Penny Money Rules in San Antonio Retail Trade
The penny dominates San Antonio commerce, used in wide daily change from trainmen to six cent street fares. Banks rush pennies to outlets including cut rate stores and the Public Service Co. Conductor change, newsboys, ice and drug markets all rely on pennies, while the nickel cigar fades toward substitution.
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Sex Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio Public Service Company
Public Service
Newshboy
Newfoundland Day Law Repeal Moved in Legislature
Premier Sontoe introduced a bill in St Johns Newfoundland to repeal the prohibition law. The plan allows sale of alcohol under definite restrictions modeled on Quebec laws, with the moves discussed in the legislature Tuesday night.
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Johns
N.F
Sontoe
Quebec
Police Officer Endorses Plant Juice in San Antonio
Officer Yeats of the San Antonio Police Department publicizes Plant Juice as relief for stomach troubles after six bottles. He credits the remedy with restored health, appetite, and weight, calling the testimony unsolicited and for public help. The Plant Juice Man operates at Sommer's Drug Store Houston and Navarro, with free samples and availability at other Sommer's drugstores.
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J. C. Feats
San Antonio
Yeats
Houston
Navarro Streets
Officer Yeats
Sommer
Atorca
Son of President Coolidge Wins Hearts at Navy Yard
Norfolk August 6 Hundreds of sailors and marines call John Coolidge a regular guy as he stays aboard the Mayflower guesting with Capt. Adolphus Andrews. He avoids social events ashore but plays tennis with officers and shows surprising baseball skill in the yard and on deck.
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Norfolk
Navy Yard
John Coolidge
Coolidge
Adolphus Andrews
Sailor Lashes to Rigging Aboard Duquesne
Martin Wax ship's boatswain of the Duquesne was lashed to the rigging after a mutinous episode at sea. He faced charges of disobedience and threats to the captain, with reports of heavy drinking and an axe on deck. The crew said he seemed insane before restraint.
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New Orleans
Martin Wax
Shipping Board
Duquesne
England
Atlantic
Pimples and Bumps Advertise Black and White Ointment
Readers warned against unproven skin remedies and urged to trust Black and White Ointment and Soap. The ad claims the products restore clear skin and are economically priced in large packages with a 5c size offering three times value.
School Board Votes Aid in Pay Fray and School Projects
The school board hired the law firm Birkhead and Beckman to aid in the teachers back salary suit. A major health department reorganization was approved with Dr. W. H. Hargis named school physician. Bids totaling 16853 for an addition to Mark Twain junior school were approved, with contracts to A. E. Rheiner land Co for general, West and Gutsell for plumbing and heating, Kirkwood and Wharton for electrical work. Wolff and Marx won library books on cost plus 10 percent. other bids referred. H. B. McCrory won sidewalk work at Ralph Waldo Emerson school.
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Birkhead and Beckman
Henry Lee Taylor
W. H. Hargis
Board of Education
Mark Twain
A. E. Rheinerland Company
West and Gutsell
Kirkwood and Wharton
Wolff and Marx
H. B. McCrory
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Chinese Society Seeks Help for University in Canton
Canton port crowds and coast city chaos as Kuo Min Tang in San Antonio appeals for aid to support National Kwantung University. The new Canton university merges Higher Normal, Law and Agriculture colleges with funds from Boxer indemnity and surplus customs. Local leaders Lovie On and Ng Chuck Fung head the chapter. The Pekin government opposes the plan, prompting southern associations to seek assistance.
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Canton
Kuo Min Tang
National Ching Association
San Antonio
Kwangtung Province
National Kwangtung University
Kuo
South China
Pekin
Lovie On
Ng Chuck Fung
New University
Higher Normal College
Law College
Agriculture College
Kwangtung
China
Masons To Hold Renewal Examinations Here Next Monday
District deputy grand master Lonnie Irvin announced that masons holding one and three year certificates may take renewal examinations here next Monday and Tuesday. C N Hardin, member of the committee on work, will conduct sessions beginning Sunday, with 50 to 60 expected to attend. Previously candidates traveled to Waco for exams.
