Births and a Robbery Report From Early Texas News
Birth notices list five newborns including boys and girls born to families at various San Antonio addresses on December 26 to 28. A chauffeur for W J Herff was held up by highwaymen on Dallas street near Main and San Pedro, 9:45 p.m. Monday. police informed, suspects not yet found. Pennsylvania coal production nears that of the other 27 producing states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Herff
West Elmira Street
Dallas Street
Main
San Pedro Avenues
Pennsylvania
Rotary Theater Night Sparks Weekly Rotarian Fun
A Rotary Club party of about forty members with wives and sweethearts attended Monday night at the Majestic and approved making it a weekly event after a successful outing. Other notices include upcoming dances, New Year events, and local civic appointments affecting residents in Texas and San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theater
Rotary Club
Automobile Stolen After Majestic Theater Show
After a Majestic Theater performance Monday night J H Savage found his car missing from in front of the playhouse. It was recovered early Tuesday in brush near Laurel Heights golf course, with nothing removed. The piece notes local ads for Franklin Taxicabs and Garden Stables.
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J. H. Savage
Majestic Theater
Laurel Heights
Packard and Stearns Knight Tour Cars and Taxis
Packard and Stearns Knight tour ing cars and taxicabs for hire. Phones Crockett 1 2 3 New 1 2 3.
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Packard and Stearns-Knight
Crockett
New Year Cotillion at Cotillion Hall Witnessed By Free Diaz Sisters
Mrs Archer and Magnolia host a New Year night affair at Cotillion Hall featuring Free Diaz Sisters as the musical highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Archer
Magnolia
Cotillion Hall
Free
Diaz
Blaze causes minor damage at Delgado street home
Henrietta Dupree of Delgado street was away when a stove fire started a blaze in her home Monday afternoon. Neighbors reported smoke and the alarm was sounded. Only about 25 dollars in damage was sustained to the building. San Antonio Humane officers Fred Davison and Ornk Heil investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Dupree
Delgado Street
San Antonio Humane
Fred Davison
Or Nk Heil
Hicks
Oldee Travis
Crockett
Boy Struck by Bullet Near Sap Depot on Flores
Manuel Gutierrez a 14 year old resident of West Johnson Street was walking along South Flores near the Sap passenger depot when at 7 30 o clock Monday night a small caliber bullet struck his right leg causing a flesh wound. Police have not learned the identity of the shooter.
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Manuel Gutierrez
West Johnson Street
South Flores Street
Sap
Cotillion Hall hosts New Year's Eve Diaz Sisters band
Mrs. s and Magnolia dance at Cotillion Hall located at 232 East Houston for New Year's Eve. Diaz Sisters' six piece orchestra will play from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Admission advertised.
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Mrs. Archer
Cotillion Hall
E. Houston
Diaz
Mrs. S and Magnolia
Union Painless Dentists Declares No Interference on Commerce Street
An advertisement states that Commerce Street Wing will not interfere with the office and that the firm will remain at the same location with an unobstructed entrance. Union Painless Dentists at 222 West Commerce confirms continued operations and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Street
Union Painless Dentists
West Commerce
Banks To Observe New Year's Day Holiday
Bank Holiday Thursday January 1 being a legal holiday the undersigned banks members of the Clearing House will be closed City National Bank Alamo National Bank West Texas Bank & Trust Co American Bank & Trust Co D Sullivan & Co San Antonio National Bank Lockwood National Bank Groos National Bank Frost National Bank D A Oppenheimer State Bank & Trust Co National Bank of Commerce
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Bank & Trust Co
American Bank & Trust Co
D. Sullivan & Co
San Antonio National Bank
State Bank & Trust Co., National Bank of Commerce
Great Film Coming to Royal Features Pompeii Spectacle
Royal screens Pasquali's Last Days of Pompeii on January 1 and 2 drawing crowds with two years of production, over ten thousand feet of film across 296 scenes. J O Turner the electric wax figure continues to fascinate audiences, while Princess Victoria the miniature Melba headlines with five first run pictures today and ongoing fan interest.
