Vitalitas touted as earth-born liquid health aid at Wagner Drug
A streetcar overheard exchange promotes Vitalitas claiming it is a pure earth-derived liquid with no alcohol and no harmful ingredients. The ad asserts it cures indigestion rheumatism biliousness catarrh kidney ills bowel complaints eczema and various derangements of stomach liver kidneys and blood. Wagner Drug Store at 407 East Houston Street markets it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitalitas
Vitalitas Man
Wagner Drug Store
East
Houston Street
Austin Field Club blocks sale of baseball to Shreveport
The Austin Field Club voted not to sell the baseball franchise to Shreveport and agreed to buy Captain Leidy’s stock totaling 3900. A conference with stockholders Friday night is planned to settle funding. Even if Leidy sells, the club says the franchise cannot transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Austin Field Club
Shreveport
Leidy
Died William Richter Local German barber dies at 86 in San Antonio
William Richter 86 longtime San Antonio resident died at home on South Presa street after 61 years in the city. He came from Germany in 1852 and worked as a barber. Survived by two sons and five daughters, funeral at 4:30 pm from his residence with Rev. O Hartmann officiating. interment in Lutheran cemetery beside his wife. Also note: Major Daniel Gillette, Civil War veteran and former San Antonio resident, died in Reading Pennsylvania. burial in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Richter
San Antonio
South Presa Street
Richter
Old Lutheran
Adolph Richter
G. M. Johnson
Schulenburg
Tex
Mary
Alvine
Louise Richter
William Icke
Krankankassen Verein
Gillette
Edwin Chamberlain
Daniel G. Gillette
Reading
Chamberlain & Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Texas
New Orleans
Home Office
Loyal Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
New York
Fred A. Wakefield Dies at 58 After Illness
Fred A. Wakefield longtime Vaughn Lumber Company manager died yesterday at a local hotel after a two week illness. He is survived by a brother in Beaumont. Funeral services set for 4 PM at the San Antonio Undertaking Company parlors with burial in Roselawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Fred A. Wakefield
Vaughn Lumber Company
Beaumont
San Antonio Undertaking Company
Roselawn
Sister of Mrs M R Richardson Dies in Tennessee
Mrs Paul W Jones of 602 Ruiz street was notified of the death of her sister Mrs M R Richardson in Johnson City Tennessee. Mrs Richardson had visited her sister in this city about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Paul W. Jones
Ruiz Street
M. R. Richardson
Johnson City
Tenn
Old-Time Breakfast Sausage Sold In One-Pound Boxes
Union Meat Company advertises pork sausage in one pound boxes at twenty five cents per pound. The notice mentions Granitoid and Grandcrete and includes slogans The Permanent Pavements and The Taxpayers Pavements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Meat Company
Federals Defeated at Matamoros in Mexican Conflict
Reported from Guaymas harbor describes the federal collapse at Matamoros with no successful flight against the advancing federal column. General Alvero Obregon struggles to force land fighting as Ojeda continues his tested advance and retreat tactics near Naco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zerelying
Guaymas Harbor
Alvero Obregon
Ojeda
Naco
Reinforcements Said to Be on Way to Chihuahua Never Arrived
The Chihuahua Enterprise reports a federal army ordered to Chihuahua never reached the city, with three thousand government troops guarding the state and no verifiable trace of the relief column. Circulation cites claims of rebels still controlling Jimenez and ongoing railroad destruction south of Santa Rosalia as preparations to abandon the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
Mexico
Jimenez
Tomas Urbina
Santa Rosalia
Conchos River
Battle in Chihuahua state claims 400 lives
Four hundred are reported killed in a Saturday clash between Chihuahua City and Santa Rosalia. Federals under Colonel Romero and General Antonio Rojas withdrew after fighting while Constitutionalists led by Manuel Chao Posalio Hernandez and Pancho Villa pressed south toward the Mexican Central Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Romero
Antonio Rojas
Manuel Chao
Posalio Hernandez
Francisco
Pancho) Villa
Physicians to Take Civil Service Exam Tomorrow
A civil service examination will be held here tomorrow for the position of physician in the Indian service. Two applicants, overseen by local civil service secretary Miss M L Lytle, will take the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
M. L. Lytle
Indian Service
The Brilliant Stars of June and Foley’s Honey and Tar
