County Bond Issue Discussed for Bexar County Needs
A Wednesday meeting will discuss calling an election to issue bonds for roads bridges a modern hospital and poor farm in Bexar County. Local property owners led by Cassin Wolff Stumberg Graebner and Fischer seek a petition to the county commissioners court to authorize a bond vote and set a suitable amount.
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Bexar County
William Cassin
Jake Wolff
George Stumberg
Charles Graebner
A. M. Fischer
Commissioners’ Court
Foorer
Bexar
James R. Davis
Davis
J. K. Lamm
Lynching Follows Deputy Sheriff Killing in Bremond
In Bremond Texas excitement runs high after Deputy Sheriff Tom Rushing is shot and killed during an attempted arrest of Will Davis a negro who had earlier killed Luther Hodge and wounded Tom Maxwell. Davis was lynched by about 1000 local citizens before officers could intervene.
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Bremond
Tex
Tom Rushing
Rushing
Will Davis
Luther Hodge
Tom Maxwell
Davis
Megro
Bridegroom Is 62 Bride 20 in Gainesville Nuptials
William Kilgore 62, president of a local mercantile company, wed Lucy Shires 20 in Gainesville. The couple plans a South Texas honeymoon after the ceremony.
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Gainesville
Tex
William Kilgore
Lucy Shires
South
Texas
Local Forecast for San Antonio Area
Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. Expect mild overnight temperatures and light winds as skies remain clear in the San Antonio region.
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San Antonio
Home Weather for Tourists Observations at 8 a.m.
Weather notes from major cities show St Louis at 42 degrees with NE wind and clear conditions. Chicago reports 88 partly cloudy with W wind, while Milwaukee is 36 with a NW wind and fair skies. Other readings include St Paul 32 clear, Kansas City 44 partly cloudy, New York 64 in rain, Boston 74 partly cloudy, and Washington 54 with partly cloudy skies and a chance of rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Mexican Shot and Clubbed With Rifle Kills Farmer Near Applewhite Road
Rafael Rodriguez, a farmer living on Applewhite road, was shot five times and then clubbed with his own rifle near his home. Pablo Morales, 21, was arrested after an affidavit was filed in justice court, with investigators saying Morales claimed self defense after a quarrel. Morales was stopped on South Flores street and found to carry a pistol with six live cartridges. a Winchester rifle linked to Rodriguez was found with Morales.
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Rafael Rodriguez
Applewhite
Pablo Morales
Rodriguez
Justice Court
Morales
Rodrigues
Tobin
South Flores Street
George Millard
Third Victim Dies After Grand Rapids Jewelry Store Raid
Paul Townsend age 24 died as the third victim in the J. J. Thompson jewelry store robbery in Grand Rapids Michigan. Police have not yet arrested the robbers though J. N. Thompson and Edward Smith were killed instantly during the hold up last Thursday.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Paul Townsend
J. J. Thompson
J. N. Thompson
Edward Smith
Speaking to a Nation About Advertising Power
An essay extols the newspaper as the all powerful information medium shaping national opinion. It argues national advertisers can quickly inform vast audiences and create broad, simultaneous demand via print media. The piece invites merchants and manufacturers to contact the Bureau of Advertising in New York for guidance.
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North America
The
Light
Bureau of Advertising
American Reaper Publishers’ Association
World Building
New York
Tariff Bill Edges Toward Final, Wilson Optimistic
Washington reports disputed tariff features narrowing to income tax cotton futures and admin provisions. President Wilson says conferences point to swift signature this week. Senate leaders foresee report ready by week end amid ongoing talks on exemptions and higher tax rates.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Wilson
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Hoke Smith
South
Representative Lever
Burleson
Cotton Exchange
Aviators Not Numerous
Washington dispatch reports Brigadier General George Scriven, head of the army aviation corps, warns that civilian flyers for pleasure or profit are dwindling. He says in case of war the army may have to rely on organized militia to supply sufficient aviation officers.
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Washington, D. C
George 8. Scriven
Army Aviation Corps
Beef Barons Meet Chicago In Cattle Shortage Talk
At the American Meat Packers' Association convention in Chicago John T. Russell president of the United Master Butchers of America outlines Retail Butchers Remedies for the Meat Shortage. He notes New England is suited for livestock and the South can supply cattle once ticks are controlled.
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Chicago
American Meat Packers’ Association
John T. Russell
United Master Butchers of America
Russell
New England
Mrs Roosevelt to Join Roosevelt on South America Trip
Announcement said Mrs Theodore Roosevelt will accompany her husband on the voyage aboard the steamship Vandyck sailing October 4 for Rio Janeiro. She will not go inland but will proceed to Buenos Aires and then return on the Vandyck.
Hospital Nurse Stabbed in Malden Hospital
Miss Donis Robinson, a nurse at Malden Hospital, was stabbed on duty by an unidentified intruder who hid in a medicine closet. He stabbed her twice near the heart, then fled through a window. Her condition is listed as critical.
