Wheelmen Target Fourth of July Road Race
Local wheelmen prepare for the annual fourteenth mile Fourth of July road race centered in the city. The handicap rewards slower riders, with handsome prizes for winners. The course starts on Roosevelt Avenue, passes Mission landmarks, the sewer farm, Bergs Mill, Milk Dairy Hill, and the insane asylum, looping back to the start.
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Imo
Roosevelt Avenue
Hot Wells
Garden Street
Berg’s Mill
Milk Dairy Hill
Insane Asylum
Roogevelt
Aynue
Rs Iheve Kacee
Texas University Regents Elect New Deans
The Board of Regents elected Sidney Edward Meze to lead the academy faculty and Yancey Lewis to head the law department. Thomas Walker Page from the University of California will chair political science. Dean Houston was succeeded as A and M college president, with several minor instructors added and current staff retained.
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Texas University Matters
Austin
Texas
Board of Regents
The
State University Today
Houston
A. & M. College
Sidney Edward Meze
Department of Philosophy
Academy
Yancey Lewis
Law
Thos. Walker Page
University of California
Diair
Political Science
Power house work begins on new heavy engine install
Work started yesterday afternoon at the electric company power house on Nitita street to lay the foundation for a new heavy engine and dynamo to be shipped in July. The upgraded machinery will boost regular business and leave a reserve for accidents. The chili stands return to Alamo playas with three new vendors appearing last evening, trading lightly but expected to regain popularity soon.
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The
Electric Company
Nitita Street
Tre
Alamo Playas
Bond Issue Approved for County Bridge Repairs
The comptroller's department today regrets an issue of 1900 Vict county bridge repair bonds approved by the attorney general's department.
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Austin
Texas
Compucher's Department
Attorney General's Department
Sewer Connection Notices In City Streets
Ars K Urban on Hays street and Siewseving on Madison street must connect to sewer lines. Mr Mitchell at 617 Crosby street required to make sewer connections.
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Ars
Hays Street
Siewseving
Madison Street
Mr. Mitchell
Crosby Street
Tor
Southern Pacific officers tour Galveston docks and dust control
A Southern Pacific inspection party visited Galveston to review newly rebuilt piers and terminals since the 1900 storm. They plan to tour Dallas and Houston next, then the Victoria division before continuing west to San Antonio.
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Southern’ Pacific
Galveston
Sinc
Avil
Dallas
Houston
Victoria
San Antonio
Do Not Lose Hope We All Need Courage and Help
Gracie Corbett Army officer urges perseverance through daily battles and prayers. A World World News special reports Captain Richard C. Croxton of the U S Army is hospitalized in Richmond after a self-inflicted gunshot wound with uncertain recovery.
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Amere
Gracie Cornett
Daily Light
New York
Richmond
Richard C. Croxton
United States
Croxton
West Point
Virginia
Philippines
Plattsburg, N. Y
Third Murder Trial Set Amid Waterworks Case Verdicts
A Texas court calendar shows Coley Cleveland facing a murder charge for the Nov 3, 1901 shooting of Gus Ogburn, transferred from Brazoria county with about 100 out-of-county witnesses and 248 jurors. Concurrently a jury in San Antonio Waterworks damage suit awarded $1,000 to Mary Strohmeyer and children, ending the third trial in the Fifty-seventh district court.
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Forty-fifth District
Thomas B. White
San Antonio Waterworks Company
Mary Strohmeyer
Anton Halamuda
Anton Strohmeyer
Brooks
Fifty- Seventh
Grand Jury Targets Policy Games and Slot Machines
The Thirty-seventh District court grand jury adjourned after indicting ten policy promoters and ten slot machine operators. Ten defendants were jailed after Deputy Sheriff Charles Stevens arrested them and posted bond of $200 each for county court trial. Two Black men were indicted for operating a canoe hall across the creek and imprisoned in the county jail.
