Regular and social events around San Antonio area
A rundown of dances and social gatherings at Electric Park and nearby venues including Harriman System Federation dances, Diaz Sisters music, and Kohr teaching. a Temple Beth El outing at Exposition Park with 100 plus attendees. Hood's Brigade reunion at Calvert. Dixie Social Club dance on Flores Street. and local preaching, promotions, and humane society notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman System Federation
Elec
Park
Diaz
Ladies Ree
Temple Beth-El
Exposition Park
Dixie Social Club
Dixie Social Hall
South Flores Street
Harmless Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promotion
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a safe solution for darkening and brightening hair, claiming sulfur supports color and vitality. The ad urges purchase of a fifty cent bottle from W. Co. Kalteyer and guarantees refund if not as described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth Chemical Company of
New York
Wyeth
W. Co. Kalteyer
Mrs Miller Expected To Leave Hospital Soon
Morning report notes the operation was dangerous but Mrs Miller is expected to be discharged in a few days from the hospital.
Poultry Men Meet in Large Lone Star Association Session
One of the best attended Lone Star Poultry association meetings was held last night at the Chamber of Commerce. More than sixty members attended and discussed plans for future work and bringing the 1913 national convention to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
National Association
San Antonio
San Antonio Fair Seeks 75000 Bond to Save Property
Trustees press for donations to complete a 75000 bond issue to buy back the fair site from receivership and keep it for future expositions. About 45000 had been subscribed. if the full sum isn’t raised by July 4 subscriptions cancel, risking sale to creditors. Campaign head John B. Carrington and volunteers push small-amount appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
John B. Carrington
Fair Trustees
Franz Groos
Sam Harris
Claude Springall
T. M. Watson
Frank James
Emil Frank
Simon Frank
Dock O. Terrell
Wallace Newton
Homer Jones
L. A. Casey
Leon Goodman
Railroad tariff amended for lignite coal to San Antonio
The Texas railroad commission amended its commodity tariff on lignite coal at the request of the International and Great Northern Railway. A new rate of 1.24 dollars per ton applies to coal in car loads from Minera Cannes and San Jose to San Antonio via Rio Grande and Hidalgo Pass and International and Great Northern. Effective June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
International & Great Northern Railway
Rio Grande & Hagle Pass
International & Great Northern
Minera, Cannes
San Jose
San Antonio
Mrs Duncan Leaves for Old Home Tonight
Widow of Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan departs San Antonio for Harrisburg Pennsylvania with her daughter Mrs R P Palmer and Lieutenant Palmer to reside with her parents at 1631 North Front street. She aided her husband through frontier life and was viewed as the real officer of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Palmer
Palmer
J. W. Duncan
Joseph W. Duncan
Department of Texas
Harrisburg
J. B. Keefer
North Front Street
Duncan
Mrs. Duncan
First Swim of Year Opens Pool to Newsboys
Newsboys flooded the city pool this morning as the YMC A opened the first Summer invasion for the season. At 11 o clock the crowd lined up for the inaugural plunge and hours of splashing followed under supervision to prevent injuries. The event begins the weekly Newsboy Days every Thursday during summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
Tanenbaum
Newsies
Texas railroad chiefs discuss car interchange bill
About fifteen members of the Association of General Managers of Texas railroads met at the St Anthony to discuss a proposed bill in the Texas legislature changing the system of interchanging cars. The officials withheld details while signaling the importance of the issue for the rail network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Managers of
Texas Railroads
Association of General Managers of Texas Railroads
St. Anthony
Texas
Gipsy Lady Arthur Grosvenor Plans New Gypsy Tour
Lady Arthur Grosvenor wife of the Duke of Westminster's second son and daughter of the late Sir Herbert Shedd readies a fresh gypsy tour under the name Sarah Lee. She will hawk baskets from a painted cart on remote English roads with a Licensed Hawker inscription and begins in the third week of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
Herbert Shedd
London
Sarah Lee
Meeting of association to determine member views plans bill
A two session meeting adjourned to August in Dallas to appoint a committee to draft a bill. Attendees include D B Keller H A Gausewitz O M Colstein W N Neff J W Robins H Martin J H Hill W C Jones T M Murphy L W Wells J M Killian W G Crush and J W Thompson from various railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
