Porto Rico Richer Than Ever Before
Porto Rico reports the most prosperous year in its history with total trade exceeding 105 million dollars up to July 1, up 23 million from last year and 13 million above 1912. Sugar prices and output drove the gain, with exports topping 66.75 million and imports about 39 million, most trade with the United States. Public figures show a 27 million dollar trade balance in favor of the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
United States
Island
Ammunition and Guns at Lowest Prices
Portage Tire Co located at 221 South Alamo advertises ammunition and guns at the lowest prices with highlighted deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage Tire Co
Alamo
Soy Alamo
Onion-only Ohio man joke quoted in Boston Transcript
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a man in Ohio who allegedly lives on onions alone. The wife taunts the paper and the husband quips that anyone who lives on onions should live alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Boston Transcript
English girl Kathleen Burke at Verdun front with French army
Kathleen Burke the English volunteer who aided Scottish Women’s Hospitals visited Verdun front with General Petain Nivelle and Dubois. She toured hospitals in a mobile aid car, witnessed ambulance sections near the firing line, and helped open a new 100 bed ward at Royaumont. She raised funds from Ottawa Montreal Toronto Hamilton and London Ontario and received $10,000 from the Canadian Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Kathleen Burke
Canada
Verdun
Petain
Nivelle
Dubois
Miss Burke
Joffre
Jean de Pulligny
Ministry of Munitions
French Engineering Commission
United States
Burke
France
Royaumont
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Hamilton
Ontario
Canadian Red Cross
The New Method Backache and Kidney Disorder Remedy
An article promotes kidney related backache treatment citing toxin buildup from poor kidney function. It claims a sparing meat diet and ample water help, plus taking a single anuric tablet before meals, recommending asking a druggist for anurie for symptoms like luminosity, rheumatism, dropsy, and general malaise.
Get s It corn remedy advertisement tease
A vintage ad touts GETS IT as a painless corn remover promising quick painless relief. It claims the corn loosens and lifts off without pressing or cutting and urges readers to buy 25 cents or mail order from E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Druggista
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Serbian relief units aid refugees and Serbia's frontline aid
The text notes Miss Burke being made a Knight of Saint Sava for Serbian relief work. Her organization ran four Serbia hospitals and shifted work to Saloniki and Corsica after German occupation, caring for 6000 Serbian refugees. An American Unit funds supported a Russia mission and a Saloniki unit joined the Serbian army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Burke
St. Sava
Serbia
Saloniki
Corsica
Russia
America
Government Hires 17000 Women to Fill War-Government Roles
British offices in Whitehall employ 11000 women clerks and stenographers amid wartime staffing gaps. Authority suggests 200 more women can join weekly to support the War Office and Ministry of Munitions. Pay ranges from 5 to 9 dollars weekly plus overtime, with hours typically 42 to 48. Civil service commissioners expand temporary staff, finding nearly 6000 women for other departments in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Whitehall
War Office
Ministry of Munitions
United States
Civil Service Commissioners
Post Office Departments
Notable Visitors Check In At San Antonio Hotels
A stream of guests checks into San Antonio hotels including Ed Pomeroy of El Paso at the Gunter F eight Mangham of Cuero at the St Anthony Wessek a Chicago businessman at the Menger and Walter Bywaters of Roxton arriving at the Gunter J M Redmonds of Chicago guest at the St Anthony J Parkes of San Francisco at the Menger and R W Fort of Dallas at H Piper New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Pomeroy
Fl Paso
Gunter. F
Mangham
Cueros
St. Anthony
W. Wessek
Chicago
Menger
Walter Bywaters
Roxton
Tex
Gunter
J. M. Redmonds
San Antonio
W. Parkes
San Francisco
Meng
Dallas
J. H. Bennett
J. D. Bowers
St. Louis
J. M. Dobie
Cotulla
J. C. Dunn
New York
Will Kennedy
Houston
James Pelter
Buffalo
N. Y
Rerdie
Brooklyn
W. Rhodes
George West
Bandera
Kendall county fair opens in Boerne with parade and races
The eleventh Kendall county fair opened in Boerne Texas with a morning parade led by the Third Illinois infantry band and a 11 o clock address by Judge Claude V. Birkhead. Thousands witnessed floats displays and the opening ceremony as racing events began in the afternoon along with numerous prize offerings from local merchants.
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Boerne
Tex
Claude V. Birkhead
San Antonio
Albert Kronkosky
Gus Wollschlaeger
Joe Zienger
P. McFarland
Dan Holekamp
L. W. King
C. A. Herff
Birkhead
San
Kendall County
Postoffice Substation May Move to Army Post
Postmaster George Armistead says the Post Office Department will lease a specially-built building at the army post to house a larger sub station. Inspector J O Chapman notes current space is insufficient for post and civilian mail. Silva Heimann plans a new structure likely on New Braunfels Avenue or Grayson Street with at least 1500 square feet and a vault, to be provided by the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Army Post
George D. Armistead
Armistead
J. O. Chapman
Silva Heimann
Post Office Department
New Braunfels Avenue
Grayson Street
Chapman
Sales Lady Promotes Simple Foot Comfort Remedy
Mrs. L. Gardner of 1009 East Fourteenth Street Kansas City Missouri says she cured years of sweating swelling and aching feet with a home recipe. She used about one ounce of Liquid Pedalava applied to the soles at night and reports odor and sweating disappeared within days with no relapse and it also stopped sweating under the arms.
