World Almanac and Encyclopaedia 1917 overview
The 1917 World Almanac and Encyclopaedia, nearly 1200 pages, covers war events abroad and domestic progress, laws, statistics, and reference tables. It includes full text of the new U S revenue law, 1916 legislation, election returns, motor car laws, medical papers on anthrax and infantile paralysis, and broad coverage of government, industry, and society. It emphasizes serving the entire field of readers reference.
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World Almanac and Encyclopedia
Wilson
United States General Revenue
New York
Wine Shop Closures Across Rhine District War Prices Surge
About 75 percent of Rhine district wine shop proprietors decide to close until after the war. Wine prices have risen on average 150 percent in two years. even the cheapest quality sells for $2 a gallon wholesale, making continued operation untenable.
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Cologne
Rhine
German automaker tests hammock seats on spring frames
A German automobile builder experiments with hammock style seats suspended from steel spring frames, claiming they provide the easiest ride yet developed.
Dodson’s Liver Tone Replaces Dangerous Calomel
An advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable liver remedy that replaces calomel. It promises to cure sluggish liver, clear sour bile, and purge bowels without salivation, with a money back guarantee and family use claim.
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Dodson
Manufacturers' Club Receives 150 Essays From Students
February home industrial exhibits by the Manufacturers' Club travel to San Antonio city and county schools including Johnson, Burnet, Sayers, Smith, Herff, Lamar, Fannin, and Berg's Mills. Principal figures, dates, and local schools organize events with fabrictors visiting and students writing essays on factory benefits.
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Manufacturers’ Club
Charles 8. Meek
P. F. Stewart
W. J. Knox
H. N. Timlat
Paul Dreiss
Walter Steves
T. G. Hay
F. H. Binninger
C. C. Leel
Johnson School
South Flores
Gilbeau Streets
Lizzie Tynan
Burnet School
Lafitte
Matagorda
J. A. Cook
Sayers School
Sayers County School
San Antonio
Gonzales
Carl F. Wheeler
Sayers
Smith School
Iowa
Gevers Streets
Mary Cochrane
Herff School
Fannin School
East Houston
Monumental Streets
Kate Schenck
Berg’s Mills
Berg's Mills
South Loop
L. X. Barron
Los Angeles Heights
George B. Davis
Conference aims at uniform patent laws for war era
Delegates from allied nations meet in Paris to craft a single patent code covering army and related wartime inventions across the Entente. War-driven innovations have strained existing laws prompting a substitute framework. A German firm also proposes air postal links from Berlin to Constantinople and intermediate cities.
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Paris
Will Sign Contract to Build Toll Road Near Medina Dam
The Wright Gutzeit Howard syndicate and Medina Dam Toll Road Co officers plan to sign a road construction contract this week. Construction should start within ten days, with six months allowed but four deemed enough, aiming for traffic by June 1. Toll is 50 cents each way. The route starts beyond Cliff post office on the Culabra Castroville road, northwesterly to two miles above the main dam. The project costs about 41000, with 26000 in bank and 4000 in notes due at completion.
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Medina Dam
Wright-Gutzeit-Howard
Cliff Post Office
Culebra
Castroville
Fiesta week plans by S. O. S. V. Sons of St. Vitus
Members of the S. O. S. V. Sons of St. Vitus call a Thursday noon meeting at the Travis Club to organize the Fiesta week finale. The burlesque parade will include every fraternal group with sections, the mock coronation by the Rotary Club, and a new sketch by J. Frank Davis. Officers Porter F. Loring, F. E. Tucker, Harry L. Miller, and Harold Kayton lead arrangements.
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Sons of St. Vitus
Travis Club
San Antonio
Rotary Club
J. Frank Davis
Porter F. Loring
F. E. Tucker
Harry L. Miller
Harold Kayton
Poll tax receipts rise as deadline nears in 1917 year
County Tax Collector John A Bitter reports 11 772 poll tax receipts and exemptions issued to date, close to 1916 totals, signaling potentially larger voting strength for Bexar county. Only nine days remain to pay taxes, with the office closing January 31. Bitter notes today’s 550 receipts set a record for the year and warns of crowds. At the same time County Assessor Albert V Huth says 1917 renditions surpass last year as property assessments for the new year rise.
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John A. Bitter
Bitter
Bexar
Mr. Bitter
Albert V. Huth
Huth
Women to Petition City to Buy Land Along Brackenridge Park
Members of the City Federation of Women's Clubs urge city purchase of a land strip along Brackenridge Park facing River Avenue. The parcel, once part of the San Antonio Water Supply gift, sits unsold after a year on the market with three houses built. The Water Supply Company proposes the price equals the assessed valuation plus the company's own assessment.
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City Federation of Women's Clubs
Brackenridge Park
River Avenue
San Antonio Water Supply Company
San Antonio Water Supply
City seeks approval for Brackenridge Park land sale
Petition signed by Federation of Women's Clubs leaders seeks city council approval of a deal involving River avenue property. The city later acquired part of the tract between Brackenridge park entrances. Signatures include Mrs. J. T. Smith and other civic committee members.
Hoarded Coins Reappear After Frances Joseph Death
In Hungary after Emperor Frances Joseph died, silver coins bearing his portrait circulated more than before. Authorities traced the surge to farmers who had hid coins in rural areas and exchanged them for banknotes believing the coins were no longer legal tender.
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Budapest
Frances Joseph
Hungary
Flexible mirrors made with tin foil on celluloid
Smooth tin foil is attached to transparent celluloid using a gelatine solution in hot water to create flexible mirrors.
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