San Antonio Coliseum Move Garners Broad Support
The Real Estate Board chaired by B Nicholson and joined by J H Kirkpatrick and J Herbert Compton held talks with President R C Hill and report united civic backing for a coliseum. A legal review by Brooks Templeton Napier Ogden is expected soon as residents embrace a buy a brick fund plan.
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Coliseum
Real Estate Board
B Nicholson
J. HR. Kirkpatrick
J. Herbert Compton
R. C. Hill
Realty
Brooks, Templeton, Napier & Ogden
Nicholson
Hill
San Antonians
San Antonio
Mr. Nicholson
Levine
Omaha
Neb
Foley's Honey and Tar Promised For Colds And Coughs
A promotional note touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick remedy for colds coughs and croup. It claims to heal inflamed membranes loosen phlegm ease breathing and stop throat tickling with testimonial support from W. Thomas of Summerville and A. M. Fischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
W. " Thomas
Summerville
A. M. Fischer
Omaha Coliseum Bond Talk Sparks Brick Metaphor
A newspaper snippet reports heated discussion in Omaha over building a coliseum with a bond issue. A local man quips about owning a brick in the project, while others mock a critic as a moss back for not stepping forward from his shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Coliseum
San Antonio Seeks Six Cent Insurance Credit
Fire Chief Wright says San Antonio will likely gain a six cent insurance credit for 1916 due to exceptionally low fire losses. Local fire insurance agents will fill sworn statements on premiums and losses, then send them to the Texas Fire Insurance Board before January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Wright
Texas Fire Insurance Board
Austin
State Board
UC Scientists Report Discovery Of Growth Substance
Scientists at the University of California announce the isolation of a growth substance named tethelin located in the pituitary body at the brain base. Dr. T. B. Robertson and assistants say four years of work led to this first isolation, with potential to regulate human stature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
T. B. Robertson
Robertson
Hotel Guests in San Antonio Destinations Listed
A roster of visitors includes W. K. Sullivan of Flatonia at the Gunter, George F. Skilling and wife of Chicago at the St. Anthony, G A Taft of Houston at the St. Anthony for golf, T. R. Handlan of St. Louis at the Menger, A B R Kosbiel of Laredo at the Gunter, M. W. Gary of Dallas at the St. Anthony, H I L Price of Belize at the Menger, M. H. Poiter of Dallas at the Gunter, Thomas S. Gore of Mexico City at the St. Anthony, Harry A. Stern of New York at the Menger, D. T. Taylor and wife of Houston at the Gunter, Mrs. George V. McCune of Chicago at the St. Anthony, Mrs H Appleton and another Mrs. Appleton of New York at the Menger, Randall Anderson of Chicago at the Gunter, Mr. and Mrs. M. Hees and daughter of Chicago at the St. Anthony, and Y. J. Robinson of New York at the Menger.
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W. K. Sullivan
Flatonia
Gunter Hotel
George F. Skilling
Chicago
St. Anthony
G. A. Taft
Houston
San Antonio
T. R. Handlan
St. Louis
Menger Hotel
A. BR. Kosbiel
Laredo
Gunter
M. W. Gary
Dallas
H. IL. Price
Belize
British Honduras
M. H. Poiter
Thomas S. Gore
Mexico City
St. Anthony Hotel
Harry A. Stern
New York City
Menger
D. T. Taylor
George V. McCune
H. Appleton
Randall Anderson
M. Hees
Y. J. Robinson
Austin Votes Telephone Merger In Special Election
The Southwestern has absorbed the Independent Company in Austin after a special election carried 51 to 2 with 1 abstention. Total votes 1548. 1312 for the merger and 236 against. Austin will soon have a single telephone company.
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Austin, Tex
Southwestern
Austin
Sheriff Captures Prisoner After Christmas Jail Break
Sheriff John W. Tobin chief deputy James Galbreath and deputies nabbed a white man suspected in the Jourdanton jail break on Christmas day. Atascosa County Sheriff Tully expected to identify the prisoner in city. Community notices and local ads follow.
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John W. Tobin
James Galbreath
John Subira
Pete Lujan
Jourdanton
Tully
Atascosa County
Army officers reassigned and posted for duty
First Lieutenant Ralph P. Cousins proceeds to El Paso for temporary duty. Captain Robert C. Van Horn is relieved with the Thirtieth Infantry and reports to the adjutant general for reserve officers training corps duty. Captain Belwyn D. Smith detached. Captain Frederick Means removed from detached list. Officers to report to Captain Edgar Z. Stever in Chicago for supervision of high school military training. Captain Merrill E. Spaulding to Denver. First Lieutenant Raymond C. Baird to Kansas City. James L. Frink to China. Lieutenant Colonel Harry H. Banholtz detached to New York as inspector instructor of National Guard. Leave granted for OLLAN LL. BR EGGS. Second Lieutenant Foward Nichols to Walter Reed hospital. Major Mathews K. Saville relieved and assigned to Eleventh Infantry.
