Texas to Apportion At Least 75 Cents Per Scholastic
Texas reports a robust fiscal start with $7 million appropriated for the 1917 state budget and over $3 million cash in the treasury. The available school fund tops $1 million, enabling a not less than 75 cent per capita September apportionment for about 1.24 million scholastics, while tax collections begin in December and rise through March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Courts of Civil Appeals
Treasury Department
Texas
Society notes and weddings at Fort Sam Houston
In Society Saturday Night. Marriage of Lieutenant Robert Madison Campbell of the Seventh cavalry U S Army and Dorothy Atwood of Kansas City in the quarters of Captain and Mrs William A Austin Fort Sam Houston. Marriage of Edward J Monroe of New Haven Conn and Marguerite Letitia Wetherell at 225 San Pedro Avenue. St Anthony roof garden dinner dansant. Sunday Afternoon. Polo game and tea at Fort Sam Houston in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Madison Campbell
Seventh Cavalry
United States Army
Dorothy Atwood
Kansas City
William A. Austin
Fort Sam Houston
Edward J. Monroe
New Haven, Conn
Marguerite Letitia Wetherell
San Pedro Avenue
Social notes from Palestine Austin and local visits
Miss Dewey Bowden Mrs J L Tubbs and James Tubbs return from Palestine and Austin Mrs Wesley Peacock and children back from a summer in the North visiting Kansas City Chicago and Northfield Minn The latter part of her trip at Lake Calloway Minn and Tewannies Miss Regina Beckman goes to Hillingdon ranch guest of Adolph Beckman Mrs Daisy Wetherell Clonts of Dallas guest of her parents for the Monroe Wetherell wedding Miss Emma Holmgreen returns from Lavernia visit Miss Carrie Louise Fordtran hosts a dancing party on the Travis Club roof for guest Florence Coleman Fort Worth with many guests listed including Emily Wurzbach Bynum and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Peacock
North
Kansas City
Chicago
Northfield
Minn
Lake Calloway
Tewannies
Daisy Wetherell Clonts of
Dallas
James EB. Wetherell
Carrie Louise Fordtran
Travis Club
Florence Coleman
Fort Worth
Emily Wurzbach
Emily Bynum
Elizabeth Bynum
Olive Martindale
Aileen Houston
Thelma Bunnett
Doris Jones
Hazel Shaw
Laura Virginia Adams
Hester Foster
Waco
McSugenia Taylor
Josephine Bell
Rose Burnett
Emma Burnett
Ethel Martindale
Annie Rose Scott
Margaret Lewis
Rowena Walker
Catherine Coolidge
Reed Brown
Kingston Brown
Arthur Foster
Ed Carruth
Will Heusinger
William Winerich
Milton Cline
Aubrey Schofield
Perry Oberling
Gilbert Denman
George Wear
Frank Groesbeeck
Roger Walker
Sam Kirkland
William Maurer
Teddy Meclihenny
Witten Stuss
Jack Cassity
Arthur Spillman
Earl McGoldrich
Richard Vanderstratten
Pat Dwyer
Nay Dair Rockefeller
Amusements Majestic to Open Monday With New Screen
The Majestic Theater will launch its 1916-17 vaudeville and motion picture season on Monday with two days of high class film dramas and a five day vaudeville slate. A 15 by 20 foot gold fiber motion picture screen and two new machines are installed, promising clear projection from all angles. A Triangle thirteen reel program begins Monday and Tuesday, with shows from 1 p m to 11 p m. Albert Taylor Stock Company returns to Don Ton Park tonight with He Fell In Love With His Wife, followed Sunday by A Message From Mars featuring Horance Parker as Parker and Leon Bostwick as the Mars messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Majestic Theater
The
Albert Taylor
Don- Ton Park
Mars
Richard Ganthony
Charles Dickens
Ganthony
Scrooge
Horance Parker
Parker
Leon Bostwick
Jimmie Williams
Amos Simpson
Sam Speir Hardware Ad Promotes Duplex Stoves
Duplex stoves burn gas wood and coal and bake with one oven. Sam Speir Hardware Co. advertises this versatile appliance in a concise sale notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Speir Hardware Co
Thieves Steal Mexican Money From Ra mon P Alizondo's Home
