Majority of Barbers Want to Rest Sunday
The San Antonio barbers and shop owners, about 400 workers, largely support a Sunday rest. A 95 percent majority favors closing shops weekly, noting economic need and consistency with other Texas cities. Recent notices and mayoral telegrams from Fort Worth Austin Houston Galveston El Paso show Sunday closures enforced by law.
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San Antonio
Retail Merchants’ Association
Barbers
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
R. F. Milam
Austin
A. P. Wooldridge
Houston
Ben Campbell
Galveston
Yen Union
Z S Fisher
el Paso
C. E. Kelly
James T. Silcock
D. A. Wheeler
Exodus of IWW workers sparks early mobility in Minot
A general exodus of Industrial Workers of the World members begins in Minot North Dakota with officials predicting no further major trouble after street meetings led to rioting and 145 arrests. The move comes as authorities monitor ongoing protests and arrests related to union activities.
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W. W
Minot
N. D
Baseball Game Between Posts D and UCT Draws Attention
At a Post D Travelers Protective meeting in the Menger hotel, Chairman Harrington to report on the baseball game against the San Antonio lodge of United Commercial Travelers. The game set for Saturday afternoon at Block's Stadium, with other meeting topics expected.
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Post D
Travelers’ Protective Association
Menger Hotel
Harrington
San Antonio
United Commercial Travelers
Block's Stadium
County approves warrant for road equipment replacement
Commissioners ordered a warrant drawn payable to the Texas Road Supply company for $650 to replace an April dated contract with a 40 horsepower 1913 model guaranteed to pull four loaded gravel wagons, approved by the quarterly County Auditor’s report.
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Texas Road Supply Company
Pool room youths face juvenile court risk in San Antonio
In San Antonio, six to seven teen boys were taken by Detectives Massey and Harvey on vagrancy charges after being seen frequenting west side pool rooms. Each received suspended $10 fines and were warned to avoid pool halls or be moved to juvenile court. Other items note humane society contacts, ad notices for Degen’s bottle beer, a harness sale arrest, a civil service chemistry exam, and a Gunter hotel clerk appointment.
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Massey and
Harvey
Sayla Sanchez
All Day Basket Picnic Planned by Wells at Grove Avenue
A group plans an all day basket picnic tomorrow at the home of Mr and Mrs Wells on Grove Avenue. Members and friends will meet at ten in the morning at Houston and Navarro streets and depart together on the Hot Wells car line. A Civil Service stenographer exam is in progress in the basement of the federal building and will last about six hours with four applicants.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Hygienic Laboratory
Public Health Service
Washington
Mrs. Wells
Grove Avenue
Houston
Navarro
Hot Wells
Federal
GRAFT CHARGES PROBED IN MISSISSIPPI HEARINGS
Jackson, Aug. 16. The Mississippi legislative investigating committee, after a month and a half of continuous work, begins a week’s rest. No newspaper reporters may attend, and only unfounded reports are given. The panel continues the insane hospital probe, likely unfinished for some time, with evidence to be presented before a grand jury. State institutions are under scrutiny for alleged petty graft and embezzlement.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Legislative Investigating Committee
Duluth Lumber Magnate McAlpine Death Under Cloud of Murder
Duluth millionair e lumberman John McAlpine is found dead in his basement with a bullet wound. Police Chief Trover and a private detective suspect murder while the family argues it was an accidental shooting during a fall with a pistol in his hand and a burglar theory gains plausibility due to a basement window open enough for a person to enter. The case involves nine thousand dollars in accident insurance.
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Duluth
Minn
John McAlpine
Trover
McAlpine
Notice Contractors Bids for Bermann Zadek Remodeling
Notice invites bids for remodeling a building for Bermann Zadek located on West Commerce Street. ERNEST P. BEHLES, Architect. London notes discuss English family statistics and urban demographics, including per cent shares by family size and lone women versus men. An advertisement mentions Foley Kidney Pile for kidney issues.
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Bermann & Zadek
West Commerce Street
Ernest P. Behles
Former page pawn brokers aid Washington scandal explodes
Aug 16 report on J H Michael s former House page accusing Rep E McDermott of Illinois of taking 7500 from a 10000 pawn broker fund to fight the loan shark bill. McDermott allegedly discussed payments, trips to New York, and attempts to suppress testimony amid a tense committee hearing.
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Washington
J. H. McMichaels
House of Representatives
House Lobby Committee
E. McDermott
Illinois
McMichaels
M. M. Mulhall
McDermott
Chicago
District of Columbia
New York
John McDermott
Brewers
George H. Horning
Mulhall
MccMichaels
the Ark
Representative McDermott
Texas firms organized and warned about opiate cough remedies
A Texas notice lists chartered companies including Mineola Cotton Oil Lewisville Cotton Oil Wyche Optical Azle Gin and Milling Farmers Gin Park Place Water Light and Power Kirvin Gin El Paso Tri State Amusement and cautions against cough medicines with opium or morphine while recommending Foley's Honey and Tar Compound from Fischer Drug Co.
