Rabid Dog Killed After Street Chase Across City
A dog displaying hydrophobia symptoms was pursued for over a mile on St Marys street. Motorcycle Officer Shacklett and Patrolman Ames chased it from Commerce to Navarro and Houston, ending with Shacklett shooting the animal on Lakeview avenue two blocks north of the I G N depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Street
Shacklett
Ames
Commerce Streets
Navarro
Houston
Lakeview Avenue
Permit hog feeding near stock yards approved
Mayor Bell and the council considered protests about feeding hogs near the stock yards. A resolution likely to pass would allow feeding with strict sanitary rules including concrete floors and direct sewer connections for flushout. Health measures will mirror slaughterhouse standards to curb odor and filth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Health Department
King
Milores Street
Red Cross Commission to Serbia for Immediate Relief
A Red Cross commission is dispatched to Serbia to aid refugees on the Macedonian front with 200000 dollars from the War Council for medical supplies. This is the fifth commission since the war began, tackling a dire European crisis with widespread civilian and military losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Serbia
Washington
War Council
American Red Cross
Europe
Katie
Army uniforms made here on short notice
Lentz Tailor at 312 W Commerce St advertises a complete stock of khaki olive drabs and gabardines in all weights ready for quick tailoring and supply of uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lentz “Tailor
Commerce St
Adv
No Breeches for Women in War Department Uniform Order
A War Department order clarifies that regulations for army field clerks do not apply to women. Southern Department headquarters had expected women in designated clerical classes to wear service breeches, but the new order confirms women will keep their uniforms for the duration of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonians
War Department
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Southern Department
Mystery in Death of Elmenborg Farmer Juarez
Mystery surrounds the death of Nicolas Juarez a farmer from Elmenborg struck by a San Antonio and Aransas Pass freight train Tuesday morning He died at Santa Rosa infirmary early Wednesday The engineer saw two men on the track one fled the scene the other Juarez lay mangled A battered uncooked chicken a heavy club and a discarded hat were found nearby A theory suggests Juarez was assaulted and his body placed on the tracks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolas Juarez
Elmenborg
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Juarez
Santa Rosa
E. O. Stevens
Showers Scatter Across Texas Amid Temperature Dip
Scattered showers fell east and west as a temperature drop toward midweek cooler weather. San Antonio remained largely dry while Galveston Cuero Paris and other stations reported varying rainfall amounts. At 2 pm Tuesday 92 degrees cooled to 85 degrees by Wednesday afternoon with cooler conditions expected tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Galveston
Fort Worth
Beeville
Cuero
Luling
Paris
Vierce
Columbus
Mexia
Waxahachie
Artillery Units Seek Recruits for War Strength
San Antonio batteries and the Floresville unit at Hot Wells are directing men to the U S recruiting office at 300 Swearingen McCraw to fill out corps. Several artillerymen failed medical tests, and orders loom for moves to Camp Bowie Fort Worth, increasing need for volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Floresville
Hot Wells
United States Recruiting Office
Swearingen-McCraw
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Women protest at White House fined in police court
Ten women arrested yesterday in front of the White House for a National Woman's party demonstration were fined 25 dollars each. They posted 100 dollar bonds and gave notice of appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
White House
National Woman's Party
Hocker and Rampy Wed at New Home
The marriage of J. Hocker and Mrs A J Rampy occurred at 11 o clock Monday morning in their new home at 817 San Pedro Avenue. Judge James R Davis performed the ceremony.
