City Faces Pump House Title and High Service Pipe Plan
Discovery shows city holds title to Pump House No. 1 near Brackenridge Park built by Water Supply Co. The old lease expires 1912 with pumps potentially movable. A new high service system would pipe water from Salado Creek via a 30 inch main and expand the River Avenue conduit, with 105000 feet of mains planned across numerous streets.
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Brackenridge Park
Lambert
Salado Creek
River Avenue
Ter
Metcalf
Brown
City Council Plans Quick Resolution of Water Contract
A report outlines street work details with measurements on Grant Mistletoe Summit Blanco City and Fredericksburg roads totaling 105 025 feet. An effort to close negotiations on the tentative contract is to be pursued with a morning meeting of the council including Mayor Brown and aldermen Lambert Fincham Steves Uhr and attorneys Gillette and C V Birkhead.
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Grant
Mistletoe
Summit
Hill Avenue
Blanco City
Fredericksbur
Cincinnati
Woodlawn
Water Company
Brown
Lambert
Fincham
Steves
Uhr
Gillette
C. V. Birkhead
City seeks lumber bids for 130000 feet to refloor bridges
San Antonio faces delays in obtaining 130000 feet of lumber for bridge reflooring. Bids were opened with four contenders. Petrich-Saur of Lake Charles offered the low price but later may be unable to honor it. Mayor and city engineer debate holding to the bid or reopening bidding for a new contract.
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San Antonio
Lake Charles
Steves
Louisiana
Petrich- Saur Lumber Company
Helland
Petrich-Saur
Campbell-Petty Lumber Companies
Campbell-Petty Company
Petrich-Saur Company
Brown
Oyster prices rise in Galveston over strict size rule
Galveston residents pay higher prices for Louisiana oysters as Texas dealers protest the state game fish and oyster department rule requiring marketable oysters to measure 3 1/2 inches from mouth to hinge. They argue inside measurements are used and Texas shells tend to be rounder, making the standard hard to meet.
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Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
State Game, Fish and Oyster Department
Texas
Railroads Urged to File Texas Reports or Face Penalties
Rail roads of Texas were warned by the railroad commission that delinquent annual reports for the year ending June 30 1913 must be filed immediately or suits will be filed by the attorney general for penalties. The $500 daily fines apply to 107 roads still outstanding as of September 1. Also notes two large circuses operate their own electric plants lighting all tents.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
Commission
Women From Atlantic To Pacific Sing Praises For Pinkham
From coast to coast women write words of thanks for health restored by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The anonymous letters urge every woman with health troubles to try the famous remedy from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Two Lodges Plan Erection of Buildings in San Antonio
The San Antonio council of the Knights of Columbus and local Woodmen of the World camps plan two large modern lodge buildings on East Houston Street between Nacogdoches and Bowie. Woodmen start first, aiming for year end progress, with funding from subscriptions and a pending building association charter.
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San Antonio
Zizik Undertaking Company
Woodmen of
Commerce Street
Houston Street
Columbian Building Association of San Antonio
Secretary of State
Knights of Columbus
T. L. Conroy
Nelson Lytle
A. A. Zigik
BE. W. Tynan
L. B. Randall
Knights
Woodmen of the World
Houston
Starr Streets
Fairies Fete Opens at Coliseum Tonight
Tonight the Fairies Fete opens at 8 15 at the Coliseum grounds with tickets 25 cents advance. Also notes on repairs at City Hall roof and local incidents including a horse and buggy recovered near the Southern Pacific depot.
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Coliseum
Army officers granted leave and field units move to Oklahoma City
Captain William R. Taylor of the Third Cavalry takes a month and a half leave. Lieutenant John L. Hammond returns to Fort Sam Houston after a leave. Major John A. Murtagh of the medical corps is ordered to report to the Southern Department and proceed to Fort McIntosh at Laredo. Batteries C and BE of the Fifth Field Artillery at Fort Sill are ordered to move to Oklahoma City for a week of take part exercises.
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Third Cavalry
John L. Hammond
Fort Sam Houston
John A. Murtagh
Medical Corps
Southern Department
Will Adee
Fort McIntosh
Laredo
Fifth Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
Oklahoma City
Court cases and speed fines in local court
The dispute between Max Schwimmer and a rooming house owner ended in court after a laundry dispute led to eviction. E Calvert, a Black chauffeur, broke local speed records but was fined ten dollars and warned by Judge Lowther in the police court. Others, E P Carrier and Co. PF Gambs, faced fines of five dollars for speeding and open exhaust respectively.
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Max Schwimmer
Commerce Street
Lowther
Corporation Court
Rooming House
E. Calvert
Banks
E. P. Carrier
Co. PF. Gambs
Truck Growers Will Disband Association
The Southern Texas Truck Growers' Journal notes the September 30 dissolution meeting in the Gibbs building. Stockholders will vote with options to adjourn to the Chamber of Commerce or another room. Laredo attendance is expected light, with moves to relocate headquarters and reform the group unlikely to succeed as growers shift toward hog farming. Control of 80 percent of the crop is deemed essential for the company’s operation.
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Southern Texas Truck Growers’ Journal
Gibbs Building
Chamber of Commerce
Laredo
Aged minister Rev Ponce de Leon Hilliard dies at 63
The Rev Ponce de Leon Hilliard 63 a Methodist minister who served in the West End for 25 years died yesterday at a local sanitarium He was born in Pease River Mississippi came to Texas at age three educated at Kentucky Military Institute ordained in Brenham in 1874 and lived in San Antonio since then Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 from the family home 504 Bandera Avenue Burial was in City Cemetery No 6 He is survived by his son Rev Frank McGee Hillsboro Texas three daughters Mrs Walter Little Eagle Lake Mrs Ollie Stout and Miss Lucy Hilliard San Antonio and six grandchildren all of San Antonio
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Methodist Church
Pease River
Miss
Texas
Kentucky Military Institute
Frankfort
Brenham
Tex
Lucy Hilliard
San Antonio
City
Bank Receiver Appointed at Little Rock Trust Company
Chancellor J E Martineau appoints Sam W Reyburn as receiver for the Little Rock Trust Company with a 50000 bond. Executors of the late Abe Stewel, who controlled the bank, sought the receivership after failed efforts to sell as a going concern. The bank lists 100000 capital and deposits of similar size. the move is described as friendly.
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Ark
J. E. Martineau
Sam W. Reyburn
Little Rock Trust Company
Abe Stewel
Stewel
Katy merger hearing set for September 22
Assistant Attorney General Nickels announced the Katy merger case will hear testimony from Wichita Falls lines officials before Commissioner Barrett in Wichita Falls on September 22. Attorney General Looney is indifferent to a compromise unless it clearly serves the state's best interests.
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Katy
Austin
Tex
Nickels
Barrett
Wichita Falls
Looney
San Antonio School Board Committees Plan Afternoon Sessions
San Antonio school board committees on sanitation building and course of study prepare for afternoon meetings at the board office. Topics include ventilating and heating system jacketing for stoves and possible changes to high school hours from 9 to 3 30 to 8 to 1 or 8 30 to 2. A pupil petition prompted the hours review. Recommendations may be made at the next board meeting.
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San Antonio
Wiith
Postcard Pranks Foiled by San Antonio Post Office
Local letters and post cards arrive from various places with requests to stamp local post office marks and send to San Antonio. Assistant Postmaster Fuller notes such mail is stamped with cov er from and reveals the sender is not in San Antonio, exposing the ruse.
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Uncle Sam
San Antonio
Fuller
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