Sale of San Pedro Park 700 Confirmed
The Amrhein zoo at San Pedro park ends as County Judge Phil Shook signs the sale order. The San Antonio Wrecking Company buys fencing cages wire and lumber for 215 dollars. Keilman secures 150 dollars for the animals and exhibits. ancillary sales total six dollars. Guardian Harris urged immediate sale to protect the heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amrhein Zoo
San Pedro Park
Phil Shook
I. 8 S. Home
Kansas City
Robert G. Harris
Arrhein Heirs
San Antonio Wrecking Company
William H. Keilman
Harris
Pape's Diapepsin Offered To Cure Indigestion
An old fashioned advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach upset. It promises relief from sour belching nausea and discomfort within five minutes and claims the product tastes like candy and is harmless. It urges readers to buy the 50 cent case and keep it for family use.
Bexar Highway League to Meet on Coast Road Plan
About 20 to 30 members of the Bexar County Highway league will drive from San Antonio to Sutherland Springs this afternoon for a meeting aimed at securing an improved road from the city to Port O'Connor. Delegations from several Southwest Texas towns are expected. bonds may be voted in Sutherland Springs and Stockdale precincts to fund a coastal link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County Highway League
Sutherland Springs
San Antonio
Port O'Connor
Alamo Plaza
D. E. Colp
League
Lexas
Stockdale
Ice price war blooms in San Antonio as firms cut ices
Merchants Ice and Cold Storage posted 15 cents per hundredweight and 50 pounds for 10 cents, 25 pounds for 5 cents as rivals also trim prices. Managers foresee further moves, with some predicting a return to old prices after a bid to boost season sales amid weak demand. Citizens Ice workers protest by quitting, leaving 30 drivers idle after contract dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Citizens’ Ice Company
Thomas L. Conroy
Rivers
Mr. Conroy
California Cafe Cooking Praised by Local Ad
Horger Lumber Co. invites patrons near seven blocks south of the S. P. depot to enjoy first class cooking at the California cafe. The ad promotes a welcoming dining spot with quality meals and convenient location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HORGER LUMBER_CO
S. P. Depot
The
California Cafe
Hobrecht Sues Lone Star Brewing For 30000 Damages
Amanda Hobrecht as next friend for Tony Hobrecht filed in the Forty-fifth District Court this morning a $30,000 damages suit against Lone Star Brewing Co. for injuries allegedly received by Tony when he was run into by a delivery auto at the Houston Navarro corner on February 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Hobrecht
Tony Hobrecht
Forty-fifth District
Lone Star Brewing Company
Houston and
Navarro Streets
Working Girls Find Relief Through Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
Two letters from Brooklyn and Oklahoma describe relief from monthly agony after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Helen Canet, a stenographer, reports no pain after seven bottles and promotes the product to other women. Mrs. Mattie Copenhaver, a stenographer and bookkeeper, credits the remedy with saving her health and offers to advise others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Helen Canet
Dean St
Tishomingo
Okla
German Music Evening in San Antonio at Beethoven Hall
Members of all German societies in San Antonio gathered at Beethoven hall for a unique musicale. The program featured poetry readings by Conrad Nies, vocal ensembles, violin and piano solos, and selections in German with works by Randegger Arensky MacDowell Hahn Mendelssohn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Beethoven Hall
Casino
Turn Verein
Liederkranz
German Maennerchor
Siemering
Anton Wenzel
Beethoven Maennerchor
Harmonia
Froshinn
Conrad Nies
Edelfaeule
Wilhelm Marx
Norris Stenographer Testifies in Norris Perjury Trial
Fort Worth April 11 Miss Matthews Norris stenographer and Mrs K K Taylor wife of a church official testified as star witnesses in the perjury trial of Rev J Frank Norris Baptist pastor reported this morning in the Fort Worth case.
Lawsuit Seeks 15000 Damages From Auto Driver
Mrs. Hobrecht files a civil suit alleging external and internal injuries from an automobile incident. She claims 15000 dollars actual damages and 15000 dollars exemplary damages due to negligence in handling the machine.
Gossip on Drugless Weight Reduction In Theater Circles
Rumors from a local theatre green room claim Maxine Elliott considers a drugless obesity treatment after a Valentine Day poem allegedly spurred her to slim down. Draped in gossip, the tale credits Denver photographer Miss Marjorie M. Hamilton with promoting the fat-reduction method, while Elliott and Hamilton deny or downplay the charges amid widespread intrigue.
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Green Room
Maxine Elliott
Miss Elliott
Miss Hamilton
Marjorie M. Hamilton
Denver
Hamilton
Olga Nethersolé
Elliott
San Antonio Merchants Plan Texas Retailers Convention Trip
San Antonio merchants prepare for the Texas Retail Merchants Association annual convention opening May 6 in Dallas for a four day session. Ten delegates will be chosen tonight, with local merchants traveling to Dallas in a special car. Discussions will cover billboard ordinances fake advertising and premium schemes. The group favors removing billboards in residence and business districts but keeping road side signs. They oppose premium schemes to avoid passing costs to consumers. Also noted is the death of Uncle Charles Adams a Civil War veteran and G A R member who died March 13 in San Francisco after visiting San Antonio last October.
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Texas Retail Merchants’ Association
Dallas
San Antonio Association
San Antonians
Retail Merchants’ Association
Oes
Charles A. Bailey
Charles Adams
San Francisco
Cal
Adams
Mexico
San Antonio
Roadbed Floods Home Suit Over Eight Foot Embankment
A. J. Henty and his wife filed suit in the Forty-fifth District Court seeking $2000 damages. They allege Sunset railroad built a large cinder embankment on Crosby street that dammed rain water and flooded their home when it rains. The bedrock rose about eight feet, causing the damages claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Henty
Crosby Street
Forty-fifth District
Sunset Railroad
Henty
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Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
H. Y
Amrhein
Euphos
H. C. Rees Optical Co
W. Commerce &T
Citizens Company
Lone Star Brewery
Madras
New York
America
Potter's
China
Nottingham
Yara
Saul Wolf
Houstons Street
W. H. McElwain Company
Boston
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