Art Exhibit Closes With Prize Winners Named
The San Antonio art show ended after three weeks with larger attendance than ever. The Woman's Club won first in the attendance contest, Carnegie Library second, and YWCA third. Prizes include works by K. J. Onderdonk, Julian Onderdonk, and Tom Brown. The Woman's Club has first choice of the three paintings.
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San Antonio
Houston
Washington
Art League
Woman’s Club
Carnegie Library
Young Woman’s Christian Association
K. J. Onderdonk
Julian Onderdonk
Tom Brown
Woman's Club
W. C
Henning Bruhn
Adolphus Busch
League
Enlarge Poor Farm Adds 165 Acre Tract Nearby
The county commissioners, save one member, voted to buy 165 acres of land adjoining the existing poor farm for 75 dollars per acre from H C Feldman. The plan aims to expand space for a juvenile home and poorhouse, with a choice between two adjoining parcels.
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H. C. Feldman
Charles X. Gutzeit
Will Show Army Life
Vitgraph Motion Picture Company to produce true army life scenes. Jasper E. Brady meets Brigadier General Bliss at Fort Sam Houston to film troops and plans border footage to depict government petrol works. Brady, ex military officer and nephew of Cyrus Townsend Brady, receives official backing from the War Department.
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Vitgraph Motion Picture Company
Jasper EB. Brady
Bliss
Fort Samouston
War Department
Brady
Leutenan
New York
Mr. Brady
Cyrus Townsend Brady
UT Girls Pageant Lights Up Field With 200 Participants
The annual University of Texas women’s gymnasium class pageant was held on the athletic field after a rain postponement. About 200 girls wore world country costumes and performed folk and classic dances and drills. Janet Kaapke was crowned queen.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Janet Kaapke
Peruna testimonials promote a ready-to-take medicine
Readers are urged to test Peruna themselves to judge its merits. The ad features testimonials from Mrs. A. E. Stouffer, Mr. Isaac Horrenga, Miss Marie A. Lesser, and others claiming health, strength, appetite, and improved wellbeing after using Peruna.
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United States
A. E. Stouffer
R. R
Sabetha
Kas
Isaac Horrenga
Fremont
Mich
Smoking ban on street cars approved by city council
The city council adopted an ordinance prohibiting smoking on street cars, set to take effect April 17 unless vetoed by Mayor Brown. Eight to three vote included opposition from Aldermen Lambert Hoefgen and Warren. Mayor Brown favored allowing smoking on rear right seats of open cars. The measure ends years of debate and follow initial Traction Company compromises.
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Brown
Lambert
Oergen
Dielmann
Hoefgen
Warren
Traction Company
San Antonio
Hagelstein Bros
Presa Street
Garden
Perieda
Street
South Presa
Baldwin
Commerce Street
Alamo
Soledad Streets
Chapa
Gus Jones
Crockett Street
Alamo Plaza Park
Pine Street
Haye
Burnet Streets
Dignowity Hill
T. D. Cobb
Cobb
Traction Comp
D. Collins
Saunders
Fiesta San Jacinto Confetti Ban Fails Amid Council Debate
The council defeated the ban on confetti and related items by an 8 to 3 vote though Alderman Rische Weakley and Steves supported the measure. Alderman Dielmann backed the penal ordinance on final passage, which requires ten days of publication to become effective. Bids for city park sidewalks were postponed as price cuts may be possible with land by the San Antonio Land Company. An ordinance appropriating 16023.94 dollars for March merchants’ bills passed. Charter notices issued list several new Texas incorporations and business permits including Carlton Lamber Company Tyler and Union Publishing Company Lyford.
