Murderer Slew Stranger With Small Iron Bar
A mysterious murder near Fredericksburg Road yields a bloodied iron bar as the suspected weapon. Vague victim ID spurs police to chase leads across Leon Springs and San Antonio, with witnesses naming chicken peddlers Parchman or Helms among several candidates.
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Fréderictsburg
Soma
Cers
Angel
Riche
David Ney
Homne
Boerne
Helms
Sherif John Tobin
Investigatoo
Maroing
Kendalla
Spangler
Irving
Camp Street
Morgat
Parchman
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Leon Springs
Offen
Big Face
Salid
Theroal
Sherly
Totin
Rudolphine
Helmson
San Antonio
Selms
Kundalia
Dog Owners to Fight Thieves Association Formed
A large number of valuable dogs have been stolen in the city prompting the Lone Star Wield Trial club to form an association for the apprehension and conviction of dog thieves. A preliminary meeting will be held tomorrow night at Staacke Bros offices 139 West Commerce Street at 8 30. All dog owners are urged to attend.
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City
Lone Star Wield Trial Club
Staacke Bros
West
Commerce Street
Will Fight Texas Medical Statute
Special to The Light Wall Tax Sept 14 G L Mansfield county man faces charges over selling medical remedies from a Waxahachie house He is not a physician and the matter has reached the courts He sought habeas corpus relief but was remanded and will await grand jury action Bond posted and case to be fought in court.
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G. L. Mansfield
Railroad crush is a blow for Waco
City Engineer George B Gurley says public works in Waco are suspended due to lack of material. Paving on East Waco waits for vitrified brick, a bridge at Sixth and Jefferson is unfinished for three months awaiting flooring, a sanitary sewer in South Waco is stalled, and several small wooden bridges rot awaiting material. Other projects are delayed for the same reason.
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Syeblal
Waco
Tex
George B. Gurley
East Waco
Sixth
Jefferson Streets
South Waco
Charged With Abandoning Wife Case Filed Against Henry Easley
An affidavit filed in county court accuses Henry Easley of abandoning his wife. The document, signed by Mrs. Bagley, claims he left her destitute in dire circumstances.
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Henry Easley
T J Ramsey 15 Ill With Dengue
Thomas J Ramsey father of Auditor Ramsey is seriously ill with dengue at his home 222 Tatea Street. Auditor Ramsey's sister recently recovered from typhoid fever and is also ill but improving and hopes to return to teaching at Eleanor Brackenridge School.
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Thomas. J. Ramsey
Auditor Ramsey
Tttea Street
Eleanor Brackenridge School
Wash Women Strike in Columbus Georgia
Columbus Georgia September 193 The wash women of Columbus go on strike after city council adopts an ordinance banning washer women from using the alley to haul wash in wagons. They refuse laundry work until the ordinance is repealed.
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Georgia
Columbus
Tity Caiuels
Rockefeller Quits Church Work as Oil Wall Street Speculates
New York September 19 news reports John D Rockefeller Sr will cease leading the Fifth Avenue Baptist church youth class in October citing business demands and health fears. Speculation centers on a transfer of Standard Oil leadership to younger executives including John D Rockefeller Jr and H H Rogers with Sr and Archbold expected to retreat from daily control.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Young Peoples
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Berief
Great Corporation 5
T., Wood. Rockefeller
Urban H. Broughton
Urban H. Broughton, A Panialnw of H. H. Rogers
H. TW. Rogers, Jr
Rockefeler
Standard Company
John, Rockefelier Sr
John D. Archhold
H. H. Rogers
Enticed tots rescued by quick actions of Mrs Brown
Two strangers lured three children from a picnic near Hot Wells two weeks ago. Mrs. C PF Brown and her daughter Ruth spotted the abductors as the kids wandered toward the river, prompting a swift retreat by the men and the safe recovery of Mildred Bryant and Fiorenes Bryant, aged 9 and 10.
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C. PF. Brown
Delmar
South Heights
Brock
Nebraska
Mrs. Brown
Omce
Campbell Will Not Visit Lincoln Neb This Week
Analla Tex Sept 19 The governor will not visit Lincoln Nebraska for the Democratic gathering on September 24 due to business pressure He leaves tomorrow for Davenport where he is scheduled to speak Saturday.
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Campbell
Lincoln
Neb
Analla
Tex
Husinera
Davine
Commission to study Mississippi diversion on Great Lakes trip
General MacKenzie leads International Waterways Commission on a three day voyage from Lorraine Ohio to Duluth then by rail to St Paul and a Mississippi river cruise to Keokuk Iowa. The party will meet President Roosevelt in Memphis on October 2 to discuss diverting tales waters into the Mississippi.
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Washington
MacKenzie
Burton
International Waterways Commission
Abn
Newell
Government Reclamation Services
Senator Bankhead
Clifford Pinchot
Forester
D. W. McGos
Lorraine
Ohio
Duluth
Great Lakes
Mississippi
St. Paul
Mac
Kenzie
Ateam
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Iowa
Mississippi Virer Commission
Roosevelt
Memphis
Jockey Secures $18 000 Deal for Next Season
New York reports Wallar Mver, a jockey, signed to ride next season for Thomas H. Williams, president of the New California Jockey Club. Williams paid $18,000 for the jockey's services.
