Dimmed headlights ordinance eyed by San Antonio motorists
E A Kalkhurst of Alamo Auto urges simple dimming device for cars without double headlights as city considers an ordinance. San Antonio Automobile Club directors meet at 8:30 tonight in Chamber of Commerce offices to review Chapa traffic ordinances and discuss recommendations on using powerful headlights within city limits as Dr W A Hering, club president, spoke this morning.
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E. A. Kalkhurst
Alamo Auto Sales Company
San Antonio Automobile Club
Chamber of Commerce
Chapa
F. A. Chapa
W. A. Hering
Hering
City clubs and motoring talk fill busy San Antonio scene
Local notices report ongoing clubhouse work and dining room additions, plus a push by D E Colp and rivals to win the Patterson medal with a double century run. New car arrivals include a Hudson, Franklin models, and a Studebaker 25 as Ben Hammond makes another purchase. a Mission San Jose loop crash prompts calls for bunkers while Curtis Scovell’s Cadillac sustains damage and Mrs Scovell is bruised.
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Ford Sales Company
Mission San Jose
Ford
Curtis Scovell
Dallas
Local car sales highlight 1914 models and buyers
Franklin Little Six touring draws buyer Mr Hammond while six year driver praises Franklin reliability. Rockport couple Mrs Beal Sneed accept delivery of a 1914 Cadillac touring car. Bedell Moore estate receives a five ton Pierce Arrow hydraulic truck from Alamo Auto Sales for coal hauling and construction at Avenue C and Travis. Kerrville's Scott Schreiner reports Hudson Six and Pierce Arrows arrival. Harold Joske already purchased one. G A C Halff departs for Waco to view the 1914 Pierce Arrow Chalmers Paige and Rauch & Lang exhibit in San Antonio. Gon gales agent Emil Schleyer returns home driving a 1914 Cole Six. Corpus Christi Chaddick notes four 1914 orders without a demonstrator. Hudson salesroom hosts buyers.
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J. Beal Sneed
Rockport
Alamo Auto Sales Company
Pierce-Arrow
Bedell-Moore
Bedell and Moore
Avenue C and
Travis Street
Pierce-Arrows
Harold Joske
G. A. C. Halff
Waco
Chalmers, Paige and Rauch & Lang
San Antonio
Emil Scheleyer
Cole
Gongales
Schleyer
Firit
Dr. Chaddick
Hudson
Corpus Christi
Hudson Company
Chaddick
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a hot weather tonic that enriches the blood strengthens the whole system and helps withstand the depressing effects of summer. Price listed as 50 cents.
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GROVE
Fire destroys Curtis home and stock at Harlandale
Fire last Friday afternoon gutted T. B. Curtis’s six room bungalow at 603 Stonewall avenue Harlandale. Loss estimated at 4700 includes 35 chickens and hogs burned. Curtis injured by falling timber while saving 75 dollars. Money burned with the flames. Origin unknown. No city fire alarm. Insurance of 2600 carried.
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T. B. Curtis
Stonewall Avenue
Harlandale
Curtis
Garden party honors Miss Geneva Grunder of Cuero
Miss Norma Friedrich compliments Miss Geneva Grunder at a Cuero garden party hosted in the evening at Dwyer Avenue. Ladies' Aid Society at Beacon Hill Baptist Church hosts a six to ten p.m. fundraiser on the church lawn for building fund. Tobin Hill Circle of Travis Park Methodist hosts Missionary Society at four p.m. in Philathea rooms.
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Norma Friedrich
Geneva Grunder
Cuero
Dwyer Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Beacon Hill Baptist Church
Tobin Hill
Travis Park Methodist Church
the Missionary Society of the Church
Philathea
Veteran Policeman Dies After Streetcar Injury
Luciano Leal, 65, longtime police officer and former Texas Ranger, died after being struck by a Stock Yards street car on Durango street Saturday night. He expired at 2:30 Sunday morning at P and 8 Hospital. Funeral at 4 from 516 Ruiz street. interment at San Fernando cemetery. Leal had earlier injuries from a year ago incident and had not fully recovered. He also served as a government scout during the Indian wars.
