Texans Beginning to Keep Money at Home
Texas residents show support for the doctrine and Globe Fire Insurance Company highlights in San Antonio stockholders meeting. 1912 premium income in Texas tops $100000. officials named include Van A. Webster, E F Booty, H Miller and G W Royalty. Directors span banks and merchants across San Antonio, Gatesville, Beeville, Gainesville, Cuero, Calvert, Denton, El Paso, Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Globe Fire Insurance Company
San Antonio
van A. Webster
E. F. Booty
H. Miller
G. W. Royalty
J. C. Colt
Henry C. King Jr
W. F. McCaleb
W. F. McCalleb
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
F. C. Groos
Groos National Bank
First National Bank
Gatesville
Georgetown
Beeville
J. O. Patterson
Gainesville
P. T. Norton
Calvert
A. F. Dietze
Cuero
J.C. Colt
Digestive Aid Message from Historical Ad Copy
An old advertisement extols strengthening the stomach’s natural digestive agents. It argues digestion needs pepsin nitrogenous ferments and hydrochloric acid secretion. When meals fail to digest it claims some agents are “reeking” in the system and promotes a non drug reinforcement of these enzymes.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets A Workday Digestive Aid
A vintage advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a reliable digestive aid. It claims natural elements support digestion, stimulate gastric glands, and restore normal function in stomach and intestines. The tablet is promoted as thorough, tested, and harmless, priced at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Welfare of Children Discussion at San Antonio Meeting
An open parliament on child welfare in San Antonio, hosted by the Congress of Mothers, gathered at the High School auditorium. Speeches by city officials, educators, and Rev E C Scudder contrasted local efforts with India’s conditions, urging playground space, a public swimming pool, improved housing and sanitation, and continued community action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Congress of Mothers
E. C. Scudder
India
J. Emory Hawk
Starr Street
Lula Griesenbeck
Harrison L. Beach
Malone Duggan
Congress
San Pedro Park
Cout
B. Russ
T. M. Dechman
Teachers’ Choral Club
Woman’s Club
Free Kindergarten Association
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Woman's Christian Association
City Mission Board of
the Methodist Church
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Library A Real Help
The Carnegie Library seeks to be a general information bureau under new librarian Miss Cornelia Notz. A bulletin-board list of city theater attractions guides patrons, while the clipping basket offers Valentine and Washington's birthday ideas, entertaining hints, menus, games, and recipes. The children's department provides homemade valentine ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Cornelia Notz
Valentine
George Washington
Letter Carriers Promoted in San Antonio Service
Fourteen civil service letter carriers in San Antonio receive promotions with pay increases from 100 to 200 dollars per year. The promoted include George Alfred, Harvey L Bradford, Huey J Brassfield, Francis C Culpepper, Howard A Doebbler, Milton R Ger des, Robert J Hayden, Henry Perez, Herbert W St John, Kit Carson, Louis Chavez, Max M Nauschnetz, Benjabon Pinkuss and Marshall W Tyson. The French government tests a new device to prevent hail using a copper lightning rod like apparatus claimed to disrupt atmospheric electricity and stop hail formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
George Alfred
Harvey L. Bradford
Huey J. Brassfield
Francis C. Culpepper
Howard A. Doebbler
Milton R. Gerdes
Robert J. Hayden
Henry Perez
Herbert W. St. John
Kit Carson
Louis Chavez
Max M. Nauschnetz
Benjabon Pinkuss
Marshall W. Tyson
Lecture on Turk at Carnegie Library
Dr. Edgar James Banks renowned Orient authority lecturing at Carnegie Library on January 30 and 31. He returns from an Orient expedition via camel to Ararat summit and Kurdistan, with about a thousand photos for illustration. First talk titled To the Summit of Mount Ararat. second on Turkey and the Turks, with Balkan war context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Edgar James Banks
Harvard
University of Breslau
Germany
Turkey
Balkan
Banks
Orient
Arabian Desert
Mount
Ararat
Armenia
Kurdistan
Tigris
Pimples Source of Great Danger
The Swift Specific Co reports pimples and public-place contact as spreaders of blood diseases. It promotes US S S, a vegetable blood purifier, claiming it surpasses mineral drugs and can cure rheumatic and neuritic conditions. Free book from The Swift Medical Dept. Atlanta. 127 Swift Bldg. Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific Co
Swift
Atlanta
Uniform System of Warehouses Planned
A national committee will devise a uniform system of warehouses for farm products. Appointed by Charles F. Sanford and Levi Morrison, the panel includes Harvie Jordan, William A. Bowen, Joshua Strange, James A. D. Finley, William Creasy, and Henry Feig. The plan aims to reduce harvest congestion and stabilize prices nationwide.
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Columbus
United States
National Farmers’ Congress
Charles F. Sanford
Congress
Levi Morrison
Harvie Jordan
Atlanta
William A. Bowen
Arlington
Tex
Joshua Strange
Marion
Ind
James A. D. Finley
New York
William Creasy
Catawassie
Henry Feig
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Stamford Man's Stomach Content Analysis Awaited
Experts prepare to report on the stomach contents of Charles G Stam ford a 40 year old found dead in Brackenridge Park last Thursday afternoon. Dr J B Abbott state pure food commissioner will analyze the remains to determine if poisoning caused the death amid funding disputes. Costs amount to about 50 dollars borne by the sheriff District Attorney Brown and Coroner Fisk. The commissioners court lacks authority to appropriate funds for the analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Charles G. Stamford
Brackenridge Park
J. 8. Abbott
Bexar
Tobin
Brown
Fisk
Commissioners’ Court
Fiesta week plans and new den for floats in San Jacinto
Fiesta Association directors set April 21 to 26 for Fiesta San Jacinto events culminating in the Battle of Flowers. Seven parades will run daily as the Order of the Alamo selects directors and the queen coronation proceeds under new rules. A lot 150 by 175 feet will be bought to erect a building for floats with construction to start within ten days.