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Thirty-seventh District Court
Charles Stevens
Birth announcements for Brient Deutchmann Nagel families
A girl born to Mr and Mrs Percy Brient at 208 North San Marcos Street on Vine 11. A girl born June 13 to Mr and Mrs Selig Deutchmann of 702 San Pedro Avenue. A boy born June 10 to Mr and Mrs Rudolf Nagel of 129 Cactus Street.
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Vine
Percy Brient
San Marcos Street
Selig Deutchmann
San Pedro Avenue
Rudolf Nagel
Cactus, Sereet
City Faces Dog Euthanasia Controversy Over Methods
A citizen alleges The Light reports the city kills impounded dogs using chloroform bought at high cost while allyup torolate east ern asphyxiate with coal fumes, a cheaper method. The text suggests chloroform is shipped in from distant sources and references local home industry involvement.
Street Car Track Work Completed on Houston Street
The street car company finished work yesterday afternoon and the track will run without interruption. Block paving across the street has been refreshed and the street is in better condition than before. The improved track is noticeably smoother and more reliable.
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Houston Street
Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup Ends Long Trade Run
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for sixty years by millions of mothers for children during teething. It soothes the child quiets gums and relieves pain and diarrhea. Sold by druggists worldwide. Mrs R Berger and daughter Miss Fannie depart Commerce Street to visit Chicago relatives for the summer.
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Jife
Winslow
Congressmen Endorse Peruna Inventor in Wide Letter Campaign
Thirty eight members of Congress send letters praising Peruna. Officials including H W Ogden and J H Bankhead endorse the catarrh remedy, citing relief from coughs and tonic benefits. Letters come from states such as Alabama Louisiana North Carolina New York Florida and Ohio, among others. The campaign promotes Peruna as a safe family remedy and stomach tonic.
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Peruna
Goodwyn
Alabama
A. T. Goodwyn
Robinson Springs
Ala
U. 8
Reach
North Dakota
W.N. Roach
Larimore
N. C
W. N. Roach
Linney
North Carolina
Romulus Z. Linney
Taylorsville
Ogden
Louisiana
W. Ogden
Benton
David Meekison
Napoleon
Congressman Crowley
Trindla
Robinson
Ill
Crowley
Jos
B. Crowley
Thompson
Kentucky
Phil. B. Thompson
Congressman Howard
Fort Payne
M. W. Howard
Cummings
New York
Amos W. Cummings
New York City
Thurston
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
J. M. Thurston
Worthington
Nevada
H. G. Worthington
Bankhead
J. H. Bankhead
Fayette
Congressman Powers
Vermont
Morrisville
H. Henry Powers
Senator Sullivan
Mississippi
Oxford
Miss
W. V. Sullivan
Senator Mallory
Florida
Pensacola, Fla
Stephen R. Mallory
Pelham
Virginia
Bancroft
C. Pelham
Burnett
John L. Burnett
Gadsden
Botkin
Kansas
Holton
Kas
J. D. Botkin
White
Tarboro
N.C
G. H. White
Wilber
David F. Wilber
Oneonta
N. Y
Dungan
Ohio
Jackson
Irvine Dungan
Congressman Barham
California
Santa Ross
Cal
J. A. Barham
Peruta Medicine Co
Columbus
Prohibitionists Win Local Option in Hill County
Special to the Sunday Light Hillsboro Texas June 14 The Hillsboro county vote ends a heated campaign with a Prohibitionist victory making the entire county dry except Hillsboro and Hubbard City The election aimed to remove traffic from the two cities and returns show a clear Prohibition majority about five hundred to eight hundred with opponents conceding by five to six hundred The contest was zealous and aggressive yet conducted in good spirit.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Hill County
Préeimet An
Hubbard City
Audi
San Antonio Suspect Magazine Scam Preys on Public
A counterfeit canvass in San Antonio offered two magazines at fifty cents each instead of one dollar. Customers paid after a pushy solicitor. Weeks later a collector demanded the full dollar, but the delay exposed the fake. The magazines’ regular agent confirmed no authorization for such offers.
