Defer Action On Railroad Proposition Referred To Committee
The Chamber of Commerce referred Dr. A. A. Luther’s plan for a standard gauge railroad from San Antonio to San Angelo via Medina dam to a joint five-man committee from the board and five from general membership. No action was taken. a report will guide any decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Luther
San Antonio
San Angelo
Medina Dam
Chamber of Commerce
Menger Hotel
Dr. Luther
Jake Wolff
Luther
Marshall Eskridge
Eskridge
T. T. Jackson
Saturday Evening Post
Frederick Terrell
S. B. Weller
Congress
L. B. Clegg
James R. Davis
Morris Sheppard
John H. Atwood
Kansas City
National Democratic Executive Committee
Atwood
Traction Company to Expand Car Barns as New Street Cars Arrive
The Traction Company plans to repurpose the old Tenth street barns to house cars as thirty new steel street cars arrive this month, boosting in-service total to about 2 800. Vice President W B Tuttle says minor improvements will ready the barns within two weeks, with deliveries due late this month or early September. The $120 000 purchase adds 36 seat cars to the fleet, and the Tenth street facility covers half a block from Ninth to Tenth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traction Company
W. B. Tuttle
Tenth Street
Ninth Street
San Antonio Traction Company
San Antonio Street Railway Company
The
Tuttle
San Antonio Girls Lead High-Dive Event At New Braunfels Rally
A Red Cross rally and picnic at Landa's Park New Braunfels features high diving by San Antonio girls and performances by Miss Mollie Moore pupils college singers and a First Illinois Artillery baseball game. The Mess Hall committee reports numerous donations of cash chickens and other supplies from residents and local cafes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Landa's Park
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Mollie Moore
Chili Stand
Thelma
Mexico
Tuesday Musical Club
New Braunfels Tigers
Illinois Artillery
Margaret Graham
Laura Virginia Adams
Katherine McGown
Edith Chabot
Grace McClannahan
Adele Shaw
Ruth Shaw
Hazel Shaw
Virginia McFarland
Jean Aubrey
Mary Aubrey
Constance Ball
Katherine Coolidge
Elizabeth Armour
Adelaide Campbell
Louis Beck
Selma
Alfred Brand
Kneupper
Ackerman
Geise
White Horse Tavern
Manhattan Cafe
Tom's Cafe
Postoffice Cafe
Maverick Cafe
Travelers’ Cafe
Saratoga Cafe
Boston Dairy Lunch
Boston Lunch
L. W. Russell
M. M. Kane
B. F. Kingsley
James Chalkey
E. F. Maxwell
D. W. Carroll
B. B
Edgar Birch
Louis Pape
Jacob Klaus
Charles Klaus
San Francisco
Emma Doebbler
Louis Meyer
Max Baetz
William Apperman
E. Peltzer
E. J. Mudd
E. Goetz
Gus Graebner
H. Dunlop
H. Schmidt
John Umscheid
Gery
B. Schwegman
Ed Schunke
E. Neuman
Frank Reilly
Atlanta Elk Stands Tallest In World At 6 Foot 10
H C Clark of Atlanta Ga stands 6 feet 10 inches in his stockings and weighs 290 pounds visiting the Menger Hotel in San Antonio He holds the title of tallest Elk in the world after winning at the Baltimore B P O E convention There the smallest Elk was Lord Robert Kanter 34 years old 27 inches high 26 pounds Clark plans to invest in San Antonio real estate and become a permanent resident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Clark
Atlanta
San Antonio
Menger Hotel
Robert Kanter
Lord Robert
Clark
Boxes of Good Things Sent to Texas Troops
A care package from St. John's and Grace English Lutheran churches shipped Tuesday to Companies A C and D Second Texas Infantry at Donna includes towels canned fruit tobacco gum soap pencils and postal cards. Troop C Texas Cavalry in the Big Bend district also received remembrance. Mrs W P Rote and Mrs A B Spencer oversee the effort with plans for another box and calls for home made preserves and pickles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Texas Infantry
