Post Office in $500,000 Class Hopes for Year End Push
San Antonio post office seeks $38,000 to $40,000 in stamp sales to reach the $500,000 class by year end. To hit the target, daily business must average above $3,000 for the coming week. Merchants monitor sales as larger appropriations and staff follow higher activity. Last year the office hit $400,000 and aims for a $100,000 gain within nine months after fiscal year end moved from March 31 to December 31.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Guests See Bi-Centennial Site Appeal
Theodore Hardee acting director of Panama-Pacific Exposition exhibits and Mrs. Hardee visit San Antonio. They tour the city and view the proposed Bi-Centennial and Pan American Exposition site, praising the town's blend of charm and progress.
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Theodore Hardee
San Antonio
Hardee
San Francisco
Mr. Hardee
Pullman
Mrs. Hardee
Southern Pacific
Dog Thief Bites as Army Buyer Seizes Collie
A collie owner was awakened before seven A.M. Sunday when a buyer from the Army Aviation Corps took his dog. Earlier, a French bulldog was returned to its owner by a different Light Want Ad reader.
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The
Army Aviation Corps
Storm sewer repair aids riverbank reclamation project
City engineer crews finished stabilizing the flood damaged storm sewer at Wilmington Avenue and its river outfall. A bulkhead and extensive rebuilding are completed, enabling reclamation of property undermined by the river.
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Wilmington Avenue
Jurors Drawn for January Term of Criminal Court
District Judge W S Anderson drew 450 juror names Monday from the jury wheel for the January term of the Criminal District Court. The list comprises ten batches of 50 names each and will serve during the nine weeks of the term, which ends in December.
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W. S. Anderson
Thirtyseventh District Court
Criminal District Court
Deputy Sheriff Seeks Suspect in Local Slaying
Deputy Sheriff George M. Millard heads to Laredo to fetch Joe Cloud a black man wanted for the December 3 killing of another black man. Cloud was nabbed in Laredo on word from Sheriff John W. Tobin. Also, 85 baskets of pears were condemned as frozen and unfit for use by Theo Anderson, city fruit inspector, per health office records.
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John W. Tobin
Ed Stevens
Antonio Diaz
Blanco City
Blanco County
George M. Millard
Laredo
Joe Cloud
Cloud
Theo. Anderson
City Fruit and Vegetable Inspector
City Health Office
Pythian Sisters Dance at Gunter Hotel Ballroom
Pythian Sisters announce a dance at the Gunter Hotel ballroom on Monday evening December 18. Admission is 25 cents with Drescher's Orchestra providing music.
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Pythian Sisters
Gunter Hotel
Drescher
Universal Shears and Knives Ad from Sam Speir Hardware
An advertising blurb from Sam Speir Hardware Co listing universal shears and butcher knives. Located at 219 Losoya Street with promotional details and percentage ad emphasis.
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Universal Shears & Butcher Knives
SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Universal Vacuum Bottles
Air Rifles Shot Guns and Winchester Rifles
An advertisement lists air rifles shotguns and Winchester rifles for sale at 219 Losoya Street with no additional details.
Employers 10 Meet Wednesday Evening in San Antonio
L. W. Groves, Texas Employers' Insurance Association agent, calls San Antonio employers to a Wednesday night meeting at the Gunter Hotel. The aim is to organize a state protest against proposed amendments to the employers' liability act, including first week wage reimbursement and higher employer liabilities. Representatives from the Manufacturers' Club will attend.
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L. W. Groves
San Antonio
Groves
Manufacturers’ Club
Soldier to Speak by Sergeant Howe on Texas Troops
Sergeant Charles Howe provost sergeant of the Second Texas Infantry on furlough in San Antonio plans talks before the Woman's Club and Chamber of Commerce. He will describe camp life at the coast town near Corpus Christi, including facilities and activities for the troops. Howe is a San Antonio native and former structural engineer.
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Charles Howe
Second Texas Infantry
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Howe
Woman's Club
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Young Men's Christian Association
Sergeant Howe
Perfection Oil Heaters Highlighted in Hardware Ad
A hardware retailer advertises Perfection Oil Heaters priced from 3.25 to 5.00 with SAM SPEIR listed as the COO of SAM SPEIR HARDWARE.
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Perfection
Sam Speir
Losoya St
Beware of Fires Holiday Warning From State Fire Marshal
State Fire Marshal Wallace Inglish warned Texans against fires during the holidays caused by fireworks. After last Christmas he asked fire officials in 240 towns for totals on losses, fires and injuries. 240 replies showed about $5000 in losses, four injuries, none serious.
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Austin
Tex
Wallace Inglish
Texas
Abolish all divorces claim shocks Texas judge
Houston judge J D Harvey, head of the Eighteenth District Court, urged abolishing all divorces in a statement. He proposed a temporary separation with no remarriage except to the former spouse, linking high cotton prices to divorces and noting rural husbands can now pay court costs.
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Houston
Tex
J. D. Harvey
Eighteenth District Court
Teutons Seize Grain in Roumania
London reports Adolph Von Batocki president of the German food regulation board has arrived in Budapest to attend the Austro Hungarian food conference. The dispatch notes grain seizures in Roumania as part of wartime food measures and logistics adjustments.
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Teutons
Roumania
London
Adolph von Batocki
German Food Regulation Board
Budapest
Austro-German Grain Seizure Reported in Roumania
Dispatch from Copenhagen quotes Herr Von Batocki stating Austro-German forces seized 60,000,000 bushels of grain and maize in Roumania, ensuring Central Powers ample supplies until the next harvest.
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Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Herr von Batocki
Roumania
Neighbor Mistook Mare for Mary in Sudden Alarm
In a rural exchange a farmer cried relief after a neighbor shouted about Mary in the pond. The farmer realized his wife Mary had not fallen in but the mare caused the scare.
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