Camp Fire Girls hear of infant mortality
Dr. Mary Harper spoke at the Camp Fire meeting at the YWCA on infant mortality. She cited heredity nutrition and surroundings, gave June San Antonio death figures with 53 infant deaths, and taught sterilizing milk at 160 degrees for 20 minutes to reduce deaths. The session also covered food prep care and simple remedies, ending with honor registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Mary Harper
R. Harper
San Antonio
Harper
Bee County Courthouse Opens Final Phase to Full Use
Beeville Texas August 16 The new Bee county courthouse is ready for full official use though minor details remain. The last of the temporary offices has been vacated this week, marking the completion of the building’s occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beevill. Tex
Bee County
Beeville Wins Postoffice Site Approval
Beeville Texas August 16 The Young Men's Progressive league reports Congressman John N Garner has received word that the committee on public buildings and grounds approves a building on the postoffice site in Beeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeville
Tex
Young Men's Progressive League
John N. Garner
Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Dr Pierce Remedy for Women Endorsed by Lincoln Resident
A Lincoln woman testifies to relief from long standing female troubles after using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Lotion Tablets. The ad promotes the remedy as safe with no narcotics or alcohol and cites Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo as creator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
The
Tavalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of
Buffalo, N. Y
Lizzie M. Hessnermer
Lincoln
Neb
C” St
Dr. Pierce
Maxes
Dr. Perce
Dodson's Liver Tone Promoted By Local Drug Store
Fischer's Drug Store advertises Dodson's Liver Tone a pleasant vegetable liquid to soothe the liver ease constipation and biliousness without diet changes. The ad claims no harmful after effects and guarantees a full refund if it fails to liven the liver priced at 50 cents per bottle with warnings to beware imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer's Drug Store
Dodson
Fischer's
South Heights Fires Destroy Three Dwellings
Last night three South Heights homes burned amid low water pressure and slow fire response, totaling about 4000 dollars in losses. Fire crews from No 3 and No 7 battled heat and distance, with possible incendiary origins in Broussard’s Essex street cottage and other structures on Delkers and Oelkers streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Heights
City Fire Department
East Commerce
Walnut Streets
South Alamo
John T. Broussard
Essex Street
Broussard
Bishop
Frank Gutierrez
Delkers Street
C. Martinez
Oelkers Street
L. Ramirez
Albert Hehn
Gutierrez
Ramirez
Dairies Urged to Screen Milk Houses and Use Ice
Dr Lee, city bacteriologist, says two thirds of San Antonio dairies serving 81 milk suppliers lack proper screening and under a third use ice. He urges continued health department inspections with an inspector, calling systematic checks essential for clean milk. Some dairies show improvement, while others have made no effort to clean up and should be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
San Antonio
Q. B. Lee
Board of Health
Health Department
Hookworm Prevalence Prompts Free Dispensaries in East Texas
Director M H Boerner of the state hookworm commission reports after an East Texas probe that 80 percent of parents in Angelina county and 20 percent in Trinity county tested positive for hookworm. He plans five free dispensaries in each county next week.
