Final Details for Canvass of Chamber Members
Plans for the Chamber of Commerce membership canvass were finalized at a Gunter Hotel meeting. Two divisions led by Generals J W Hucker and H J Hayes will deploy fifteen captains and four privates each starting Monday at 9 30 AM with daily luncheons to report progress. Out of town guests Adolph Boldt and Munson Havens will speak. Princeton President Hibben attends a luncheon. A member council will use referendum ballots to gather ideas and address grievances.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gunter Hotel
J. W. Hucker
H. J. Hayes
Adolph Boldt
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Hibben
Princeton University
Munson Havens
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carrington
Mandatory Vaccination Rule Shuts Schools to Unvaccinated
The board of health ordered all children not vaccinated to be expelled from public schools. The policy, to be strictly enforced until a special board meeting on Tuesday, threatens school closures and arrest of teachers who admit unvaccinated pupils.
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Board of Health
Charles S. Meek
Meek
San Antonio School Bonds for Sale
San Antonio Independent School District invites sealed bids by 7 p m on February 8 1916 to sell 400000 in bonds bearing 5 percent interest payable semi annually maturing in 40 years with optional payment after 20 years a 10000 certified check must accompany each bid and the board may reject any bids. Paul H Scholz business agent.
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San Antonio
Government to Build Ferrocarril Saltillo al Oriente
Saltillo Saltillo area rails advance under Carranza rule as the government plans the Ferrocarril Saltillo al Oriente from Saltillo to Arteaga and beyond toward Tampico. Bid solicitations issued for grading with T. S. Abbott as chief engineer. rail improvements and extension tied to regional mining, timber, and wheat production.
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Saltillo
Saltillo & Eastern Railway
Saltillo al Oriente
T. S. Abbott
Mexico
Coahuila
Artega
Canon de la Boca
Palomas de Adentro
Gulf of Mexico
Potosi
Arteaga
Tumal
Los Lirios
Jame
Escobedo
San Antonio de Logs Alazanes
Galeana
Mountain Pass
Back Pain Relief Claim From Zenit h Kans a
A. H. Francis of Zenith Kansas reports severe back pain and limited movement before using Foley Kidney Pills. He notes significant improvement after about ten boxes and urges others with kidney trouble to try the remedy.
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A. H. Francis
Zenith
Kas
Foley
Kansas City Morris Plan praised as working man loan model
J W Frawley of Kansas City commends a municipal pawn shop and the Morris Plan loan system as workable methods for Texas and San Antonio. He cites January figures from Kansas City Welfare Agency showing loans totaling about 25 990 dollars with 19 877 dollars repaid and notes the plan requires no collateral and offers 8 percent interest.
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Kansas City
San Antonio
Texas
J. W. Frawley
Frawley
Kansas City Welfare Agency
Welfare Agency
Morris Plan” Loan Bank
Norfolk
Serbians Mourn as Refugees Shelter Behind Saloniki Hospital
In Saloniki a Russian hospital backs a Serbian refugee camp of about twelve hundred uprooted people. Families cling to scraps, tents sag in mud, and mothers mourn buried infants while men work for the Allies and relief funds reach Macedonian donors.
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Associated Press
Saloniki
Greece
Serbia
Albania
Babe
Ghergheli
Vardar
Macedonia
Demidoff
Athens
Volo
Old Friends Meet After Twenty Eight Years In Eagle Pass
Father Francis Bugnard of Eagle Pass hosts Father E J A Tonkangeau of Montreal who had been seriously injured in an auto accident. The pair, former priest students in Canada, reunite after decades and Tonkangeau remains in Eagle Pass for several days as Bugnard’s guest.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Canada
Francis Bugnard
E. J. A. Tonkangeau
Montreal
Father Tonkangeau
San Antonio
Alamo City
Father Bugnard
Sagle Pass
General Cuellar to wed Miss Maria Pola in Piedras Negras
General Gabriel Gonzales Cuellar commanding the Rio Grande district will marry Maria Angel Pola this morning at 10 o'clock in Piedras Negras. The civil ceremony will be followed by a Catholic wedding in the same city before Cuellar proceeds to Torreon with troops and arranges a special Pullman car for the journey.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Gabriel Gonzales Cuellar
Rio Grande
Maria Angel Pola
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Acebo Acquitted on Self Defense Plea in Murder Case
Corpus Christi Texas February 5 Joe Acebo was found not guilty of the October 1915 murder of Encarnacion Perez in district court. He testified that he acted in self defense. Acebo remains free but faces a $2,500 appearance bond on a separate perjury indictment in federal court, with trial set for next May.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Joe Acebo
Encarnacion Perez
Acebo
Arsenic in Sausage Sparks Texas Probe
An analysis by the Pure Food Department in Austin finds arsenic in sausage sent by a county attorney. The poison, ten percent, came from a rat exterminator and was allegedly used to harm a family. The department will report results to the county attorney. The Corpus Christi Rotary Club pushes to reopen Corpus Pass at Mustang Island after last August’s hurricane.
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Austin
Tex
Pure Food Department
Pure Food Commissioner
Corpus Christi
Railway Men Approve New Law in Texas
Corpus Christi report says local railroad workers cheer a state law taking effect January 1 that grants two paydays each month on the first and fifteenth instead of around the 20th, changing their payment schedule.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Work on Federal Building to Resume in Corpus Christi
Work on the federal building in Corpus Christi will resume about February 15 after a suspension caused by pilings that could not bear the structure. Construction halted for several weeks until the issue was identified and plans revised.
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Federal
Corpus Christi
Tex
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Tampico
Gulf Port
Monterey
Mexican Gulf
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Tampico-San Luiz
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T. T. Player
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Houston
Mexico City
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Cuatro Cilenegas
Coahuila & Pacific Railway
Torreon
Viesca
San Francisco
San Diego
U. S&s. Pat
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Eagle Fass
General Cuellar
NOA Spears Co
A.R. Littrell
M. D
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Conroy
Merchants Transfer Company
H. L. Wagner
ISE
Philadelphia
Lago Interest
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust
S. P. Skinner
Geo. B. Taliaferro
Ptoo
Joseph Rosenfield
Wm. V. Dielarne
Z. D. Bonner
Charles Livingstom H. A. Baetz
Taliaferro
Cunningham & Birkhead
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
East
Houston Street
Guaranty Fund Bank
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