Nearly three thousand dollars in Mexican currency were stolen from Ra mon P Alizondo at 214 North Medina Street Friday night. Detectives have no clue to the culprits as the key owner was away for periods during the late afternoon and night. The sealed metal safe contained Bank of Londres currency, National Bank of Mexico notes, and Carranza money totaling 2944 dollars, including 730 dollars in Bank of Londres notes and 1650 in National Bank of Mexico notes. Fishing tackle advertised by Sam Speir Hardware Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon P. Alizondo
North
Medina Street
Bank of Londres
National Bank of Mexico
Carranza
Charters Issued In Texas Here And Abroad
Austin Aug 26 Charters issued for R H Kemp Lumber Co Fort Worth with 20000 capital stock incorporators R H Kemp Arthur Deffebach and A D Boice Border Club of Eagle Pass Maverick county no capital stock incorporators F Lehman E F Fletcher and B R Tarver Premier Oil Co permitted to do business in Texas incorporated under West Virginia laws with Houston home office capital stock 25000 incorporators G D Samuel W B Williams W M Hancock W E Wilkin and Ed Eiseman all of Houston
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Austin
Tex
Houston
Texas
Capital Stock
G. D. Samuel
W. B. Williams
W. M. Hancock
W. E. Wilkin
Ed Eiseman
Shoes closes tonight at the Grand opera house in San Antonio
A San Antonio note details the closing of Shoes at the Grand opera house this evening. The film follows a working girl who, paid five dollars a week, struggles to buy shoes for herself and her mother while supporting a lazy father and two siblings. The story ends with the pivotal need for shoes and the dramatic payoff. The piece mentions an upcoming five day run of the expensive film Pavlova in The Dumb Girl of Portici starting Sunday at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
San Antonio
Pavlova
Portici
Moving Pictures
Auber
Masaniello
Kansas City Welcomes Union Veterans for G A R Encampment
In Kansas City 15000 to 20000 Civil War veterans arrive for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Hotels and boarding houses overflow, homes host visitors, and a dance hall is fitted with cots as temporary lodging. Convention Hall houses booths including a pension bureau station. About a thousand Boy Scouts serve as guides with first aid training under Dr. James H. Sowerby. Comradeship and shared stories are emphasized in veteran encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Grand Army of the Republic
Pension Bureau
Washington
E. C. Tieman
Boy Scouts
James H. Sowerby
Dr. Sowerby
Sunday Morning Rail Ads and Hardware Deal Brief
Notice fragment lists Sutherland Springs Sunday 8:15 a.m. service, Southern Pacific Lines advertisement, and Sam Speir Hardware Co. promotional line about ammunition at reduced cost. The item reads like a compact classifieds clippings note from a historical newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific Lines
Sam Speir Hardware Co
Eight Pound Catfish Captured Without Hook or Net
T H Smith and friends breakfasted on an eight pound catfish pulled from a shallow creek during a Houston to San Antonio trip. The group recounted fording trouble and wading to grab the fish with their hands. Smith criticized road conditions between Houston and San Antonio and referenced a Meridian Highway proposal. He planned a short stay at Medina Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Smith
Crockett Hotel
Mr. Smith
Houston
San Antonio
Peary Reaffirms Crocker Land Belief From 1906 Sight
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary maintains belief in Crocker Land's existence and his July 1906 sighting. He notes possible misled vision due to Arctic haze and refraction, and suggests awaiting Stefansson’s forthcoming findings before dismissing Crocker Land. Ensign Fitzhugh Green’s report on the MacMillan Crocker Land expedition is referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert E. Peary
Crocker Land
Maine
Fitzhugh Green
MacMillan Crocker Land
Navy Department
Copenhagen
Peary
MacMillan
Arctic
Stefansson
Crocker
Church Services Across Prospective Hill Area
A compact notice lists Sunday services at Prospect Hill Baptist Church and multiple other churches. It covers sermon times, pastors, Sunday school, B Y P U meetings, midweek prayer, and special tent services at Gosel tent with topics such as The Detective That Never Lost a Trail, along with civic details for Riverside Park and surrounding streets.
