General Lee Returns to Texan Command Amid Reassignments
General Lee resumes command of the department of Texas after a Greencastle visit, relieving Col. Hughes. Lieut. Col. Geo. F. Cooke expected at department headquarters. Capt. A. C. Dalton to New York as acting quartermaster. Corporal J. Newberry reassigned to the ordnance department at Augusta Ga. Cat. Hay, judge advocate, recovers his white poodle.
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Lee
Greencastle
Ind
Department of Texas
Col. Hughes
Fort Clark
Texas
Geo. F. Cooke
Department
Secretary of War
A. C. Dalton
New York
J. Newberry
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Fort Brown
Ordinance Department
Arsenal
Augusta
Cat. Hay
Governor Signs Twenty Four Land Patents in Multiple Counties
Special to The Light aistin Tex Dec 9 The governor signed twenty four land patents covering Cherokee 160 An gelina 425 Wilbarger 1120 Waller 840 Haskell 160 Burnet 640 Mitchell 388 Nolan 1045 Hemphill 40 Deaf Smith 160 Kin ney 50 Bandera 240 Liano 107 Henderson 161
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aistin. Tex
Cherokee
Angelina
Wilbarger
Waller
Haskell
Burnet
Mitchell
Nolan
Hemphill
Deaf Smith
Kinney
Bandera
Liano
Henderson
Land Acreage Figures by County in Brief Summary
A list shows acreage allocations by county including Jasper 640 acres Atascosa 656 acres Eastland 164 acres Anderson 46 acres Hamilton 62 acres. The data presents a snapshot of small to mid size parcels, reflecting regional land distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Atascosa
Eastland
Anderson
Hamilton
Paris Texas bonds approved for street school and sewer works
The attorney general’s department approved three Paris Texas bond issues: 50 000 for street improvements with 50 year maturity and 30 year option, 55 000 for a school house bond maturing in 40 years with 20 year option, and 6 500 sewer bonds maturing in 40 years with a 19 year option. All carry 4 1/2 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
City of Paris
Texas
City of
Paris
Typhoid Fever Prevalence and Local Events in Turner Hall
In this city 21 years ago The Light reports a typhoid fever rise amid cold weather. San Antonio Rifles performed in Turner hall as Judge Pardee arrives for circuit court. A blue and gray entertainment featured Mrs Katzenberger. Mrs Brooks suffers heart disease at Vance House but recovers. A skating rink opens on Losoya street as the city announces its first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Rifles
Turner Hall
Pardee
United States Circuit
Katzenberger
Brooks
Vance House
Losoya Street
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Sold At Local Drug Store
Advertises indigestion constipation and other stomach and organ troubles cured by Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or tablets sold for 35 cents at I. and G. N. drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
I. & G. N. Drug Store
Great U S Red Chiefs Visit Dallas for National Council
Delegations led by John W. Cherry and Wilson Brooks tour Texas towns en route to Dallas where a conference with state committees will plan next year’s Great National Council. W H Simms and C P Stafford act as representatives from San Antonio. a reception by the Daughters of Pocahontas honors the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
John W. Cherry
Wilson Brooks
Dallas
W. H. Simms
C. P. Stafford
Great National Council
Messrs. Simms and
Stafford
Messrs. Cherry and Brooks
Pine Bluff
Ark
Greenville
Miss
Joseph Ryan
Chris Stafford
James Breeding
Cherry
Records Brooks
America
Order of the Sons of Liberty
Order of St. Tammany
Order of Red Men
Delaware River
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted In San Antonio Ad
An advertisement urges women with kidney related pains to use Doan's Kidney Pills. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. A Peters of San Antonio detailing relief from backache irregular kidney symptoms after using the remedy. The block notes the product price and the Buffalo agents Foster Milburn Co, and urges readers to remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
San Antonio
A. Peters
Mesquite St
Tex
Cassiano St
Dean
Bexar
Fischer & Springall
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Smith's Ground Floor Studio Extends Hours for Holidays
Smith's Ground Floor Studio announces Sunday holiday hours and nightly openings until 10 PM for holiday photo cards. B Block, Manager, at 323 East Houston Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
B. Block
East Houston Street
Bargain Piano Seeks Buyer at Castro Street
A nearly new $600 piano from a factory brand is offered for sale. Inquiries directed to 753 Castro Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Street
Stomach Vacation with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
A vintage health ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a substitute to rest a worn stomach. It claims the tablets digest food like normal gastric fluids, relieve the stomach, and allow rest while restoring health. A Chicago lawyer testifies the product saved his stomach and career, urging readers to buy at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Stuart
Chicago
Beautifying the Encampment Grounds in Corpus Christi
