Federal Trade Commission to Probe Live Stock Industry
The FTC announces a wide sweep inquiry into the cattle industry after a conference with Representatives Garner of Texas Borland of Missouri and Kent of California. It asks Secretary McAdoo for a 140000 dollar deficiency to fund the probe covering all phases from Texas ranges to beef markets.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Garner
Texas
Borland
Missouri
Kent
California
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Congress
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Perhaps a Setting Hen
A teacher asks pupils to illustrate Plymouth Rock after reciting The Landing of the Pilgrims. Most begin promptly, but Willie hesitates and asks whether to draw a hen or a rooster. The scene appears in The Christian Herald.
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Plymouth Rock
Willie
The
Christian Herald
Restore Gray Hair With Q Ban Hair Color Restorer
Healthful method promises natural color without dyes and money back guarantee. Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer is applied like shampoo, sold with full guarantee, and claimed to restore a soft even shade. Available 50c to 60c per bottle at local drug stores and via Hessig Ellis Drug Co Memphis Tenn.
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Sommers’ Drug Stores
Hessig-Ellis Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
Simple Way To End Dandruff
A simple nightly treatment dissolves dandruff using four ounces of plain liquid arvon from a drugstore. Rub in gently and by morning most or all dandruff is gone. Three or four additional applications destroy every sign of dandruff and stop itching, leaving hair fluffy and glossy.
Stonemen rise in Philadelphia with 140000 adherents
A new Protestant secret order in Philadelphia grows rapidly to about 140,000 men, spreading to other cities and aiming to unite Protestant faiths, fill church pews, and address social issues through a “brotherly love” fellowship led by Rev. H Charles Stone. The movement claims non-political aims but faces church skepticism and controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Charles Stone
Philadelphia
Charles Stone
Placid
Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania
Billy Sunday
Scranton
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
League Island Navy Yard
Memorial Chapel
Holy Trinity Church
H. C. Stone Club
Dr. Stone
Eat Less Meat If Back Hurts
An old health tip states that eating meat regularly can stress kidneys and cause backache and urinary symptoms. It recommends Jad Salts as a daily morning remedy to flush and restore kidney function, describing its grape lemon acid base with lithia and claiming safety and wide use.
Hotel Guests Arrive From Across the Nation
A list of social guests staying at the Menger St. Anthony and Gunter hotels includes Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Petill of St. Louis and Mrs. Hallie M. Dunkliss of New York. Also noted are MR. and Mrs. J. Leonard of Philadelphia and Peter H. Kelder family of Chicago among others.
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A. P. Petill
St. Louis
Menger Hotel
A. Gibbons
Los Angeles
Cal
St. Anthony Hotel
Hallie M. Dunkliss
New York
Chicago
St. Anthony
F. W. MecGlossent
del Rio
Gunter Hotel
M. L. Evans
Emerson
Iowa
Charles Deutz
Laredo
Philadelphia
Gunter
S. Weil
Kansas City
W. J. Sames
8. Anthony
T. L. Turney
Anna Belle Dilworth
Gonzales
R. Howard
Beeville
Peter H. Kelder
Gunter Otel
Rotary Club honors Barnes with gift at Friday luncheon
Barnes, rotating music director of the Christ mas outdoor observance, received a platinum mounted pearl dress set and Walter Lindsey got golf cuff links. The St. Philip's School girls provided entertainment and Rev Bar organized the program. The February 16 Rotary Gridiron Frolic was announced with a two guest limit per member.
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H. W. B. Barnes
Rotary Club
St. Anthony Hotel
Barnes
Walter Lindsey
Third
Wlinois Infantry
St. Philip's Normal and Industrial School
R. Y. Barer
St. Anthony
Why She Didn't
A terse exchange reveals a husband pressing why his wife did not return from a summer trip. He accuses her of delaying the money, while she denies wrongdoing, stating the funds have not yet been sent. The dialogue hints at a marital dispute over finances and residence.
Sixteen Year Old Soldier Back From the Front
London readers learn Private Weil of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, just sixteen, returned from France with a wound stripe. He enlisted as a teen, served as a snipe scout, endured heavy shelling, and faced a perilous brigade runner mission before a shrapnel wound ended his frontline service.
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London
War Office
England
Weil
The
Welsh Fusiliers
W. Weil
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Fusiliers
France
Ter
Hypo-Nuclane Tablets Promise Weight Gain Health Boost
Advertises three grain Hypo-Nuclane Tablets as a tonic to aid digestion increase nutrition and build blood and tissue. Targets underweight pale colorless people claiming one or two packages show results and sells at 90 cents per tube from Blackburn Products Co Dayton Ohio.
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Blackburn Products Co
Dayton
Ohio
Fiesta plans outlined by Mystic Knights in San Antonio
The Mystic Knights of the Gran Quivera will meet at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday February 12 to plan their role in Fiesta San Jacinto 1917. Directors met last week and adopted a tentative program. A big beefsteak dinner will be held in February to initiate new members.
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Mystic Knights of the
San Antonio
Theft of 116 dollars reported at Mary Knight home
A theft of 116 dollars in currency was reported at Mrs. Mary Knight’s home on 116 North Laredo Street. Police arrested a man and two women on vagrancy charges after Captain Brown led an investigation. A separate prowler entered Dr. J. H. Bindley’s home on Avenue D, fleeing after being seen. a gold watch and jewelry box were reported stolen. The Nicolas Martinez saloon at Jones Avenue and Olympian Way was burglarized, with about 15 dollars taken from the cash register.
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Mary Knight
North Laredo Street
Captain Brown
J. H. Bindley
Avenue D
Nicolas Martinez
Jones Avenue
Olympian Way
General Ozuna on leave in San Antonio amid illness
General Gregorio Ozuna former Madero commander and ally of Carranza is in San Antonio on leave at the St. Anthony Hotel with Colonel Jose Trevino. He plans to visit north, seeks gubernatorial candidacy in Aguascalientes, says the state is peaceful with bandits gone and currency reform underway.
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Gregorio Ozuna
Madero
Carranza
San Antonio
St. Anthony Hotel
Jose Trevino
Ozuna
Aguascalientes
Why Georgia Bought a Slave
The Atlanta Constitution notes that Georgia once owned a slave named Ransom later Ransom Montgomery. He was bought in 1849 for saving the Western & Atlantic railroad bridge over the Chattahoochee, then served the railroad, and after the Civil War the legislature provided him a lifetime salary of 562.50 and housing.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Ransom
Ransom Montgomery
Hz. B. Y. Montgomery
Western & Atlantic
Chattahoochee River
Western & Atlantic Railroad
General Assembly
State Road
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Stone
India
Cramp
Brotherhood of Man
Stonemen's Fellowship
Cramp’s
Church of God
Alamo Plaza
Grand Opera House
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Babylon
DW Griffiths
Mr. Griffith
Knights of
General Ozuna
Opera House
Charles Frohman
Rose
Gaia
Waals Ceed Balfe
Bohemian Girl
Sam Chip
Mary
Eckert and
Parker
Emma Bunting
Clyde Fitch
San Antonio Grand Opera Committee
Boston National Grand Opera Co
Madam Butterfly
Tosca
H. W. . Barnes
Care South Meses Mene Co
Ave. C
Sand
Crockett Ou
Karel Havlicek
Fifth St
Areters
Coape Barnard
Smith
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