Immanuel B P U Meeting At First Baptist Church
The Immanuel B P U of the First Baptist Church meets in the evening at 6:45. Walter Beard serves as president. Group four will lead the program, with Miss C B Capt as captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel B. ¥. P. U
The
First Baptist Church
Walter Beard
Group Four
C. B. Capt
San Antonio Bible Students Schedule at Modern Woodman Hall
The San Antonio class of the Associated Bible Students meets at Modern Woodman hall 11 North Flores Street on Sunday for three services. At 3 p m Seth Moore lectures. At 4 16 p m Bible study. At 7 p m symposium. Prayer Meeting Tuesday at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Associated Bible Students
Woodman Hall
North Flores Street
Seth Moore
Lost Sheep and the Seeking Shepherd Sermon
Central Congregational Church and Young Men's Christian Association schedule services at Avenue LD and Third streets. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Sermon at 11 a.m. with the subject The Lost Sheep and the Seeking Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
Young Men's Christian Association
Avenue LD
Third Streets
Episcopal church services across Grace Street area
St Paula Grayson and Willow streets Government Hill and other churches list Sunday school at 9 30 a m Holy Communion and sermon at 11 a m Evening prayer at 8 o'clock St Luke s Episcopal Church Chupade fas and West Houston streets Ninth Sunday after Trinity services include morning prayer and sermon 11 o'clock St Johns Cherry and Burnet Streets Tenth Sunday after Trinity Holy Communion 7 30 a m Morning prayer and sermon 11 o'clock St Marks Travis Park Ninth Sunday after Trinity Holy Communion 7 30 a m Morning prayer and sermon 11 o clock Christ Church Laurel Heights Celebration of Holy Communion 7 30 a m Morning prayer and sermon 11 o'clock Rector absent next Sunday Rev Richard Mercer of Sonora in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paula
Grayson
Willow Streets
Government Hill
Frederick C. Price Jr
Harris Masterson Jr
Army Young Men's Christian Association
Wil
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Chupadefas
West Houston Streets
J.wv. Woessner
Trinity
Areclaleagon Garden
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cherry and Burnet Streets
R. Y. Barber
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Travis Park
H. L. Jewett Williams
Christ Church
Laurel Heights
W. T. Capers
D.D
John Ridout
Richard Mercer
Sonora
Local Church Schedules on Elmira and Chestnut Streets
Evangelical Friedens Church at Main and Elmira lists Sunday school 9 15 a m and services 4 30 p m with no evening service. First Evangelical Church at Burnet and Chestnut shows Sabbath school 9 50 a m worship 11 o clock, young people at 7 30 p m, prayer meetings Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 8. Chestnut Street church also notes Sabbath school 9 30 a m, sermon 11, T P A 7 30, prayer meetings Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Self
Evangelical Friedens
Main Avenue
Elmira Street
Julius Reichert
First Evangelical Church
Burnet
Chestnut Streets
Eine
Evangelical Friedens Church
Main
Elmira
Lutheran Churches on South Presa and East Nueva Streets
St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church on South Presa and Rhose borough streets lists Rev G Falsken pastor with Sunday school at 930 am morning service at 1045 am in German and 800 pm in English. Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church on Avenue E and Fifth street led by Rev Paul F Hein offers Sunday school 930 am and morning service 11 am with sermon by Rev Fred A Neumeister no evening service. St John Evangelical Lutheran on East Nueva and South Preea streets with Rev A L Wolff and Rev Stricker offers Sunday school 930 am, German service at 1040 am on The Significance of Christs Tears Over Jerusalem by Mr Wolff and English service at 3 pm by Mr Stricker with Bible class last Sunday in English at 930 am Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul's
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Nueva
South Preea
A.L. Wolff
BG. Stricker
Jerusalem
Mr. Wolff
Mr. Stricker
Catholic Masses and Devotions Schedule for Local Parishes
