Dallas Banks Observe San Jacinto Day
Dallas banks closed for San Jacinto Day with postal holiday hours and school ceremonies observed. No public patriotic society events reported.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1915
Page
12
Dallas banks closed for San Jacinto Day with postal holiday hours and school ceremonies observed. No public patriotic society events reported.
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The Majestic presents seven acts featuring Carter the Magician. Empire shows a Paramount feature, The Royal, with Betty Nansen in Anna Karenina.
Paramount Picture Company presents The Ordeal as Empire’s headliner with praise across ten cities. Also shows Jesse L. Laski’s The Unafraid on Thursday and Friday featuring Rita Jalivet and Theodore Roberts in a dramatic, star filled lineup. Damaged Goods receives Wednesday and Thursday screenings with Tolstoi drama Anny Scavenini breaking as Bettie Nansen departs.
John Carvington of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce was elected president of the Southwest Texas Industrial League formed after a Tuesday poll. B W Farris of Corpus Christi named vice president and John T Landat of Victoria secretary. a five-member board includes Julian LaCrosse, Del Rio, W E B Long, Austin, and T McKnight, Bryan. Corpus Christi will host the next meeting and the charter lists fifteen members. The league aims to develop Southwest Texas and exchange information among members.
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