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San Antonians
San Antonio
Utter Oirl
Dissolution Notice of R D Jones Shirt Co
The partnership between W C Price and R D Jones is dissolved with Price retiring. Jones continues the business at the Alamo Plaza in San Antonio. All debts to the firm will be paid to Jones. This June 12 1902.
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Frederick Schenek
Helen Schenck
Next Fiend
Ee Nee Staude
San Antonio Yraction Co
Gama
Neda
Q. Passeron
West End
Sam Cifax
GKH. & BS
AL Ry. Co
Commerce Street
W. C. Price
R. DD. Jones
R. D. Jones
Alamo Plaza
San Antonio
Move to break meat trust spreads to East and New Jersey
A New Jersey company led by Benjamin Sayre leases a Newark slaughter plant and signs with Lehigh Valley Railroad to move Western and Southwestern livestock to stockyards. It plans aggressive competition by undercutting meat prices and expanding toward New York City, aiming to revive local slaughtering and push Eastern firms toward past fattening methods.
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New York
Beef Trust
Orange
N. J
Benj. Sayre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Newark
New York City
Alamo City Commercial College Ad Highlights Six Week Tuition
Enter Monday. Tuiton six weeks three dollars. Improve your English under best instruction. Comfortable seats in cool third floor rooms. Shafer and Downey proprietors advertise the college located in the Dalling Block.
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Tuiton
Dalling Block
Alamo City
San Antonio chosen for Texas Knights of Pythias convention
George Winn and M D Brown announced San Antonio as the site for the eighteenth annual convention of the colored Knights of Pythias of Texas after sessions in Waco. They credited Rev H A Wells for aiding the San Antonio bid and noted the next convention could be the largest, with about a thousand delegates and a meeting of the ladies department also planned.
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George Winn
M. D. Brown
San Antonio
Colored Knights of Pythias of Texas
Waco
H. A. Wells
Order
the Order
Population rises in city and county census figures
County School Superintendent J. F. Wetkins reports the consolidated Bexar county census shows a larger city population with about 11 000 residents and a county total near 40 000, indicating a significant rise in both city and county school populations.
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J. FE. Wetkins
Bexar County
Travis County Election Estimates
Primary elections in Travis County show Judge F G Morris winning Associate Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals Third District. R Penn likely carried the county for District Judge Twenty sixth District. Sheriff race tight. Geo Matthews possibly winner. John W Brady likely county attorney and Joe Corwin for Clerk. J L Peeler and Judge A Terrell nominated for captives.
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Austin
Texas
F. G. Morris
Court of Civil
R. Penn
Geo. Matthews
John W. Brady
Joe Corwin
J. L. Peeler
A.terrell
Copper Anvil From San Jacinto Added To Alamo Collection
Misa A De Zavala with W W Lipscomb arranged the transfer of a copper anvil found on the San Jacinto battlefield to the Alamo collection. The solid copper piece weighs about 30 to 35 pounds and features a distinctive curved upper section with a central triangular fitting, suggesting a built table for its use.
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Alamo
Misa A. DeZavala
W. W. Lipscomb
Republic
Cuba
Carrizo Water Promoted as Daily Health Remedy
An ad text extols Carrizo water as the solution to morning stiffness and general malaise. It claims lack of appetite, constipation, and bone pains will improve with one glass at night and one in the morning, promising vigor and strength through this nature based remedy.
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sMasa
New York New Haven and Hartford
Gueenyear
Southern
South Western
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Boston and Maine
New England
Deviner
West Virginia
Wheeling
W.va
House of Representatives
B. B. Deviter
Broderick
Kansas
Holton
Kas
Bennett tied to embezzlement case linked to New York warrant
Sheriff Overton of Courtland New York took PF. 8 Bennett ipen Jody into custody on a bench warrant from the New York Supreme Court. Bennett is charged with embezzlement amid unnamed allegations. The notice mentions opening branch stores in major cities to show popularity of teas and coffees.
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Sheriff Overton
Courtland
Bennett Ipen
Jody
Supreme Court of New York
Bennett
Holland
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