Scottish Gathering Postponed by Rain in San Antonio
The first annual Loyal Scots gathering by Clan McDuff and Thistle Lodge at the Coliseum grounds was postponed due to heavy rain. The event will be presented next Wednesday with added features, as out-of-town visitors planned to attend and a rehearsal plan was announced at the Gunter Hotel Moot Room.
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Clan McDuff
Thistle Lodge
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Harry Hamilton
W. F. Lees
Coliseum Grounds
Hunting licenses in demand in Texas
Chief Game Warden Jeff D. Cox reports daily requests for state hunting licenses as Texas prepares for a surge of hunters from across the United States. County clerks have begun issuing license blanks and some areas request additional blanks.
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Austin
Tex
Jeff D. Cox
Texas
United States
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
Sour upset stomachs are fixed in five minutes with Pape's Diapepsin. Take a dose from your pharmacist. relief arrives quickly and leaves no sour belching and no lingering stomach discomfort. The fifty cent case claims to keep the entire family free from indigestion for months.
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Pape
Austin Press Club forms in capital city
The Austin Press Club, a new organization for Austin newspaper men, was launched with a constitution adopted. William M. Thornton was elected president, J. A. Fernandez first vice president, and Lloyd P. Lochridge second vice president. The club has engaged quarters and expects up-to-date club rooms.
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Austin
Tex
Austin Press Club
William M. Thornton
Galveston-Dallas News
J. A. Fernandez
Lloyd P. Lochridge
The
Austin Statesman
No Lack of Candidates for Texas Federal Posts
Houston reports that federal authorities want resignations of Attor ney Lock McDaniel and Marshal C. G. Brewster in the Southern District of Texas. Leading contenders for the attorney post include John E. Green Jr. D. E. Simmons and R. A. Culberson. For the marshal job, about a dozen applicants exist including L. H. Bates Dallas J. Matthews John J. Fant J. A. Herring and T. J. Bennet. Information says Senators Sheppard and Culberson have not yet recommended.
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Houston
Tex
Lock McDaniel
C. G. Brewster
District of
Texas
John E. Green Jr
D. E. Simmons
R. A. Culberson
Culberson
L. H. Bates
Brownsville
Dallas J. Matthews
John J. Fant
J. A. Herring
Madisonville
T. J. Bennet
Angleton
Washington
Sheppard
Chile Cuts Back Exposition Plans for 1915
Santiago Chile September 25 1914 government says it will join Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco on a reduced scale. Chile will not construct a separate pavilion due to tight expenditures.
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Chile
Santiago
San Francisco
County votes for million dollar bond to fix roads and poorhouse
A countywide bond issue of one million dollars is endorsed to fund 550000 for roads 50000 for the poorhouse 125000 for a county hospital 200000 for concrete bridges and 75000 for courthouse improvements. A petition drive aims for about 600 signatures to present to the Commissioners Court with a plan to hold an election within 30 days.
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Bexar County
Commissioners’ Court
James R. Davis
William Cassin
Charles Graebner
George R. Stumberg
Jake Wolff
C. 8. Fowler
Judge Davis
Davis
Bexar
Banner Road
D. Berrey
Berrey
Keep Young and Beautiful Riveris Talcum Ad
Lehn & Fink advertise Riveris Talcum as pure and fluffy to keep tender skin soft and velvety. Its refined fragrance freshens the user, reduces perspiration and odors in heat, and soothes heat irritation. Use after bath or before bed to enhance personal appeal and comfort. Ask your druggist for the daintiest powder a woman can use.
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Lehn & Fink
Cuticura Claims Cure For Eczema After 3 Weeks Work
In Falmouth Kentucky Frank Vastine recalls years of itching sores on face and scalp. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for eight cakes and five boxes respectively he reports complete cure in under three months. Advertisement urges use for skin care and offers free samples and book.
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Falmouth
Frank Vastine
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Adenoids Prevented by Proper Cold Care Says Ad Ad
A promotional ad claims adenoids in babies and children result from repeated colds and throat irritation. It urges parents to treat all colds promptly with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to prevent adenoids, attributing prevention to Fischer Drug Co.
