Texas Farmers Institute Set for Austin Meeting
The Texas farmers institute gathers in Austin July 17 with 2400 to 2800 expected. Notables include Prof. R A Moore, Mayor McCurston, and Prof Mumford. 300 girls expected for canning club work. exhibitions and moving pictures on corn to be shown at the University campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Farmers’ Institute of Texas
Department of Agriculture
Extension Department
House of Representatives
R. A. Moore
University of Wisconsin
McCurston
Paris
Texas
United States
Mumford
University of Misari
Imer
Dr. Hardy
Belton Female College
J. L. Landrum
Canning Club
Department Ofculture
University School of Agricultural Education
Zefferino Dominguez
Notable Guests and Arrivals at San Antonio Hotels
A stream of visitors from across the region check into the St. Anthony the Gunter and the Menger. Names include W. Oldfield of Atlanta Sam Galamba of Kansas City George W. Todd of Dallas Hampton Anderson of New York P. Carroll of Beeville Mr and Mrs Edgar Howard Colonel J Lockett Gus F Schreiner W A Klebergen WwW A Parr L B Strickland and a Dallas automobile party. Also two army aviators Lieutenants Ira Rader and John Brooks, missing since yesterday, returned safely to Colonia Dublan per a wireless report.
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St. Anthony
Gus F. Schreiner
Kerrville
Menger
W. A. Klebergen
Aransas Pass
Gunter
A. Parr
Dallas
L. EB. Strickland
M. F. Sterritt
H. C. Green
Donnelly
Miss Donnelly
John Moore
San Marcos S
San Antonio
Columbus
N. M
Ira Rader
John Brooks
General Pershing
Colonia Dublan
Maj. C. S. Farnsworth
Taxpayer card attacks bond issue deception in San Antonio
An unsigned post card sent to Bexar County taxpayers by a Citizens Committee Against the Bonds claimed a petition existed for a 1.5 million bond to fund a fair. The note denounces the deceit and asserts no such petition exists and that opponents did not authorize the card, prompting concerns over voter manipulation.
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Citizens’ Committee
Bexar County
San Antonio
Carranza Praised as Settlement Path Grows Clear
The inter national joint commission appears the likely method to resolve U S Mexico differences. Informal talks between Acting Secretary Polk and Mexican ambassador designate Eli se Arredondo shape questions for submission to a joint body. Carranza reportedly approves the 1848 treaty plan and officials favor negotiations through existing discussions. Wilson reportedly not dissatisfied with the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
United States
Mexico
State Polk
Eliseo Arredondo
Carranza
State Department
Wilson
Carranza Says Mexico-US Talks Satisfactory and War Avoidable
General Carranza told reporters in Mexico City that negotiations with Washington were very satisfactory due to mutual goodwill. He warned war would be avoided if possible, but would proceed if needed, and discussed reforms to be written into the constitution and a future presidential election after peace and reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Carranza
Washington
Mexico
United States
Wilson
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Easy Shoes for Women
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for feet. Shake into shoes or use in foot baths to ease tight or new shoes, relieve corns and blisters, callouses and sore spots. Claimed as the greatest comfort discovery of the age. 26 cents, trial package by mail from Allen Olmsted, Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Mexico General Calls to End Disturbances During Reconstruction
General Cararaza warns against agitation and labor unrest, demanding peaceful work toward political reconstruction. He says disturbances should pause until Mexico has a constitution and government, then dissenters may return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cararaza
Mexico
Border patrol realigns troops at Big Bend region
Boquillas Texas July 15 troops realign for border protection as Pennsylvania National Guard Company from Marathon moves to Boquillas while Sixth Cavalry reinforces Glenn Springs. Reinforcements shift from Alpine and Marfa amid bandit threats. ranchers report starvation across the Rio Grande and possible cross border raids. Estimates place bandits from a few hundred to over a thousand moving north toward Big Bend.
