Scientific methods boost Texas cotton and corn yields
Reports to the Texas Industrial Congress from operators in ninety five counties show scientific farming increasing cotton and corn yields. Contest offers 10000 dollars for top yields with county by county figures: Bastrop 5 bushels corn 1 3 bale cotton. Bexar 22 bushels corn 1 2 bale cotton. Nueces 50 bushels corn 1 2 bale cotton. Guadalupe 50 bushels corn 7 8 bale cotton. Harris 30 bushels corn 5 6 bale cotton. and other counties with varied results.
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Texas
Texas Industrial Congress
Congress
Bexar
Comal
Gillespie
Gonzales
Guadalupe
Harris
Karnes
Nueces
Travis
Wilson
Remarkable Catandir Pepsin Ginger Stomach Remedy
A medical authority touts a stomach relief prescription mixing essence of Pepsin Ginger syrup and Catandir compound. Dose is one to two teaspoonfuls after meals and at bedtime for rapid relief and potential cure of dyspepsia.
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Hooe
Ghostly fright drives man to fainting and mute plea
New Haven dispatch details Antonio Zindie who swore his friend Raffael Detonno’s murderer sent a ghost to haunt him on July 30. The specter allegedly appeared Friday night, leaving Zindie speechless until Dr. Griswold determined he had been stricken dumb. Father Sullivan later prayed with him at the Berlin cemetery statue of the Virgin Mary, where Zindie prayed aloud and placed his gold watch in the statue’s granite hand.
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Antonio Zindie
Raffael Detonno
New Haven
Detonne
Zindie
R. M. Griswold
Healthiest country girl prize at Iowa state fair
Frances Altman 12 of Altoona weighed 145 pounds with normal health and took the healthiest country girl honor at the Des Moines Des Moines dispatch notes the event held by the Central Church of Christ of Des Moines. Hazel May Talbott 2 of Pela won the prettiest baby of Iowa after a close contest with Laurence Hankamer of Des Moines who sought a third win.
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Frances Altman
Frank Altman
Altoona
Central Church of Christ of
Iowa
Hazel May Talbott
W. W. Talbott
Pela
Hoo Hoo Members Resign Over Secretary Reselection
Nearly forty Minneapolis members of the Order of Hoo Hoo resign after J. H. Baird of Nashville is re elected as salaried secretary at the September 9 annual meeting. Platt B. Walker of the Mississippi Valley Lumberman is cited as a leader of the society.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Order of Hoo Hoo
Lumbermen’s Secret Society
J. H. Baird
Nashville
Tenn
Platt B. Walker
Mississippi Valley Lumberman
Lumber Mills Close in Beaumont Over Labor Troubles
The 36 lumber mills in Beaumont Texas remain closed after a month of labor disputes. Mill owners say operations will not resume until workers return under preclosure conditions, with no clear prospect of settlement. The Associated Press reports the stalemate continues.
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Beaumont
Tex
Timber Workers’ Brotherhood
Many Members Added
At a Gonzales Texas meeting of the Boys' Hog club twenty-nine new members were enrolled, bringing total membership to thirty-four. The Business Men's club offered seven dollars and fifty cents for first prize and two dollars fifty cents for second prize for the boy signing up the most new members. Clay Corder won first prize with twenty-one new members and Tom Booth won second with eight.
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Gonzales
Tex
Mayor Sues Campaign Chair for Defamation in Texas
Mayor Bryan Callaghan sues A. H. Jones, former chair of the Commission Government league campaign committee, in the Seventy-third district court for 40000 damages alleging a January 7, 1911 circular defamed his character and reputation and exposed him to public contempt and financial injury. The petition claims malicious writing circulated via mails and messengers, targeting his honesty and integrity in office and as a citizen.
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Bryan Callaghan
Seventy-third District
A. H. Jones
Commission Government League
C. A. Davies
Callaghan
United States
James O'Leary
San Antonio
State of
Texas
Jones
Grove's Tastelope Malaria Tonic for All Ages
The ad promotes GROVE'S TASTElaria as a tonic to aid recovery from malaria and to strengthen the system for both adults and children, offered at 50 cents.
Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths Open Today
The Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths open today offering a cure for the sick and pleasure for the well. Street cars from Harlandale and South Flores run direct to the baths for a five cent fare.
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Harlandale
South Flores
Mission Loop
Four Die in Fire in Chicago Flats
Four people died in an early morning fire described as incendiary that largely destroyed two small flat buildings at 133 South Sagamon Street in Chicago. Victims were Harry Egalovitch, his wife, their infant, and boarder L. Alper. two babies survived unharmed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
South Sagamon Street
Harry Egalovitch
L. Alper
Largest aluminum radiator built for 300 HP airship engine
In Dresden the construction site shows a proposed world’s largest radiator, designed for a 300 horsepower airship engine. It is said to be built entirely from aluminum.
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Dresden
Double murder in South Austin under coroner inquiry
Trav is county grand jury probes the midnight killings of saloonkeeper John Gest and deputy George Duncan. Suspect John Teague, a 38 year old horse trader, was arrested near the scene after a chase from the police station. Coroner’s inquest ruled shotgun wounds caused the deaths. The Winchester used is held by the sheriff.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County Grand Jury
South
John F. Gest
George Duncan
John Teague
Teague
George W. Mendell
Gest
Duncan
Winchester
Sheriff's Department
Doan's Kidney Pills Endure Time Test Across Nation
Doan's Kidney Pills gain long term endorsement from San Antonio user Mrs. G. L. Spurrier who credits relief from backache and bodily weakness. The testimonial notes repeated use by her family and confirms the June 1908 recommendation. Available from Bexar Drug Co. and at 50 cents per box via Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo as U S sale agents.
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Dean
Doan
G. L. Spurrier
Zarramora Avenue
San Antonio
Texas
Bexar Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Shallow wells fueling growth of orchards and truck farms
J. D. Martin of Alpine Brewster County reports rapid expansion of the shallow well irrigation system in western Texas. He notes increasing orchard and truck farm acreage, growing prosperity among truck farmers, and road and rail development extending into Alpine aiding a likely future expansion.
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Austin
Tex
J. D. Martin
Alpine
Brewster County
Mr. Martin
Martin
Harlandale Baths Open With New Bead Stringing Machine
Harlandale Hotel Baths offers first day opening at Harlandale and South Flores streets with direct streetcar access for central fare. A French invention enables bead stringing. Children urged to use Fletcher's Castoria.
Walsh Will Know Fate In Few Days Parole Hearing Set
John R. Walsh a former Chicago banker seeking parole from the Leavenworth federal prison will likely not have a hearing this week as the federal board of parole met to review his case. The Associated Press reports delays in fate for Walsh.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kan
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Federal Board of Parole
Parole Eligibility Noted in Five Year Sentence Case
The board plans to mail its report to Washington and announce the decision from the attorney general's office. On September 18 he had served one third of his five year sentence and was eligible for parole.
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Washington
Attorney General's Office
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