Fire destroys home on Porter Street in South Heights
A fire of unknown origin last night destroyed Mrs. L. W. Clements’s home at 207 Porter Street and damaged a vacant adjacent building. Clements’s loss is about 1500. adjoining structure damage around 300. Firemen arrived after headway had built, keeping spread to neighboring properties. A false alarm earlier sent several companies to 3800 West Houston Street, and smoldering ruins reignited at 5 am prompting Company No. 7 response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Clements
Porter Street
South Heights
Clements
West
Houston Street
Company No. 7
Whole dinner taken in Converse home by five boys
An entire roasted turkey with trimmings was reported stolen from the home of Adam Kneipper in Converse yesterday after a forcible entry by five youths. The group included three African American males and two white males. Complaints are on file in Justice Ben’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Kneipper
Converse
Justice Ben
No Strike at Chihuahua Affects Mexican Rail Traffic
The Mexican railway strike has not affected traffic on the El Paso division of the Mexican Central Railway. Officials said there is no strike yet at Chihuahua City where the government railway shops are located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
EL. Paso
Tex
el Paso
Mexican Central Railway
Chihuahua City
Healthful laxative claims endear Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
Editorial pitch extols Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative tonic for babies and children, claiming it prevents constipation and indigestion. It cites testimonials, notes easy availability for fifty cents to a dollar, and offers a free sample by mailing address to Dr. W. B. Caldwell in Mon ticello Illinois with a money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Clara
Lewis
Della Ldegood
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
Christmas dances and a wedding at San Antonio clubs
Dr. Wesley Dallas Hicks and Miss Jennie Copeland wed at Travis Park Methodist Church with palms, flowers and a Lohengrin march. Guests gathered at the Young Women's Christian Association parlors for a reception before the couple’s departure for New Orleans and a home at the St. Anthony hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Dallas Hicks
Jennie Copeland
Travis Park Methodist Church
Rose Brack
Lehine Blume
Harry Leap
Davie Peck
Sadie Levy
Charles H. Edwards
Thomas Walthall
Margaret Sumpf
A. E. Copeland
Atlanta
C. E. Hicks
St. Anthony Hotel
Christmas party scenes fill Davenport gatherings and readings
A Christmas program featured Mrs Lewis Kramsbeck reading Tommy Atkins and Miss Bernice Duggan Captain January with other readings and songs by Miss McKendree-Luke G V Murray and friends. Social hostesses assisted with hospitality while a Travis Club party entertained Grace McClannah an Lee Haltom. About 150 guests attended with multiple cotillions, punch, and a grand march led by Miss McClannah and William King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Krams- Beck
Tommy Atkins
Bernice Duggan
January
Guy D'Hardelot
G. V. Murray
Miss McKendree- Luke
Mr. Murray
B. W. Wray
Hammond
Weber
Davis
Bailty
Robinson
Lewis
Blundell
Finch
Crew
Miss McKendree-Luke
Edward McClannahan
Travis Club
Miss Grace
Lee Haltom
Miss McClannahan
William King
Blanche McDonnough
Beaumont
Jack Cassity
Punch
Mesdames J. ©. Terrell
J. H. Ragsdale
M. H. Townsend
J. C. Cassity
Snider
Atlee B. Ayers
Birthday Party for Olga Fehrenbach Celebrated
A delightful evening at Miss Olga Fehrenbach's home honored her birthday with ferns and cut flowers and a miniature Christmas tree at the table. Guests included Katherine Straughan Margarite Johnson Hattie Erler Katherine Tisdale Edith Cory Marie Chatfield Mary Tisdale Alma Littleton Ruth Straughan Louise Chatfield Alice Mockart Lula Mockert Earl Johnson Myron Straughan Arthur Fehrenbach Claude Fuquay Elbert Straughan Max Lamm Albert Chatfield Edwin Rum George Tischrardt and Alfred Fehrenbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Fehrenbach
Katherine Straughan
Margarite Johnson
Hattie Erler
Katherine Tisdale
Edith Cory
Marie Chatfield
Mary Tisdale
Alma Littleton
Ruth Straughan
Louise Chat
Entertains Card Club Hosts Gift Night for T M C Five Hundred
Miss Hazel Wright hosted the T M C Five Hundred Club yesterday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. D. G. Campbell and Mrs. Joseph Stahn, with Miss Marks taking the guest prize. Refreshments were served. The next meeting is January 9 at Mrs. J. H. Mills home 620 Burnet Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Entertains
