Red Cross to Train Secretaries at University of Texas
A Red Cross Service Institute will open at the University of Texas in Austin on Monday June 7 to train young men and women as executive secretaries for Red Cross chapters. The eight week course ends July 6 and features university faculty as lecturers with experts from the Southwestern division in St. Louis. Field work is led by Ivan G. Wright, and scholarships may cover costs through local Red Cross chapters.
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Red Cross Service Institute
Red Cross
University of Texas At Austin
Southwestern
St. Louis
Ivan G. Wright
Housing Shortage Follows Growth of American Families
The Stone and Webster figures show 2,292,887 families in 1916 and 25,319,443 in 1920 with 20,263,051 and 20,900,000 dwellings. Despite rising families, dwellings lag, leaving Pittsburgh and Detroit notably short. Building wages and material costs rise, while regulation and profiteering distort supply and demand, delaying relief.
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Stone and Webster
United States
Pittsburgh
Detroit
The
Stone and Webster Journal
West Texas to Represent at Dallas Fair Display
West Texas will exhibit at least thirty county agricultural displays at the Dallas State Fair. J Wells of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce campaigns counties to join a regional showcase, with a West Texas display planned at Waco Cotton Palace to compete for a prize by the Young Men's Business League of Waco. Wells is also organizing exhibits for about twenty fairs in the Middle West. Dawson County’s Dallas exhibit last fall reportedly boosted county land values by substantial sums.
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Stamford
Young Men’s Business League of
Waco
Wells
West Texas
Middle West
Dallas
Dawson County
Comfort Texas Community Notes In June 1920
In Comfort Texas on June 15 1920 families from San Antonio and nearby towns visited relatives and attended social events. Mr and Mrs Willie Osche and children with others spent a Sunday in town. Mrs Hubert Ingenhuett planned a ten day visit to Lockhart TX. Mrs W Lindemann hosted a bridge party with Elizabeth Fellbaum winning a prize and a ten pound cabbage as consolation. O C Holekamp and Walter Stahmann visited Fredericksburg, Ernest Fellbaum and family from San Antonio were in town, and J B Carringtons moved to a summer cottage with their children.
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A. Comfort
Texas
Willie Osche
J. Dulling
Autenrith
Heberer
San An Chos
Viconia
Hubert Ingenhuett
Lockhart
W. Lindemann
Elizabeth Fellbaum
Edgar Holekamp
C. Holekamp
Walter Stahmann
Fredericksburg
Ernest Fellbaum
San Antonio
J. B. Carrington
Reconstructing the Telephones Amid War Restrictions
The Bell system reports 35 415 new phones in four months in New York City while over 64 000 residents remain on the waiting list. It says emergency readiness is strong but postal and supply delays hinder construction and line extension as private operations replace wartime government control.
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Bell Telephone System
New York City
Telephone Company
Bell
Burle
Higher Railroad Rates Debated Before Interstate Commission
Shippers from across the country urge higher freight and passenger rates as hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission continue. Railroads seek freight-only hikes, while some commissioners favor spreading the burden to both freight and passenger travelers amidst wage demands from railroad workers.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Com
Chicago
Windmill shipment arrives for Oscar Krauskopf
A carload of Aermotor Auto Oil Windmills of all sizes arrived for Oscar Krauskopf. The shipment signals a broader demand for wind-powered pumping equipment in the area.
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Oscar Krauskopf
The Puget Sound Question Petition Support Stance
A statement endorses both Cain City and Fredericksburg while urging prudent road spending by the Commissioner's Court. It expresses confidence in local business leaders and the State Highway Commission to serve the greatest number of people and to give the petition due consideration.
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Cain City
Fredericksburg
Commissioner's Court
State Highway Commission
Fredericksburg Cain City public resolution on electric service and road plans
The Cain City Commercial Club committee petitions Fredericksburg to defer road and bridge works until funds allow and to designate the Puget Sound Highway via Cain City. A long list of signers criticizes a local electric company for rising rates and poor service, urging 24-hour power.
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San Antonio
Puget Sound
Cain City
Resolution on Our Electric Light Situation Adopted by Chamber
The June meeting of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution regarding the electric light situation. It notes promises from the Fredericksburg Electric Light & Power Company to furnish day current to several business leaders and patrons.
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Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce
Alfred P. C. Petsch
Fredericksburg Electric Light & Power Company
Ware
Cat sacks arrive at 39tt R Klett for pies and pastries
Large supply of new cat sacks arrives at 39tt R Klett. Metropolitan Cafe offers pies cakes and pastries whole or part. For good commercial printing and quick service phone So. 40.
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KLETT
Gott Metropolitan Cafe
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Dallas Fair
August Krieger
Id. Tatsch
Aug. Beckmann
Alex A. Engel
Joe F. Petsch
L. Krieger
Theodor Pehl
Otto Kunz
Win. Petsch
A. N. Striegler
Chr. Mathisen
Will. Berg
Jesse Kleck
Eddie Barsch
Ernst E. Barsch
L. BE. Walker
Geo. Pehl
J. C. Stinson
D. M. Striegler
Chr. Bel
Clem
Fheats
Herm
Pahl
Luckenbach
Stonewall
Albert
Wilburn
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County Good Roads Association
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Schneider Produce Company
Fisk
Joseph Bros
Fiak
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