Madame Sherry Opens at Grand Opera House for Six Shows
Madame Sherry opened at the Grand Opera House for a three day stay with matinees and evening performances Thursday and Friday. Rail service disruptions caused the Houston engagement to be cancelled and May Irwin to miss Thursday and Friday nights. Manager Weiss says the company arriving from El Paso enables six performances and marks a major success in musical comedy.
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Grand Opera House
Houston
Irwin
Weiss
Madame Sherry
el Paso
Nelson Named Actuary for Occidental Life in Albuquerque
R. R. Nelson, formerly assistant actuary of the Texas Department of Insurance and Banking, has been appointed actuary of the Occidental Life Insurance Company of Albuquerque New Mexico. At the time of his appointment he was assistant actuary of the National Insurance Company of Galveston and is well known across the state.
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Nelson
Austin
Tex
Department of Insurance and Banking
R. R. Nelson
Department
Occidental Life Insurance Company
Albuquerque
N. M
National Insurance Company of
Galveston
Alce
Colonel John R. Shook dies after long illness in Texas
Col. John R. Shook former Fourth Texas Cavalry officer and San Antonio lawyer dies at 11 33 oclock after Brights disease and a month of indigestion. Survived by wife Margaret Caroline Shook two children and four grandchildren, plus a sister. Born January 1 1837 in Warren Ohio he practiced law in Beeville Pleasanton and San Antonio for 45 years. Funeral plans pending.
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John R. Shook
San Antonio
Dwyer Avenue
Bright
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Colonel Shook
Margaret Caroline Shook
Phil H. Shook
T. T. van derHoeven
Margaret Hastings Shook
John Read Shook
Martha Caroline Shook
Philip Claywell Shook
John H. James
Freeport
Thomas Harrison
Warren
Trumbull County
Ohio
Johannes Shook
Hanover
Germany
America
Ann Wilson
Ireland
Samuel Francis Shook
Charlotte Abigail Cox
United States
Illinois
Plattville Academy
Plattville
Wis
Joseph L. Pickardt
Tex
Beeville
Bee County
Shook
Confederacy
Buchel
Fourth Texas Car Co
Mansfield
Pleasant Hill
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Pleasanton
Atascosa County
Thomas H. Stribling
Judge Stribling
Albrecht Dittmar
T. T. VanderHoeven
Mr. Dittmar
Shook & VanderHoeven
Tayloe
In Failing Health Write Dr. R V Pierce's Faculty
The note directs those in declining health to write Dr. R V Pierce's faculty at the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York for guidance and assistance.
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R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
New York
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad for Pape's Cold Compound promotes taking the remedy every two hours with a maximum of three doses to relieve all grippe symptoms. It claims to open nasal passages, stop discharge, relieve headache and feverishness, and costs 25 cents at drug stores.
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Pape
Embroidery Patterns Offer from The Light
Readers are invited to obtain a complete embroidery pattern outfit for 68 cents plus two coupons. Patterns cost at least 10 cents each, and the Imperial Pattern Outfits will be distributed with a daily coupon print until exhausted, with mail orders costing three coupons and 75 cents including postage. St Charles next week.
Christmas Cheer headquarters opens to organize season drive
Christmas Cheer headquarters at Avenue D and Travis Street opens with Mrs. Mabel Massey Bates and Mrs. James M. Young in charge. The group will stay open daily through Christmas as plans grow, with telephones installed by Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone. A citywide meeting is set for Friday at 10 o clock to rally business leaders and volunteers.
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Avenue D
Travis Street
Mabel Massey Bates
James M. Young
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Leo Cotton
Laurel Heights Circle
First Baptist Church
T. R. Robertson
A. H. Murrie
T. M. Clothier
G. H. Albers
B. F. Smith
Silva Heiman
Daughters of the Confederacy
Martin Wright
Atlee B. Ayres
S. H. Kress
Jack Burke
Grand
Benno Kayton
Wood Dealers Arrange Cord Price at Six Fifty
A committee member has arranged with wood dealers to supply firewood at six dollars and fifty cents per cord. The plan aims to secure affordable wood for community use.
Scientific Society Elects Officers in San Antonio
At the tenth annual general meeting of the San Antonio Scientific Society officers for the coming year were chosen led by President Dr. W. B. Chaplin and Vice Presidents J. F. Howard James Stevenson and C. Pessels with E. W. Heusinger and A. H. Muir as secretary and treasurer. The new board includes Col. J. B. Girard Maj. John Cotter W. B. Tuttle Bernard Mackenson Dr. Frederick Hadra Dr. W. F. McCaleb and H. L. Beach. The society discussed a proposed museum and its potential nuisance to Springs residents awaiting a city attorney opinion. The next meeting is December 19 featuring Prof. Albert H. Tuttle of the University of Virginia.
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The
San Antonio Scientific Society
W. 8. Chaplin
J. F. Howard
James Duryoe Stevenson
C. Pessels
E. W. Heusinger
A. H. Muir
Chaplin
Fred Hadra
Heusinger
Muir
Col
J. B. Girard
John Cotter
W. B. Tuttle
Bernard Mackenson
Frederick Hadra
W. F. McCaleb
H. L. Beach
Albert H. Tuttle
University of Virginia
Tuttle to Speak on Darwinism and the Crops
Local visitor Tuttle, father of W B Tuttle, will give a lecture on Darwinism and the Crops. The talk is planned during his visit to his son.
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Tuttle
W. B. Tuttle
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