Official Notice to Property Owners on Army Boulevard
City Clerk Fred Fries issues an official notice to property owners on Army Boulevard from River Avenue to Army Post. The publication follows a city resolution reciting re-citation of the matters contained in the resolution and directs properties affected to comply with the stated requirements.
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Army Boulevard
River Avenue
Army Post
Fred Fries
City of
San Antonio
Council
Rsans
San Antonio Approves Army Boulevard Improvements Hearing Set
City resolves to fund Army Boulevard work between River Avenue and Fort Sam Houston by city and abutting property assessments. A public hearing is scheduled for February 19 1917 to consider special assessments and the project plan with detailed lot-by-lot frontage data and firm ownership notes.
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State OF Texas
San Antonio
Army Boulevard
River Avenue
U. S
Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co
Bexar County
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
FourRoom Roosevelt Home With Modern Conveniences For Sale
Elegant four room house with reception hall gas lights sewer and full conveniences. Outbuildings garden and poultry lots. Priced at 1700 with cash payment terms. Call Mr Holt at Molson & Furnish 616 Brady Building Crockett 1024 for details.
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Holt
Icholson & Furnish
Brady Building
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Molson & Furnish
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Cholson & Furnish
Wagner
Nicholson & Furnish
President Wilson’s Diplomatic Break With Germany Approved
The Senate voted 78 to 6 to approve the president’s severance of diplomatic relations with Germany. The resolution endorses the recall of the American ambassador from Berlin and the passports handed to the German envoy in Washington. Support came from Democrats and Republicans alike. opposition led by Senator Works.
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Wilson
Germany
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Gerard
Berlin
von Bernstorff
Kirby
Arkansas
Vardaman
Mississippi
Gronna
North Dakota
Works
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senator Works
Congress
Washington
United States
Women Learn Do It Yourself Gasoline Dry Cleaning
Advertisement-like copy touts using two ounces of salvite in two gallons of gasoline to dry clean fabrics at home. It claims ribbons, silks, furs, dresses, gloves, and rugs can be refreshed without soap and water, warns of flammability and outdoors use only.
Goat Ranch Trade Offer Near Bandera County
A Bandera County trade notice seeks exchange of a 400 acre goat ranch for property in San Antonio. The offer lists a small state debt and mentions assumed obligations. John Bollons Realty Co. located on Alamo Street is named as contact for the deal.
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Harlandale
Lecomte Realty Ci Crockett
Losanersee Heights
Bandera County
Antonio
John Bollons
San Antonio River
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust Coss
W. Arthur
Mountainview
Jorge Cantu Chapa
Raymondvills
Tex
Senate Supports President On Diplomatic Move With Germany
Senator Stone announced the resolution to publicly back the president’s constitutional action. Some lawmakers favored waiting for an overt German act, but the president’s address and the Senate’s stance endorse the chief magistrate’s policy.
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Congress
Stone
Senate
United States
Germany
Boy Scouts Mark Start Of Anniversary Week In City
About 500 San Antonio Boy Scouts will stand at attention and repeat the oath at 3 o clock Thursday night launching a week long anniversary observance. National leaders issued the order for Scout Week as 200000 members nationwide join the observance with ceremonies and sermons planned in many cities. San Antonio scouts will attend church en masse on Sunday February 18, the final day of the event.
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Boy Scouts
San Antonio
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts’ Organization
Pacific
Quaiff
Chicago
America
Americans Ovate Paris at Opera Comique Reception
William Graves Sharp American ambassador and Mrs Sharp were cheered at a benevolent performance in Paris with cries of vive lAmerique and vive les Etats Unis. The Italian ambassador Raggi also received an ovation. In London Walter Hines Page, American ambassador, sat in a front diplomatic box drawing attention from lord justices and bishops.
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Paris
William Graves Sharp
London
Walter Hines Page
Espagn e Arrives in New York with 167 Passengers
The French Line steamship Espagne docked in New York with 167 passengers including Elliott Cowdin of Tuxedo New York. It sailed from Bordeaux January 28 and cleared a submarine zone before the new German naval policy. Officers would not reveal its route or sighting of war vessels.