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Malden
Mass
Donis Robinson
Malden Hospital
The San Antonio Light Leased Wire Day Report
The San Antonio Light carries an exclusive leased wire day report from the Associated Press, described as the world's greatest and most reliable general news service, supplemented by its own large special news service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
World
The
Light
Army posts to house aviation school in San Antonio
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Reber inspected Fort Sam Houston maneuver grounds as the proposed site for a new national aviation school and government aeronautical experiments station. Washington officials draft a bill to fund the project with a large appropriation, aiming to start work by 1914. Reber will also survey sites at San Diego Texas City and Galveston before returning to Washington.
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Fort Sam Houston
Army Aviation
Samuel Reber
Signal Corps
U.S. A
War Department
Washington
Congress
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston Aviation Field
Reber
San Diego
Cal
Galveston
Texas City
Now Road May Be Completed This Week
J L Cunningham superintendent of construction announced the San Antonio Fredericksburg and Northern Railroad will lay tracks into Fredericksburg by the weekend completing the line. Regular freight and passenger service to begin a few days after and by October 15 both services should be in operation. Fredericksburg set October 9 10 and 11 for celebration.
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J. L. Cunningham
San Antonio, Fredericksburg & Northern Railroad
Fredericksburg
Cunningham
R. A. Love
Texas Free Textbooks Plan Promoted By Austin Chamber
Austin chamber secretary Will L. Vining launches a drive for free school books for Texas children. He will solicit state newspapers and commercial groups and push to secure a state act in the Thirty fourth Legislature to provide free textbooks.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Will L. Vining
New Rate Sweet Planned by Texas Railroads
Rate clerks from Texas passenger departments met in Galveston to prepare supplement No 1 to the Texas rate sheet due to the Houston & Texas Central line cut off from Hearne to Giddings. Robert Glass of Santa Fe presiding. Several days may be needed to finish the rate sheet.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Houston & Texas Central Railway
Hearne
Giddings
Robert Glass
The
Santa Fe
Death of Mrs. Caroline L. Eckhardt at 73 in Texas
Mrs. Caroline L. Eckhardt aged 73 died in Austin last evening. A native Texan tied to leading state families, she was mother of Robert J. Eckhardt of Taylor and daughter of Judge and Mrs. Robert Justice Kleberg, early Texas settlers. Burial will be in Yorktown family ground.
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Austin
Tex
Caroline L. Eckhardt
President to visit Princeton to vote in Democratic primary
President Wilson will depart the capital early tomorrow for Princeton New Jersey to vote for Acting Governor Fielder in the gubernatorial primary. It will be his first visit to his hometown since March 8 and he will return to Washington the same evening.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Princeton
N. J
Fielder
Peary Denies Daughter's Engagement to Arctic Explorer
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary released a denial from Eagle Island residence that his daughter Marie Peary is not engaged to Arctic explorer Donald McMillan, who is currently en route to the far north.
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Miss Peary
Portland
Eagle Island
Robert E. Peary
Miss Marie Peary
Donald McMillan
Sulzer Impeachment Trial Resumes With Legal Fireworks
Albany reports that Governor Sulzer's impeachment trial reopened as Louis J. Marshall argued that the articles lack jurisdiction and a constitutional basis. The case features anticipated testimony from Sulzer and possibly Mrs. Sulzer, plus a looming graft investigation into James A. Garrison.
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Cullen
Louis J. Marshall
Marshall
Wile Vo
New York
Upstate
England
United States
Court of Appeals
Louis Marshall
James A. Garrison
Troy
Houston social clubs forced to shut down in court action
Houston district attorney R G Maury won a drive to purge social clubs from the city. Nine clubs were sued and injunctions sought, with seven shut permanently and the other two withdrawing from the case. Allegations cited include illegal liquor sales and other improper practices.
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Houston
Tex
R. G. Maury
Planned Murder to Collect Insurance Surfaces in NY Case
Evidence suggests Hans Schmidt and his dentist friend Dr. Muret planned to murder insured individuals to profit from life insurance. A physician testified they sought death certificates for sudden deaths. Schmidt had prior Chicago links and was connected to John Hoch, the so called bluebeard, who was executed in 1905.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Muret
Schmidt
Faurot
Father Schmidt
Chicago
John Hoch
Bluebeard
Wilson Offered Winter Home in Columbia DC
President Wilson received a bid from Columbia DC officials to buy his boyhood home for use as a winter residence. He stated he would choose Columbia if he built a winter home, but indicated he would likely stay at the White House this coming winter.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Columbia
D.C
White House
Severe storm devastates East Baltimore area causing deaths
Severe storms sweep Maryland on Sept 22 bringing wind and rain that ruin farms and buildings. In Harford County Garrell Presberry dies after being buried by a collapsed barn while his betrothed is severely injured. In Prince Frederick the courthouse and town hall lose roofs and trees are uprooted.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Harford County
Garrell Presberry
Presberry
Prince Frederick
Dare devil Murphy Makes 135 Foot Brooklyn Bridge Jump
Joseph P Murphy known for high diving leaped from the Brooklyn bridge in a practice jump wearing a bathing suit under his clothes. He landed in a rowboat and was later jailed in a police station on a charge of attempted death by own action. Three friends in the boat aided his return to safety.
