Flower Battle Parade Viewed by Thousands
Thousands filled the streets for the Fiesta de San Jacinto Battle of Flowers parade as Queen Thekla and court led a lengthy color filled procession. Governors Ferguson and Pershing watched as floats from across Texas towns impressed crowds with ornate blooms and period costumes.
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Thekla
J. H. Kampmann
Alamo Plaza
Texas
James E. Ferguson
J. J. Pershing
Harry L. Miller
West Texas Military Academy
General Pershing
Ferguson
Henry Hutchins
Atlee B. Ayres
Fiesta Association
IF. A. Chapa
San Antonio
Lawrence Bates
Charles M. Campbell
T. A. Coleman
KE. H. Combs
Houston
A. L. Curtis
Belton
August Haxthausen
Richard Jurney
Waco
George McGhee
Alvin W. Ousley
Denton
Walter Timon
Corpus Christi
Felix D. Robertson
Dallas
Winchester Kelso
C. B. Lucas
Battle of Flowers Association
Fort Sam Houston
Herbert Bernard
Fiesta parade of 1917 features many decorated entries
The parade showcases numerous entries from schools clubs and local organizations. Notable figures include Miss Elena Taaffe Miss Martina Taaffe and contestants from Cicero Automobile Company as well as a decorated motorcycle entry. The Crockett Automobile Company reflects the Liberty theme with an illuminated parade car. Prizes go to top displays across automobile float robin hood school and organization divisions.
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Laurel Heights Methodist Church
Chester Terrell
Pauline
House of Parker
Philatheas
Benjamin
House of Duggan
Baracas
India
House of Kerr
Robert
House of Polling
Flora Louise Perrington
Dorothy Terrell
Marys Adele Carson
Fairies of the Forest
T. W. Pettus
Lettie Nell Pettus
Edna Mae Doud
Abigail Turner
Louise Bell
Beatrice Stribling
T. W. Pettus Jr
W. Russ
Thomas School
Dorothy Perkins
Winchester Kelso
Association
Cyrus B. Lucas
Holman Cartwright
J. H. Haile
Antonio III
Herbert Slayden Clarkson
W. A. Williamson
A. C. Jonas
L. D. Ormsby
E. A. Wickmeyer
A. F. Beyer
Orville Rominger
Mary Davidson
Fred Haller
Bertha Bowman
Alfred Stephens
Alta Thompson
Arthur Moeller
Lelia Pyron
Paul G. Linnartz
Margaret Mueller
Mary
Isadore Taylor
Cally
Neal
Elena
Martina Taaffe
Cicero Automobile Company
Emma
Myrtle Wright
Matilda Welge
C. W. Becker
A. L. Becker
B. R. Oberman
Marie Louise Steele
Bess Murrah
H. Raymer
Mattie
Evelyn DeSha
Velma
Lilla Scott
M. Perrin
Joske Brothers Company
Lola Ellis
Margaret Johnston
Jessie Tatum
Joe W. Reich
J. C. Halberdier
N. B. Delgado
Fiesta
Battle of Flowers Association
Alice Wolf
Ethel Lohse
Nellie Edwards
Millie Wesp
Theo Huslage
Liberty
Crockett Automobile Company
William Steinhardt
James I. Parker
A. B B. Weakley
T. T. Jackson
J. K. Beretta
Gentleman's Automobile
Golden West
Frank Winerich
Archers
Lincoln Green
Laurel Heights Methodist Sunday School
Irving Dietz
T. A. Coleman
8S. G. Newton
Harry L. Miller
William G. Tobin
Miller
Arch bishop Blenk of New Orleans Dies
Arch bishop James H. Blenk of New Orleans died after critical illness. Funeral planned at St Joseph's Church with Bishop Gallagher of Galveston delivering the sermon. Burial to be in the crypt of the old St Louis Cathedral. Bishops from Blenk’s jurisdiction to attend in Dallas.
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New Orleans
James H. Blenk
St. Joseph's Church
Gallagher
Galveston
Gunn
Netchez
Blenk
St. Louis Cathedral
Jules B. Jeanmard
Vatican
Archbishop Blenk
Neustadt
Bavaria
Jefferson College
Marist Fathers
Belloy
France
Little Rock
San Antonio
Dallas
Alexandria
Corpus Christi
Oklahoma
Tex
Lynch
Proposals for Printing at Fort Sam Houston Texas
Sealed proposals will be received here until 11 00 a m April 24 1917 for doing job printing ruling and furnishing paper and cardboard for same at these Headquarters during fiscal year beginning July 1 1917. Further information upon application Adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office Department
Quartermaster Southern Department
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Miners Seek Pay Increase Across Pennsylvania Anthracite
President John P. White of the United Mine Workers urged a roughly twenty percent raise for 173 000 Pennsylvania miners after a conference with operators and miners. He cited higher living costs as the basis for the request, noting a similar twenty percent increase had been granted last week to 225 000 Midwestern bituminous miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
April weather causes colds and costly medical bills
C Smith of Augusta Georgia reports relief from a cough using Foley's Honey and Tar, praising the medicine's effectiveness. The ad warns against imitations and notes Fischer's Drug Store sells the genuine product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Smith
12Th St
Augusta
Foley
Fischer's
Premiers of France Britain and Italy Reach Unanimity
In St. Jean de Maurienne Savoy on Thursday the French British and Italian premiers showed cordial relations and achieved complete unanimity on diplomatic and military issues and on war sacrifices required from each allied country.
