Fair Commissioners to Hold a Meeting for San Antonio Bi Centenn
The newly selected San Antonio Fair commissioners convene Tuesday afternoon at the Bedell building to choose a temporary chairman and outline preliminary plans for organizing a Pan American fair in 1918. District stock subscrip tions may be handled by local commissioners with funds held in banks until construction begins. The temporary body will form the committee to establish the permanent organization and assume duties from the Committee of One Hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Bedell
Texas
Committee of One Hundred
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkening Tonic Sold Widely
Advert from Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray hair naturally in days with even coverage. It claims to stop dandruff and itching, and make hair glossy and luxuriant, with ready-to-use bottles costing about fifty cents.
Fire in Humble oil fields injures two workers
A Houston fire in the Humble oil fields on Tuesday afternoon involved about a thousand volunteer firefighters using steam from forty boilers. Driller B Hancock and helper J B Watt were badly burned and taken to Houston. Loss reached $30,000 as Stevenson Well No. 25 burned near Farmers' Petroleum Company's well on the same tract. The blaze started by an exploding electric light globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Humble
B. Hancock
J. B. Watt
Stevenson Well
Farmers’ Petroleum Company
Producers Oil Company
Officers Chosen in Texas National Guard Battery
Captain Ralph Fairchild of San Antonio says he has selected all officers with one exception for the Battery of Artillery in the Texas National Guard now being organized at San Antonio. A meeting for final enlistments is planned for tomorrow night at San Antonio with Adjutant General Henry Hutchins present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ralph Fairchild
San Antonio
Texas National Guard
Enry Hutchins
Fairchila
Miona advertised as a guaranteed dyspepsia remedy
Wagner Drug Store promotes Miona as a refund guaranteed treatment for dyspepsia and related symptoms. The ad claims many past customers improved quickly with few questions asked and urges immediate use for better health and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner Drug Store
Wagner
Miona
British envoy plan urged to settle blockade dispute
The Manchester Guardian advocates sending Viscount Bryce or Arthur Balfour with full powers to the United States to adjust the blockade controversy. It notes American interest, historic naval tensions, and warns the issue could shape the future of the English speaking world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Manchester Guardian
Viscount Bryce
United States
Arthur J. Balfour
Admiralty
Guardian
Lusitania
Germany
America
England
Balfour
Heller enters Texas Senate race in Dallas announcement
R. E. Heller of Dallas joins the U S Senate race, reporting to the Secretary of State that he announced on January 24. Other candidates listed include C B Colquitt C A Culberson John Davis George W Riddle R L Henry S P Brooks and T M Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
United States Senate
Rh. BE. Heller
Dallas
C. B. Colquitt
C. A. Culberson
John Davis
George W. Riddle
R. L. Henry
P. Brooks
T. M. Campbell
Criticism Denied By San Antonio Merchant In Interview
A San Antonio merchant rejected a published interview headline claiming he criticized the local chamber of commerce. He stated he did not say the attributed words and called the interview untrue and misleading. The piece discusses democratic membership and funding principles for a chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce
Democratic Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Chamber of Commercce
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO Ointment
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Jo oe gives relief. 50c Ady.
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Jo Oe
Mississippi Flood Not Exceeding Previous Highs
Washington reports to the War Department indicate the lower Mississippi flood will not exceed prior New Orleans high stages. A dispatch says President Gilbert Tensel of the levee board called Arkansas City’s condition exaggerated and officials hope levees there will withstand the pressure.
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Mississippi
Washington, D. C
War Department
Lower
New Orleans
Gilbert Tensel
Levee Board
Arkansas City
Hyomei Promises Cure for Catarrh Germs
Advertisement touts Hyomei as the cure for catarrh by destroying germs in nose and throat. It promotes a pocket inhaler and antiseptic inhaled air, claiming swelling relief and germ destruction with a money back guarantee if results fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner Drug Store
San Antonios
Army Officers Relieved and Transfers Noted in Massachusetts
First Lieutenant Cortlandt Parker assigned as inspector in Massachusetts. Numerous promotions, leave approvals, and transfers announced across infantry, cavalry, artillery, and medical corps with movement to Fort Leavenworth, the Philippines, and other posts. officers ordered to report on transport after relief.