In Corpus Christi Texas the State Epworth League encampment grounds will be beautified under Harvey O Stiles. Bermuda grass palms and oleanders to create a picturesque site with 200 salt cedars planned along the beach. Projects to start under Rev George S Sexton A K Ragsdale and Gus A Thomasson and to be ready by next August. If the B Y P U secures a permanent encampment the grounds will gain cedar and palm plantings as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Epworth League
Harvey O. Stiles
Gulf Coast Line
Stiles
George S. Sexton
Galveston
A. K. Ragsdale
Dallas
Gus A. Thomasson
Wife fires at saloon man husband misses
A woman fired a forty five caliber revolver at a saloon man at their home on South Street after 6 pm. The husband escaped injury as the bullet missed him. Captain Kieffer and Officer Phillips arrived. the saloon man was arrested for disturbing the peace and later released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street
Kieffer
Phillips
Young Man Killed by Boiler at Houston Heights Plant
Arthur Carter, son of O C Carter a Houston capitalist and prominent young man, was killed at the Houston Heights plant when a boiler slipped and fell while he directed its setting. The accident occurred tonight in Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston, Tex
Arthur Carter
O. C. Carter
Houston Heights
Guadalupe County Farmers See Strong Year Ahead
Seguin Texas reports Guadalupe county farmers are financially sound with good cotton prices, ample corn and pecans. Plowing begins as frosts ease cotton concerns. Charley Troeil bought F W Nauman river farm in a quiet market. Grand Jury adjourns after a busy session with twenty one bills. One man, Negro, is sentenced to thirty years for assault on a white woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Guadalupe County
Charley Troeil
F. W. Nauman
Indictments, trials update from Seguin grand jury
The Seguin grand jury returned twenty one indictments including nineteen felonies and two misdemeanors. Peter Brown received thirty years for criminal assault on a white woman near Schertz. Walter Yancey, jailed five years for murder, was released on a $100 bond after two trials and appeals. Adolph Jones remains on trial for criminal assault on his sister in law. The docket and jury work dominated the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Peter Brown
Schertz
Walter Yancey
Eckels
Court of Appeals
Adolph Jones
Seguin Society Notes and Local Weddings
Seguin Texas December society brief reports Mrs R J Burgess Jr hosts Afternoon Club prize goes to Mrs Jesse Le Gette Miss Luna May Chessher weds William H Brawner at bride’s parents home in Seguin couple to live in San Antonio Bruno Reich and daughter visit from San Antonio Tom Layhag sells east Seguin farm 482 acres 260 cultivation for 11009 Dr B R Steinmann and wife relocate from Ss Grange to Seguin Mrs Bertha Beggs of Arcola visits Judge Kennon at district court Wm Clemens of New Braunfels in town Curtis Warren attends Masons grand lodge at Waco Seguin Shakespeare club meets Mrs Dibrell entertains with a reading
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Seguin
Tex
R. J. Burgess, Jr
Jesse le Gette
Luna May Chessher
William H. Brawner
Rev. G. Hall
Brawner
August Schuenemann
T. H. Hollaman
Durango
Mexico
Our
B. R. Steinmann
Ss. Grange
Bertha Beggs
Arcola
Fire Alarm Misled by False Report at Union Yard
A woman phoned police to report a large fire near the Union street yards, triggering a fast response by fire units. Investigators found no blaze beyond a camp yard trash burn as the alarm proved unfounded. Bargains in hats advertised at Edwards Millinery Store on West Commerce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Street
Caruthers
South Flores Street
Edwards’ Milianery Store
West Commerce Street
Local Trade Ads Include Toys Paint and Candles
A storefront listing advertises toys dolls games fancy goods and Xmas candles at MC TENGG 220 W Commerce St along with Lewison's Studio 203 W Commerce St and ED STEVES & SONS offering burnt wood supplies from 10 cents and a paint shipment with a guarantee on purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MC Tengg
Commerce Street
Lewison
ED. Steves & Sons
Government aims three experimental farms west of the city
Dr. S A Knapp special agricultural agent says three government farms will be established between the city and Uvalde. He plans to send assistant D Carson to select locations after a preliminary inspection that impressed him. Prof. H P Attwater will accompany Carson on a second trip.
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S. A. Knapp
F. A. Haines
Chicago
H. P. Attwater
Southern Pacific
Uvalde
Houston
City
The
Light
Knapp
D Carson
San Antonio
Carson
Prof
Attwater
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Ped Stores
San An
Tonio
Hankerchief
Edwin Clapp
Knox
Hawes and Stetson
Franco Gain Plaza
Duerler
G. A. Duerler
Alamo City Business College
A. C. CG
Geta
Shafer & Downey
U. S
Great
Council of the Red
Red Men
Chris
N. Becker
Boss & Crescent
Elgin Or
Waltham Movement
Seth
Thomas
Christ
DR. Knapp
City and Uvalde
Home Furnishing Co
Incorporatins
Haviland & CO
Bond Hardware Co
Wimenderf
Military
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