No Date Set for Annual San Antonio Motor Show
San Antonio Automobile Trades Association held a luncheon at the Gunter Hotel to discuss the big annual fair with Fiesta week as a possible window. A three member committee was appointed to study dates and report at the next meeting. George J. Wroten acted as toastmaster and a new emblem featuring a steering wheel with surrounding lettering was approved.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Automobile Trades Association
Gunter Hotel
W. A. Williamson
William Steinhardt
E. T. Wilson
George J. Wroten
Fort Worth and Houston ordinances limit rate increases
Leon N. Walthall reported on the telephone matter after conferring with the city attorney and noting Fort Worth and Houston have ordinances barring rate increases. San Antonio firms likely will wait to see outcomes in those cities before acting. Nominations include Alex Parrigan of Great Northern Auto Supply, L. Frank Saddiery, Oriental Oil, Prest-O-Lite, and more. X. Callahan will chair the next luncheon session. A. A. Chouteanu, St Louis native and secretary of Interstate Amusement, was presented by T. A. Tirado as an interested guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Leon N. Walthall
Fort Worth
Hooston
San Antonio
Alex Parrigan
Great Northern Auto Supply Company
L. Frank Saddiery Company
Oriental Oil Company
Prest-O-Lite Company
X. Callahan
A. A. Chouteanu
Interstate Amusement
St. Louis
T. A. Tirado
Slump in totals for Chamber of Commerce fund
The Chamber of Commerce campaign shows a dip on the third day as subscriptions reach 3842.50 for Wednesday while the goal is 60,900. Brown and Stern led their teams with 4121. Recent totals stand at 35,116, short of the daily average by 285, yet campaigners remain hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Clinton G. Brown
Morris Stern
Stern
Brown
Marty Hertzberg
George ‘Tt. Allensworth
William B. Jupocate
PL P
Noergen
Kincheon campaign at St Anthony Hotel amid mixed enthusiasm
Enthusiasm and confidence sparked laughter as Assistant Secretary George J. Roark reported only 262 prospects pledged in two days and nearly half the target raised. Many large subscribers remain out, including San Antonio area firms with headquarters elsewhere, expected to boost funds later. Thursday will start at 9 o clock with noon luncheon at the Gunter Hotel. Notable subscribers include Humble Off and Refining Company with a $200 check and Dan Sullivan who gave $100. One team raised $750 in forty minutes of overtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kincheon
St. Anthony
George J. Roark
Chamber
Mt. Rourk
San Antonio
Gunter Motel
Humble Off and Refining Company
Dan Sullivan
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid remedy for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims fast relief from acid fermentation, heartburn, and dyspepsia, urging readers to keep a fifty cent case at home for immediate comfort.
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Pape
River losses rise as ice gorges break floods threaten steamboats
Warmer weather on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers unleashes ice gorges that sweep downstream, sinking multiple steamers including the Alton, Peoria, Urey Eagle and Spread Eagle. Paducah losses reach about 1.2 million dollars as wreckage floods lands and harbors along the river from Paducah to Memphis, with 80 wrecks sighted and government supplies at risk.
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Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
Paducah
Isa
Memphis
Tenn
Paducah Place
Alton
Peorw
Urey Eagle
Spread Eagle
Kky
Mound City
Jil
Mlingis Central Bridge
Iron Mountain
Henry Marquard
Three States
Sprague
Columbus
Paducrh
Sickman
Dee
Columbus Gorge
Hickman
Richkardson
Food shortages prompt Vienna smoke seen in dispatches
In a long dispatch from London dated January 36, reports on German strikes describe sporadic action in 40 war material plants in Berlin and other cities. Rotterdam’s Daily News correspondent notes not all Berlin work halted, while unions push mild demands including German war aims and representation in peace talks.