Hazel Wright
T. M. C. Five Hundred
D. G. Campbell
Joseph Stahn
Diverse Guests Fill San Antonio Hotels Over Holiday Period
A long list of visitors and arrivals includes Mr. and Mrs. James Clamp of Brackettville Texas at the Gunter, Miss Meta Maxson Muller of Galveston at the Menger, J. W. Hardy of El Paso returning from holidays, and many others staying at the Savoy, St. Anthony, Crockett, Bexar, Bowie, and Gunter hotels with several registered from Dallas Houston Kerrville and Corpus Christi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clamp
Brackettville
Tex
Gunter
A. Lieber
Houston
Savoy
D. B. McManus
Flatonia
Bexar Hotel
EB. Corkill
Kerrville
Water
Grey Drummond
Mexico
D. F
Bowie
Gus Sachs
Dallas
St. Anthony
Menger Hotel
J. C. Schutto
Eagle Pass
Crockett Hotel
James and
Zook Galloway
Center Point
Gunter Hotel
T. J. McCallum
Bryan
R. P. Martin
Marble Falls
Bexar
Wesley Crisler
Gregory, Tex
R. P. Darris
Tulsa
Okla
H. G. Sherman
I. B. Edwards
Butler
Fort Worth
Gus Black
Crockett
John C. Ray
Austin
Savoy Hotel
T. S. Camp
Cleburne
H. G. Breen
Oklahoma City
D. M. Johnston
Meta Maxson Muller
Galveston
City
A. L. Pegues
H. M. Edns
Georgetown
W. L. Brannon
Kennedy
Sam Lane
Floresville
J. W. Hardy
el Paso
A. A. Snyder
Thomas Hyde
N. W. Walton
Amarillo
St. Anthony Hotel
H. B. Mistrot
Anna Callahan
Edwards Callahan
Waco
8. W. Anderson
The
Jack Fisher
J. Evans
Jack Wilson
Muskogee
California
A. N. Deering
Corpus Christi
I. I. Beavens
W. R. Gray
Columbus
W. G. Sterrett
Crockgett
Goodloe Lowell
Waxahachie
F. L. Sweet
Jose Cordova
Piedras Negras
Mex
State Issues Warrants for December Salaries in Texas
The comptroller is issuing warrants for December salaries to state officials, department attaches and clerks as payroll reaches $100,000 monthly. Merchants and banks that handle government payments cash the warrants. a cash basis is expected briefly before the Legislature convenes. Lawmakers typically seek about $250,000 for 90 days of the regular session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State of
Texas
Pay Your Poll Tax Benefit Notice at Y M C A Event
The Ladies Auxiliary of the railroad Y M C A will host a weekly entertainment tonight in the R M Y C A parlors. A reception for new members closes the month with a varied program including music by A Goffe and the Y M C A orchestra, readings by Miss Charlotte Stites and Miss Courtney Giffen, and songs by Naomi Dunning Jag Bross. Mr and Mrs Fred P Lehr hosted a Christmas dinner party Wednesday for guests Hattie Eberhard Stella Ahr Lottie Burnet etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Dalling
Santa Claus
A. Goffe
Y. M. C. A. Orchestra
Reading
Charlotte Stites
Courtney Giffen
Naomi,Dunning
Jag. Bross
Fred P
Lehr
Hattie
Addie Eberhard
Stella Ahr
Lottie
Jessie
Burnet
Henrietta Enck
Lucille Curry
Robert Crosby
Martin Eberhard
R. M. Mangum
Frank Weilar
Harry Burnet
J. C. Robertson
Joe Wearden
R. Enck
Eberhard
Shoe polishes and dressings tout in old catalog ad
An advertisement lists multiple shoe polishes and dressings including GILT EDGE for ladies and children boots, FRENCH GLOSS, STAR, DANDY, QUICK WHITE, BABY ELITE, and ELITE. It promotes shine without rubbing, restoration of color, and sale terms if a dealer does not stock the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Allen
Anyeet
Cam
Mads
Ladies' Auxiliary Plans Christmas Tree Watch Party
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the R. R. Y. M. Co. A. organizes a Christmas tree and watch party for New Year Eve to entertain members of the association and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Club Matinee Party At Plaza With Beta Gamma Club
The Beta Gamma Club hosts a matinee gathering this afternoon at the Plaza for a small group of friends attending a social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Gamma
Plaza
Obituary notices for Sloan Spellessy and King
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. E. J. Sloan at a local hospital aged 53 with survivors in Texas and Kentucky, and T. J. Spellessy a local druggist buried in St Mary’s cemetery. Also William W King, 36, died in a local hospital and was sent to Gonzales for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
E. J. Sloan
Kentucky
Texas
San Antonio
C. H. Sloan
Ernest Sloan
E. L. Laradee
Nellie
Winnie Sloan
Thomas Co. Nelson
Ben Newman
John Laird
King
William W. King
Tampico
Mex
Gonzales
Tex
Sloan & Hagy Undertaking Company
State Printer Arrested in Oklahoma City Case
