Veteran Katy engineer recalls Texas growth and a health tonic
Passenger Engineer C. W. Clarke of the Katy recalls steering engines from Texas wild days and overcoming a serious wreck. He credits Vitalitas with curing rheumatism and reviving his energy after two bottles. The ad promotes Vitalitas as a cure for stomach, liver, kidney and blood issues, available at Wagner Drug Store 407 East Houston St.
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C. W. Clarke
Katy
Smithville
Texas
Vitalitas
Wagner Drug Store
East
Houston St
Private Arthur Reginald Claimed by Peerage Reappears as Soldier
NO TRACE OF PRIVATE WASHINGTON DC Sept 24 Examination of the Eighth United States infantry roster over ten years fails to show Private Arthur Reginald who becomes a member of the English peerage through Baron de Freyne of French Park County Roscommon Ireland. The new peer is said to have served in the Royal Fusiliers then joined the US Army possibly under an assumed name. He inherits fertile acres in County Roscommon and the Eighth Infantry is stationed in the Philippines. Shrimp for fishing at the Riverside Restaurant.
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Washington, D. C
Eighth United States Infantry
Arthur Reginald
Baron de Freyne
French Park
County Roscomme Ireland
Royal Fusileers
United States Army
War Department
Sulzer Denies All Campaign Finance Articles
The defense argues Governor Sulzer orchestrated cash and checks to fund stock speculation, using bagmen and multiple collectors to influence contributions. Prosecution points to substantial undeclared transfers and continued stock deals amid his governorship, alleging conflicts of interest in securities legislation.
Texas Nurserymen's Association Moves to Executive Sessions
In Waco Texas on September 24 the Texas Nurserymen's Association voted to hold all future meetings in executive session excluding press representation. Officers elected included President J S Kerr Sherman Vice President W B Munson Denison and Secretary Treasurer J M Ramsey Austin.
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Waco
Tex
Texas Nurserymen's Association
J.S. Kerr
Sherman
W. B. Munson
Denison
J. M. Ramsey
Austin
Martinez Case Appealed by 16 Year Old Mexican
Leon Cardinal Martinez a 16 year old Mexican convicted of the killing of a girl at Saragosa Texas in 1911 appealed to the Supreme Court to avert the gallows claiming intimidation by a mob including some jurors. Texas Attorney General Looney filed a brief in opposition. An oral argument is set for next month.
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Martinez
Washington, D. C
Leon Cardinal Martinez
Saragosa
Texas
Supreme Court
Looney
Monclova May Be Attacked By Constitutionalist Army
In Piedras Negras Mexico the Constitutionalist army medical force led by chief surgeon Dr Gamboa departed by special train with hospital supplies heading south. Officials fear an immediate attack on Monclova. Also noted are statistics about nine Coome children from Canton Kansas totaling over fifty three feet in height and about a ton in weight with an average of 203 pounds each.
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Monclova
Piedras Negras
Mex
Constitutionalist Army
Gamboa
South
P. M. Coome
Canton
Kas
Mayor outlines plan to designate streets for underground mains
The city aims to designate downtown streets to be paved with bond funds and place gas water and electric conduits underground. Mayor Brown seeks council input and warns against future street cutting, stressing careful pre notice to utilities and adherence to a city plan for inner fire limits business areas and main thoroughfares.
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Brown
I@buy service corporation
Houston Street
Gas and Electric Company
Main Avenue
River Avenue
Flores Street
Lamar Admitted to Bail in Lobby Investigation Case
David Lamar, involved in a congressional lobby inquiry and later indicted for impersonating congressmen, was held by a U.S. commissioner in New York and admitted to bail set at $3000 after talks with leading financiers.
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Lamar
Washington, D. C
David Lamar
Congressional Lobby
United States
York
Swearingen Acquitted in Arson Case in Denton
Dr W H Swearingen of Denton Texas was acquitted by a jury on arson charges linked to his home fire. Two prior trials ended in hung juries as the city questions linger over the case. Roger Perry of Worcester reports school gardens yielded over 5400 dollars in food products this year, up 900 from last year.
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Dentonsicilan
Denton
Tex
W H. Swearingen
Roger Perry
Worcester
Rivalry of Youthful Beauty Between Society Matron and Daughter
A famed society matron, famed for her preserved youth, claims her girlish complexion stems from two practices. She mocks heavy creams and endorses mercorized wax to keep pores clean and skin fresh. She uses a nightly treatment and a simple saxoilite face bath to maintain a smooth, firm look.
Chorus Girl Aida Sullivan Seeks Share of Big Tim Sullivan Fortune
Miss Aida Sullivan announces she is traveling to New York to claim a portion of her late father Big Tim Sullivan’s estate and to push for exhumation to determine if he was murdered. She says he feared for his life in recent years.
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Aida Sullivan
Tim” Sullivan
New York
Miss Sullivan
County Bond Issue Subject of Meeting
About 160 city and country property owners will meet in the Bedell building to discuss a possible county bond issue for road and bridge improvements and a modern hospital and poor farm. They plan to draft a petition for the County Commissioners Court to call an election. County Judge James R. Davia may speak on the county stance.