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London
Polland
Switzerland
Germany
Berlin
Rotterdam
von Kuehlmann
Trades Unions
Itirst
Lioyd “George
West
Dismiss Appeal in Castoreno Case From Bexar County
The Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the Castoreno appeal for failure to file the notice within the term. Catarino Castoreno, sentenced to 25 years for murder of Slocum, is a companion case to Isabel Castoreno with a 15 year term. Other civil and criminal appeals and motions were reviewed with multiple affirmations and dismissals.
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Bexar County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Tex
Catarino Castroreno
Castoreno
Slocum
Ysabel Castoreno
Supreme Court
W.M. Moore
W. W. Coffman
Knox County
W. A. Matthes
E. J. Clark
W. Lawson
Brudsden
James A. Baker
Freelver
Harriss A. T. & S. Flt Co
Eastland
W. Tt. Stockwell
J. T. Robison
Committee of Judges of
Courts of Civil Appeals
Focks Wilkens & Langs
Isaac Hoffman
Galveston
BR. A. Hooker
Mary Ag‘lanava
Martha Rattle
Dustles Conner
Denton
J. W. Hartman
Keyes
Justice Conner
Farmers
Natonal
Hillsboro
L. Coin
Wl. T
N. O. Ry. Co
N. O. Ry. Co. Va. Tt IL Tillman, Liberty; PL Kirby ¢T Ux Mrs. Th. J. Morris
Justies Conner
Canton
City of Dallas
A. Leake
al Glusties Huff
Dallas
Southern Traction Co
Tuferdine
Mill
Arthur Ross
Sher
Grimes
W. Surety Ins
Nettle Owens Et al
Harmaurhine
Ndir
Dickson Car Wheel
Tiarrin
Tel
M. T. McCaughey
Montgomery
Prussian National Ins. Co
Crate Dalton
MeLennan
Mookast
al Va
S. J. Patta
Jefferson
C. Wi
Rarana
Deal Smith
Court of Criminal Appenl
George Burkham
Comal County
James Benton Morann
Carl Marshall
Ville Wrenn
Flint
Bulls Pollard
Limestone
Walter Thomas
Davis
Panats
Jim Kellum
Dbell County
Walter McConnell
Nos Ford
Vannin
Mase Rabhing
Sherman Stephane
Henderson
Tudge Preudergast
Mrs Garton
Houston
Lizzie Reed
Lamar
George Wallace
Upshur
Catarina Castoreno
Hexar County
Chris and
Martin Wav‘riekken
Bosque
Richard Berry von Upahur
Durston
Nevin TR Fleming
Johnston County
Tex-parte
W. G._Russell
el Paso
Z. W. Moore
Smith
Telator
Harry Ellis
Fayette County
Hilario Alanis
Nueces County
Barney Ward
Tarrant
Walter Stevenson
Pallay County
Leanard Dodd
J. C. Crouch
Bell
Willie Porter
Ed Roberts
Boxnar
Emmett Vestal
Marvin Puitt
Woods
Rebbie McGregor
Tan Green
Grave Holoway
Tom Green
Octaviano Previno
Willie Johnson
G. Chruls
Harris County
J. 8. Cordill
Howard
Wit H. Smith
Ollie Wrenn
Hunt
Jack Coleman
Harrison
Will Dyn
Collings County
Jodie Phillips
Archer
John Wallace
Isadore Jones
Wood
Bal
Goss
Grayson County
Colonel's Wife Dies at Camp Travis in Texas
Mrs. Sarah Rodney Faulkner aged 38 wife of Col. A. N. Faulkner of the 344th field artillery died at her apartment 116 Mteservoir Street San Antonio early Wednesday. A New Castle Delaware native she had been in San Antonio eight months. Survived by husband two daughters and a mother with brothers Maj. Rodney and Maj. Dorsey Rodney. Body sent to New Castle.
