San Antonio Automobile Club to Elect Officers
The annual meeting of the San Antonio Automobile Club will be held Wednesday evening in the St. Anthony hotel ballroom to elect officers and directors and discuss other club matters. J. W. Atwood of Dallas, Buick Company of Texas president, urges a strong local dealers association to mirror Dallas gains in civic life and industry.
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San Antonio Automobile Club
St. Anthony
W. H. Furlong Jr
J. W. Atwood
Dallas
Buick Company of Texas
Automobile Dealers
San Antonio
Mr. Atwood
E. R. Benson
Studebaker Corporation
A. E. Staacke Automobile Company
Studebaker
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Backache Relief
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure for backache lumbago and sciatica. It claims almost instant relief from soreness stiffness and pain after a gentle rub and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from a druggist.
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St. Jacobs
How to conquer tobacco habit quickly and easily
A book on tobacco addiction explains dangers of smoking chewing and snuff use and shows how stopping self poisoning can eliminate nervousness irritability sleep soreness and other disorders. It promises plain common sense not a sermon and offers free postpaid copy from Edward J Woods 534 Sixth Ave New York City.
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Edward J. Woods
Sixth Ave
New York Ciy
Regional auto show boosts North Texas trade in 1914
The fall motor car exhibit, the country’s first 1914 show, spurred trade in North Texas. The local association, allied with good roads boosters, organized a 40 car, 100 man demonstration. They push traffic enforcement and note improved city conditions. Vehicle deliveries to San Antonio and local sales kept pace with flood delays.
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Bis Fall
North
Texas
Good Roads Boosters
Colquitt
Atwood
Bible study classes postponed by Young Women's Christian Association
The religious work committee of the Young Women's Christian Association decided to postpone all Bible study classes from December 19 to January 6 except the teachers' class due to the Christmas season. The Bible classes have 122 members. The notice also invites businesswomen to an open meeting where Mrs. Dan A. Leary will discuss Woman and Morality.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Association
Business Woman’s Club
Dan A. Leary
Board of Directors
Stenographers
Business Woman's Club
Obituary notices for Alexis, Nolan, and Webb heads
Alexis Georgette Alexis 35 dies Monday at 226 South Concho Street. Survived by daughter in Los Angeles. Body held by Shelley Loring Undertaking pending instructions from daughter. Nolan John Nolan 75 dies Tuesday at 2017 South Flores Street. Funeral 3 PM at residence. interment in San Fernando cemetery. Webb J R Webb 500 Lamar Street learns of mother’s death in Houston. funeral Tuesday. survived by husband two sons and two daughters.
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Alexis
Georgette Alexis
South Concho Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company
Nolan
John Nolan
Ireland
San Antonio
South Flores Street
San Fernando
Last Year’s Model Cars Upstage Elopement Joke
A humorous exchange from the Houston Post plays on a chauffeur eloping with a wife and a punchline that the car is the real last year's model. The banter preserves period voice and local tone.
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Houston Post
San Antonio Opens Flood Relief Fund Effort
San Antonio leaders plan a 4:30 PM chamber meeting to start a flood relief fund for Central and Southern Texas. R E McIlvaine offered $100 as an initial subscription along with others pledging aid to suffering families. Dallas and Houston have already raised substantial sums to quicken relief.
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San Antonio
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Tuttle
John B. Carrington
Dallas
Houston
R. E. Melbvaine
Blanco Road
Mr. McIlvaine
Army to Send Clothing and Supplies to Bryan District
Army will ship 2000 pairs of shoes along with a substantial supply of clothing and woolen underclothes from Galveston to the Bryan district. A train load of army rations tents blankets and bedding had already reached Bryan Tuesday for flood relief distribution.
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Bryan
Army Quartermaster Department of Embarkation
Galveston
Bryan District
Protone Promises 30 Pound Gain in 30 Days Appeal
Advert shows Protone claim of rapid weight gain with a free 50 cent package offer. It cites benefits like improved appearance and vigor, notes a money back guarantee, and lists Detroit company details plus San Antonio distributors and local addresses. The pitch targets thin readers with a mail order gimmick.
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Womar
Protone
Protone Company
Protone Bldg
Detroit
Michigan
San Antonio
A. M. Fischer
East
Houston St
W. C. Kalteyer
Houston Street
Adolph Dreiss
North Alamo St
J. W. Taliaferro
East Houston Street
Relief supplies organized for flood refugees
Telegrams from Colonel Krauthoff directed that shoes clothing and heavy undergarments be issued to refugees with emphasis on larger sizes for negro and Italian recipients. Ten army enlisted men three sergeants and volunteers will aid in Galveston. A Wells Fargo Express car will carry two boxes of clothing to Bryan and Columbus. Bread from San Antonio bakers totaling about 2000 loaves will also be shipped to Bryan and Columbus.
