Society Calendar Highlights Local Club Gatherings
In Society notes for Monday and Tuesday, a full slate of events includes the German Literary Club at 8 pm in the pink room of the Gunter, Daughters of Isabella lecture by Charles E. Griffith at Ursuline convent auditorium, Travis Club card party, Parish Aid at St. Luke's Church at 4 pm, Mrs. Wroe’s luncheon, Self-Culture Club at 8 pm, Phoenix Club at 3 45 pm, Sorosis at St Anthony, Grace Lutheran Ladies' Aid at 3 pm, City Mission Board meeting at Travis Park Methodist at 2 30 pm.
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Daughters of Isabella
Charles E. Griffith
Ursuline Convent
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
C. D. Cannon
Lag Moras Street
Ladies’ Aid Society of Grace English Lutheran Church
John Mueller
City Mission Board
Travis Park Methodist Church
Rivers Rise as Rain Ends Across North Texas
A general rain over Southern Oklahoma and Texas ends, with Trinity and Brazos rivers rising to near flood stages. No deaths reported, but livestock losses feared in lowlands near Dallas and Waco. Trinity at Dallas expected to reach about 89 feet, Brazos at Waco up 24 feet since Sunday. residents warned to evacuate. Snow follows rain in the Panhandle, ending a drought in parts of the state.
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Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
Trinity
Brazos
Waco
Texas Panhandle
Pine Tar Honey Treatment for Bronchitis Relief
Describes a pine tar and honey remedy for chest tightness and bronchitis symptoms. Claims honey moistens dryness, pine tar thins phlegm, relieves congestion, antiseptic action, strengthens tissues, eases breathing, and arrests inflammation. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey priced at 25c.
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Dr. Bell
Flexner outlines plan for modern school in New York
Abraham Flexner proposes a modern school removing grammar and classical languages in favor of science industry aesthetics and civics taught through real-world labs using the city’s institutions. He argues the system requires two to three years less and cites New York as an ideal site with the Rockefeller founded board inviting public opinion on the experiment.
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New York
Abraham Flexner
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Flexner
Bids Due April 10 for Denton Dormitory and A and M Pavilion
Open bids set for April 10 for a Denton College of Industrial Arts dormitory and dining hall funded with 125000 from the last Legislature, and a 40000 stock judging pavilion at the Agricultural and Mechanical College. State Inspector Hendrickson approved the plans and confirms the bid date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Hendrickson
Prohibitionists Rally in Caldwell County Campaign
Luling Texas April 3 Prohibitionists in Caldwell County mount a hard campaign to prevent fraudulent voting in the upcoming election and have organized a fund of 25000 dollars to use if needed to thwart fraud.
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Fros
Luling
Tex
Caldwell County
Fiesta rehearsals and society notices fill city schedules
Daily rehearsals announce the Fiesta events with huntresses fairies and bacchanalian dancers. The marriage of Ira Schmidt and Ethel Steger is set for Travis Park Methodist Church with Rev. Weddell officiating. A Mozart Society reception honors Ethel Liginska at the Menger while many social figures attend the Travis Club card party.
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Ira George Schmidt
Hondo
Ethel Steger
Dallas
Travis Park Methodist Church
C. Wesley Weddell
Mozart Society
the Menger
Ethel Liginska
Will Hold Exhibition By San Antonio Turn Verein
The San Antonio Turn Verein will stage a gymnasium exhibition at 8 20 o clock Saturday evening with an interesting program arranged for spectators.
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San Antonio Turn Verein
L. O. V. Club Admits New Member
The L. O. V. Club met Sunday afternoon with Miss Catherine Langer and admitted Miss Madeline Mae Jentzen to membership. Refreshments were served.
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L. O. V. Club
Catherine Langer
Madeline Mae Jentzen
Bazaar at Mexican Institute To Aid the Needy
A Mexican bazaar will be held Tuesday afternoon and evening at the Mexican Christian Institute on San Jacinto and Colima streets to aid the neighborhood’s poor and sick. The event features booths selling Mexican pottery laces and curios and a Mexican supper. Swift and Company reports San Antonio beef sales for the week ending Saturday, Aprilst, at an average of 11.22 cents per pound.
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Mexican Institute
Mexican Christian Institute
San Jacinto
Colima
Swift and Company
San Antonio
Mayor to seek Carnegie hero medal for William Norton
April 3. Mayor A P Wooldridge plans to apply for a Carnegie hero medal for 17 year old William J Norton of Austin who rescued 15 year old Green Reese from a dangerous perch on an electric tower light. Reese climbed the tower and was shocked by contact with wiring and hung unconscious between wire cross sections. Norton climbed the tower and risked his life to bring the injured boy to the ground.
