County tax rate set at 81 cents for roads and utilities
County officials project a 1916 17 tax rate not exceeding 51 cents per $100 valuation, with the combined state rate at 45 cents. The total state and county rate should drop to about 95 cents, driven by valuation increases and road maintenance needs. Funding shifts include enlarging the road maintenance appropriation and securing hospital juvenile home centa us disease hospital support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van H. Howard
County Commission
Howard
Centaus
Unty
City
How French Gunners Handle Giant 40 Cm Shells
A sequence shows four men loading a huge forty centimeter shell into a French gun breech while a supervisor directs. The shell is encased in a steel band with a large eye, and a traveling crane lifts the projectile to the breech for insertion.
Budget Figures Vowed to Carry County Into Next Fiscal Year
A Thursday statement asserts the figures for the budget are sufficient to sustain the county through the upcoming fiscal year. The plan aims to fund new improvements or maintain existing projects, ensuring revenue for ongoing needs and construction.
Mrs Lillian Antoine Dies in San Antonio Hospital
Mrs Lillian Antoine 33 died at a San Antonio hospital at 11 45 p m Wednesday She was born in Louisiana and came from Biloxi Mississippi six months ago Survived by husband four children her mother and several brothers and sisters in Louisiana Funeral 5 pm Thursday at Shelley Loring chapel Interment in St Marys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Antoine
San Antonio
Louisiana
Biloxi
Miss
Shelley-Loring
St. Mary’s Cemetery
North Texas drives road bond push across multiple counties
D E Colp secretary of the Texas Good Roads Association returns from a three week Northwest Texas tour advocating more than 5 million dollars in road bonds. Campaigns target Bowlge Lamar Parker Denton Delta Red River Dallas Limestone and one more county. Colp notes strong crop outlook and growing interest in good roads while contrasting Texan heat with San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Colp
Texas Good Roads Association
San Antonio
Texas
Colp
Bowtle
Lamar
Parker
Denton
Delta County
Red River County
Dallas County
Limestone County
Nme
McKinney
Texarkana
Yuan Shai-kai Believed in Superstitions and Fate
Associated Press reports Yuan Shai-kai, the late president, was deeply influenced by superstition. He sought fortune tellers and astrologists, feared a short life, and believed his days were numbered. He relied on charms, Chinese doctors, ginseng, and tonics of lion bone and ground deer horns to stay youthful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peking
Yuan Shai-kai
Yuan Shaikai
Questionable remedy helps Highlander heal
A Highlander near recovery suddenly improves after a Scotch piper performs for him. The doctor credits the idea, but the matron notes the other thirty patients relapsed. An Italian inventor introduces an automobile street sweeper spraying pavement to curb dust and collect sweepings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie
Scotland
Civilians to Take Command as Navy Warship Cruise Begins
San Antonio to supply fourteen water rookies aboard the U S Alabama for a one month Atlantic cruise starting August 16 as part of a civilian training fleet. About 2000 civilians nationwide will join the preparedness effort with duties ranging from deck swabbing to firing large naval guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
U. S
Alabama
Charleston
S. C
Atlantic
United States
Texas City
Navy Office
Secretary of the Navy
8. C
Tangier Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Fleet
Latin in seven days at University of Oregon
Betty Schafer aged 18 and Jane Campbell 14 translated a 200 word Latin text in seven days schooling at the University of Oregon. Dr Berle of Cambridge Massachusetts uses the feat to illustrate rapid language learning by linking vocabulary to English derivatives and declension rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Betty Schafer
Jane Campbell
Doctor Berle
Cambridge
Mass
Jane
Betty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oingizomcentuiethee
Shellanto
North Texas
UNA
San Antonians
J. D. Wagoner
T. G. Duckworth
Glover Johns
Edmond M. Notten
Ralph E. Cadwallader
A. A. Stewart
T. F. Pinckney
W. F. Trotter
H. N. Herndon
George Evans
H. H. Batchelder
L. A. Casey
R. A. Richey
New York
San Jacinto
Concho
Comal
Galveston
Mallory Line
Bedell
New Yor
Park
Illinois Millionaire Battery
New Braunfels Tigers
East Houston St
J. W. King, D. F
P. A
G. M. Bynum
C. P
T. A
Pennsylvania
C. A. Baird
Gunter
Tex
Red Cross Rally
New Braunfels
Katy
VIA
New Orleans
Montgomery
Atlanta
Washington
Baltimore Philadelphia
NEW York Express
H. H. Milner
Houston, Texas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
Inois Central
Alaska
South America
Amrae
Havana
Honolulu
Mexico
Edward McClannahan
C.P
T.A
R. Atkinson
D.F
P.A
Houston Street
Gunter Hotel Corner
Aransas Pass
Boerne White Sox
Ahrens
Ott
Boerne
CTTY
Moore
Avenue C
Medina 1
Akae
Eine
Crockett
Carter-Mullaly Transfer Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!