By month end Mars Venus Saturn and Jupiter appear as morning stars Foley's Honey and Tar Compound advertised as the star medicine for coughs colds croup and whooping cough It claims to prevent bronchitis or pneumonia when taken For sale by Fischer Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Foley
Fischer Drug Co
Espada Road Blocked. Residents Demand Open Public Way
Residents south of the fourth mission complain as a fence blocks Espada road from Mission Espada to the Paso de las Callabazos crossing. The county court orders the road engineer to remove obstructions, keep the public road open, and prohibit irrigation water across the roadway, preserving a twenty vara width.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Espada
Fourth Mission
Frank R. Newton
Newton
William Cassin
Espada Road
Mission Espada
Paso de Las Callabazos
San Antonio
Commissioners’ Court
Road Talks Heard At Club Luncheon
About thirty San Antonio Automobile Club members met at the Gunter hotel for a noon luncheon and a tire-focused lecture by E. E. Rhodes of Fisk. H. O. Reuter chaired the session with C. E. Hammond urging competent engineers for highway work before any bond issue. W. V. Freeborn backed a 50 cent per horsepower auto tax to fund road maintenance and called for a central vehicle registration bureau. D. E. Colp announced a good roads meeting and barbecue on June 12 at Sutherland Springs. James Kapp received commemorative jacks from J. M. Roberts of Carter-Mullaly Transfer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Automobile Club
E. E. Rhodes
Fisk Company
H. O. Reuter
Colp
C. E. Hammond
Hammond
San Antonio
W. V. Freeborn
New Hampshire
D. E. Colp
Sutherland Springs
Auto Club
Wilson County
J. M. Roberts
Carter-Mullaly Transfer Company
James Kapp
Eight applicants seek conversion of savings deposits to bonds
Eight persons filed applications to convert savings bank deposits into United States bonds. The filing period closed yesterday. Bonds will be dated July 1 and bear 2 1 2 percent interest. Total amount in applications is 1160 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Car men at the New Royal theater delivers grand Carmen tale
The Royal presents Thanhouser three reel drama Carmen and Don Jose with Gypsy outlaw plot and jealous murder. Tomorrow Keystone comedy Toplitsky and company plus A Texas Feud and On the Border offer varied fare including a San Antonio produced American film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Royal
New Royal Theater
Carmen
Thanhouser
Don Jose
Mercedes
Toplitsky and Company
Keystone Players
Reliance
San Antonio
Country Store feature at Grand Opera House
Last night’s big feature at the Grand Opera House was the Country Store drawing a large, enthusiastic audience with no dull moments. Tonight’s feature is Baby Dolores in classic dances, a wunder child who has won the hearts of patrons. Garnett Raymond offers new songs as three picture previews complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Dolores
Garnett Raymond
Found Dead in Alley Jacob Schwartz Suicide Verdict
Jacob Schwartz aged 34 was found dead with a bullet through his head in an alley between 224 and 226 Rusk street at 8:45 last night. A 45 caliber revolver with an empty cartridge lay beside the body. Coroner Campbell ruled death a suicide after inquest. He had come from Oklahoma City a year ago and boarded at 305 Water street. Surviving relatives include two Palmer, Texas brothers and a sister in Evansville, Indiana. Waters Undertaking Company holds the body pending relatives’ advices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Schwartz
Rusk Street
Campbell
Schwartz
Oklahoma City
Water Street
Waters Undertaking Company
Palmer
Texas
Evansville
Ind
Defendants Held on Obscene Mail Charges
Santos Valdez and Cecelio Vigguez were arrested Saturday and charged with sending obscene matter through the mails. They waived preliminary hearing and were remanded to jail in default of $500 bonds. A motor truck was built recently by prison labor at Sing Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos Valdez
Cecelio Vigguez
United States
John L. Dibrell
R. L. Edwards
Sing Sing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alamo Plaza
Cap Leidy
Hicks’ Capudine
H.C. Rees Optical Co
W. Commerce St
Southwestern Supply Company
South Flores Street
Travis
Matamoros
Federal Army
Beethoven Hall
Lorena Huntress
Hulda Baetz
Roy E. Hawk
Thomas Rhomberg
Luther Bickett
Normandy
Frederick Verrell
Espada Highway
Automobile Club
Pongee
John Williams
Maverick Hotel Bldg
Selz
Billie Burke
Ruby
Woolworth
W. & G. Shoe Company’s
Selz Royal Blue’ Store
Blum
Grand Opera House
W. C. Linden
Bexar County
Andres Coy Jr
Linden
Nelson Lytle
Robert G. Harris
Judge Linden
Clinton G. Brown
Crockett
The
Lone Star Brewing Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!