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Paris
St. Jeane de Maurienne
Savoy
May Expel Congressman Ferrara for Aiding Revolt in Cuba
A resolution to expel Col. Oretes Ferrara former speaker and Santa Clara representative was presented in the Cuban House by five Conservative members from Pinar del Rio. Ferrara has been in the United States advocating Cuban rebels.
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Hesperidae
Dorothy Gage
el Paso
Mary Gates I Redmond
Fort Sam Houston
Marjorie Metcalfe
Octavia Bullis
United States
Sterling Price Adams
Havana
Col
Oretes Ferrara
House of Representatives
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Ferrara
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Howard Martindale
Pleasant McNeel Jr
John Kerr
Mary Pauline Fordtran
Cynthia Rote
Alice Combs
Acteus
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Miss Negley
Gonzales
Annabell Dilworth
Susan Lewis
Charlotte Clayton
Fort Worth
Venessa
Victoria Herff
Marechal Neil
Duchess of
Cella Bennett
Diane
Gladys McFarland
Duchess of Houston
Laura Winstead
Lucretia Watson
Robin Hood
Maid Marian
Fair Ellen
Sherwood Forest
Capers Satterlee
Marian Johnson
Johnny Parks
Henry Mourland
Jack Cunningham
Jack Berman
Gordon Jersig
James Gallagher
Perry Lewis
James Chittim
Harris Davenport
Emily Bynum
Dorothy Bell
Katherine Hart
Maide Spencer
Eleanor Stribling
Agnes Terrell
Ruth McFarland
Eleanor Henderson
Marjorie McClellan
Hereford
Richard Taylor
St. Wallorn
Jack Bond
Dorothy Hillie
Little John
Carroll Pahlman
Paul Deutz
Will Scarlet
Joan of Arc
Cornelia Vaughn
Ruth West
Pollie Juggitts
Jennie Mae Dunlap
Sadie M Hazelrng
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Barbara Brown
Tom McCampbell
Francis de Lesdernier
Albert Deutsch
Charles Poulton
Edgar Schertz
Carlton Slagelstein
Albert Maracheau
Rachelle Lewis
Donald Carson
Johnny Pancoast
Thomas Hart
King’s Division
King Antonio
San Antonio Zouaves
Morro Castle
Charles M. Barnes
Liscenant
Austin 5. Smith
G. C. Margozewitze
Adjt
A. Karp
William Dausin
Albert Steves III
Robert Swearingen
Clinton G. Brown
Clinton H. Kearny
James F. Garland
Robert F. Uhr
B. R. Webb
John Williams
Porter Loring
Harry M. Hart
J. W. Hucker
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Fred Hummert
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P. L. King
C. T. Priest
Robert J. Harding
P. L. Jackson
Albert V. Huth
Charles S. Meek
Ed Finck
Walter P. Napier
W. C. Silliman
Ed Witte
Frank James
Harold Kayton
W.S. Hendrick
Charles Zoller
KE. E. Hillie
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Jack Raybould
John Clem
Governor Ferguson
Brackenridge Park
Mrs. Ayres
Rose Mary Capurro
Mary Alter
Lucille Moore
Lane Saunders
Judith Lee Thompson
Alene Alter
Gene
Katheryn Hofheinz
Helen Stirling
Bettie Vandyne
Francis Dunn
Joseph Smith
Eleanor Case
Catherine Franklin
Josephine Woodhull
Katherine McGown
William Lee Hart
Robert R. Witt
William B. Blocker
F. L. Hillyer
D. J. Woodward
Lane Taylor
Dave Woodward Jr
F. A. Winerich
Winerich
Dan Goldsby
H. 8
Katherine Webb
Lee B. James
P. Cunningham
Francis James
Bessie Tobin
Sue Elmore Cunningham
Lawson Moody Jr
Stearns
U. S
NOA Spears CO
Losoya
Burns’ Drug Store
Navaloo
Phone Crockett
Freight Baggage Automobiles Merchants Transfer Co
St. Mary’s Street
Eimer & Amend
Third Ave
W. H. Whisenant
San Antonio Drug Co
Maverick
Lewis Maverick
Het
Carnation Milk
Iorraras Toasties
Rybody
Chicago
Geissze Wood Work Company
Watcchman
Diocese of
United Workers
The
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Island
New Texas
Henry R. Mallory
Miami
Mallory
Southern Pacific Lines
Southern Pacific Steamships
Morgan Line
New Orleans and
Landa’s Park
New Braunfels
Southern Pacific
ALL Steel
California
Northwest
Apache Trail
Arizona
Nature
Gunter Hotel
Xian
Aristocrat of
the Rails
East Houston St
J. W. King
G. M. Bynum
D.F
T.A
Aransas Pass
Oouston Aval
Galvesto Aran
City
E. Houston St
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