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San Jacinto
Fiesta Association
J. F. Carter
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Atlee B. Ayres
J. B. Martindale
Guy High
James Kapp
R. T. Pruitt
Fred Hummert
J. F. Fentiman
H. L. Miller
Tom Brown
W. H. Furlong Jr
J. H. Savage
L. B. Clegg
William Gebhardt
Order of Alamo
Fiesta Board
Order of the Alamo
Free medical consultation with Dr Miller at 203 Gunter
If you have kidney, bladder or bronchial trouble consult Dr Miller free at the 203 Gunter building. The notice invites readers with those health concerns to seek no cost professional assessment from Dr Miller in that location.
Ban on Through Bills of Lading Tightens Freight Rules
Texas railroads issue a new policy curbing through bills of lading for foreign shipments. Only if steamship lines guarantee demurrage on cars held past a set period can such bills be issued, a requirement railroads say steamship firms will not guarantee. Roads adopting the rule include Beaumont & Great Northern, Missouri Kansas & Texas of Texas, Wichita Falls & Northwestern, Wichita Falls & Southern, and Wichita Falls and Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
Galveston Commercial Association
Galveston
Port Aransas
New Orleans
Port Arthur
Beaumont & Great Northern
Missouri
Kansas & Texas of
Wichita Falls & Northwestern
Wichita Falls & Southern
Wichita Falls
Wellington
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Cure
A 26 cent package of Pape's Cola Compound is touted to break a severe cold and end grippe misery within hours. The ad claims a dose every two hours, with three consecutive doses, will relieve headaches stuffed nose feverishness and other symptoms, and that it tastes nice and acts gently with no quinine.
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Grippe
Pape
Pasadena Panama Pilgrims Headed for Canal Zone
A 38 member Pasadena party travels via Southern Pacific through San Antonio en route to the Panama Canal and West Indies. Chaperoned by J H Pearman, the group sails from New Orleans aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecile, with Havana stops and over a month to complete the voyage, including ten days in the Canal Zone. Names of attendees listed.
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Panama Canal
West Indies
Pasadena Panama
New Orleans
Havana
Canal Zone
R. R. Blacker
Edward Blacker
Anna
Mary Blacker
Julia Barlow
George B. Ellis
H. M. Evans
C. S. Fleming
Oscar O. Freeman
D. B. Gamble
Joseph Geohegan
Harry Gray
Alexi L. Goodwin
Rebecca R. Halsey
Rodney Jacobs
B. O. Kendall
Jack Kendall
Robert Marsh
H. M. Osborne
J. Foster Rhodes
Mina Rosenbaum
Nellie L. Ross
$6500 Subscribed At Protestant Orphans Home Fund Drive
At a Tuesday afternoon meeting of the auxiliary committee of the board of directors the Protestant Orphans Home announced that more than $6500 of the $30,000 needed for a new building has been subscribed. The group planned to canvass the city through February 10 to close the effort, aiming for $20,000 by January 31. Attendees included C. T. Fincham, Mrs. J. M. Kincaid, Mrs. J. E. Webb, Mrs. R. W. Hamilton, Mrs. C. N. Knight, Mrs. B. H. Zuber, and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
C. T. Fincham
J. M. Kincaid
J. E Webb
R. W. Hamilton
C. N. Knight
B. H. Zuber
CT. Fincham
Hayden F. Smith
T. M. Conover
Hugo Kauffmann
C. C. Gibbs
T. N. Smith
G. D. Robbins
B. F. Nicholson
Mamie Laas
Utes Pick Choice Names Washington Census Shows Celebrities
The Indian Bureau census of the Ute Indians in Southwestern Colorado reports a notable number of chosen surnames and nicknames among a tribe of under 500. Names include Elihu Root, Champ Clark, Ward Beecher, Virgil Clark, Oyama Coyote, Togo Weeks, Kate Field, and others like Adams, Bancroft, Kingsley, Beecher, Brooks, Browning, Chase, Fowler, Hamlin, Harrison, Marsh, Howe, Mills, Lang, and Peabody. Fatty Burr Clark and Babe Brown appear among the favored monikers. Biebe Undertaking Co. auto ambulance service 221 E Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Indian Bureau
Colorado
Elihu Root
Champ Clark
Ward Beecher
Virgil Clark
Oyama Coyote
Togo Weeks
Kate Field
Adams
Bancroft
Kingsley
Beecher
Brooks
Browning
Chase
Fowler
Hamlin
Harrison
Marsh
Howe
Mills
Lang and Peabody
Fatty Burr Clark
Jacksonville Approves Bond Issue for Harbors
Jacksonville approves a bond issue of one and a half million dollars for municipal docks terminals and a thirty foot harbor channel to the Atlantic Ocean. The project aims to be completed by the time the Panama Canal opens to commerce and involves construction and operation of the docks and harbor facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Citizens O
Panama Canal
City Coliseum Plan Faces Temporary Hold
Harvey L. Page says the Carter Mullaly block deal expired but the coliseum project will not be abandoned. He anticipates construction will move to another site in the city.
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Carter-Mullaly
Harvey L. Page
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