Mexicans Hold Fiesta for Independence Day at San Pedro Park
The September 16 celebration under La Sociedad de la Union opened Thursday night at San Pedro Park with patriotic speeches, fireworks, dancing, and games. Speakers Friday include M Herrera and M Morales. A chorus will sing the Mexican national anthem and a band provide music, with booths thriving and a grand ball closing Monday night.
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la Sociedad de la Union
M. Herrera
M. Morales
Congress Liner Burns At Coos Bay In Fire Disaster
The Pacific Coast Steamship liner Congress burned and drifted into Coos Bay with 263 passengers and 176 crew aboard. All were landed safely by the dredge Colonel P. S. Michie, though cargo and valuables in the ship's safe were lost, with total damage estimated around two million dollars.
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Ore
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Congress
Coos Bay
P. S. Michie
Michie
Minder
Cousins
A. M. Sampson
Molzer
Third steamer lost in coastwise fleet fires this year
The steamer Congress, burned off Coos Bay, Oregon, becomes the third coastwise vessel lost this year and the second this week to suffer fire. Earlier, the Beaver called for aid after a fire. its passengers reached San Francisco safely and the blaze was put out. The Roanoke foundered.
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Cal
Congress
Coos Bay
Ore
Beaver
Roanoke
Salmon Bark Believed Safe After Fog Near Bristol Bay
The Alaska Packers Association bark Star of Chile, carrying 200 cannery hands and Bristol Bay salmon, was believed safe after reported danger in the breakwater area. A rescue tug failed to report, leading vessels to assume she waits outside the harbor until fog lifts.
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San Francisco
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Alaska Packers’ Association
Star of Chile
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Springfield bakers cut five cent loaf size
Springfield bakers reduced five cent bread from 15 to 14 ounces and warned that further cuts would follow if flour prices fail to drop. Some small bakeries now offer loaves weighing as little as 10 ounces.
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Springfield
Ancestral Arms Sparks Highland Banter
A humorous exchange in the Scotch Highlands features a bragging English lord claiming two centuries of hereditary arms while a Scottish guide retorts that his ancestry outranks him with two millennia of bearing legs. The light exchange underscores rival pride across nations.
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Endeayone
Ladies’ Home Journal
A Sure Way To End Dandruff
A claim that four ounces of plain liquid arvon applied at night dissolves dandruff and, after three or four applications, destroys all signs of it. The remedy supposedly stops itching and provides fluffy glossy hair by morning.
Gillespie County Fair Sees Record Attendance
Fredericksburg Texas September 15 The Gillespie county fair set a new attendance record with ten thousand visitors on Thursday and expected to reach about fifteen thousand on Saturday. Police praise calm crowds with no arrests and credit officers for preventing petty crime as exhibits from Fredericksburg and San Antonio attract strong interest in agricultural and livestock displays.
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Tex
Gillespie County
San Antonio
Man Arrested in Texas Axe Killing of Farmer Evans
W P Bishop was jailed in Roby Texas on suspicion of killing 65 year old farmer J C Evans near Royston. Evans received four axe wounds and was found dead in a ravine a mile from their camp after the men traveled toward San Angelo. Bishop was arrested at Sweetwater.
Wage contracts signed in Midwest coal district talks
Kansas City reports that the interstate coal miners and operators have ratified and signed the agreement for Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Negotiations now move to individual contracts for UMWA Districts 14 21 and 25. Kansas delegates were in session. other state sessions likely begin next Monday.
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United Mine Workers of America
Enjoy Lawn Party for Militiamen at Mrs Moore Home
Militiamen guests from Camp Wilson join business and industrial girls for a YWCA lawn party at Mrs G Bedell Moore’s West French Place home. The Third Illinois Infantry band played as electric lights made the lawn glow fairyland like. About 200 attendees included Red Cross and Luncheon Club members, with refreshments featuring home made candy.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Camp Wilson
Business and Industrial Girls of
San Antonio
Association
Woman's Club
Stomach Ailment Helped by Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey
Mr Charles A Warner of Cambridgeport Vermont credits Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey with saving his life after a physician said he only had months to live due to stomach consumption. He has used it for three years and keeps a bottle at home. He is 68.
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Duffy
Chas. A. Warner
Cambridgeport, Vt
Governor Returns From Bastrop
Governor Ferguson has returned to Austin after a stay in Bastrop the governor's office reported. He traveled there for undisclosed duties and resumed official duties upon arrival in the capital.
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Bastrop
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Governor, Secretary McKay Attend Personal Business Visit
The governor conducted personal business over the past two days and was accompanied by Secretary of State John G. McKay.
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John G. McKay
U S Asks About Finnerty Return From Ireland
Ambassador Page has been asked to determine why Michael James Finnerty of New York City cannot return to the United States after visiting Ireland. The inquiry was issued as of September 15.
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Finnerty
Washington, D. C
Page
Michael James Finnerty
New York City
Ireland
United States
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