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Ralph P. Cousins
Cavalry
el Paso
Robert C. van Horn
Thirtieth Infantry
Adjutant General of the Army
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Belwyn D. Smith
Frederick Means
Infantry
Edgar Z. Stever
Chicago
Merrill E. Spaulding
Denver
Raymond C. Baird
Kansas City
James Ll. Frink
China
Harry H. Banholtz
New York
National Guard
Ollan LL. Breggs
Third Infantry
Foward . Nichols
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Walter Reed Hospital
Mathew E Saville
Quartermaster Corps
Eleventh Infantry
Police Signal System Bids Discussed by City Officials
A Saturday council conference reviewed bids for a city police signal system. The Gamewell bid at 10150 was higher than Stromberg, with about thirty alarm boxes to be placed in the first and second fire districts. A decision awaits whether to rent or buy wire and equipment, plus a Brown endorsed searchlight alarm for universal police notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Lancaster
Mackey
City Electrician
Convers
Gamewell Company
Stromberg
Central Station
Manufacturers Club Names Committees for 1917
San Antonio Manufacturers' Club slots new exec body led by Eugene A Holmgreen and Geyer. Committees formed include Legislative, Power, Membership, Women’s clubs and cooking schools, Building, and School exhibits with named chairmen and members. First executive meeting set for January 8 at Gunter Hotel to review budget and civic plans.
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San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Manufacturers’ Club
CC. C. Leel
J. A. Patterson
Walton D. Hood
N. M. Karney
Charles Graebner
George Cushman
Eugene A. Holmegreen
Mark F. Postlewaite
R. Elliott Jones
G.S. McElroy
L. C. Wiggins
B. J. Lange
H. L. Lathrop
Charles Baumberger Jr
I. M. Mellhenny
Woman's Clubs and Cooking Schools
Arthur Storms
J. F. Kline
Paul Dreiss
Alfred Duerler
M. C. Giesecke
J. F. Middleton
J. A. Gallagher
W. G. Sinclair
Paul Krueger
T. G. Hay
Dick Prassel
Albert Steves Jr
H. N. Timolat
Paul Dreies
Walter Steves
F. H. Binninger
No Word From Corpus Headquarters On Corpus Christi Guard Demonstration
The Corpus Christi demonstration by 300 Second Texas Infantry troops Friday night drew no official report from Corpus Headquarters. Officers call it a possible prank, noting no outbreak or discipline breach. Military circles doubt release of Texas troops will occur before other border units return home.
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Southern Department
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Death sentences commuted for four Czech leaders
Vienna dispatch says Emperor Charles commuted the treason sentences of four prominent Czechs. Dr Charles Kramarz, a Czech deputy, gets fifteen years, Dr Aloysius Rasin ten years, and two others receive six years each for treason. The news comes via London.
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Vienna
London
Charles
Charles Kramarz
Russia
Bohemin
Aloysius Rasin
Do You Suffer With Rheumatism
An advertisement touts Eimer & Amend Rheumatism remedy sold at 2851 and 205 Third Ave New York and San Antonio Drug Co in San Antonio. It claims widespread relief and mentions reliable druggists as sellers.
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Eimer & Amend
Third Ave
New York
Obituary notices for William C Rector and Remijio Leal
William C Rector died Thursday night at a local hospital. His body was sent to Rockford for interment and he was a mine foreman who had moved here a month ago from Lead South Dakota. He is survived by his wife. Remijio Leal died Friday at his son in law’s home after forty years in this city. A native of Mexico he leaves two daughters Adelina Schulz and Carolina Caceres. The funeral was held Saturday at 10:30 from the Schulz residence and interment followed at San Fernando cemetery.
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William C. Rector
Rockford
Pearce- Robinson Undertaking Company
Rector
Remijio Leal
J. J. Schulz
City Street
Mexico
Adelina Schulz
Carolina Caceres
San Fernando
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment and provides contact through two phone lines, 971 and an additional listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Court reopens Bennett case in death penalty related trial
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin has reopened the case of E L Bennett who was convicted of killing E G Milliken and sentenced to three years in prison. The court ordered Sheriff John W Tobin not to deliver Bennett to penitentiary authorities until further orders.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
E.L. Bennett
E. G. Milliken
John W. Tobin
Bennett
Tobin
Jack Fraser
Huntsville
Superior Criminal Court
Bennett Case Fund
Appelant
Bexar County
A. C. Prerdergast
Building Many Ships Washington D C 1916 Tonnage Record
American shipyards in 1916 produced 1163 merchant vessels totaling 520 847 tons and 60 vessels of 40 000 tons for foreign flags. The year shows the United States leading ship building, behind only Great Britain.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Navigation
United States
Great Britain
Army engineers survey road damage in Bexar County
Army engineers began an investigation Saturday into road damage caused by troop and truck movements in Bexar County. The War Department will aggregate Texas road damage and seek reimbursement via a federal omnibus bill. Major Roberts and Captain Daley reviewed damaged routes including Fredericksburg Castroville and Austin post roads.
