Additional Appointments May Be Made Tomorrow
Chief Wright reports the fire department is stronger after recent changes with experienced personnel replacing many dismissed, while the police force largely consists of long-serving officers. Four elderly officers remain under review as civil service questions linger about firing and reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
A. C. Tracht
Ben Fassnidge
Marshal Kieffer
James van ‘Riper
van. Riper
John Fitz
Henry
Julius Krisch
Antonio Herrera
Walter Beck
Civil Service
Fire Alarm Office
Civil Service Board
Fire Department
Police Department
F A Chapa Bruggist Opens 24 Hour Pharmacy
In Business for Your Health advertises a full service pharmacy at 18 West Commerce Street opposite the New Market. It promises pure drugs, social attention, open day and night with free delivery and both phones available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Commerce St
New Market
Cured Kidney Troubles After Dean's Pills
A San Antonio citizen, stone cutter J. Lamon of 406 Fourth Street, recalls eight to nine years of back and kidney pain. He reports relief since spring 1903 after taking Dean's Kidney Pills, with no return, and notes the product sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York as sole US agents at 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Dean
J. Lamon
Stone Cutter
Fourth Street
Texas
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Plea for Harmony by Williams Shapes Democratic Policy
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, nominated for speaker, urges harmonious action for the Democratic Party. He defends anti ship subsidy policy, supports strong anti trust and railway rate legislation, and says Democrats should not abandon principles even if a Republican president adopts them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Williams
Watches Clocks and Cut Glass
E. D. Thomas, Jeweler, at 5612 H Houston street offers watches clocks and cut glass items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Thomas
Jeweler
Houston
Free Clinic Opens in San Antonio for Poor Citizens
The San Antonio Medical and Surgical Clinic will open on Third Street to treat the poor at actual cost, with doctors across internal medicine eye ear nose throat stomach women genito urinary skin children surgery and pathology schedules. Lead physician Dr Payne chairs the executive committee. nurse Mrs. Obert oversees the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
J. W. Spring
Charles D. Dixon
Berb, Depew
F. Ey Young
Malone Duggan
W. A. Payne
W. A. King
Fred Hadra
M. J. Bliem
W. B. Russ
B. F. Stout
Obert
Theft From The Person Alleged In Affidavit
An affidavit filed before Justice Umscheid yesterday charges Claude Martin with theft from the person. It is alleged he took a gold watch and chain from FP Smith on or about November 26, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umscheid
Claude Martin
Martin
FP. Smith
Code of Honor at Annapolis Tragedy and Duelling Customs
A report discusses the naval academy at Annapolis where a dispute between Midshipman Meriwether and James H. Branch Jr. led to a formal duel under the unwritten code of honor. The fight, conducted stripped to the waist for twenty eight rounds, ended with Branch’s fatal injuries two days later, raising questions about prevailing honor norms at the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriwether
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
United States Military Academy
James H. Branch, Jr
Branch
Teihim
Homor
Academy
Code of Honor
Navy
Navy hazing at Annapolis prompts full investigation
Secretary Bonaparte orders a comprehensive probe into naval hazing practices at the United States Naval Academy. The case raises questions about abolishing certain rites and the broader culture of the plebes who endure tests of patience, discipline, and ritual saluting the god of 2.5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Bonaparte
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
University of the Seas
Meriwether Branch
Tecumseh
Smith
Borneo
Railroads in Texas Courts Delayed by Christmas Holidays
Briefs filed in the Texas Court of Civil Appeals by six railroads appealing Judge Brooks rulings on the Love bill occupation tax. Submission date moved from December 6 to after Christmas. Texas Railroad Commission cancels emergency rate on dry goods including cotton products and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Court of Civil Appeals
Third Supreme Judicial District
Brooks
Twenty-sixth District Court
Texas
Katy
Texas & Pacific
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
Santa Fe
Cotton, Belt and International
Great Northern Railways
Railroad Commission of Texas
J. G. Yantis
Waco
B. A. Rice
Marlin
Fisher
Key
City of Austin
City of Austin Wit
Jules Vally
Ask
Beaumont Railway Bonds Approved for Jefferson County Line
The railroad commission granted Beaumont Sour Lake Western Railway permission to register bonds totaling 267 566 59 for 19.77 miles of finished tracks in Jefferson county. The bonds carry 6 percent interest, dated July 1 1905, maturing July 1 1935, with a stated property valuation of 287 586 per the engineer’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway Company