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Boquillas
Tex
Army Field
Marathon
Big Bend
Pennsylvania National Guard
Sixth Cavalry
Glenn Springs
Pennsylvania
Alpine
Marfa
Rio Grande
Texas
Eacn
Carranza
Calls With Chickens Arrests After Theft Suspect
A black man called on a Tenth Street black servant with a sack of chickens. The servant’s employer questioned him and police were summoned. Captain Brown found no one at the scene, but detectives Green and Harris later arrested a suspect and one companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Street
Captain Brown
Green
Harris
Fourth Arrest In Boxcar Robbery Ring
City detectives arrested a fourth suspect Friday in a sequence of boxcar robberies tied to I G N and San Antonio Aransas Pass lines. About $2000 in goods carried from sidings were stolen. A merchant was earlier charged for buying stolen merchandise. The suspect, a 25 year old white man, was found in a nearby town as police press on with the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
Proudfoot
Harvey
Guerra
Eighteen Slot Machines Seized From Sheriff Office Collection
Deputy sheriffs gathered eighteen nickel slot machines from the jail area of Sheriff Tobin's office, ranging in height from one and a half to five feet. Courts ordered Tobin to warn owners to desist. machines had left the streets but reappeared in several locations and are being confiscated again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Tobin
Court House
Tobin
Mass Meeting in San Antonio to Present Mexican Conditions
A mass meeting call circulates in San Antonio for those with property or interests in Mexico. The gathering is set for 8 pm Tuesday in the Thirty Seventh District courtroom to present Congress with current conditions on the Mexican border and constitutional and treaty rights of American citizens in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
San Antonio
Mexico
Thirty-seventh District
United States
Mexican
San Antonians
Hay Named Judge of Court of Claims
President Wilson nominates Representative James Hay of Virginia to judge the United States Court of Claims to succeed the retired Judge George W. Atkinson. Hay, 65, long led Virginia Democratic politics and backed National Guard defenses. his confirmation is expected, with Dent set to chair the military affairs committee after Hay’s retirement. The life appointment carries a $6000 yearly salary with a possible retirement after 10 years. The notice ends with unrelated hotel advertising copy.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
James Hay
Madison
House Military Affairs Committee
United States Court of Claims
George W. Atkinson
Hay
Virginia
Congress
Democratic
National Guard
Garrison
Continental Volunteer Army
House
Senate
Court of Claims
S. H. Dent
Alabama
Obituary Allen M. Carpenter 44 San Antonio native
Allen M. Carpenter, 44, died at his residence at 1126 East Houston Street Friday afternoon. A Gonzales county native, he lived in San Antonio six years. Survived by two brothers W. W. and J. W. Carpenter, eight sisters including Annie Salmond and Pearl Carpenter. Funeral held at 4 p.m. Saturday from the residence. Rev. W. W. Lee officiated. Interment in Mission Burial Park.
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Allen M. Carpenter
Houston Street
Gonzales County
San Antonio
W. W
J. W. Carpenter
Annie Salmond
Pearsall
Oscar Branch
Hines
R. R. Pengelly
J. R. Inc
Moon Eclipse Over San Antonio Clouds Obscure View
Cloud cover blocked observers as San Antonians attempted to view a lunar eclipse Friday night. The event began around 8 10 p m and peaked near 10 88 o clock though the moon’s shadow was not clearly visible. The moon emerged from the shadow about 12 04 p m. Local notices advertise events at Edith's Mexican Restaurant and a Dixie Shirt Waist Dance at W O W Hall, along with various local ads and a missing persons note.
Deaths At Local Home And City Burial
Edith Kuykendall age 10 died at her mother's home on Alamo Heights. She is survived by her mother and stepfather, two brothers, a sister, and was buried at City Cemetery No 1 after services by Rev C Jackson. Catherine E Barber aged 65 died at her Glenn Avenue home. Survived by two sons, three sisters, and two brothers. Funeral from the home, body sent to Oakwood for burial by Sloan Hagey Undertaking Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Kuykendall
C. D. Hood
Gilbert and
Monroe Kuykendall
Roxie Kuykendall
Hood
Alamo Heights
Rev. C. Jackson
City Cemetery No. 1
Catherine E. Barber
Glenn Avenue
Texas
San Antonio
J. W. and
W. Barber
Olive E. Baccus
Leander
Julia Galbraith
Josephine Haught
James Wood
Driftwood
J. D. Long
Pearsall
Oakwood
Sloan & Hagey Undertaking Company
Loftis Man Dies At Home In Columbus Res City
Perry Oliver Loftis 34 dies Friday afternoon at his Belmont street home after two years in the city. A native of Columbus Mississippi he worked as a collector for Price Booker Company. Survived by widow mother and two sisters of Columbus. Body held by Ludwig Undertaking Company pending relatives' advices.
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Loftis
Perry Oliver Loftis
Belmont Street
Price-Booker Company
Columbus
Miss
Ludwig Undertaking Company
Benfer Veteran Dies in San Antonio at 76
Phillip Benfer aged 76 died in a San Antonio hospital Friday night at 7:25. He was a native of San Antonio and a Confederate veteran. He leaves a widow, three sons Gus Adolph and Phillip Benfer, and two daughters Mrs Augusta Burkett and Mrs Dan Uhr, both of San Antonio. Funeral at Mrs Uhrs residence 502 Scott Street at 10 Sunday morning, burial Wetmore.
