Distant Texas May Glow Amid War News and Maritime Briefs
The page blends a May in Texas outlook praising rains and budding crops with war notes on Westminster Abbey damage, the clipper ship era, and rapid Texas port sightings. It highlights civic notices, editor credits, and a Texas coast visit by a flotilla of torpedo boats scheduled for English Channel use, reflecting wartime tension infused with regional pride.
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England
British Empire
Westminster Abbey
London
Palace of
Westminster
Canute the Dane
Edward the Confessor
William the Conqueror
Edward V
Edward VII
Uae
House of Commons
Chaucer
Spenser
Dryden
Gray
Borwning
Tennyton
Britain
Fance
Parliament Building
British Museum
Toon Ware
Texas
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Confidence and advertising in imperfect returns
A compact aphorism about doubt and risk across salesmanship, business, religion, and law. It cautions that lack of self belief, unadvertised goods, overpromising, and exclusive demands undermine success and trust. The passage reads as a warning against vanity and bias in public life.
Abell Pool Opens and Spurs Imperial Growth
Imperial Texas enjoys a surge as Abell pool activity fuels prosperity. Town officials, led by County Commissioner Hal Barnett, push for permanent growth with eye friendly, solid construction. Eight supply lots sold, four built. five lumber yards open. two new restaurants and assorted businesses join. Fort Stockton Water Carnival offers entertainment with seventy pairs of 180 girls on stage and in water.
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Imperial
Texas
Hal Barnett
Mixed-Up Morning Pranks and Oddities At Home
A garbled collection of light vignettes and jokes describes a magistrate’s exchange with a supposed thief, a sleepy child saying prayers, a fireman’s misheard pleas, a mother dressing a child, a pianist at a hotel, a child frightened by a dog, a film extra and a racist joke from a Hollywood set, and an organist fired for a wedding march.
Avalanche Scrip Offers Discounted San Antonio Hotel Savings
Save money on your hotel bill in San Antonio by buying scrip from the Avalanche at a discount.
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San Antonio
Avalanche
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Willie
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Cemery Fund
Alpine Cemetery Assn
George Stroud Dallman
Jarvis
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Bankers
Etole
Otis Turner
J. W. Shepperd Jeweler
Turner
T. A. Beard
Alan R. Fraser
Holland Hotel
Mae M. Ament
Hore
W. G. Fielder
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