Jefferson County
State Department
New Mileage Table Adds Five Stations On I G N Railway
Commission issues Supplement No 1 to mileage table No 3 effective November 1 1905 adding five new stations Roarks between Dodge and Phelps Seefeld between Coulla and Tuna Premier between Navasota and Becket Spies between Ambrose and Steger and Forest Park between Thatcher and Dallas on the International and Great Northern railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Roarks
Dodge
Phelps
Seefeld
Coulla
Tuna
Premier
Navasota
Becket
Spies
Ambrose
Steger
International & Great Northern Railway
Forest Park
Thatcher
Dallas
Emergency rate order cancelled by state commission
The commission revoked the emergency order and rate on dry goods promulgated September 12, 1965. This ends injunction suits in federal court where allied railroads had barred the commission from enforcing the order. Chair Storey cited many railroads exempt from the order as the reason for the withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Storey
Denison Bonham New Orleans Railway Tax Payment Noted
The Denison Bonham and New Orleans Railway company paid its Love bill taxes for the year ending June 30, 1905, amounting to $182.87 with a 10 percent penalty. A daily $200 penalty from November 1, 1905, remains unpaid but is held in abeyance along with other roads that have paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Téx
Dee
Denison, Bonham & New Orléans Railway Company
Night Operator Requirement Probed for Mount Vernon
The railroad commission asked the attorney general on November 5 whether the St. Louis Southwestern must keep a night operator at Mount Vernon Texas to bulle tine delayed trains arriving after dark. Judge Jewell D Lightfoot ruled the road must maintain a night operator there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
St. Louis, Southwestern Railway
Mount Vernon
Texas
Jewell D. Lightfoot
Charcoal Health Claim Promotes Stuart's Lozenges
An old health column extols charcoal as a universal purifier for digestion and breath. It touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as best value, claiming improved complexion, cleaner breath, purer blood, and safe daily use at twenty five cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Buffalo
Carving sets offered by local jeweler and undertaker
E D Thomas Jeweler at 543 Hd Auguston Street advertises carving sets in all grades. Shelley Undertaking Co announces new and old phone numbers 971 and 604 for service and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Thomas
Auguston St
Insurance Inspection Trip Across Texas
A. S. Thweatt, chief clerk of the state department of insurance, returned from a two week statewide trip examining certain insurance companies. The investigations’ results were not released. He visited Waco Dallas Galveston Houston and other points during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
A. S. Thweatt
State Department of Insurance
Thweatt
Waco
Dallas
Galveston
Houston
Industrial Workers Dance at Turner Hall
Under the Industrial Workers of the World local No. 7 transportation department the group hosted a dance at Turner Hall last night. Executive committee members were T. C. Ferguson C. Fr. Denys and F. Dean. About fifty couples danced from 9 to 12 and praised the affair with plans for another event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Workers of the World
Transportation Department
Turner Hall
T. C. Ferguson
C. Fr. Denys
F. Dean
Mrs J J Stevens hosts supper after Grand show
Mrs J J Stevens and a small party dined at Harnisch & Company cafe on West Commerce to honor Miss E Richardson soon to be married. Decorations included white and green chrysanthemums ferns and Chinese lanterns with candy bells and horseshoes. The party later departed contentedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Stevens
Harnisch & Company
West
Commerce Street
J. D. Stevens
KE. Richardson
Stevens
Spinee
Richardson
Messrs
Harris
Keller
Greenough
Marriage Licenses Filed for Several Couples
The notices list multiple marriages including Charles Williams and Lillie Ward, John Huneress and Maude Spruill, Juan Galindo and Lugisa Cruz, Luther Williams and Stella Jackson, and others. Also named are Henry Vreeman, Mag gie Wells, John Rogers, Cora White, Maximo Guapardo, Ysama Gonzales, Pablo Longoria, Ysabel Reyes, Richard Norwood, Lara Chien Gerth, Jose Gloria, Eugina Rendon, Max Weepas, and Ida Alteman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Williams
Lillie Wiwards
John V. Huneress
Maude Auguste Spruill
Juan Galindo
Lugisa Cruz
Luther Williams
Stella Jackson
Charles R. Gerlach
Katherina L. Gage
Henry Vreeman
Maggie Wells
John Rogers
Cora White
Maximo Guapardo
Ysama Gonzales
Pablo Longoria
Ysabel Reyes
Richard Norwood
Lara Chien Gerth
Jose Gloria
Eugina Rendon
Max Weepas
Ida Alteman
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Hoske's
ST Tlvercoats
Cravenettes
Joske’s
Oxford
Dr. Yeager
F.A. Chapa Bruggist
Harvard Pure Rye
Paul Jones
Duffy
Hostetter
Metropolitan Bar
Main Plaza
Limburger
Prop
Creed
Commerce
God OF
Sartor & Roempke the Jewele
Commerce St
D. B
N. O
Meas
W. Commerce
Ake Ifummert
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