IG Concern to Open Headquarters Here in San Antonio
San Antonio won a bid to host a National Retail Merchants bureau headquarters and its two story brick icehouse on Lamar Street. Harold Phillips, bureau representative, said the Washington Advertiser will relocate here and the building should be finished in eight months.
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San Antonio
Corporation of Washing
D. C
Harold Phillips
Ireau
Lamar Street
J. Phillips
National Retailers’ Bureau
Aich
Washington
Rge
Mr. Phillips
Aidh
Dallas
Houston
Phillips
Oil experts to study Crowther fields for railroad plans
San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railroad officials announce cablegrams sent to two renowned oil experts to assess Crowther oil fields for future development. One expert is in Trinidad, the other in London. they are not confirming oil but will evaluate prospects for the English syndicate. Meanwhile, road departments hire top general agents and an American general manager, with duties expected by May 1. Judge Matlock, recovering from a leg fracture, is visited by Mounsey and Cowper-Thwaite ahead of England-bound outreach.
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San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railroad Company
Texas
Crowther
Trinidad
London
E. Cowper-Thwaite
Cowper- Thwaite
Judge Matlock
O. R. Mounsey
Mr. Cowper
Thwaite
A. L. Matlock
Mounsey
England
San Antonio
Croup Relief Told For Homes With Young Children
A home remedy urges keeping Hyomei ready for croup with 80 drops in boiling water and inhalation. Parents are advised to call a doctor immediately during a difficult attack and rely on Hyomei as a quick relief measure. The 50 cent bottle is marketed for croup and other throat and nasal issues, with money back if not satisfactory.
Merchants attend Washington Birthday boosterfest in Kerrville
W M Morgan state association president W J Edgecombe state secretary and Adolph Grasso secretary of the San Antonio Retail Merchants association attend a Washington Birthday boosterfest in Kerrville with 100 merchants and businessmen. Speakers included D B Hill J E Grinstead Morgan Edgecombe Grasso and others at Pampell s opera house and St Charles hotel.
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W. M. Morgan
State Association
W. J. Edgecombe
Adolph Grasso
San Antonio
D. B. Hill
J. E. Grinstead
Alvin Dille
J. E. Ellis
Kerrville
N. A. Fassett
Paul G. Villaret
Comfort
J. W. Boerne
Center Point
A. F. Th
Demurrage Rule Suspended for Houston Compresses
Acting on an application by M Sweeney and the compress owners the railroad commission suspended the demurrage rule and granted extra free time on all cotton sent to three Houston compresses from February 21 to March 1.
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Austin
Tex
M. Sweeney
Texas Demurrage and Storage Bureau
Houston
Railroad Commission
Spain’s King Hinted Plans a Gibraltar Tunnel Project
Report notes King Alfonso reportedly entertains a secret aim to dig a tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar linking Spain and Africa. Such a venture would require foreign capital and imply significant foreign influence impacting Spain during his reign.
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Alfonso
Straits of
Gibraltar
Spain
Africa
Ramon Pena Dies at 65 in Local Home on West Commerce
Ramon Pena aged 65 died yesterday afternoon at his home 1709 West Commerce street. A longtime resident of this city for 25 years the funeral is set for this afternoon with interment in cemetery No. 7.
Tidings of T. L. Denning’s Death in Local Hospital
T L Denning a 382 year old barber died yesterday at a local hospital. He came to this city four months ago from Tennessee for his health. He belonged to the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. The body will be taken to Coleman Texas for burial by Riebe Undertaking Company.
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Clara Belle Walker
Physicians’ and Surgeons’ Hospital
Minnie Walker
Inlaw
Findley Marshall
Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company
London
Canada
Miss Walker
William Walker
Graham Walker
Chasey
N. Y
Annie Burch
Chicago
Sunday school scholars drop in Congregational churches England Wales
The number of Sunday school scholars in Congregational churches fell from 698 465 in 1906 to 656 648 in 1911. Congregational church membership decreased by 5 234 while Baptist church membership declined by 16 133.
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Congregational Churches of
England and Wales
Congregational Church
Baptist Churches
Claimant of Kimmel Testifies in Insurance Suit
Andrew J. White claiming to be George A. Kimmel testified in the Kimmel insurance case. He told the jury he is the former Arkansas City bank cashier and faced Estelle Kimmel, who rejected him earlier. He asked for a doctor but remained on the stand and disputed deposition records from 1908.
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Arkansas City
Kansas
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Andrew J. White
George A. Kimmel
Kan
Kimmel
Estelle Kimmel
Dickerson to Place 125 Orphan Negroes for Industrial Training
W L Dickerson president of the Dickerson orphanage at Gilmer Texas plans to move nine Negro orphans and train 125 children in industrial work and manual skills to fit them for manual labor. The note highlights charity donations and longevity quips as side items from the Long Beach San Francisco Chronicle dispatch.
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W. L. Dickerson
Dickerson
Gilmer
Texas
J. P. Taylor
Long Beach
San Francisco Chronicle
Fund drive aims to raise 5000 in San Antonio for education
A drive seeks five thousand dollars in San Antonio to supplement gifts for better educational facilities. Since the orphanage opened in 1899, one thousand two hundred eighty five children have been enrolled, all of them African American orphans.
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San Antonio
Maud Muller Rakes in Coins at Church Fair
Maud's booth at the church fair drew attention on a winter evening with Maud Muller described as the prettiest maiden there. The collection points to a lively local event at Ggg'a Library.
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Maud
Maud Muller
Ggg
Woman Claims Rock Island Man Warned Her Not to Come Here
Mrs. Grobheiser of Grand Rapids Michigan arrived in San Antonio this week and described a Rock Island ticket agent in Chicago warning against traveling through Texas because of a meningitis outbreak. He showed a telegram listing quarantined Texas cities and urged she avoid the state altogether.
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Rock Island
United States
Texas
Grobheiser
Grand Rapids
Mich
San Antonio
Chicago
Mexico
Fort Worth
Houston
They Were Not Mates In A Mumbled Household Tale
A fragment describes a mother sending a child to fetch clean stockings for her father. The child returns with two mismatched pairs, one bisek and the other red, prompting a puzzled response from the mother.
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Bessie
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Jodgson
Candy Maker
East Houston St
Mary’s and the Bridge
Ational Retail Merchants’ Bureau
New Road
Croup
Truck Growers
San
Benito
San Benito
Engle
Gibbs
San Antonio, Texas
Cameron McRae Winslow
Winslow
U.S. N
New York
Newport
Wolfson
Now & Oe
Miedal
Hamburg
Taffeta
Ameter
Saul Wolfson
Sunset Place
Plaza Realty
Alamo Plaza
Pilgrim Mfg. Co
East 27Th St
Joske Bros. Co
Gilmer Institute
D. D. K. Peargons
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