Pistol Shoot Competes For Team Sand Rats At Leon Springs
Distinguished marksmen led revolver competition at Leon Springs with scores to 616 by First Lieutenant Rethurst and 543 by Corporals Jefferson and Short. The Sand Rats team selected from officers and enlisted men for inter department duty at Fort Niagara, while a sand rat shoot awarded prize money to many officers, with rules penalizing kills and forbidding caddies.
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J. W. Duncan
Leon Springs
Tex
Fort Niagara
New York
Corporal Jefferson
Ninth Cavalry
Short
Sixteenth Infantry
Negro
Burnside
Billingslea
Third Cavalry
Saddler Richards
Fourteenth Cavalry
Pasell
Holmes
Erickson
McGibbon
Thompson
Fifth Cavalry
Maas
Thirteenth Cavalry
Armstrong
Gosche
Miller
Hall
Thirtenth Cavalry
Torbehn
Sutter
Crichton
Rethurst
McQuillan
Liieutenant Davidson
Hayden
Fisher
Beck
H. D. Johnson
Sumner
Jones
Health and Beauty Advice From Mrs Martyn
A column of home remedies and cosmetic tips cites various products and mixtures for hair growth scalp health and skin care. Readers named Lydia Mabel P Bertha Leila Zoe and Cora H offer or request remedies including quinzoin canthrox sparmax delatone parnotis and almoroin with simple preparation steps and cautions. The item closes with an advertisement for Mrs Martyns Beauty book priced at six dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora H
Finding $308 in Drawer Eases Mexican Suspect
A $308 found in a restaurant drawer on East Commerce Street this morning calmed Lee Ben, the Chinese owner, and led to the release of a Mexican man held on suspicion of theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Commerce Street
Lee Ben
Get-IT Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
The ad touts GETS-IT as a fast, magical relief for corns warts calluses and bunions. It claims painless application in about two seconds with no removal of surrounding flesh and warns against plasters salves and razors. Sold by druggists for 25 cents or by E Lawrence & Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
WAS WAR VETERAN RICHARD TOMMINS DIES AT HOME
Richard Tommins, a Civil War veteran and once prominent San Antonio business figure, died yesterday at his home. He was among the youngest soldiers in the Confederate army near the war’s end.
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Richard Tommins
San Antonio
Stop to Investigation by City Detectives Ended
City Detectives Hanes and Krause halted their inquiry after a last night incident at police headquarters. Ben reported the disappearance of a roll of currency and a discharged employee was quickly apprehended and denied guilt. The crime scene was reexamined this morning with the money located in a drawer gap between the drawer and its frame. A telephone update led to the suspect’s release as the case moved forward with fresh scrutiny.
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Hanes
Krause
Ben
Youthful Wrinkleless Skin Remedies From Woman's Tribune
An ad-like piece promotes two simple preparations for a youthful appearance. A facial wrinkle remover mixes saxolite, hazel, and lotion to tighten sagging muscles and erase wrinkles. A nightly wax treatment uses mercorized wax as a cold cream to fade freckles and discoloration, revealing brighter skin.
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Elberta Reid
Woman’s Tribune
Obituary notes for Braun and McNealy in San Antonio
Frank Braun four year old son of Mr and Mrs Engel bert Braun died at home 116 Ruby street funeral held 3 pm at family residence Rev O Hartmann St Johns Lutheran Church officiating burial in old Lutheran Cemetery Henry P McNealy traction company employee run over by automobile on South Flores street died shortly after body sent to Kerrville this morning by Sloan Hagg undertakers funeral to be held there burial in family lot Kerrville
Tommins Rites Held For Richard Tommins At Home
The funeral for Richard Tommins age 68 from the family residence at 738 South Flores street will be conducted at 5 PM with Rev. R. L. Bates of St. Pauls Episcopal Church officiating. Active bearers include Charles Graebner Nat Washer Sam Harris J C Mangham Charles Wagner and Joe Flory. Honorary bearers listed are A W Houston Sr R L Ball Tom Brown Ernest Hart eight G Newton Thomas H Gray B J Mauermann William Fenstermaker Dan Breen William Booth Dan Sullivan Jr and G H Reynolds. Burial follows at Anchor Masonic Cemetery.
Real Estate Transfers List Shows Multiple City Lot Deals
A 1913 to 1918 file of transfers records numerous quit claims and purchases. Names include C S Green, Beacon Hill Company, T BE and E George, Ss Forsythe, Louis W Jingmann, Aurelio Arreola, Nancy E Baker, Lakeview Townsite Company, Emilia Stewart, John A OConnor, Florence J Black, William Pinn, Adolph Uhr, Robert F Uhr, Albert Wegel, Robert Simon. Properties span blocks, lots, and acres in city blocks, with prices from 10 to 6500 dollars and dates from 1911 to 1918.
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C. S. Green
William Swisher
New City
Speed Street
Beacon Hill Company
E. J. Bates
New City Block
T. BE
E. George
W. E. Appelt
Avenue B
Ss. F
Dee Forsythe
Gus J. Kray
Elmira Street
Louis W
J. Jingmann
Rosalie E. Rader
Macdona
E. A. T. W.nease
Aurelio Arreola
Nancy E. Baker
Annie Lane
South Heights
Lakeview Townsite Company
Harry F. Hiegel
C. Cc
Berry
P._C. Ballard
Florence J. C. Black
Edith McCellar
City Block
William Pinn
D. C. Shoaf
Salinas Street
Adolph
Robert F. Uhr
Albert Wegel
Robert Simon
North Hackberry Street
Lawyers prepare new suits against water company
More suits against the water company are expected to be filed in justice courts by lawyers not restrained by Judge R. H. Ward's temporary injunction from the Seventy third District Court. It is contended that Ward's interdiction applies only to the counsel named in the writ and that other lawyers may file new suits.
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Water Company
Justice Courts
R. H. Ward
Seventy-third District Court
Barret and Ramsey Obtain Marriage License
R. S. Barret and Margaret Key Ramsey secured a marriage license, formalizing their intent to wed. The couple, connected with local circles, plans a forthcoming ceremony in the community.
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R. S. Barret and
Margaret Key Ramsey
Purely American Drink The soda fountain story
The article traces the soda water and soda fountain's rise as an American invention and industry. It highlights key milestones from early carbonic acid discovery in the 16th and 18th centuries to Priestly’s first drinkable soda, then credits an American for perfecting the soda fountain apparatus that chills and dispenses carbonated water with syrups, making soda the great American beverage.
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Fourscore
L. A. Becker
Far East
Mexico
Canada
England
Paracelsus
van Helmont
Gabriel Venel
Bergman
Watt
Joseph Priestly
Leeds
Dr. Priestly
Building Permits and Hermit Legends Curious Tale
Dalxontz Brothers file repairs on North So res street for 14000 dollars. R W Hamilton plans a four room dwelling on Paul street at 850 dollars. Hermits once valued in Italy and England feature in anecdotes. Archibald Hamilton reportedly advertised for a hermit for pleasure grounds with beard shaved annually. Mark Powys offered 250 dollars a year for seven years. one man accepted but left after four years.
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Dalxontz Brothers
North Sores Street
Jackson Street
R. W. Hamilton
Paul Street
Italy
Samuel Rogers
Archibald Hamilton
Duke of Hamilton
Mark Powyss
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T. J. Crook
Black
Troop D
Mae Martyn
Katie
Lydia
Mabel P
Bertha
Laura
Leila
Zoe
Dorothy
Cones
Vatican
Rome
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta. GA
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