auto Sales Company
el Paso
C. R. Johnson
C. Allen
W. V. Davis
Edinburg Hardware Company
Edinburg
Hidalgo County
A. B. Newman
Imperial Investment Company of
Dallas
Capital Stock
Sam Hargreaves
G. M. West
Walter Jackson
The
Western Auto Company of
Midland
K. E. Nutt
C. W. Kerr
Allen Tolbert
City Garage and Automobile Company of
Jacksonville
Farm Vacation Quiet Turns Far From Peace
The Buffalo Express notes a supposed quiet farm vacation disrupted by barking dogs frogs croaking and a farmer's teething baby, suggesting rural life can still bring restless disturbance despite expectations.
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Buffalo Express
Back Pay for Rural Carriers Set for 1915 Fiscal Year
Washington D C Sept 13 The rural mail carriers salary increases provided by the last post office bill will apply to fiscal year 1915. Postmaster General Burleson secured comptroller authorization to use unexpended balance of the 1916 appropriation as back pay to bridge the difference with the new scale.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Comptroller of the Treasury
New York Guard Mobilizes Batteries for Home Camp
Two batteries of the Seventy first New York National Guard departed from Tex yesterday for their home mobilization camp. The force moved as part of a broader effort to prepare units for domestic duties. Purdue University is referenced in connection with the incident or coverage.
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Mission
Tex
Seventy-first
New York National Guard
Purdue
Indiana
Uni
Battery movements at Llano Grande and homeward trip for Minnesota unit
The verses mention an entraining battery at Llano Grande preparing to leave for home. Battery D of the First Minnesota is also expected to entrain today for its own return voyage.
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Llano Grande
Minnesota
Hill Estate Valued At About 40 Million In Minnesota
A preliminary probate inventory of James J. Hill’s estate lists Minnesota holdings around 40 million dollars with an estimated inheritance tax of about 1.25 million dollars due to Minnesota.
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Paul
Minn
James J. Hill
Minnesota
Cordier Named Head of Harvard Military Science Dept
Captain Constant Cordier of the U A has been designated to head the new department of military science and tactics at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts as of September 13.
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Cordier
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Constant Cordier
U. A
Department of Military Science and Tactics
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