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Army
Bexar County
War Department
Texas
Congress
Roberts
Fort Sam Houston
Daley
Laredo
Fred Bennett
Fredericksburg
Leon Springs
Castroville
Austin Post
Bennett
Castroville Road
Eagle Pass
Mission San Jose window inspires 18 acre Collins Garden Park
Commissioner Lambert approves a park layout along the famed Mission San Jose window donated by Captain F. Collins. The park, roughly 800 by 700 feet, will have outer roadways built by Collins and inner park roads by the city, near Collins Garden School.
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F. F. Collins
Mission San Jose
New World
Lambert
Collins
W. 8. Delery
San Jose
Describing a famed architectural feat by Commissioner Lambert
The speaker recalls a legendary archi tect who may have originated in Spain and introduced copper hardening tools now lost. The window design with four oval sides is praised as a perfectly proportioned work of art. A unique park stands among many square and oblong greens in the city.
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Lambert
Spain
Camp Scurry Ideal Says General Hall
General W. P. Hall, retired adjutant general, praises Camp Scurry in Corpus Christi as one of the most ideal army camps he has visited. He commends its location and climate and notes his twenty five years in the cavalry along the Rio Grande. He mentions Fort Ringold as a long-time station.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
W. P. Hall
United States Army
Camp Scurry
Texas Brigade
Hall
Cavalry
Iiio Grande
Fort Ringold
Texas
Declaration of Defiance Placed in Roumania After Vote
In Roumania a unanimous Chamber of Deputies vote leads to a government order to post a Declaration of Defiance in every town. Jorga reads a message urging national unity and moral resolve against the invader, warning of suffering and praising citizens' energy and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jassy
Roumania
London
Chamber of Deputies
Jorga
Bandits Hold Up Payroll Train at Tarentum
Masked men robbed an express wagon in Tarentum Pennsylvania today seizing the payroll of the Flaccus Glass Company and escaping with 10600 dollars. Police search for the robbers continues as investigators review clues and await a possible description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarentum Express
Tarentum
Flaccus Glass Company
Small extra sum may seal Medina dam toll road contract
The Medina toll road project hinges on securing an additional 2500 dollars to complete funding for the seven to eight mile route. A Friday meeting at the Gunter Hotel revealed 19000 dollars banked, with bids to begin construction immediately once the extra funds are raised, using tolls to cover remaining payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina Dam
Wright-Gutzeit-Howard Syndicate
Toll Road Company
Gunter Hotel
Cliff Post Office
Women beautify Corpus Christi school yards
At the City Federation of Women's Clubs monthly meeting in the Nueces Hotel sun parlor the group voted to beautify Corpus Christi school yards. They will purchase flower seeds for ward schools, involve children in the effort, offer prizes for best kept yards, and form a committee to sustain interest and oversee the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Jai
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Nueces Hotel
City Federation
Editor Dickerman of Sherman Democrat Dies After Illness
J Nel ada Dickerman news editor of the Sherman Daily Democrat and AP correspondent in Sherman Texas died this morning after a brief illness. Burial will be Sunday under the auspices of the Masons.
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Edler
Sherman Democrat
Rman
Tex
J Nelada Dickerman
Sherman Daily Democrat
Associated Press
The
Masons
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B. F. Nicholson
Chief Wright
Seventythird District Court
Commercial State Bank & Guaranty Fund Bank
Ganter Hotel
Dulling Printing Co
Dixie Dance
W. O. W. Hall
Willett Orch
J. EF. Carl
Bedell Building
Phone Crockett
Jeffery
Appmann
Foot Troubles
Appmann Bidg
W. Houston St. Trav
Post D
Travelers’ Protective Association
Hermann Sons Hall
A Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
F. G. Norton
Corinne Blais
E. R. Golding
Idaho Street
J. J. Haag
W. Commerce St. v
Hertzberg
Kercheville
Attorneys At Law
Brady
R. P. Thomas
Gibbs Bldg
George General Government
West Commerce Street
Guinn
Gener
Boyle, Storey, Ezell & Grover
Boyle & Storey
Gibbs
R. J. Boyle
A. B. Storey
W. F. Ezell
J. H. Grover
O’connell Loan Co
E. Houston St
Horace E. Wilson
State Bank
O. W. Handley
Oakland Street
Provost Guard
Fort Sam Housto
East Houston Street
Kehoenan
Commerce St
Barrett & Barrett
Bexar
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Loan
City Commission
Geyer
E. A. Holmgreen
Department
San Antonio Drug Ca
EK. L. Bennett
Bufalfo Express
Army Engineers
General Hall
Corpus
Corpus School
Guaranty State Bank
Eptember
Uber
See Joseph
B. R. Webb
D. E. Potter
Geo. D. Campbell
V. P
W. B. Lipscomb
A. P. Villaret
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