Houston Street paving bids and widening plan set for council
City council opens bids for Houston street paving from Alamo plaza to North Flores with creosoted block work and contemplates new foundations. A public improvements committee will review street widening projects and a December 23 meeting to decide which streets will be widened and opened.
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Houston Street
Alamo Plaza
North Flores
Rische
Council
C. D. Pollock
Travis Street
Avenue D
Main Avenue
Presa Street
Warren
Surance
South Presa
Dielmann
Brown
Fincham
Police Department
Texas
North Flores Street
Houston
West Laurel Street
Eads Avenue
Sap
Elmendorf Lake
Fries
Foxhall & McCormick
H. L. Myers
Creosoted
Wo- Block Paving Company
Roach-Manigan Company
Myers
Alderman Lambert
Steves
Saunders
Hoefgen
Uhr
International & Great Northern
Chapa
Portland Commission Launches Job Program For Unemployed
The city commission decided to hire Portland's unemployed after consulting a Central Labor Council committee. Men with families get three full days of work weekly, single men two days, with total employment between 600 and 1000 workers.
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Portland
Ore
Central Labor Council
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Claims Gentle Health Aid
A vintage pitch promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle inside cleansing for children and adults. It assures relief from constipation and digestive discomfort, emphasizes safety and non injury, warns against counterfeit syrups, and instructs to buy only the 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Students' Council Weighs Four Misconduct Cases
The Main Avenue High School Students' Council, newly formed as a grand jury for rule violations, deliberated eight cases last week with four likely dismissals. Three boys and one girl face action as the council meets again Monday afternoon to hear further evidence. Hull Youngblood presides.
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Main Avenue High School
W. D. Williams
Supreme Court
Hull Youngblood
Fre Department Efficiency Shown
San Antonio fires in the 1912-13 fiscal year saw 48 percent extinguished with chemical lines, aided by motor drawn apparatus. Chief Wright notes recent truck additions boosted capability and expects 60 percent of fires to be checked by chemical lines after more stations and wagons are added.
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San Antonio
Wright
Christmas Boxes Packed for Buckner Home in Dallas
At First Baptist Church Monday the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society packed Christmas barrels for Buckner's Orphan Home in Dallas. Seventy five dollars in goods and over two hundred dollars in cash were sent to the children. Papers were read on the topic China by several members and a letter from Rev. Eugene Sallee was presented. The China offering will be sent in January during the week of prayer.
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First Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society
Buckner’s Orphan Home
Dallas
China
Sid Williams
E. B. Lowry
E. Simmons
Eugene Sallee
Texas
Minerva
Pass Christian Residence Offered to President for Vacation
News that John Legier Jr of New Orleans offers his Pass Christian Mississippi summer home for President Wilson and family if he spends part of his vacation on the Gulf coast. Legier telegraphed Senators Ransdell Williams and Vardaman to convey the offer.
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New Orleans
Woodrow Wilson
Gulf Coast
Pass Christian
Miss
John Legier
Redfield Urges Broad Trust and Trade Reforms
Secretary Redfield outlines an aggressive plan to curb restraints of trade, ban interlocking directorates, and prohibit stock watering. He also seeks a major reorganization of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to boost U S exports and study prices and monopolies.
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Washington, D. C
Redfield
Department of Commerce
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of Corporations
Wilson
Bureau
Supreme Court
Congress
Oklahoma
Department of State
Dainty And Fascinating Lehn & Fink Talcum Ad
An advertisement touts Lehn & Fink talcum as exquisite fragrant, light and fluffy for a cool soft velvety skin after bath. It promises a delicate odor that attracts, claiming one use will deter users from others and noting availability in large glass jars with sprinkler tops at druggists.
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Lehn & Fink
The Man Who Neglects Himself Kidney Trouble Ad
An ad notes kidney trouble and backache with symptoms of pain dizziness and poor sleep. It claims Foley Kidney Pills restore kidney and bladder health and urges regular use at Fisehs ler's Drug Store.
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Fisehsler
Ady
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Relief From Catarrh
A vintage advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as instant relief for clogged nostrils and head colds. It claims the small bottle clears nasal passages, relieves headaches, and cures catarrh by morning, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
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Gatarrh
Ely
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Boost
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for liver and bowel relief. It warned calomel can seriously interfere with work and urges trying the product, with a guarantee by A. M. Fischer to refund if not pleased.
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Dodson
A. M. Fischer
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Houston ST
Rotary Club
Helland
Lafayette Ward
Bowen's Island
Hedfield
South America
Panama Canal
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Fomby-Jones Company
East
Levytansky
Levytansky’s Jewelry Establishment
South
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