Electric Park Cafe and local events in city news
City notes report the Electric Park Cafe offering market fare with good service and cuisine. The 25 Infantry band performs at Scheuermeyer’s and at Schenermey venues while social dances occur Saturdays and Sundays. Mrs Haile and Mrs Meni fee plan Kentucky summer visits. City projects include Warren Street work under government supervision and an excavation on Jackson Street. Dr S A Knapp of Houston visits the Mahneke.
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Electric Park
Scheuermeyer’s
J. L. Rothe
D’hanis
Mahneke
Muth
Highland Shooting Club
Huntress
Acpean Creek
Warren Street
Jackson Street
Schenermeyer’s
S. A. Knapp
Houston
Torreon Restaurant Summer Hours Notice
Notice to patrons that during the summer months The Torreon Restaurant will close at 10 30 p m Central Time Torrey Prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torreon Restaurant
T. Torrey
Pharmacy Ad Promises Pure Drugs Open Day and Night
F. A. Chapa and salt offers prescrip tions with purest drugs, open day and night. Two phones and free delivery at all hours. Address 818 West Commerce Street opposite New Market.
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Commerce St
New Market
Labor Leaders Play Railroads In Rate Legislation Fight
Special to The Light from New York reports labor leaders seek to leverage railroad support for rate legislation by promising to mobilize about 1,200,000 railroad workers against proposed rate rules. Railroads hint at concessions on employers liability and anti injunction bills to win labor backing.
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New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Articles Filed for the R. J. & N. Railroad
Articles of incorporation filed in the Texas state department and approved by the attorney general reveal a Rockland Jasper and Northwestern railway. The 25 mile line would run southeast from Rockland through Tyler and Jasper counties to Jasper with Rockland as HQ and $100000 capital. Backers include W. W. Kyle S. K. Stone E. M. Weiss F. H. Votan J. J. Blam C. H. Markham W. W. Cunningham P. HH. Weiss Holmes Duke and J. L. Cunningham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Rockland, Jasper and Northwestern Railway
State Department
Rockland
Tyler County
Necks River
Jasper County
Jasper
W. W. Kyle
S. K. Stone
E. M. Weiss
F. H. Votan
J. J. Blam
C. H. Markham
W. W. Cunningham
P. HH. Weiss
Holmes Duke
J. L. Cunningham
Mayor Callaghan Remembered With Beautiful Live Oak Token
Friends presented Mayor Callaghan yesterday afternoon with a flower holder carved as an old live oak trunk. The gold trimmed piece bore the name Bryan and four branch stumps carried the inscriptions June Victory 1905 The People’s Justice Honor People’s Choice BC. The gift sparked joy among aldermen in the mayor’s office.
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Callaghan
Bryan
B. C
Only Bidder for Mobile Bay Channel Deepening
In Mobile Alabama bids for deepening the outer bar of Mobile bay’s channel under a 50000 appropriation were opened with a single bid from Southern Dredging Company of Norfolk and Mobile. The bid, 30 cents per cubic yard, matches prior work. The bar depth aims to reach thirty feet. approval sent to Washington.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Congress
United States Engineer's
Southern Dredging Company
Norfolk and Mobile
Washington
R. Moore
Car crash scene at West End Lumber Company prompts inquiry
A brief item notes a further vehicle impact near West End Lumber Company while advising readers to call 377 to inquire about screen options and other products.
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West End Lumber Company
Fruit Growing Demonstration Showcases Southwest Texas Orchards
A fruit growing demonstration in the Business Men's club highlights diverse cultivars led by G. A. Schattenberg of Boerne. The display features blackberries, Beurre D'Anjou pears, Early Harvest, Lawson Comet, Koonce, Hominy and Red June apples, Burbank Japanese plums, German walnut, and related preserves. Local growers and visitors note apples can thrive in Southwest Texas, challenging prior claims and suggesting strong market potential.
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G. A. Schattenberg
Boerne
Lawson Comet
Harry Wilder
Koonce
Burbank
Cress & Blackwell
Schattenberge
van Ormy
Sal Louis
Texas
St. Louis
Notable Visitors and Residents Reported at Local Spots
A list of names including G. Butler of Kenedy and J. H. Fletcher of Hondo at the Mahneke. J. C. Scott of Corpus Christi and James Greenwood of Seguings mingle in town. M. F. Dornell from Dothan, Ala. and W. G. Butler from Kenedy appear among others visiting or staying, with several returning travelers noted from fishing trips and business.
