Esther Valdez Obituary Arrives From Mexico City
Mrs. Esther Valdez age 60 died at 11 30 p m Monday night at her son Salvad or Valdez 225 Lavaca street She recently came to San Antonio from the City of Mexico Survived by three daughters and two sons all residents of Mexico City Funeral at 4 o clock Tuesday by Undertaking Company Interment at San Fernando Cemetery
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Esther Valdez
Salvador Valdez
Lavaca Street
Valdez
San Antonio
Mexico
Mexico City
Interment Undertaking Company
San Fernando Cemery
Death of Kentucky native John Mills in Texas
John Mills, 79, died at 1 o clock Tuesday morning at a local sanitarium. He was a stockman and a Kentucky native who had lived in Texas for 40 years and near San Antonio for the last 25. Relatives in Kentucky survive him. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning from the Waters Chapel, with burial in the new Lutheran cemetery.
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John Mills
Mills
Kentucky
Texas
San Antonio
Chapel of the Waters Undertaking Company
New Lutheran Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs. Mattie Ellen Good Noted in Local Obituary
Mrs. Mattie Ellen Good, 78, died Monday at her granddaughter's residence at 215 East Courtland Place. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Julia Van Houten of Eagle Pass and Mrs. …
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Mattie Ellen Good
T. W. Friedrich
East Courtland Place
Julia van Houten
Eagle Pass
In Memoriam Notice for Ellen Eldridge Family
Ellen Eldridge of this city, a brother E Fry of Houston and several grandchildren. The body will be sent to Eagle Lake Tuesday, where interment will take place.
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Ellen Eldridge
E. Fry
Houston
Eagle Lake
Shelley Doring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment
Shelley Doring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment with two phone numbers 971. Adv.
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Shelley-Doring Undertaking Co
Bandaging Eggs for Front Line Use
Paris January 9 Professor Andre Arnoux demonstrates a method to handle eggs like coal by bandaging 500 eggs with silicate of soda soaked bandages. Each egg dried for twelve hours to form a protective coating that preserves freshness and prevents breakage. The coating dissolves in warm water or can be peeled away with a knife. All 500 eggs remained intact and good.
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Paris
Andre Arnoux
M. Arnoux
Waiting for a Shadow at the cinema doorstep
A policeman testifies that after being ejected from the cinema he appeared with a large bouquet on the back entrance doorstep. The magistrate asks for a reason for his behavior and the officer notes the speech was indistinct but suggested he waited to see Mary Pickford home at a Passing Show.
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Picture Palace
Mary Pickford
Stolen brass sign and autos spark San Antonio police
A 40 pound brass sign reading The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce disappeared from the Chandler building Monday night. Police warn junk dealers as they hunt the thief and report two autos stolen on St Marys Street.
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San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Chandler Building
Was Richt Among Them in Turbulent Times
In a sharp newsroom exchange a reporter faces the editor over a dubious recruiting story. The editor questions the piece as the room highlights a striking figure, Colonel Oldnut, provoking a terse prankish reply about gender and identity.
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Richt
Colonel Oldnut
New York Times
Nazimova Shines in War Brides at Broadway Theater
Nazimova delivers a vivid tragic performance in Herbert Brenon’s two part film War Brides, based on Marion Wentworth’s play. The production highlights women’s voices in governance and features striking set pieces like a church hospital and gas war trenches. Gertrude Berkeley adds warmth as a mother losing four sons. the film is noted for its dramatic quality.
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Alla Nazimova
Herbert Brenon
Marion Graig Wentworth
Palace Theater
Nazimova
Joan
Mme. Nazimova
Gertrude Berkeley
War Sketches to Aid French Artists Exhibition
Ludovic Leblanc of Paris tours the United States with war sketches by French soldiers in trenches and German prisons. He hosts an exhibition at Mrs. Edward Richardson's home, 220 Pecan Street, starting Wednesday 10 to 6, with plans to show more sketches to interested parties. The works include French German and English soldiers, Hindoos, and Russian peasants reflecting the smiling indomitable spirit of France. Seven non commissioned officers and others from the Third District of Columbia Infantry face a board Jan 30 for promotion to second lieutenant, with Lt Col Anton Stephan presiding. Rumors note possible early homeward dispatch of DC troops before inauguration, but no official word yet.
