Girl Pupils Make Christmas Gifts at Main Avenue High
Young women in the domestic science department at Main Avenue High School lead the Spug movement promoting useful gifts. About 250 students are busy during class making practical presents, focusing on home economics economy rather than costly gifts. They will also bake candy in cooking class, though boxes of candy are deemed an exception to the rule of usefulness.
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Main Avenue High School
Spug
Society For the Prevention of
San Antonio
Parish Aid Menu at St Marks House December 16
The St Mark's Senior Parish Aid serves a hot menu at the parish house on Tuesday December 16 from 12 to 2. Oyster cocktail chicken a la king corn souffle chipped potatoes combination salad rolls cakes pie coffee.
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St. Mark's
Noted Beauty Coming to Grand Opera House with Cort company
Charles Bradford, business manager for Lillian Russell, arranges her Christmas matinee and night appearance at the Grand Opera House. Russell heads a forty-strong company under John Cort, touring the Pacific coast in eight Pullman cars. Cort plans The Ham Tree to San Antonio after the new year.
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Lillian Russell
Charles Bradford
Grand Opera House
Bradford
Miss Russell
John Cort
Cort Theater
New York
Anna Held
Pacific Coast
Cort Theaters
Far West
Russell
Christmas Cheer drives 12 baskets for needy families in San Antonio
Committees from United Daughters of the Confederacy and First Presbyterian Church organize daily packing at Christmas Cheer HQ on Avenue D. Donations of money clothing bags and food pour in as urgent cases reveal families left without food or warm clothing after floods and rain.
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Avenue D
Travis Park Methodist Church
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mabel M. Bates
A. W. Houston
E. O. Spencer
W. P. Baugh
William Cassin
J. P. Nelson
J. Jo. Wetherell
Bascom Bell
Mattie Walthal Leman
E. M. Rowley
H. C. Peterson
C. E. Wynne
Robert Wotan
George Wurzbach
Annie Sullivan
Gussie Rowley
Elizabeth Jones
First Presbyterian Church
R. B. Hadden
Frank Paschal
O. M. Farnsworth
R. R. Hadden
M. J. Bleim
M. J. McCallum
Gladys Ives
A. Y. Walton
Ben Hammond
J. M. Allardyce
W. H. Joyce
H. D. Scholl
B. L. Proch
C. H. Denny
Bessie Knight
Nat Washer
Benno Kayton
Standard Paper Company
Austin Street
San Antonio Paper Company
Allen Paper Company
Lewis Kayton
Robert Campbell
Arthur Merrett
Clifford Edwards
Henry L. Halff
Highland Park
Asling
Christmas Cheer Committee
Aunt Jemima Rag Dolls a Town Favorite Hit
A local piece promotes Aunt Jemima Rag Dolls as a top children’s toy. The ads claim wide popularity with slogans about Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose characters, noting the 12 to 15 inch dolls are well made and sure to cause laughter.
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Jemima
Mose
Hotel Clerks Convene in Galveston Convention
The fourth annual Texas Hotel Clerks Association meeting opened in Galveston with delegates from major Texas cities. A banquet is planned for tonight and the convention continues tomorrow ending with an oyster roast hosted by Galveston hotel proprietors on the island.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Hotel Clerks’ Association
Dansant Held at St Anthony Wednesdays and Saturdays
The notice advertises a dansant at St Anthony every Wednesday and Saturday from 4 to 6 PM, inviting attendees to enjoy music and dancing in the venue.
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Dansant
the St. Anthony
Mary Acker Obituary of Mobile Native in San Antonio
Mary Acker, native of Mobile Alabama and resident of San Antonio for over 20 years, died at a local hospital. She is survived by two brothers Judge Walter Acker of Lampasas and G W Acker of Commerce, and a nephew Captain Walter Acker. Funeral arrangements await arrival of her Lampasas based brother. AUGUST Acker Obituary for Mrs Jacob August in Landau Germany aged 83. She is survived by her son in this city, two brothers in New York and Fort Worth, and a sister in Birmingham Alabama.
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Acker
Mary Acker
Mobile
Ala
San Antonio
Walter Acker
Lampasas
G. W. Acker
Commerce
Capt
August
J. August
Madison Street
Jacob August
Landau
Rheinpfall
Germany
New York
Fort Worth
Birmingham
Army Private Wade Woodring Dies at Fort Crockett Hospital
Wade H. Woodring 21, of the U S Army hospital corps, died at the local post hospital at 11 o clock Tuesday morning. He enlisted in the hospital department eleven months ago.
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Woodring
Wade H. Woodring
United States Army Hospital Corps
Fort Crockett
Hospital Department of
The
Army
Deaths and burials in Texas and Pennsylvania
The report notes the death of an unidentified man who had been ill for a month and was sent from San Antonio to Clearfield Pennsylvania for burial. It also records the death of 10 year old Nathaniel Foster Wellage, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Wellage of Eagle Pass Texas. The boy’s body arrived in San Antonio from Eagle Pass and services were held at Zizik Undertaking Company and St Marys Church. Burial followed in St Marys Cemetery.
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San Antonio
Pennsylvania
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Company
Clearfield
Wellage
Nathaniel Foster Wellage
Joseph Wellage
Eagle Pass
Tex
Zizik Undertaking Company
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Father Haas
St. Mary's Cemetery
Straughan Dies at 38 in San Antonio
Elbert T. Straughan aged 38 died Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital. A native of Arkansas he came to San Antonio a year ago. He is survived by his widow and his parents Mr and Mrs C C Straughan of the city. Funeral services were held at 8 oclock Wednesday afternoon at the residence 224 Adams Street.
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Straughan
Elbert T. Straughan
Arkansas
San Antonio
C. C. Straughan
Adams Street
Funeral for Local Figure in Kansas City
Body will be sent to Kansas City Kansas where burial will take place tonight by Sloan Hagg undertakers. Pallbearers include Speaker Harvey Schuhardt L C Schilling H Armstrong George Schuhardt and FB Vy Schilling.
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Kansas City
Kan
Sloan & Hagg
Harvey Schuhardt
L. C. Schilling
H. Armstrong
George Schuhardt
FB. Vy. Schilling
Frank Ticek Dies in Local Sanitarium
Frank Ticek 18 a native of Austria died Tuesday night in a San Antonio sanitarium. He arrived recently from Tailton Texas where he farmed. Riebe Undertaking prepared the body and sent it to Alltel Texas for burial with his parents awaiting in Alltel.
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Tucek
Frank Ticek
Austria
San Antonio
Tailton
Tex
Riebe Undertaking Company
Alltel
Funeral Held for Alvin L Huth at Family Home
The funeral of Alvin L. Huth aged 25 was held at 3 p m Wednesday from the Huth family home at 351 East Crockett Street. Interment followed in the Odd Fellows cemetery with Rev R Y Barber of St Luke's Episcopal Church officiating. Pallbearers included Judge Phil H Shook, H E Hildebrand, George W Huntress, Robert Lipscomb, RR I McCalla, and Harry Hertzberg.
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Robert Lipscomb
RR. I
McCalla
Harry
Hertzberg
Towns May Vote Road Bonds
McKinney Texas reports progress as towns consider road bonds after the adoption of a good roads bond issue yesterday. Local officials plan referendums to fund highway improvements and rural pavement projects.
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Mckinney, Tex
Plano
Farmersville
Melissa
Anna
Celina
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Domestic Science Department
Fletcher
Gillett
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Gillette Safety Razor Company
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