Delay in paving East Commerce Street expected
Mayor Jones says paving beyond the Southern Pacific tracks on East Commerce Street may be deferred to next year after a Traction Company letter. E E Eysenbach reports steel girders ordered for track work but delivery not before May or June. city treasury constraints push economy and budget discipline through May 31 to avoid deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traction Company
Jones
East Commerce
Southern Pacific
E. E. Eysenbach
Steel
East Commerce Street
Opera Conductor Resigns in Berlin Blow
Entil Paur former Pittsburg Orchestra director resigns as conductor of the Royal Opera Berlin. Reports cite differences with Emperor William. He had held the post for about one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Entil Paur
Pittsburg
Royal Opera At
William
Paur
Obituaries for Rosa Berliner Mary Deacon and William Coleman
Funeral services were held for Rosa E Berliner wife of Sam Berliner at 4 PM from 325 Madson Street with Rabbi Samuel Marks officiating Interment at Temple Beth El Cemetery Pallbearers listed Mary Deacon 79 died at G H Rawdon 108 Bois D Arc Street burial to St Louis Zizik Undertaking Company William L Coleman 44 died January 15 at 206 McKinley Avenue funeral at 3 PM from the residence Interment at Mission Burial Park Rev Mr Johnson Riverside Baptist Church officiated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Deacon
G. H. Rawdon
Bois D'Arc Street
St. Louis
San Antonio
Zizik Undertaking Company
Helmke Funeral Notice for Fritz Helmke Sr.
Fritz Helmke Sr aged 76 died at 8 this morning at 615 Meerschmidt Street San Antonio. A German native who came to the U S at age eight he lived in Comal County before moving to San Antonio. Survived by widow five sons Fritz of Hondo William John Jacob Howard all in Texas and four daughters Mathilda Conners and Oscar Klemmer of Cibolo and Anna Ledder of San Antonio and 35 grandchildren. Interment to New Braunfels Tuesday moon by Riebe Undertaking. Rev Mennick of German Methodist Church to conduct services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Klemmer
Cibolo
Anna Ledder
San Antonio
New Braunfels
Riebe Undertaking Company
Mennick
German Methodist Church
Wabash Agent W F Connor Visits San Antonio
Wabash southwestern passenger agent W F Connor, based in Dallas, is in San Antonio today for temporary duties and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Connor
Southwestern
Dallas
San Antonio
Danderine Promises Dandruff Cure For Lustrous Hair
Attractive ad touts Knowlton s Danderine as the solution for dandruff brittle hair and itchy scalp. Claims a 25 cent bottle will double hair beauty and quickly remove flakes with noticeable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor
Knowlton
State wide political committee list by districts and chairs
A lengthy roster lists chairmen and vice chairmen for numerous state committees and their districts including judiciary education agriculture commerce and more. It details names such as Diffie Spratley Tillotson Spur and many others across multiple counties and divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Ritchie
Patton
Lore
Dove
Griggs
Hughes
Baker
Roach
Woods
Navarro
Davis
Mills
Kennedy
Hunt
King
Powell
Harris
Dunn
Bagby
Hornby
Mackill
Cooper
Fisher
Robertson
Ross
Ridgell
Templeton
Paddock
Cox
Ellis
Mangum
Bartley
Coffey
Diffie
Humphreys
Stone
Greenwood
Rogers
Flournoy
Fountain
Glasscock
Foster
Furth
Killingsworth
Taylor
Wagstatt
McDaniel
Delta
Mulcahy
Williams
of McLennan
McNeal
Fuller
Bruce
McKamy
Hall
Tyson
Watson
Russel
Reeves
Vanney
Yarbrough
Haney
Henry
Wichita
Householder
Nabours
Oliver
Calvin
Burgess
Walker
Neeley
Rickerson
Macgill
Byrne
Bastrop
Crisp
Colquitt
Humphrey
Kirby
Burmeister
Buchanan
Hunter
Lewelling
Craven
Allison
Owsley
Broughton
Parks
Hagins
Smith
Banks
Harp
Campbell
Spann
Reedy
Webb
Murray
Morris
Victoria
Heilig
Herder
Parker
Savage
Bierschwab
Robbins
Wortham
Hill
Grindstaff
Rowell
Sullivan
Mendel
Gods
Goodner
Russell
Stephens
Upshur
Hopkins
Dickson
Burns
Fields
Cope
Raiden
Coryell
Long
Barrett
Jones
Morriss
Bierschwabe
Boehmer
Butler
Cunningham
Bowie
Hays
Paddick
Ratliff
Simpson
McLennan
Spradley
Stevens
Liberty
Macegill
Gentry
Gates
Schwegmann
Brown
Collins
Olander
Supreme Judicial
Lewell Ing
Tarver
Spradly
Dodson
Insurance Law Attacked in Texas House Bill Repeal
In Austin on January 20 Representatives Mendell Fuller Catliff and Hornby introduced a bill to repeal the state insurance board law. Mendell condemned the law as an unfair insurance trust, claiming rates rose about 200 percent and fire losses stayed the same. The session also saw bills on land purchase for the Fan nin battlefield and numerous new measures across topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Mendell
