Bankers Urged to Stay Calm and Maintain Liquidity in War Time
Austin Texas April 11 Commissioner Charles O Austin urges bankers to avoid panic and keep liquidity. He predicts war will boost prosperity but warns of postwar readjustment. He advises restraint on rediscounts and credit, urging solid security and avoiding long term loans and speculative borrowers.
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Austin
Tex
Insurance
Charles O. Austin
Texas
Germany
America
Simple Laxative A Household Necessity
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective laxative for constipation. It quotes Hon John D Keister of Braddywine WV endorsing it and notes it costs fifty cents a bottle, contains no opiate, and is safe for children. A free trial bottle offer and precautions to avoid imitations are included.
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Dr. Caldwell
United States
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
Bank regulator cautions on credit expansion and deposit safety
The speaker warns bankers to avoid loose credit and unnecessary borrowing or rediscounting. They urge strict adherence to banking laws, noting enforcement without fear or favor, and emphasize the department's primary duty to protect depositors and assist banks within its power.
Presbytery of Austin to Close Thursday Service
The annual session of the Presbytery of Austin will close Thursday evening with a popular service and two addresses. The Woman's Presbyterial Missionary Society met at Madison Square Church and will participate in the closing program alongside Reverend speakers and college and church leaders.
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Presbytery of
Austin
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Woman's Presbyterial Missionary Society
Four Voices
Lillie T. Shaver
San Marcos
Diggle
Synod
W. B. Preston
E. W. Norris
F. O. Woestemeyer
Smithville
Campion
Hannah Cluck
San Antonio
W. P. Lobban
R. L. Lopez
Robert H. Rogers
The
W. LC. Kunze
Christian College
Church of the Future
C. B. Newson
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Society calendar highlights local ladies groups meetings
Wednesday and Thursday events list gatherings at St Marys Auditor ium Blue Bonnet tea room and Gunter. Includes Ladies' Auxiliary AOH at 8 p m and Queen's Daughters at 4 p m with teas and luncheons benefiting Central Christian Church and Jed Cross work. Various clubs meet for study, social, and charity activities.
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T. BE. L
First Baptist Church
Blue Bonnet Tea Room
Texas Historical Landmark Association Hosts Plant Gift Reception at Mission Concepcion
The Texas Historical Landmark Association plans a 4 to 6 p m reception Thursday at Mission Concepcion to receive gifts of plants and trees for grounds beautification. Guests will be greeted by Misses Adams De Zavala Sullivan King Dittmar Lytle and others. Capt F F Collins and J E Elgin will attend as hosts.
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Texas Historical Landmark Association
Mission Concepcion
Elizabeth Nelson
Texas
Hot Wells
Mitchellee
Sarah Adams
Adina de Zavala
Annie Sullivan
Sarah King
Mattie Dittmar
Nellie Lytle
Mary A. Adams
E. W. King
Julia de Zavala
M- B. Gaenslen
H. Wagenfehr
L. L. Hudson
L. Larkin
Ethel Corrigan
T. N. Dechman
M. Blatherwick
T. T. VanderHoeven
E. Y. White
Ed D. Taylor
Kolb Convicted in Hoboken Bomb Case
Fritz Kolb, a German guest in a Hoboken hotel, was found guilty on charges of possessing bombs in his room. The jury reported disagreement in Hans Schwartz’s case, tried alongside Kolb for a plan to trigger a second explosion on Black Tom Island.
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Jersey City
N. J
Fritz Kolb
Hoboken
Hans Schwartz
Kolb
Black Tom Island
VapoRub Offered In Salve Form With Quick Relief Claims
The product VapoRub is described as a salve applied externally to relieve symptoms by inhalation as a vapor and absorption through the skin. It claims relief for croup within about fifteen minutes and overnight for colds, with three sizes priced at 25 cents, 50 cents, or one dollar.
After the Grippe Vinci Restored Her Strength
Mrs. Lizzie Baldwin of Canton Mississippi, age 75, credits Vinci for curing her cough and restoring vigor after La Grippe. The ad touts Vinci as a constitutional remedy aiding digestion and blood enrichment, promising a money back guarantee if it fails, and lists multiple Texas druggists and stores carrying the product.
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Canton
Vinci
Lizzie Baldwin
Meier
Sap Drug Store
Main Ave
George Keene
H. L. Wagner
Appmann Drug Store
F. Prassel
San Antonio
Texas
Gain a Pound a Week Diet Pill Promoted by Physicians
The piece promotes three grain hypo-nuclane tablets claiming to increase weight and improve digestion and nervous system function. It states the tablets are made from a health germ of ordinary yeast with hypophosphites and absorptive phosphorus and are widely used by physicians and chemists for several months.
