St Mark’s Parish House to Be Remodeled and Expanded
The St. Mark’s Episcopal parish chooses to remodel the old parish house and add a new section to extend to Martin Street. A large Sunday school room with balcony and stage will occupy the first floor, while the old building becomes offices living rooms and choir and club spaces. Construction begins within two weeks and should finish by November with bids led by L P Boettler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Martin Street
Alfred Giles
L. P. Boettler
Building to Become City Gymnasium with Brick Construction
The structure will be a brick edifice converted into a gymnasium. It will be thoroughly well ventilated and include lockers and shower baths. The entire building will be brick throughout and finished inside likewise.
Corn Waste Indicates Large Losses in U S Crop
Statistics compiled by Zeferino Dominguez show more than 559 million bushels of corn wasted annually in the United States due to bad seed. He notes total annual U S corn production at 2,772,376,000 bushels and plans to address farmers at events in College Station July 29 and Sherman July 30 to August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Zeferino Dominguez
Dominguez
Farmers’ Institute
College Station
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Sherman
Texas Corn Growers
Texas Swine Breeders
Texas Dairymen
Seed Testing and Careful Selection Proposed to Save Crops
An expert urges careful seed selection and preplant testing to prevent major crop losses. He presents charts and a model seed testing device to illustrate and support his points.
Frauds Alleged in Railroad Weights Probe Opens in Texas
Austin Texas July 10 Frauds and errors in weights on carload and less than carload shipments have prompted the Texas railroad commission to order an extensive investigation. Commissioner Williams sent circulars to general managers requesting statements on weighing provisions track scale locations and balance precautions plus instructions given to employees about determining shipment weights and maintaining scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Texas
William D. Williams
Enlists In Navy Apprenticeship and Local News
Enlists in navy as an apprentice. John C. Trimble left for Dallas to be sent to the naval training school in San Francisco. Eagles meet at 8 30 tonight. Pine Street Presbyterian revival closes after ten days led by Rev S M Glasgaw of Mercedes with twelve confessed members. San Antonio Human Society officers include George T Botsford and Fred Davison at 324 Hicks Bldg with old phone 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. O'Neil
Lula Alice Philipe
South Alamo Street
J. E. Harrison
San Antonio
Navy
John C. Trimble
Dallas
Naval Training School
San Francisco
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
S. M. Glasgaw
Mercedes
J. M. Jacobs
San Antonio Human Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
Brown on Vacation En Route to California
BE. N. Brown president of the National Railways of Mexico passes through the city en route to California for a two month vacation. He believes Mexico's affairs will readjust after last year's revolutionary troubles.
Nannie Chaney Returns to Kerrville After Del Rio Visit
Mrs. Nannie Chaney of Del Rio leaves Kerrville after a month at her son Dr. Houston Chaney’s home on Madison Street. Humane officer E. M. Collins of Bexar County Humane Society listed contact numbers and office location in Mackay building. Local notices note the Eagles drill team events at Electric Park with nightly dancing.
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Bexar County Humane Society
Mackay Building
E. M. Collins
Kerrville
Houston Chaney
Madison Street
Nannie Chaney
del Rio
Obituary notices from San Antonio across multiple names
Obituaries detail Robert Fresenious of 414 Eighth street a Lone Star Brewing salesman and his family. William L Paris of 1010 Starr street with ties to Santa Fe Railway and four sisters. Julius Schoenberg 39 at 521 Westfall avenue with Jewish burial. John A Wilson 38 from a local sanitarium and typhoid fever. plus Cole Bailey of Rice Woolen Mills heading east with Mrs Bailey on a purchasing trip.
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Fresenious
Robert Fresenious
Eighth Street
Fredericksburg
Texas
Lone Star Brewing Company
Frank Overstreet
Mathilda
Adelaide Fresenious
F. W. Fresenious
Fiermann Sons
Paris
William L. Paris
Starr Street
Riebe Undertaking Company
Ohio
Santa Fe Railway Company
J. Hockenhull
Francis Mitchell
Stella Wilson
Callie Paris
C. J. and
Oliver Paris
Cole
Bailey
Mrs. Bailey
Dance and court notes mix of city items
The city court formed a panel to draft resolutions on Mayor Callaghan’s death with Commissioners Som mers Meyers Crawford and Steffler to report. Other items include dance events at West End Lake and Flores street, plus notices of arrests and local business ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioner's Court
Frank Sommers
David A. Meyer
Charles K. Crawford
Paul Steffler
Callaghan
Deputy Sheriff Indicted for Disturbing Peace in Fisk Court
Deputy Sheriff Alfonso Newton faces a hearing in Justice Ben S. Fisk's court on charges of disturbing the peace filed by a female complainant. The case is set for this afternoon in Fisk's court. Dr. C. E. Tinkham, dentist, suite 422-423, Moore Building. Dr. J. M. Miller has returned. Old phone 1267, new 1266. R L McKibben, Galveston railroad agent, departs for Galveston to accompany a recruit train to El Paso. Bexar Social Club shirtwaist dance set for Saturday July 13 at Modern Woodmen Hall with music by Carolus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso Newton
Ben
S. Fisk
Justice Fisk
R. L. McKibben
Galveston, Harrisburg
Bexar Social Club
Modern Woodmen Hall
North Flores Street
Carolus
City settler Seva riano Arvayal vows to quit rabbit hunting
Seva riano Arvayal told Judge Butkley he will not hunt rabbits inside city limits after he was fined 10 dollars for discharging firearms in the city. The offense occurred near Brackenridge Avenue and was discovered by Patrolman Holeman this morning in the police court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevariano Arvayal
Butkley
Arvayal
Brackenridge Avenue
Holeman
Katy Being Improved and Expanded Across Katy Lines
The Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad system undergoes extensive upgrades with 40 to 50 laborers daily from San Antonio dispatched to various line points. A recent shipment left for Booneville as KATY work continues. W A Webb, assistant to the president, arrived from Dallas to oversee progress. The Terminal and Belt railroad project in San Antonio is postponed until Edwin Chamberlain returns from Europe. Webb is joined by J L West and W G Crush, the Katy agents for freight and passenger services in Texas.
