Knights of Columbus Plan Christmas Parade for St. Peters Orphanage
The Knights of Columbus announce a Sunday automobile parade led by a tallyho with Knights and families, touring the downtown loop to Roosevelt avenue and to St. Peters Orphanage. One car will deliver $100 in toys. A program of songs and recitations is planned if weather allows, with entertainers and a Santa Claus committee arranging the event.
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Knights of Columbus
St. Peter's Orphanage
Tallyho
Roosevelt Avenue
A. Lincoln Mahoney
Knights
Navarro Street
John Hennessy
John Williams
Mr. Mahoney
Augustus Meloskey
Pfeil
Lodge
Paradise Christmas Sprays At Miss Polhemus Shop
Local ad notes Miss Edna Polhemus offers beautiful sprays for Christmas at 209 Alamo Plaza inviting shoppers to come and see the arrangements.
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Edna Polhemus
Alamo Plaza
Ady
Believe Gang At Work In Nearby Towns
San Antonio police say a band of crooks based in San Antonio is active in nearby towns. Police discuss the case with Chief Lancaster and Captain Caruthers. The Saspamco post office was robbed last Sunday night and a saloon in Poth was entered Monday night with cigars and whiskey stolen. Sightings indicate strangers used a small automobile, arriving on a road toward San Antonio and departing the same way.
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San Antonio
Lancaster
Caruthers
Detective Bureau
Saspamco
Poth
Universsl Shears and Butcher Knives Ad
An advertisement for Universsl Shears and Butcher Knives placed by SAM SPEIR HARDWARE CO at 219 Losoya Street. The notice promotes available kitchen tools and hardware items for customers shopping in the local area.
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SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Adv
Universsl Shears & Butcher Knives
Giant Stags Begin in Travis Park for Christmas Program
Workmen built a large open air stage in Travis Park for a Rotary Club Christmas concert and Messiah with about 1200 musicians. Police and 200 Boy Scouts will crowd-control, gifts for orphans and newsboys arranged, 87 foot tree sent from Maine to be lit near the band stand.
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Rotary Club
Jefferson and
Pecan Streets
Travis Park
Lancaster
Navarro Street
Rosa Boles
Travis Street
Navarre
J. Frank Davis
St. Mary's
Travis Streets
Boles
Maine
Santa Claus
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
San Antonio
House Agrees 10 Additional Judge
Washington, Dec. 19. The House judiciary committee recommended creating one more judge for the Western District of Texas while opposing a new West Texas district. The measure aims to reduce duties for Judge Designate West and ease El Paso attorneys’ travel to Austin, with passage hoped this session.
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Washington, D. C
House Judiciary Committee
Texas
Sheppard-Smith
West Texas
Senate
Smith
Sheppard and
Culberson
United Texas
House
Designate West
el Paso
San Antonio
Austin
Maxey
Parties for Children at YWCA Christmas Series
The Young Women's Christian Association begins a series of Christmas parties for Sunday schools in the city. The first on Wednesday 4 to 6 pm welcomes Baptist and Methodist children at the Association building. Second on Thursday hosts Episcopal and Lutheran children. Friday 4 to 6 pm invites Presbyterian Christian and missionary Sunday schools. Evening events follow: Wednesday 7 to 9 30 pm Friendship Club for orphans. Thursday evening girls in the physical and educational department entertain their mothers, with others borrowing mothers for the occasion.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Association
Baptist
Methodist
Episcopal
Lutheran
Presbyterian, Christian and Missionary
Friendship Club
Ezell May Resign To Join Law Firm
Judge W F Ezell of the Seventy third district court has reportedly been offered a partnership with Koyle and Storey. Ezell may resign by January 1 as Governor Ferguson has not yet received his letter. Ezell was appointed to replace Judge Ward and was re elected last month without opposition.
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Court House
W. F. Ezell
Seventy-third District Court
Koyle
Ferguson
Ezell
R. H. Ward
Forefathers Day Dinner At Gunter Hotel
A Forefathers Day dinner with speeches music and a New England menu will be at the Gunter hotel at 7 30 Wednesday evening under Central Congregational church Pastor Rev C A Riley. About 150 reservations are made and can be with the hotel or Rev Riley. The program includes an address on The Pilgrim Fathers by J Ira Kercheville a reading The American Flag by Professor Beck and several musical numbers.
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Gunter Hotel
Central Congregational Church
C. A. Riley
Gunter
New England
Mr. Riley
J. Ira Kercheville
Beckwith
Christmas tree for county aged inmates planned by church
The First Presbyterian church will furnish a Christmas tree for the County Home for the Aged. The tree and trimmings, plus a large box of goodies, will be delivered after a church ceremony and sent to the home. Rev Father W W Hume will celebrate a service for the County Juvenile home boys and distribute gifts.
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First Presbyterian Church
James R. Davis
W. W. Hume
San Antonio
Hume
Davis
Dog Saves Boy From Infuriated Bull
Allan Mieske, 16, was knocked unconscious by a farm bull near Monticello Mina. His dog protected him, nipping the bull’s heels despite repeated kicks, until the animal turned on the dog and left the boy still alive.
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Monticello
Mina
Allan Mieske
Here
Alcazar Gus Jankes SAM SPEIF iARDWARE ad
Hardware shop listing for Alcazar Gus Jankes and Sam Speif at 219 Losoya Street appears as an advertisement. The fragment indicates a local merchant offering hardware goods in a historic city page.
