Battle of Flowers Parade Opens Fiesta Week With Pageant
The Battle of Flowers Parade for Fiesta de San Jacinto will be held Friday afternoon April 28 in San Antonio. The event features the Queen of the Court of Fairies, a long float procession, and numerous decorated vehicles led by Governor Ferguson and staff toward the Alamo. Parade entries include floats, tallies, electrics and auto divisions with many local and visiting dignitaries aboard.
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Battle of Flowers
Texas Independence
Alamo
Ferguson
Titania
Fort Sam Houston
Atlee B
T. J. Nye
C. H. Florian
W. C. Silliman
Victoria
William Cassin
Victoria, Automobile Division
Cyrus B. Lucas
Holman Cartwright
Pryor Lucas
Norma Bonner
Mary Hammond
Margaret Terry
Blanche Haynes
Superior Hose Sale During Carnival Week At Leading Store
It is a regular event on the W. and M. calendar of sales held during Carnival Week. The sale is recognized as the superior hose sale by the leading store with full preparations to meet large demand. Selling prices are set well below current market value. Silk hose demand has spurred heavier purchases and better hose values will be offered in this April sale. Full assortments will be found in nearly all the varieties.
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W. D. Sayers
Morris Stern
Frederick Terrell
J. C. Terrell
H. PD. Thomson
W. &B. Tuttle
George C. Vaughan
Charles Venable
Ivan F. Vick
Adolph Wagner
Leon N. Walthall
A. B. Weakley
J. E. Webb
George W. West
J. Z. Wheat
Frank Winerich
W. M. Wolf
C. G. Wood
J. T. Woodhull
D. J. Woodward
C. A. Zilker
Wright Brothers
Washer Bros. Co
Martin Wright
Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Company
Wolff & Marx Company
Stowers Furniture Company
Powell
Frank Brothers
Tally-has
Get Rid of Freckles with Ethine Double Strength
Promises clear skin and removal of freckles using ethine double strength. Recommends purchasing an ounce from any druggist and applying twice daily with a money back guarantee if no results.
Knights Templars 10 Hold Easter Service
San Antonio Commandery No 7 Knights Templars will hold an elaborate Easter service Sunday at Central Christian Church assembling at the Masonic Temple at 10 o clock in full regalia. Sir knights and families, Masons and their families will attend. Rev Hugh McLellan will preach Life From the Dead with a proessional hymn and choir entry. The service includes scripture by Dr Murray Douglas prelate and a musical program with Hosanna and Largo pieces. It is expected several hundred Masons and members will attend.
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San Antonio Commandery No
Knights Templars
Central Christian Church
Masonic Temple
Hugh McLellan
Murray Douglas
San Antonio Commandery
Lorenz Solo
Lorenz
Fannie Martin
Taster
James Coleman
Offertory
Special offer in photographs at Barr Studio 1916
The Barr Studio at 211% Ave. C advertises for 30 days reduced prices on 7x11, cabinet, and cabinet panel photos. Sealed proposals also invited for screening hospital at Ft. Sam Houston Texas until 11 am April 25 1916 with details from the Quartermaster.
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Barr
Ave. C
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Quartermaster
Press Association Plans Fiesta Week Convention in San Antonio
The Southwest Texas Press Association meets in San Antonio for a three day convention April 27 to 29 at Moose Hall with 100 plus members from within 200 miles. Sessions cover Texas historic landmarks preservation and a 1918 Exposition review with talks by Bishop Shaw Barnes and De Zavalla.
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Southwest Texas Press Association
San Antonio
Moose Hall
J. B. Butler
Edgar Schramm
I. W. Getzendaner
Uvalde
William Cassin
The
Fair Association
George D. Armistead
F. H. Bushick
Selig Deutschmann
Manufacturers’ Club
Swimming Season 10 Opens At Lambert Beach This Afternoon
Lambert Beach at Brackenridge Park prepares for the season opening with a 3 to 7 band concert. Amateur swimmers may enter diving and swimming races with prizes. professionals may perform exhibitions and a purse series may follow. Lions King and Queen move to new cliffside cages at the San Antonio zoo.
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Lambert Beach
Brackenridge Park
Lambert
Lot
San Antonio
San Antonio Zoo
Old City Hospital
Girls To Be Sent Away For Grandmother’s Care
Associated Charities seeks funds to cover railroad fares for two girls ages thirteen and ten to be sent to their grandmother in another state. The grandmother will care for them if possible, but cannot pay travel costs. Mrs. Dan A. Leary notes the case as urgent and hopes donors will provide transportation, aiding the girls’ future by placing them in a different environment.
