Gasoline Drops to Fifteen Cents in San Antonio
San Antonio motorists note gasoline at 15 cents a gallon as Hudson Company posts the new price and rivals quickly match. The San Antonio Automobile Club announces entrance blanks for the endurance run to Galveston with a $10 entry fee and a full prize list. A telegram from John B. Orman reports progress of the Indiana Manufacturers Tour with Governor Ammons leading the way over Berthoud Pass in Premier as pacemaker.
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Hudson Company
San Antonio Automobile Club
Galveston
H. A. Reuter
Collins Auto Company
John B. Orman
Indiana Automobile Manufacturers’ Tour
Ammons
Colorado State House
Rockies
Berthoud Pass
A. L. Westgard
National Highways Association
Denver
Indianapolis
Colorado Springs
King and Deputy Sheriff Return with Tales of a Thief
George H. King of Ford Sales Company and Deputy Sheriff Antonio Newton arrived from Hillsboro with accounts of a thief who possessed a charming person. The brief report notes their pursuit and recounts the robber’s observed traits and manner.
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Ality
Ford
King
Newton
Hillsboro
A. H. Boynd
George H. King
Ford Sales Company
Antonio
Maxwell cars dwindle to three at Labadie firm
Advices reach the E. H. Labadie Automobile Company that only three Maxwell 50 six cylinder cars remain in stock at the factory. A few days earlier the number was 38. Labadie also says E LeRoy Pelletier and C F Redden of Maxwell Motor Company may visit San Antonio early next week.
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E. H. Labadie Automobile Company
Local buyers purchase Overland model 69 coupe
Mr and Mrs J F Howard of this city buy an Overland model 69 electric equipped gas coupe from Woodward Carriage Company. Other sales include George Baetze of New Braunfels O M Farnsworth of San Antonio James Aiken of San Antonio J R Johnson Blanco county sheriff and the Auto and Cycle Company of Seguin all taking Overland model 69 T or similar.
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J. F. Howard
Overland Products
Woodward Carriage Company
Howard
West Texas Military Academy
George Baetze
New Braunfels
O. M. Farnsworth
San Antonio
James Aiken
J. R. Johnson
Johnson City
Blanco County
Auto and Cycle Company
Seguin
Trophies Added For San Antonio Club Endurance Run
Two extra prizes join the long list of trophies for the San Antonio Automobile Club endurance run to Galveston, set for the latter part of the month. H. A. Reuter notes these are Thompson's Favorite Tire Compound equipment for two cars from Texas Auto Equipment Company and a waterproof lap robe donated by C. E. Stromberg of Woodward Carriage Company.
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San Antonio Automobile Club
Galveston
H. A. Reuter
Thompson
Texas Auto Equipment Company
Cc. E. Stromberg
Woodward Carriage Company
McAdoo Seeks Deficiency Funds for Treasury and Buildings
Secretary McAdoo asked the House appropriations committee for deficiency funds totaling 563,000 to cover contingent treasury expenses and building projects. He sought 220,000 for contingencies, 62,000 to raise cost limits on under construction public buildings, 76,000 for engineering services, and 205,000 to enlarge public buildings and provide extra parcel post space.
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McAdoo
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Appropriations
Treasury
Autoists to Log Roads Fort Worth Efforts
Fort Worth autoists organized to log the roads in and out of the city and to distant points over the state. They will also work for upkeep of the pavements and changes in traffic ordinances.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Permits Not Accorded 10 Law Held Up A Street Name Change
City council discussion shows building permits in violation of the building ordinance may be less frequent. Petitions from Dalkowitz Bros Mrs Laura Hamilton and the San Antonio Trades Council referred to fire and police committee. Saunders Avenue name change debated.
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Dalkowitz ,Bros
Laura Hamilton
San Antonio Trades Council
Fire and Police Committee
Dalkowitz
Dielmann
Commerce Street
Military Plaza
Brown
Fincham
Lambert
Emmett Jackson
Ditelmann
Hamilton
114
Tolle Place
Trades Council
South Alamo Street
Hoefgen
Saunders
Warren
Matamoras Street
Great Northern
Saunders Avenue
Monclova Street
Pancoast
Monclova
San Antonio
Fest Street
Bandera Avenue
Baldwin
Intercostal Canal dispute stirs San Antonio
A letter from A D Powers criticizes Colonel Riche for delaying the Intercostal Canal south of Corpus Christi and port Aransas harbor plans. He urges San Antonio citizens to support harbor development and stock purchases, warning that delay could end opportunity as investors in Harbor City and Ingleside are poised to buy.
