Child’s Balloon Rescue Off Rockport Beach
A Sunday Rockport spectacle ends safely as Minnie Moody rides red and blue balloons toward the sea. George Manefee fires aimed balloons from a Tarpon launch to halt rising toys and avert tragedy, guiding the child back to St. Josephs Island shore where rescuers reach her with shells in hand.
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Rickport
Jas
Moody
Waco
James
Minnie
del Mar
Mamma
Tarpon
George F. Manefee
Mr. Menefee
St. Joseph’s Island
Rockport
Farmers' Union Gains Ground in Texas
The article previews a Farmers' Union department starting the first week of August. It states the movement already includes most Texas farmers and grows in strength, aiming to protect farmers' interests with equal legislative treatment. It emphasizes no special favors and the need for organization to secure a fair share of wealth.
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Farmers’ Union Department
Texas
Track inspection appeal to Roosevelt and governor
The president of trackmen issues a circular letter urging President Roosevelt and the state governor to cooperate on a thorough railroad track inspection and patrol. The measure is presented as a way to reduce travel dangers.
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Roosevelt
Women serve on rural mail routes under new rules
More than a thousand women in the United States daily carry the mail on rural delivery routes, with nearly five thousand acting as substitutes. Regulations allow women in city delivery but require trousers, and none have yet challenged the traditional male dress code on a public route.
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United States
Perfume Flowers of Texas Offer Hidden Wealth
A writer laments Texas wildflowers going to waste and urges harnessing native perfume plants. He cites Mesquite and Huisache blooms on a large Southwest ranch where $10,000 worth of valuable flowers are lost annually, predicting a perfume industry could prosper here like in other lands.
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Southwest
Texas
Brazil
Mexico
Hargraves and Carter Realty Co. San Antonio Notice
Real estate firm Hargraves and Carter Realty Co located at Navarre Street in the Mackay Building San Antonio Texas appears in a local property listing or public notice with details pending.
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Consumers’ Supply CO
San Antonio
Texas
Soledad
Houston
San Pedro
Jos. McAllister
Alamo Street
Tex
Richter Baking CO
South
Houston St
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Farmers’ Union
News OF the World
W. A. King
M Butte
Moore Building
Steves & Sons
San Antonio, Texas
the Perfume Flowers OF
Wm. Lomas
Chas. Rees
Masala
W. Commerce St
Reynolds
W.H. Reynolds & Son
Travis St
Herman T. Wolff
Willita Street
Bexar County
Bexar
Texas Land & Investment CO
Avenue C
Geo. M. White
Middle West
Middle East
Henry’s
Henry Hoeke
St. James
Antonio
St. Mary Street
Claude V. Birkhead
Alamo National Bank
Thompson
Wm. Lorenzen
Avenge
SAR Artoni
B. F. Kingsley
Hicks
C. Jungkind
P. S. Tilson
M.S. Houston Laboratories
Main St
Dolorosa St
GEO. Potchernick
J.8. Dodds & Guns, Ania and
Tke Goods
Underwood
E. Houston St
San Antonio, Tex
Kodaks
Wm. J. Stucke
E. Commerce St
Wm. L. Richter Baking Co
Alamo City Commercial and Business College
Shafer & Downey
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