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Associated Charities
Dan A. Leary
Jitney Owners Aid Fiesta Safety Drive With Scouts
San Antonio Jitney Owners League votes to back Fiesta week safety by police and Boy Scouts. Scouts ride free on jitneys, serve as information bureaus for visitors, and assist with street safety during Fiesta week under Lions’ sponsorship.
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San Antonio
Woodmen Hall
Police Department
Boy Scouts
Order of Lions
Local Hardware Bargains Across Small Tool Assortments
ReadableNonsensical OCR fragment lists assorted hardware items with prices like 10c wire strainers 25c cleavers 35e fly swatters and 40c hammers. Mentions of hatchets chisels pliers and various tool sizes imply a general store or catalog sale advertisement.
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Cummings
Jackson
Avery
Zuercher
Richter
Herbert Clarkson
Geary
Marjorie McGown
H.S. Affleck
Phi Alpha Sigma Club
Russell Hughes
Margaret Graham
Hortense Goldstein
Frances Skinner
Levy Meeks
Mary Howard
Charlotte Newton
Gladys Woods
Fay
Elizabeth Deutz
Ora Witte
Dorothy Hillie
Helene Buss
Katherine Collidge
Margaret Lewis
Edwina Irvin
Helen Irvin
Alice Magruder
Margaret Muller
Elizabeth Ripley
Mary Louise Steele
Virginia Priest
Nancy Pryor
Rose Burnett
Delta Gamma Chi
Lenora Bilhartz
Esther Campbell
Juanita Courtney
Leona Kleck
Alma
Florence Gillespie
Ophelia Scholastien
Estelle Payne
Duchess D'Aosta Society
Morrill School
Sunshine Girls
Edgewood School
Tally-ho Division
San Souci Club
Alma Bantsch
Milly West
Anna Laura Wurzbach
Adele Newman
Alice Wolfe
Stella Cappuyns
Edda Brecher
Bertha West
Mamie White
Elizabeth Banstach
Mamie Yates
Mary Edwards
Ruth McAdams
Tom Richey
Tom Richey and Mrs. Mench. the Outriders Will Be: Robert Baurman, Pete Cappuyns
Rob Newman
Arthur Phein
Joe West
L. Rossmann
Beta Tau Zeta Club
Mildred Johnson
Irving Hicks
Winnie Harrell
Gertrude Kalteyer
Sybil Shippey
Star McDaniel
Olive M. McCormick
Louise Carrington
Mabel Dwyer
Beatrice Williams
Lillian Shipey
Philomathean Club
Ethel Huse
Olivette Wise
Martha Bradshaw
Elizabeth Church
Margaret Church
Edith Thorne
Thelma van Riper
Violet Crain
Margaret Johnson
Lucille Swift
Jesse Mason
Ernestine Riley
Loraine Bailey
Bonnie Lee Farrier
Mary Tom Osborne
Helen Bates
Ruth Baily
Louise Lucas
Bernardine Appleby
Vernon Hightower
H. L. Wagner
Ethel Tyrrell
Ciara May Wagner
Sam Kirkland
John Parks
R. A. Porter
Aure Dean Porter
Robert Noise Porter
Osceola Archer
van Henry Archer
Bishop W. T. Sapers
Julian Onderdonk
J. H
Kirkpatrick, Tom Brown and
R. Clarence Jones
Battle of Flowers Association
Sterling Price Adams
J. F. Atkins
Atlee B. Ayres
Frank Badger
Robert L. Ball
J. P. Barclay
Caroline Barlow
B. G. Barnes
Malvern Hill Barnum
Marie D. Beckmann
Roy Beitel
Sam C. Bell
J. K. Beretta
Eleanor Brackenridge
W. W. Lipscomb
J. S. Lockwood
C. B. Lucas
J. B. McCampbell
Ed McClannahan
Floyd McGown
Ned Mellhenny
J. M. Mellhenny
J. B. Martindale
R. N. Martindale
T. W. Masterson
Hauser
P. D. Hauser
Crockett
Ave
Matthews
Persea
Houston
Ares
Hille
Ohl-Chesters
Lisle
Press Association
Texas
Robert ©. Higgins
San Antonio Press Club
Menger Hotel
Woman's Club
Ernest J
Sutherlana Springs
Southern Pacific
Gink
Kansas City Journal
Germany
W. M. Aikman & CO
Certified Public Accountants
Business and Financial Advisors
Moore Bidg
Tel
Se Cake Turners
Joe Shavere
Eass
Potts
Hanalles
Scott
North Pole
Tee
E. Commerce
Commercial State Bank
A Guaranty Fund Bank
Gunter Hote
S. P. Skinner
Geo. B. Taliaferro
Jos. Rosenfield
Jack W. Neal
V. Dielmann
H. C. Feldman
Mrs.Jot Guter
Z. D. Bonner
Chas Bay 'E
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