Toll road construction to start after funds raised
County Commissioner Charles X Gutzeit says work on connecting the Culebra road to Medina dam will begin once the $28,000 subscribed is collected and paid to Martin Wright and associates. About $12,000 is on hand. $16,000 more is needed before work can start, with an estimated four months to finish nine miles, aiming for year end completion for the duck hunting season at the Lake. Concerns exist that Medina county may repair the Cliff post office to Lower and Upper Dams road at an estimated $50,000, which locals worry benefits San Antonio residents more.
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Culebra
Medina Dam
Toll
Martin Wright
Charles X. Gutzeit
Gutzeit
Wright
Alex Walton
Franz C. Gross
Toll Road Company
Medina County
Cliff Post Office
San Antonio
Repair Denver Boulevard Uses Rock Asphalt Paving Method
Denver Boulevard repair shifts to rock asphalt with concrete ledges on cracked sections as part of the post bond paving program. The approach follows prior faulty repairs and aims to reinforce the surface on both sides of cracks.
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Denver Boulevard
Kearny
Taunton girl finds relief with vegetable compound
Miss Clarice Morin of Taunton Mass explains monthly pains and fatigue kept her home from work until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her symptoms. She urges other girls to use the remedy and consult the company for free confidential advice.
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Taunton
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Clarice Morin
Russell Street
West Side Crime Notices and Local Incidents
West Side reports recount a monte game involving unnamed men. Horace E. Wilson, lawyer, is listed with contact at 616-17 State Bank Bldg. A separate item notes an automobile theft. J Dielmann of 324 Adams St. reports a five passenger Ford with plate 7813 stolen Sunday evening. A watchman at Schoeber's brewery, Charles Krueger, was attacked by four soldiers after refusing to sell a keg. two soldiers were arrested and handed to military authorities. County to repair roof of the Home for the Aged after Friday night storm. probable cost about 1500 dollars. A chimney fire at 527 Ellis alley damaged a dwelling owned by a Mr. Zipp, with damage around 15 dollars.
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J. Dielmann
Adams Street
Charles Krueger
Schoeber's
Kxohr
Eckhart
Commissioners Court
A. J. McKenzie
McKenzie Construction Company
Herbert Green
Alfred Giles Company
Ellis Alley
Cora Dawson
Zipp
Soldiers flood Alamo as August breaks visitor record
Visiting soldiers and tourists flock to the Shrine of Texas Liberty at the Alamo with August recording high visitor numbers. Custodian Mrs. F A Applewhite says crowds and automobile parties are common and soldiers receive brief talks on Texas revolutionary history. Lack of a telephone hinders Alamo business and communications, currently handled by messengers.
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Shrine of Texas Liberty
The
Alamo
F. A. Applewhite
Clothe rupture holder promises 60 day trial claim
A historical advertisement touts the Clothe rupture holder as a guaranteed solution with a sixty day trial. It argues belts and springs fail, urges readers to request a 96 page cloth bound book, and cites Army Navy doctors and thousands of endorsements to back its automatic relief claim.
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U. S Army
Navy
Through Trains Now on the Corpus Christi Route
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass and the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroads restored through trains to Corpus Christi and gulf coast points after the storm. The first S A A P train from San Antonio reached Corpus Christi Sunday evening at 6 30 and another Monday morning at 6 30. S A A P now runs three daily gulf coast trains from San Antonio two to Corpus Christi and one to Portland Texas. A damaged Neuces bay trestle forces an indirect route via Sinton Robstown and the Texas Mexico line to Corpus Christi, with about two weeks needed for repairs. The Portland service serves Taft and Gregory. S A U G officials say the line was little damaged except near Corpus Christi where bay water washed the track bed within three miles of the city.
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Corpus Christi
Gulf Coast
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Portland
Tex
Neuces Bay
Sap
Sinton
St. Louis, Brownsville
Mexico Road
Robstown
Corpus
Taft
Gregory
Corpus Christ
Efficiency Bureau Formed At Western Republican HQ
An economy and efficiency bureau was organized at the Western Republican national campaign headquarters in Chicago to supervise expenditures and apply science to office affairs. Seymour Morris, a real estate dealer and business efficiency expert, will lead the bureau.
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Chicago
Seymour Morris
Duplex Stoves Burns Gas Wood and Coal
Sam Speir Hardware Co Ady presents a versatile stove ranged to burn gas wood or coal with a single oven provision, advertised for home use and kitchen efficiency.