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New York
Murphy
Joseph P. Murphy
Brooklyn Bridge
Secretary Garrison to direct probe into Philippine slavery charges
Secretary Garrison will oversee an inquiry by Governor General Francis Burton Harrison into claims of slavery in the Philippines raised by Dean Worcester and W. H. Phipps, the island auditor. The administration seeks a formal Philippine attorney general opinion on law sufficiency and prosecutions of offenders are expected.
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Washington, D. C
Garrison
Francis Burton Harrison
Dean Worcester
W. H. Phipps
Philippines
Islands
The
Governor Colquitt Heads for Panama Sailing With Party
Governor Colquitt and family depart Austin for Panama joined by Mrs Colquitt Miss Mary Colquitt J N Graves of Oklahoma City and Mrs W E Fitzgerald wife of the railroad auditor They will sail from New Orleans on September 24 Lieutenant Governor Mayes will act in the governor's absence.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Three Sailors Drown From McCall Near Bridgeport Harbor
The torpedo destroyer McCall wrecked off Bridgeport Connecticut Saturday night. Drowned sailors include Preston Chute gunner's mate third class whose father George A Chute lives in Prichard Alabama Alfred E Sheehan seaman whose guardian Kittie Mils lives in Brooklyn New York and John P Russell ordinary seaman whose father Patrick J Russell lives in New York.
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Washington, D. C
McCall
Bridgeport
President to Visit Mobile for Speech at Southern Congress
President Wilson plans to address the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile Alabama in the latter part of October. He declined requests from several congressmen to visit other towns en route, saying he would only have time for the Mobile stop.
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Mobile
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Southern Commercial Congress
Ala
Starling Reports On Labor Conditions From Eastern Trip
Capt. J. A. Starling commissioner of labor returned from New York and eastern points after weeks away on business and pleasure. He studied labor conditions during his absence and prepared notes for his department.
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Austin
Tex
J. A. Starling
New York
Captain Starling
Four Brides to Be Struck by Lightning in Hungary
Four women who were to be brides were killed by a lightning storm near Nagy-Varad as they sheltered in a grotto while picking flowers for church decorations. The bodies were recovered last night after the storm.
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Budavest
Nagy-Varad
Girls Drown in Barrel in North Dakota
Two daughters of Mrs. Herman Ostrander drowned after leaning into a barrel of rainwater and tipping in. The bodies were found by their mother in Marmath North Dakota on September 22.
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Marmath
N. D
Herman Ostrander
Greeks seize American mission schools in Koritsa Albania
In Koritsa Greece seizures target an American mission school serving nearly 100 Albanian girls. Greek authorities arrest Albanians returning from abroad and threaten to include Albania in Greece. A housekeeper refused to surrender keys, was beaten, and taken to prison while the Kennedy family runs the mission.
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Vienna
Koritsa
Albania
Avlona
Adriatic Sea
America
Greece
Monastir
Kingdom of
Kennedy
New Jersey
Princeton
Violet B. Kennedy
Ladies’ Literary Society
Tea party aboard air ship Sachsen near Berlin
The Sachsen Zeppelin carried 30 people including twelve women and eight men for a tea party in flight. The hour long cruise covered about 55 miles without heating or fire apparatus due to gas dangers, with tea and milk brought up preheated.
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Berlin
Sachsen
Feist-Waltheim
Cost of raising children rises in Chicago report
Chicago Nursey and Half-orphan Asylum reports a 40 percent rise in child rearing costs over ten years. It costs $101 a year per child in 1894 to 1904, rising to $140 now. From 1874 to 1883 the annual cost was $80 per child.
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Chicago
Nanan
Home Rule Rally Planned in New York for Ireland
Americans of New York urged to unite for a Sunday rally October 5 to show support for the home rule bill in Ireland. M. E. Corbley of the Irish League announced arrangements for a united gathering of Irish societies with speakers including John P. Mitchell port of New York. James M. G. Illinois. and Mayor Adolph Kline.
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New York
Ireland
M. E. Corbley
The
Irish League
John P. Mitchellector
Port of
New Yark
James M. G
Illinois
Adolph Kline
Pyle Appointed to State Accident Board Roles
Pyle of Belton appointed by the governor as the third member of the accident board and arrives to assume duties. He will represent the board’s interests and will also serve as editor of the Belton paper. The other two members are former Governor Sa and W J Moran of Fort.
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Pyle
Austin
Tex
Belton
Sg A
W. J. Moran
Fort
Light Frost Reported in Tennessee and Mid Atlantic
A weather bulletin notes light frost in Tennessee and the extreme northern and western portions, with further frost forecast for the Middle Atlantic and northern Atlantic states as announced by the United States Weather Bureau.
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Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Obama
Northei
Teda
United States Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Alantic States
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