Car dealers report Christmas rush for Overland Hupp and other makes
Woodward Carriage Company and Citizens Auto Company in San Antonio report a surge in orders for Christmas gifts. Enclosed Overland and Hupp coupes sold. Studebaker and Franklin Six Thirty orders expected. new Landeau convertible models touted for weather. Local forays include Hupmobile, Franklin, Hudson, and Reo shipments amid flood-related sales activity.
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Woodward Carriage Company
Overland
Jeffery
Hupp
T. A. Tirado
Studebaker
A. E. Staacke Automobile Company
George F. Wroten
Studebaker Landeau
Everson Motor Car Company
Brownsville
L. J. Trost
Birdsong & Potchernick
Franklin
Mr. Trost
Cascarets Offer Quick Aid for Upset Stomach
An ad claims Cascarets relieve upset stomach, biliousness, and constipation by sweetening the stomach and removing sour food, gases, and waste. It promises relief by morning after a single dose tonight.
Fathers and Sons movement to be launched in Cleveland
A father and son movement is to be inaugurated in Cleveland to foster closer understanding between fathers and their sons. Robert E. Lewis of the Cleveland Y M C A will issue a call for a meeting this week, aided by Mayor Newton D. Baker and other leaders. The aims include guiding sons away from harmful outside influences and bridging the gap between home and boyhood experiences.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Robert E. Lewis
Cleveland Young Men’s Christian Association
Newton D. Baker
Oil King Prolongs Stay In Cleveland For Holidays
John D. Rockefeller will spend Christmas and New Year at Forest Hill in Cleveland marking his first holiday season there in fifteen years due to the illness of Mrs. Rockefeller and her sister Miss Lucy Spelman. Rockefeller remains in good health for the stay.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hill
New York
Lucy Spelman
Students to pull teeth free of charge during exam week
San Antonians can have teeth fixed at no cost Thursday and Friday as 31 applicants for dentist licenses undergo state board testing. The three-part exam includes written, lab, and actual dentistry with free treatment for patients, while the lab portion is at Noa Speers Co on Losoya Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonians
State Dental Board
Chamber of Commerce
Noa Speers Company
Losoya Street
Houston
St. Anthony
T.S. Cartwright
van Alstyne
C. M. McCauley
Abiline
M. J. Brisco
Fort Worth
A. F. Sontag
Waco
W. H. Scheerer
W. D. McCarty
San Antonio
Flooded Houston Receding as Relief Rolls In
Floods in the lower river area are rapidly receding and within days streams will be back in their banks. Refugees have cash and supplies, with more arriving. Seed and feed for farmers will be a needslier later. Rail service between North and South Texas is forming with schedules improving, but full recovery isn’t expected until week’s end. western lines remain broken at Brazos and Colorado bottoms, causing detours.
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Houston
Tex
North
South
Texas
Brazos
Colorado
Bernard Bottoms
Marketing plan discussed by southern agriculture commissioners
Commissioner Kane calls a January 15 1914 meeting at Fort Worth of southern state agriculture commissioners to devise plans for better marketing of staple crops and other farm products and fruits and vegetables raised in the region. He seeks cooperation from commissioners and southern people to solve marketing problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Agriculture
Kane
Fort Worth
Commissioners of Agriculture
South
Vinci cod liver and iron tonic advertised cure all
An advertisement promotes Vinci cod liver and iron tonic to purify and enrich blood, improve digestion, and boost strength. A Gulfport Mississippi reader, Mrs Armelise Saucier, reports improved health after using Vinci, with a money back guarantee if it fails. Also mentions Saxo skin remedy for eczema.
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Vinci
Gulfport
Armelise Saucier
P. S
Saxo
Jad Salts Kidney Relief Ad
An advertisement touts using a grape and lemon juice based salt remedy to flush and stimulate kidneys. It claims high water intake and daily doses of a raci sts blend to prevent bladder weakness and backache, promoting Jad Salts as inexpensive and safe.
Federal Agriculture Officials to Attend Cooperation Call
The proposition asks for cooperation from the Department of Agriculture with expert agronomists and others interested. Secretary D. F. Houston is expected to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Department of Agriculture
D. F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
St Charles Coffee Featured at Bond's Epicurean Display
St Charles Coffee showcased daily at Bond's on 235 E Houston St Bond's advertisement spot highlights the epicurean delight of this coffee brand for local shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Bond's
E. Houston St
You are entitled to the best. You must ask for it now.
An oblique line in the ad copy urges readers to demand the best. The fragment hints at promotional language for value or service but lacks clear event or subject names for fuller summary.
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Ady
Plumber A Collman Seeks Adv Phone Listings
A. Collman, a plumber, lists two phone numbers 897 and another in an advertisement for contact or service inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Collman
Appeal Filed Over County Fight In Pat Dunn District
The case of T. M. Dubose et al vs 8. H. Woods et al involves a dispute over Pat Dunn County’s creation from parts of Duval and Jim Wells counties. Plaintiffs seek an injunction alleging unfair precinct division by Duval County commissioners. The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals heard the transcript Monday with election day set for December 23, aiming for a decision before that vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Dubose
H. Woods
Pat Dunn County
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Dubose
District Court of the
Twenty-eighth Judicial District
Duval County
Only Banks May Submit Bids Opinion Declares Sponsor Rule
The attorney general's department ruled that under the public instruction bidding law, banks only may submit bids. The opinion, addressed to Professor W. F. Doughty, superintendent of public instruction, interprets the statutory restriction and outlines its implications for bidding procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
W. F. Doughty
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Attorney General’s Department
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Wrigleys
Wrigley
Wrigley’s
Parcel Post
Reo
Citizens’ Auto Company
Wroten
H. Holzhauer
Dallas
Mr. Holzhauer
Thomas H. Abbot
Tewes & Abbot
Chevrolet
Lavernia
Knight Motor Car Company
A. G. Price
Ben M. Parker & Co
Hudson
City
R.S. Richter
Studebaker Corporation
Ore Soc
Will Dicuss Marketing
Fletcher
Fomby-Jones Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Earl & Wilson
Fomby -Jones Company
East
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