Hotel guest list from various cities reads like a travel bureau
The Chronicle records a string of visitors checking into San Antonio hotels including Henry Michelson New York at the Menger and G. Robertson Port Arthur at Crockett along with many others from Laredo Houston Dallas St Louis and beyond at venues such as the Bowie Bowie Menger St Anthony and Savoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Michelson
New York
The
Menger
M. C. Talbott
Gonzales
St Anthony
G. Wilcox
St. Louis
Gunter
J. James
Brenham
Savoy
E. G. Tuttle
Crockett
A. Rhew
Kingsville
John C. Stockton
Rock Island, III
Bowie
Barney Waller
Fentress
Bexar
George E. Lovell
St. Anthony
Jack Robinson
Fort Worth
Do. Joske
J. H. Dinsmore
Kate Dinsmore
John T. Nolan
Dallas
W. B. Wheeler
Waco
Elgin
H. Howard
Mary C. Howa
Fort McIntosh
W. H. Burges
Burial Permits for Four Local Residents
Burial permits list four local deaths with dates in early July. W. T. Simpson aged 58 died July 1 at City Hospital. Robert J. Halstead aged 43 died July 1 at 1514 Matamoras Street. Concepcion Maldonado aged 42 died July 3 at 205 Dunnalley. Fidencio Ramos aged 69 died July 3 at San Jacinto Street.
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W. T. Simpson
City Hospital
Robert J. Halstead
Matamoras Street
Concepcion Maldonado
Dunnalley
Fidencio Ramos
San Jacinto Street
Economical and Modern Pavements by Granitoia and Granacrete
Advertisement display notes Granitoia and Granacrete titled The Economical Pavements and The Modern Pavements. The snippet references a promotional or trade publication likely for paving materials.
Guadalupe River could power interurban line with 10000 horses
Boston hydraulic engineer W L Church visited Seguin and San Antonio evaluating the Guadalupe Water Power Company project. He said the river could produce 5000 horsepower in a twelve hour day and 10000 horsepower in twenty four hours with a suitable plant. He noted large capital needs and planned a detailed report in about three weeks before returning to San Antonio for further steps.
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Guadalupe River
Seguin
W. L. Church
Boston
Guadalupe Water Power Company
San Antonio
St. Anthony
Church
Austin
Lockhart
Grand Opera House Amateur Night Highlights and Open Dance
Tonight at the Grand Opera House features a large amateur and semi professional program with about sixteen acts including singers dancers and monologists plus a dance by Madame Corrini in Salome The Pajama Girls in the Radium Dance opens next week under Eugene Wallace New York Brady firm Also at the Royal Theater a long amateur show earns top marks Ruth Marmion performs Take Me to That Cabaret and the motion picture bills present four feature reels Tonight and tomorrow the Royal stacks two three reel features Shanghaied and The Tangled Web plus Gettysburg battles on Sunday
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Grand
Grand Opera House
Madame Corrini
Corrini
Florence Talbot
San Antonio
Eugene Wallace
Brady Theatrical Firm
New York City
the Royal
Ruth Marmion
Royal Theater
Keystone
Pilot
Mutual
Chester Bishop
Battle of Gettysburg
Fourth of July festivities and incidents at Fort Sam Houston
July 4 events listed include Electric Park exhibition drill under Alamo Degree staff, dances at Dixie White Star and Shaw’s School, and a 3 PM to 1 AM Fourth of July program. An accident report notes Leon Holbrook, chief electrician, injured by falling post at Fort Sam Houston and later discharged to home. Other items mention court actions, taxicab ads, and Hermann Sons celebration scheduled for the evening with about 1500 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Park
Alamo
Alamo Rebekah Lodge
Leon Holbrook
Fort Sam Houston
Post
North
New Braunfels Avenue
Hermann Sons
Hermann Sons' Home Association
Frank Gloeckner
H. F. Wosnig
Edward Wolf
Firearm incident near Midway saloon on Fourth of July eve
Two young men in a buggy fired a pistol into the air several times as they drove toward the city past the Midway saloon on Roosevelt avenue at 6 45 last evening. Police attempted to stop them but failed to apprehend the pair.
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Midway
Roosevelt Avenue
L. J. Trost
George Potchernick
Birdsong & Potchernick
Mr. Trost
Arthur Notel
Mr. Potchernick
Odds and ends of city crime and notices
A string of short items reports boys firing fireworks under a house near Fredericksburg and Blanco roads with no trace found, three Mexican youths jailed for whisky theft from the Texas bar, and Maderos brothers planning talks in Eagle Pass with Governor Carranza. An auto theft near Bedell building is noted, description given as a black four passenger Overland with plate 964, plus stray ads and notices about dancing lessons and livestock for sale.
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Maderos
Carranza
Raoul
Julio Madero
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Madero
W. F. McCaleb
Bedell
Real estate transfers list shows numerous 1910s deeds
Several transfers record buyers and sellers including R F Yantis to Jesse Yantis for 10000 on Culebra and Kentucky avenues and J W Coltrane through Thomas Corbrandt for 7500 on Poplar and Lewis streets. Other deeds cover Lakeview properties, College Heights, Gladstone addition and Rosedale Park with amounts from 200 to 25000 across blocks and streets.