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G. Butler
Kenedy
Mahbneeke
J. H. Fletcher
Hondo
Mahneke
J. C. Scott
Corpus Christi Ig
James Greenwood
Seguings
J. M. Young
San Antonio
Temple
Mr. Young
Devil's River
Paul Reumuth
New York
A. Knapp
Houston
A. Knapp, Jr
Arno
Iowa
L. Caldwell
Corpus Christi
Texas
W. E
Glesecke
Gomez
Pareefo
Mexico
Greenwood
Seguin
M. F. Dornell
Dothon
Ala
Police Circles See Light Duty With Fewer Arrests
The police report a dramatic drop in daily arrests during the first two weeks, from about fifteen per day to two or three. Corporation court sessions are correspondingly light, and police earnings would not cover guard feeds. From Friday night to the next night no arrests occurred. The causes for this lull vary.
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Corporation Court
Testimony Boosts Doan's Kidney Pills by San Antonio Builder
W E Davis of 410 Soledad Street, San Antonio, endorses Doan's Kidney Pills, saying May 1902 statement proved lasting benefits. He reports prior kidney trouble, relief from a few pills, and recommends them to friends. Sold by Bexar Drugstore and Fisher Springall. 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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W. E. Davis
Soledad Street
Doan
Bexar
Fisher & Springall
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Reflections on City Politics and Upcoming County Election
The piece surveys city officials and fire and police commissioners amid a forthcoming county election on November 7. It highlights potential candidates like ex-Alderman Silva Heiman and Mr. F. A. Chapa, discusses paving delays on Commerce street, and weighs municipal reforms and future franchise investments. It notes Mayor Callaghan’s cautious approach and hints at political shifts affecting local and county races into 1906.
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Fire and Police
Callaghan
Commerce Street
Marshall Hicks
Parker-Washington Destruction Company
San Antonio
Social Session of Confederate Veterans to Meet Today
The Albert Sidney Johnston Camp U V C V holds an afternoon social session. Colonel M D Mon serrate continues his reading from Letters Written In the Trenches of Peters burg.
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Social Session OF Confederate Veterans
Albert Sidney Johnston
M. D. Monserrate
Petersburg
Galveston Visitors File Contest to Will Probate
In Galveston Mr. T B Johnson president of the San Antonio Light Publishing Co accompanied by his attorney Judge W W Walling of San Antonio are in the city to file a contest to the probate of the will of James Fachan deceased.
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T. B. Johnson
San Antonio
SPECIAL SALE OF HATS AT ED EDWARDS MILLINERY
A large assortment of new hats in white black and colors offered at major discounts. Hats priced at 75 cents 1 2 dollars and 1 50 are cut to 59 cents for Monday only. Trimmed hats priced to move regardless of cost. ED EDWARDS MILLINERY STORE 306 308 W Commerce St.
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Edwards' Millinery Store
Commerce Street
Pretty summer frocks and dainty chemisettes entice fashion season
Estelle Clairemont surveys the New York summer fashion scene noting sheer frocks in varied styles from simple to elaborate. She highlights chemisettes, cuffs, and lace embroiders as key accents, the fit of collars, the appeal of white serge and mohair coats, and chic parasols inspired by table linen motifs.
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New York
Panama
Miladi
Estelle Clairemont
Torreon Restaurant Delmonico Lunch at Tex City
The Delmonico of Tex offers a first class lunch daily from 12 to 2 at 123 W. Commerce Street. A second entry mentions West End Lumber Company receiving another split load of screens.
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West End Lumber Company
Torreon Restaurant
The
Delmonico of
Tex
W. Commerce SL
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Eastman Kodaks and Supplies
Crothers & Birdsong
E. Houston St
Morris Block & CO
Alamo Plaza
Alamo
Hamilton Brown
East Houston Street
City News
Ziegler & Ziegler
Aschbacher Brewery
InBusiness
F.A. Chapa Et Salt
All Creation
Saratoga
Wilton
Waldorf Club
Duffy
Hostetter
Metropolitan Bar
Aug
Limburger
Prop
Corner Main Plaza
West Commerce Street
Railroads
R. J. & N. Railroad
Business Men’s Club
BABLS
Bell Jjewelry CO
Mer
Silva Heiman
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
F. A. Chapa
Chapa
Charles _Magerstadt
Brownsville
Galveston
Rio Grande City
Rio Grande
Iocal
Jacksonians
Jeffersonians
Jim Slayden
Jim
Bryan the Bold
John P. Campbell
Flores Street
Lamar and
Chestnut Sts
Mme. Chambers
W. Ereere
PEGE
New York Fashion Letter
A. J. Kruege. Co’s. Telephone
Theo. Maggott
Carload
Sthves & Sons
Hamilton-Brown Shoes
E- Brown
East
Houston Street
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