First Reunion Set for San Antonio Consistory Degrees
San Antonio Consistory No 5 to confer the thirty-first and thirty-second degrees on about 300 candidates during a February 25 reunion. Samuel P. Cochran directs the work with Dallas consistory clergy. Mike H. Thomas presides. Applicants already balloted and more expected before the reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Samuel P. Cochran
Beattish Rite Bodies
Texas
Dallas
Cochran
Mike H. Thomas
J. Putnam Stevens
Impe
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Catarrh Relief
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm as instant relief for stuffed nose and head from cold or catarrh. Claims opening nostrils, dissolving inflammation, and ending headaches with a small bottle for trial. Urges customers to apply in nostrils and expect relief by morning with continued use.
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Ely
Amy
Steeve
Shrine novices enter burning sands at March ceremony
The Ben Hur temple will hold a ceremonial session on Saturday March 11 in which most members of the Scottish Rite class are expected to enter the shrine novices class. They will be conducted over the burning sands during the session.
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Rial Potentate
North America
Ben Hur Temple
Shrine
Canvass of Prisons Aims at Liquor Crime Link in Texas
Under the Anti-Saloon League of Texas, Dallas headquarters will supervise a statewide survey of provincial and state prisons to determine how many inmates were convicted for crimes tied to intoxicating liquors. Dr. A J Barton says the survey, unique in Texas, will interview every captive and explore crime circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Anti-Saloon League of Texas
League
A. J. Barton
Texas
Strikes Threaten Potoo Streetcar Service in San Luis Potosi
In San Luis Potosi on February 12 workers from the streetcar line threatened to quit over an official's removal, backed by labor unions. A settlement followed as the company, owned by an English concern, faced broader citywide disruption and a rise in secondhand antique stores amid unsettled currency and economic conditions.
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San Luis Potosi
Mex
Light and Power Company
Republic
Elm planted by Prince of Wales dies in Philadelphia
The historic elm in Independence Square Philadelphia planted by the future King Edward VII during his 1861 visit as Prince of Wales has died and been cut down.
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King Edward VII
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Prince of Wales
There's Nothing as Good for Corns as Gets-It
A humorous ad exchange between razor and corn promotes Gets-It as the quick corn cure. It claims instant drying, painless removal without sticking, and the ability to wear smaller shoes. Sold by druggists and direct from E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago.
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Mrs
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Recruits Sought for Battery B Artillery in San Antonio
Captain Ralph Fairchild of the Texas National Guard is coordinating a careful recruitment for Battery B First Texas Field Artillery in San Antonio. Officers at the Gunter Hotel recruiting office select only men with high intelligence and good community standing to form a capable unit.
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First
Texas Field Artillery
San Antonio
Ralph B. Fairchild
Texas National Guard
Gunter Hotel
Robert P. Burney
Fairchild
al Ranney
Barney
McIlhenny
Beauregard
R. B. Kelley
Felix Staffel
Burney
Free Physical Examinations at Naval Recruiting Office
Weekly public physicals begin next Saturday at the federal building recruiting office. Recruiter C O Evans says a free exam and guidance to correct defects will be provided, part of a national preparedness effort to create a more able bodied America. San Antonio station reports a 100 percent rise in applications, with fourteen examined and three accepted.
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Naval Recruiting Office
Federal
C. O. Evans
Naval Recruiting Station
America
San Antonio Naval Recruiting Station
Evans
Paul Moser Truett
Elgin
John Doughty Toups
Rosewood Avenue
Norfolk, Va
Go ing the Limit Sir Edward Cassel on German Food Crisis
Sir Edward Cassel, close confidant of the late King Edward, told a New York reporter that German food policy has driven up prices and caused meat shortages. He quipped that if Cleopatra asked for a pear in Germany, she would opt to “go the limit” and order beefsteak instead.
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Edward Cassel
Edward
New York
Germany
Sir Ernest
Cleopatra
Charmion
Iris
Perfumery Listings from Vintage Scent Brands
A catalog-like list of vintage cosmetic and perfume items with brand names such as Piver's Safranor Vegetal La Trefle Vegetal Dyer Kiss Bradley's Woodlawn Violet Nila Rose Colgate Caprice Lily of the Valley and Hudnut Violets and Honeysuckle priced from 24c to $1.40. The compilation reads like a mid century fragrance price sheet with numerous brand variants and vintner notes.
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Piver
Lazell
Hudnut
Ludnut
Studnut
J'udnut
Bradley
Colgate
Cream price list from Palm Beach store sale
Local ad displays cosmetics with Long's Freckle Cream at 50 cents Long's Skin Cream at one dollar Palmolive Cream at 50 cents Fond's Vanishing Cream at 23 or 47 cents reflecting a midcentury retail catalog style.
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Long
Fond'’s
Equestrian School for Women at Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston opens an equestrian program for army officers wives and daughters guided by Capt. Hamilton S. Hawkins. San Antonio women and prominent girls study daily from 9 to 1 with skills in crossing stirrups and lead changes at the riding ring near the wireless station. Notable students include Mrs. Wellington Jones Mrs. J. B. Johnson Miss Marguerite Heard and others.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Hamilton S. Hawkins
Third Cavalry
United States Army
Cavalry
Fort Riley
Samar
France
Hawkins
Wellington Jones
Foley’s honey and tar mail order timer offer
An old advertisement urges sending a cutout with five cents to Foley & Co of Chicago to receive trial packages of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for kidney issues, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing and constipation. The notice is signed Fischer.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Fischer
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Linn Simpson
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Edgar Meade
Elena Diaz Gutierrez
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Maria Luisa Macat
Ramon Pthon
Esther Campos
Gustavo Lopez Hermosa
Luz de Los Hero
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Victoria de la Vega
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Ostetter
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C.o.d
Kor
MELBA
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Dyer
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Nila Rose
Colgate’s
la France
Cogate
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Hludnut
Pinaud
Omar
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Java
Bradley's
Woodlawn Violet
Nadine
Arcadia
Long's Violet
Mme
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Burnham's
Woodbury’s
Paris
D'Orsay
Jergen
Hind
Packer
Jergen’s
Pear
Squibbs
Williams
Colgate's
Mennen’s
Babcock
Johnson & Johnson
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Houbigant
Mary Garden
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Jockey Club
Lyon
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Porin
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