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France
Germany
Ludovic Leblanc
Paris
United States
St. Anthony
Edward Randolph Richardson
Pecan Street
Third District of Columbia Infantry
J. D. Hood
E. H. Johnson
Archibald King
W. L. Martin Jr
Marshall E. Darby
William FE. Prieston
Gooch Myers
Lester I. Rhodes
Anton Stephan
Department
Three Regiments to Leave for Leon Springs Exercise
The Third and Fourth Illinois and Third District of Columbia Regiments will march from Camp Wilson January 16 to Leon Springs for three weeks of target practice on a military reservation. The two-day march includes a night camp at Nine Mile Hill. Brigadier General Hill will command the force. a provisional brigade previously formed for the Leon Springs march included First Mississippi and Second West Virginia under Colonel Kennon.
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Illinois
Third District of Columbia
Leon Springs
Camp Wilson
Nine-Mile Hill
Fredericksburg Road
Hill
Illinois National Guard
Fortunato Villareal Dies at Lotus Lodge Installation
Fortunato Villareal age 57, a longtime San Antonio salesman, died of heart trouble while installing officers at Lotus lodge No. 89 Knights of Pythias in the Knights of Pythias hall. He leaves a widow, two sisters Rita Lopez and Josefa Villareal, and brother Jose Maria Villareal. Funeral at 8 p.m. Wednesday from 208 Victoria street with Lotus lodge officers conducting services and interment at cemetery NG 4a.
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Fortunato Villareal
San Antonio
Lotus Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Mr. Villareal
Medina River
St. Mary's College
San Antonio Turn Verein
Hermann Sons
United Commercial Travelers’ Association
The
Travelers’ Protective Association
Rita Lopez
Josefa Villareal
Jose Maria Villareal
Victoria Street
Lotus Lodge No. 89
A. B. Weakley
Fred Schaetzler
E. G. Cervantes
Harry Hoecke
Chester Basse
Ralph Garza
Germans to liberate Roumanians from internment
Berlin reports the German government will release all Roumanians interned in Germany since Romania entered the war. Those from conquered parts of the kingdom may return home as soon as arrangements allow.
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Berlin
Germany
Ample youth urged for merchant service in West Alaska
H F Alexander of Tacoma president of the Pacific Steamship Company talks at the Bilmore hotel on the future of American merchants. He rose from a 14 year old longshoreman to lead a coastwise fleet and urges brains ambition and courtesy as keys to opportunity in Alaska and the West. He warns of a shortage of navigation officers and stresses perseverance and politeness. A new German invention times small articles by centrifugal metal rotation.
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New York Herald
H. F. Alexander
Tacoma
Wash
Bilmore
Pacific Steamship Company
Alaska
San Diego
Cal
Alexander
West
Turkish troops rescue fourteen escaped prisoners in Persia
Constantinople dispatch says Turkish forces during a Persia advance freed fourteen German and Austro-Hungarian POWs who fled a Russian camp in Turkestan. They traveled with nomads under Lieutenant Baron von Wolf.
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Vienna
Constantinople
New Fres Press
Persia
Turkestan
Baron von Wolf
American heiress leaves funds to Geneva charities
Mme Gillette, a wealthy American who died in Geneva, bequeathed 200000 dollars to the city and canton. Two fifths go to the Municipal Charities Bureau, the fire department pension fund receives 2000 dollars, and the remainder is distributed among Protestant charities in the canton.
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Geneva
Mme. Gillette
Genéva
Municipal Charities Bureau
Fire Department
Fire disaster in Alsace claims farm children and firefighters
In Guensbach near Munster valley the farmhouse caught fire after children playing with matches. As flames grew, shells from a French battery struck the burning building, killing three volunteer firemen and wounding two others while local crews and neighbors fought the blaze.
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Berlin
Guensbach
Muenster
Alsace
What He Wanted in a Swedish Drug Store Scene
A man from Sweden visits a large drug store and attempts to describe a product he seeks. His English falters as he tries to explain a wish for a specific item, resulting in a humorous mispronunciation of a phrase that reveals his intended meaning.
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Ole Onslow
Sweden
Gyyaeet
Buss
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Gibbs Bldg
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Chapin-Colglazier Construction Company
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N. Y
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Owit
Eden
Buffalo
Jones
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BIG Double Country
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