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Phillip Benfer
San Antonio
Gus
Adolph
Augusta Burkett
Dan Uhr
Uhr
Scott Street
Wetmore
Cantrell Dies at Home in San Antonio
Herbert W. Cantrell, 46, of 229 Paso Hondo street, died at 3 20 Saturday morning. A Nashville native, he had lived in San Antonio two years. Survived by his widow and infant. Funeral from Ludwig Chapel at 6 Sunday afternoon. Interment in Knights of Pythias Cemetery.
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Herbert W. Cantrell
Paso Hondo Street
Nashville
Tenn
San Antonio
Ludwig Chapel
Knights of Phythias
Mules for Militia Arrive for Fort Sam Houston
A trainload of Missouri mules worth 50000 dollars arrived in San Antonio via the International and Great Northern. They are consigned to the remount station at Fort Sam Houston for use by militia companies in San Antonio and along the border. Poor Rio Grande Valley conditions have increased mule demand as trucks falter. The War Department has placed large mule contracts in Missouri and other states.
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Missouri
San Antonio
International & Great Northern
St. Louis
Fort Sam Houston
Rio Grande Valley
War Department
Kansas
Texas Soldier Quits Canadian Troops to Join Minnesota Guard
Morgan N. Wheeler from Texas, formerly with the Canadian Expeditionary Force’s 210th Battalion, deserted after seeking discharge and joined Company A, First Minnesota National Guard. He arrived in San Antonio with his unit and visited Percy Tyrrell at the Gunter Hotel before heading to the border. Wheeler, a former actor with Otis Skinner in Kismet, was with Canadian troops eight or nine months and is a corporal in the crack Minnesota unit.
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Canada
Texas
Morgan N. Wheeler
States
First Regiment
Minnesota
Mr. Wheeler
San Antonio
Percy Tyrrell
Gunter Hotel
Corpus Christi
Otis Skinner
Wheeler
Death of Mrs Evelyn Benevides in San Antonio area
Mrs Evelyn Benevides aged 24 died at her Sacramento street home in Los Angeles Heights Friday night. She was born in Devine Texas and had lived in San Antonio. She is survived by husband, father J B Drake of Levitzburg Louisiana, brother James B Drake of San Antonio, and sisters Mamie and Grace Drake of Devine. Funeral from Ludwig Chapel at 2:30 Sunday. interment in Roselawn.
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Evelyn Benevides
Sacramento Street
Los Angeles Heights
Devine
Texas
San Antonio
J. B. Drake
Levitzburg
James B. Drake
Mamie
Grace Drake
Ludwig Chapel
Roselawn Cemetery
Shetley Loring Undertanning Co Auto Equipment Ad
Local ad for Shetley Loring Undertanning Co advertising automobile equipment and a phone contact 971 Adv shows motorist guidance and a directional note toward South Loop and Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shetley-Loring Undertanning Co
Tarrant County Bonds Approved
The attorney general's department approved an issue of 8000 Rosen Heights Tarrant County Independent School District bonds bearing 6 percent interest and maturing in 40 years with an option of 20 years.
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Tarrant County
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Rosen Heights
Tarrant County Independent School District
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Selig Deutschmann
Gunter Hotel Bldg
P. Skinner
Geo. B. Taliaferro
Jos. Rosenfield
Jack W. Neal
HC. Feldman
Mrs
Jot Gunter
Bonner
Chas. Baamberger
DOM Otn Hoh
Meaigan Settlement
Noa Spears Co
Losoya St
Mission Wood & Coal CO
Hot Wells
Commerce St
W. O. W. Hall
Willett’s Orchestra
Dr. Foster
and Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Damiana Santos
Josefa and
Mathilda Luna
Pink Room
Phone Crockett
Kuntz- Albaugh Lumber Co
Lakeview Avenue
Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Co
Dulling Printing Co
T. T. Tagart
West Mistletoe Avenue
Captain Coy
Diaz
Moore
W. G. Schuwirth & Co
Commerce
Crockett
F. Carl and
R. H. Ward
Bedell Building
O’connell Loan Co
E. Houston St
Horace E. Wilson
State Bank
Minnesota Guard
Grand Opera House
Little Star
Billie Burke
Gloria
Billie
Tom Moore
Anna Nilsson
Who's Guilty
The
von Hindenberg
Kaiser
Warsaw
Novo Georgeievsk
W. H. Darborough
Ann Pennington
Marguerite Clark
Susie Snowflake
Frank Daniel
MR. Jack Trifles
Pauline Frederick
New Pathe Weekly
the State National Bank
Ar. Osnett
W. Collier
J. H. Haile
N. H. Browne
Thos. E. Mathis
A. G. Engelke
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