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Luciano Leal
Wne
Stock Yards
Ruiz Street
San Fernando
Seal
Durango Street
Leal
South Medina Street
Texas Rangers
Social News From San Antonio Society Pages
Mrs. Alex Acmietz of Bandera visits Mrs. Kate Stegle while young society girls plan a swimming party for Miss Geneva Grunder of Cuero at log Wells with post swim refreshments. Mrs. T. N. Friedrich and son travel to Mineral Wells and Weatherford for several weeks. Mrs. O. K. Shannon and daughter return to Fort Worth after visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shannon. Miss Florentine Heilig visits New Braunfels with Miss Norma Heilig. Miss Myrtle Clark hosts slumber party with Elsa Shaw Roberta Stovall Anna Peterson Nueda Hurt Sallie Cocke Edna McMullen Edith Cocke Katherine Hurt Ethel Midgett Cora Midgett Mrs. Peterson Mrs. Clarke Pauline Huck Ruby Clarke Hilda Martin. General Stanley Circle No. 3, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, to banquet at 7 pm tomorrow at Knights of Pythias hall in San Antonio Loan & Trust building for fifth anniversary. comrades and families invited. Miss Millie Nordmann returns from Galveston Houston after weeks away. Miss Kate Nentwig returns from Kansas City visit. Mrs. Felthouse and Blanche Felthouse back from Galveston after weeks away. Miss Elizabeth Taliaferro returns to Houston after visit to Miss Christie Moore. Mrs. Kate Stegle to visit daughter in Globe Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Stegle of Little Rock guests in San Antonio. Mr. M Capp Jewish evangelist from Kansas City to hold nightly meetings in tent at S Hackberry and Aransas Avenue. attendees urged. Take South Heights car, no collections.
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Myrtle Clark
Alamosa Street
Elsa Shaw
Roberta Stovall
Anna Peterson
Nueda Hurt
Sallie Cocke
Edna McMullen
Edith Cocke
Katherine Hurt
Ethel Midgett
Cora Midgett
Peterson
Mrs. Clarke
Pauline Huck
Ruby Clarke
Hilda Martin
General Stanley
The
Grand Army of the Republic
Knights of Pythies
San Antonio
M. Capp
Kansas City
S. Hackberry and
Aransas Avenue
Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene in Buffalo
Secretary General Thomas A. Storey announced the Buffalo hosted congress week of August 25 will attract about 5000 delegates from major nations. The program features over 300 speakers addressing school child health with Dr. Charles W. Eliot serving as president. Buffalo raised 40,000 dollars by subscription and 35,000 dollars via a bond issue to cover expenses.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas A. Storey
the Buffalo
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Congress
Segregation Opposed By NAACP to Wilson
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People appealed to President Wilson to oppose federal government segregation of black and white workers in Washington. The group argues such action would inflict injustice, fuel racial outrages, and curb black promotion prospects.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
Post D Changes Officers
Post D Travelers' Protective Association met yesterday with the president Harry Holz resigning. Tom M. Dechman became president and a boosters meeting was set for next Saturday night. Officers now are Tom M. Dechman president, George Lorwetn first vice president, Tom Miller second vice president.