Engagement Aims for Marguerite Guinn and Lt Peeler
Society notices list Delta Gamma Taus swimming party at the Country Club Thursday. Red Cross Circles meet at St Anthony and Central Christian Church parlors. Judge John D Guinn announces the engagement of daughter Marguerite to Lt Jefferson Peeler at Travis Park Methodist Church Saturday at seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Gamma Taus
Emer
Red Cross Circle
Central Christian Church
John D. Guinn
Marguerite
Jefferson Peeler
Camp Bowie
Travis Park Methodist Church
Prospect Hill Church Lawn Social Honors Army Soldiers
The Prospect Hill Baptist Church ladies host a lawn social Thursday evening at the church to honor soldiers from nearby army camps. A varied program includes music, readings, violin and vocal solos, a flag drill by twelve girls, and roles for Miss Ardin Young and Miss Loleet Sloan. Invitations also announce the wedding of Pansy Lawdon to Patrick H. Swearingen at All Saints Chapel in Austin on September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
Glenn Law
Elizabeth Marvin
Adeline Craig
Alice Jackson
Chester Cadwallader
Ardin Young
Columbia
Loleet Sloan
Red Cross
Zim Lawdon
Pansy
Patrick H. Swearingen
First Texas Cavalry
All Saints’ Chapel
Austin
Texas
Farewell Dance for Second Texas Field Artillery at Gunter Hotel
The War Recreation Board entertained members of the Second Texas Field Artillery with a farewell compliment at the Gunter Hotel on Tuesday evening. The event featured a dancer, flags, streamers, punch service, and an ice course. Hosts and guests included Mesdames Prescott Maverick Swearingen Wulff and dozens of civic and military couples in a formal reception before the unit departs Camp Pryor for Camp Bowie Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
War Recreation Board
Gunter Hotel
Second Texas Field Artillery
Camp Pryor
Hot Wells
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Texas
United States
Alida Prescott
Albert Maverick
P. H. Swearingen
Rose Gunther
John J. Stevens
W. A. Wurzbach
Foard Townsend
R. W. Staacke
Edward Wulff
Charles H. Florian
Isabel Wulff
C. C. Janin
Brisco2 West
F.L. Riley
Frank Sorrell
Jessica Matthews
Ross MacKenzie
Jessie MacKenzie
Carlos Bee
J. J. Stevens
Eli Hertzberg
Perry J. Lewis
Floyd McGown
A. B. Weakley
Nat M. Washer
Franz Groos
Porter Loring
J. M. Benentt
R. J. Boyle
Ray Lambert
Herbert Barnard
W. J. Knox
Charles Meek
W. J. Rote
Sam C. Bell
H. S. Mulliken
H. Lee Ransom
T. J. Nye
A. B. Spencer
H. L Miller
George Roark
J. W. Hucker
R. C. Jones
Tea at Collins Gardens for Miss Guinn before marriage
Captain and Mrs. F F Collins hosted a five o'clock tea at Collins Gardens to honor Miss Marguerite Guinn whose marriage to Jefferson Peeler will take place Saturday. Mrs. Collins also celebrated her birthday with a frosted cake and decorative birthday tapers as guests enjoyed roses and bridal slipper china.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Collins
Collins’ Gardens
Marguerite Guinn
Jefferson Peeler
Mrs. Collins
Miss Guinn
John D. Guinn
George W. Brackenridge
M. Eleanor Brackenridge
Fred Wes
Brackettville
Mamie Juinn
Bessie Guinn
Walker and Schuetze Return From Rock Springs Visit
Mr and Mrs Charlie O Walker and Miss Edith Schuetze have returned from a two weeks stay in Rock Springs. Mr and Mrs Robert Camp will depart Friday for Atlanta Ga after visiting Mrs Camp's parents Mr and Mrs Charles Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies O. Walker
Edith Schuetze
Rock Springs
Robert Camp
Atlanta
Social News Notes on Local Visitors
Mrs Charlotte Newton returns Thursday from Marfa where she stayed as a guest of Miss Kitty Porter. Miss Alice Lammers travels to Austin to visit Miss Ida Tobin as a guest arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Newton
Marfa
Kitty Porter
Alice Lammers
Austin
Ida Tobin
Miss Elizabeth Wunder Heads to Arizona For Stay
Elizabeth Wunder travels to Arizona where she will reside indefinitely, marking an ongoing relocation into a new phase of residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wunder
Arizona
Arkansas City man drags 75-pound catfish four miles
Bloomer Allen of Arkansas City chained a 75-pound catfish at the Arkansas River dam and dragged it four miles to the city. Several men helped pull the fish from the water upon arrival.
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Arkansas City
Ark
Arkansas River
Bloomer Allen
Stable manures yield lasting value for soil health and gardens
No other manure lasts as long as stable manure. A field in England was manured for twenty years and tilled for twenty more without manure, yet crops remained similar while soil declined slowly. Well rotted stable manure is the best fertilizer for gardens and soil fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Broker and writer duel over payment for story
A publisher offers to pay $29 for a story if accepted unseen. The aspiring writer counters with a $15 deal to seal the sale without full reading. The banter reflects a bold negotiation between editor and author in a Boston newspaper context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eboston Transcript
Obituary of Ida Echtle of Lacoste
Ida Echtle aged 39 died Tuesday afternoon in a San Antonio hospital. She was a Medina County native and Lacoste resident wife of Paul Echtle with an infant daughter, two brothers Albert and Edmond Brieden, four sisters and other relatives. Burial by Ludwig in Lacoste with funeral at St Marys Church Lacoste Thursday at 9. The text also includes a Civil War veteran Mr Herring obituary fragment noting Wynnewood Oklahoma and San Antonio relatives.
