Campaign to enroll new Y M C A members
A drive launched to recruit 150 men and 00 boys as new members of the Young Men's Christian Association. Target includes ages 13 to 18 for boys and 18 plus for men, using personal visits, soliciting, and member outreach. An annual banquet inspired pledges to recruit at least one new member each. A mothers reception at the association building featured C S Ches sum detailing boys work and Y M C A activities with stereopticon views.
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Ng Men’s Christian Association
Mothers of Boys
Association
C. S. Chessum
Tantalum Pens Outperform Steel and Gold in German Tests
German tests show tantalum pens lasting longer than steel or gold variants. Researchers note durability and corrosion resistance enhance writing reliability in challenging conditions.
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Germany
Washington day program made public
Laredo officials announced the three day Washington day carnival to run February 21 22 and 23 with Spanish language pageants Mata el Diablo and Pastores a parade band concerts and a Mexican street fair on day one. Day two features a city hall attack by Indians with Fort McIntosh and state troops in the garrison and a grand afternoon pageant followed by cowboys Indians decorated autos and tableaux. Nuevo Laredo adds two bull fights on the 22nd and 23rd with festive illumination throughout both cities.
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Laredo
Tex
Judas
Christ
Fort McIntosh
Pocahontas
Nuevo Laredo
That Knotty Stomach Relief with Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets
A consumer ad extols Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick remedy for stomach distress including tightness, nausea, and gas. It claims digestive restoration within moments, improved appetite, sleep, and mood, and notes availability at drug stores for 60 cents a box. A trial package is offered by mail from F A Stuart Co., Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
No Better Way to Break a Cold Pape's Cold Compound Ad
A 25 cent Pape's Cold Compound claim promises rapid relief from grippe or severe cold affecting head chest back stomach or limbs with three doses every two hours. It asserts first dose breaks symptoms and condemns quinine as ineffective after years of research.
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Pape
Grippe
Napier Elected President of Civic Improvement League
At the Civic Improvement league annual meeting in the St Anthony hotel Walter P Napier was elected president succeeding W B Kelly now in Los Angeles Cal Other officers named include Joseph Shannon Carr Harry L Miller Joseph Emerson Smith T N Smith and a slate of directors Plans were announced to expand league work through affiliation with the consolidated Chamber of Commerce A public meeting was to be called to boost beautification efforts Dr Samuel Marks and Rabbi Marks spoke on recreation for the poor and a resolution praised Governor Colquitt for efforts to restore the Alamo property.
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Civic Improvement League
St. Anthony
Walter P. Napier
W. B. Kelly
Los Angeles
Cal
Joseph Shannon Carr
Harry L. Miller
Joseph Emerson Smith
T. N. Smith
T. L. Conroy
F. F. Collins
Edward W. Knox
League
T. Smith
Rabbi Samuel Marks
Marks
Colquitt
Alamo
Santa Anna
Mental telepathy test impresses Plaza theater observers
Witnesses saw Mercedes and Mme Stantone perform a telepathic piano act. In a Southwestern Telephone committee room, audience members named melodies, then heard the played pieces in real time as Mercedes transmitted selections telepathically to the Plaza stage. Observers included John Leach and Harold Joske among others.
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Mercedes
Mme
Stantone
Plaza Theater
Southwestern Telephone Company
John Leach
Harold Joske
W. T. Nealy
Lloyd Spencer
J. D. Hays
A. B. Dooley
R. E. Kenney
W. W. Vaughan
J. R. Davis
J. F. Burleson
D. W. Parkinson
J. V. Hucker
Doings to Become Monthly Publication for San Antonio Advertisers
The San Antonio Advertisers association votes to publish Doings monthly instead of weekly with March 1 as the first issue under new management. The change aims to allow more elaborate illustrations and design, reducing the weekly workload for the committee. The January educational talk on dishonest advertising was postponed to the next meeting.
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San Antonio
V. S. Stires
Advance in refined oil price announced by Standard Oil
The Associated Press reports Standard Oil of New York raised the price of refined petroleum by thirty points to 9.90 cents per gallon in New York on January 31. Bulk and bulk petroleum prices remain unchanged. Also notes invention of roughened plates for shoe grip on ladders.
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Associated Press
New York
Standard Oil Compu
Mrs Corey Heads to Paris Chateau to Finish French Novel
Mrs W E Corey wife of the former United States Steel president and formerly Mabelle Gilman the comic opera queen is en route to her Paris area château to finish writing a French novel. She said New York City was too noisy to think before sailing.
SHERIFF BARNES RECOVERS FROM THROAT TROUBLE
A letter from McMinnville Tennessee quotes B W D Barnes ex sheriff of Warren County saying after three doctors failed and pronounced his health gone he used four bottles of Peruna and was entirely cured.
Festa San Jacinto Plans Reveal Expanded Street Shows
Fiesta San Jacinto directors met to discuss festival plans with street shows proposed for Hay plaza and the Alamo Main and Military plazas. Chair Charles Graebner reported progress with city permission and a meeting with Mayor Callaghan, with another conference needed. Fred Hummert leads parade float arrangements as committees coordinate.
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Fiesta
R. T. Pruitt
D. J. Strauss
W. M. Morgan
Lloyd Spencer
J. H. Savage
John B. Carrington
C. C. Schultz
Final orders to close San Antonio depot end big maneuver division
Major Arthur W. Yates at Fort Sam Houston receives final orders to close the quarter master depot in San Antonio, transferring all depot property to storage and auction. He is ordered to Portland to join the dispersing quartermaster with Alaska and the northwest territory in his remit. Captain Harris Pendleton at the San Antonio depot has not yet received orders.
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Quartermaster
San Antonio
Big Maneuver Division
Arthur W. Yates
Fort Sam Houston
Post Quartermaster Department
Yates
Portland
Ore
Alaska
Northwest
Harris Pendleton
Cold and Grip Remedy Ad Claims Headache Relief
An advertisement for a remedy titled Cold and Grip removes the cause of headaches claiming worldwide efficacy. It directs readers to search for the full name and look for a signature by W. Grove with initials 2c.
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Kk. W. Grove
Peruna Endorsements Highlight Nationwide Catarrh Cure
Mr C Happy of Hardin Missouri and Mr Charles H Stevens of Detroit testify Peruna cures catarrh and related throat and nasal symptoms. Happy reports three bottles cured his throat and lung catarrh after a grippe last February. Stevens says seven bottles ended months of chronic nasal catarrh with no trace remaining. Reader urged to ask a druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1912.
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Charles H. Stevens
16Th St
Detroit
Mich
Navy recruiting halted as strength reaches target
Recruiting officers nationwide receive orders to stop taking new applicants until further notice. O B Taylor in Dallas confirms no more enlistments for now, though candidates already en route may finish exams. Navy strength reaches 47,500 with Texas contributing 150 recruits since January 1, pending Congress decision on a 2000 additional enlistment bill. Separately, Amsterdam uses pulverized street rubbish and coal tar to fuel briquettes.
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Uncle Sam
Navy
O. B. Taylor
Dalas
Tex
Congress
Amsterdam
Cure of Rheumatism With Hood's Sarsaparilla
Henry J. Goldstein of Boston recounts five years of severe rheumatism and ex cruciating knee stiffness. After trying many medicines he used Hood's Sarsaparilla and felt relief, now claiming to be entirely cured and recommending it. Available in liquid or Sarsatahs tablets.
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Jane Isaacs
Lucy, Ky
Davi Cay
Elk St
Buffalo
N. Y
Sloan
Henry J. Goldstein
Barton Street
Boston
Mass
Mhood
Mr. Goldstein
Hood
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