Busy Week Ahead for San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce membership committee plans a Wednesday meeting to map a campaign to add 1000 members, raising total to over 4000 and dues to about 100000. Thomas L. Conroy leads a 40 member corps of red tie brigade recruits with 1000 names prepared for solicitation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Boston Chamber of Commerce
United States
Red Tie Brigade
General Chamber of Commerce
Thomas L. Conroy
San Antonio
Retail Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Fiesta San Jacinto Association
Accs Chamber
Greatest cotton port in the world promoted for Harbor City
A. D. Powers promotes Harbor City Texas as the future cotton hub with new terminal acreage, rail and water facilities, urging investments of one hundred dollars in Harbor City and Ingleside, referencing Galveston’s record cotton exports and growing port traffic.
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Galveston
Brazos River
Guadalupe
Taft Ranch
Bishop Country
Aransas Harbor
Texas
New Harbor
Harbor City
Ingleside
Harbor City Terminal Corporation
Boned
Alamo Plaza
A. D. Powers
Street Improvement Plan Faces Final Bond Issue Review
The Bond Issue Committee will hold a Thursday night meeting to vote on uniform sidewalk construction and funding. Last session identified streets needing bond funded improvements and estimates for the plan’s cost will be presented, with potential sewer system talks if time allows.
Kihlberg Swedish Bath and Massage Rooms Open in San Antonio
The Kihlberg Swedish Bath and Massage rooms opened at 515 Navarro Street in the old Harmony Club building after a full renovation. Oscar Kihlberg, manager, notes a $30,000 investment with hot baths massage suites and Swedish staff. the facility will be open year round with about 30 attendants.
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Kihlberg
Navarro Street
Old Harmony Club
Oscar Kihlberg
San Antonio
Hot Wells
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Salaries End at Death in Texas Court Ruling
The Texas attorney general ruled that the legislature cannot appropriate salaries for judges of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals after their death during vacation. Judges Neill and James died in 1911 and 1912, with successors not qualifying until after reconvening. The department stated contracts cease at death, families not paid. The article also notes Northumberland Strait submarine cable dating to 1863.
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Austin
Tex
H. E. Hildebrand
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
Attorney General's Department
Neill
Fourth Court of Appeals
James
Department
Rudolph Ganz to Give Recital at Beethoven Hall
Rudolph Ganz the Swiss pianist praised for repose technique and tonal mastery comes to San Antonio under the San Antonio Choral Club. He will perform Monday at Beethoven Hall with works by Schumann Chopin and Liszt plus some of his own compositions.
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Rudolph Ganz
San Antonio
Beethoven
Schumann
Chopin
Ganz
Liszt
Quick Home Cure for Piles Promises Instant Relief
A pyramid Drug Co advertisement offers a free trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy for piles. It claims immediate pain and itching relief, reduced inflammation, and swelling with a eventual cure, urging readers to mail a free coupon and later buy a full 50 cent package.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Pyramid Drug Co Sample Request Promotes Pyramid Pile Remedy
A reader requests a free sample of Pyramid Pile Remedy by mail. The advertisement specifies Pyramid Drug Company at 471 Pyramid Building in Marshall Michigan and asks for name street city state details in plain wrapper.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Shrine Delegates to Dallas May Boost San Antonio
Delegates to the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine in Dallas next May may visit San Antonio and Corpus Christi or Houston and Galveston. San Antonio expects thousands of visitors, with a Ben Hur Temple special train to Dallas and a February 17 to March 3 charity fair to fund travel.
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Imperial Council of the
Mystic Shrine
Dallas
San Antonio
Imperial Council
Los Angeles
Corpus Christi
Houston
Galveston
Alamo City
Ben Hur Temple
Ben Hur Patrol
Shriners
Ben Hur
Love Proposes 200 Mile Kenedy Line Amid Rio Grande Project
Promoter R A Love of Fredericksburg Railroad outlines plans to build the first 20 miles from Kenedy toward the Rio Grande Valley if a $120000 bonus is raised within ten days. He would bond $50000 to start within six months and aims to reach the border near Laredo with potential branches to Eagle Pass coal fields. Engineers prepare surveys for west Kenedy segments and a report is expected soon.
