Posterettes Sell Over 100000 as San Antonio Publicity Spreads
Rotary Club reports more than 100000 posterettes sold with rapid daily sales. Local businesses and real estate firms praise the six color mailer promoting San Antonio, predicting sales may reach 200000 by week’s end as civic cooperation grows.
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Rotary Club
Santonio
Aready
San Antonio
San Antonio Gas & Electricmpany
Alamo
A. C. Dauchy Company
J. H. Kirkpatrick
W. &. Conness
Conness Realty Company
B. F. Nicholson
Nicholson, Furnish & Smith
No Trouble to Keep Skin Free From Hairs
An advertisement describes a beauty paste made from powdered delatone to remove facial hairs. Applied for 2 to 3 minutes and rubbed off, it promises smooth skin without blemishes if genuine delatone is used.
Music Scores Listed at Carnegie Library Season
The Carnegie Library lists musical scores for the upcoming city season including Van der Stucken Musik zu Shakespeare's Sturm Greig Peer Gynt Suite Dvorak Husitska ouverture Massenet Ouverture de Phedre for grand orchestre and Schubert Ouverture Rosamunde for drama arranged for orchestra. An educational note accompanies readings on symphony comprehension and appreciation.
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Carnegie Library
Frank van der Stucken
Musik
E. H. Greig
Peer Gynterste Orchester Suite
Antonin Dvorak
Husitska
Dramatische Ouverture
J. F. E. Massenet
Ouverture de Phedre
Grand Orchestre
F. P. Schubert
Rosamunde
P. I
Classical Symphonies and Overtures List
A readable fragment lists orchestral works by Tschaikovsky Berlioz Mozart Beethoven Brahms Haydn Mendelssohn and Schumann. It mentions symphonies including pastorelle pathetique et al and overtures from Don Juan Jupiter and Die Zauberflote.
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Tschaikovsky
Ouverture Solennelle
C. C. Saint Saens
la Jeunesse d
Johannes Brahms
J. C. W. A. Mozart
Ouverture Zur Oper
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Dramatique
Jupiter
P. N. Tschaikovsky
F. J. Haydn
Ludwig von Beethoven
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Federal Court Closes in Corpus Christi After Short Term
Federal court here finished a three day session with most major cases continued to May. Several bootlegging cases were heard while the grand jury was dismissed after thirteen minor indictments. Judge Walter T. Burns and court staff left for Houston to open court in Galveston Monday.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Walter T. Burns
Houston
Burns
Galveston
Cotton Belt Train Strikes Ties. No Wreckers Found
A westbound Cotton Belt passenger train hit four cross ties stacked on the track four miles west of Corsicana Texas. The cow catcher suffered damage. no clues to possible wreckers were found.
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Corsicana
Tex
Experiments in Sweden Improve Street Car Rail Resilience
Success involves perforating the webs of street car rails to increase resiliency and extend life when laid on rigid foundations.
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Sweden
Norway Seeks Trade Expansion in United States
Norway reorganizes its entire commercial system in the United States to boost trade. Commissioner F. H. Gade says the country is divided into three sections, with a revised consulate network and dispersed representatives to expand overseas trade since the war began.
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Chicago
Norway
United States
F. H. Gade
Gade
Mr. Gade
Voter Qualifications Highlighted for School Bond Election
An official note from Attorney General B F Looney to Paul Scholz San Antonio school board business agent outlines that voters must show 1914 poll tax receipts and own property taxable January 1 1916, as the property would be taxed if the bond passes. The January 5 election date is set.
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Paul Scholz
San Antonio
Noted Educator Ellen Fitz Pendleton To Visit San Antonio
Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton president of Wellesley College will visit San Antonio next Tuesday and Wednesday and be entertained by Miss Ruth Muir as the honor guest at a social event.
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Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Wellesley College
San Antonio
Ruth Muir
Wellesley College Acknowledges Expansion Plans
The San Antonio branch of the Southern Association of College Women plans a project for Wellesley College. Founded in 1875 in Wellesley Mass the college is among the largest for women with more than 5000 graduates and about 1450 students enrolled yearly from across the country including many from the South.
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San Antonio
Southern Association of College Women
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Mass
Deep Draft Vessel Opens Sabine River Channel at Orange
The schooner Stanley J. Seaman docked at Orange now a deep draft vessel using a 250 foot channel to the gulf via Sabine River. The new port features a 1000 yard turning basin. Construction cost $300,000 and took two years to complete after long advocacy over three decades.
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Orange
Tex
Stanley J. Seaman
Gulf
Sabine River
Clothiers Seek Dye Imports to Ease Shortage
The National Association of Clothiers plans to appeal to Secretary of State Lansing for help to persuade Germany and England to permit dyes to be shipped to the United States. A committee will call on Lansing and possibly seek President Wilson's aid. The dye supply lasts only a few months, risking a return to faded and bleached fabrics in rain and sun.
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New York
National Association of Clothiers
Lansing
Germany
England
Wilson
William Corwine
England Invents Lightweight Steam Fire Engine
A complete steam fire engine mounted on two wheels and light enough to be bandied by two men has been invented in England for suburban and private use.
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England
Federal Grand Jury Completes Routine Matters Reported
The first federal grand jury report is expected Friday at 10 am. Indictment preparations delayed. minor cases will be included. A short Thursday session heard civil docket items while the criminal docket is set for next Monday.
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Federal Grand Jury
Federal Court
Auto salesman Grover Miller found wounded on Fourth Street
Grover T. Miller an automobile salesman living at 820 Avenue C was found semi conscious on the sidewalk in the 300 block of Fourth Street at 8 30 o clock Wednesday night with a bullet wound in his chest. He remained in a delicate condition at the scene or hospital.
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Grover T. Miller
Avenue C
Fourth Street
Miller Taken to City Hospital After Shooting Incident
Miller was taken to the city hospital and Thursday was moved to Baylor hospital with a serious condition. A small caliber pistol was found on the sidewalk near the scene where Miller was discovered.
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Baylor Hospital
Miller
New Shipbuilding Concern Planned
Seattle dispatch notes a new shipbuilding venture announced by the Post-Intelligencer with details on the plan and local reactions. A humorous exchange about a child’s view on parental illness is included in the column Pacts and Fancies.
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Seattle, Wash
the Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Capitalists Back New Shipbuilding Firm Foundation
Seattle capitalists planned to finance a new shipbuilding corporation to establish a strong base for the project. The article notes the foundation phase and local industrial interest driving the venture.
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Seattle
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