Missionary Work Address by Rev H P Silver at St Mark's
The Rev H P Silver secretary of the seventh missionary department of the Episcopal church will speak at St Mark's church corner Pecan and Jefferson streets tomorrow afternoon at 3 30. Women from the various San Antonio parishes are urged to attend and meet Dr Silver.
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H. P. Silver
Seventh Missionary Department of the Episcopal Church
Philip Cook
St. Mark's Church
Pecan
Jefferson Streets
San Antonio
Silver
City payroll begins distribution of December salaries
The city council approved the December budget on December 18 to fund the payroll and began distributing about $10,000 among city employees for the first twenty days of December. The aim is to have all departments paid by Saturday to support Christmas celebrations.
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Saturay
Chimney blaze prompts fire call to Dr Trevino home
A chimney fire at 2401 South Flores street caused flames to spew from the flue but no damage was reported. Firefighters were dispatched after an alarm at 7 o'clock last night.
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Dr.s. Trevino
South Fiores Street
Delatone Hair Removal Promises Easy Skin Whitening
A fashion monthly reports a Russian chemist’s delatone powder offers permanent hair removal without pain. Mixed with water and applied to the skin for a few minutes, it removes hair and leaves skin soft and white. An ounce is enough, though genuine delatone is somewhat costly.
Meeting Schedule Changes And Bankruptcy Notice
The weekly luncheon was postponed due to another meeting. The Free Art Lecture at Carnegie Library titled American Painting moves to Friday Jan 5 at 8 30 p m. A public notice states R G Thomas plumbers at 193 College street have no connection with Southern Plumbing Co run by Charles A Thomas who filed for bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
R. G. Thomas, Plumbers
College Street
Southern Plumbing Co
Charles A. Thomas
Organize Grand Jury Next Week For District Court
The January term Thirty seventh District court grand jury likely will not be organized until early next week. Judge Edward Dwyer, summoned to Brownsville as a character witness for Col. F. A. Chapa on trial there for neutrality law violations, is not expected back before Saturday or Monday.
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Thirty-seventh District Court
Edward Dwyer
Brownsville
Col. F. A. Chapa
Carl
Federal Grand Jury Report Set For Tomorrow At 10
The first report of the federal grand jury for the December term will be made at 10 o clock tomorrow morning Judge Rufus B E Foster announces. District Attorney C A Boynton and Assistant C C Cresson push cases bound over from the United States commissioner court as the jury, barely two days in session, has already returned several true bills. The docket hints at a heavy term with immigration and neutrality law questions feeding curiosity as Mexicans and Chinamen appear among those examined. Tomorrow's docket lists Alberto Sandoval et al vs Joe Priest et al and C T Wilson vs The Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Federal Grand Jury
Rufus BE. Foster
United States Commissioner's Court
C. A. Boynton
C. C. Cresson
Immigration Department
Alberto Sandoval
Joe Priest
C. T. Wilson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Shooting Is Explained in Christmas Day Affray Hearing
Testimony in police court details a Christmas day shooting on Santa Clara street. Special Officer C H Henry says Robert Wren and Emmett Washington challenged him then opened fire, a weighted iron object knocked off his hat, and Washington was shot in the lower abdomen. Washington remains hospitalized. Wren was fined on the assault charge.
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Emmett Washington
C. H. Henry
Robert Wren
Buckley
Henry
Wren
Washington
Santa Clara Street
Frost Expected Tonight Across Texas Sugar Region
Frost is forecast with temperatures from 26 to 30 degrees in the sugar and trucking regions of Texas. Tonight will be cold with a heavy frost reported last night dropping to 28 degrees at 70 feet. November saw three subfreezing episodes, lowest at 23 degrees.