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Sam Speir Hardware Co
Ady
Back-From-Down Health Restored by Gold Medal Haarlem Oil
The ad touts Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for overwork and various ailments. It promises renewed appetite and sleep, with a three-capsule daily dose to revive a weakened man. Money-back guarantee offered with 25c to $1.00 boxes, urging shoppers to seek the Gold Medal name.
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Haarlem
Holland
Obituary for Refugio Garcia 60 in San Antonio
Refugio Garcia aged 60 died at 11:45 on Sunday at his son's home 1102 South Laredo street San Antonio native and lifelong resident survived by son Jesus Garcia and three daughters Teresa G Luna Corina G Garza and Adele G Montalbo all of San Antonio Funeral held at 4 PM Monday from the son's residence with services at Immaculate Heart of Mary church under Sociedad de la Union Interment in Fernando Cemetery
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Refugio Garcia
Laredo Street
San Antonio
Jesus Garcia
Teresa G. Luna
Corina G. Garza
Adele G. Montalbo
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Sociedad de la Union
Fernando Cemetery
Death of Mrs. Alice A. Simmonds in Washington D C
Mrs. Alice A. Simmonds died at 11 15 Sunday morning in Washington D C after nearly two years illness. Survived by two sons A W and Grant D Simmonds and daughters in Washington and San Antonio. Funeral set for Tuesday. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Grant L Simmonds also died at 320 Sunday morning.
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Alice A. Simmonds
Washington, D. C
A. W
Grant D. Simmonds
R.S. Glascock
R. L. Edwards
San Antonio
Grant L. Simmonds
Death of Mrs Mary E Knight in San Antonio
Mrs Mary E Knight aged about 57 died at 4 o clock Sunday at 116 North Laredo street. A native of Ohio she lived in Peoria Ill until moving to San Antonio 30 years ago. Survived by sons Robert McClure of St Louis and McClellan of San Antonio in the Second Texas infantry on the border and sister Mrs C G Hodges of Dallas. Funeral at 9:30 Tuesday from Shelley Loring chapel with burial at Mission Burial Park.
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Mary E. Knight
Dallas
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Chapel
Mission Burial Park
Wilson Plans Vacation at Shadow Lawn
President Wilson intends to spend most of September and October at Shadow Lawn the summer White House in New Jersey. Office furniture is being moved from the executive offices to the Asbury Park quarters and nearly the entire White House staff will accompany him.
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Wilson
Shadow Lawn
White House
New Jersey
Asbury Park
Deputies to Patrol South Loop After Boiling Threats
County officials agreed to station two major deputy sheriffs on the South Loop from 9 p.m. to early morning hours after residents threatened drastic action, including a Winchester brigade, to curb speeding, pistol firing and disorder. The move follows complaints to County Judge James D. Davis and the commissioners. the loop is described as a menace to life and property after dark.
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South Loop
Commissioners’ Court
Dan Lewis
Ben 8 S. Fisk
Mojor
James D. Davis
James Lubbock
Tarvia
Winchester Brigade
San Antonio Files Strong Claim for Farm Land Bank
The Federal Farm Loan Board tours the U S to locate new land banks. San Antonio plans to present farming resource data to the board. Acting Chamber of Commerce secretary Roark says the city, center of undeveloped Texas, has a strong claim. Texas cities compete, but San Antonio leads. The board visits Augusta Maine Spokane Washington and then moves toward Oregon and California, with Texas visited late.
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Federal Farm Loan Board
United States
Texas
San Antonio
Roark
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Loan Board
Augusta
Spokane
Wash
Oregon
California
Dodson's Liver Tone Offers Safer Liver Help
An advertisement urges replacing calomel with Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable liver tonic. It claims calomel harms the liver bones and promises dodson's cleanses bile and bowels without salivation, guaranteeing relief and family use.
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Dodson
Farmers for Wilson Forecast Western Farm Support
A. R. Atkinson, Southern Pacific freight and passenger agent, predicts strong farmer backing for Woodrow Wilson across the middle western states. He says farmers are prosperous due to favorable crop prices and believe administration policies support market conditions, boosting Wilson's chances in North Dakota South Dakota and Nebraska. He noted good conditions during a vacation trip through Cloud New Mexico and at the Lodge hotel run by Dr. Hutchins.
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Woodrow Wilson
Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
A. R. Atkinson
Southern Pacific
Atkinson
Cloud New Mexico
Lodge
Br. Hutchins
St. Anthony
Hate
Guns and ammunition for as t season Sam Speir Ware Co
Guns and ammunition advertised for the upcoming season by Sam Speir Ward Co. promotes weapons and shooting supplies, with emphasis on model variety and prices.
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Sam Speirware Co
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