He Preferred Dead Men
Huntington West Virginia September 29. That Bob Simpkins, one of the de-
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Huntington
W. Va
Bob Simpkins
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
4
Schoolteacher testifies in Mingo county election cases
Miss Gertrude Rader described defendants boasting of preferring to vote dead men to living ones and using bank mule names or boarders if sufficient names could not be secured, amid testimony in the Mingo county election trials.
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Fendants
Gertrude Rader
Mingo County
Werner Horn Appeals to Supreme Court Over Vanceboro Bridge Bomb Case
Werner Horn, under indictment in the Vanceboro Maine bridge explosion case, has appealed to the Supreme Court after a lower court denied him a writ of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Horn
Washington, D. C
Vanceboro
Supreme Court
German Officer Claims Immunity In Wartime Acts
A German army officer argues he cannot be prosecuted for acts against British property, asserting immunity as part of wartime conduct. The brief mentions habeas corpus and ongoing legal contention.
Captain Thompson Dies at Fort Bliss
Captain Edwin P. Thompson, acting regimental adjutant of the Twentieth United States Infantry, died at Fort Bliss base hospital Thursday afternoon from peritonitis. His father, Brig. Gen. J. Milton Thompson, retired, resides in Los Angeles, California.
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EL Paso Tex
Edwin P. Thompson
Twentieth United States Infantry
Fort Bliss
J. Milton Thompson
Los Angeles
Cal
Ferguson aims to boost Texas University with seven million
Governor Ferguson seeks to transform the University of Texas into a first class institution and spend about 7 million dollars on it before his term ends, according to former State Senator T. M. McGregor speaking at the Austin Rotary Club luncheon in Austin, Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Texas
University of Texas
T. M. McGregor
Austin Rotary Club
MecGregor
Tuberculosis Deaths Lead Texas Causes in 1915
Texas health officials report tuberculosis caused 40 percent of deaths in 1915, with cancer 12 percent, pellagra 8 and one tenth, typhoid eight, diphtheria six, malaria five, and grip about 38 percent. Among children last year diphtheria caused 70 percent, scarlet fever 90 percent, measles 7 percent, and whooping cough 11 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
W. A. Davis
Davis
Gy and Health Officers’ Association
W. M. Brumby
Waco
A. C. Ellis
University of Texas
Public Health
Worth
W. R. Johnson
Snyder
Driskill Hotel
T. T. Jackson
San Antonio
Onions Travel From Canary Islands to San Antonio
Two packages of onions shipped by registered mail from the Canary Islands arrived in San Antonio to prove that seed quality governs onion durability rather than packing or shipping. Grower R G Callahan had criticized transit methods, while Ferdico Varella insisted proper seed keeps onions for long voyages. The onions arrived in good condition after a long journey without refrigeration.
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Canary Islands
R. G. Callahan
San Antonio
Ferdico Varella
Thas
Varella
Callahan
Texas
San Antonian
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Recall
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy and system builder. The label discloses quinine and iron and prices the product at 50 cents.
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GROVE
McCutcheon Buys Island Salt Cay Near Bahamas
John T. McCutcheon the Chicago cartoonist has purchased Salt Cay Island in the South Atlantic near the Bahamas. The 3.5 by 1.0 mile island, known to mariners as Treasure Island, features 30,000 cocoanut trees and is expected to yield agricultural returns rather than treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John T. McCutcheon
South Atlantic
Bahama Group
Salt Cay Island
Treasure Island
McCutcheon
Cigarmakers Strike for Higher Piecework Pay
About one thousand cigarmakers in five Tampa factories walked out to demand higher piecework rates. They seek increases from one to seven dollars per thousand on mold-made cigars. An estimated fourteen thousand others reportedly unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Chaplain Joyce Receives Transfer to Fort Leavenworth
Father F. J. Joyce chaplain of the Seventh field artillery with the Twelfth provisional division is ordered to the Fort Leavenworth military prison after a thirty day furlough to visit New York Syracuse Notre Dame and Chicago. He has served in Cuba the Philippines Vera Cruz and with the Pershing expedition in Mexico.
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Father Joyce
Cuba
Philippines
Vera Cruz
Pershing
Mexico
Elderly Christian Woman Seeks Companions in San Antonio
A San Antonio elderly Christian woman seeks congenial friends to chat over tea and form a small club. She advertises in The Light through R. E. Brafford & Company at 3038 St. Mary’s street under the alias Mrs. Hawkins, asking for correspondents and potential companions.
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San Antonio
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