Delegation of San Antonio boosters meets Kansas City leaders
A fifteen member San Antonio booster delegation visited Kansas City to urge participation in a 1918 exposition celebrating San Antonio’s 200th anniversary. They met Commercial Club officers, Mayor Jost, and the park board and will invite Pan-American delegates to an open meeting January 25–27.
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Texas
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Park Board
Texas City
Mexico
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South America
St. Louis
Chicago
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South
Selig Deutschman
A. P. Barrett
Rotary Club
Albert Kronkosky
Chamber of Commerce
Lou Beaty
Albert Steves Jr
Young Men's Business Club
William L. Hoefgen
San Antonio Trades Council
A. K. Garretson
Order of Lions
J. J. Sterne
Retail Merchants’ Association
Clarence Jones
San Antonio Gas and Electric Company
George F. Lupton
Transportation Department
8. A. & A. P. Railroad
Leo M. J. Dielmann
Nelson Lytle
Winchester Kelso
Carlos Bee
State of Texas
Justice Lamar of Supreme Court Dies
Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar dies at 58 in Washington D C after prolonged illness and overwork on the Supreme Court bench. Funeral arrangements are set for Augusta Georgia with a burial planned beside his long time home and associates prepare to attend. President Wilson is expected to appoint his successor soon to handle the court s pending cases.
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Joseph Rucker Lamar
Supreme Court
Augusta
Supreme Bench
United States
Mexico
Wilson
Justice Lamar
Lane
John W. Davis
Georgia Supreme Court
Heavier Infantry Shoes Urged by Inspector General
Inspector General E A Garlington urges heavier infantry shoes with hobnails for foot regiments and favors ending the annual officer test ride for those over 45. He notes a well-equipped army with minor reforms and warns on officer shortages and militia duty strain. General Hugh L Scott outlines censorship plans to preempt wartime chaos.
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Eavier
E. A. Garlington
Regular Army
Army General Staff
Hugh L
Extra Specials in Women s Fine Gloves Tomorrow
A sale of women s gloves features three pearl clasp kid gloves with contrasting embroidery and stitching in white gray white tan and navy and black. Pull on gloves in white with black cuffs or white with tan cuffs available in multiple sizes. Cape Skin gloves with cuffs or wrist length in white stitched black or black stitched white. Street gloves in small to large sizes. Two clasp pure silk gloves in white gray brown and black sizes 51 2 to 8.
Extra Specials in Women's Hose Tomorrow
Pure thread silk hose in regular and out sizes in black and white. Regular 2.00 values today for 1.59 the pair. Odds and Ends of silk thread hose with risle garter tops soles and toes in black white taupe gray and sand. White with black clocks and black with white clocks. Also a few fancy hose in black white tan. Lisle garter tops soles and toes all sizes. Regular 1.00 and 89c values for 69c the pair.
Birth of Texas film to run six days at Grand Opera House
The Birth of Texas a D. W. Griffith production and a rival to The Birth of a Nation will be shown at the Grand Opera House for six days starting Tuesday. The feature covers Texas history from pre Santa Anna San Antonio life to the Alamo siege and death of its defenders with Travis Bowie Crockett and Silent Smith depicted. Screenings run from 11 a m with hourly performances, continuous daily showings.
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Grand Opera House
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the Alamo
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Bowie
Close International Bridge at Laredo Maroons Americans
The Texas health authorities temporarily closed the international bridge at Laredo to curb typhus fear, triggering Mexican reprisals and marooning several Americans including Consul Garrett in Nuevo Laredo. Mexican authorities tightened their own border closures, stranding southbound passengers and creating mounting hardship across the border.
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