First San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf train arrives
The first train over the new San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad section between Pleasanton and San Antonio pulled into the IT and G N depot. General Manager A R Ponder and Vice President M E Leming rode the train with H E Hildebrand aboard. Regular service will be established with mixed trains initially.
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San Antonio
Collins Gardens
New Road
A. R. Ponder
M. E. Leming
H. E. Hildebrand
Artesian Belt Railroad
Carter-Mullaly Transfer Company
San Anto
Nio
Crystal City
Uvalde
Pleasanton
St. Louis
Collins’ Gardens
Messrs. Ponder and Leming
Gunter Building
English Army Begins Elaborate Maneuvers in Cambridge
Cambridge, Sept 16. The blue army under Sir Douglas Haig moves toward London in a grand England maneuvers plan to repel an invader from Germany. Defenders number 22,500 men with 900 horses, 96 guns, 68 machine guns and 1600 cyclists. invaders are 500 stronger. Each side uses an airship and eight aeroplanes as clashes are expected tomorrow with King George and American officers arriving at the field.
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Cambridge
England
Blue
Douglas Haig
North Sea
London
Germany
George
Mrs Laura Root Dies in Houston After Long Life
Mrs Laura Root born in New Orleans in 1844 and daughter of B A Shepherd founder of First National Bank of Houston died at her home yesterday afternoon. She was the wife of A P Root former bank president for many years.
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Laura Root
Houston
Tex
New Orleans
B. A. Shepherd
First National Bank
A.P. Root
Supreme Court opens fall term October 14
The Supreme Court will start its fall term October 14 with twenty one major cases on the docket. Kansas election case roars in as Roosevelts electors on the Republican ticket may be challenged. Bath tub trust suit tests Sherman Act against patent statutes and licensing.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
Roosevelt
Louisville & Nashville
Archbald
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Carmack
City council to discuss dust control and filings today
The council plans to appropriate 45000 for six sprinklers and two flushers for Rubiola’s street department and 5000 for a city wide sanitary sewer survey. An ordinance to create four women police and related appointments may be considered. Oil company proposals to oil sample streets and county help on Roosevelt avenue are on the agenda.
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Louis Rubiola
Roosevelt Avenue
Rubiola
Pancoast
Panecoast
Fair Grounds
Mission Loop
United States Troops Pursue Orozco
Report notes U S forces in pursuit as Salazar redirects troops to Nacozari and El Tigre. Indian mining officials and 70 American workers plus six women are held. $16,000 in supplies looted. bullion valued at $250,000 may be seized. appeal sent to El Tigre Co headquarters in Kansas City for immediate ransom.
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Salazar
Nacozari
el Tigre
Budrow
Mishbler
H. L. Nix
el Tigre Company
Kansas City
Zapatistas Defeated Near Oaxaca After Three-Day Fight
Mexican federal troops routed a 4000-strong Zapatista force near Oaxaca after a three day battle. Rebels retreated from the state capital and sacked San Edpe and Etla before being driven out. At Etla a railway station and municipal palace were blown up and merchants who defended property were hanged. Meanwhile US forces move to strengthen border patrol as the Thirteenth Cavalry arrives in El Paso.
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Mexico City
Oaxaca
Zapatistas
San “Edpe
Etla
San Antonio Man At Age of Seventy
A 70 year old San Antonio resident, A. T. Holmes of 1049 Essex Street, praises Plant Juice as a potent tonic aiding digestion and nerves. He reports relief from debility and nervous paralysis after using one bottle, noting improved appetite, sleep, mood, and energy. The advertisement credits fast results and urges others with stomach, kidney, liver, or blood issues to try Plant Juice, sold at Fischer's Drug Store, corner Houston Street and Alamo Plaza.
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A. T. Holmes
San Antonio
Holmes
Essex Street
Fischer's Drug Store
Houston Street
Alamo Plaza
Federal hearing set for Medina dam suits
A federal hearing in Austin will decide whether state or federal courts hear suits against Medina Valley Irrigation to keep flood gates open and prevent reservoir land flooding. About 6000 acres and six similar suits in Hondo hinge on purchase prices for land deemed rough yet valuable for reservoir use.
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Medina Valley Irrigation Company
Austin
T. S. Maxey
C. L. Bass
R. H. Burney
Albert Reitzer
Maxey
Medina Company
Hondo
British Steamer Runs Aground Off Pensacola Coast
A large British steamer is hard ashore twenty miles down the Florida coast near Pensacola. Blown ashore in Saturday morning’s storm, she lies broadside in about six feet of water. River boat crew brought the report to the city today.
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Pensacola
Fla
Tornado death toll from Onondaga lake area
Syracuse residents search for Mr and Mrs C H Madison missing since canoe trip as tornado near Salina and Onondaga lake kills four others. Samuel Smith fatally injured by trolley while walking from lake resort after storm. Funnel cloud appeared near Long Branch. 400 people at the resort panic as buildings and trees toppled and two interurban cars were wrecked.
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Syracuse
N. Y
C. H. Madison
Seneca River
Onondaga Lake
Salina
Samuel Smith
Long Branch
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Men's Outfitters
Willbee
Franklin Road
G. N. Station
Uvalde & Gulf
Rubiola’s
United States
Orozco
Pederals
el Paso
Thirteenth
United States Cavalry
Fort Riley
Fort Blis
Medina Dam
A. P
S.A. & Alp
Houston, Cuero
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Aransas Pass Railway
H. BD. Wagner
Corner Ave
Houston St
S. A
California
Sutherland Springs
E. Houston St
Moore Bidg
Galveston
Bullman
Afai
City Ticket OfFice
East Houston
International & Great Northern Railway Co
International & Great Northern BY
Chicago
East Houston St
W. E. Fitch
Dist
Pass. Agt
J. C. Bell, Co
M. Price
Assis
G. M. Bynum, Pass, & Ticket Agt
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