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Dielmann
Iische
San Jacinto
Weakley
Steves
Rische
Neal
San Antonio Land Company
Austin
Tex
Carlton Lamber Company
Tyler
Capital Stock
E. E. Carlton
P. K. Birdwell
J. H. Seay
Union Publishing Company
Lyford
Raymondville
Cameron County
O. E. Craig
C. W. Stephenson
C. H. Pease
Texas Social Club of
San Antonio
R. C. Monk
Creechville Farmers Gin Company
Creechville
Ellis County
A. Krutilek
Fred Petrash
F. W. Peter
Laborers Co-Operative Mercantile Company of
Waco
Incorporators
Tom Wilson
W. B. Brooks
C. H. Brewater
Dakota Rio Grande Company
Hurley
South Dakota
Texas
McAllen
Hidalgo County
Rogers Variety Store
Rogers
Joe B. Wills Company
Dallas
Wilson to name five to federal reserve board this month
President Wilson will send five names to the Senate to form the federal reserve board alongside the secretary of the treasury and the comptroller of the currency. The list is kept secret, includes prominent bankers and business leaders, and aims to establish a standard for the nation’s new currency system.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Banks
Wilson
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Art lovers meet at Elizabet Ney studio in Austin
The Texas Fine Arts Association holds its third annual session at the Elizabet Ney studio in northern Austin. The morning session focuses on association business with attendees including Mayor A P Wooldridge Stark Young for the university and Mrs Rebecca Fisher of the Daughters of the Republic. A fair attendance is noted.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Fine Arts’ Association
Elizabet Ney
A. P. Wooldridge
Stark Young
University
Rebecca Fisher
The
Daughters of the Republic
Convicted Doctor Seeks Pardon in Texas Case
An application for a pardon has been filed with the board of pardon advisers on behalf of W. A. Link a Fort Worth doctor recently convicted by the District Court of Tarrant county on a charge of abortion He was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary The board has not yet acted.
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Austin
Tex
Board of Pardon Advisers
W. A. Link
Fort Worth
District Court of
Tarrant County
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Restores Natural Color
Sage and Sulphur hair remedy, sold as Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, darkens gray hair naturally. A downtown druggist notes it evenly covers gray, making hair dark, glossy and abundant by morning, with further applications boosting luster.
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Wyeth
Texas Railroads Earn Millions in 1913 Receipts and Expenses
Gross receipts of Texas railroads in 1913 totaled 115,973,120 with an average of 7628 per mile on 15,203 miles. Operating expenses reached 92,522,946 averaging 6085 per mile, with breakdowns for maintenance, equipment, traffic, transportation, and general costs. Taxes paid were 4,242,505, and interest accrued stood at 17,978,577. Net incomes across profitable roads totaled 12,107,585 while deficits amounted to 1,984,459.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
State Tax Board
Love
Governor invited to attend 21st International Irrigation Congress
Governor receives invitation from Arthur Hooker secretary of the International Irrigation Congress to attend the twenty first annual meeting to be held in Calgary Alberta Canada next September. Delegates will inspect a vast irrigation project and many Canadian officials are expected to participate, with substantial US attendance anticipated.
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Austin
Tex
Arthur Hooker
International Irrigation Congress
Salt Lake City
United States
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Hooker
Board of Governors
Canaals
Will Defer Rebuilding West Texas Normal at Canyon
W H Fuqua Amarillo regent says no rebuilding will occur now after the Canyon fire. A38 The plan is to wait for the Thirty fourth Legislature to appropriate funds.
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Austin
Tex
West Texas State Normal
Canyon
W. H. Fuqua
Amarillo
Board of Regents
Forquvua
Yoakum Mayor Secures 72000 Street Bonds Approval
Mayor J M Haller announced Yoakum has registered 72000 street improvement and incinerator bonds with 5 percent interest and a 40 year maturity. The council voted for the issue on March 20 and bonds will be sold upon the mayor's return to Yoakum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
J M. Haller
Yoakum
Comptroller'’S Department
Haller
Temporary Appointment Made By Agriculture Commissioner
Commissioner of Agriculture Kane returned from Sherman and other northern Texas points where he addressed farmers institutes. He reported enthusiastic receptions by farmers at the various stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Kane
Sherman
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