Foxhall Keene Replaces Whitney as Polo Captain
New York June 26 A near whole new polo quartet for the international cup defense next week is approved by players and enthusiasts. Foxhall Keene replaces Harry Payne Whitney as captain with Whitney’s consent citing illness and poor form. The Waterbury brothers and riders Lee Stoddard and Malcolm Stevenson join the lineup with no hard feelings.
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New York
Foxhall Keene
Harry Payne Whitney
Whitney
Polo Committee
Keene
Wall Street
Waterbury’ Brothers
Lee Stoddard
Malcolm Stevenson
Cure for Lung Trouble Promised by Open Air and Eggs and Milk
An 1908 testimonial claims open air and abundant eggs and milk restore lung health. The report recommends Eckman’s Alterative if improvement stalls, citing a Wilmington, Delaware case where a man recovered after using the tonic. The ad promotes Eckman Laboratory materials and lists local druggists and a Philadelphia address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Wilmington
Del
C. A. Lippincott
Lippincott & Co
Market Street
Eckmann
Jas, Squires
A. M. Fischer
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Corpus Beach Hotel Advertises Fireproof Comforts
The Corpus Beach Hotel promotes itself as strictly fireproof with full conveniences and a cool setting on Corpus Christi Bay offering strong vacation inducements. European plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Beach
Corpus Christi Bay
Schofield School for Girls Holds Commencement Week
The Schofield School for Girls at Mountain Terrace closed its fourth year with outdoor campus dramatics, a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W. P. Dickey at the Presbyterian Church, diploma awards, and field day exercises. Friends and patrons attended the week’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Tex
Schofield School For Girls
Mountain Terrace
W. P. Dickey
Presbyterian Church
Miss Schofield
Paint Now If Your Property Needs It
A vintage advert urges property owners to paint now, splitting the job into paint and work. It claims paint costs about two fifths and work three fifths, warns delays hurt, and notes men expect small earnings while mispricing the job. Moody & Harmann sell DEVOE paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DEVOE
Moody& Harmann
Local residents amazed by Adler-i-Ka remedy results
In San Antonio residents report quick relief from sour stomach gas and constipation after using Adler-i-Kka mixed with buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. Druggist H. L. Wagner of Hicks Building says the simple remedy antisepticizes the digestive system and draws off impurities with a single dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler-i-Kka
H. L. Wagner
Hicks Building
San Antonio School Board Hears Bond Plans and Reforms
The San Antonio school board extended its meeting into midnight while reviewing bond issues, building projects, and curriculum changes. Proposals include a $300,000 bond issue, adding home economics, reinstating drawing and music, plus calisthenics, and taking over two kindergartens with Mothers Clubs aiding grading and civics.
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San Antonio
Alamo
Lincoln Heights
Stewart
J. A. Cook
Eli Hertzberg
Casswell Ellis
The
State University
Emma Pirie
Elsie M. Jonas
San Antonio Kindergarten Association
Principals Elected for Summer School Sites
The board elected principals for summer schools at Schools 10 18 3 11 and Cuney School for negro children to run six week sessions from 8 30 to 12 30 to help pupils raise grades. Teachers to be elected later from about 200 applicants. Additional re election of numerous ward and specialized teachers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Ellis
Lukin
Bowie School
Bowie
Cuney
Garden Street
Kate Colding
Austin Street
J. K. Harris
Prospect Hill
Mery Ross
Laurel Heights
M. A. Cochran
Eli Hertzberg
Main Avenue High School
Williams
W. D
Johnston
Marshall
Jones
Anna
Mackenson
Bernard
Morey
Elizabeth
Pessels
Constance
Pfeiffer
Otto A
Symington
Edith
Baskin
Janie
Caine
Mrs
W. P
Comack
M. A
Dawson
Nannie
Gibbons
Adah
Gohmert
Lillie
Johnson
Ora
Lancaster
Louise
McNeill
Bessie
Mitchell
Leonora
Nance
Jessie Wood
Newton
Lucy
Rait
Smith
Sidney C
Moore
Viola
Morgan
Gladys
Richmond
Stone
Ella
Underwood
Georgia
Woltersdorf
Wright
Jennie
Ward
Huff
T. P
Arnold
C. A
Harris
J. K
Emelie
Cook
J. A
Colding
Kate
Tynan
Lizzie
Knox
W. J
King
Sarah
Mildred
Hirsch
Herman
Schenck
Berry
Benita
Nelson
Mollie K
Crain
Ada N
Huppertz
Mary
Hinton
C. J
Emrie
Mera
Minnie L
Steele
Laura
Barks
Margaret
Lachapelle
Bakeey
Adams
Sarah D
Virginia
Adkins
Ruby
Andrews
Annie
Applewhite
Susie
Armbrust
Baetz
Helen
Beal
Nellie
Bass
Ivy R
Beatty
Mary W
Bell
Lillie C
Bergen
Mae E
Black
Katherine
Blumberg
Minnie
Bkeattler
Clara
Bradford
Crawford
Essie L
Crowell
Cunningham
Josephine
Davis
Florence
Donecker
Della
Frances
Donoho
Agnes
Dugger
Mabel
Durrett
Duval
Hazel
Elkel
Linda
Ellison
Guasie
Stella
Faber
Johanna
Felder
Fischer
Edna
Fuller
Nora
Martha
Garnner
Gould
Nathalie
Graves
Lillian
Grothaus
Emily
Julia
Halbed
Mamie
Hall
Susan
Hanna
Gertrude
Hargrove
Harrison
Hatch
Josie
Heilig
Irma
Higgins
Hilliard
Ruth
Camille
S. B
Jonas
Beauty Recipes by Mme O Mike Report
An old column promotes Mother’s Shampoo as a standout product for clean scalp and glossy hair. It also gives at home tips to remove unwanted hair with delatone, and a magatone and witch hazel lotion to keep skin clear and prevent shine, freckles and sunburn.
