City to Close Streets as Fort Sam Houston Land Deal Advances
The army negotiates to pay over 226000 to acquire more than 60 percent of 26 blocks adjacent to Fort Sam Houston for a general supply depot. Titles reviewed in Washington, with district attorney signoff, and payments to follow. About 40 percent of land remains, with possible condemnation for a few owners. City to close streets in preparation for transfer and deed delivery to the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
Army
M. R. Hilgard
Puchase
Captain Hilgard
Washington
United States District Attorney
Hilgard
City to Close Streets for Federal Territory Transfer
Army officials urge the city commission to close streets within the bounded area north by Wilson Street east to the city limits south by Hood Street and west by New Braunfels Avenue. An ordinance to transfer closing rights to the Federal government is likely at Monday’s meeting. Streets listed include New Braunfels Avenue Benton Calhoun Tilden Frank Shirley Ash Moore Ervin Hood Scott and Wilson from New Braunfels to the limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
City Commission
Wilson Street
Hood Street
New Braunfels Avenue
Grayson
Benton Street
Hood
Calhoun Street
Tilden Street
Frank Street
Shirley Street
Ash Street
Moore Street
Ervin Street
Russ and Cresson
Vinton Street
Otton Leak of 1907 Recalled in Wilson Peace Note
Washington reports recall of the 1907 cotton leak when a Department of Agriculture employee fed advance crop report data to speculators. The 1907 scandal led Congress to criminalize dissemination of advance crop information with penalties of up to $10,000 fine and ten years’ imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Washington
Statistician
Crop Reporting Board
Board
Congress
Department
Leon M. Estabrook
Bureau of
Tanlac Restores Clark Energy After Five Years of Ill Health
W L Clark of 2125 Monterey street credits Tanlac with ending years of rheumatism and indigestion. He says the medicine let him work his carpentry job again, gained six pounds, and feels younger with improved appetite and sleep. Tanlac is sold in San Antonio at Wagner Drug Company and E I Meier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
W. L. Clark
Monterey Street
Wagner Drug Company
Taniac
Texas
San Antonio
Wagner Drag Comnary
Eil Meier
Comptroller Terrell urges delinquent tax records for Texas
H B Terrell in Austin argues auditors are essential to track state finances and proposes a statewide set of delinquent tax records. He notes mail, pension warrants, bond registrations, and gross tax receipts have risen since 1907, urges more clerks, better shelving, and stronger enforcement of liquor laws to manage growing work and prevent losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
H. B. Terrell
Comptroller’s Department
Terrell
Comptroller
Department
Treasury
Terell
Advance estimates guarded by skilled workers
The passage notes that leak prevention is stringent and that the high caliber of workers makes obtaining advance estimates nearly impossible. It emphasizes secure handling and the difficulty of forecasting details due to expert personnel controlling information.
German native Eugene Knigge 49 dies in San Antonio
Eugene Knigge a Germany native aged 49 died at 7 30 Saturday morning in a local hospital He had lived in San Antonio for 22 years Surviving brothers and sisters reside in Germany Funeral services 3 30 Sunday from Riebe Undertaking chapel conducted by Rev G B Stricker of St John’s Lutheran Church Interment in Lutheran cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Knigge
Germany
San Antonio
Riebe Undertaking Company
G. B. Stricker
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mrs. Mattie Roberts Dies in San Antonio at 3% Years Old
Mrs. Mattie Roberts age 3% died at her residence 309 Toledo Street at noon Saturday. A native of Arkansas she had lived in San Antonio eight years and was a member of Magnolia Grove and Woodman Circle. The body with her husband Walter Roberts will be sent to Arkansas by Zizik Undertaking for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Roberts
Toledo Street
Death of James P. Kubesh at San Antonio hospital
James P. Kubesh aged 47 died at 9 30 Saturday morning in a local hospital. A Minnesota resident, he had been in San Antonio for some time. Funeral arrangements to be announced from Zizik Undertaking Company parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Kubesh
Minnesota
San Antonio
Zizik Undertaking Compens
Ater
History Of First Minnesota Infantry Roster
Sergeant Edwin A. Lake plans a complete roster and history of the First Minnesota Infantry from its June 30 1916 muster into federal service. The book will include officer photographs, individual military records, and company group pictures, with distribution in about two to three weeks. The regiment was stationed at Llano Grande for seven months before moving to Camp Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Infantry
Edwin A. Lake
Minnesota
Llano Grande
Camp Wilson
What Made Doctor Brown Rush That Day
The phlegmatic Dr Brown sprang into action when Mrs Weaver sent for him to come quickly for her boy. He said he did not know what was wrong but insisted on hurrying before the mother could apply a self help book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Brown
Fragments from Bexar County notices and ads in Alamo paper
An assortment of local notices and ads include court actions in the Harriet James Fomby case against Commonwealth Bank Trust Co and the Simmons estate with Artesian Belt railway as principal asset, plus commissioners to Austin to review refunding bonds. Also listed are services from an attorney, jewelry ads, a social dance at Turner hall, poll tax checks, and a note on reopening Alamo Heights school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet James Fomby
