Plan to Make Texas Food Self Sufficient via Rail Alliance
Texas chamber of commerce and railroads aim to build a live at home food policy. Meetings in southwest towns to mobilize farmers with bankers and business leaders, literature, and expert addresses. Coordinated effort to curb imports and boost grain crops and vegetables across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Chamberlain
Joint
Bankers and Chamber of Commerce Food and Feed Committee
San Antonio
Fred Terrell
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
J. K. Beretta
National Bank of Commerce
D. E. Colp
Highway League
George J. Roark
Chamberlain
Terrell
Madison
Sap
Bruce
The
International
Houston
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Evans
Katy
Atkinson
Southern Pacific
H. M. Mayo
Joint Committee
Blomeyer
S. A
Southwest
Local Leaders Seek Cooperative Feed Program at Luncheon
Speakers including Mr Beretta discuss a non panic push for more feed and food to address the hour’s needs. They propose stockmen cooperate with farmers by allotting cattle for feeding with excess sorghum grain. The luncheon at the Gunter Hotel followed a chamber luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beretta
Chamberlain
Gunter Hotel
Campaigners' Last Day in Bexar County Food Campaign
The final day in the food and feed drive saw three regular and two special committees depart the Chamber of Commerce to visit school houses not yet reached. They plan to report results Saturday and then assist farmers' needs. Regular groups target Idlewild, MacDona, Von Ormy Hoffmann, Mackey, Edgewood Los Reyes, Helotes, Evers. Special groups visit Harlandale and Roberts school houses. A colored excursion to Seguin May 10 offers a $1 round trip on the Southern Pacific, leaving 9:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar
Chamber of Commerce
F. Wolfe
Charles Hansen
William Hanson
Ed R. Kane
Idlewild
MacDona
von Ormy
W. G. Hand
L.S. Biegar
Prof
Charles Letteer
Hoffman, Mackey
Edgewood
J. M. Vance
J. A. McCaleb
E. E. Davis
R. L. Barclay
Los Reyes
Helotes
Evers
W. M. Morgan
Fred Terrell
C. C. Gibbs
T. S. Minter
Harlandale
D. E. Colp
G.S. Wehrwein
W. W. Evans
B. M. Sheldon
Roberts School
Band Concert Sunday by San Antonio Municipal Band
The San Antonio Municipal Band directed by William H. Smith with Madame Alicia Petitclerc plays Sunday at 3 30 p m in Brackenridge Park. The program includes Overture Janecek, Fantasia Carmen Echoes Wald, trumpet solo Gee, Idyle Eleanor, La Golondrina, Love in Idleness, Cocoanut Dance, On the Field of Glory and The Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
William H. Smith
Alicia Petitclerc
Brackenridge Park
America
S. J. Janecek
A. Herman
Carmen
Bizet
Lee A. Flores
Eleanor
J. L. Deppen
Bee
A. Sullivan
Herman March
Pyse Brooks
San Antonio Taxpayers Notice April 9 1917
Taxpayers in San Antonio are urged to pay the 1916 city taxes promptly to avoid interest at six percent per year and a two percent monthly penalty for up to five months, with a May 31 1917 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Shameful behavior sparks heated exchange in Birmingham
Mrs Jagsby condemns the visit home in a disheveled state while Mr Jagsby defends his washing companions as more shameful. They telephoned their wives to fetch them, highlighting a rowdy social incident from the Birmingham Age-Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jagsby
Mr. Jagsby
Birmingham Age-Herald
Tiz cures aching feet claims in old ad copy
Advert says Tiz relieves sore tired feet from long standing and draws out poisonous exudations causing puffiness. It promises instant relief from pain in corns callouses and bunions. Box costs 25 cents and will keep feet comfortable for a year according to the claim.
