Merchants See Prosperity for San Antonio Trade Region
Visiting merchants at the Spring Trade meet in San Antonio predict strong growth for the city and its 190 county trade territory. They credit educational programs by the United Merchants of Texas and the wholesale hub status, with retailers from Nordheim to Kingsville praising improved stores and quick delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
United Merchants of Texas
Texas
S. A
Southwest
San ” Antonio
Andrew Smyth
Uvalde
United Merchants of
Tex
GR. Sanders
United Merchants
Ben Emanuel
Nordheim
San An
Tonio
A. Perez
R. L. Eckhardt
Ragland Mercantile Company
Kingsville
United Merchants Training
J. L. Whitmire
United Merchants of Canada
Texas merchants reap gains during Trade Week in L A
Mrs Blanche Jones of Harlingen and Mrs Zoe Brashear of Weslaco gain benefits of Trade Week as leaders in Rio Grande Valley business circles. Both are members of the United Merchants of Texas, gathered in convention here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Jones
Harlingen
Zoe Brashear
Weslaco
Rio Grande Valley
L. A
Texas
United Merchants of Texas
Merchants End Program At San Antonio Trade Week
William N Taft editor of Retail Ledger praised United Merchants of Texas as a national trendsetter while San Antonio merchants debated installment buying plans. Taft warned of higher costs and diluted goodwill from credit expansion, urging careful use of the ten payment plan as Trade Week wraps with entertainment at the Aztec theater and Menger hotel meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson Taft
Retail Ledger
Philadelphia
United Merchants of Texas
United States
San Antonio
Association
Bob Mooney
Temple
Oxfa
B. and G. Cash
Taft
United Merchants of Lexus
Texas
Saft
Mr. Mooner
Lancing
Aztec Theater
Hal Worth
Menger Hotel
Idler Fined for 30 Free Breakfasts and Cash
A 22 year old man was fined £100 by Corporation Court Judge John F Onion after taking 30 breakfasts of ham and eggs and $21 in cash from a downtown waitress who believed his claim of seeking work. He promised to pay when he found a job, but failed to repay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
John F. Onion
WEET BRINGS GASH TOS
Trade assembly promotes best interests of merchants and consumers within territory. The meeting results underline plans to preserve balance and implement proposed measures in retail trade.
Strangler Attacks Woman and Escapes at Hotel
Mrs. Rhea awoke to find herself seized by a short stocky man and, after a scream, he fled the room. Police scoured the hotel with no success. The same assailant is linked to two prior attacks on Tobin Hill women, Miss Clotilda Plant and Miss Lita Whitton, as residents described a five foot five inch, about 35 year old with a hideous face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Lehreiner
Rhea
San Antonio
Lita Whitton
West Quincey Street
Miss. Whitton
Esteban
Hertaldéz
Vera Cruz ‘Street
Wounded Officer in Critical State
A cavalry officer, Richardson, brought from Fort Ringgold to Station Hospital Fort Sam Houston, remains in critical condition after a pistol head wound suffered last Saturday.
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Virsk
Lient
Assolini roams dreams of empires and aims at clashes
The piece likens Assolini to Caesar and Theodore Roosevelt, hints at sending an Italian battleship to China and possibly expeditionary force, and notes his appetite for involvement in global affairs alongside a nod to Margo Polo as a historical explorer. It contrasts attitudes toward power with a satirical tone. It also mentions Egypts sarcophagus and the sacred bull Apis in a narrative aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assolini
Caesar
Heodore
Roosevelt
Britain
China
Margo Polo
Far East
Italy
Italians to China on naval mission from Rome
The Fascist paper reports the Italian cruiser San Giorgio will depart Maples for China toward month end carrying marines and possibly additional units of Fascist militia. The move signals Italy’s direct naval deployment abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Rome
Crtiger- San’ Giorgio
Yi ‘Ever
Miltia
Clean-Up Week Set For April
The National Clean-up Week will occur during the third week of April, announced by International News Service. The event aims to organize community cleanup activities nationwide in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
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L. A. Ritchie
Marathon
Bob Mgoqney
Okla
Joe Brashear
Alamo Jewelry CO
Peoples Finance Co
Broadway
Taft Talhs
Idler
St. Anthony Hotel
Egypt
Calé
Szhen
Apis
Alexander ‘the Great
Washington
Henry Ford
Babst
BR Ford
Ford
Alice Robertson
Muskoger
Wolff & Marx Co
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