San Fernando Cathedral and St Marys plan multiple masses with Spanish and English sermons. Events include vesper services, rosary, benediction, first Fridays, sacred heart devotions, and parish meetings on August 31 and September 1. listings cover times, locations, clergy, and special masses for visitors and catechism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fernando Cathedral
A. Rosa
C.M
St. Vincent de Paul Secrety
Apostleship of Prayer
League of the Sacred Heart
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
Broad and
Jones Avenues
Eugene Sugranese
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Street
Houston Street
J. H. Quinn
O.M.T
the Sacred Heart
Office of the Sacred Heart
St. Anthony
Rowton Box
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule Across San Antonio
A compilation of Sunday services, Sunday school times, Epworth League activities, and midweek prayer meetings for multiple Methodist churches in San Antonio. It lists pastors including Rev C W Weddell Cornelius rnge lery and John N Rentfro, with times like 9:30 a m and 11 a m, plus midweek prayer and afternoon gatherings. The item emphasizes regular preaching at various venues such as Travia Park Prospect Hill West End Trinity Alamo Heights East End and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travia Park Methodist
Navarro
Travis
C. W. Weddell
Mastor
Epworth League
E. D. Love
Prospect Hill Methodist Church
Buena Vista
Cibolo
Cornelius Rngelery
Peetor
West End Methodist Church
Charles M. Rabe
East End
Montana
Gevers
John N. Rentfro
Alamo
Alamo Methodist Church, South Alamo and Wickes Streets; H. M. Ratliff
J. A. Phillips
New Wesley Settlement House
Rupert de Leon
Wesley House
San Antonio
Parcel Post
League
Sp. m
Laurel Heights
Woodlawn
F Belkrap
D. T. Cooper
At & P.m
Stewards
Denver Heights
Porter
Palmetto Avenue
J. W. Rowland
McKinley Avenue Methodist Church
McKinley Avenue
South Presa Streets
Gaston Hartefield
T. W. Moore
Harvey Vanslyck
Government Hill Methodist Church
Magon and
Pine Streets
Sloan L. Batchelor
Astor
Local Church Services and Sunday Schedules
South Side Christian Church hosts Bible school at 10 a m and services at 11 a m and 8 p m with lessons on Elders and Deacons and A Change of Heart. Prospect Hill and Central churches present Sunday schools, sermons at 11 a m, and various outreach programs led by Rev. Childs and Rev. Nu hic, plus Christian Endeavor and prayer meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Childs
Nuhic
Prospect Hill
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Church of Christ Scientist Services Schedule
Service Sunday at 11 a m titled Christ Jesus. Evening service suspended until September 3. Sunday school at 9 30 a m. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 p m. Services held at Firth Street and Avenue DD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Firth Street
Avenue DD
Church of the Nazarene at Beacon Hill Car Line
A brief notice locating the Church of the Nazarene near the Beacon Hill car line on Sandoval and Colorado streets detailing site access for parishioners and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
Sandoval
Colorado Streets
Beacon Hill
Presbyterian church notices from Utica area
Multiple church announcements list services for Presbyterian congregations on Pine Street North Pine and Omaha streets West End First Avenue D Fourth Street Westminster Garden King William streets and related parishes. Programs include Sunday school at 9:30 to 10 a.m. sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Christian Endeavor and Westminster League meetings and midweek prayer sessions. special services and youth activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
North Pine
Omaha
A. H. P. McCurdy
D. D
Westminster League
Presbysterian
Avenue D
Fourth Street
Arthur Gray Jones
Young ‘People’s Society
Wedseeane
Westminster
Garden
King William Streets
Thomas W. Griffiths
West
First United Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
At Ogden and East Locust, Rev C B McStravick pastors. Sabbath school at 9 45. Dr G N Keeling superintendent. Preaching at 11 morning and 8 evening. Young people's meeting at 7. Tomorrow morning's service is the regular children's service of the month. Rev W H Vaughar will preach both morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minster League
First United Presbyterian Church
Ogden
East Locust Streets
C. B. McStravick
G. N. Keeling
W. H. Vaughar
Church News Notes from San Antonio Gatherings
