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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1915
Page
4
The writer urges a simple buying test to ensure consistency. By selecting a familiar, well known trademark and asking for it by name at the regular dealer, the shopper can verify prompt, honest service without being steered toward inferior or unknown brands.
A brief note urging customers to request trademarked brands and exact products. It stresses that merchants who prioritize service gain customer satisfaction, while substitutions for small extra profit hurt trust.
Austin Jan 2 An overhaul of the state government is planned for January 19 20 with many new faces in the executive department and in the adju tant general s office while other departments retain current staff. Changes are not announced for education treasury or attorney general departments.
Retired Methodist minister Rev. Hiramy M. Glass aged 75 and widow Mary Van Akin aged 66 married Friday night at the bride’s home 3402 West Commerce street. Pastor C B Cross presided with many guests and a wedding supper. The ceremony came as a surprise to friends, with invitations issued for the nuptials.
R. T. Pruitt topped a 30 day drive with the most new members among fifteen entrants. He receives an $85 gold watch, while T. E. Mumme gets the second prize. Fifty-nine new members joined, raising total membership to 915, five below the limit. Directors will decide soon whether to extend the $25 card rate.
Petrograd reports German fortifications along the Bzura river and the Vistula left bank in West Poland with Lodz Lowicz Skierniewice and Piotrkow as strong bases. German attacks between Skierniewice and Warsaw are blamed on a buildup at Lowicz and Piotrkow.
Austin January 2 Four million wine revenue stamps have been received by Collector of Internal Revenue A B Walker. The new shipment relieves the exhausted supply and will meet statewide demand for some time. Bonds of postmasters are received daily and stamps are dispatched to postmasters as fast as possible.
Receipts of the Austin post office for the quarter ending December 31, 1914 amounted to 406000 dollars with stamp sales at 38000 and the rest from box rents and other revenue. Texas post offices had net gross receipts of 768168 dollars for the same quarter per Assistant Postmaster Wilber H Young.
AUSTIN Jan 2 Charity report shows 950 fed 1200 clothed and 150 fuel for families. Cash fund 370 spent 302 on groceries with additional large donations. Total 400 tunders of food and clothing donated. A committee was named to finish raising the $1000 fund.
A letter conveying the Pope's blessing to San Antonio Catholics and praising Rt. Rev. J W Shaw for aiding Mexican-exiled clergy was received Friday. With Shaw away, Rev. Father Hume carried the message. Bishops and priests in the diocese have been sheltered and supported by Shaw, with new parishes created to aid them. Most refugees hope to return to Mexico when it reopens.
Harmony Club marked completion of its Romana street club house with a gala ball attended by over 200 guests. The event featured dances, entertainments by Mrs. Marks, Miss Bingaman, Mrs. Oppenheimer, and others, a midnight supper, and toasts. The Gothic structure, designed by Finness P. Behles, cost about 40 000 dollars and is owned by the Harmony Civic Building Association.
Austin, Jan 2. The farewell New Year's reception of Governor and Mrs Colquitt was held last night in the executive mansion. The occasion was lavish and elaborate with brilliant interior lighting and splendid decorations. Hundreds of Austin friends attended along with notable out-of-state guests. Mrs Colquitt and Miss Mary Colquitt assisted by Austin ladies in receiving.
Washington news reports Congress will work to finish major items before March 4 to avoid an extra session. The immigration bill and literacy test are likely to pass despite White House hints of a veto, with leaders optimistic both houses can approve measures amid ongoing appropriation work.
Fort Worth, Texas, January 2. The Farmers Union announces a February 2 state convention in Fort Worth and readiness to contract with bankers and businessmen for warehouses and financing to handle the 1935 cotton crop. It cites failed relief efforts and calls for cooperative storage and capital to fund the crop, inviting capital to finance under firm terms, not questionable schemes, emphasizing cooperative business over mere talk.
C R Merrill promoted to superintendent of the second division of the Houston and Texas Central railway with headquarters in Austin effective January 1. He succeeds W L Bisbee who retires after long service on the Sunset Central lines. Proposal notices open January 6, 1915 for rebuilding a Q M stable damaged by fire.
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