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Texas
Poll tax payments in Bexar County forecast low turnout
County Tax Collector John A Bitter warns that only about 8463 poll tax receipts have been issued for this year ahead of the January deadline. Last year nearly 20,000 qualified voters existed, with elections planned for president, state, and county offices. City tax payments continue with 1600 receipts issued. Several judicial candidates have announced campaigns as the county races heat up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Bitter
Bexar County
Toay
Bitter
Villemaine
San Antonian
R. B. Minor
Fifty-seventh District Court
W. C. Linden
Edward Dwyer
James R. Davis
George W. Huntress
John H. Clark
Clark Announces Candidacy for County Civil Court Judge
San Antonio lawyer Judge John H. Clark announces his candidacy for judge of the county civil court, subject to Democratic primaries next July. The seat is now held by Judge George W. Huntress, who will seek the probate and criminal court nomination before the primaries. Clark is a well known local attorney who formerly served on the Bexar county bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Clark
Clark
George W. Huntress
Juch
San Antonio
Thirty-seventh District Court
Bexar County
Carpenter Dies After Mixing Acid With Beer
C P Hall a 60 year old carpenter in Waco Texas drank beer with carbolic acid poured into it at McNamaras saloon and died soon after at city hall. He had recently become gloomy with no clear reason given for his melancholy.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
McNamara’s
C. P. Hall
City Hall
Hal
Advert for Figs and Elixir of Senna
Warning about impostors selling counterfeit Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The genuine product, California Fig Syrup Co, is printed on the front of every bottle and costs 50 cents. It claims to be a gentle laxative trusted by millions of families for cleansing and pleasant taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
y—California Fig Syrup, Co
The Sweetest Girl in Paris Comes to Grand Opera House
A Chicago long running musical comedy arrives in Galveston for three nights with Friday and Saturday performances and a Sunday matinee. The show features Miss Friganza and a strong supporting cast with music by Joseph Howard and lyrics by Collin Davis.
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Paris
la Salle Opera House
Chicago
America
Addison Burkhardt
New York
Collin Davis
Joseph Howard
Sidney Wels
Grand Opera House
Galveston
Miss Friganza
Charles Bryan
Royal Theater presents varied vaudeville show this week
Five acts deliver wholesome tuneful entertainment at the Royal with magic by the DeBourg sisters and a sword illusion. The Poloff sisters Dutch comedians Paul Buckley dancing and Paul Hofman impersonator highlight the lineup. Bargain matinee Saturday offers 10 cent admission. I L Kaufman now manages with J M Nix to boost Royal’s popularity.
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the Royal
DeBourg
Poloff
Paul Buckley
Stewart and
Iron
Paul Hofman
I. L. Kaufman
San Antonio
Royal Theater
J. M. Nix
New York
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Plaza Theater Delights Vaudeville Crowd With Aerial Stunts
The Plaza theater uses the thrill of Aerial Sherwoods to prime the audience for a full bill. The act’s danger draws gasps and applause, then the show continues with top acts and a packed twice daily house. A bargain matinee is planned for tomorrow and a schoolchildren’s matinee Saturday.
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Plaza Theater
Sherwoods
Dante Inferno presented at the Dixie theater today
The Dixie opens a two hour moving picture drama of Dante's Inferno. Italian artists render hundred scenes with music and an explanatory lecture accompanying the film.
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Dixie
Dixie Theater
Vance and Vance Lead Entertaining Stage Bill
The Star praises Vance and Vance a male duo for lively songs playful dialogue and harmonious singing. The program also features Harry Davis comedy juggling Neal and Neal in an equilibristic act and Roy Keenan in blackface comedy, all delivering solid humor and novelty.
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Vance
Star
Harry Davis
Neal
Roy Keenan
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad Claims
An Edwards-King Drug Co advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a reliable family medicine. It recommends giving it to children and taking it for colds and coughs, claiming it cures and checks coughs colds croup and prevents bronchitis and pneumonia.
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Foley
Edwards-King Drug Co
Expresses Thanks From Lydia Tipton for Christmas Aid
Mrs Lydia Tipton sends thanks to the charitable people who provided money and gifts that brought joy to her and her family at Christmas in a communication to the Light.
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Lydia Tipton
Obituary notices for Natt Alvarez Vergar and Bair
Obituaries report L C Natt 58 died at a sanitarium after pneumonia native of South Carolina who came from Temple Texas two months ago services and burial arranged with Shelley Loring. Felecitas Alvarez 92 died at home after weeks of illness born in Mexico January 1820 came to Texas thirty years ago funeral Friday San Fernando cemetery. Valentina Lopez de Vergar 51 died at home after brief illness survived by husband funeral from house with interment at San Fernando cemetery. E Benton Bair left for Brownwood to attend father L Bair death in Rogers Arkansas interment planned tomorrow afternoon.
