New Year Frolics Across San Antonio Hotels and Halls
Great crowds will welcome 1817 at San Antonio hotels clubs and theaters as midnight approaches. Gunter Menger and St Anthony prepare elaborate watch parties with varied entertainment and southern themed diversions. Reservations near 4000 fill the hotels and venues as music dancing and feasting begin after 12 o'clock.
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San Antonio
Anthony
Gunter
Menger
Majestic Theater
Travis Club
Gunter Hotel
Rogers Gunter Orchestra
Christmas party setup at the Travis Club ballroom
Electrical effects set the scene as Killarney roses adorn tables. The Travis Club hosts a special dinner from 10 to 12 60 oclock before dancing at the ballroom and dining room. Holiday colors streamers and colored lights decorate the ceiling and walls.
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Killarney
Travis Club
Blue Paradise Opens Night Performance At Grand Opera House
The Blue Paradise at the Grand Opera House begins tonight at 8 o'clock to allow patrons to attend New Year’s Eve events. The management aims to finish by 10:30 with shortest possible interval before watch night dinners at hotels and clubs.
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Grand Opera House
Grand
Austrian Soldier Survives Hidden Beneath Carso Dead
On the Carso front during an offensive pause a major rebuilt Austrian trenches and found a hidden Austrian soldier beneath a mass of dead bodies. A bersaglieri sentry fired, killing two more and wounding an officer before the hidden man was discovered with a hot Mannlicher rifle.
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Rome
Bersagliere
Danish Doctors Return From Siberian War Camp Mission
A Danish delegation visiting prisoner camps in Siberia and Turkestan on behalf of the German government reports the camps as satisfactory with good sanitation. The prisoners are said to be content and to have been kindly treated.
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Copenhagen
Siberia
Turkestan
Homestead Law Change Sought for Texas Land Bank Access
Texas faces a push to modify its homestead law to align with a federal land bank plan based in Houston. Gordon Jones, lender and land bank framer, warns foreclosure limits on homesteads could hinder bank use and outlines expected benefits for tenant farmers via district banks and amortization schemes.
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Gordon Jones
Texas
Federal Land Bank
Houston
U. S. National Bank of Denver
Colo
Jones
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
Rotary
Ferguson
United States
Friend of Boelcke Describes Death of German Ace
An intimate comrade recounts Captain Boelcke, famed German aviator with thirty two enemies shot down, taking off in a Fokker for a final mission. He recalls Boelcke’s serious demeanor, duty first mindset, and foreboding mood before the fatal spiral that doomed the aircraft and likely the pilot.
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Berlin
Boelcke
Hamburg Fremdenblatt
Pyramid Pile Treatment Promises Quick Relief
Ad copy touts Pyramid Pile Treatment as offering relief with a single trial and claims many cases cure with one box. A coupon is offered to mail a free trial package in plain wrapper.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Bidg
Marshall, Mich
Texas Farmer Leaders Discuss Land Bank System Prospects
A speaker argues the land bank plan could secure farmer credit by pledging assets and giving eventual ownership to farmers. He says private capital cannot absorb banks and Texas could gain from the home stead act with careful construction. The plan raises questions that experts are examining for a workable reconciliation.
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Texas
Bulgarian ex-minister Genadieff convicted of treason
Sofia reports the trial of former Bulgarian war minister Genadieff, found guilty of high treason and sentenced to ten years in state prison. Twelve co-defendants, mostly MPs and merchants, received eight years hard labor. Prosecution proved a $5,006,000 bribe via French agent Declosieres to topple Premier Radoslavoff.
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Berlin
Sofia
Lokalanzeiger
Genadieff
Palace of Justice
Declosieres
Radoslawoff
Entente
Bulgaria
Parliament weighs women’s shoe styles amid leather shortage
London reports the House of Commons debating high knee boots worn by women replacing men at the front. Liberal MP Wiles asks if Board of Trade will act given leather scarcity and rising shoe prices. The Washington Star adds a comic exchange about cigars and a cold flat.
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London
House of Commons
Wiles
Board of Trade
Washington Star
Forty Factories to Take Part in San Antonio Display
A city and county education effort, First of Its Kind in U S, will send exhibits from about forty San Antonio factories to schools across the area. January schedule lists delivery and entertainment dates at multiple schools with a goal to show factory processes and strengthen school community ties.
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U. S
Charles S. Meek
P. F. Stewart
W. J. Knox
Manufacturers’ Club
H. N. Timolat
Paul Dreiss
Walter Steves
Co. C. Leel
Manufacturers’ Organization
Gunter Hotel
Austin City School
Beacon Hill School
Travis School
Los Angeles Heights County School
Morrill
Harris City
Hot Wells
Crockett School
Prospect Hill
San Antonio
United States
Alamo Iron Works
American Overall Company
William N. Capurro, Creamery Dairy Company
Dundee Feed and Milling Company
Dixie Oil and Refining Company
Finch Cigar Factory
L. Frank Saddiery Company
Gebhardt Chili Powder Company
Gafford Calvert and Machinery Company
Guenther Milling Company
Hoffman- Hayman Coffee Company
Lange Soap Company
Lone Star Chemical Company
Maverick-Clarke Litho, Company
Mills Engraving Company
Mosaic Tile Company
Passing Show Printing Company
Pioneer Flour Mills
H. C. Rees Optical Company
Proportion of Dead in Wars Has Fallen
Berlin reports that Prof W Dietz in Vossische Zeitung finds fewer soldiers killed proportionally in the present war than in former conflicts. Across eras from 1631 to 1871, kill rates declined from about 22.5 and 22.7 percent to 11 percent, with later periods showing further reductions.
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Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
W. Dietz
Alma
Crimea
Chattanooga
Sadowa
Koeniggraetz
Sedan
War death tolls in modern conflicts compared to historic battles
The 1909 casualty figures from the battle of San Juan show 10.2 percent killed among engaged troops. Official reports of the present war indicate a slightly lower proportion killed, while the number of wounded who will be cripples for life far exceeds all prior conflicts.
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San Juan
Mukden
Meatless Day Expensive Dinner Leads to Arrest
In Vienna on December 30 a Moravian factory owner, Jacob Marusan of Znaim, faced a meatless day dinner that cost a thousand dollars. A police officer found him and his family with roast beef on the table and he was jailed two weeks and fined $1000 for violating food regulations.
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Vienna
Jacob Marusan
Moravia
Women surgeons in army praised for handling emergencies
Sir Donald Macalister lauds the General Medical Council meeting for praising women surgeons in the army who, under trying conditions, have shown efficiency and bravery under fire. He supports more women doctors while noting not to place them near firing lines while male surgeons remain available. A Los Angeles inventor patents a carrier for children allowing hands-free carrying from a parent's shoulder.
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London
Donald Macalister
General Medical Council
Donald
Los Angeles
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H. Flores
Traais
Kash
the Key Kash Sanitary Bakery
Casser Bros
Avenue C
W. Commerce St
Painless Dentists, Inc
Pe Us
Sir Donald Macalister
Army
Commonwealth Bank & Trust CO
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