San Antonio Groups Plan Coliseum Aid and Report
Civic and commercial bodies in San Antonio will be asked to aid in formulating a tentative outline to hear public opinion on a coliseum plan. The aim is to secure citizen input from city residents on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Real Estate Board
Special Coliseum Committee
R. C. Hill
Hill
Coliseum
Realty Board
Coliseum Committee
B. F. Nicholson
J. H. Kirkpatrick
J. Herbert Compton
Texas National Guard
John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Carrington
San Antonio Man Gains 29 Pounds on Tanlac Testimony
San Antonio resident E. F. Seffel reports a 29 pound gain after starting Tanlac, following years of stomach cancer misdiagnoses and ailments. He says seven bottles restored health, enabling him to work daily and eat freely, with his wife endorsing the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F Seffel
Maryland Street
San Antonio
Seffel
Tanlac
Hill
Taniac
Late arrival at the musicale questions the Ninth Symphony
A young woman rushes into a musicale after it has begun and asks if she has missed much and what is playing. The response identifies the Ninth Symphony, prompting her astonishment at arriving so late.
Face Fashions This Year
A fashion note urges women to conceal flaws by choosing dress styles and hair, stating pimples and blotches worsen under certain makeup. It promotes Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood cleanser to open pores and clear skin, promising a rosy complexion and a 50 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Lad en Held to Blame for Lack of Fund
A San Antonio based aviation post plan hinges on Congress approving $4.5 million from a $13.28 million air development appropriation to buy ground at Fort Sam Houston. Army officers blame Congressman Slayden for delaying urgent legislation, hindering Fort Sam Houston’s expansion and the broader aviation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Slayden
San Antonio
Signal Corps
War Department
Army
Fort Sam Houston
San
United States
San Diego
Fowler
Sheppard
John Boyle
Bis
Boyle
Fitzgerald
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Baker
Departure Delayed for Pennsylvania Troops from El Paso
The Pennsylvania division headquarters and the Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry in El Paso will not depart until January 4. The First Pennsylvania Cavalry leaves January 9, with an ambulance company, field hospital and field bakery returning two days later. Remaining units include the First North Dakota Infantry and the Thirty second Michigan Infantry. their dates are not yet announced.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Infantry
el Paso
Pennsylvania Cavalry
North Dakota Infantry
Michigan Infantry
Soldier murdered near Ulm in revenge killing
In Eberbach near Ulm Rudolf Warmbrenner a serviceman from the town returned on furlough to visit his family. Twenty four hours later his body was found hacked to pieces. Police arrested a notorious old criminal who confessed the murder was revenge for Warmbrenner testifying six years earlier in a highway robbery case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Eberbach
Ulm
Rudolf Warmbrenner
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as fast relief for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims dramatic, five minute results, soothing stomach discomfort, erasing gas and belching, and enabling eating favorite foods again. A fifty cent case is urged from any drug store.
Texas Railroads Report Record Earnings for 1916
Gross earnings of Texas railroads for the year ended June 30 1916 totaled 113 644 018 dollars up 6 230 002 from the prior year while operating expenses rose to 86 888 382 dollars. Income from operation reached 26 775 630 dollars with freight revenue 78 618 098 and passenger revenue 30 528 074.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Lines
Accord
Commission
Pricipal
Booty Reaches Vienna and Budapest Amid War Growl
In Vienna and Budapest huge quantities of petroleum wheat and foodstuffs from the Roumanian districts are reported as booty of General von Falkenhayn and Field Marshal von Mackensen. The loot in grain cattle and provisions is said to surpass all prior estimates and could feed Austria Hungary for four months. Holland adopts new U S cotton standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Budapest
von Falkenhayn
von Mackensen
Austria-Hungary
Cascarets Tonight for a Fresh Start
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a gentle liver and bowel cleanse. It claims the product removes bile and bowel poison, improves breath and skin, and leaves users with a clear head and lively step. It also suggests mothers can safely give Cascarets to sick children.
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Tarlac
Gour On
Fr. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Ebldg
Marshall, Mich
Laden
Appropriations Committee
State Commission
Lufkin, Hemphill & Gulf
Roby & Northern Railroad
Aransas Harbor Terminal Company
Roumania
Austria
Holland
Goodyear
Goodyear Tires
Goodyear Service Station
America
The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron, Ohio
Akron
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