Chester Cadwallader and Miss Nelle Whayne will perform at Travis Park Methodist Church on Sunday morning and evening. The Sunday schools of San Antonio meet Tuesday at 8 PM at the same church to discuss topics and report on new classes since last May. Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott and Rev. lectures and meetings are noted, with other services planned at riverside Park Baptist and Prospect Hill Baptist churches and San Marcos Baptist Academy president J W Brown to preach at 8:15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Cadwallader
Chicago
Tuller
Travis Park Methodist Church
Nelle Whayne
Briggs
San Antonio
Herbert B. Linscott
The
Texas Sunday School Association
Linscott
Lampasas
Neal
Prospect Hill
San Marcos school opens under noted educator leader
J. G. Wells heads a music program and Mr Brown, a leading South educator, will direct the San Marcos school for the first time this year. Immanuel L. Y P U of First Baptist meets Sunday at 6 45 pm Walters Beard presides Group 4 Lu Y P U leads with Miss C B Capt as captain Utica Presbyterian Church hosts a Tuesday night recital by Chester S Cadawallader with Miss Taylor and Miss Ruth V Lingaman Dr Arthur Jones of First Presbyterian returns from vacation to lead morning and evening services tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cial
J. G. Wells
Brown
South
San Marcos
Utica Presbyterian Church
Chester
Cadawallader
Miss Taylor
Ruth Vlingaman
Arthur Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Entertains B H B C Club at Hebdon Home
Miss Kathleen Hebdon hosted the B H B C Club at her parents home on Avenue C. Bunco with prizes to Nellie Bull Ruth Neluze and Wilbur Rowland plus Lester Hoff. dancing and comic songs by W Gaffney entertained guests. Refreshments served. many attendees listed with family and friends assisting in hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Hebdon
B. H. B. C. Club
G. M. Hebdon
Avenue c
Bunco
Nellie Bull
Ruth Neluze
Wilbur Rowland
Lester Hoff
W. Gaffney
Ruth Deleuze
Marcella Cavanaugh
Elizabeth Young
Thelma Felter
Wilma Welsh
Rica Jordan
Gladys Ford
Theresa Cavanaugh
Adamore Felter
Powell England
Sidney Hall
Fred Small
Simon Cohen
Walter Mangold
Mark Hopkins
Horace Hebdon
E. F. Deckers
M. C. Hoff
Sunday 8 15 a m Southern Pacific Lines Ady
Southern Pacific Lines timetable note reading Sunday 8 15 a m with a brief mention of Ady concerning the scheduling item.
Sam Speir Hardware Co Ady Ad Line of Carpentry Tools
An advertisement for a complete line of carpenters tools offered by Sam Speir Hardware Co Ady. The copy promises a full range of hand and shop tools for woodworkers and builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Speir
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Anthony Roof Garden
Dewey Bowden
J. L. Tubbs
James Tubbs
Palestine
Regina Beckman
Hillingdon Ranch
Adolph Beckman
Emma Holmgreen
Dorothea Holmgreen
Lavernia
Advy
Daugh
M. Summers
South Bend
Ind
Motor Party
Baptist
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
T. V. Neal
J. W. Brown
San Marcos Baptist Academy
Fourth and
Taylor Streets
J. Porter
B.S
M.S
San Marcos Academy
B. Y
R. O. Huff
Riverside Park
South Presa Street
Clifford Court
J. M. Carroll
Robert R. Fleming
Nineteenth Infantry
Mr. Behrman
Central Baptist Church
Johnson and Nathan Streets
Gosel
Resa
Carolina
Ladies’ Aid
R. W. McCann
Pegues
Denver Boulevard
P. m. Fine
Calvary, Baptist Church
Hays Streets
W. W. Lee
the Times
City BR. Y. P. U
Hillcrest
South Flores
Elsie Streets
B. A. Owen
Baptist Young People's Union
San Jacinto
All and Missionary Society
Bible Students
Episcopal
Methodist
Christian
Christian Science
Hertzberg
Office of Painless
Matthews
Presbyterian
Lois Weber
Broadwa
Girl
Portic
Pavlowa
Imperial Russian Ballet
United States
Globe Theater
Auay
Ira Miele
Henry Walthall
Bessie Barriscale
Charles Ray
Louise Glaum
Symphony Orchestra
Triangle
Keith and
Orpheum
Church News
Riverside Park Baptist Church
Jesse L. Lasky
Wallace Reed
Cleo Ridgely
Grn Ees
L. V. Jeffew
Frank Daniels
MR. Jack
ROYAL
Charlie Chaplin
Florence Turner
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Chaplin
Esesanay Chaplin
Donton Park
Albert Taylor Stock Co
Alove
Houston ST. Theater
Billie Burke
Billie
Immanuel L. Y. P. U
Walters Beard
Ady
Queen Theater
Alamo Plaza
Marie ‘Welcamp
Liberty
Persia
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