Militia Man Hurt in Explosive Accident at Fort Sam Houston
Private Nat Hanson of Company K, First Minnesota Infantry, lies in the base hospital with a severely mutilated hand and facial burns after an explosion during outpost duty in a regimental maneuver. He reportedly examined a fallen sky-fighting bomb that did not explode. Sergeant H J Allen found him badly injured and rushed him to the hospital. Hanson cannot yet explain the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Hanson
First Minnesota Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Hanson
H. J. Allen
Sanitary Corps
Third District of Columbia Infantry
Call for abolition of Texas standard fire policy at merchants dinner
Attorney C M Dickson urged replacing the Texas standard fire policy with a fairer form at a Retail Merchants Association dinner attended by about 200. He said current rules favor insurers in settlements and urged merchants to lobby legislators and fire board for a new, just policy. Other speakers discussed the cost of living, business costs, and association work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Standard
C. M. Dickson
Retail Merchants’ Association
Dickson
August Briam
W. J. Edgecombe
Texas Fire Insurance Board
Briam
Adolph Grasso
Howe argues land is root of modern costs in Home Economics Week
Frederick Co. Howe, U S Commissioner of Immigration, cites land as the root of high living costs and education in a lecture during Home Economics Week in Austin Texas. He backs the single tax and cites Denmark’s folk schools and cooperative projects as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Frederick Co. Howe
United States
Howe
Denmark
Alice Ravenhill
A. C. Ellis
University of Texas
Mary E. Gearing
Gearing
Texas
Miss Gearing
Holborn
School of Home Economics
Delicious Chop Suey Japanese Restaurant Cr 3246
Advertisement note for a Japanese restaurant offering chop suey dishes. Includes catalog-like reference Cr 3246 and not much beyond.
Cornerstone Laid for University Educational Building
In Austin Texas on February 16 the cornerstone of the new University educational building was laid in a ceremony attended by students state officials and legislators. Governor Ferguson spoke as Masonic lodges presided with Fred W Cook leading the board of regents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
University
Ferguson
Fred W. Cook
Board of
Regents
William Senaca Sutton
Department of Education
Vinol credited with restoring strength after grippe in Ohio farmer
James Martin of Wapakoneta Ohio says Vinol rebuilt his health after a grippe left him weak and coughing. The rememedy is touted as a constitutional tonic for nervous and run down conditions, with wholesalers and Texas druggists listed as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand King
New York City
H. L. Wagner
Martin
Wapakoneta
Ohio
James Martin
Vinci
A. M. Fischer
Meier
Sap Drug
Main Avenue Pharmacy
George Keene
Appmann Drug Store
F. Prossel
San Antonio
Texas
New Spring Dresses and Hand Bags At Clearance Prices
Handbags and women's dresses featured with Pussywillow handkerchiefs having roll and picot edges. Some items show imitation Armenian edging and Ma shapes. Prices listed at 25 cents each for the handkerchiefs.
George Washington and Military Favors Sale Ad
Largest stock of George Washington and Military Favors advertised with prices on Cherry Logs 25c to 69c and Washington figures at 1.00 each. Lunch Sets, doilies, plates and place cards offered. Jack Horner Pies four fifty with favors. Silk Flags and crepe paper for Fourth of July decor. Books titled Military and Naval America and Along the Rio Grande listed for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Horner
America
Herrick
Rio Grande
Lewis
Son” Sap
San Antonio Golf Fame Draws Springfield Visitors
Four Springfield residents plan a winter stay at the St Anthony hotel after the city’s municipal golf course gained notice in Springfield. Mr H B McDaniel, president of the Union National Bank of Springfield, and Mr Frank Curran, president of the Springfield Wagon Works, visit Brackenridge Park with their wives as golf fans. Groundwork for crops expands with expectations of higher production amid peaceful conditions. A rubber bulb in a new electric comb dries hair via heated air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Springfield
St. Anthony Hotel
H. B. McDaniel
Frank Curran
McDaniel
Union National Bank of
Curran
Springfield Wagon Works
Mexican Laguna cotton crop to be unusually large this year
The Laguna district in Mexico is forecast to produce a large cotton crop this year as new ground is cultivated by American interests. Consul General Hanna in San Antonio notes conditions have improved since several weeks ago, with Americans having grown and shipped over $1,000,000 in cotton from Laguna last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Mexico
Laguna
San Antonio
Laguna District
Consul Hanna
Menger
High Boots Clearance Sale Prices Listed
Advertises women’s high boots on clearance with price points $3.50 $2.95 and $3.00 $2.55 and $2.50 $2.15. The listing emphasizes reduced pricing in a simple sale note style.
Thieves Loot Farm Smokehouse Near Luling
Thieves broke into Fritz Tschoeppe’s smokehouse between Luling and Seguin last night and carried off five gallons of lard three large hams a big side of bacon fifty links of sausage two half gallon jars of honey eight quarts of canned peaches and other preserves. A cotton sack was used to transport the goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luling
Tex
Fritz Tschoeppe
Here
Seguin
Conservation Meeting Called for Houston Area
C S Fowler of San Antonio vice president of the Texas Conservation and Reclamation Association has summoned all interested to a luncheon meeting at the Rice Hotel in Houston on Saturday February 17 to discuss applicable work in the immediate area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
C. S. Fowler
San Antonio
Texas Conservation and Reclamation Association
Houston
Rice Hotel
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Alamo Plaza
Kodak
Militia Man
the Hills Brothers Company
F. F. Dalley
Black—White—Tan Co. of
New York, Inc
Buffalo, N. Y
Lui Ol Gan
F. C. Howe
Grippe
George Washington
Washington
Madras
Ricker
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield,n.j
Ouch
The
Wolff & Marx Co
Stra
Tion
Ultex
Bedell
Ave. C and Travis
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