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Alcazar
Gus Jankes
SAM Speif Iardware Co
Losoya St
Adv
Motor Bugs Special Comfort Blankets Offer
Large warm bed blankets described as exceptional value at $6.75. Offered in attractive patterns and colorings and suitable for sleeping porches. Marketed as big enough for use as porch blankets and priced to attract buyers. Second Floor location noted.
Imported Japanese Kimonos and Negligees
Exquisitely made Japanese silks crafted into varied kimono and negligee designs. Hand embroidery and floral motifs enhance brightness and usability. Bright, beautiful gifts priced from 7.50 to 35 dollars. Third Floor.
Indian and Cowboy Suits For Small Boys
Cowboy suits complete priced at 1.25 1.50 2 and 3 dollars and Indian suits 65 cents 1 1.25 1.50 2 dollars made of stout serviceable material for hard wear. Sold in the Shop of the Toys Basement.
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the Toys
Textile color and width listing for fabrics in multiple shades
Italian Duchesse Satin Navy Copenhagen African Brown Russian Green Gray Ivory Black 36 inch 2 25 Satin Faille-Reseda quaker gray Navy African brown Belgian blue black 42 inch Satin-Light and dark Navy Russian green white 42 inch
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Copenhagen
Faille
Reseda
Obituary for Urban Johnson 60 A Beer Bottlers Union Member
Urban Johnson age 60 died early Tuesday morning after a brief illness at a local sanatorium. He was a native of Illinois and survived by two sons Edwin Johnson of San Antonio and Adolph Johnson of St. Louis, a sister Mrs Anna Welkener of St. Louis, and was a member of the Beer Bottlers' union. The funeral will be 3 PM Wednesday at Riebe Undertaking Company chapel, with interment at City Cemetery No. 1.
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Urban Johnson
Johnson
Illinois
Edwin Johnson
San Antonio
Adolph Johnson
St. Louis
Anna Welkener
Beer Bottlers’ Union
the Riebe Undertaking Company
City Cemetery No. 1
Obituaries and funeral notices from San Antonio area
Fr Wayne Anderson 25 a bookkeeper died at home 214 Sycamore St survived by mother Mrs D C Anderson and three brothers funeral at family residence 4 pm Wednesday J M Wagner 34 a railroad man died in local sanitarium survived by widow mother a brother and two sisters funeral 2:30 pm Tuesday Shelley Loring Parlors Rev Father Robling to officiate Interment Mission Burial Park Elwood M Ford died last Sunday in El Paso funeral 11 am Wednesday Shelley Loring Chapel Rev R Y Barber Interment Mission Burial Park Caroline Kunze 78 died 4 am Monday at son Louis Kunze Bergs Mill South of city.
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Wayne Anderson
F. Wayne Anderson
Sycamore Street
San Antonio
Burton
Washington County
Tex
D. C. Anderson
A. R. Anderson
J. M. Wagner
Texas
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Father Robling
St. Henry's Church
Mission Burial Park
Elwood M. Ford
el Paso
R. Y. Barber
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Ford
New Jersey
Clifton
Herbert C. Ford
Caroline Kunze
Carolina Kunze
Louis Kunze
Berg's Mill
Funeral service and burial at Mission Burial
A funeral was conducted in the afternoon with interment at Mission Burial. Details on the deceased and attending relatives are not provided in the fragments.
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment and provides two phone numbers for contact in a concise classified notice.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Ripon Building Funds Reallocated by House Vote
The House voted to return the $75 000 Ripon Wisconsin public building appropriation to the treasury. Representative Reilly protested while Leader Mann and others noted large aviation spending last year and argued Ripon did not need the building.
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Washington, D. C
Ripon
Wisconsin
Congress
Treasury
House
Reilly
Mann
Jitney Car Planned for San Antonio Suffrage Work
The San Antonio Equal Franchise Society will buy a Ford to use as the Suffrage Special. President Mrs James M Young announced at the Tuesday meeting that trips to surrounding towns will run two or three times weekly after Christmas. The efforts began in the fall and have relied on loaned cars until now.
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San Antonio
TulsaTeacher and News Butcher Wed in Princeton
Miss Laura Pumphrey and J P D Garber of Tulsa Oklahoma were married in Princeton Indiana. A public reception followed. The bride had taught music in Oklahoma schools and met her former pupil on an Oklahoma train.
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Laura Pumphrey
J. PD. Garber
Tulsa
Okla
Princeton
Ind
Indianapolis News
Oklahoma
Frederick
Marriage sparked by train meeting between Garber and Pumphrey
Garber, a wealthy oil man, met Miss Pumphrey after befriending a Tulsa companion on a train. Their introductions and ride fostered a courtship that led to marriage, reflecting a classic early 20th century romance.
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Tulsa
Mr. Garber
Miss Pumphrey
Complexion Osmosis Promise From Daisy Claim
A dramatic beauty notice touts skin osmosis via roseated cream to erase wrinkles and revive youthful complexion in weeks. It cites the Countess de Chevanne and Mile Marelx with claims of fast results and a money refund offer if not successful.
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Tokalon Research
Uul
Hey
Wagner
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Houston
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Char Oe
Commerce Street
NOA Spears CO
Losoya
Candy Beich
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Police
Boy Scouts
America
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