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Lonnie Irvin
C. N. Hardin
Committee On Work
Waco
Irvin
Grand Lodge
Chautauqua Praised by Coolidge Letter
President Coolidge sent a congratulatory letter to the Chautauqua Institution for its fiftieth anniversary. He notes seven U S presidents who attended and commends the ongoing work led by President Bester and the devoted staff and attendees.
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Chautauqua
Coolidge
Chautauqua, N
Chautauqua Institution
U. States
Bester
Bulgarian Ministers Flee to Jugoslavia Belgrade
Former Bulgarian ministers Athanasoff and Stoyanoff, jailed for ten years, escaped hospital imprisonment and reached Tzaribrod near the Yugoslav frontier with companions. They stated plans to travel to Dalmatia.
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Jugoslavia
Belgrade
Athanasoff
Stoyanoff
Stamboulisky
Tzaribrod
Jugoslavian
Dalmatia
Parrot Keeps Man Company in Cortland Jail
In Cortland County jail Eugene Graham accused of first degree murder received a parrot as a cell companion. Graham is linked to the ambush killing of laborer John Roads on June 25 as he tended his garden.
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Cortland
Cortland County
Eugene Graham
Graham
John Roads
Home made bomb kills MIT honor student in accident
Cleveland authorities investigate the death of 20 year old Harry Tunte an MIT honor student killed by a bomb he made as he tried to retrieve it from a comrade Colling Snider, a fellow student, is critically injured in hospital. It is believed the pair were experimenting.
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Cleveland
Harry ‘Tunte
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Colling Snider
Liquor smugglers abandon cargoes near Cape May
In Cape May New Jersey on August 6 five hundred cases of alcohol were left by rum runners after Coast Guard Captain Kent Redgraves surprised them on a beach from a cabin cruiser off the Wishing Creek Inlet six miles above the city. Shots were exchanged as the smugglers fled into woods leaving a blood trail. the cruiser sailed back to sea and disappeared in fog.
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Cape May
N. J
Kent Redgraves
Coast Guard
Wishing Creek Inlet
Bells On Cats Warn Birds Of Dangers
North Andover mass August 6 birds warned of the approach of Richard Russell s cats with bells on collars placed on the necks of the felines to prevent eats on his farm Rueseil suye
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North Andover
Mass
Richard Russell
Russell
Rueseil Suye
Governor Smith Receives Screech Owl At Mansion
Albany reports Governor Smith on vacation in the Adirondacks where two Albany boys captured a screech owl and delivered it to the executive mansion. The cook placed the owl in a cage in the governor’s absence, claiming the governor would be pleased.
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Albany
N.Y
Smith
Adirondacks
Executive Mansion
Schoolmaster 103 Celebrates Birthday on Farm
LBBUDS England Aug 6 Stephen Lewis, once a village schoolmaster at fourteen, celebrated his 103rd birthday on his farm. He has never been ill.
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Stepher Lewis
Romanian peasant sells wife for beer in village court
In Berne on August six a Romanian peasant named Tamas offered to sell his young wife for ten bottles of beer. A second peasant raised the price to twenty. The deal occurred in front of eight witnesses and now the case goes to court. In Oubdoum Iowa a separate item notes Sunday School and church attendance six months as punishment for six youths arrested for shooting craps.
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Berne
Tamas
Tervitet
Oudubon
Iowa
Police use traffic violators as helpers in Chicago program
More than 100 motorists cited for minor infractions appeared before a West Park safety commission, scolded, and given courtesy cards to certify compliance to police. The panel said the aim was to enlist offenders to help enforce traffic laws. An advertisement follows.
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Chicago
Safety Commission
West Park Board
Enfety Commission
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