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Ida Echtle
San Antonio
Medina County
Lacoste
Paul Echtle
Albert Brieden
Devine
Edmond Brieden
el Paso
John Poerner
Albert Kelly
Rosalie Brieden
Ed Ahr
Ludwig Undertaking Company
Luncoste
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ike
Abe
D. W. Herring
Wynnewood
Okla
Mary Fulton
Sam Grona
Ida Higgins
D. Green
Corsicana
Herring
Plans for funeral of John M. Herring changed
John M. Herring aged 73 died at 11 am Tuesday at his home 209 Elm Street. The funeral interment shifted from San Antonio to Wynnewood Oklahoma as the body was sent Wednesday morning by Zizik Undertaking Company. Herring was a native of Illinois and had lived in Texas 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Herring
Elm Street
San Antonio
Wynnewood
Okla
Zizik Undertaking Company
Herring
Illinois
Texas
Good News For Foot Sufferers
Advertisement touts Ice Mint as a simple nightly foot rub that cools tired feet and eases corns or callouses. It claims rapid relief after first use and easy removal of rough skin, with See Mint described as a harmless, snow white cream available from local druggists.
Mrs M M McDaniel Dies in San Antonio Hospital
Mrs M M McDaniel aged 68 died at 12 45 am Wednesday in a San Antonio hospital. A native of Alabama she came to San Antonio from Hillsboro a year and three months ago for her health. The body will be sent to Itasca Wednesday night by the Shelley Loring Undertaking Company for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. McDaniel
San Antonio
Alabama
Hillsboro
Itasca
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Shelley Scring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment Ad
An old classified note highlights Shelley Scring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment and phones. The brief entry points to products or services tied to vehicle fittings and communication devices, typical of a local business advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Scring Undertaking Co
Women on Depot Staff for Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Terminal
Three women join the staff for the new Missouri Kansas Texas railway terminals and freight depot in San Antonio as part of a broader reorganization. Glenn R. Miller selects the office force headquartered at the new depot corner South Laredo and Durango Streets with J A Aldridge as chief clerk and J W Keithly as cashier. Others include Harold A. Arnold, C Blossom, George W. Howe, J R Hodges, Mrs F W Schambers, H Gamilt on, Mrs Jessie Harmen, O B Morse, Miss Maude Sullivan, G C Muray, and B D Gresham in various clerk and foreman roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
San Antonio
Glenn R. Miller
South Laredo
Durango
J. A. Aldridge
J. W. Keithly
Harold A. Arnold
C. Blossom
George W. Howe
J. R. Hodges
F. W. Schambers
H. Gamilton
Jessie Harmen
O. B. Morse
Wolves in sheep's clothing phrase sparks new remark
In a brief sharp quip from the Jouf fal o Times Biinke notes the old warning while Jinks adds a jab about a man ordering spring lamb in a cheap restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinks
Biinke
Austrian coal crisis linked to Austro Hungary
Austrian minister of public works Herr von Hamann warned the chamber that the coal shortage poses a vital Austro Hungarian problem. He said 12 600 miners were recalled from the front but August output remained low due to worker under nourishment. A government coal monopoly and curbs on heating venues were proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Switerland
Herr von Hamann
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Economic Committee
Th c Chamber
Mireles Elected Governor of Coahuila
Reports from Saltillo via San Antonio name Gustavo Lspinosa Mireles as winner for the constitutional term as governor of Coahuila Mexico. His rival in the race was Gen Luis Gutierrez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Saltillo
Gustavo Lspinosa Mireles
Coahuila
Mexico
Mireles
Luis Gutierrez
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Alamo Plaza
Commission TO
SAN Antonio Gas & Electric CO
Crockett
Mystery
San Antonio and
Sociad
Board of Managers of
Council of Mothers
Oak Room
St. Anthony
Samme
Paul Jones
Modart
la Blanche
Warner
Kayser
Viola
Lisle
Jlirst
Katy
Gutierrez
Hertzberg
Houston and St. Mary's Sts
I. & G. N. Wood and Coal Co
Perez St
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