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Tasker H. Bliss
Southern Department
Charles Krauthoff
Bryan
Galveston
Army
San Antonio
Department
Fort Sam Houston
Columbus
George C. Fichlitz
William Herff
C. C. Starr
Menger Hotel
Wells-Fargo Express
Express Company
Menger
Wells-Fargo Express Company
County Owns Its Bonds and Bank Overdraft Details
The November 1 report by county treasurer Peter P. Hoefgen shows Bexar county owns 236000 of its own outstanding bonds and pays interest to itself. The National Bank of Commerce statement dated October 31 shows a 1830.53 overdraft but no interest, plus 14.15 and 36.51 interest items.
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Peter P. Hoefgen
Bexar County
National Bank of Commerce
Annual Road Race Favored by Many in San Antonio
Promoters at the San Antonio Automobile Club luncheon urged replacing circular track races with an annual road race. H. G. Hayes proposed a cost efficient plan to build no new course while boosting road racing interest. A future San Antonio road race is seen as likely next year. Officers to be elected at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St Anthony hotel.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Automobile Club
Gunter Hotel
H. G. Hayes
Hayes
St. Anthony Hotel
Hering
Automobile Club
Sage Tea Darkens Hair Grandma Claims
An old advertisement touts Sage and Sulphur remedies to darken gray faded hair and stop dandruff and itching. It promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as an easy ready to use tonic costing about 50 cents a bottle.
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Wyeth
Civic life group reports year’s disbursements around $40000
The organization, in the current year, has handled and disbursed approximately $40 000 excluding its own expenses. Talks by Dr. Frederick J. Fielding W B Tuttle Noa Spears and W N Furlong Jr covered plans to popularize the clubhouse.
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Civic Life of
San Antonio
Frederick J. Fielding
W. B. Tuttle
Noa Spears
W. N. Furlong Jr
Tariff Move Hurting Sheep Men Says Colonel Sanderson
Colonel T H Sanderson, once Texas’s largest wool dealer, argues the wool tariff cut was too abrupt. Speaking at the Gunter hotel, he notes 12,000,000 pounds of wool passed customs, with a $1,320,000 duty loss and profits shifting to foreign growers rather than American producers or consumers.
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Democratic Congress
T. H. Zanderson
Texas
Zanderson
Gunter Hotel
Sanderson
Jourdanton
United States
Wilson
Wants Home for Boy in Need of Adoption
An orphan about 12 seeks a home through Mrs. Sadie Haley of Associated Charities. The healthy red cheeked German boy, brought to San Antonio by his aunt from Michigan, needs a place where he can work, be educated, and treated well. The aunt cannot support the family.
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Sadie Haley
The
Associated Charities
Safety device adopted by San Antonio Traction Co
The latest safety apparatus has been adopted by the San Antonio Traction Company and installed on all operating street cars. The device aims to reduce accidents and improve passenger protection across the fleet.
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San Antonio Traction Company
Pneumatic Sander Aids Track Sanding In Rail System
A new pneumatic sander, called the pneum sander, is mounted above the cock and blows sand onto the track. The device allows simultaneous air brake control and sanding with one action, reducing time wasted previously sanding manually. A local company plans to adopt the system.
Capital Stock Fully Paid in San Antonio Brick Firm
Austin Texas December 9 final payment of capital stock completed today by the San Antonio Sand Brick Company. The entire capital stock of twenty thousand dollars has been paid in full.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Lehn and Talcum Promises Smooth Skin Relief
Advertisement touts Lehn and Talcum as a remedy for rough skin and itching. Claims include quick smoothing effects, cooling comfort, and purity-free ingredients, with product sold in large glass jars via druggists.
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Lehn & Fink
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Washer Bros. CO
Wayne A. Hearne
Hudson Company
Mr. Hearne
Woodward Carriage Company
T. H. Thorne
A. E. Staacke Autobile Company
C. F. Blumberg
Seguin
D. Stahl
New Braunfels
R. N. Teel
Devine
Hudson
B. M. Barker
Bible Students of
Boston
Antoni
Olfson
Satsfactory Service
Wolfson
Saul Wolfson
Gods Co
Mr. Montague
Chicago Tribune
Auto Club
Orphan
Charities Agent
UL Ae nyTha Eee
Scott
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