Meeting 10 Discuss Preserving Old Road in Texas
East Texas cities discuss preservation and improvement of the old San Antonio road from Nacogdoches to San Antonio. A January 30 Austin meeting will gather delegates led by John W. Warren and A M Fischer. Crockett plans a mass meeting to coordinate with Austin on road plans and possible actions.
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San Antonio
Nacogdoches
East Texas
Austin
John W. Warren
Texas Good Roads Association
A. M. Fischer
D. E. Colp
The
Chamber of Commerce
Colp
J. W. Young
City of Crockett
City Council on Bowen Island contract dispute and sewer farm study
San Antonio debates Potter Ledlie ledge on Bowen Island project and water contract terms with the San Antonio Water Supply Company. Council prepares for negotiations while Bowen Island ordinance stalls awaiting owner approval.
Y M C A Calls For Subscriptions To Meet Expenses
The Y M C A in this city is not self supporting and needs about $3000 for the year. A canvassing campaign by the board of trustees and sympathetic men begins to raise funds for current expenses, with essential improvements including a new roof and sidewalks costing at least $500. Secretary Dilley says annual dues cannot be raised as they would deny membership privileges to many boys.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Dilley
Adventurer Mosby Escapes Navy Yard Prisoner
Jack Mosby the American adventurer involved in border warfare with the Ma Mexican revolution escaped last night from the guard house at Puget Sound Navy Yard where he was held awaiting trial by court martial. Ethel and Kitty discuss his storytelling as he captivated his audience.
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Seattle
Jack Mosby
Ma Ican
United States Navy
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Ward refuses ordinance over Bowen’s Island project dispute
Lafayette Ward owner of Bowen’s Island property says he has not abandoned his plan and may seek an ordinance for council adoption or reject. He argues the draft should exclude liability for damages from river diversion but city officials insist the provision is needed. Ward notes city benefits from project including taxes and street widening.
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Alexander Potter
San Antonio
Council
Jones
Alderman Lipscomb
Charles Graebner
Citizens’ Water Committee
Henry Semple Ames
Leroy G., Denman
Water Supply Company
Lipscomb
Ryan
Potter
Public Utilities Committee
Ames
Engineer Ledlie
Ledlie
Bowen's Island
Lafayette Ward
Ward
Mr. Ward
Dwyer Avenue
Nueva Streets
Garden Street
Uhr
Mauermann
Boynton
Nueva Street
Austin Street
Steves
Fincham
Ives
New City Block No. 118
West Nueva Street
Said Street
Said Place
Re Nueva Street
Garden Streets
Garden and
City of
Denman, Franklin & McGo
Committee On
Roland's Horn to be staged by St Louis College students
St Louis College students perform the historical drama Roland's Horn at Beethoven hall Thursday. Written by faculty member E. S. Leinkuhler, 24 students share roles with 12 seniors as principal parts and 12 younger boys in dances. The plot centers on Sir Roland in 1200 with a magical horn stolen by a Jew and hidden in a well, later revealed by the court jester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis College
Roland
Beethoven Hall
E. S. Leinkuhler
Pennsylvania committee urges no to federal income tax
A Harrisburg legislative committee finishing a two year probe of corporation and revenue laws presented its report and twenty bills. It opposes approving a federal income tax arguing Pennsylvania would bear a disproportionate burden as a wealthy state.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Fiesta Division weighs plan for new float building
The Fiesta Division board of directors will discuss erecting a permanent building to store floats and property, with site already chosen. A contract for construction may be let soon as the discussion outlines the building type. Previously the association faced location challenges using the Hugo Schmeltzer building and later the Tenth Street car barns.
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Fiesta Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Fiesta Association
Hugo- Schmeltzer
Wittuh
Colquitt
Tenth Street
Bakers Strike Shuts Lima Bread Market
Lima Peru January 28 bakers in the capital joined a general strike that began in early January leaving the city practically without bread. The move aligns with a wider stoppage by factory workers and other labor groups across the city.
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Lima
Peru
Reverend Booth Talks Christ’s Attitude Toward Poverty
Rev. Cullom H. Booth of Laurel Heights Methodist Church addressed over 100 men at the Y M C A on Poverty the second in a series of eight Sunday discussions by San Antonio pastors. He argued Christ’s help was moral guidance not alms and urged faithful adherence to Christian teaching to avoid want. The Y M C A orchestra provided music and C F Keller sang a solo. Hymns were led by Keller.
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Cullom H. Booth
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
Young Men's Christian Association
San Antonio
Mr. Booth
Christ
C. F. Keller
Cal. Doctor Bound Over in Birth Record Case
Dr. W W Frazer of Weaverville California was bound over to the Superior Court by Police Judge Shortall on charges of falsifying birth records and for turning a child of Lillian Anderson over to Mrs Dorothy Slingsby wife of an English naval lieutenant after Mrs Slingsby advertised for an infant to replace her dead child. The dispute over the child's identity is tied to a property valued at 400000 in England.
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San Francisco
Cal
W. W. Frazer
Weaverville
Superior Court
Shortall
Lillian Anderson
Dorothy Slingsby
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NEW _YORK
Oses Ieee Hacaate
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Bowen
Anata
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady, N.Y
John D. Reullman
Richter and
Reuliman
Lucas
Lambert
Paral Street
Alazan Creek
Laredo Street
Kenney
Flores Street
United States Arsenal
Sap
Main Avenue
Houston
Salinas Street
Ethel
Jack Haggard
Kitty
Edna Polhemus
New
Stower’s Gldc
Main Ave
Roland's Horn
Fiesta
Emil Blum
Fmil Blum Company
Emmet Bank
W. Commerce Street
Thomas D. Conroy
E. J. McCormick
J. Frank Gallagher
J. & T. Cousins
New York
Alamo Plaza
Frank Bros
San Antonio, Tex
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