Community notices and upcoming events in San Antonio area
The Smith School Mothers' Club plans an election next month and a new Red Cross circle formation. Engagements include Hannie Louisa Gaff to George E. Jones with a Floresville wedding. Miss Zula House entertains at the University Club with song and solo performances. Local teas, box parties, and operatic fundraiser tickets are noted along with Fiesta Fete guest mentions.
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Smith School Mothers’ Club
Denver Heights
Knob Hill
East End
Red Cross Circle
Louisa Gaff
Comfort
Hannie
George E. Jones
Floresville
George Leroy Brown
Goggan's
Council of Mothers
A. B. Weakley
el Paso Times
Miss House
Lucille Mulhall to Head San Antonio Wild West Show
A four day Cowboy Roundup will be staged in San Antonio from May 2 underwritten by local business men with 6500 dollars. Homer S. Wilson, editor and promoter, coordinates the Lucille Mulhall Wild West Show featuring ropework, buffalo and wild horses, roping contests, horse breaking, shooting, and stunts akin to Cheyenne Frontier Days.
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San Antonio
Homer S. Wilson
Bowen's Island
Lucille Mulhall
Women Urge Parks Efforts in National Proposals
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman outlined conservation work by women’s clubs at the General Federation meeting in New Orleans. She highlighted Dunes and Mississippi Valley National Parks and urged funding and federal action, plus ongoing efforts to educate children and curb feather use through laws and licensing.
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New Orleans
John Dickinson Sherman
Chicago
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sherman
Dunes ‘National Park
Mississippi Valley National Park
Illinois
Grand Canyon National Park
Conservation Department of the Federation
Congress
Arrests of Germans Increase in El Paso
German aliens remain under arrest by federal and local authorities in El Paso. A German guest at a leading hotel was seized, two others nabbed near the smelter with wigwag signal code, and several others questioned and released. Frederick Reuter, acting German vice consul in Juarez, held at Fort Bliss stockade under the Presidents proclamation restricting German departure, despite daily efforts to cross to Juarez for consul duties. No charges filed against him.
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EL Paso
Tex
Frederick Reuter
Juarez
Fort Bliss Stockade
Reuter
Catholics Respond to President's Call
Archbishop Mundelein told Chicago lay readers that Catholics will loyally support the nation's war effort after the President signed Congress's resolution. He quoted that 900 priests and 1,000,000 Catholics are behind the flag in crisis and pledge loyalty and duty now and in the future. Students at Earlham College heard President Kelley urge following individual conscience on enlistment, a view seen as reflecting Friends sentiment though not official church policy.
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Chicago
Mundelein
Archdiocese of
Providence
United States
Congress
Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Kelley
Friends Church
Crosby Named Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Oscar T. Crosby of Warrenton Virginia was appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. Crosby previously worked with the American Commission for Relief in Belgium and led operations in Belgium and northern France.
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Belgium
Washington, D. C
Oscar T. Crosby
Warrenton
the Treasury
Crosby
American Commission For Relief
France
Socialists Claim Belgian Deportations Stopped
In an open letter to M. Branting Die Vorwaerts reports Socialist Reichstag member Herr Enedekum says their protests forced the emperor to halt Belgian deportations. He claims no further Belgians were brought to Germany after protests and many already there were returned.
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Copenhagen
London
Herr Enedekum
Reichstag
M. Branting
Herr Enedekam
Belgium
Germany
El Paso Judge Nomination in Western Texas District
W R Smith of El Paso Texas was nominated by the President to serve as district judge for the western district of Texas Fd to Co ed. The text then shifts to a junior humor line about what girls do in the laboratory with a remark about angler worms, attributed to a Pennsylvanian Punch Bowl.
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Washington, D. C
W. R. Smith
el Paso
Tex
United States
Western District of
Texas
Angie
Penn
Sylvania
What Is Gout and Rheumatism and Their Cure
The article explains gout arising from kidney issues causing uric acid buildup. Professor Strauss links attacks to toxins from uric acid, recommends drinking six to eight glasses of water daily, using Anuric tablets, and stimulating the liver and bowels with Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to prevent flare ups.
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Arthur Garrod
Levison
Strauss
H. Strauss
Pierce
California Syrup of Figs Ad Touts Child Cleansing
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims a coated tongue signals constipation and advises a teaspoonful to cleanse the bowels within hours, urging readers to ask for a 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
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Alabama Street
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Alice Marie Rockwell
Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company
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Harry Tanda
H. P. Drought
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West Commerce Street
Travis
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