Poage to Push Highway Commission and Prison Debt Bill
W A Poage from McLennan County plans to back a bill creating a state highway commission with a salaried engineer and no paid members if possible. He also urges an adequate appropriation to settle nearly one million dollars in back state prison debts from before Ferguson. Eugene Nordhaus from Bexar County outlines a free textbook bill and a constitutional amendment for a state printing house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
W. A. Poage
McLennan County
Harry P. Jordan
Poage
State Highway Commission
Texas Good Roads Association
Board of Regents
University
Agricultural and Mechanical College
West
Texas
Ferguson
Eugene Nordhaus
Bexar County
Nordhaus
Carranza Celebrates Sixty First Birthday at Queretaro Home
General Venustiano Carranza spent Friday at the home of friends near Queretaro to mark his sixty first birthday. The hall hosting the constitutional convention will be disinfected due to illness among two delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queretaro
Mex
Venustiano Carranza
Friends
Judge Sluder Named Successor to Ezell on Seventy Third
Judge J T Sluder was appointed to the Seventy third District Court to replace Judge W F Ezell who resigned to join the law firm Boyle Storey Ezell Grover. Sluder, previously assistant attorney general of Texas and San Antonio practitioner, expects to take oath Tuesday and receive his commission that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J T. Sluder
Seventy-third District Court
W. F
Yantis
Supreme Court
Texas
San Antonio
Sluder
Ezell
Boyle & Storey
Boyle, Storey, Ezell
Boy Is Held Up By Two Negroes At East Ashby
Jessie Jiminez a delivery boy for M J Lobert tailor was stopped by two Negroes at East Ashby place and Ogden street Friday evening and a suit of clothes for E H Moody 218 East Ashby taken. the thieves fled. Other reported thefts include 76 yards of domestic fabric a watch scarf pin and more at 412 South San Saba street and a room at 208 Avenue D entered with clothes and a safety razor stolen. A suit of clothes was also taken from Frank E Burkhalter and a Ford roadster with plate 9558 stolen Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Jiminez
M. J. Lobert
East Ashby Place
Ogden Street
E. H. Moody
A. Buitron
South
San Saba Street
H.S. Corp
Avenue D
Frank E. Burkhalter
L. Meads
Frank Saddlery Company
Wreckage Sighted Near Nantucket Lightship
Coast guard headquarters reports the cutter Acushnet found wreckage over five miles sea east of Nantucket lightship in the area of Christmas night distress calls from the Maryland. The debris could not be identified as part of the Maryland. The Acushnet has searched for the steamer for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Nantucket
Maryland
President Wilson Peace Note Sparks Diverse Reactions
The piece surveys global and domestic reactions to Wilsons peace note, with praise from Senator Stone and Prof Stowell while Weeks and the New York Tribune critique its timing and potential impact. It invites readers to consult THE LITERARY DIGEST December 30 for full context and a history of German peace moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
The
New York Times
Senator Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Ellery C. Stowell
Columbia University
Staats-Zeitung
Weeks
Massachusetts
New York Tribune
What Germany Means by Peace by Poland Fantom Kingdom
A compact survey questions how German aims in Europe relate to Poland and Belgium amid shifting alliances. It discusses imagined borders and the perception of power, noting disruptions to current borders and political roles in a tense interwar landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Poland
Belgium
Sheba
Rain Expected To Continue In San Antonio
Rain fell in San Antonio for the first time in over a month with 0.13 inches by noon and 1.48 inches earlier in the season. Major Allen Buell says wet weather should persist Saturday night into Sunday as conditions shift with Gulf moisture rising over cold air. The forecast notes potential for a prolonged downpour aiding the winter season and local Christmas business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Gulf
Obituary of Oresto Luconi
Oresto Luconi, 47, died at home Saturday morning at 325 North Frio Street. An Italian native, he lived here 23 years and is survived by his widow, one son, and three daughters. The funeral is set for 3 PM at the family residence with 3:30 PM services at San Fernando Cathedral and burial in San Fernando Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oresto Luconi
North Frio Street
Italy
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando
Robert C. Phillips Dies at Local Sanitarium
Robert C. Phillips age 35 died at 7 20 Saturday morning in a local sanitarium. A farmer by occupation he came here two months ago for treatment. The Shelley Loring Company will take the body to Flouray La for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Phillips
Shelley-Loring Company
Flouray
W A Daniel Dies at 34 in Local Sanitarium
W A Daniel, a 34 year old farmer and Georgia native, died at 7 o clock Saturday morning at a local sanitarium. He came here two months ago from Santa Ana Texas. His body will be shipped to Santa Ana by the Shelley Loring Undertaking Company for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Daniel
