Chronology of the Week Sunday to Wednesday 1912
A mixed weekly chronology notes: the Brinkburn enters Aransas harbor to load Texas cotton, Eddie Hasha dies in a Newark race crash with many injured, Debs tours the city, and Captain Robert Brown honored for the Brinkburn raid. Local council orders street paying by contract and a public court case sentences a man for improper conduct near a movie house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinkburn
Aransas Harbor
Texas
Aransas Pass
Robert Brown
New Mexico
Gaynor
New York
Judge A W Terrell Dies in 1912 Maine Republican Climate
On Monday September 9 1912 Judge A W Terrell died and Maine politics leaned Republican while a typhoon affected the Chinese coast in the same period.
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A. W. Terrell
Maine
China
The Gunter Hotel Adopts Active Manager C A Gonder
The Gunter hotel announces C A Gonder as active manager succeeding prior leadership. The move aims to refresh operations and elevate guest service as the property markets its rooms and dining offerings.
Public notices and incidents from a September 18 1912 issue
A fragmentary page reports a murder in San Antonio a port opening jubilee at Aransas Pass and various items including a New York lawyer's custody, a Taft resignation refusal, and filibustering bands in Mexico. It notes Dowe at Eagle Pass and a Nogi family suicide mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Willett
San Antonians
Aransas Pass
Texas
First Ward
Robert W. Dowe
Eagle Pass
Taft
Local men form group to harmonize towns along railway
Business and land men meet to organize an association to foster harmony among towns along the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad. Port Aransas ranks second among cotton ports in the United States. A storm in Mobile bay causes heavy damage. Rumors of a revolt in Mexico involving officers of President Madero's army spread through the southern republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf
Port Aransas
United States
Mobile Bay
Mexico
Madero
Armour & Co. GM Says Little Beef Exports to London
Arthur Mekker, general manager of Armour & Co., refutes claims that packers ship cheap meat to London, noting that almost no American beef is exported there and is instead used domestically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mekker
Armour & Co
London
Chicago
New York
Uncle Sam Sells Protection for Taxes in Treasury Vaults
SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT describes Washington’s treasury as overflowing with gold and bullion. It notes public funds, excise taxes, and duties fund government operations, with per capita wealth around 34.26 dollars. The piece portrays taxation as a universal, multi-layered system funding national needs through many sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
White House
Washington
Croesus
King Midas
Treasury
General Fund
The
Continental
Fire Killed Timber Finds Broad Use After Forest Fires
The recurring autumn forest fires produce large amounts of fire killed timber which is now widely used. Fruit growers favor it for packing boxes due to its odorless nature and lack of imparted flavor. It is also used for telephone poles and railway ties.
Officers of Chamber of Commerce to Meet in Boston
A call goes out for officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to meet in Boston September 20 to set the date for the annual session. The meeting may precede regional rallies to showcase 1912 developments and state achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Elliot H. Goodwin
Jersey City
New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce
G. Grosvenor Dawe
American Roads Congress
Atlantic City
American Association of Commercial Executives
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
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Silvierwarie Salse An
GUS J. Kray’s
Kray
Sterling Sterling Sterling
Sterling Sterling Sterling Sterling Sterling
Rogers
Deel
San Antonio
Pete
Cesseres
Kray's
Alamo Plaza
Kray’s
Eddie Hasha
Newark, N. J
Wen Chow
Eugene V. Debs
Becker
W. W. Gordon
White Sulphur Springs
Ojinaga
Gunter Terrace
Gunter
San Antonio Ho
St. Anthony Hotel
Se Menger
Bexar
Alfred Sanner
Proprieto
Crockett
Crockett and
Nacogdoches Streets
Nagel & Wuest
Hotel Savoy
West
Houston ST
Robert A. Coquille
State Bank & Trust Company
Guaranty Fund Bank
West Texas Bank & Trust Co
Avenue C
Ginners
Maverick-Clarke Litho Go
United States Motors Company
Burton W. Gibson
Rose Menschik
Agua Prieta
Tex” O'Reilly
Santo Domingo
Nogi
Bur
Congress
Sam
England
Chamber OF Commerce
Carter« Mullaly Transfer Co
Utah
Salt Lake Valley
Underwood Typewriter
W. Commerce St
San Antonio, Exas
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