D.B. Keller
Fort Worth
Denver City
O. M. Colstein
Denver
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad
Galveston
T. M. Murphy
Association
L. W. Wells
Texas Midland Railroad
J. M. Killian
Stephenville
North & South Texas Railroad
W. G. Crush
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad of Texas
Texas Central
Addition
J. W. Thompson
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railroad
H. J. Bluitt Honored by Local 33 Union
H. J. Bluitt, president of Local 33 of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union, received a watch fob from members last night to show their regard and appreciation for his service as an officer. L. W. Phillips presented the gift on behalf of the membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Bluitt
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
Bluitt
L. W. Phillips
Atkinson Visited Macdona With Superintendent Anderson
A. R. Atkinson district freight and passenger agent for the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad returned this morning from Macdona where he joined Superintendent Anderson to oversee the transfer of some freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
City
A. R. Atkinson
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad
Macdona
Anderson
Proteus Carries Texans to New Orleans Destination
The Southern Pacific steamer Proteus from New York to New Orleans arrived in New Orleans this morning with many passengers headed to Texas points, none to San Antonio. The vessel also carried considerable freight bound for Eastern Texas locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proteus
Southern Pacific
New York
New Orleans
Texas
San Antonio
Local Judge Defeats Logic in Western Court
In a western state a pompous older African American judge, elected by a political ploy, issues an absurd ruling. A lawyer asks for why the ruling stands and the judge responds with a comic mispronunciation of law, saying grounds of cose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darky
Four Children Drown in Well Near Merle Caldwell
In Caldwell Texas a house fire near Merle killed four children and left their mother unconscious. Neighbors found the family in a well as they checked the blaze. the husband was two miles away at the time. Jewelry and a money purse were recovered at the scene. The mother remains unconscious.
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Associated Press
Caldwell
Tex
aAn
John Levinsky
Merle
Apache Bill Favored in Senate Action
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee recommended Senator Gore's bill to allow Apache prisoners of war held at Fort Sill to return to the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in New Mexico, advancing them toward freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Fort Sill
Okla
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Gore
New Mexico
Katy Stock Cars Stock cars ordered for cattle movement
The Katy railroad will add 300 stock cars to handle the increased cattle shipments from Texas. The order aims to support the surge in live cattle transportation statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Texas
Katy Railroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Texas Deague
Electric Badd Park
Waco
Morris Block & Co
East Houston Street
Hot Wells
Quality Picture
Rothskeller
the Plaza Orchestra
Grand Opera House
Motion Pictures
de Luxe
Salvador Santaella
Edmund Wheelahan
Citizen’s League
Bexar County
37Th District Court
M. 8. Anderson
57Th District Court
R. B. Minor
Claude V. Birkhead
Clinton G. Brown
Andres Coy, JR
James R. Davis
John H. Clark
Frank R. Newton
John W
E. P. Tschirhart
J. K. Lamm
Charles K. Gutzeit
A. H. Rische
Henry Meyer
Chester H. Terrell
D. A. McAskill
Bernard Schwegmann SR
Otto Wahrmund
Union Painless Dentists
Commerce Street
Fate
Joe Gant
Ofton Bldg
W. C. Hirzel
Fontes
Rawlins Colquitt
George B. Taliaferro
Muth
Kohr
Electric Park
Sureddin Hicks
Bexar County Mumane Society
Mackay Building
E. M Collins
Pr. Baldwin
Gunter
John Berry
St. Louis
Albert von Hoffman
Berry
B. G. AtLee
Gibbs
San Antonio Humane Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
Hood's Brigade
Hood
Texas Brigade
Calvert
Drs
Expo Park
C. E. Tinkham
Moore Building
New Braunfels and
Mason Street
Pentecostal Chapel
Government Hill
Leonard Baker
10 Fair's Aid
West Commores Street
H.C. Rees
Wright Bros
Main Avenue
Fred Hummert Y
ING Wald PF. Fated and. Amituns
Commerce
Hillyer - Deutsch-Jarratt Company
Hillyer Deutschjarratt Company
Sap
Fox Studios Co
Alamo Plaza
Frank Bros
Old Home
Pennsylvania
Pressmen’s Union
Charles Rees
The
Rees
Orpheum Theater
Comm Street
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
West C
Commerce “Street
Brackenridge
Caroline
Geo. W
Leroy G. Denman
Edwin Chamberlain
Ford Herff Sr
T. B. A. Tilker
E. A. Stribling
Androgk
Newton, Weller & Wagner Company
Commerce St
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