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Foley
Fischer Drug Co
Adv
University of Texas Opens Fall Term With Large Enrollment
Austin. The University of Texas started its fall term with an enrollment nearing 2000 and expectations for at least 1000 freshmen. Registration runs through Saturday afternoon, with many upperclassmen already present. A college night gathering is planned for Saturday in the university auditorium where new students will learn yells and hear talks from university leaders.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
University Auditorium
Kirkpatrick Praises Texas Good Roads Effort
J H Kirkpatrick the prominent San Antonio real estate dealer returns from Grand Lake Colorado and urges a state good roads day praising Governor Col quitt for November 5 and 6 highway work. He notes Colorado convict labor on highways and says Texas crops look best nationwide. He also calls San Antonio the one best city.
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Grand Lake
Colo
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Colquitt
Texas
Trans-Mississippi
Colorado
San Antonio
New Insurance Firm Authorized To Do Business In Texas
The state department of insurance and banking granted a certificate of authority for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company of Greensboro North Carolina to operate in Texas This new company lists capital stock of 260000 dollars and a surplus of 313000 dollars based in Austin on September 25.
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New Inssurance Company
State
Austin
Tex
State Department of Insurance and Banking
Texas
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
N. C
Smuggling Accusations Tie to Mrs McCullough’s Trunkes
Six trunks linked to Mrs John H McCullough are sent to the appraiser by customs inspectors. The couple declared luggage at $200, but inspectors value contents at $5000. Mr McCullough ordered to report at the customs house.
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John H. McCullough
Records Show Strong Indirect Fire Results At Leon Springs
Officers of the Southern Department and Fort Sam Houston observed indirect artillery fire at Leon Springs range. Batteries B and C, Third Field Artillery, scored about 50 percent over several weeks, with guns placed 200 feet behind a hill and fired over it to hit advancing infantry. Colonel Charles G. Treat praised the test and urged permanent artillery regiments at the post.
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Southern Department
Fort Sam Houston
Leon Springs Range
Leon Springs
Third Field Artillery
Charles G. Treat
Prewitt Appointed Deputy in Austin Revenue Office
E. M. Prewitt of South Austin has been named deputy United States revenue collector and will head the Austin division. The appointment was made by Col lector A. S. Walker, who replaced General Webster Flanagan on September 1. Prewitt has lived in Austin for many years.
Fatal fall at federal building site in Austin
E Eppler, a laborer on the new federal building, died after a granite cornice stone weighing thousands of pounds toppled from a 35 foot platform. Stonemason Bob Lindstrom was injured but not seriously in the same incident.
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Austin
Tex
E. Eppler
Federal
Bob Lindstrom
Rain Delays Hays County Fair Events in San Marcos
A heavy morning rain postponed races and automobile events at the Hays county fair in San Marcos. Confederate veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy planned a barbecue indoors. The four school track meet and the San Marcos High versus Smithville High football game were rescheduled for next week and this afternoon respectively.
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San Marcos
Tex
Hays County Fair
Daughters of the Confederacy
Fair
Southwest Texas Normal
Baptist Academy
Coronal
Alumni to Hold Meeting at St Mary's College Parlors
The St Marys College Alumni Association opens its first of four quarterly meetings at 8:30 tonight in college parlors with a Mexican luncheon for about 200. The banquet committee will finalize matters from last June and bylaws will be amended along with other association issues.
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St. Mary’s College Alumni Association
California Syrup of Figs Promoted as Safe Child Laxative
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a preferred laxative for children and adults. It claims its pleasant taste ensures gentle easing of constipation, with a warning to avoid counterfeit fig syrups and to ask for the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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SIGE
California
Ivery
California Fig Syrup Company
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Hantke’s
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G. Thevenot
Schlitz
Geo. Heberer
Water Street
Milwaukee
MAO
Commissioner’s Court
Max Toepperwein
J. M. Vance
C. Kurz
Somerset
J. T. Evins
Losoya
Thomas J. Applewhite
J. F. Schlather
M. Pirie
H. Stanfield
George R
A. M. Fischer
J. A. Gwinn
Thomas L. Conroy
Roy Bairneburg
W. Thewagt
Henry Meyer
J. K. Lamm
Charles X. Gutzeit
Anton Klaus
Charleton
von Ormy
D. A. Frame
Emil Bock
Wetmore
J. T. Ivins
J. R. Talley
John Eastwood
Mr. Pirie
Gonzales Road
Bodo Jonas
Atascosa
Fred Bennett
Moody & Hormann
Crockett
Kirkpatrick
West
John H. M'Culdough
Carter
Matthews
Houston St
Saul Wolfson
Hays County
Smithville
Rooters
St. Mary's
G. A. Duerler Ing. Co
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texas
Alamo Transfer Company
Evan Shelepy
General Tranners Service
A. P
S. Comal San Antonio
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