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New York
Bordeaux
Elliott Cowdin
Tuxedo
N. Y
Army stables burn in Laredo near Fort McIntosh
Fire destroyed stables of the engineers corps at Fort McIntosh in Laredo Texas early today. More than twenty horses and mules were lost along with hay and equipment. A sentinel reports an automobile stopped at the stables shortly before the blaze.
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Laredo
Tex
Engineers’ Corps
Fort McIntosh
German Patrols Captured Near Bonzee Verdun Sector
French official communique says a German patrol was captured near Bonzee in the Verdun sector last night. Patrol encounters occurred along the front with further skirmishes in Alsace at Metzeral Aspache and Sepois during the night.
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Paris
Bonzee
Verdun
Alsace
Metzeral
Aspache
Sepois
Modest Chorus Girl Seeks Quiet Marriage Disclosure
A chorus girl requests no publicity for her marriage to Har old Gotmunney. She asks for a modest partner in a private ceremony and only a small mention away from prominent front page attention.
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Harold Gotmunney
Reserve Corps Enlistments Pushed Amid Patriotism
San Antonio men offer services as the War Department orders accelerated enrollment for the Officers Reserve Corps. Colonel George H. Cameron leads expansion across the Southern Department covering Texas New Mexico Arizona Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas. Applicants must pass a physical and face an army examining board with boards ready to travel to communities. Citizens urged to contact Camerons office for requirements and procedures.
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United States
Germany
Southern Department
General Funston
George H. Cameron
Funston
War Department
Cameron
Department
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
San Antonio
San Antonians
Co. C. Cresson
W. B. Tuttle
Traction and Gas & Electric Company
Trade Commission to Send Report on News Print Situation
The federal trade commission has finished its news print paper investigation and will send its report to Congress Monday. It details developments since the inquiry began last summer and states that cooperation between manufacturers and publishers eased the situation somewhat. Legislation will be proposed to grant the commission power to prevent a recurrence.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
The
Trade Commission
Commission
Government seeks 15 percent flour mix to cut bread costs
Paris reports the government plans a bill to require 15 per cent maize, rye or barley flour in bread making. Proposals include ending night bakery shifts and closing large department stores two days weekly to save fuel.
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Paris
Railroad Hearings Are Set for Fort Worth and More
Austin dispatch notes eight cases on February 13 before the Railroad Commission. Proposals include Fort Worth passenger depot facilities, express firm packing rules for green hides, extra Panhandle and Santa Fe service Amarillo to Sweetwater, baggage rate amendments, passenger party rate cancellations, cotton linters revision, and carload movements Beaumont to Galveston.
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Austin
Railroad Commission Today
City of
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Sweetwater
Beaumont
Galveston
Invaluable Advice Satirized by Book Agent Exchange
A book agent touts a man’s “most valuable work” that supposedly teaches “how to do everything” to a busy woman. She quips about an annoying agent while the agent insists the book could help her avoid pestering sales tactics.
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Santanie
Abe Frank Named To State Insane Asylum Board
The Texas governor withdrew T. J. Rowzee of Austin from the State Insane Asylum board and named Abe Frank of Austin to succeed him. The reason was not disclosed. The Senate will meet in executive session Friday to confirm this and other governor appointments, and may act on C. W. Woodman as state labor commissioner.
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Tex
Senate
T. J. Rowzee
State Insane Asylum
Abe Frank
Rowzee
C. W. Woodman
Governor commutes Elston Scott death sentence to life
Springfield Illinois reports Governor Lowden will change Elston Scott's death sentence to life imprisonment after repeated postponements. Scott, from Murphysboro, drew widespread attention for multiple delays in his execution.
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Lowden
Elston Scott
Murphysboronegro
President's Flag Flies Over White House Permanently
The Washington National Tribune reports a new daily flag over the White House. President Wilson ordered the president's flag raised from sunrise to sunset whenever in residence, marking a shift from the previous practice of lifting the American flag when the president was away. The flag shows the great seal with the eagle, olive branch, and arrows, surrounded by a star-studded field.
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Washington National Tribune
United States
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Grand Army of the Republic
Wilson
The
States of the Union
Porte Cochere
She Was All Right and a Providence Couple
A concise snippet describes a matter of fact Providence man and his wife who is sentimental and fond of trying things. The brief suggests domestic contrast within a longtime marriage in one city setting.
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Providence
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