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Post D
Travelers’ Protective Association
Harry Holz
Tom M. Dechman
George Lorwetn
Tom Miller
Southwest championship tennis opens under clear skies in Dallas
In Dallas on August 18 under clear skies the first annual Southwest championship tennis tourney opens at 2 30 pm with 32 singles players and 20 doubles teams from Texas Arkansas Oklahoma and Missouri. Rol and Hoerr of St Louis team with Robert Geen of Dallas and Adone and Shelton southern doubles champions enter doubles starting tomorrow. Sugar mills near San Benito face receivership as W C Shaw allegedly fails to operate the mills. Judge Calhoun schedules a September 1 hearing in the San Benito Sugar Company case.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Roland Hoerr
St. Louis
Robert Geen
Adone
Shelton
Calhoun
Swift & Company beef sales reach 8.92c per lb in San Antonio
Advertisement notes weekly average price of fresh beef at Swift & Company in San Antonio for the week ending August 16. An unrelated ad invites readers to the West Texas Fair in Kerrville, Texas in August 2022 with a welcome message from management.
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Swift & Company
San Antonio
Kerrville
Texas
Cochran Estate Valued at 75000 in Probate Filing
The will of the late Judge T. B. Cochran of Austin was filed for probate in the county court. The estate is valued at 75000 and was executed on March 26, 1909. It names Mrs. Bessie Cochran as executrix without bond, with most of the estate left to her and the judge’s five children. She is to manage the estate until the youngest child reaches 25.
Literary Club Meeting Planned for Tomorrow Afternoon
The K. K. Literary Club will meet at 8 30 oclock tomorrow afternoon with Misses Stella Frances and Florence Vodrie.
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K. K
Stella
Frances
Florence Vodrie
Murder Theory Strengthened in Duluth Inquest
In Duluth on August 18 the inquest into John McAlpine's death, a wealthy lumber magnate shot last Friday in his basement, adjourned but expected to finish today. Police chief Troyer and officials say exhaustive tests show self destruction would have been impossible and that the fatal shot came from a foot or more from the head.
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Duluth
Minn
John McAlpine
Troyer
Heavy Rain Breaks Drought in Rockdale
Heavy rain ends drought in Rockdale Texas on August 18 bringing relief from heat and revived crops. The flooding and labor shortage are noted as workers leave town to tend cotton fields amid the rainfall.
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Rockdale
Tex
Perfect Health Woman's Crown of Glory
An ad extols women aging gracefully and guarding against female illnesses as key to happiness. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is presented as nature’s remedy for organic disturbances, touting nearly forty years of successful use.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Paris Studio Dreams Stir Helen’s Long-Dormant Ambitions
In Paris Helen reunites with Marion Berkley, now a struggling artist in the Latin Quarter. Marion tours her dusty bohemian studio, shares hunger and hope, and recalls their schooldays ambition to write and illustrate a great work. Helen learns of Marion’s life, the art world’s risks, and hints of her own latent ambitions reigniting.
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Paris
Marion Berkley
Helen
Latin Quarter
Marion
Warren Curtis
Boulevard St. Michel
Boston
Sielen
Warren
Helen Harries
Madame Jouven's
Victims of Accident Reported Improving
Charles W. Ling and W. L. Fegan, building contractors, were injured when a southbound Katy train struck their car near New Braunfels. Both men are not seriously hurt and are at Santa Rosa Hospital. Ling drove. Fegan attempted to jump but was dragged briefly. The car was wrecked. weeds at the crossing may have obscured the train’s approach. Ling lives at 218 Victoria street and Fegan at 1012 San Pedro avenue.
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Charles W. Ling
W. L. Fegan
Katy
New Braunfels
Santa Rosa Hospital
Sin Antonio
Ling
Fegan
Victoria Street
Mr. Fegan
San Pedro Avenue
Cherry and Milk Diet Fatal in Seim Ranch Family
Two of Joseph Leveille’s sons near Seim died after eating cherries then drinking milk. Doctors say the combination produced an acid that caused their deaths within minutes. The accident occurred in Bellfourche area on August 18.
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Bellfourche
Joseph Leveille
Seim
In His Private Capacity Doctor Ice Cream Answer
In the Chicago Tribune quotation a doctor weighs a joking response to a hot weather question. He suggests ice cream as a preferred remedy. The exchange mirrors light, witty tone typical of the era’s social pages.
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Chicago Tribune
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