Get-IT Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
A bold advertisement touts GETS-IT as a revolutionary corns remedy. It claims no fuss or pain and promises quick, lasting relief for stubborn corns, urging readers to try this new plan.
Let the People Own the Corporations
A letter advocates sharing corporate ownership with the public through Harbor City Terminal Corporation. It promotes a $500 000 stock issue with $100 shares, offering free lots in Harbor City and Ingleside with each share and $10 monthly payments. Contact 333 Alamo Plaza, Mr. Ford for details.
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Harbor City Terminal Corporation
Harbor City
Ingleside
Alamo Plaza
Ford
A. D. Powers
Names of Students and Faculty in German Spanish and Manual Departments
A roster lists numerous individuals across German Spanish and Manual training, including Emma Gutzelt Helen Garelsen Emilia Holzapfel Grace Cory Eugenia Richter Leiler Vogel Olga in German. Esther Perez and Concha Chapa in Spanish. N S Hundsdon Walter Arnitt Fred Fox L W Uhr Adolph Leigsner Roys Henry R Deams Roy L Threadgill Ernest in Manual training. with supervision and teaching staff across Domestic science Drawing Primary and High school departments and principal and grade teacher listings. The document enumerates many teachers and students, reflecting names for departmental and school assignments.
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Nes
Jones
Marguerite
Josey
Carrie
Keen
Florence
Kimbrough
Kyler
Martha
Lackey
Etta
Laird
Fannie
Larkin
Jennie
Lara
Callie
Lockwood
Jean
Loesaberg
Lizzie
Lewis
Effie
Maetze
Pauline
Maney
Bessie
Bird
Mann
Mary E
Marshall
Nettie
Martin
Edna
Mason
Charcilla
Matthews
Kate
Roberta
Miller Jackson
Mack
Elizabeth
Moore
Julia
Morgan
Morton
Winnifred
Motha
Lillian
Moynahan
Musgrave
Mrs
Billa
Massey
Laura
Myers
Sadye
McCulloch
Lo Leet
McCurdy
Audrey
McGehee
Mary Davis
McKenzie
Addie
Mary Belle
McNeil
Edna V
MccNelly
Irene
Navarro
Genevieve
Neal
Elma
Letitia
Pirie
Eva
Baer
Rachel
McHugo
Nora
Shield
Beulah
Polk
Jeanie
Presaley
Ruth
Preston
Ellen
Provines
L. C
Puckett
Rameey
Annie
Riesenecker
Lora
Ripley
F. M
Reeves
Mabel
Roark
Hattie
Robinson
Josephine
Mary Esther
Maude
Ress
Edith M
Ross
Mary F
Stella
Russell
Texas
Krussey
Mamie
Ryan
Charlotte
Sadler
Jasmine
Saunders
Eileen
Varina
Scheftelman
Rebecca
Schmidt
Scholz
Olga
Schroeder
Schweppe
Emma
Ida
Scott
Mary
Nancy
Shook
Clive
Skinner
Smith
Virginia
Spoor
A. J
Mildred
Stein
Stephenson
Sterling
Evelyn
Stern
Toba
Storm
Ollie
Stovall
Stratton
Strittmatter
Taaffe
Talbot
Arda
Thomason
Tip
Tiner
Minnie
Toland
Rose
van Riper
M. E
Vinson
Brice
Voight
Delia
Walker
Millie H
Way
Webb
Weibling
Angie
Beesie May
Wescott
Emma C
West
Ida Bess
White
Viola
Wideman
Mae
Willcox
Ethel
Williams
Rhoana
Willams
Nettle K
Williamson
Rowena
Sarah
Wilson
Lee
Wimberly
Alyce
Wright
Pearl
Yeamans
Winthrop
Alice
Camille
Young
Gutzelt
Garelsen
Helen
Holzapfel
Emilia
Cory
Grace
Junck
Eugenia
Richter
Leiler
Vogel
Perez
Esther
Chapa
Concha
Jimenez
Marie
Campbell
Eleanor
DeHam
J. A
Pena
Carlota
Hundsdon
N. S
Arnitt
Walter
Hofstetter
Fred
Fox
L. W
Uhr
Adolph
Leigsner
Roys
Henry R
Deams
Roy L
Threadgill
Ernest
Emma E
Jonas
Elsie M
Gibbs
Hughes
Sue
Millen
Andrews
Browne
Betty
Ellis
Avalonta
Harbert
R. B
Miller
Griesenbeeck
Mia
Ula
Lytle
W. M
Maynard
B. K
Marie B
Nunley
Ida G
Patterson
Petit
Cynthia
Roberts
P. F
Tucker
P. W
Turner
Bettle E
G. W
W. B
Yebby
Lily J
Gates
Sam R
Mexican Laborers Strike at Elgin Brick Plants
Mexican workers at the Elgin Butler Brick and Tile Company and the Standard Brick Company began a general strike demanding eight hours at the ten hour rate. Over 100 Mexicans arrived to seek cotton-field jobs as threats of violence target remaining workers, while white and black laborers continue work unless interference occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Tex
Elgin Butler Brick and Tile Company
Standard Brick Company
Bond debate shapes proposed city bond issue at conference