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Victoria
Pompeii
Royal
Pasquali
J. O. Turner
Melba
Acard
Trail of Lonesome Pine Tonight at Grand Theater
Eugene Walter’s dramatization of John Fox Jr.’s Trail of the Lonesome Pine opens at the Grand for three nights with a New Year’s Day matinee. The production, praised for fidelity and vivid mountaineer scenes, features Isabelle Lowe as June and a New York cast delivering a massive scenic presentation.
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Eugene Walter
Isabelle Lowe
San Antonio
Trail of Lonesome Pine
John Fox Jr
Mr. Walter
Mr. Fox
June
Dave
Judd Tolliver
Billy Bean
Hun
Hale
Berkley
Mountaineer
Lonesome Pine
New York
Evans Minstrels Set New Voice in Grand Program
Evans Minstrels announce a Saturday and Sunday show at the Grand featuring a surprise new voice in minstrelsy. Master Paul Van Dyke, a Swiss yodler, joins the company praised by George Evans. The program opens with The Good Old Summer Time, in a semi circular rustic setting designed by Unitt and Wickes for Daniel Frohman's New York Lyceum Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Company
Vaughn Comfort
James Meehan
William H. Thompson
Joseph Gillespie
Ed Lindeman
Unitt and
Wickes
Daniel Frohman
New York Lyceum Theater
Girls A Hit At Majestic In Texas Theater Week
Adair and Hickey, the Majestic's personality girls, captivate Texas theatergoers with vivid temperaments and clever new songs. Their rapid rise makes them headline attractions as the week's performance unfolds with witty acts and endless merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Adair
Hickey
Texas
The
Furs Slashed in Price Drops Across Several Styles
A series of fur price reductions lists several original prices and new discounted tags. Items range from $12.50 to $32.50 originally, with sales reflecting substantial savings on multiple fur goods across the board.
Skirts and Muslin Underwear Sale Prices Listed
A sequence of sale prices shows skirts reduced from various original amounts to new totals, alongside muslin underwear discounts. Items range from low single digits to double digits, with multiple price pairs and percentage-like reductions noted. The list reads as a catalog of daily sale prices for skirts and underwear across many price points.
Dress reductions across the board in bold sale
A sale highlights substantial markdowns on dresses from 12.50 to 200.00 with slashed prices corresponding to each original tag, including popular sizes and styles. Major items list include 12.50 for dresses down to 100.00 for the top tier.
Vaudeville Lineup Delights With Diverse Acts
Dorothy Rogers presents Babies a la Carte and Little Lord Roberts in a whimsical program. Fred Ireland and Nema Catto perform a song and dance, Porter and Sullivan offer A Piscatorial Pastoral, and Childs Hawaiians display authentic surprises. Zeno Jordan Zeno and Ching Ling Foo headline with exotic acts. The Plaza bill also features Georgalas Brothers rifle routine, Alamo Sextette, Superb a Pleasing Act, Jonathan the cartoonist, and Gate City Trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts Smalles
Dorothy Ree Aoe Co
Ireland
Porter Otzd Sullivan
Jordon
Rieties
Dorothy Rogers
Lord Roberts
Fred Ireland
Nema Catto
Porter and
Sullivan
Zeno
Jordan
Ching Ling Foo
the Grand
Miss Hoffmann
Chee Lee Fai
Alamo
Superba
Jonathan
Gate City
Chinese Magician FPi At Plaza Theater This Week
Chee Lee Fai, the Chinese magician at the Plaza Theater this week, leads a company of clever performers who speed the act and lend the proper Oriental atmosphere. San Antonio is fortunate to witness two of the most notable Chinese necromancers in the amusement world.
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Fpi
Chee Lee Fai
Plaza Theater
San Antonio
Army Aviators Capture Trophy in War Game
SAN DIEGO CAL Dec 30 Flying 58 miles in forty six minutes and locating and invading a body of troops and their equipment in the war game here yesterday Lieutenant Joseph Carberry pilot and Lieutenant F Zidel of the First Aero Corps of the United States army captured the Mackay trophy They were in competition with Lieutenants Tolliver and Mueller operating a second biplane The latter aircraft developed motor trouble and made a forced landing in bad ground breaking its landing gear.