Fuller
Catliff and Hornby
State Insurance Board
House
Committee On Insurance
Travis County
Texas
Goliad
Fannin
Goliad County
State Board of Charities
Texas Legislature Debates Education and Liquor Laws
The Senate canvassed the governor race after 11 and prepared for tomorrow’s inauguration. Lawmakers increased standing committees and added two stenographers for the attorney general’s office. A compulsory education bill requires children ages 8 to 16 to attend at least 120 days yearly with truancy handled by parental schools until age 16. A bill to curb minors in saloons criminalizes entry or presence by those 16 to 21, with fines from 5 to 200 dollars. State Pure Food Commissioner Abbott plans a tougher narcotics bill to bar mislabeling and false therapeutic claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Attorney General's Department
Representative
Mendels
Austin
Texas
Haxthausen
Harris County
Watson
Lee County
Abbott
Texas moves toward calling a constitutional convention
The Texas Legislature favors a constitutional convention to draft a new state constitution. If approved by voters at a July special election, the 93 delegates will be elected statewide with three per each of 31 senatorial districts and paid ten dollars a day, convention to start in September 1913 in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Humphrey
Throckmorton County
House
Vaughan
Senate
Texas seeks record state appropriations for two fiscal years
The Texas general appropriations committee and the Senate finance panel consider total requested appropriations of 12,982,321 for the next two fiscal years. This exceeds all prior totals, up 3,377,710 from the prior two years. Hearings will hear from department heads and institution superintendents on why funds should be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
General Appropriations Committee
House
Finance Committee
Senate
Bill favors Daughters control of Alamo matter
Austin Jan 20 Representative McAskill of Bexar county prepares a bill that would place the Alamo property under exclusive control of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and manage it without governor approval. The measure, backed by the Daughters, proposes turning the state purchased site over to the organization for plans and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MecAskill
Austin
Tex
McAskill
Bexar County
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Adlerika claimed to stop stomach gas instantly
H. and Wagner a Hicks Building druggist reports a single dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and related ingredients in Adlerika the German appendix remedy stops constipation and gas on the stomach instantly. Many San Antonio people are being helped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. &. Wagner
Hicks Bldg
San Antonio
Wireless stock scheme tied to Texas company proposal
The testimony details correspondence and demonstrations linked to a Texas Collins Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company plan. Beauchamp Dickinson and Spears discussed building stations, selling stock, and luring figures like Farnsworth to lead, with letters promising large profits and rapid stock sales as Greenaway gathered documents and stock ledgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauchamp
Newark
Philadelphia
Spears
Texas
Dickinson
Texas Company
New York
Greenaway
Farnsworth
Dallas
C. H
O. K
Joe
J. F. Strickland
North Texas Traction Company
Strickland
Texas Fiscal Agency
Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths Offer Massage Therapy
An advertisement promotes scientific massage at Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths as an effective weight reduction method with a beauty parlor nearby. It invites rheumatism or neuralgia sufferers to consult Dr. Miller free at 203 Gunter Building and notes Riebe Undertaking Co. auto ambulance service at 221 E. Commerce. Call 3841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlandale
South Flores
Miller Free
Gunter Building
Riebe Undertaking Co
E. Commerce
Aviaton student Bergenthal completes course in San Antonio
Klaus Bergenthal arrived in San Antonio to finish the course at the Lillie School of Aviation after a 1000 mile car journey from Milwaukee and a train return, accompanied by Dick Wagner. They left Milwaukee January 11 enduring storms and snow, passing Chicago and St. Louis where roads gave way and the auto was abandoned. the car was shipped to San Antonio.