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Bedell
County Commissioners’ Court
James R. Davia
Charles Graebner
William Cassin
Jake Wolff
George Stumberg
A. M. Fischer
Burglary at Weatherford Hotel Reported
Weatherford Texas Sept 24 A Dublin traveler 8 M Gunn reported a burglar entered his hotel room early this morning and stole his guns trousers gold watch and money. The burglar escaped. Sheriff Gilbert followed a man to Fort Worth.
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Weatherford
Tex
Gunn
Dublin
Gilbert
Fort Worth
Illinois Bankers to Meet in Chicago Convention
The twenty third annual Illinois Bankers Association convention opens in Chicago with discussions on the currency bill and monetary reform as the paramount issues. Separate prose notes English population by family size indicate three person households form 19 percent of families, four persons 18 percent, five 14 percent, and six 10 percent.
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Illinois
Chicago
Ilinois Bankers’ Association
England
Murder Hearing Today for Pablo Morales in Rodriguez Killing
Pablo Morales, 21, held on murder charges in the death of Rafael Rodriguez on Applewhite road last Sunday, faces an examining trial this afternoon before Justice Fisk. District Attorney Hinden leads the prosecution. Morales says self defense as five bullets struck Rodriguez shortly after a quarrel. Rodriguez allegedly fired first with a Winchester rifle, though officers found the weapon clean and unfired. The dead man’s wife and children say Morales shot and then clubbed Rodriguez with the rifle.
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Pablo Morales
Rafael Rodriguez
Applewhite Road
Fisk
Hinden
Rodriguez
Morales
Cavalry Back at Eagle Pass Patrol Returns from Carrizo Springs
Lieutenant Lane and a detachment of the Fourteenth cavalry, long stationed at Carrizo Springs since the capture of Mexican smugglers, resumed duty in Eagle Pass. The item also notes old time doctors doubting fresh air benefits and mentions dust reducing the efficiency of electric light globes.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Lane
Fourteenth Cavalry
Carrizo Springs
Recruiting Rules Change At Galveston Navy Station
A navy recruiting officer at Galveston announces relaxed preliminary exams to boost enlistment. Defects like curable dental and hearing issues may be accepted with post enlistment treatment obligations. Rejections remain for deformities and severe vision or hearing loss. Wireless links between Nauen and Vienna demonstrate advancing long distance radio capabilities.
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Navy
Galveston
Nauen
Berlin
Germany
Technical Museum
Vienna
Austria
Paria
New York
Earliest hunger strike dated to ancient Alexandria
A Greek student in the Second or Third century writes to his father about going to Alexandria and threatening to starve without a syre. A later note reports German pupils tested on newspaper reading showing 25 of 44 read daily, 18 at least weekly, and 4 less often.
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Theon
Alexandria
Syre
Master Bakers Meet Buffalo on Bread Price and Methods
The National Association of Master Bakers began its sixteenth annual convention in Buffalo with a pledge not to address bread prices. Focus is on production methods and sanitary conditions in baking and distribution, while other anecdotes from the period touch on Gladstone and a Kentucky governor candidate.
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Buffalo
N. Y
National Association of Master Bakers
Mark Bredin
Toronto
Three Parties Plan State Conventions in Massachusetts
Boston dispatch reports three major parties held primaries and began statewide campaigns for November 4. Democrats rally behind Lt Gov David I Walsh, Progressives front Charles B Bird, and Republicans coalesce around Rep A P Gardner after defeating Col Everett C Benton. Gardner leads in party allegiance. bios of contenders emerge as state conventions loom. A trailing item notes a Canadian town health board visiting slaughterhouses and declaring vegetarian plans.
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Boston
Mass
David I. Walsh
Charles 8. Bird
A. P. Gardner
Eugene N. Foss
Walsh
Mr. Bird
Gardner
Col
Everett C. Benton
Belmont
Benton
Cascarets Claim Quick Relief for Bilious Stomach
An advertising blurb promotes Cascarets as a remedy for upset stomach and biliousness. It describes symptoms like sour belching, heartburn, and constipation and claims the product sweetens the stomach, neutralizes fermenting food, and removes bile and waste. It promises relief by morning.
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OM Outhitees Ilsbee
Clarke
Riverside
John Williams
Haberdasher
E. Houston St
Maverick Hotel
Sulzer
Louis Sarecky
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Is & Fuller
Boyer, Griswold & Co
Fuller & Gray
Jacob H. Schiff
EB. C. Benedict
Myers
Morgantheau McCombs
A Collman
Aida Suddivan
Oodward
ST. Mary’s Street
Arriage
Frank A. Winerich
Pres
San Antonio
Andrew Boorde
Duffy's Pure
The
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
Master Bakers
Johnson M. Camden
Kentucky
Ulm
Frankfort
Lively
Massachusetts
Board of Health
Straightway
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