Dehydration Claim Sparks Polar Food Box Shipment
A seven pound shoe box of dried fruits and vegetables arrived for Prof. Donald B MacMillan's Arctic voyage, using a new moist air dehydration process. The foods regain weight and freshness when soaked, with vitamins intact, promising lighter, longer lasting provisions for dog sled expeditions.
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Wiscasset
Donald B MacMillan
Louis W. Riggs
Yarmouth
Cornell
Miller Reese Hutchinson
New York
MacMillan
Report on Drugs for Druggists in 1919 Totals
A report received by the Manufacturers' Association of San Antonio outlines druggists' preparations patent medicines and compounds and perfumery and cosmetics. The census bureau figures show 1919 product values of 114,596,000 for druggists' preparations 4700 for patent medicines and compounds and 859,630,000 for perfumery and cosmetics based on returns from U S manufacturing establishments.
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Manufacturers’ Association of
San Antonio
Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Washington
Fed
In San Antonio a Kewpie doll craft shop thrives unseen
A hidden San Antonio workshop quietly produces Vite Kewpie dolls in a Mexican colony area behind an old garage. Jeferens fashions the clay figures into the beloved characters, with the craft operating without broad knowledge or formal recognition from local industry groups.
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Santa Claus
San Antonio
Manufacturers’ Association of
Alsa
Jeferens
Kewpie
Grand Theater's live display stirs crowd interest
The Grand Theater uses thematic lobby displays to advertise current films. A farm tractor and hay setup accompanied Peaceful Valley, while The March Hare featured a hare cage outside. A wrecked automobile display for Too Much Speed drew notable attention amid local auto-accident coverage. The San Antonio Manufacturers' Association urges merchants to buy locally made goods to curb unemployment.
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Grand Theater
the Grand
San Antonio
Association of San Antonio
Fight Cotton Pest Machine Promises Weevil Control
A San Antonio inventor announces a new machine by the Bol Weevil Exterminator Manufacturing Company to destroy cotton squares infested with boll weevils. The device uses agitators and suction to remove affected squares, targeting eggs and larvae. Tested on a Corpus Christi area farm, it shows about 85 percent efficiency. The company, capitalized at 5 million dollars, lists Phoenix Arizona as headquarters with O M Walters as president and a multi-state executive team.
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San Antonio
Walter Sehnelle
Alamo Fron
Bol Weevil Exterminator Manufacturing Company
Eastern Capital
Schnelle
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Antonio
Nextco
SAN Antonio Weekly Business Review
Reinhard & CO
Texas
Ralph H. Cameron
Central Trust
D. & A. ‘Oppenheimer
Bankers
Paul Hansen
Houston
W. J. Deniger
WALT
Armstrong
Linotile and
CORK
Bedell Bidz
A. Sacks & CO
Main Ave
Cibolo Gravel Co
Phone Crockett
Commerce St
Building Materials Wholesale and Retail
J. C. Dielmann
E. Commerce St
San Antonio, Tex
Stewart Title Guaranty Co
Ady
Phone Crockett 1000
W. W. Leer Concrete
South Medina
San Luis
Traiis
Barrett Place
Crockett
Roberts Printing Co
Travis
Chas. Lucas CO
Standard Paper CO
Dimick
M. R. Dimick
Film Main Ave
We Retail
LANGE
Geo. C. Vaughan & Sons Wholesale
Union Central Life Ins. CO
Bedell Building
J. F. Devine
Fred C. Groos
F. Hetherington
R. Jennett Jas, de Strother
T. P. Walsh Sheet Metal Works
Metal Contractors
Barrett
E. B. Chandler & CO
Pittsburgh Plate Glass CO
South Alamo Banzai
C. S. Baxter
L. T. Whitfield
Fritz Reuter
General Machine Shops
Cameron St
LF A
Elder Construction Co
Moore
Lelaurin
Victor J. Evans & Co
Washington, D. C
Wicks St
Tex
San Antonio, Texas
THE
J. D. Richie
Service House of the South
Cameron S&t
Dmad Uibclureas
Patroniza
ROY Thompson General
University Avenue
San Antonis
West End Lumber Co
the Home Builders
P. O. Box
Samson
Phoenix
Star Clay Prod. Co. Manufacturers of
Grayburg
Jenner
Wateo
Yor Automobiles
Watson Suspension Wheel CO
Bedell
G.A. Duerler Mfg. CO
Pioneer Candy Factory
Duerler’s
San Antonio Public Service Co
Calcasieu
SAN Antonio Lumber CO
Perez Street
Blumberg Motor Manufacturing CO
Mesquite and
Burnett Streets
Stroud Motor Manufacturing Assn
Gunter Bldg
General Contractors
Bedell Bldg
San Antonio, Tatas
Albert Beitel
Ally Beitel -Desse Beitél
Frank Beitel
Lumber
Lumber—Lumber
Beitel Lumber CO
Texa
Keirville
TexaAs
Samuels Glass Company
House of Service
Alamo Street
Krueger-Atlas
San Antonio Machine & Supply Co
Calcasien Bidg
San Antonio Packing Co. Beef and Pork Packers
Sausage Manufacturers Packing House
R. F. Pipes
D. Pipes
R. L. Burnett, CO
East Commerce St
United Distributing Company
Dandee
Dandee Feed & Milling CO
Monterey St
A. Krueger & CO
Houston and
Chestnut Sts
C. J. Moore
Osnaburgs
Southton, Texas
Croctae
Southern Transfer’ Co
Houston ST
JA. Gutzeit
C. X. Gutzeit
Walter Fullerton Co
Brady Bldg
ADAMS
GIBBS
Walter J. Daly
Gunter Blig
Elevator & Electric Works
Adde D. Connelly
Presa St
Circle. West Sales Co
Mein Ave
Flores Straat San Antonio
Jas. T. Coleman
Jenkins
Coleman & Jerkins General Contractors
Ganter
Harrison Grain Co
Wardison
Comal
W. Com
Alamo Paper Stock Co
East Cevallos Street
Fred Lehr
Louis LaBroche General Contractors
Sumner Sollitt Company
el Paso
Chicago
National Bank of Commerce
Fidelio G. Chamberlain
Mission Wood & Coal Co
Mhs
Alamo Mattress -Fastory
Felix Grona
Mission 1658
Mackberry St
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