Entertainment For Bankers In San Antonio Convention
San Antonio hosts the Second District Bankers Association meeting on February 17 with delegates from across the country. A special Eastern bankers train will visit Dallas Houston and other district stopovers. The program includes a 9:30 a.m. meeting at the St. Anthony Hotel with talks on Federal Reserve Farm Loan Act and related topics followed by officer elections. An afternoon automobile ride and a stag dinner plus cabaret vaudeville at the hotel are planned.
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Second District Bankers’ Association
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Henry M. Hart
Second District Association
Earnest L. Brown
R. D. Barclay
T. H. Jarrell
A. m
St. Anthony Hotel
J. O. Terrell
The
Central Trust Company
J. J. Miller
Commercial National Bank of
Beeville
Nathan Adams
American Exchange National Bank of Dallas
Federal Farm Loan Act
Ask Your Druggist About S. S. S The Blood Remedy
A long promotional piece touts S. S. S as a five decade old, purely vegetable blood remedy from Swift Specific Co. It claims druggists endorse its use for rheumatism catarrh scrofula eczema malaria and as a general tonic and invites readers to request free information.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Danish relief ship Lars Kruse sunk near Belgian coast
Berlin reports say the Danish steamer Lars Kruse carrying wheat for Belgian relief was likely mined rather than torpedoed off the Belgian coast. The vessel sank as Germany’s submarine war did not yet restart. Also noted is a Danish doctor using ultraviolet air treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Copenhagen
London
Berlin
Lars Kruse
Belgian Relief Commission
Germany
Budget system urged to save energy in home management
Md Vaughn promotes planning of household duties at Beethoven Hall in San Antonio. She argues systematic budgeting and time management improve health education and finances, aiding women, families, and even local cooks and clubs.
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Mrs Vaughn
San Antonio
Vaughn
Journal of Lome Economics
South
Dixie
Frigid Water Quenches Philadelphia Fire Damage
A Philadelphia fire caused extensive damage as scorching heat met icy water cooling efforts. Granite suffered near ruin while structures sustained significant harm, though flames were contained.
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Philadelphia
St Jacobs Oil Promises Relief From Rheumatic Pain
The copy touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment that wipes out pain and stiffness in joints muscles and bones. It claims quick relief from sciatica lumbago backache neuralgia and swelling with a small trial bottle available at any drug store.
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St. Jacobs
Doctor Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Golden
Anaric
T. J. Allen
Anuric
Union Holds Meeting of City Baraca Phila tha Union
Nearly every class in the City Baraca and Phila thea Union attended the monthly gathering at Government Hill Methodist Church. Carl Behring of Westminster Presbyterian presided. Rev. Sloan Batchelor led devotions and spoke on service. March assembly set for First Presbyterian. world convention in Syracuse in June announced.
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Baraca-Philathea
W. C. Murphy
John Renifro
Renifro
J. Floyd Smith
Georgia Brown
Robert H. Joyce
Ferry
J. R. Horton
Clarence Baldwin
First Presbyterian Church
Philathea
Syracuse
N. Y
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertising Claim
A vintage ad asserts Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC uses a tasteless quinine and iron formula printed on the label, priced at 50 cents. The note identifies the product as a medicinal tonic commonly advertised in period catalogs.
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GROVE
Doak Convicted in Fort Worth Slaying Trial
James Doak a locomotive engineer was found guilty of murdering his wife in Fort Worth Texas after a week long trial. The jury assessed an eleven year sentence with insanity as the defense. The killing occurred on September 23 1916.
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Fort Worth
Tex
James Doak
Absorbent Cotton Demand Reported As 1916 Use Rises
Census Bureau data show American manufacturers used 38 221 five-hundred pound bales of absorbent and medicated cotton in 1916, up from 1915. Demand shifted from former staple cotton to comber waste for surgical cotton production.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
This ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion. It claims five minute relief from heartburn, sour stomach, gas, and nausea, and urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from a pharmacist for home use.
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Pape
Postal savings grow with larger deposits nationwide
A San Antonio post office notes a jump of one hundred thousand dollars in postal savings over the last year. Last year’s deposits totaled 64000, rising to 164000 this year as the maximum single deposit increased to 1000 dollars. The government distributes multi language literature to promote deposits and will provide circulars in the depositor’s own language when money orders are bought or cashed by foreigners.
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San Antonio
Government assures German subjects banks safe in war
Washington reports a formal State Department statement approved by President Wilson that the United States will not seize deposits or property of foreign nationals in wartime. The note aims to calm German subjects amid war fears and rumor about civilian assets and war vessels. Officials declined to comment on a Berlin dispatch seeking treaty re ratification.
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Washington
State Department
Wilson
United States
Berlin
Gerard
Charters Issued in Texas and Nearby States
Charters filed include Gulf Public Service Company at Atlanta Cass county with capital of 125 600. Incorporators are Edward B. Ellis of McAlester Oklahoma J S Conn erly of Port Arthur and O O Oden of Atlanta Texas. Marlin Cemetery Association based in Marlin with no capital stock.
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Austin
Tex
Gulf Public Service Company
Atlanta
Cass County
Edward 8. Ellis
McAlester
Okla
Connerly
Port Arthur
O. O. Oden
Marlin Cemetery Association
Marlin
Texas Corporations and Charter Amendments Listed
A compilation lists corporate filings across Texas including Kalka Tidemann Co in Fort Worth with $225 000 capital stock and incorporators K Tidemann H Renfert J J Doheny The Hoffman Heater Co in Lorain Ohio with Texas HQ in Fort Worth The Wyatt Oil Co in Denver Colorado with Texas HQ in Sour Lake Hardin County Name changes Batson Oil and Gas Co Houston to Batson Oil and Gas Co with $16000 capital and Smith Drug Co Houston reducing to $10000 Charter amendments include Cleveland State Bank changing name and increasing capital stock and Sulphur River Oil and Gas Co Texarkana expanding purpose to oil prospecting and pipe operations Final payments reported for Panther Auto Supply Co Fort Worth and Texas Toll Line Co Waco Also noted is a small measurement device description for a multi‑nut socket.
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Ators
B. B. Clarkson
T. E. Battle
T. A. Cheeves
KK. Tidemann & Co
Inc
Fort Worth
K. Tidemann
H. Renfert
J. J. Doheny
Z. A. Goolsbee Mercantile Co
Port Neches
C. E. Goolsets
T. K. Goolsbee
Z. A. Goolsee
Texas
Hoffman Heater Co
Lorain
Ohio
Capital Stock
Wyatt Oil Co
Denver
Colo
Sour Lake
Hardin County
State Bank of
Cleveland
Cleveland State Bank
Batson Oil & Gas Co
Hoouston
Byers Investment Co
Smith Drug Co
Houston
Sulphur River Oil & Gas Co
Texarkana
Panther Auto Supply Company
Texas Toll Line Company
Waco
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Levine
Kash Klean
Alamo Plaza
Maroo
MD. Vaugh
Ner
Beethoven Hall
Mrs. Vaughn
Kate Brew Vaughn
Tonio Light
Baraca
Doak
Our Children’s Department
Fardalley CO. OF
New York
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