County Health Officers Meet in Austin
The second annual meeting of the City and County Health Officers Association of Texas will be held in Austin September 28-29. Sessions in the House of Representatives hall feature talks by UT President R E Vinson and Governor Ferguson, plus experts on health authority relations, quarantine, public education, and health work in smaller towns. Banquet closes the gathering with Dr T T Jackson presiding. officers listed include W B Collins president and R H Smith secretary.
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Austin
Tex
City
County Health Officers’ Association of Texas
House of Representatives
R. EB. Vinson
University of Texas
James E. Ferguso
W. F. Doughty
William M. Brumby
Waco
E. Caswell Ellis
P. W. Covington
International Health Commission
Snyder
J. 8. Christian
Lindale
W. B. Cline
Fort Worth
R. H. Smith
Palo Pinto
J. Cwinn
Gilman
Boy Killed Saving His Pet Goat in Austin
William Pond a 10 year old deaf and dumb boy from South Austin lost his life after chasing a stray goat onto the International and Great Northern Railway track. A passing train struck him though medical help was given. the goat was unharmed. His father C A Pond had recently moved from Zavalla County to educate his children.
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Austin
Tex
William Pond
International and Great Northern Railway
C. A. Pond
Zavalla County
Bond Issue Approved for Sweetwater Sewer Bonds
The attorney general's department approves a fifty thousand dollar city of Sweetwater sewer bonds issue bearing five percent interest and maturing in forty years with an option of twenty years. The notice mentions Sutherland Springs service Sundays at 8 15 a m on the Southern Pacific Lines.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific Lines
Ady
Plant of Seguin Mill Is Burned in Texas Fire
Fire destroyed the Seguin Round Base Ginning Company plant and the Seguin Milling and Power Company in Seguin Texas with losses estimated between 35000 and 50000 dollars. Low water pressure hindered firefighting while New Braunfels crews arrived in 25 minutes. Origin of the blaze was not determined.
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Seguin
Tex
Seguin Round
Seguin Milling and Power Company
New Braunfels
Henne
Walter Gerlach
San Antonio Baptists Plan October Association Meeting
The San Antonio Baptist Association will convene with First Baptist Church in October for a three day gathering starting October 3. It covers five counties with forty four congregations and will discuss missionary work, education, and home and foreign efforts. Women members meet first two days. Rev W W Lee moderates. W W Sloan is secretary. W A Moffitt is corresponding secretary. Fred Hall treasurer. state denominational leaders expected. goal includes paying a $1700 debt.
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San Antonio Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
W. W. Lee
Calvary Baptist Church of
San Antonio
W. W. Sloan
Prospect Hill
Possible Federal Brewery Suit Talks Begin
In Austin on September 23 a Federal Justice Department special agent completed copying evidence gathered in Texas ouster and penalty actions against local breweries. The testimony is believed to involve outside brewers, possibly from St. Louis, with broader suits anticipated against interstate breweries shipping into Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Federal Department of Justice
State of Texas
Texas Breweries
St. Louis
Teacher's Assailant Not Yet Run Down
Olga Dahl a 19 year old Itasca county schoolmistress was attacked by an armed man near a Minnesota school house. After a night in the woods she survived with a injured face. About 200 pursuers search the swamps as frost bites in a cold dawn.
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Deer River
Minn
Olga Dahl
Itasca
Miss Dahl
Minnesota
Typhus Epidemic Worsens Across Mexican Cities
A passenger from San Luis Potosi reports typhus fever rising in Mexico with about 50 deaths daily in San Luis Potosi, 70 to 90 daily in Aguas Calientes, and around 100 daily from typhus and smallpox in Zacatecas. Food shortages near famine level in Aguas Calientes.
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Mexico
Laredo
Tex
San Luis Potosi
Aguas Calientes
Zacatecas
Minnesota’s Monument Dedicated in Memphis Cemetery
In memory of Minnesota soldiers who died in the Civil War a monument was dedicated at the national cemetery in Memphis. Governor J F A Burnquist of Minnesota and Judge D M Greer spoke. Confederate association members and Memphis schoolchildren attended. Burnquist plans to attend a monument dedication at Andersonville next week.
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Minnesota
Memphis
Tenn
National Cemetery
J. F. A. Burnquist
D. M. Greer
Burnquist
Andersonville
Portuguese Invasion of Lisbon Reported in Africa Action
Portu guese troops push into German East Africa after crossing the Rovuma river eight miles inland and occupying Miobo Katibus and nearby German barracks. Center and right columns advance toward Migomba depot Taketo on Rovuma bay as German forces retreat toward Sasawara near Lindi. Natives reportedly accept Portuguese domination amid broader colonial shifts. Germany had earlier declared war on Portugal and reported gains at Kionga, but most of German East Africa is controlled by Belgians and South Africans per London Havre statements.
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Lisbon
Paris
Lindi
Germany
Portugal
Africa
Kionga
East Africa
Texas Rifle Team Selection Sought for National Matches
The Southern Department commanding general has been asked to arrange a rifle team from the Texas National Guard in federal service to compete at the national matches in Jacksonville, Florida, starting October 20.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Southern Department
Hutchings
Texas National Guard
Jacksonville
Fla
Foley Sample Offer for Coughs and Aches
A vintage promotional slip invites readers to mail a 5 cent coupon to Foley & Co to receive a trial package. The kit includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills for pain in sides and back rheumatism backache kidney and bladder ailments and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation biliousness headache and sluggish bowels.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
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R. E. Barnett
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Harris County
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Anna Hanselman
Edith Bentley
Port Arthur Country
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J. W. McCracken
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F. B. Wyatt
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Lone Star Brewing Company
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