Bowen Honored With Silver Bowl Upon Retirement
First Sergeant Benjamin F. Bowen of Battery A Third Field Artillery retires after over thirty years in the U S Army. A reception at the battery barracks featured a silver bowl on a mirrored platter with a dozen goblets. Captain Clarence Jones presented the gift and spoke of Bowen’s enviable military record and service to officers and men.
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United States Army
Battery A
Third Field Artillery
Battery
Clarence Jones
Bowen
Jones
Grove's Tasteless Tonic Promotes Health Claims from War Service
An old ad outlines Grove's Tasteless Tonic as a general strengthening remedy claimed to aid digestion, boost the nervous system, lift spirits, and drive out malaria after service in Cuba and Porto Rico during the Spanish American War. The product is priced at 50 cents.
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Cuba
Porto Rico
Grove
Soldier Fined Maximum for Disturbing Peace Near Post
Russell R. Stannard, a soldier, received the maximum $200 fine after arraignment before Judge Lowther for disturbing the peace near the military post. His wife testified he threatened to kill her and his mother-in-law said Stannard struck at her with a pocket knife. Police described a topsy-turvy house and widespread neighborhood excitement. The defendant offered no defense.
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Russell R. Stannard
Lowther
Stannard
It Quenches Thirst Horsford's Acid Phosphate Ad
An old advertisement claims Horsford's Acid Phosphate dissolves as a teaspoonful in water for a more delicious and refreshing drink than lemonade, sweetened to taste.
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Horsford
Baker Indicted for Murder in Dallas
H Baker was indicted for murder under the new law abolishing degrees after a Saturday shooting of R R Pickering in Dallas Tex The defendant says Pickering slandered Mrs Baker and a doctor advised no medicine and River Sap Sensei ad appears in the source text but the indictment stems from the fatal shooting with no further trial details provided
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Baker
Dallas
Tex
H. Baker
R. R. Pickering
Pickering
Geo. Martin
Cotton Marketing Assistant Exam Open To Men In 1913
The Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for an assistant in cotton marketing in Washington D C on August 13 1913. The salary ranges from 1500 to 2000 yearly with duties including field and office investigation of cotton handling and marketing and experimental work with producers. Applicants must be 25 to 44 years old and apply to the commission in Washington D C. Also advertised is a sausage display in the lobby of the Grand Opera House by Union Meat Company urging patrons to seek tin tag products.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Grand Opera House
Union Meat Company
Girls Camp Popular at Kerrville YWCA
The Kerrville YWCA girls camp reports strong attendance over the past two weeks. Mrs Mary Whitely, in charge, will return Monday morning. Mrs Lillie Broadust departs Sunday night to lead the July final two weeks with Mildred Allen Dorothy Evans Margaret Will Kathleen Farren and Louise Whitet joining. others may still join.
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Kerrville
Mary Whitely
Lillie Broadust
Mildred Allen
Dorothy Evans
Margaret Will
Kathleen Farren
Louise Whitet
Broadust
River Side Restaurant Ad Offers Seafood and Meats
An advertisement touts crabs shrimp frog legs Spanish mackerel pano and Gulf trout along with the finest K. C. meats available at River side Restaurant.
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K. C
Riverside
City Paving Plan For Commerce Street Gives Two Cost Estimates
Two sets of figures show Commerce street paving with concrete sidewalks and a widened bridge between Alamo and Soledad streets. One estimate totals 62 663 dollars, the other 49 629 dollars, both unsigned and lacking yardage data, prompting Mayor Brown to request signed, data-filled figures for the widening project.
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Commerce Street
Alamo
Soledad Streets
Brown
Alamo Street
Sunset Depot
Sasa Cs Aes
Traction Company
Sevccceness
Sewekevccitt 000 Traction Company
Water company weighs conspiracy charges in meter dispute
The San Antonio Water Supply Company considers alleging conspiracy and anti trust violations as hundreds of meter account customers band together. Justice Campbell barred an inter pleading while hints of a civil suit or injunction emerge. A meter case proceeds with a verdict favoring George Kettler against the water company.
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Neil Campbell
Claude V. Birkhead
Birkhead & Cunningham
Campbell
Justice Campbell
George Kettler
San Antonio Water Supply Company
San Antonio Automobile Club Plans Meeting Tonight
The San Antonio Automobile Club holds its regular monthly meeting at 8:30 p m at the club house on the north loop Dr W A Hering urges all members to attend as key issues include tree preservation grounds improvements a dancing pavilion for younger members and Galveston run arrangements C B Stromberg reports trophies and prizes being arranged for the endurance run with seven loving cups chosen yesterday afternoon.
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San Antonio Automobile Club
North Loop
W. A. Hering
Galveston
C. BE. Stromberg
Auto sales and traffic measures fill San Antonio day
Amid efforts to ease downtown traffic nine autos offered by the San Antonio Light crowd. Hudson Company official William Steinhardt credits the present administration for progress while police stationing at Houston street and Alamo plaza aims to direct flow. Locals remark drivers often ignore signals, urging officers to grant explicit crossing directions during rush hours.
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William Steinhardt
Hudson Company
San Antonio
Houston Street
Alamo Plaza
Local auto dealers report new car sales and arrivals
E A Kalhurst of Alamo Auto Sales reports a Chalmers six cylinder five passenger touring car sold to J Buttle of Pearsall who drove it home last night. L E Witmore of Franklin products takes a trip in a Little Six touring car and plans to return tonight. A shipment of Reo touring cars is due at Citizens Auto Company in the coming days. C C Henry L B Jeffress W R Lyons and James L Reinhard of Houston were in town in a Ford touring car and left for Austin last night.
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Harry Hyde
Monterey
Mex
Tampico
Havana
New Orleans
Laredo
Fraser Auto Supply Company
Burlington
Colo
Indiana Automobile Manufacturers Tour
Hoozier Automobilists
Colorado
Kansas
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Colorado Springs
W. Mck. White
W. A. Sutton
Vinton
Texas
Chalmers
Alamo Auto Sales Company
E. A. Kalhurst
J. Buttle
Pearsall
Buttle
L. E. Witmore
Franklin Products
Mr. Witmore
Reo
Citizens’ Auto Company
C. C. Henry
L. B. Jeffress
W. R. Lyons
James L. Reinhard
Houston
Austin
Cream Cake Recipe From The Cook's Book Favorite
In a recipe cited by The Best Cooking School Magazine editor Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill cream the butter and sugar add egg yolks and water then flour sifted with baking powder fold in stiff egg whites bake in two or three layers and finish with cream filling and sugar dusting.
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Janet McKenzie Hill
The
Best
Cooking School
KC Cook's Guide Recipe For Cream Filling
A damaged recipe snippet describes making cream filling with flour salt milk sugar vanilla and chocolate. It mentions heating milk with flour mixture for ten minutes, melting chocolate, then folding in the sugar and vanilla. The fragment references KC Cook's contain and 89 other recipes.
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