Donna
Tex
St. John’s
Grace English Lutheran
Texas Cavalry
Big Bend
W. P. Rote
Texas Cavalrymen
San Antonio
Marfa
A. B. Spencer
Army bill praised in House over Fort Sam Houston provisions
Senator Morris Sheppard telegraphed L B Clegg that the army appropriation bill has strong House support and a good chance to pass. He notes the Fort Sam Houston item includes 750 000 for land warehousing and track facilities and will be held in conference unless opposed by House conferees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Clegg
Chamber of Commercce
Morris Sheppard
United States
Senate
Fort Sam Houston
Sheppard
Clegg
House of Representatives
Army
House
Obituary notices from San Antonio passings
Mrs Tunis Rheinhart age 45 died at a San Antonio hospital Monday afternoon. Native of Mexico she had lived in San Antonio 25 years. Funeral from 303 Stafford Street at 4 PM Tuesday. Interment in National Cemetery. Mrs Missouri Nichols age 44 body held by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co. Miss Ruth C Stites age 19 died at her mother’s home in San Antonio. Native of Ohio lived in Texas five years, four years in San Antonio. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis Rheinhart
San Antonio
Mexico
Stafford Street
National Cemetery
Missouri ,Nichols
Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company
Ruth C. Stites
Grace C. Stites
Ohio
Texas
Winter tourist rates to San Antonio moved up two weeks
The regular winter tourist rates to San Antonio from the North and East take effect October 1 instead of mid October due to high inquiries from people visiting militia camps on the border. A. R. Atkinson of the Southern Pacific cites no reply to August rate requests and notes roads plan more trains to Texas as thousands visit militia men now on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
A. R. Atkinson
Southern Pacific Railroad
Houston
Atkinson
Hotel manager L. Peterson takes charge of Corpus Beach Hotel
Corpus Christi Texas August 1 L Peterson manager of Casa Ricardo Kingsville and La Playa Rockport has assumed charge of the Corpus Beach Hotel here He is widely known among Texas hotel men. The note includes modern quips from local readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
L. Peterson
Kingsville
Rockport
Corpus Beach
Peterson
Notable Visitors Stay at San Antonio Hotels
Dallas resident W W Morris Jr visits St Anthony while W B Oats of Waco stays at the Menger. Boston's Cammond and Baltimore's Goddard are in town for the week, with others from New York Houston Austin and Kansas City lodging at the Gunter St Anthony and Menger as they travel to Billings Montana or conduct business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Morris, Jr
Dallas
St. Anthony
W. B. Oats
Menger
Cc. R. Cammond
Boston
Houst
Gunter
Billings
Montana
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G. A. Duebler Manufacturing CO
San Antonio, Texas
Paris
Garters
A. Stein & Co
York
Children’s Hickory Gartery
Chicago
Dromgoole
E. Houston St
Avenue C
Richard Lawrence
Guenther Milling Co
Newton, Weller, Wagner Co
Weiderman Commission Company
Amos Graves
Kuntz- Albaugh Lumber Co
O. Hanzal
Katheryn Cleaver
C. C. Witchell
A. L. Neaglin
Buratovich
Gates
Jud
A. Standt
J. Quigley
M. Bolin
L. Heyman
V. Standt
A. Bacon
M. C. Wilson
W. Kelso
Isabella
Austin
Arge
H. J. Wagner
Coal and Wood Sunset Wood CO
Gunter Building
Phone Crockett
Talon
Chas. Zoller
Dolorosa St
H.C. Clark
Padre Island
Corpus Christ
Boy Scouts
West Indies
Panama
Gulf of Mexico
Yonkers Statesman
Sora
Ford
Detroit
New
Ford Motor CO
Commerce St
Missouri Nichols
Frank Bros
Big League” Sale
Palm Beach
Brighton
Shelley-Lori Undertaking Co
Beach Hotel
Newedd
Boston Transcript
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