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R. F
Effie Yantis
Jesse Yantis
New City
Culebra
Kentucky Avenues
Thomas Corbrandt
J. W. Coltrane
Poplar
Lewis Streets
J. H. Kilpatrick
W. H Mourland
New City Block
Southwestern Land Corporation
Jane Bigelow
Lakeview Gardens
J. C. Rice
B. I. Rice
Santa Rosa Avenue
Lakeview Townsite Company
Bessie Timon
Lakeview
W. F. Biegs
W. A
M. E. Henson
Army Terrace
Theo
C. H. Heinrich
C. T. Beck
College Heights
A. R. Mann
T. A. Coleman
Gladstone
Marguerite Fischer
Joseph A. Hall
Mitchell Street
Concepcion Road
Mary Wolff Lothinger
W. T Goode
South Heights
J. H. Fowler
W. R. Parker
R. W. Nowlin
G. W. Sims
Main Avenue
Norta Flores Street
Rodriguez Street
Otto Jackel
Bexar County
G. A. Koennecke
Rosedale Park
The Economical Pavements Ady Catalog
An old trade note cites Granitord and Granocrete products under the headings The Economical Pavements and The Modern Pavements with Ady as the reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
Indiana Tour Automobile Club Headed West
Telegram from Fraser Auto Supply notes the Indiana Automobile Manufacturer's Association tour leaving Indianapolis July 1 and St. Louis today. Highway Commissioner Smith leads in Marion 48 A Marion cars with smooth progress. Crowds greet the 135 mile stretch as stops for car inspections and good roads speeches occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraser Auto Supply Company
Indiana Automobile Manufacturer's Association
Indianapolis
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
Indiana
Smith
Marion
W. McK, White
Hudson Company closes Baker electric truck deal for 24 units
William Steinhardt reports a deal with an ocean terminal group in Galveston for 24 Baker electric trucks. A city ordinance bans gasoline cars on wharfs, boosting electric vehicle sales as delivery is planned before the Cotton Carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Steinhardt
Hudson Company
Galveston
Baker Electric
Steinhardt
Hudson Agency
Baker Products
Birth Announcement for Rehberg Girl in Muskogee
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Rehberg on June 29 at 327 Sadie Street Muskogee Oklahoma. The city notes a bakery powered largely by electricity reflecting local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf Rehberg
Sadie Street
Kelly asks council to rescind action on Denver boulevard
W A Kelly contractor asks aldermen to reverse last Monday's decision to open bids for the Denver boulevard project. He says as the lowest macadam bidder he expected the contract and has secured front foot contracts from abutting property owners. Officials say he has no vested right and that the council acted with proper authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Kelly
Denver
Coun
Cil
Denver Boulevard
Kelly
Citizens’ Committee
Washington visitor proclaims Lancaster oak the king
James McCreay of Washington visiting Lancaster PA recalls a white oak on a Martis township farm. He brings a photo of California's largest oak but measures the Lancaster county tree and finds its trunk 27 feet around two feet from the ground, confirming Lancaster oak as the largest locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCreay
State of Washington
Lancaster
Martis Township
California
Lancaster County
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Calomel Replacement
Fischer's Drug Store promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver tonic to relieve constipation sour stomach and lazy liver without needing changes in diet or habits. The store offers a personable guarantee: buy a bottle for 60 cents and get 50 cents back if it fails to meet calomel's effects.
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Fischer
Dodson
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Patric Heir
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Gettysburg
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Morris Block & CO
E. Houston
W. Houston St
Madame Corini
Salome
Citizens Bank
Gunter Hotel
Druccist
Hudson Co
W. Crockett St
Wright
Mark Wright
Wright Bros
At Electrical Contractors
Main Ave
Texas
Mike Goggan
Houston &T
Pentists HI
Antonio
Potchernick-Birdsong CO
Houston St
Bowdle
Ohio
United States
the Crockett
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Port Azur
Bill Foust
Laredo
Bowle
J. M. Brewster
T. G. Gise
the St. Anthony
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Co. J. Huyer
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W. E. Flannery
Monterey
R. L. Atkins
Beeville
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Castoria
Honetan
Noa Spears
Kodaks
Kodak Place
E. Houston St
Fred Hummert
W. Commerce Street
Devoe
Modern Woodman Hall
North Flores Street
Shaw’s Dance and Dancing
the Hall
John H. Clark
Reliable
West Commerce
German Aid Society
German Methodist Church
Albert Orth
South Olive Street
N. Greenfield
Mauricio Santos
Allege
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
J. F. Jolly
Floresville
Telegraphers’ Act
West Eind Lake
Franklin
John Davis
National Painless Dentists
West
Commerce Street
C. E. Tinkham
Moore Building
Bexar County Humane Society
E. M. Collins
B. E. Williams
Webster Flannagan
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Collector
T. H. Thompson
Magnolia
Exposition Park
Diaz Sisters
Travis
Packard and Stearns-Knight
Bluemel’s Hall
Artzt Orchestra
Alfred N. Sack
Temple Beth- el
Samuel Marks
O. E. Hicks
Gunter Building
Rio Grande Valley
Katy
Sap
Lane Savings
Paris
Edwin Clapp
Alamo Plaza
Main Plaza
Fredericksburg
Blanco Roads
Griffin
Martinez
Eugene Artzt
Banks
Long
San Antonio Humane Society
Fred Davison
E. A. Heil
Hicks Building
Old Phone
Light
Chaddick
Hudson Dealer
Corpus Christi
J. H. Haile
Junior Ogden
Citizen's Auto Company
Kerrville
Mr. Haile
Emil Schleyer
George H. King
Ford Sales Company
Mr. King
Ford
Detroit
T. C. Altman
Weser
E. H. Labadie
Labadie Automobile Company
Muskogee
Okla
Council
Calomel
Inter
Anu Ue
Gibbs Building
Wimer, Richardson & CO
Financial Responsibility
Percy Tyrrell
Root Garden
TOP O' the Town
Menger Hotel
Pian
Grogrett Hotel
European Plan Traveling Men's Headquarters
San Antonio, Texas
Alfred Sanner
Prop
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