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Austin
A. P. Wooldridge
William J. Norton
Green Reese
Young Reese
Norton
Travel Fare to Eagle Pass Round Trip Advertised
An advertisement promotes a round trip to Eagle Pass and back for 6 dollars 60 cents with travel on April 9 and 10, limit April 16, via Southern Pacific lines.
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Eagle Pass
Lim
Southern Pacific
Remarkable statement on Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs E Sheldon of Englewood Illinois credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing severe menopausal symptoms after $1900 in medical bills yielded no relief. She says the medicine saved her life and kept her from the Insane Hospital, urging others to try it and seeking free advice from the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood, Il
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Sheldon
S. Halstead St
Englewood
Ill
Grand Theatre Presents Keystone Comedy and Dorothy Gish
The Grand Opera House programs include Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand in The Bright Lights and Dorothy Gish in Betty of Greystone. The cast features George Fawcett Grace Rankin Leonora Harris Eugene Ormond Macey Harlan and Albert Tavernier in a New England life story directed by Allan Swan.
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Grand Opera House
Fatty Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
Dorothy Gish
Griffith
Betty
Greystone
George Fawcett
Grace Rankin
Leonora Harris
Eugene Ormond
Macey Harlan
Albert Tavernier
New England
New York
Allan Swan
Addresses Not Given Delay Confederate Pensions
In Austin Texas on April 3 pensioners from a total of 18 000 failed to provide post office addresses for the last Confederate pension quarter ending February 29 2000. Pension Commissioner Jones reports the missing addresses cause confusion and delay as warrants cannot be mailed. Veterans seek the reason for nonpayment and the department works to locate addresses to mail warrants, a slow process.
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Austin
Tex
Jones
Comptroller’s Department
Pension
Governor Ferguson and Mayor Wooldridge to speak at Austin banquet
Governor Ferguson and Mayor Wooldridge will be among the speakers at a banquet Wednesday night for San Antonio delegates planning the 1918 Pan-American Exposition. Judge Charles Rogan of the Austin Chamber of Commerce will be toastmaster, with several Austin prominent citizens slated to speak.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Wooldridge
San Antonio
Charles Rogan
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin demands reparation after Sussex injury
Professor James Mark Baldwin of Baltimore released a cable to President Wilson stating a woman traveler with an American passport on the Sussex was wounded and near death, demanding reparation for assault on American life. Miss Baldwin spoke Saturday for the first time since the incident.
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Paris
James Mark Baldwin
Baltimore
Sussex
Wilson
Mark Baldwin
Miss Baldwin
Accident Leaves Driver with Paralysis on Right Side
A road incident resulted in injuries described as paralysis on the right side. Further details on the accident, involved individuals, and location are not provided in the readable text.
Beeville Elects Trustees as Mothers’ Club Loses Fight
In Beeville Texas on Saturday the school board trustees were elected R. A. Partain A Praeger and B W Klipstein for the Beeville independent district. Mesdames E E Miller and J R Scott backed by the Beeville Mothers Club were defeated by large margins.
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Beeville
Tex
Beeville Independent District
R. A. Partain
A. Praeger
B. W. Klipstein
E. E. Miller
J. R. Scott
Travel offer to Washington with observation cars
Advertisement notes a round trip to Washington for 55.25 with return on dates April 13 14 15. Lim May 12 and mentions oil burning locomotives and observation cars aboard Southern Pacific.
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Washington
Return
Lim
Southern Pacific
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Self-Culture Club
W. E. Crothers
Kendall Avenue
Phoenix Club
Gunter
Sorosis Club
Trinity and
Brazs
Willis
Nature
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Gunter Cafe
Ffers
Bailie Y Merienda
Telephone Crockett
Edwin H. Lee
Nadinola
National Toilet Company
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U.S.A
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Oogees
F. W. Maule
Louis Feder
Simon Lack
Sterling Freeborn
J. P. Lovelady
C. B. Hatch Jr
A. A. Luther
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W. D. Syers
First Evangelical Church
Edward Arnold
South Monumental Street
Marion Holt Seward
Houston
Imola Link
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Miss Seward
Brook Leman
O. T. Holt
Anna Homer Cox
Claire Windquest
Richard Morgan Craig
St. Mark's Church
Charles E. Tips of
Three Rivers
D. J Woodward
J. M. Allerdyce
H. RE. Stumberg
Allardyce Cottage
Blink Bonnie
Rockport
Sheldon
the Grand
Horlick
Noa Spears Company
Losoya St
Paintess
Matthews
Emil Blum CO
East
Houston Street
Professor Baldwin
Hertzberg
Houston and
St. Mary’s Streets
Eema
Sloan
Liniment
J. Oppenheimer & Co, General Distributors
San Antonio, Texas
G. Morris
Swearingen-McCraw
Whisenant
Lazells
Simon
J. E. Hoban
Lardevonshire Farm
Saurage Armour’s
Cloverbloom
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