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Milwaukee
Klaus Bergenthal
San Antonio
Lillie School of Aviation
Dick Wagner
Chicago
St. Louis
Riverside Restaurant Hosts Pies and Pig Dinners
A squab pie supper is offered tonight at the Riverside Restaurant followed by a barbecued pig dinner tomorrow. Meals priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Elk Minstrel Crew Parades in Autos at Bills Show
A parade of twelve to fifteen Chalmers automobiles carried business and professional men to the Grand Opera house for the Bills minstrel show in blackface. The San Antonio band led, with autos supplied by Alamo Auto Sales. Fire in Mobile delayed costumes and scenery, but Miller & Draper scrambled to replace them for tonight’s performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmers
Grand Opera House
Bills
San Antonio
Hello
Alamo Auto Sales Company
Travis Street
Houston Street
Military Plaza
Commerce Street
Harry Miller
Miller & Draper
Elks
Mobile
Mr. Miller
Garment Workers
New York
Parade
Pleasure Discussed By Rev Frank Dyer At Y M C A
Rev Frank Dyer of First Congregational Church spoke on Pleasure to over 100 men at the Y M C A on Sunday afternoon. He urged a balanced view, noting recreation should restore energy and not harm others, and emphasized pleasure enjoyed in spiritual intellectual and physical ways. After the talk, the Y M C A orchestra performed selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dyer
First Congregational Church
Young Men's Christian Association
Mr. Dyer
Y. M. C. A. Orchestra
Contractors and workers meet to discuss terms in San Antonio
A 2:30 pm meeting at the Book Building brought electrical contractors and striking workers together to review new contracts and plan fair arbitration. K K Wheeler of the American Federation of Labor arrived to oversee the talks as strikes continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Trades’ Council Hall
Kk. J. Wheeler
American Federation of Labor
A Message to Women About Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
A period ad urges women to try Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound when remedies fail for back pain headaches nervous depression and bearing down pains. It promises relief and claims many previous users found it safe and effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harbor City investment pitch by A D Powers
Julius Hoffmann will meet you with the mule team at Ingleside. The 5S A and P Railroad will take you to Ingleside Station. Powers urges investment in Harbor City Terminal Corporation, citing strategic Gulf location eight miles from Corpus Christi Channel and plans for railroad terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor City
Harbor City Terminal Corporation
Burton & Danforth
Aransas Pass
Dan
Burton
Ingleside
Seadrift
Mr. Peckat
San Antonio
Alamo Plaza
Gulf
Corpus Christi Channel
Julius Hoffmann
Ingleside Station
A. D. Powers
Workers seek cooperative pact over wage talks says Miller
Mr Miller stated that workers aim for a mutually beneficial cooperative agreement, not a contract that harms the men who pay the electricians, emphasizing a collaborative approach this morning.
Holy Name Triduum Ends At St Mary’s Church
The triduum in honor of the Holy Name at St Mary’s Catholic Church concluded Sunday with Rev Bishop J Shaw presiding. Father Mulvaney led the evening sermon and Bishop Shaw encouraged Holy Name Society members. One hundred society members received communion together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Catholic Church
J. Shaw
Father Mulvaney
Bishop Shaw
Holy Name Society
Scientific Oxylene Treatment Ad in San Antonio Clinic
CATARRH treatment offered at 50 cents per session claims to stop sneezing, clear the head, and fortify the system. The Terrill Medical Institute advertises scientific remedies, with Oxylene therapy, at 216 Hicks Building, San Antonio, Texas, hours daily and on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrill Medical Inst
Hicks Bldg
San Antonio
Tex
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AMNI
Manhattan
French, Shriner & Urner Shoes
Knox
Parcel Post Delivery
M'Gregon
Man
Williams F. Hopkins
Ussery
Kelly
Titus
Wagstaff
Spratley
Jordan
Chrestman
Copa
McManuel
Grindetaff
Wahrmund
Vickers
Kelley
Ashery
Tillotson
Bierschwale
Corvell
S. Heads
Bridges and Ferries
Hetlig
McNeil
McGill
Hellig
Penitentiaries
Teach
Public Lands and Land Office
Hagens
Labor
Schwann
Bill Favors Daughters
Fletcher
ELK
San Antonio Band
MY. M.C. A
Ayer
J. C, Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Holy Name
H. C. Rees Optical Co
W. Commerce St
WHISENANT _ DRUGS Caunter Office
Whisenant
Bowie Hotel
W. ©. Morris
Alamo
E. Houston St
Postoffice
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