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New York
Humorists Pick Houston For Next Year Meeting
The American Association of Press Humorists selected Houston Texas as the site for their annual convention next year. The decision was made in Los Angeles where members are meeting this week.
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American Association
Los Angeles
Texas
Cal
American Association of Press
Houston
Tex
Court House Moving Day
Court officials move to new basement offices as constables and justices of the peace leave the first floor. The new quarters are larger and more commodious, and officers express satisfaction with the change.
Local Weather Forecast And Temperatures For San Antonio
Local weather bulletin reports cool tonight and Friday for San Antonio and vicinity. Observed temperatures show a 12 hour low around 4 and a 24 hour high near 87 with light to moderate winds. A Texas cotton region bulletin and national weather report are noted to appear on page three.
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San Antonio
Koreans Gather for Attack on Seoul City
Reports from Tokyo dated September 14 describe roving bands of ex soldiers and Koreans attacking Seoul officials with uncertain numbers. Some bands reportedly reach 800 fighters as Koreans hostile to Japanese rule gather in the mountains, while officials consider Korea’s potential annexation by Japan and reform measures under a new deputy resident general.
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Seoul
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Marquis Ito
Tokto
Karaa
Lis
Yaron Soneluto
Katsura
Marauls Lo
Suen
Believe quake slew acres of fish
New York dispatch reports from Progreso, Mexico, that the Yucatan coast ten miles to sea is strewn with dead fish, possibly from a submarine attack. No Washington report confirms an earthquake recently, but a severe tremor on the Mexican Gulf border is believed to have killed many fish.
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New York
Prorreso
Mexico
Yucatan
Washington
Mexican
Gulf
Mex
Former employee sues SAP for $20000 over injuries
Genziles Cuellar, and two other former employees of the S A & A PD railroad, filed suit seeking $20000 in damages for injuries received while working. Cuellar alleges a brakeman and other section men shoved him against a car and he was crushed between two cars, injuring his right foot.
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Dose Genziles Cuellar
S. A & A. PD. Railroad
Strike costs Austra-Americans Inc steamer Sollk Hohenborg
New Orleans September 19. It is estimated the Austra Americans Inc owner of the steamer Sollk Hohenborg lost about 15000 dollars due to a strike that detained the vessel for weeks. The ship was to load part of her cargo here and the rest in New York, with many passengers booked.
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New Orleans
Austra-Americans Inc
Sollk Hohen Borg
New Fork
Ethera
Dallas Court Examines Baskin McGregor Liquor Act
A rapid action test case was initiated in Dallas to challenge the Baskin McGregor liquor act. Steve Vaccarezza, a Hot Wells saloon proprietor, was arrested on two affidavits and held by a deputy sheriff while lawyers seek a writ of habeas corpus.
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Intion
Atock
Steve Vaccarezza
Hot Wells Road
Dallas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Une
Pollard
State
McDonald
Newton
Deers
Vaccarezza
Bexar
Ward
Rasociation
Dullug
Sean
Vaccaverra
Vaccaroara
San Antonio
Condemnation Sentences In Russia Spectral Uprising
Riga September reports condemn twenty two and others to death for participation in the 1905 rebellion in the Baltic provinces. The revival of the section wrested from the Russian government led to executions. several hundred had previously been spared or excused for involvement in the uprising.
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Riga
Afiyaicht Fien
Hearing Postponed in Panama Music Hall Case
The Panama hearing was postponed again in Porky Fish district court as witnesses appeared for proceedings against the Panama Music Hall proprietors brought by V. Cocluan, an Anti Saloon League mover. The hearing is set for next Tuesday morning.
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Porky Fish District Court
Ap -Qay
V. Cocluan
Poll Tax Preparations and Bid Talks Near
Auditor Ram sey announces brief period before poll tax collection begins and invites bids for blank forms and related supplies as preparations proceed.
Railroad Tieup Threatened by Strikers
A telegraphers strike threatens a nationwide railroad tieup with Overland Lines to Mexico largely out of commission. Twenty five strikebreakers quit in Denver amid pay cuts to regular operators, while Atlanta and Gainesville reports show Western Union and Southern Railway actions. The union claims to have decisive information and warns of a general tieup if two telegraphers in Georgia are not reinstated by Monday noon.
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Mexico
Denver
Georgia
New Taroko
Gy Pligg
Com
Sirlkers
Nita
Union Park
Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
Atlanta
Westein Uuion
South
Circus Team Runs With Tiger Cage On Parade
Special to The Light Avastin Tex Sept 19 A four horse circus team attached to a vehicle containing two tigers became frightened on Congress Avenue spurring a panic among hundreds of spectators. They crashed into a Thiele family vehicle injuring the driver. Mrs Thiele and four children escaped unharmed. A lions wagon also ran away but caused no serious damage other than frightening onlookers.
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Avastin
Tex
Congress
Congrass Avenue
Tharley Thiele
Phtelo
Ezeapard
Kernk
Holrman
Theta
Frichten
Thiele
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Seer
Texas Medical Statute
Vonder
T. J. Ramsey
Rockefeller
Standard
Wall
John BD. Archbold
John D. Rocheiniler
Standard of Traet
Ww. H ‘Yelfold
Standard Oll Company
New Jersey
Telford
Tockenlal- Jet
Stanrard
Walter Miller
Western Club
Court House
Enmploye
SAP
Steve Vaccar Zia
Russia
Panama
Ramsey
Cirgus
Tiger Cage
Austin
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