Matinee Tickets Ready for Grand Benefit
A Santa led Christmas Cheer effort plans a Grand Opera House matinee on Wednesday afternoon with $1 tickets, four sold boxes, and a full program. Volunteers prepare food, toys, stockings, and baskets for Navarro school neighborhood families as donations come in.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Cheer
Christmas Cheer Committee
Grand Opera House
R. W. Nolan
Herbert B. Linscott
Roy Beitel
Elizabeth Houston
Sidney Weis
East Commerce Street
Joske
Santa Claus Letters and Local Christmas Aid
The Free Clinic will be undertaken by Miss Bowden, deaconess of the city mission board, who knows the neighborhood poor. Children write hopeful Santa letters begging for toys and food, while local donors such as Levi Bank & Trust, Silva Heiman, and R L Ball contribute money and items. Houston Boyle Storey and Davis add $25. Georgia Brussell sent a toy box. a Christmas tree arrives from San Antonio Drug Company.
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Mamma
Papa
Levi Bank & Trust Company
Victoria
Silva Heiman
Cincinnati
R. L. Ball
T. C. Brassell
Reba Barkley
E. J. Bowden
E. Ball
M. D. Monserrate
Houston
Boyle
Storey and Davis
Georgia Brussell
San Antonio Drug Company
Corpus Christi Bets On New Gulf Railroad Line
Real estate man E Dubage of Corpus Christi in San Antonio predicts the Corpus Christi portion of the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf line will secure a bonus increase within weeks and win right of way through Nueces county. He says the project will make Corpus Christi a major coast town with direct rail access to San Antonio.
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Corpus Christi
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
E. Dubage
Corpus
San Antonio
Nueces County
Chamber Building Committee Meets Over Lunch
Members of the chamber of commerce building committee will meet at the Gunter hotel for lunch on Tuesday to discuss progress toward financing plans to erect a new building on St. Marys Street after purchasing the property for that purpose.
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Chamber of Commerce Building Committee
Gunter Hotel
St. Mary's Street
Employed Bureau Interest Sale Challenged by Injunction
G Dornbusch seeks a court order in Seventy third district court to stop cashing a $300 check and negotiating a $900 note signed while intoxicated for a quarter share in an employment bureau. Defendants named include J P Forest and August Blevins.
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G. Dornbusch
Seventy-third District Court
J. P. Forest
August Blevins
All Kinds of Ships Pore Into Aransas Harbor
Since Aransas Harbor opened, diverse ships have visited, including cotton carriers to Liverpool and Havre, lighthouse tenders, coast guard vessels, and the War vessel Des Moines. Officials report an old square rigged three masted sailing ship from Philadelphia with water pipes for Portland near Harbor City, the first of its kind since before the Civil War. The vessel flies the German flag, with the last similar visit in 1861 aboard a French wine ship for Corpus Christi merchants.
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Aransas
Liverpool
Havre
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Senate takes up bill to bar liquor shipments to dry states
In Washington leaders of the W C T U push the Kenyon Shephard bill to prohibit shipment of intoxicating liquors into dry states while opponents warn it oversteps states rights. Delegates in white ribbons urge senators, citing mail order liquor into Tennessee and other dry areas as a loophole. The Kenyon plan seeks action before Christmas with national officers steering mass meetings this afternoon and tonight.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Shephard
House
Kenyon
Sanders
Congress
Senator Sanders
Tennessee
McCumber
North Dakota
Capitol
Lillian M. N. Stevenson
Anna B. Gordon
Howard N. Hoge
Fredericksburg Chamber Seeks $1000 to Reach Railroad Bonus
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce reports a shortfall of over $1000 in the $50,000 railroad bonus. Subscriptions by mail fell short, committeemen had not yet reported, and San Antonio’s promised funds remain delayed. Officials hope for completion in a day or two under the existing contract. Christmas salaries authorized for county employees to circulate money before the holidays. In court, blind man J H Stinson and his son faced a drunkenness charge. they were allowed to proceed toward Lampasas after police arrest yesterday afternoon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
R. A. Love
Foster Crane
J. H. Stinson
Fred Stinson
Galan
Buckley
Lampassas
Starr and Dawson Streets
New Braunfels Avenue
Paris Holt
Jack Weathers
Beck
Henderson
Still Alarm No Fire At River Avenue Block
A still alarm at 3 pm reported no fire found after a run to the 100 block on River avenue. Also notes events: Second annual ball by Thos. Hume Division 696 Railway Conductors at Turner hall Dec 18 with tickets $1 and a Diaz Sisters orchestra. Hermann Sons Jr. dance at Hermann Sons hall. various business and notices.