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Army
San Diego
Cal
Joseph Carberry
F. Zidel
First Aero Corps
United States Army
Tolliver
Mueller
Real Estate Transfers Across Citymes and Blocks
Real estate transfers list numerous deeds and releases dated 1913 to 1918. Transactions include Gonzales to Cataria na Valdez on South Flores Englewood addition, Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber release, Marmon to Galician Lapla, Snell to Snell, Timken to Scobey Storage, Kirkpatrick to Halderman, Morin to Morin and Santos family, Rawls to Fagg, Hillert to Hillert, Race to Albert and Steves, Hunsdon to Land Corporation, Maloney to Gary, Milgrom trustee to Milgrom, and Friedrich to Smith, detailing lot and block designations, consideration amounts, and notes or cash terms. Named places include San Fernando addition, Taft boulevard, Medina Street, Smith and Hiro streets, West Marshall, and Macon Street. Various dates range 1913 to 1918 with numerous block and lot descriptors.
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M. G
Julia D, Gonzales
Catarina Valdez
New City Block
South Flores Street
Englewood
Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Company
Julia D. Gonzales
Josephine and
John J. Marmon
Galacian ‘Lapla
New City
C. W. I. Snell
Mra
Catherine T. Snell
Henry T. Timken
Stark County
Ohio
Scobey Fireproof Storage Company
Bexar County
Medina Street
H. Kirkpatrick
Emma Isabelle Halderman
Ashland County
Taft Boulevard
San Fernando
Teresa Morin
Magdalena Morin
South Hiro Street
Adela
Jose
Edwardo M
Gertrude M. Santos
North Smith Street
Guadalupe Morin Santos
Salinas
Smith Streets
West Marshall Street
John Hillert
Adalupe County
Emil Hillert
I. R. Evans
Samuel Alfred and Mary i Race
Kerr County
Albert and
Steves
Padre Street
San Fernando Addition
Nelson S. Hunsdon
S. W. Land Corporation
Gardens No
James Maloney
Carleton N. Gary
Sherman
North Hackberry Streets
M. Coppard
M. Milgrom
Rehman Street
Julia V. Friedrich
Mary Leona Smith
Macon Street
Woodhull
Richards Addition
Butcher Charged Over Wholesome Meat Sale
A northern city butcher faced Judge Lowther in the corporation court Monday, fined $25 with sentence suspended after a health department complaint about decayed pork chops sold to a customer. The case arose from a customer reporting near decay in purchased pork chops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowther
Corporation Court
Health Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crand Opera House
Stantine
Eugene Walters
Isabel Lowe
George Evans
Honey Boy Minstrels
Wbebe
Majestic Theatre
Quali
Plaza
DOYAL
C. A. Purseh
Grenet Street
C. Dominguez
Twelfth Street
M. Casillas
Flores Street
Jake Wurzbach
Main Avenue
Max Hessel
Burleson Street
Mrs. W. Barker
Msprassa Street
Electric Park
Pine
Travis
Eusibio Guillen Y Guillen
Matamoros
Mex
Federal Clerk of Court
Austin Street
Mr. Kohr
Mrs. McCollum
Elks Hall
Dixie
N. Flores St
Raymond A. Schilling
John R. Roddy
Longview
Department
O. E. Hicks
Gunter Building
St. Gerard's School
East End
New Orleans
Europe
Edw. McClannahan, C. P
T.A
A.R. Atkinson, D. F
P. A
International & Great Northern Railway Co
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Memphis
W. E. Filch
G. M. Bynum
C. P
TF. A
J. W. Shaw
Redemptorist
St. Gerard's Church
Sisters of Divine Providence
Franklin
Bexar County Humane Society
BE. M. Collins
P. c. O'Connell Loan Co
City National Bank
Alamo National Bank
Lockwood National Bank
Groos National Bank
Frost National Bank
D. & A. Oppenheimer
Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Joe
Blum S Clearance Sale
Emil Blum Co
Houston St
Melina Street
Menger
Dansant
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