W. W. King Named Receiver for Artesian Belt Railway
Judge Chambliss names San Antonio attorney W. W. King as receiver for the Artesian Belt railway from Macdona to Christine after insolvency claims by Commonwealth Bank and West Texas Bank. King filed a $100,000 bond. road owes about $130,000. He now controls railroad property amid estate and executor disputes involving Simmons heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Chambliss
Jourdanton
W. W. King
San Antonio
King
American Surety Company
Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
Commonwealth Bank
Simmons
J. T. Sluder
Seventy-third District Court
Blewett Lee Sees Grant Unity Across North and South
Blewett Lee general solicitor of the Illinois Central Railroad spoke at Galena on Grant's birthday, praising Grant for easing Reconstruction burdens and earning enduring respect across the South. He noted no harsh Southern words for Grant and affirmed national unity and shared pride in emancipation. A later note touts a T. P. A. rail ad offering a Victoria trip May 3 for $4.55 round trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena, Ill
Blewett Lee
Illinois Central Railroad
Stephen Dill Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant
Republic
Charity Pupil play by Philomathean Debating Club
San Antonio High School presented The Charity Pupil a four act drama Thursday at the Young Woman's Christian Association in honor of the San Antonio branch of the Southern Association of College Women. The action centers on boarding school life in Johnson Hall with a large cast led by Frances Cocke Ruth Roby Edith Schneider and Jimmy Tom Osborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomathean Debating Club
San Antonio High School
Charity
Young Woman's Christian Association
San Antonio
Southern Association of College Women
Johnson Hall
Charity Pupil
Frances Cocke
Bernice
Edith Schneider
Jimmy Tom Osborne
Florence
Juanita Baskin
Clarice
Ruth Roby
Ethel
Eugenia Lightfoot
Kitty
Mary Davidson
Esther
Ruth Dunnica
Hettie
Helen Callahan
Miss Langley
Ruth Baily
Miss Green
Mary Bowen
Olive
Carrie Lee Gresham
Betty
Marjorie Cameron
Joyce
Martha Bradshaw
Supreme Court refuses Medina dam case writ
The Supreme Court declined to review the Medina dam litigation. The order upholds Floyd McGown as federal receiver of the properties, with a direct appeal still pending before the Court. Attorneys differ on whether the ruling will affect irrigation from the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Medina Dam
J. Brooks
Minor
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Floyd McGown
Circuit Court
Native Hawaiian identity questioned in Paria couture critique
A dialogue questions a performer's claimed Hawaiian origins while noting her Paria clothing, Tin Pan Alley song, and a New York makeup box shaping her golden brown skin tone. The exchange highlights staged ethnicity and commercial fashion influences in a Birmingham publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Tin Pan Alley
New York
Rmingham Age-Herald
Wisconsin Senator Raguse Expelled From State Senate
Milwaukee Socialist Senator Frank Raguse was expelled from the Wisconsin Senate for contempt and disorderly conduct after a controversial "Remember the Maine" patriotism remark. The 30 to 3 vote followed a bar-of-the-Senate retraction demand. Raguse refused to sign and said he would run again. Official notice sera tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Frank Raguse
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Senate
Wisconsin
Senate
Raguse
Wilson
Maine
Secretary of State
Danish Woman Regains Health After Pinkham Remedy
Mrs. Meta Damgaard-Matzan of Chicago reports improved health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes back pain relief, headaches, fatigue, and loss of appetite improved after two bottles, praising the product for female troubles including inflammation and irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Meta Damgaard-Matzan
Kimball Ave
Ill
Assaulted and Robbed Man Taken for Treatment at Hotel
A. T. Secrest a school terson registered at the LaBargeotel South Alamo street was assaulted and robbed of several dollars shortly after 12 oclock Friday while en route to the hotel He was taken to Robert B Memorial Hospital for treatment A Secrest is a native of Ohio who came here from Oklahoma City several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Secrest
LaBargeotel
Alamo Street
Robert B. Memorial Hospital
M Secrest
Ohio
Oklahoma City
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