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Frederickburg
New Rio Grande
Kenedy
R. A. Love
Fredericksburg Railroad
Rio Grande Valley
Love
Kennedy
Eagle Pass
Enamelware Fry Pans Sold at Bargain Prices
Classified short noting enamelled 10 inch fry pans priced at 35 cents and 12 inch covered fry pans at 40 cents, likely part of a sale or clearance by a local retailer.
Interurban Plans Stir Texas Between Waco and Austin
Rumors say J F Strickland of the Denison Waco interurban seeks to extend to Austin linking with the San Antonio line to create a Denison San Antonio route. Stone & Webster may counter with Dallas Fort Worth traction. Officials report favorable county action and surveys eight miles from San Antonio as lines fan out to find optimal paths.
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San Antonio
Austin
J. F. Strickland
Denison
Waco
Stone & Webster
Strickland
Travis County
Austin Bridge
Colorado River
Terrible Suffering Eczema Cleared by Hood's Sarsaparilla
Mrs Ines Lewis of Baring Maine recalls her four month old baby's eczema spreading to his face hands and body. A cloth mask and restraining his movements were used before Hood's Sarsaparilla brought a complete cure over a few months. Today the child is healthy.
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Hood
Ines Lewis
Baring
Maine
Land Dispute Service Shows New Mexico v Texas
Gov and attorney general were served with papers in a Supreme Court suit where New Mexico sues Texas over land loss due to Rio Grande diversions north of El Paso. New Mexico seeks thousands of acres now in Texas. Texas has patented much of the land. Texas will be represented by state officials with no private counsel unless affected landowners pursue it.
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Austin
Tex
United States Supreme Court
Washington
State of
New Mexico
State of Texas
Rio Grande River
el Paso
Texas
Looney
San Antonio Named Next Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Meeting
A telegram to Secretary J. Carter of the Chamber of Commerce announced that the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association will meet in San Antonio next summer. The convention is expected to attract about 500 attendees. Previous selection by the Houston session and subsequent conference directed San Antonio as the next meeting place.
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J. Carter
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
San Antonio
Houston
Board of
San Onio Wi
Fiesta San Jacinto directors set plans for 1913 carnival
Fiesta San Jacinto division directors meet in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium next Tuesday at 8 pm to approve tentative plans for the 1913 spring carnival. Officials expect record crowds, cheap railroad rates, and a week of parades music and shows across San Antonio with elaborate decorations and lighted nights.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Front lawns damaged by loose stock drivers
Reports of front lawn and shrubbery damage from loose stock have led to police action. Chief Lancaster ordered arrests for future violations and enforcement of a city ordinance restricting driving loose stock in a defined district near Grand Avenue Walnut Street Sap tracks and North and South Frio Streets.
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Lancaster
Grand Avenue
Walnut Street
Sap
Frio Streets
Chartered today in Texas three new companies
Collins Candy Company of Houston with 20000 capital, incorporators J M Collins J Ivy McLain and J D Wharton. May-Thomas Company of Wichita Falls with 25000 capital, incorporators H H May Cecil Thomas W O Basford and J W Roberts. The Concho Brick Company of San Angelo with 25000 capital, incorporators John R Nosworthy Fred Beck and H E Jackson. Proof of final payment by American Building Company of El Paso. Certificates of dissolution filed by El Guayabo Company San Antonio and Alpine Telephone Company of Alpine.
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Austin
Tex
Collins Candy Company, Incorporated
Houston
Capital Stock
Incorporators
J. M. Collins
J. Ivy McLain
J. D. Wharton
May-Thomas Company
Wichita Falls
Capital
John R. Nosworthy
Fred Beck
H. E. Jackson
American Building Company of
el Paso
el Guayabo Company
San Antonio
Alpine Telephone Company
Alpine
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San Antonio Business Organization
Beethoven Hall
Central Office Building
New Bath
ROUSE
Establishment
Laherony Con Department
North America
Northumberland Strait
Choral Ub
King George V of England
New York Yacht Club
R. EB. Jack
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Antonio
Mecca
Matthews’ Cafeteria
Losoya
Kenedy Line
Jardinieres
Jardinieres & Pedestal
Rewton, Weller & Wagner CO
West Commerce Street
Travis
Crockett
NEW
Strickland Road
Texas Cottonseed Crushers
Festa Directors
Hutzell, R. P
Hutzell
West Main St
Fort Wayne, Ind
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