Provincial Legislature Prorogued After Three Month Session
Victoria B C June 1 A prohibition bill that would ban liquor sales in bars stores and clubs after June 1 1917 and a referendum on woman suffrage plus extending the vote to overseas service men are among key measures passed as the provincial legislature prorogued after a three month session Plan your vacation at Sutherland Springs Hotel and Park opens Sunday June 4.
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Victoria
B. C
Sutherland Springs
Full Committee to Hear All Contests at Coliseeum Chicago
The full national committee will hear all sixty two delegate contests for the June 7 Republican convention. Smoot moves sub committees to draft opinions after each decision. Virginia’s seat allotment case goes to the delegation. Catt arrives as suffrage plank plans gain pace with Borah to introduce the measure.
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Coliseum
Chicago
Ill
Smoot
Virginia
Warren
Texas
Hilles
C. A. Rawson
Iowa
Albert R. Cummins
Paul N. Furman
Harrisburg
M. G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
John W. McGrath
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Utah
Hughes
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
William E. Borah
Idaho
Republican Party
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Elect Officers At Close
The twenty second annual Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association convention adjourned after electing officers for the next year. Charles DuBose of Dallas was named president, Co C Littleton of Fort Worth vice president, Major Robert Gibson of Dallas secretary for life, J A Underwood of Honey Grove treasurer, and John W Allison of Dallas bureau of publicity chair.
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Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association
Charles DuBose
Dallas
Co. C. Littleton
Fort Worth
Robert Gibson
Life
J. A. Underwood
Honey Grove
John W. Allison
Bureau of Publicity
Thomas E. Dearborn
Uniform Boiler Law Society
I. Jalonick
Oil Millers’ Insurance Bureau
T. C. Weinert
Austin
B.W. Couch
Obituary for Guadalupe Rodriguez Salsido
Guadalupe Rodriguez Salsido, eighteen, died at 7 a.m. at 415 Milam Street. She is survived by her husband. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Friday from the residence, with interment in San Fernando Cemetery.
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Guadalupe Rodriguez Salsido
Milam Street
San Fernando Cemetery
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment Ad
A brief dealer advertisement for Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment with two phone numbers. The fragment also includes a humorous note about John Drew and a barber shop anecdote from the New York Telegraph, reflecting light society items from Grammercy Park.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
John Drew
Grammercy Park
Mr. Drew
Tree
Los Angeles
Sir Herbert
New York Telegraph
Shackleton's Antarctic Crossing Attempt Declared a Failure
London June 1 a new message from Sir Ernest Shackleton reports the Endurance was crushed by ice and sank after early 1915 impassable weather. He saved all men and some stores then reached the Falklands and later South Georgia while most of the party remained marooned on Elephant Island awaiting rescue.
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London
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
Endurance
Ernest
Sir Ernest
South Georgia
Elephant Island
Factional Fights Erupt at Arkansas Democratic Convention
At the Arkansas state Democratic convention two factional fights dominated the floor. J S Yarnell of White county won a central convention district seat over F F Kitchens of Helena. A constitutional amendment to extend two year terms to four with recall was favorably reported and expected to be adopted.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Central Convention Committee
First Judicial District
J. S. Yarnell
White County
F. F. Kitchens
Helena
George Hayes
Bank Holiday Closing Notice in San Antonio Banks
Bank holiday observes Jefferson Davis Birthday and Preparedness Day on Saturday June 3. The undersigned San Antonio Clearing House Association banks will be closed including City National, Alamo National, D Sullivan & Co, San Antonio National, Lockwood National, Groos National, Frost, D and A Oppenheimer, National Bank of Commerce, State National, Commercial State, Central Trust, Guaranty State, Commonwealth Bank and Trust.
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Jefferson Davis
San Antonio Clearing House Association
City National Bank
Alamo National Bank
D. Sullivan & Co
San Antonio National Bank
Lockwood National Bank
Groos National Bank
Frost National Bank
D. & A. Oppenheimer
National Bank of Commerce
State National Bank
Commercial State Bank
Central Trust Co
Guaranty State Bank
Commonwealth Bank & Trust
United States Consulate Reopens in Mexico City
The U S consulate in Mexico City reopens with J W Rowe in charge after a two year closure. General Benjamin Hill is notified that foreigners not obeying price orders for commodities face deportation. Native merchants found overcharging may be sent to Tres Marias and the death penalty set aside.
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Galveston
Tex
Mexico City
J. W. Rowe
Benjamin Hill
Tres Marias
Palm Beach Mohair and Silk Suits at Cost
Ad offers mohair and silk suits at 60c for expenses with 1000 suits left in all colors and sizes. Extra pants and silk suits priced $4.00 to $6.25. Address Harry Hummel 333 West Commerce St Kampmann Building. Various local ads and notes follow including a gambling case dismissal and milk thief arrest.
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Palm Beach
Palm Beaches
Harry. Hummel
West Commerce St
Kampmann Bidg
President Wilson Leads Preparedness Parade in Washington
President Wilson to march on foot with the preparedness parade on Flag Day June 14 and later review the procession and deliver an address. He also declined a Dallas engagement citing duties in Washington. A Love Riot leads Triangle Keystone lineup with three domestic tragedies in one block. Grand screens Billie Burke romance chapters three and four detailing Gloria Stafford’s life span.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Dallas Press Club
Dallas
Triangle Keystone
Billie Burke
Gloria Stafford
Gloria
Palm Beach
Silver Threads Among the Gold at Don Ton Park Tonight
Richard Jose’s comedy drama draws large crowds at Don Ton Park and ends tonight. Tomorrow Ella Hall and Robert Leonard star in a five reel feature The Crippled.
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Richard Jose
Don Ton Park
Dainty
Ella Hall
Robert Leonard
Park Delights San Antonio Audience With Song and Scene
Hand. Smith's San Antonio Band and Mme. Alicia Petitelerc draw loud applause at every show. Don Ton Park has passed the experimental stage and proves a pronounced success. Its location on the San Antonio river offers a cool, delightful evening setting. Fare to New York and back is $84.15 via New Orleans and steamer Southern Pacific.
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Smith
San Antonio
Mme
Alicia Petitelerc
Don Ton Park
New York
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Isnt a loaf always bread a college bred joke
A family dinner tale contrasts a minister’s praise of college bred with a four years loaf pun. A physician’s note about medicine carrying devices hints at a cane with a tubular metal slide to hold vials.
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Robert
James
Papa
Mr. Brown
Amusements at Princess Theater and Grand Opera House
Almont Dumont and Coe present refined comedy at the Princess with Lillian Dumont on piano and Ed Coe as a blackface comic. Almont claims inventions like the septaphone. Acts include Kewannee Kanana Japs and Dixie Harris. Grand offers Good Bill with The Moral Fabric drama at the Grand Opera House starring Frank Mills.
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Princess
Almont
Dumont
Coe
Lillian Dumont
Ed Coe
al Almont
Dixie Harris
Carver
Jamison
Grand Opera House
Thomas H. Ince
Frank Mills
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Bexar Social Club
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W. O. W. Hall
Willett’s
Horace E Wilson
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O'Connell Loan Co
E. Houston
W. G. Schuwirth & Co
W. Commerce St
Crockett
Wright Bros
Bedell
Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Co
Lowther
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Welch
F. Carl and
Jm. Ward
Bedell Building
Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Dulling Printing Co
J. W. Caruthers
Brown
Murer
Bock
Brady
Young & Ramsey
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A. Y. M.A. Jienic
Koehler Park
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Memphis
Oxfords
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