Anti Bailey Banquet in Dallas Draws Texas Leaders
About 400 attendees at the anti Bailey banquet in Dallas on the 14th heard speeches by Horace Chilton W A Cocke Gaines Robertson Crawford and others with M M Crane as toastmaster. Resolutions urged that public servants avoid serving public service corporations. Visitors included B F Hobbs of Brookhaven MS and the Texas bankers group toured Boston in seventy autos.
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Dallas
M. M. Crane
Horace Chilton
W. A. Cocke
Gaines
Robertson
Crawford
Bailey
B. F. Hobbs
Brookhaven
Miss
The
Mississippi Press Association
Chronicle Plans Ten Story Office Building in Houston
A contract for a ten story brick and iron office building for the Houston Chronicle has been let. The structure on Prairie avenue opposite the Post building will cost about $100000 and rise above the third floor with up to date facilities.
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Houston Chronicle
Prairie Avenue
Post Building
Governor to Speak at First Tom Campbell Rifles Reunion
Governor Campbell will deliver his first address since taking office at the first annual reunion of the Tom Campbell Rifles in Milano on June 27. The speech is expected to touch on key state questions faced during his tenure as governor.
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Tom Campbell Rifles
Milano
Campbell
Hartman’s Glad Hand Chartered Official Texas Five Million Club
A. W. Hartman editor of the Glad Hand reports the charter for the Glad Hand Company. Capital stock is $20,000 with stockholders including W. R. King, John E. Elgin, John A. Kirby, Ike T. Pryor, A. W. Hartman, J. W. Moore, and others. The new paper will debut in July.
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A. W. Hartman
Glad Hand
Texas Five Million Club
San Antonio
Glad Hand Company
W. R. King
John E. Elgin
John A. Kirby
Ike T. Pryor
J. W. Moore
Governor Campbell Ends July Speaking Tour
Governor Campbell announces he cannot accept more invitations to speak in July due to a heavy schedule. He has already spoken in Milan on June 27 and at Navasota the next day, with likely refusals for further June appearances. Attempts to secure water from an artesian well at Fort Ringgold Rio Grande City have been abandoned after reaching 1900 feet.
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Campbell
Milano
Navasota
Fort Ringgold
Rio Grande City
Appointment of A H McMillin as District Attorney
Governor Campbell appointed A H McMillin of Comanche County as district attorney for the Fifty second judicial district to succeed A R Ideson who resigned recently.
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Campbell
A. H. McMillin
Comanche County
Fifty-second Judicial District
A. R. Ideson
Waters-Pierce bond pledge by John H. Kirby
John H. Kirby Bonman has qualified as surety for the Waters-Pierce Oil Company appeal bond set at 3 275 000. The American Surety Company claimed to have outside state assets to exchange securities with Kirby. Weather remains clear with hot sun and continued cultivation.
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John H. Kirby
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
American Surety Company
Kirby
Severe weather breaks through El Paso rain
A heavy month's breath at El Paso was broken Sunday night by a good rain. Negro soldiers at Laredo assaulted merchant F Wormser. those found guilty will be turned over to civil authorities. Last Thursday and Friday at Beaumont commercial secretaries formed a permanent league to discuss the inter coastal canal.
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el Paso
Laredo
F. Wormser
Beaumont
Insurance and Agriculture Posts Shift in Texas
Speaker T. B. Lane of Dallas becomes commissioner of insurance and banking, succeeding R. T. Milner who advances to commissioner of agriculture. The transfers take effect September 1.
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T. B. Lane
Dallas
R. T. Milner
Agriculture
Superintendent Barker Declines Resignation Amid Asylum Turmoil
Dr W L Barker head of the Southwestern Insane Asylum says he will not resign after friction over staff removals. Mrs Griffin has resigned while Mr Smith remains. Harmony is restored.
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W. L. Barker
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Robbery and assault target Columbia woman near San Antonio
Mrs Sallie Gibbons of Columbia South Carolina was assaulted and robbed of sixty one thousand dollars by Rufus Williams of Columbia. He posed as her business advisor and drove her to view land. He seized the money and fled leaving her injured though not seriously. He was arrested at the depot.
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Sallie Gibbons
Columbia
S. C
San Antonio
Rufus Williams
Business Men's Club Prepares Fruit Exhibit Jars
The Business Men's Club will ship large mouth jars from New York to Boerne for preserving choice fruit specimens from the local area for exhibition at the fair. Jars could not be secured in San Antonio, so the fruit from G A Tenberg’s large Boerne orchard will be prepared for display.
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Business Men’s Club
New York
San Antonio
G. Atenberg
Boerne
Czar dissolves Douma over social democrats
The czar dissolved the lower house for refusing to surrender fifty social democrats. A ukase sets a new election for November 14. Authorities watch trains and escape routes to seize social democrats. No clear outcome yet. No compromise reached with Waters-Pierce Oil Company.
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Czar
Ukase
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
South Texas Fruit and Truck Growers Meet at Algoa
The South Texas Fruit and Truck Growers Association held a two day session in Algoa Texas with President W H Travis of Palacios in the chair Secretary C A Walton of Victoria opened the meeting N M Duncan of Algoa spoke on cucumber planting and cultivation discussions covered peaches in the coast country import of seedings from Mexico and seed varieties Spanish and South Chinese advantages and drawbacks on rest for peach trees thrip control tobacco decoctions and coal tar insect repellents were discussed Freight rates and refrigerator car service were debated and Prof H P Attwater spoke on undeveloped resources of Texas The gathering urged growers to appoint experienced marketers and improve packing and shipping practices
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Algoa
Texas
South Texas Fruit and Truck Growers Association
W. H. Travis
Palacios
C. A. Walton
Victoria
R. H. Bushway
Alvin Fruit and Nursery Company
Travis
Mfn
Alvin
N. M. Duncan
G. Onderdonk
Joseph Pybus
Blessing
Mexico
Pybus
A. P. Johnson
J. E. Gilbert
Arcadia
E. C. Green
College Station
G. A. P. Johnson
G. A. Dobbin
Santa Fe
H. P. Attwater
Satsuma
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E. H. Morting
David Sosa
Eagle Cafe
Losoya Street
Brooks
Mr. Johnson
Douma
Acme Cementingtone
Dielmann
Carertonne
Kattmann & Kneeland Tent Company
Jonnac
Franklin Ave
Houston
Texes
E. S. White
Alamo Plaza
Koken’s
NOA Spears Company
ooston'Stheer
San Antonio, Texas
Entists
Yale
Hicks Building
G. A. Stowers Furniture
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Stracke Bros
Dr. Brower
A. A. Brower
Commerce Street
W. T. Wroe & Sons
Wroe
Wroe & Sons
Austin
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