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Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
San Antonio
Booneville
W. A. Webb
Katy
Dallas
Edwin Chamberlain
Europe
Mr. Webb
J. L. West
W. G. Crush
Burglaries Hit Hallettsville Homes Over Two Weeks
Henry Strunk's Hallettsville residence was entered Monday night and $3 was stolen. The string of break ins has reached eight or ten homes in the past two weeks with no arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallettsville
Tex
Henry Strunk
Penalty Suits Initiated Against Rail Line Over Delayed Train
The Texas railroad commission directed the attorney general to sue Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio for penalties over train No 9 delays. About sixty offenses occurred in a month from April 11 to June 10 with each delay carrying up to 500 dollars, potentially totaling 30000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
Galveston
Harrisburg & San Antonio
San Antonio
el Paso
Residence at Yoakum Robbed in July Night Theft
Residence of J. P. Fitch in Yoakum Texas was robbed Monday night with $36 taken. The incident appears to be a local burglary and no suspects are named in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Tex
J. P. Fitch
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Advertisement Claim
An advertisement extols HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS as the world’s greatest sanitarium remedy for constipation sluggish liver and related ailments. It urges a 25 cent box from San Antonio area druggists and offers free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Co Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Arkansas
San Antonio
Maine
California
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Ark
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Parioh House
Giles
Schaefer Drug CO
Quality Pharmacy
Ave. C
Union Painless Dentists
West Commerce
West Commerce Street
Georgia
Atlanta
South
Ga. Tech
K. G. Matheson, LL. D
Ohe Fisk Rubber Company
Chicopee Falls, Mass
Main Avenue
Qol
J. RR. Cunningham
Star Floral CO
Chris Hauser, JR
EB. Crockett
SAN Antonio Printing CO
L. B. Clegg
Treas
Soledad St
Chas, Reel Optician
Rees
Houston
Orpheum Theatre
Rockwell-Slining CO
Gunter
W. L. Rockwell
B. Ning
B. ‘Puttle
Gia
Woerenen
Mike Goggan
Houston St
Duerlierbrew
Duerler
A. Duerler Mfc. CO
New York City
Algonquin
West 44Th
Albert Lith St
University Pl
Broadway
van Rensselaer
Fifth Ave
F. C. Safford
Astor House
Barclay and Vesey Sts
E. P
Earlington
Hotel Flanders
West 47Th ST
East 60Th Street
Hear
Central Park
Grenoble
Margaret
Brooklyn Heights
Thos. Toby
Mgr
Martha Washington
Madison AV
LE Marquis
5Th AV
Hermitage Hotel
Ith AV
Richmond
6Th Av
Iroquois Hotel
West 44Th ST
Somerset 41Th ST
Bath
ST. Denis
11Th St. & Broadway
York’s
Holley
Washington Sq Earle
Waverly Place
Arlingtong
25Th St
Bristol
49Th St
Judson
Washington Agr
Arian
Texas Railroad Commission
Eagles
Cowles Auto
Electric Park
N. Presa St
Kohr
West End Lake
Friedman
A. R. Atkinson
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad
Dixie Social Club
Dixie Social Hall
Flores Street
Seventy-third District Court
A. H. Danforth
Ed Roos
William Epstein
Orpheum Theater
Drs
Garring & Hatcher
Eer
Travis Ell
Ular
Muth
Nat Parks
Catalina
Bond & Co
Littrell
Conroy Bid
Manuel M. Flores
C. E. Tinkham
Moore Building
J. M. Miller
Amolee
G. H
5. A
Euphos
H. C. Rees Optical Co
West Commerce St
The
San Antonio Loan & Trust Go
Commerce
GEO. W. Brace Exross
Leroy G. Denman
Ee Eee
Ee E. Brackenridge
Ford Herffer
Caroline Kampmann
E. A. Stribling
Chas A. Zilker
L. Herff
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