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Sarah Rodney Faulkner
Val. A. N. Faulkner
Field Artiillers
Camp Travis
Mteservoir Street
Faulkner
New Castle
Delaware
San Antonio
A. N. Faulkner
Ann Dorsey
Katherine Army
John Rodney
George B. Rodney
Tlllachuca
N. M
Dorsey KR. Rodney
Des Moines
Shally-Loring Undertaking Company
Obituary notices for Sibley Polk and Mayer in San Antonio
Edwin Polk aged 69 died at a hospital Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Flo Polk, native of Missouri, had lived in San Antonio for 27 years. Surviving relatives include his brothers Baylor, Daniel, Loufy, Truston and sisters Lillian, Wilse, and Mannie. Matt Mayer, 63, a Texan resident of San Antonio, is also noted in the obituary notices. Funeral details mention G. W. Haggin Undertaking Co and St. Luke's Episcopal Church with interment in City Cemetery No. 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Polk
Flo
Missouri
San Antonio
Baylor Polk
Silver City
N. M
Daniel Polk
D'Hanis
Loufy
Truston Polk
This City
Lillian Baker
Boerne
Wiolse McGill
Mannie Polk
Died at Local Hospital Nine Years Ago
Nine years after a death, the obituary notes the deceased passed away Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm from Ri¢be Undertaking Company chapel with interment in City Cemetery No. 1. The record also lists nearby funeral and ambulance services and cemetery plots available through local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ri¢be Undertaking Company
City Cemetery No. 1
School Board Talks Back Tax Collections Plan
San Antonio school board discussed collecting back taxes at a Tuesday meeting. Ben Stoner proposed a 7 percent commission to handle collections, with Judge Winchester Kelas and attorney Bruce Reagarden authorized to pursue a contract with the city if advisable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Ben Stoner
Stoners
Winchester Kelas
Bruce ‘Eagarden
Vitalitas Natural Mineral Remedy Promoted in Ad
An 100000 home promotion touts Vitalitas as a cure for rheumatism indigestion nerves stomach kidney and liver ills. The ad claims it is Nature s greatest remedy and unmatched for rebuilding and energizing the system as Vitalitas derives from Nature the natural salts of iron and other minerals. Sold by all druggists.
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Texas
British Ship Stranded in Channel After Torpedoing
London reports the Armed Escort vessel Mechanician was torpedoed and stranded in the English Channel on January 20. The ship is a total wreck with three officers and ten men of the crew lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel
London
Admiralty
Méchanician
English Channel
Soldier Takes Car After Drinking Collides With Horse
A soldier in civilian clothes seized a standing automobile near the county courthouse Tuesday, drank liquor, and then struck a horse and buggy. He faces charges of intoxicated driving and auto theft, with the car valued at $1000. The owner James W. Collins, chief automobile license inspector for Bexar county, recovered the vehicle. the horse and buggy belonged to J. T. Woodhull of Frost National Bank and suffered damage. The incident followed the car’s intoxicated operation and the subsequent police return of the vehicle.
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Hquer
Court House
James WW. Collins
Bexar County
Automobille
J. T. Woodhull
Frost National Bank
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Maclee Garry
C.O.D
QV Dr
GOOD
Automobile Trade Association
Vienna
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Rh. L. Scott
Col. T. J. Pryor
New Mexico
Otto C. Grimm
Charlie Williams
Guadalupe
Margaret R. McAlien
Wayne Wood
Cameron
A. A
G. Ry
GR. Dawson
Bexar
John Williams
Alabama
Schulenberg
L. Laurence
J. 4. Laurence
Laredo
Gd. W. Wasy Undertaking Company
Mary Goulat Sibley
Mary Louise Sibley
Peter Thompson
Louisiana
M. J. Sibley
Matt Mayer
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Sea
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
Soledad St
Roselawn
H. E. Dickinson
L. B. Haines
State Bank
Crockett
California
Southern Pacific Lines
New York
National Railroad Administration
Mr. Panwhale
Wome
Summers
South Bend
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