Giles W. Farris, state printer, was arrested on a warrant alleging he forged the name of William Stryker to a $500 state warrant. Attorney General West and Fred Parkinson filed the complaint, with Governor Cruce’s instructions for Parkinson to examine accounts. The probe claims a maintenance fund shortfall of over $21,000 in illegal warrants, and Stryker denies receiving two $1,000 warrants bearing his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Giles W. Farris
William Stryker
Tulsa Democrat
West
Fred Parkinson
Cruce
Parkinson
Stryker
Alaska Miner adopts green paper with yellow ink
In Fairbanks a four page Alaska Miner prints on green paper with bright yellow ink to ease arctic reading in dim midwinter. The editor notes Professor Van Brocklin’s winter lamp experiments inspired the change and suggests other Alaska papers may follow the format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
van Brocklin
Seifer to Quit Texas Central Railroad Post
W. E. Seifer, general passenger agent of the Texas Central railroad, will resign and pursue another business venture. Elbert Blair, currently commercial agent of the Katy at Denison, will take over January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seifer
Texas Central
Waco
Tex
W. E. Seifer
Texas, Central Railroad
Elbert Blair
Katy
Denison
Teaches Among in Indians in Rio Blanco County
Meeker Colorado resident Mrs. W. H. Goff is noted as Rio Blanco County’s first schoolteacher and mother of the county’s first boy, Claude Lyman Goff, while her daughter Maude names all her pupil girls. She married a county commissioner after leading a log schoolhouse for two terms. The first girl in the county was Anna Alsebrooks born within a year of Claude. The Alsebrooks later moved to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Blanco County
Anna Alsebrooks
Alsebrooks
England
Deputy Sheriff Killed Trying to Arrest Suspect
Deputy Sheriff Ben Drake was stabbed to death in Eudora Arkansas while attempting to arrest Pink Maddox. Maddox fled, was pursued, and killed himself after wounding one of Drake’s assistants. Drake was a prominent member of Masonic and fraternal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Ben Drake
Pink" Maddox
Eudora
Maddox
Drake
Snow workers walk off in heavy rain in New York
Three thousand snow pilers and truck drivers in New York City quit work today due to rainfall. Officials reported the men said they could not stand the rain as they removed snow and ice from the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Taft Remits Sentence in Col. Cooke Case
President grants full remission of the 1910 general court martial sentence for Col. George F. Cooke retired U S Army. Cooke, tried in Seattle for neglect of funds handling, was dismissed and had pay forfeited on retired list to repay losses. Also notes Los Angeles streetcar smoking proposal and a novel electric car meter amid Denver anti gambling push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
George F. Cooke
United States Army
Cooke
Seattle
Wash
Ohio
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Fisk's
Farris Holt
Farris Price
William Morgan
Volmand Tinney
Clyde Pollard
Tobin
James Galbraith
Antonio Diaz
Smithville
F. R. Thompson
Hills Prairie
Holland
Baby Lewis
Alamo Piaza
Robert E. Moss
Wilbur Moss
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Aurelia
C. G. Wood Jr
Daisy Marquis Briggs
Casino Association
Gabriel Katzenberger
Claus
Donald Perry
Eduardo Marzo
Marcella Hennert
Httle
Karl Reinecke
Ethel Rowland
Helen Buss
Bessie Brough
Erin
Tannenbaum
Elsie Erler
Dorothy Goldschmidt
Emily Dreiss
Lillie Goeth
Scholz
Cecelia Rockowitz
Constance Romburg
Richard Goeth
Clement Kalteyer
Arthur Goeth
Albert Russ
Edwin Fries
Henry Kohler
Curtis Kalteyer
Dan Perry
August Schuwirth
Jack Berman
Paul Lyons
J. C. Jennett
Russell Jennett
Werner Bennett
Arthur Kohler
George Warren Wilson
Margaret Fischer
East Quincy Street
J. E. Carrier
Fred Shepherd
Lillie
Sophia Waitz
John Wilson
Hal King
Mrs. Wilson
New Orleans
Florida
Ahrens
Edith Raybould
Hays Street
Merry Maids Musical Club
Eastern Star
Wiliam Luke
Brooklyn Avenue
Mary Hammond
Ruth Shaw
M. H
R. 8
P. Brundage
Charles Florian
W. C. Silliman
Winchester Kelso
Lane Taylor
J. Townsend Woodhull
Robert L. Ball
Mabel K. Stafford
Young Women's Christian Association
Miss Stafford
GROVE
Elks
Riverside
Tutt
Washer Bros. Co
Oklahoma
TAFT
Colonel Cooke
Los Angeles Board of Public Utilities
Denver
Irec
SAN Antonio Macaroni Factory
A Wielsen-Maurer
Practical Opticians
Ave. D
Gibbs Bldg
L. P. Nielsen
Optician
A. Maurer
Clarke
S. Alamo ST
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