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Riche
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Aransas
Aransas Pars
Intercostal
Ben
Qar Senstor
Texas
Port Aransas
Harbor City
Ingleside
A. D. Powers
Alamo Plaza
San Antonio Parks Use Petitions Granted and Referred
The school children of San Antonio won use of part of San Pedro Springs Rock Quarry as an athletic field under park supervisor and park commissioner oversight. Another petition by private individuals for Brackenridge park playground and athletic field was sent to the city attorney for opinion.
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San Antonio
San Pedro Springs Park
Rock Quarry
Brackenridge Park
Officer Honored for Gettysburg Reunion Camp
Major J. E. Normoyle, famed for directing the 1911 maneuver camp, earned a gold medal from local veterans for the Gettysburg reunion duties. He also received a secretary of War letter of commendation. Known in San Antonio, his leadership aided river flood relief efforts along the Mississippi.
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J. E. Normoyle
Normoyle
Garrison
Major Normoyle
San Antonio
Mississippi River
Obey that impulse to take Foley Kidney Pills
An old advertisement urges readers to act on the impulse to use Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder disorders. Claiming to cooperate with nature, the pills are described as healing, strengthening, and tonic, and the Fischer Drug Co is noted as the distributor.
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Nature
Fischer Drug Co
Adv
Georgia votes in first popular election for U.S. senator
In Atlanta on July 15 Georgia voters used the 17th amendment to cast direct ballots for a U.S. senator to fill the remainder of Augustus Bacon's term ending March 4, 1919. Bacon is unopposed and had been serving by gubernatorial appointment pending a legislative selection.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States
Augustus O. Bacon
Bacon
Top of the Town at St. Anthony Roof Garden Thrills
The St. Anthony Roof Garden is touted as the coolest and most attractive dining and music spot with soloist Signor Arturo Lugaro delivering bari tone. An ad urges customers to ask for TIN TAG sausage for freshness. See display in lobby at the S and Grand Opera House, Union Meat Company.
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St. Anthony Roof Garden
Arturo Lugaro
Lobby
Grand Opera House
Union Meat Company
Hero to be Relieved After Ice Rescue Feat
Captain George M. Daniels of the Revenue Cutter Service seeks relief from active duty. In early 1912 he commanded the Androscoggin to breach ice fields in Bonne Bay and the Bay of Islands, rescuing 720 fishing vessels from grave danger and safely guiding all craft to safety.
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Washington, D. C
George M. Daniels
Revenue Cutter Service
Daniels
Gloucester
Bonne Bay
Bay of Islands
Androscoggin
Sunday Schools Meet at Mexican Methodist Church
A Sunday school convention of the Mexican state will gather at the Mexican Methodist Church at San Fernando and Pecos streets in this city. It runs tonight for three days with about twenty delegates expected from outside towns. Three sessions daily include 8:30 to 11:30 am, 2:30 to 6:30 pm, and 8:30 pm. Rev. J A Phillips and Rev. E M Sein lead arrangements and speak.
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San Fernando
Pecos
Texas
J. A. Phillips
E. M. Sein
Sunday School Association
Mexico
Highland Park Improvement Club Backs City and School Bonds
Resolutions adopted urging voters to turn out Friday and support both city and school bond issues. Meeting noted brief with bond resolution as main action. Next gathering set for Monday to discuss settled bond matter and other business. Light committee reported Arc lamps being installed by Gas and Electric at various corners.
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Highland Park Improvement Club
Light Committee
Gas and Electric Company
Assessors Slow To Turn In 1913 Valuation Estimates
Austin reports the last day for county assessors to file 1913 valuation estimates with the comptroller has passed, but over 100 counties have failed to send in figures. Bexar shows 1913 property value at 105 million, up 6.4 million. Dallas at 125.45 million, up 7.06 million. Also notes elm leading in cooperage with spruce likely to displace it, birch as future elm successor, and historical wooden London pipes phased to cast iron after 1820. An ad for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound warns against opiates.
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Austin
Tex
Comptroller's Department
Comptroller’s Department
Bexar
Dallas
Bexar County
Dallas County
London
Real Estate Exchange Discusses Yard Contest Plans
The Real Estate Exchange board will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss the annual yard contest. If approved, winning yards will be photographed and slides prepared for exhibition in motion picture theaters and shown in other Texas cities to promote San Antonio as a city of pretty homes. Routine matters will also be addressed in the regular monthly session.
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Real Estate Exchange
Board of Directors
Texas
San Antonio
Rheumatism and the Heart Ad Calls Foley Pills
An advertisement warns that rheumatism can settle in the heart and disturb valves. It claims the cure lies in removing the cause and promotes Foley ey ney Pills as toning kidneys to keep blood free of poisons and uric acid crystals. Fischer Drug Co. ad.
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Foley Ey Ney
Fischer Drug Co
Ady
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Boston
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Robert Bridges
Asquith
Alfred Austin
Mexican State Association
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Wolfson
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