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Austin
Tex
Mineola Cotton Oil Company
Mineola
Capital
Claude Wiley
E. E. Carlton
R. Bergfeld
Lewisville Cotton Oil Company
Lewisville
Denton County
Hood Cunningham
W. W. Smith
B. L. Spencer
Wyche Optical Company
Waco
John Wyche
Fred Stander
L. H. Miller
Azle Gin and Milling Company
Azle
Tarrant County
Capital Stock
W. N. McDonald
J. E. Winters
J. F. Rice
Farmers Gin Company of
Prosper
Collin County
C. F. Love
Y. Barron
L. Barron
W. J
A. P. Carter
G. B. Everett
L. R. Lucker
Tri-State Amusement Company
el Paso
Frank 8. Frickelstein
Arthur E. Shuster
A. S. Cochrane
Foley
Fischer Drug Co
Adv
Additions planned for North Loop clubhouse approved
San Antonio Automobile Club directors approved the plans to add a dancing pavilion and dining rooms to the North Loop clubhouse. W A Johnson, lowest bidder, will erect the new structure, guaranteed ready within sixty days. Membership drives progress strongly. Local figures report touring car activity and auto show impressions in Austin and border trips, with various distributors and agents visiting San Antonio.
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North Loop
San Antonio Automobile Club
The
Automobile Clubhouse Company
W. A. Johnson
Local Cars Raise Summer Journeys and New Tours
A series of Studebaker and Franklin owner departures mark the start of summer travels. Dr and Mrs W D McCarty head to Rockport in a six cylinder Studebaker touring car while Dr and Mrs C S Venable and Mr and Mrs Claude Birkhead with family depart for Corpus Christi in a Studebaker 35. L J Trost and L E Whitmer leave for border and territory business in a Franklin roadster. Also a 10000 pound hydraulic truck is showcased by Alamo Auto Sale for Bedell Moore estate, with features explained at the sales room.
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G. A. C. Halff
Alamo Auto Sales Company
Austin
Pierce-Arrow
Paige
Chalmers
Rauch & Lang
Studebaker
W. D. McCarty
Rockport
C. 8S. Venable
Claude Birkhead
Corpus Christi
Eac
L. J. Trost
Birdsong & Potchernick
Franklin Line
L. E. Whitmer
Franklin
Alamo Auto Sale Company
J. H. Savage
Bedell Moore
T Morrow
Th Auto Company
Secretary Daniels Praises Idaho Crew in Newport
Secretary Daniels presented the pennant to the battleship Idaho here today and told the crew there is never time to be ready in a great crisis. He praised their skill and urged preparedness, recalling Woodrow Wilson’s ambition to enter the naval academy and become an officer.
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Newport
R. L
Scretary
Woodrow Wilson
Naval Academy
Obey That Impulse To Take Foley Kidney Pills
An advertisement urges readers to obey the impulse to try Foley Kidney Pills for backache sore kidneys and rheumatic aches. The copy claims the pills cooperate with nature to heal strengthen and tone in kidney and bladder disorders, with Fischer Drug Co as the advertiser.
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Nature
Y Fischer Drug Co
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W. Commence Sr
D Sri
Wm. E. Duter
Rochester
St. Anthony Hotel
Jolly Hight Social Club
Madurasz Park
Eugene Artzt Music
Blum Street
A. F. Sitterle
Lowther
Diaz
Applewhite
Pr. O. E. Hicks
Wolf Kruger
Knowlton
Magnolia
Exposition Park
Packard and Stearns-Knight
Crockett
Flour City
Texas Road Supply
Bexar County Humane Society
E. M. Collins
Degen’s
San Antonio Humane Society
Fred Davison
E. Heil
Hicks
Travis
West Find Lake
Degen
Gunter
C. C. Wheeler
Bender
Gunter Hotel
Lucas
Wheeler
Texas Hotel Clerks
Orpheus Dramatic Club
Mississippi
London
England
Garrett
MecMichaels
B. R. Webb
Laredo
Frank Bradley
General Teller
Nuevo Laredo
W. L. Didler
Appersbn
H. Holzhauer
Michelin Tire and Rubber Company
Citizens’ Auto Company
F. B. Swift
del Rio
Woodward Carriage Company
Camal Crown Bottling Works
New Braunfels
Collins Auto Company
Emil Schleyer
Gonzales
Cole
Gar
Sge
Guarantee Motor Car Company
Breeden & Borders of
Yorkton
Woodw. Carriage Company
Daniels
Crack Gunners
I Team
Gibbs Building
Wimer, Richardson & CO
Financial Responsibility
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