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Cortlandt Parker
Fourth Field Artillery
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Charles Krauthoff
Quartermaster Corps
Abraham P. Buffington
Infantry
Omar W. Pinkston
Medical Corps
Charles W. Weeks
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Army Service Schools
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Thomas L. Sherburne
Signal Corps
Frederick B. Hennessy
Third Field Artillery
Will Gall
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Charles K. Nulsen
Sixteenth Infantry
Fifteenth Infantry
William Verwin
Seventh Cavalry
West Point
N. Y
Max 8S. Murray
Oswald H. Saunders
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Ralph Harrison
Fourth Cavalry
Fifteenth Cavalry
Sherrard Coleman
Roger 8S. Fitch
A. C. Mumma
John A. Robertson
Ninth Cavalry
James&. Mooney
Horace H. Fuller
Oscar J. Scott
United States
Obituary notices for Aniseto Perez and Dollena Noble
Aniseto Perez aged 19 died in a San Antonio sanitarium after a long illness. He was a Floresville native, survived by parents and twelve Floresville brothers. burial in Floresville. Dollena Marion Noble aged 30 died in a San Antonio sanitarium. born in Canada, lived in San Antonio three years. survived by husband A G Noble. Funeral arrangements pending with Shelley Loring Undertaking Company.
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Aniseto Perez
San Antonio
Floresville
Guerra Undertaking Company
Dollena Marion Noble
Canada
A. G. Noble
Mission Burial Park
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Mrs. E. G. Owens Dies in San Antonio Sanitarium
Mrs. E. G. Owens aged 42 died at a San Antonio sanitarium Monday evening. A Kansas native who had lived in Dallas, she recently came to San Antonio for health. Survived by husband Ed Owens of Dallas and father E. T. Wolff of Topeka. Body to be sent to Carbondale Kansas for interment. arrangements pending advices from relatives.
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E. G. Owens
San Antonio
Kansas
Dallas
Ed Owens
E. T. Wolff
Topeka
Kas
Carbondale
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Mrs Heimer 70 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Sarah Heimer 70 died at her son John Heimer's home 139 Grove Avenue at 5 pm Monday after a long illness. Born in New Orleans she lived there most of her life and came to San Antonio four months ago from Toerne for health. She is survived by two sons. Funeral at Shelley Loring Chapel with time pending, burial in City Cemetery No. 32.
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Sarah Heimer
John Heimer
Grove Avenue
New Orleans
San Antonio
Toerne
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
City Cemetery No. 32
Missionary Conference Opens With 300 Delegates In Marshall
MARSHALL TEX Feb 8 The Women s Missionary Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Texas opened here today with 300 women delegates. The conference will run through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Missionary Conference
Marshall
Tex
Women's Missionary Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal, Church, South
Texas
Hayes Opens Headquarters In Travis Park Campaign
Hayes directs left wing operations for the Chamber of Commerce drive from the Travis park bandstand with field artillery support from Fort Sam Houston as a realignment of campaign strategy unfolds. The report notes strong progress and vigorous activity at the makeshift headquarters.
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Travis Park
Hayes
Third Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Hotel Guests and Arrivals in San Antonio Area
The article lists multiple individuals from Texas and beyond staying at the Menger St. Anthony and Gunter hotels in San Antonio. Names include R. E. Brooke Dallas Overton Thompson Sappington Eyres Williams J. Willis Beatty Loring Hughes Walter Walton Koones Thompson and Netzer with their cities noted. A Yellowstone park note mentions heavy snows feeding about 2000 elk 2000 deer and hundreds of mountain sheep near the park entrance.
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R. E. Brooke
Houston
Tex
Menger
Overton Thompson
Dallas
St. Anthony
H. O. Sappington
Galveston
J. D. Phelps
Minto
N. D
T. T. Erb
W. G. Eyres
Austin
Feeding Elk and Deer In Yellowstone Driven Out
Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park is forced to flee as heavy snow blankets the higher elevations. Ranchers and visitors report elk and deer seeking shelter away from traditional grazing areas near Gardiner Montana as of early February.
Beeville Man Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
John Cahand aged 35 drank two bottles of carbolic acid at a Beeville saloon and died five minutes later. He left a note naming his sister Mrs. Alex Walker who lives four miles west of Beeville and asked that she be notified.
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Beeville
Tex
John Cahand
Alex Walker
After la grippe what coughs hang on
Bedford Indiana citizen F G Prevo describes lingering cough after la grippe and weight loss. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar, purchased from A M Fischer, with curing him and restoring his health. Advertisement for sale by druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Prevo
Bedford
Ind
Foley
A. M. Fischer
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Savings Department Accounts
State National Bank
Fair Commissioners
NOA Spears CO
Losoya St
Merchants Transfer Gompany
Dolorosa St
Captain Fairchild
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust CO
Sunter Hotel
General
Ee Pield
Chamber of Commend
Alamo Plaza
J. W. Hucker
Army of Business
Hucker
M. F. Waltz
Urges Baige
Manchester
R. E. Heller
U. S. Senate
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co. Automobile Equipmer
Washer Bros. CO
Yellowstone
Lagrippe
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Bayonne
We Minera
Standrep
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