At a meeting with Mayor Brown city officials and Chamber of Commerce representatives the panel discussed a 3.5 million bond plan. Brown urged careful consideration of Chamber recommendations while noting issues over fire equipment funding and street openings. Council to reexamine at today’s adjourned session with no final action taken.
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Brown
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Ground
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Charles Graebner
San Antonio
Fair Grounds
L. J. Hart
Fred W. Cook
J. H. Kirkpatrick
T. L. Conroy
8. B. Weller
Granitoid and Grandcrete. The Permanent Pavements.
A brief discussant notes two pavement materials, granitoid and grandcrete, under the heading The Permanent Pavements and The Taxpayers Pavements. The excerpt suggests a focus on road surface choices and urban infrastructure concerns. It presents a compact summary of materials considered for durable streets and taxpayer impact.
Becker Seeks New Trial In Becker Murder Case
Charles Becker a police lieutenant on death row at Sing Sing asked the New York Supreme Court yesterday for a new trial on four grounds. He claimed new evidence, verdict against law and weight of testimony, juror Sam Haas visiting a dentist twice, and justice demands a new trial. Justice Goff presided. the court did not rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Becker
Hermann Rosenthal
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Sam H. Haas
Justice Goff
Becker
Frank A. Moss
New Principal Elected in Smithville High School
SMITHVILLE Texas June 6 Prof J K Barry of Waco was elected principal of the high school at a school board meeting last night Miss Endora Shepherd of Sweetwater was elected teacher of Latin and English
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Tex
J. K. Barry
Waco
Endora Shepherd
Sweetwater
Crops in Good Condition Reported in San Augustine County
Crops in San Augustine County Tex are in better condition and farmers are farther ahead than in previous years with increased acreage in cotton and corn. Local reports note improvements across the county and rising yields expected as the growing season progresses.
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San Augustine
Tex
Jane 5
Corpus Christi Board Bans Bay Structures
Corpus Christi officials pass a sweeping ordinance barring any pier wharf bath-house or similar structure over the bay within city limits with severe penalties for violations The move follows a state attorney general ruling that bayfront land under water belongs to the public and not private owners The city aims to clear unsightly wharves and erect a two hundred foot palm lined boulevard to beautify the waterfront for residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Corpus Christi Bay
Attorney General's Department
Bay Front
Houston
Foley Kidney Pills End Back Pain
Katherine L Norton of New Bedford Massachusetts reports severe back pain and burning relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. She says the pain subsided and she felt invigorated and recommends the remedy for backache rheumatism lumbago and kidney bladder ailments. Sold by Fischer Drug Co.
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Katherine L. Norton
New Bedford
Mass
Foley
Fischer Drug Co
Old-Time Breakfast Sausage Sold in One-Pound Boxes
Union Meat Company advertises breakfast pork sausage in one pound boxes at twenty five cents per pound. Customers are told to place orders with their butcher or grocer.
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Union Meat Company
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Adolph Herff
Charles Schreiner
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John T. Wilson
Sam C. Bell
Foxhall Keene 10
Capudine
Adole Hicks
Toric Kryptok
Doyle-Bridger Optical
West Commerce ST
Schofield School
Steves & Sons
Sunset
Mugh
Mme. O'Mike
Hostetter
Bond
Athletic Union
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Blum
E. Houston St
Corpus City Council
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Shipping Department
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