Mayor asks Uhr to name men for police jobs
Mayor Brown writes Commissioner Uhr urging immediate appointment of current special policemen or alternatives to fill six or seven department vacancies. Court orders limit pay after August 31. Brown says he will confirm those on the force submitted by Uhr, except the chief, to avoid vacancies. August payroll hinges on payment for the current specials.
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Uhr
Brown
Funeral Notices for Ida Elsie Rayburn and W L McFall
The funeral for Ida Elsie Rayburn who died Tuesday night was held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church at 3 pm Thursday with Rev. R Y Barber officiating. Pallbearers included Montgomery Fly Arthur Carle John Collins Barney Graeger Mr Harris and A F Cook. Interment followed at Mission Burial Park. W L McFall aged 40 died Wednesday afternoon in Ithaca New York. Once a San Antonio resident he became a state bank examiner and was recently appointed national bank examiner stationed in Ithaca. He is survived by his widow and daughter Mildred and his body will go to Weatherford Texas for the funeral on Saturday.
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Miss Rayburn
Ida Elsie Rayburn
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
R. Y. Barber
Montgomery Fly
Arthur Carle
John Collins
Barney Graeger
Mr. Harris
A. F. Cook
Mission Burial Park
W. L. McFall
San Antonio
Ithaca
N. Y
McFall
National Bank
Death of M. J. Bass at 530 Mistletoe Avenue
M. J. Bass, 40, died at his home on Mistletoe Avenue at 9 20 PM after weeks of illness. He was a prominent Mason in San Antonio and a member of the Woodmen of the World. He formerly worked with Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Bass
M. J Bass
Mistletoe Avenue
Mr. Bass
Masonic
San Antonio
Woodmen of the World
Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing Company
Funeral under Masonic rites for local man
The deceased is survived by his widow and a child, his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Bass of Houston, two sisters Mrs. W. R. Camp of San Antonio and Mrs. John Mays of Greenwood Louisiana. C L Bass of San Antonio is his uncle. Funeral under Masonic auspices at 4 PM Thursday from the Masonic Temple with interment in Anchor Masonic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Bass
Houston
W. R. Camp
San Antonio
John Mays
Greenwood
C. L. Bass
Masonic Temple
Anchor Masonic Cemetery
Death of Charles Binion in San Antonio Burial in Bishop
Charles Binion aged 27 died in a San Antonio hospital at 8 p.m. Wednesday. He is survived by his widow three children his father and mother several sisters and brothers all of Bishop Texas where the body was sent for burial Thursday morning by the Shelley Loring Undertaking Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Binion
San Antonio
Bishop
Tex
Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co Advertises Automobile Equipment
An advertisement for Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co promotes automobile equipment and lists both phones as 971. The brief note appears alongside a humorous quote from the Argonaut about Whistler and King Edward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Whistler
Edward
New Books at Carnegie Library For Blind Readers
Carnegie Library announces new accessible books including Little Lord Fauntleroy Richelieu Tales of Adventure Martha's Corner Cupboard Bluebird Stoops to Conquer Will O the Mill Beside the Bonnie Bush Colonel Carter and more loaned from the Library of Congress. Pope An Essay on Man Burns Poems two volumes and Bowles Memory Preston Beechen Brook also added. Portable prices listed by Portage Tire Co. 321 Soy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
New York Point
Bulwer-Lytton
Spofford
Mitains
Stevenson
Will O' the Mill
Bonnie Bush” Smith
Carter Cartersville
Library of Congress
Tigels
Pope
Burns
Bowles
Memory Preston
Beechen Brook
Doctor Promises Nuxated Iron Boosts Strength in Ten Days
An advertisement quotes Dr E Sauer touting Nuxated Iron as a cure for nervous weakness and iron-deficiency related ailments. It claims a 200 percent strength increase in ten days after taking two five-grain tablets three times daily, noting improved endurance and digestion with no adverse effects from the newer organic iron form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Wagner
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Alamo Iron Works
Ak. ‘Ts
Port Lavacaunday
Leave
Adkins - Lavernia
Sutherland Springs
Stockdale Pandora Nixon
Westhoff, Cuero
Victoria
Port Lavaca
McClannahan
C.P
T.A
E. J. W. King
OS A
R. Houston St. G. M
Ates
BYNUM
Cc. E
San Anto
O & Aransa Boerne
Avenue C
Corpus Christi
Brady Bldg
Crockett
Aathleen Burke
Western Front
San Jacinto
Concho
Comal
Galveston
Mallory Line
Texas
Bedell Bidg
C. V. Birkhead
Kansas City
Wolfson’s
Hague
Saul Wolfson
E. Sauer
Europe
Cibolo Gravel Company & P
Nolan
An J. Stevens, Press
Match
Mer
Patel
Anville
S. P. Ry
M.K.T
Bracken
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