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Milam and
Oak Streets
River Avenue
Thos. Hume
Turner Hall
Diaz Sisters Orchestra
Boerne residents aid St John's Orphanage fund drive
A $37.50 contribution from Boerne, Texas, received by The Light from H. J. Graham will support rebuilding the St. John's Orphanage fund. Local citizens have given generously to the effort amid ongoing relief drives for the orphanage.
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Boerne
Tex
The
Light
H. J. Graham
St. John’s
Final city donation total reaches 20375 dollars
The last contribution brings the city's donations to 203.75 dollars. The amount was raised at the solicitation of Mr. Graham. Six carpenters were sought. The notice lists contractors and local business contacts including R. Schuetze and Yale Dentists. Humane Society officers are named with contact numbers. A freight traffic officials conference in Houston on December 27 aims to improve movement efficiency.
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Caen Dye Works
East
Houston Street
Graam
Katy
Houston
Street notices and city brief highlights from San Antonio
San Antonio officials report plans for freight divisions submitted for final approval. Garden Stable offers $1 per hour for shopping. Social events include Kohr's dance at Turner Hall and White Rose Grove maskrade ball at Modern Brotherhood Hall on Dec 19. Local health notes, a speeding arrest, a recovered clerk, pistol theft, and post office pay totals over $10,000 today.
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San Antonio
Made at Home Meats Promised by Union Meat Co
Retailers urged to call 292 for attractive prices on hams bacon lard and compound. Article emphasizes quality and home style appeal while promising goods meet top standards from Union Meat Company.
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Union Meat Company
Eat at Home Advisory Sparks Local Debate
A fragmented notice urges consumers to avoid meals sent from Chicago Kansas City or Omaha and to choose dining at home. It mentions A coli man a plumber at 416 Main and a sales pitch for a Woodward Carriage robe.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Union Meat Company
A. Coli
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New York
Nicatsse
Sue
Chas. B. Hanford
R. D. MacLean
Odette Tyler
Marie Droma
Julius Caesar
Milton and
Dolly Nobles
Vallecita’s
Leopards
Les Silvas
Caits Brothers
Holden & Harron
Wright & Lawrence
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FEARS
Lesen Turmar Utriday
Amy Sea
the Hudson CO
Gratis
J. Harvey Moore
Texas
NOA Spears CO
Lesoya St
Wright Bros
Electrical Contractors
Main Ave
Fred Hummert
W. Commerce Street
Mike Goggan
E. Houston St
Ave. D
Gunter
Tom L. Miller
Gunter Office Bldg
Cheer
Gulf Coast
Anitapy
UNION
Painiss
Commerce
Union Painless Dentists
Commerce Street
Santa
Little Brother
Dear Santa Claus
Charles Rees
Rees Houston
Charles Rees Co
Houston St
Orpheum Theater
Draughon
Practical Business College
Earthman Bros. & Parish
Mgrs
John W. Huntress
Hermann Sons Jr
Hermann Sons’ Hall
Bexar County Humane Society
Mackay Building
Be, M. Collins
W. A .Hering
Hicks Building
Leonard Smith Auto
Frank West
South Presa Street
O. E. Hicks
Gunter Building
Franklin
Ellis’ Building
Archer
Mr. Higginbotham
Kronsberg
Byler
Gibbs
Drs
Garring & Hatcher
Travis Club
L. A. Brustad
Moore Bldg
Friedman
H. Hannon, Givens and
Edwards Streets
F. Hadra
Wee Archer
Littrell
Conroy
Bond
Saltz
Dalkowitz Brothers Co
Montana and
Dreiss Streets
R. Schuetze
Yale Dentists
Hicks
Ferdinand P. Herff
Bedell
W. A. White
Casino St
San Antonio Humane Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Garden Stable
Kohr’s
Modern Oodmen Hall
W. Cook
Alamo Plaza
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
C. M. Cain
Rooseve Avenue
Garden Street
Juan Gary Clerk
City Health Departme
Seriou
H. L. Hext
Newton
Police Department
Newton, Weller & Wacner CO
W. Commerce ST
MR. Retailer
Woodward
Fletcher
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