Houston Street Bridge Gets Steel Support For Car Traffic
Steel beams are placed on one side of the Houston street bridge and work begins on the second track as crews rush to finish by five this afternoon. Traction Company foreman A M Courtney cites manpower shortages due to cotton-picking season, with many workers leaving for farms and sending home earnings as high as forty five dollars weekly.
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Houston
Houston Street Bridge
Houston Street
Traction Company
San Pedro
Government Hill
A. M. Courtney
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Remedy Crowds Appeal
Old time mix of Sage Tea and Sulphur promises to darken gray hair and add luster. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold in drug stores for about 50 cents a bottle. Apply with comb or brush. gradual color change and smoother scalp claimed.
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Wyeth
Complaints Filed Against San Antonio Dairymen Over Watered Milk
Three complaints against San Antonio dairymen charging the sale of watered milk were forwarded to San Antonio by Pure Food Commissioner Abbott. The action aligns with the ongoing campaign for pure milk in the city.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Abbott
Colquitt Returns to Austin After Week at Mineral Wells
Governor Colquitt returned to his Austin office after a week away at Mineral Wells. He greeted several delegations but spent the morning with his stenographer, keeping a low profile. North Carolina hosts the largest gold mines east of the Black Hills in the United States.
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Colquitt
Austin
Tex
Mineral Wells
United States
Black Hills
North Carolina
Schoolboard adopts trial 8:30 to 1:30 schedule for two high schools
The board ordered the third floor of the Main avenue building closed for safety and approved a temporary 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM day for Main avenue and Brackenridge high schools. Fire safety upgrades were ordered and possible student transfers or new classrooms were planned. Nurses and medical oversight for students were recommended, with sanitation proposals pending board action.
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Main Avenue
Brackenridge
M. J. Bliem
Albin Siedel
Brackenridge High School
Q. B. Lee
Atlee B. Ayres
United States
San Antonio
Committee On
C. A. Goeth
Frederick Terrell
School petitions spark talks of new high school sites
Residents in Highland Park and nearby additions push to establish a high school with a petition citing 400+ pupils in the area. Another group seeks a site along South Presa near the cane patch area. The board made no decision beyond renaming the cane patch Yale grounds and accepting resignations.
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Orville G. Frantz
Highland Park
South Heights
Sunny Slope
College Heights
Witte Terrace
C. B E. Trimble
South Prega Street
Yale
Brackenridge High School
Fannie Malone
Lela Neal
Hunsdon
Main Avenue High School
Charles J. Lukin
C. A. Goeth
May Locate Garment Factory Branch Here
Missouri garment manufacturer James Houchins says San Antonio could host a large Jefferson City branch for garment making, plans contingent on future growth after opening 600-employee Richmond, Virginia facility. He critiques 54 hour limits and notes local conditions and employer responsibility.
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San Antonio
Jefferson City
James Houchins
Missouri
Gunter Hotel
Richmond
Houchins
Texas
West
New York
Bryan to Address Bankers in Virginia Cities
Secretary Bryan leaves Washington for Richmond to address the American Institute of Banking this afternoon and will lecture in Charlottesville tonight.
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Bryan
Bankers
Washington, D. C
Richmond
American Institute of Banking
Charlottesville
Plans for widening Sol edad street move forward
The Soledad street widening plan and the Romana street project are merged. Soledad will be 60 feet wide with 10 foot sidewalks. the city buys the triangular block at Romana Main Camden Reynolds. Alderman Lambert handles Soledad. Hoefgen Romana. Counsel to be hired for 2500 dollars.
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Soledad Street
Romana Street
Soledad
Romana, Main
Camden
Reynolds Streets
Dielmann
Lambert
Hoefgen
Selig Deutschmann
J. P. Nelson
Nelson
Churches Establish Publicity Bureau In Nashville
A cooperative news bureau opened in Nashville under the Southern Baptist, Southern Methodist and Southern Presbyterian foreign mission boards with Ida Clyde Clarke directing. The bureau aims to supply secular papers with news from the foreign mission field, an innovation in church work.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Baptist
Southern Methodist
Southern Presbyterian Foreign Mission Boards
Ida Clyde Clarke
Terrell Enters Race for Texas State Comptroller
Waco Texas September 18 H B Terrell of West a longtime Texas legislator has formally announced his candidacy for state comptroller Terrell has served fourteen years in the Legislature eight in the House and six in the Senate He is also a prominent Texas newspaper man
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Terrell
Waco
Tex
H. B. Terrell
West
State Senate
House
Senate
Texas
GETS IT Corn Remedy Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a painless corn remedy that shrivels corns in seconds. It claims immediate relief, is harmless to healthy flesh, and also removes warts and bunions. sold by druggists for 25 cents or by mail from M Lawrence & Co in Chicago.
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M Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Fair at Boerne to Open Tomorrow
The Kendall county fair at Boerne will open tomorrow after a rain delay. It runs two days ending with a dance, featuring livestock exhibits judged for cattle horses and swine, plus agricultural products and horse racing. San Antonio & Aransas Pass offers round trip trains with morning and afternoon departures from San Antonio.
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Kendall County
Boerne
Texas
San Antonio
Aransa Pass
Warrant Signed for Lee Johnson's Execution Date Set
The district clerk signed the death warrant for Lee Johnson, the accused slayer of Dr. Augustus Maverick, directing he be hanged. Sheriff Tobin will receive the document and read it at the Bexar county jail before the execution on September 26.
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Lee Johnson
Augustus Maverick
Andres Coy Jr
Sheriff Tobin
Tobin
Bexar County
Execution Looms As Johnson Awaits Hanging
March to the scaffold will begin. The negro maintains a cheerful mood and with eight days remaining to live, Johnson calmly awaits his death. No nervousness has entered his system. With the death warrant signed, all preparations for the hanging are complete except for the making of the black suit to be worn by Johnson.
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Johnson
Get Rid of Rheumatism by Healing Kidneys
An advertisement claims weak kidneys let uric acid poisons remain in the blood causing rheumatic pains and swelling. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted to build up kidneys, restore action, and keep uric acid crystals out of the blood. Fischer Drug Co. is cited.
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Fischer Drug Co
Adv
Obituary Notice for Mrs. Sallie Early
Mrs Sallie Early about 32 died last night at a local hospital. The body is held by Sloan and Hagg funeral directors awaiting arrival of her niece Mr Eastland from Somerset Texas for burial arrangements.
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Sallie Early
Sloan & Hagg
Mr. Eastland
Somerset
Texas
Largest eggplant exhibited by W M Crow at 206 Halliday Avenue
The Light office received a huge black eggplant described as the largest of the year. Brought by W M Crow from his home garden at 206 Halliday Avenue, the plant measured 22 inches in circumference and 1060 inches high and could feed a family.
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W. M. Crow
Haliday Avenue
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Commerce ST
Mrs. Fiske
Grand Opera House
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