San Antonio Clearing House Keeps Banks in Sync
The San Antonio Clearing House, formed January 4, 1907, handles daily bank settlements at Alamo National Bank building. Twelve banks exchange checks via envelopes, tallying credits and debits to settle balances without errands to individual banks. The system proved its value during the 1907 panic by speeding liquidity and reducing interbank trips.
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Alamo National Ank
San Antonio
Therocedure
Bank No. 1
Ernest Brown
San Anonio
Caring House
Clearng House
Fifty years of progress in San Antonio homes
The Martinez house on Martinez street, built in the early fifties by a French builder, once considered the city’s best. He chose two stories and rock, using adobe where safe, a climate based design later recognized as ahead of its time. The two story gallery rich residence contrasts with today’s lawns and curbside setting.
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Martinez
Martinez Street
Texas
Rock
Clearing house origins save San Antonio cash crisis
In a Texas crisis banks lacked cash to process checks during a cotton boom. A two tier system arose: clearing house certificates backed by gilt edge securities and small denomination clearing house checks for everyday use. The idea started with London bank runners meeting to exchange checks, giving rise to the modern clearing house network.
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San Antonio
Clearing House
Bank Runners of
London
Cat cross border dispute ends in court ruling
A court in Long Island City heard a case over a cat owned by Mrs. Catherine Soukup from College Point and a French neighbor Florian Beuger. Beuger fired a rifle at the cat during a nocturnal quarrel, but the magistrate ruled there was no cruelty under the penal code as the killing was not proven cruel.
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Catherine Soukup
Florian Beuger
College Point
Long Island
New York World
Ivo
Deaf-Mute Groom Delays Marriage Over Guardian Issue
Leon Smith, a marriage license clerk in East St. Louis, meets a deaf-mute groom would be Albert Sommerfeldt and his fiancé Clara Putnam from St Jacobs Illinois. Albert explains he is twenty and will not be a man until March 3 next year. They depart to seek a guardian and return with consent.
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Leon Smith
East St. Louis
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Smith
Clara Putnam
Albert Sommerfeldt
St. Jacobs
Ill
Albert
Miss Putnam
I’utham
Ipa
Man Prepares For Tomb Asks Funeral Funding
Wichita businessman H. E. Hutchings, fearing early death, asked Coroner McAllister how much money would insure a proper funeral. The coroner suggested 75 dollars, which Hutchings paid by check and left with the center for a unique preplanned service. Hutchings has heart trouble and expects to see out his days.
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Wichita
Kan
H. E. Hutchings
Hutchings
McAllister
NT Eenter
The Vice of Reading and Modern Thought
Victor Auburtin argues that reading, though branded a vice by some, enriches life by connecting us with history and art. He notes how literature shapes perception, elevates beauty, and preserves human culture, while acknowledging society’s shift toward practical concerns and disdain for classic learning.
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Victor Auburtin
France
Abbott Sieyes
Tiers-Etat
Alfred Lichtwark
Ruskin
Wall Street
Plano
Xenophon
Ufe
Germany
Rubbish Says Mrs Lease On Suffrage Comments
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease, a former Kansas figure, dismissed Dr. Lee De Forest’s claim that suffrage will erase men from family life calling it rubbish. She spoke at her Brooklyn area country home affirming belief in equal rights but arguing suffrage will not eliminate men or cure social chaos.
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Italy
Ithaca
Nausicaa
Ry. T
Michelangelo
Giotto
Agamemnon
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Kansas
Lee de Forest
New York Times
Ecu
Labor Day Celebration Plans Set for San Antonio
Final Labor Day committee meeting at 10 this morning in the Trades Council hall will finalize details for the September 4 celebration in San Antonio. Chairman cc. F Russi Jr and Grand Marshal Joseph J Tucker Jr are praised for organizing a likely successful event with many unique program features.
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General Labor Day Committee
Trades Council Hall
San Antonio
Sid Murray
Brack
C. F. Russi, JR
General
Labor Day Committee
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