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Austin
Tex
M. H. Boerner
State
Texas
Angelina County
Trinity County
Chaperons Join Trip to New Braunfels Dance
Miss Anne Copeland will motor to New Braunfels tonight to attend a dance hosted by A. and M. college boys camping there. In another car Mrs. R. H. Wester will chaperon Misses Mary Wester and Edna Hooker, Otto Paulman, and William Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florentine Heilig
New Braunfels
Anne Copeland
A. and M. College
R. H. Wester
Mary Wester
Edna Hooker
Otto Paulman
William Church
Journalist on World Tour Visits San Antonio
Henry J. Meadows a New York free lance reporter on a round the world trip passed through San Antonio on his way home. He stayed at the Menger hotel from Hankow China and described riots executions and wholesale punishments during the Chinese upheaval. Meadows plans to publish a story about his voyage and will proceed northward today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Meadows
New York
Free Lance
San Antonio
Menger
Hankow
China
Mr. Meadows
The
Meadows
Orient
North Oday
Four Hundred Bales Ginned in Dilley This Season
In Dilley Texas on August 16 the season reports four hundred bales of cotton ginned with both gins at full operation. A labor demand exists for pickers offering 60 to 75 cents per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilley
Tex
Cotton market in Taylor sees large mid August shipment
La Delia of Cotton reports 360 bales sold in Taylor on August 16 bringing August total to 1437 bales. The volume is described as exceptionally large for this early in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Delia
Taylor, Tex
Taylor
Dr Keeling Returns to City Dental Office
Dr Keeling, a noted local dentist, has resumed practice in the Moore Building at Office 517. The announcement confirms his return to the city and his continued service to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Keeling
Moore Building
Hotel Personalities At San Antonio Inns
Multiple visitors and residents check into hotels around San Antonio including Tim J. Moore in the Savoy and H B Cobba at the Gunter. Others arrive or stay at the Menger Crockett St Anthony and related spots. The list notes names from Nashville to New York with several local officials and clerks among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Helberg
Houston
Crockett
H. Bolanos
New Jersey
Savoy
T. W. Lacy
St. Anthony
O. L. Niccolls
Marfa
E. L. Bagley
Fort Worth
Menger
T. P. McDonald
Dallas
Gunter
L.S. Bosworth
New Orleans
E. Martins
A. N. French
New York
S. C. Armstrong
Austin
Receiver Appointed for Bexar Drug Company in San Antonio
Creditors of the Bexar Drug company secured a receivership in the Seventy third district court with Judge Claude W. Birkhead presiding. Debts exceeding 10 000 include 1975 owed to San Antonio Hotel company owners of the Gunter hotel building. L G Wilder named receiver under a 6000 bond. business to continue under his direction with Riebe Undertaking Co auto ambulance service at 221 East Commerce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar Drug Company
Claude W. Birkhead
Seventy-third District Court
San Antonio Hotel Company
Gunter Hotel
L. G. Wilder
Pastors to Discuss Turning Churches Into Social Centers
Protestant pastors in San Antonio will meet at the YMCA on Monday to consider making churches social and recreational hubs for neighborhoods. The plan includes Open Church hours, weekday activities, libraries, game rooms, and later gymnasiums to expand church use beyond Sundays and Wednesday prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Ministers’ Union
Young Men's Christian Association
State to Probe Malta Fever Reports in Edwards and Valverde
Austin Texas August 16 State Health Officer Steiner said the department will launch a searching investigation into reports of Malta fever. The inquiry targets goat herds in Edwards and Valverde counties and potential human cases alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Steiner
Malta
Edwards
Valverde
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Doctor Pierce
the Growers of India Tea
Uuth Heights
Mien
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Ruth Finch
Pi Sigma Club
West Poplar Street
Charles Burch
Oakland
Cal
West
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Beatrice Jones
Florence McNelly
Black Ranch
Mrs. G. Black
Lottie Cotton
California
J. HH. Paslick
Stockton
Emmie Currey
Galveston
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Kerrville
Lizzie Farquhar
Mrs. V. A. Petty
St. Girard’s Parish
Tommie Anderson
Cecilia Schneider
Miss Schneider
Mrs. S&s. Brooks and Son
R. B. Webb
Erna Webb
San Marcos
J. T. Laux
Marie Roberts
Sidney Moore
Seguin
Jay Washer
Crockett Snyder
Tim J. Moore
Nashville, Tenn
H. B. Cobba
A. W. Beekly of
Tampico
the St. Anthony
J. D. Currie of
the Menger
N. M. Tucker
Franklin
Cc. U. Hunt
St. Louis
Robert G. Brown
Major Armstrong
Katherine
W. B. Murphy
J. M. Dobie
Cotulla
John J. Jefferson
Jefferson County
W. A. Armstrong
Joske Bros. Company
Tarpon
Rockport
Corpus Christi
W. E. Mease
Mineral Wells
Mease
Jimmie Derrington
Frank Newton
F. Davis
Geputy
Couurtouse
Birkhead
Riebe Undertaking Co
Nadine
Aes
National Toilet Company
Paris
Tam
Gunter Office Building
Fast
Walter H. Whisenant
Star Floral CO
Chris. Hauser, JR
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