Gunnett Parks to Cost 500 in Driveway Upgrades
The city council authorized about 5000 for connecting driveways between Brackenridge Otto Koehler and Rock Quarry parks and to add a double line on Warwick Boulevard. The plan aims to reduce zoo area traffic congestion by directing vehicles through Otto Koehler park past Lambert beach. A Sunday crowd of 8000 to 10000 highlighted the need for one way traffic past the municipal zoo.
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Brackenridge
Otto Koehler
Rock Quarry
Lambert
Zoo
New Remedy for Kidney and Urinary Ailments Promoted
An article promotes Anuric as a remedy for kidney trouble backache and uric acid related conditions. It urges readers to send 10 cents for a trial package and to submit a water sample to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for free analysis. It warns neglect can be deadly and notes insurance exams test water.
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Anuric
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Common Sense Medical Adviser advertised for buyers
An advertisement promotes the Common Sense Medical Adviser a 1008 page volume. It invites readers to send three dimes or thirty cents in one cent stamps to Dr. W. M. Pierce Buffalo New York for a cloth bound copy. The ad highlights topics on self knowledge system physiology anatomy hygiene and simple home cures.
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W. M. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Ward to Cure Skin Troubles Speedy Grateful and Permanent Relief
A concise report describes a ward or treatment promising quick relief for skin troubles with grateful testimonials. The piece notes permanent improvements and the procedural steps involved, highlighting patient satisfaction and practical outcomes.
Free Sample 32 Page Skin Book By Mail Offer
Free samples offered to anyone with skin scalp or hair loss troubles who has not found relief. Request a postal card to Cuticura Dept XX Boston Mass. Available through merchants in every town and village in the United States.
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Cuticura
Dept. XX
Boston
Mass
U. S
City council approves park driveways and bridge links
The council backs driveways to the park named for a husband, links Laurel Heights with Brackenridge via a new bridge from McKinney Place, and assigns paving type to the city commissioners after site inspection. The Traction Company gains a Warwick boulevard franchise with minor routing changes and cost sharing.
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Brackenridge Park
Laurel Heights
W. J. Allen
McKinney Place
Kearny
Traction Company
Warwick Boulevard
South Presa
Olive Streets
Highland Park
Buckingham Avenue
Olive Street
Nogalitos Street
H. F. Bland
Trueheart & Jackson
Roosevelt Avenue
South Fresh Street
E. J. Altgelt
Citizens’ Committee
North Flores Street
Gerhardt Gehweiler
Brown
Dillon, Thomson & Clay
New York
Wilson warns neutrality may be tested by European war
President Wilson cautions that the conflict in Europe could reach America, urges keeping the nation at arm's length, mobilizing financial resources, and pursuing a scientific tariff board while stressing not to profit from others' troubles. He expects Congress to pass a merchant marine bill soon.
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Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Wilson
Federal Reserve Law
Tariff
Congress
The Pessimist Defined in a London Standard Quip
A London Evening Standard quip defines a pessimist as a man seasick throughout his life. The witty line frames pessimism as constant discomfort during the voyage of life.
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Lfe
London Evening Standard
Easy Way to End Catarrh Forever
An ad style notice claims a simple home treatment ends catarrh by inhaling medicated air from Hyomel. It argues germs cause catarrh, promotes a rubber inhaler, and states two to three minutes relief, with weeks of use promising full cure and a money back guarantee from druggists.
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Wagner Drug Store
San Antonio
Children's Pony Hose at 25 Cents a Pair
Stocking advertised for children emphasizing perfect fit and reinforced wear. Medium weight ribbed hose in all sizes, 25 cents per pair, located on the first floor.
Nurse Stripe Gingham Fabrics Hit 27 Inch Wide Stock
Store notes new supplies on second floor featuring Nurse Stripe ginghams 27 inches wide at 12 percent. Solid colors and stripes offered to match with an extra good grade of gingham.
Hand Bags Special $1 Genuine Leather Hand Bags
Broad assortment of envelope and other styles in soft genuine leather. Silk lined designs offered at $1 each. First floor.
Sidewalk Roller Skates Special
An advertisement offers adjustable roller skates with steel wheels and ball bearings for 1.95 the pair on the second floor. Substantial and high quality showpiece of the sale.
Indian Head Tubing Regular 22c grade 17e
Forty two inches wide stout finely finished pillow tubing standard quality sold regularly at twenty two cents special seventeen cents per yard Second floor.
Kimono Crepes Regular Stock Described in Ad
An advertisement notes kimono crepe fabrics in spring and summer weights. It lists regular stocks priced at 17 cents quality and 12 percent yard, with designs in attractively colored patterns. Located on the second floor.
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Wolfson’s
Cuellar Stays at Border Posts Amid Support From Both Sides
General Gonzales Cuellar commander of the Rio Grande district remains in Eagle Pass with Piedras Negras hopeful he will stay. Friends in Eagle Pass have urged Carranza to retain him and a message from General Trevino orders Cuellar to retain command until he arrives in Piedras Negras.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Gonzales Cuellar
Rio Grande District
Piedras Negras
Torreon
Cuellar
Carranza
Trevino
Mexico
Tain
General Cuellar
Old-Time Cold Cure Tea Promises quick relief
An old remedy advises Hamburg Breast Tea as a cheap vegetable cold cure. Steep a tablespoon in boiling water, strain, and drink a teacupful to open pores ease congestion and loosen bowels, claiming rapid cold relief.
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Hamburg
Schooner John Bossert Destroyed by Fire at Sea
The four masted schooner John Bossert from New York was nearly destroyed by fire off Navesink New Jersey. Captain Pressey and seven crewmen were rescued after three sailors suffered severe burns. The timber laden vessel, 601 tons gross, built in Bath Maine in 1904, was bound for Georgetown N G to New York.
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New York
John Bossert
Navesink
N. J
Pressey
Bossert
Georgetown
N. G
Bath
Drilling for Oil Resumes at Mineral Texas Site
Beeville Texas Feb 11 After a long idle period drilling for oil at Mineral in this county was resumed yesterday. The contract calls for a 1500 foot well and the bore reached 630 feet when financial difficulties interrupted progress.
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Mineral
Beeville
Tex
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Gunnett Parks
Council
Cutiura
Edwin Clapp
Frank Bros
President Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
America
Hartford Saxony
Saul Wolfson
New Jersey
E. T. Trammel
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust GO
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