New Head of Standard Oil Vows Open House Policy
Alfred C Bedford, new head of Standard Oil of New Jersey, promises transparency and invites the public and newspapers to inspect the company at its No 26 Broadway offices. The 52 year old afable executive emphasizes better understanding between service corporations and the public.
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Standard Oil
New York
Alfred C. Bedford
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Broadway
Rockefeller
A. C
America
Europe
Internal Sanitation and Public Welfare in Early 1900s
An article extols internal bodily cleansing via hot water and limestone phosphate to prevent illness. It urges daily use, cites health benefits like improved appetite, and links to wider public health and corporate trust themes through quotes about American oil interests and YMCA leadership in Brooklyn.
Alfred Bedford's rise through Standard Oil era roles
The narrative traces Alfred Bedford's career from Bergen Point office boy to director at Standard Oil. He becomes a director in 1907, serves as treasurer and vice president after 1911 unit formation, and rises further following John D Archbold's death.
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Standard Oil
John D. Archbold
New Jersey
Bedford
Archbold
Patriotic Congress to Urge Compulsion for Universal Training
Washington hosts the Congress of Constructive Patriotism January 25 to 27 under the National Security League. Speakers include Elihu Root Luke Wright Henry Stimson and Henry L. Stimson with remarks on universal military training and patriotism through education. Leo R. Sack will represent San Antonio.
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Washington, D. C
Congress of
National Security League
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Congress
Texas
Ferguson
Henry D. Lindsley
Dallas
Robert Bacon
France
United States Senate
The
Security League
Elihu Root
Luke E. Wright
Henry L. Stimson
Southerland
Borah
Fletcher and Chamberlain
Roumanian Colonsels Arrive in Tokyo for War Munitions Purchase
Two Roumanian army colonels arrived in Tokyo on a mission to buy munitions and will stay for the war. A large presence of Russian officers and French representatives are in Japan to secure rifles and war supplies amid high demand. Colonel Petrescu, head of the mission, asserts half a million Russians joined Romania recently and vows Roumanians will endure to the end.
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Tokio
Japan
Petrescu
German teachers killed in action report
A war office report states that 10 409 German school teachers have been killed in action. The government will not place any more teachers or professors on the firing line and will assign them to military duties away from danger zones.
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Berlin
War Office
Grand Duke Forbids Sale of Winter Game to Dealers
Berlin Jan. 6 Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe Weimar orders all game shot on his hunting preserves this winter to be turned over to the poor rather than sold to dealers at high prices.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Ernst of
Saxe-Weimar
St Jacobs Oil Offers Quick Neuralgia Relief
A vintage ad states St Jacobs Oil as a harmless neuralgia relief that quickly eases pain without skin burning or discoloration. It promises instant relief for neuralgia anywhere on the body and urges readers to buy a small bottle from any drug store.
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St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
Alfred Noyes to Visit San Antonio January 15
Eminent English poet Alfred Noyes will visit San Antonio on January 15. The article contrasts critics’ praise with popular appeal and notes his lively interests beyond poetry.
Poet Alfred Noyes to visit San Antonio January 15
The noted English poet Alfred Noyes will come to San Antonio January 15 under the San Antonio Branch of the Southern Association of College Women. The visit promotes his poetry and supports the association's scholarship fund for ambitious girls seeking college education.
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Alfred Noyes
San Antonio
Southern Association of College Women
Noyes
Crritics
Tennyson
Nanko
America
England
Clayton Hamilton
Hamilton
Mr. Noyes
Book News Monthly
Oxford
Exeter College
London Times
Noyes Reads Ballads in Rottingdean Visit to America
The article notes poet Arthur Pack Noyes plans readings in San Antonio on January 15 at the Gunter Hotel ballroom under the Southern Association of College Women. It recalls a shepherd Barrow reciting mediaeval ballads and Noyes’s admiration for English verse, with Mrs Noyes being American.
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Barrow
Mr. Kipling
Mr. Noyes
Rottingdean
New Chevrons Cause Trouble in Army Rank Changes
Washington January 6—The Defense Act creates many new non commissioned grades causing difficulty in distinguishing insignia. A Fort Sam Houston board discussed aviator uniforms and European samples. Secretary Baker ordered aviator clothing paid by officers while enlisted supply remains via quartermaster receipts. The Officers Reserve Corps and ROTC to use standard Army emblem with branch letters.
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Washington, D. C
Fort Sam Houston
War Department
London
Europe
Army
United States
Baker
Aviation Section
Quartermaster Corps
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Regular Army
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Henry
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Lausanne
Switzerland
E. S. Jaffray & Company
Waltham Watch Company
Charles Pratt
Talfred
SAN Antonio Gas and Electric Co. Crockett
Patriotic Congress
Brighton
Edward Burne-Jones
Rudyard Kipling
Shepherd
Gunter Hotel
St. Anthony
Crockett
T. B. Baker
the Menger
Edwin H. Lee
Hot Wells Hotel
Bath House
Arthur G. Jury
Wuest
Guaranty State Bank
Ajg
Ord
Eptember
Lee Joseph
B. R. Webb
D. E. Potter
Geo. D. Campbell
V. P
W. B. Lipscomb
A. P. Villaret
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