Commonwealth Bank & Tuust Company
C. F. Simmons
Seventy-third District
James R. Davis
Commonwealth Bank &Trust Company
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
Simmons
Artesian Belt Railway
Bexar County
John A. Bitter
Frank Ball
Charles Holbrook
Measles Cases Lead to School Closure Next Week
Several measles cases among pupils will reopen next Wednesday as parents are urged to keep exposed children home while those free of contagion may return. The measure aims to halt spread in the district and limit further illness. Drescher's Orchestra, Cr. 2683. For Post-Graduate Work at Main Avenue High, vacancies in multiple subjects are listed by Principal H. H. Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Avenue
H. H. Ryan
Grip Stolen at Depot Reported in City
H P Bee of 515 Paschal street reported to police Saturday afternoon that his leather grip was stolen while he was at the Southern Pacific depot. A description of the grip's contents was given to the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Bee
Paschal Street
Southern Pacific
Grand Opening Ball and Upcoming Social Events
The listing notes events at Imperial Bath Parlors Moore Building Grand Opening Ball Five Star Social Club Turner Hall Willett's six piece Union Orchestra Masked Ball at Highland Social Club February 11 Admission 25 cents Music by Willett's Orchestra A motor truck accident injures 15 year old S Gonzales at El Paso and Richter Streets Driver arrested for careless driving Dance at Mac Donah Shooting Club February 4 Music by Homen Bros. Orchestra Silk dresses stolen from Mrs L Lehr 227 West Romana St Descriptions provided to police Prize mask ball Louisa Schuetze Lodge February 10 Herman Sons Hall 25 cents No Damage From Fire description cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Hall
Willett
Union
Highland Social Club
S. Gonzales
el Paso
Richter Streets
Kohr
Mac Donah Shooting Club
Mac Donah
Homen Bros. Orchestra
MacDonah
Louisa’ Schuetze
Herman Sons Hall
Fire in Flue at 807 Euclid Avenue Reported Cleared
A blaze originated in a flue at Paul Sauer's home 807 Euclid avenue at 7 40 pm Saturday night and was checked before damage. San Antonio touts an up to date bath house as claimed by visitors. Imperial Bath Parlors Moore Bridge Adv Club to Meet Thursday Franco Spanish Circle meets Thursday at 4 pm in the Carolina Tea Room French 4 5 Spanish 5 6 Mrs F Lopez president of the circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sauer
Euclid Avenue
San Antonio
Moore Bridge
Carolina
F. Lopez
Seventh Annual Ball by San Antonio Musicians Society
The Seventh annual ball of Local No. 23 A F of M is set for Thursday at Beethoven Hall. Tickets cost 50 cents with ladies admitted free. the program features an Orchestra of fifty pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Musicians’ Society
A. F. of M
Beethoven Hall
Eagles Ball at Gunter Hotel February 14 1917
Annual Eagles ball set for Wednesday evening at the Gunter hotel ballroom. Admission 60 cents with ladies admitted free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter Hotel
New Grocery Store Opens at Pine and Crosby Streets
Former customers and friends invited to Gus Seidel's new store at the corner of Pine and Crosby Streets. Fresh groceries offered at low prices. Also an advertisement for Imperial Bath Parlors in the Moore Building featuring colored gentlemen rubbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corner Pine and
Crosby Sts
Gus Seidel
Imperial Bath
Moore Bldg
Jackson’s Bible Sold At Auction For 21.50
The pocket Bible of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson, carried during the Civil War, sold for 21.50 at Anderson Galleries to O. Haywood. It bore inscriptions from T. J. Jackson to Dr. R. H. Morrison, with dated notes from Lexington Virginia and Chancellorsville. An affidavit by Thomas Chancellor confirmed the volume belonged to his grandfather, tied to Jackson’s wounded night at Chancellorsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall” Jackson
New York World
Anderson
O. Haywood
R. H. Morrison
T. J. Jackson
Lexington
Chancellorsville
Thomas Chancellor
Jackson
Wellington the General Revealed by a Child’s Question
A teacher asks what students know of Wellington. A bright pupil cites him as a general, then another child adds a humorous misstatement before a girl declares, See he's dead, ending the exchange with a puzzled, if affectionate, lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Willie
Weill
Annie
Prompted Housework Quarrel Surfaces in Conversation
A domestic exchange reveals a wife urging her husband to shake the rugs while he resists the chores. The dialogue hints at household routines and marital dynamics captured in everyday speech.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allee
Tom
Marie
Edith
Boston Transcript
Post
War Department
Clark
Nan
Oas Terrell
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Sunny Brook
J. Oppenheimer & CO
General Distributors
San Antonio, Texas
Ryptok
Doyle-Bridger Optical CO
Oaul Woltson
Crockett
J. F. Carl
Bedell Building
Phone Crockett
Ee — Co
Alamo Plaza
Dr. Foster
Gibbs
Riebe Jewelry
Main Ave
Jeffery
O'Connell Loan Co
E. Houston St
Kehoe Loan Co
Commerce St
Horace E. Wilson
State Bank
Hertzberg & Kercheville
Brady Bldg
J. H. Covington
R. P. Thomas
Gibbs Bldg
Cappayn
Little Gem
Gallagher
Alamo Heights
Drescher’s Orchestra
Jackson’s
Hostetter
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