Georgia
Santa Ana
Tex
Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company
Hastings Dies at 55 in Local Sanitarium
D E Hastings aged 55 died at five o clock Saturday morning in a local sanitarium. He was a native of Mexico. Shelley Loring Undertaking Company holds the body awaiting word from relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Hastings
Mexico
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment and offers contact via two phone lines, 971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Private Dixon Punished In El Paso Camp
Private Richard Dixon of the Eighth Ohio infantry was sentenced by the Eleventh provisional division summary court to one month’s confinement and two thirds pay forfeiture for three months. He drafted a protest circular signed by 400 soldiers after Private Rodney Lapp died of pneumonia while confined in the guardhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Richard Dixon
Eighth Ohio Infantry
Eleventh Provisional Division
George Bell Jr
Dixon
Ohio Regiment
Rodney Lapp
Eighth
Ohio Infantry
Lapp
Lawmakers consider limited bootleg sale for voters
In Charleston West Virginia on December 30, a plan headed by Senator Coulter aims to amend prohibition law to permit qualified voters to buy limited liquor. County clerks would issue permits allowing shipments to homes up to two quarts whiskey four quarts wine or two dozen pints beer twice monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Coulter
Hinton
Prohibition
Recognition Dinner Set for Parker in New Orleans
The January 8 dinner honoring John M. Parker, Progressive vice presidential candidate, will feature speakers Judge Albert D. Norton of St. Louis Theodore D. Wenzel of Natchez and Mayor Behrman of New Orleans. Judge Charles A. O'Neil of the Louisiana Supreme Court will be toastmaster. Members of all parties have reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John M. Parker
Parker
Albert D. Nortoni
St. Louis
Theodore D. Wenzel
Natchez
Behrman
Charles A. O'Neil
Louisiana Supreme Court
Soldiers Receive Treat for Norfolk Blues Dinner
Members of the Norfolk Blues battery in Virginia field artillery will be treated to a New Year’s dinner at the Gunter Hotel, arranged by Captain P. W. Kerr and Lieutenant C. H. Jeffries. The program includes cabaret features from local theater talent, with a strong quartet from Camp Wilson and a burlesque solo “Down in That City of Booze.” Plates are laid for 160 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Blues
Virginia Field Artillery
Norfolk
Gunter Hotel
P. W. Kerr
C. H. Jeffries
Norfolk Battery
Camn Wilson
Jeffries
Derailment injures seven on No. 6 south of San Antonio
Seven people were hurt when passenger train No. 6 from Laredo derailed three miles south of San Antonio at 6 15 PM. A broken switch point caused the incident as two day coaches a dining car and a sleeper left the tracks. Injured include H B Linscott dining car steward and R L Goodman traveling man of Dallas with others identified as seven aboard. Traffic was only lightly delayed.
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Laredo
San Antonio
H. B. Linscott
R. L. Goodman
Dallas
Ike Williams
John Fowler
William Walker
Joe Rakestraw
Round Rock
Local Visitors Lodging at San Antonio Hotels
A string of travelers, including S G Oxsheer Jr of Fort Worth and J C A Stewart of Cincinnati, are registered or visiting at the St Anthony Gunter and Menger hotels. Lodgers include M Laffey Belmont and L A Adams of New York City, W R Adams of Kansas City, John J Collin of St Louis, and others from Chicago Muskogee Houston Oakville and Abernathy. An Elementary Council meeting is set for Thursday at 4 in Travis Park church rooms with city pastors and sunday school program notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S G. Oxsheer Jr
Fort Worth
St. Anthony Hotel
Gunter
Migs Lovejoy
New York
Menger
R VW
H. Baylor
Houston
St. Anthony
Rocky Reagan
Oakville
Tex
A. B. DeWald
Abernathy
F. A. Delehanty
C. H. Jeffries
Norfolk, Va
O. Stever
Scho
Philath
Travis Park Methods Church
Centr Baptist Sunday School
W. P. Clark
J. Porter
Fir Baptist Church
Foley Kidney Pills Endorsed By Bank Official In Tonwood Texas
Bank vice president T J Norrell reports recovery and recommends Foley Kidney Pills for kidney trouble headaches backache stiffness rheumatic pains and bladder disorders claiming the pills purify blood and remove poisons from the body through a steady stream of endorsements and testimonials from local names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Norrell
V. P. Bank of
Cotonwood
Texas
Foley
A. M. Fischer
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Carranza
J. T. Sluder
Cutter
Lloyd George
London Street
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Literary Digest
Funk & Wagnalls Company
Ohio
West Virginia
J. C. A. Stewart
Wife of
Cincinnati
Thomas Fay
Chicago
San Antonio Loans Trust Company
Merce Street
Alamo Plaza
Peacock Alley
Joy
Old Sol
California
Telephone
Crockett
T. B. Baker
ST. Anthony's
Medina Lake
Dolorosa Street
Phone Crockett
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