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Alverez
Felecitas Alverez
Perez Street
Mexico
Texas
San Antonio
San Fernando
Vergar
Valentina Lopez de Vergar
Colima Street
Bair
E. Benton
Avenue C
Brownwood
Tex
L. Bair
Rogers
Ark
False Fire Alarm Draws City Fire Units
Flames from a dynamo powering automotive battery charging drew pedestrians on West Crockett Street at 4 AM toward Staacke Bros garage. The alarm summoned Chief Bishop and about six companies. It proved false, but Bishop said better to respond than risk fire in the city core. He noted people may fear false alarms and hesitate to report them.
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West Crockett Street
Staacke Bros
Bishop
Duft on cash bond in bribery case
A. Duff, white man, charged with offering bribes to Sheriff Tobin and Deputy Stevens, released on habeas corpus after posting $1500 cash bond in each case. Affidavits allege $125 weekly bribes for immunity while running a gambling operation. The Cummins pair return to the city and stay at the Hutchins hotel for the winter.
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A. Duff
John Tobin
Charles Stevens
Camp
Forty-fifth District Court
Stevens
H. C. Cummins
Chicago
New York
City
Hutchins Hotel
Accountant to Confer With Mayor on Probe into San Antonio Utilities
Expert accountant C F Hagenah is due in San Antonio to discuss a city led probe into local public utility corporations with Mayor Callaghan and the city council. The city has budgeted about 20000 for investigations. Hagenah may be retained if the aldermen approve. He previously investigated public service concerns in Wisconsin and Chicago yielding changes.
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C. F. Hagenah
San Antonio
Callaghan
Hagenah
Boynton
Lipscomb
Wisconsin
Chicago
Fate of International Fair to be decided at Jan 10 meeting
The board of four directors will decide next Wednesday whether to hold the International fair next year or end the project. Stockholders hold the key with only two of 1700 to 1800 attending the December meeting despite advertising, as organizers seek to arouse interest and elect new directors and officers.
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J. M. Vance
Vance
Marriage Licenses Granted for Four Couples
Joseph Crawford and Tenia Griber. Lorenzo Garcia and Teresa Lopez issued licenses. Theo Artat's Orchestra listed with contact notes.
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Joseph Crawford
Tenia Griber
Lorenzo Garcia
Teresa Lopez
Theo Artat
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H. H. Frazee
W. Lederer
Richard Carle
Edna Wallace Hopper
Commediene
Trixie Friganza
Willette Whitaker
F. Wilbur Hill
London Music Hall
Morton-Jewell ‘Troupe
Bradlee-Martin Company
Alec Craig
Four Masons
Aerial Sherwoods
Plazascope
Dixie Theatre
E. Houston St
San Antionio
National Woolen Mills
Commerce Street
Jaby G. Baldwin
Gunter Bldg
Mike Coccan
Houston St
Woodward
Burns
Bexar County Humane Society
Mackay Building
E. M. Collins
Drs
Garring & Hatcher
Osteopaths
Gunter Building
J. H. Rice
Gibbs Building
George L. MacCauley
Hicks Bldg
M. W. A. Hall
Royal
I. I. Kaufman
Mr. Kaufman
LeComte
Scientific Society
The
M. J. Bliem
W. F. McCaleb
Great Britain
Muth’s
Muth
Sat
Business Women’s Club
Young Women's Christian Association
Business
Knights and Ladies of Security
Owls Hall
Soledad Street
Odd Fellows Hall
Exclusive Listing Committee
Real Estate Exchange
Fashion Monthly
Hillyer Deutschjarratt Company
Sap Depot
Pape
Rockport
Frank Allen
Moore Building
Board of Directors
San Antonio Loan & Trust
West Commerce Street
Geo. W. Brackenridge
Leroy G. Denman
Eewin Chamberlain
M. EB. Brackenridge
Pera Herff Sr
Caroline Kampmann
Thos. B. Palfrey
B. A. Stribling
Chas. A. Zilker
WM. L. Hesbif
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texes
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