Three Texas customs districts to shrink to three
Frank Rabb of Laredo, A H Evans of Eagle Pass, and R F E Latimer of Port Arthur face loss of office as five districts merge into three. The new San Antonio district will span Brownsville to North Texas, with Rabb and Evans in contention for the head post, while Secretary McAdoo weighs the final recommendation.
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Washington, D. C
Frank Rabb
Laredo
A. H. Evans
Eagle Pass
R. F E. Latimer
Port Arthur
Texas Customs
Treasury Department
San Antonio
Brownsville
North Texas
Rabb
Dr. Evans
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Sheppard
Culberson
Wilson
Taredo
G&ner
Ball Game Scheduled Between Invincibles and City Hall Aquerors
The Invincibles and City Hall Aquerors will play an all ball match Saturday at 4:30 PM at League Park. A crowd from both buildings is expected and refreshments will be served. Last of Courthouse Invincibles defeat.
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Courtuse Invincibles
City Hall
League Park
Bothuildings
Courthouse Invincibles
Local notices and ads clutter city life in fragmentary issue
A kaleidoscope of brief items shows wedding invitations, dance events, legal notices, and business ads. Mentions include a Dixie shirtwaist dance at the W O W hall on June 10, calls for audi ence and admission, lawyers and loan firms, a delayed trial for 45 huckster wagon drivers, and a postponed injunction hearing in a Carnegie Library case.
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Dixie Shirtwaist
W. O. W. Hall
Willett Orchestra
Lowther
R. A. Campbell
Carnegie Library
G. Tayloe
Paving discussion at Starr Heights meeting. classes in German offered
The Starr Heights Improvement Club to discuss paving East Houston Street and New Braunfels Avenue at 8 pm Friday at Bonham Street School. Public notices include German language classes for public school credits, jewelry and coffee ads, and Sam Houston Camp No. 55 W O W reporting 25 new applications and seven initiations with aid appeals and a tribute to Boerne Woodmen’s June picnic.
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S. Alamo St
Starr Heights
Sam Houston Camp No. 55
Boerne
Corpus Christi votes July 8 on $150000 paving bonds
City council authorizes July 8 election to issue $150,000 bonds for continuing paving and bluff improvements. Leading property owners oppose while many laborers favor the measure. The dispute signals a heated community debate ahead, with local figures mobilizing for and against the bond issue.
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Corpus Christi Council
Corpus Christi
Tex
Obituary notices for De Kolf Wishert and Brahman released
A D De Kolf 36 died in a hospital at 8 35 Thursday. He was born in New Jersey and lived in El Paso before moving to San Antonio. Survived by his widow of El Paso. Body sent to El Paso for burial by Shelley Loring. J H Wishert 57 died at 4 in a San Antonio hospital. Native Texan from Helena. Survived by father R A Wishert of Alabama. Body sent to Helena for burial by Sloan Hagg. Otto Brahman 25 died at 9 55 Thursday in San Antonio. Native of Rosanky. Survived by father mother and several siblings of Spring Prairie. Burial sent to Spring Prairie Friday night by Pierce Robinson.
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A.D. de Kolf
A. D. de Kolf
New Jersey
el Paso
San Antonio
de Kolf
Fl Paso
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
J. H. Wishert
Mr. Wishert
Helena
R. A. Wishert
Alabama
Tex
Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company
Otto Brahman
Rosanky
Spring Prairie
Pierce-Robinson Undertaking Company
Miss Mildred Moss Dies in San Antonio Hospital
Miss Mildred Louise Moss aged 23 died at 3 30 Friday morning in a San Antonio hospital. A Pennsylvania native, she moved to Oklahoma for health reasons several years ago. She is survived by her parents and several brothers and sisters of Chelsea, Oklahoma. The body, with her mother, will be sent to Chelsea Friday night for burial by Pierce Robinson Undertaking Co.
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Mildred Louise Moss
San Antonio
Pennsylvania
Chesela
Okla
Pierce-Robinson Undertaking Company
Promising and Performing in Chicago Politics
In Chicago a municipal campaign scene shows a grocer rebuffing a politician who asks for support. The grocer, after saying he has promised to another candidate, jokes that promising and performing differ. He then offers a promise to the politician, highlighting political theater.
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Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Infant Mortality Up Again in May in San Antonio
May saw 64 infant deaths under one year in San Antonio, up from 47 in April, while total deaths rose to 167 from 51. Births were 113 with 106 white and 7 Negro babies. Mortality under one year: Mexicans 47, Negroes 4, others 13. under two years: Mexicans 12, Negroes 1, others 2. The main age group deaths were 30 to 40 years, with 26 cases.
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San Antonio
Board of Health
D. W. McGee
Texans Expect Federal Aid for Flood Controls
Washington dispatch reports Representative Benjamin G. Humphreys of Mississippi, chairing the flood control committee, anticipates federal aid for Texas flood projects in the Brazos and Colorado river valleys. He notes Senate action on Culberson's amendment for a Brazos river survey to assess need and cost, with conferees likely to keep it. Approval hinges on a formal engineers’ recommendation and Congressional action.
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Washington
D. C
Texas
Benjamin G. Humphreys
Mississippi
Humphrey
Brazos
Colorado River
Mumphreys
Culberson
Brazos River
Senate
Humphreys
Congress
Visitors register at San Antonio hotels in 1920s era notes
Patagonian guest C C Sanders stays at the Menger alongside D DPD Moss of Encinal and W D Stoore of Port Lavaca. J M Hawkins from New Orleans and H DP Dawe of Houston register at St. Anthony and Gunter. E F Martinez of Laredo plus E F Smith of Houston appear at the Menger. J Herzog of St Louis, J H O'Flynn of Houston, J Curran of Dallas and M rs W T Smith of Galveston tenants and visitors occupy Gunter St Anthony Menger. Also A Vinson of Augusta Maine stops at the Menger and T E Stanley of Waterbury Conn at the Gunter. A coroner’s inquest is hinted in a joke about a York County farmer and a prehistoric bone find on Jim White’s farm.
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W. D. Stoore
Port Lavaca
Menger
H. DP. Dawe
Houston
Gunter
E. F. Martinez
Laredo
St. Anthony
E. F. Smith
C. L. Butt
Beaumont
J. Herzog
St. Louis
E. F. Vinson
Augusta
York County
Silas
Jim White
Jim
Penn State
Fort Bliss boosted as brigade post in Texas plan
War Department officials back Fort Bliss as a brigade post with expansion slated as Army reorganization bill enlarges holdings. Senator Sheppard and El Paso Chamber push for Fort Sam Houston gains, while San Antonio leaders press for upgrades before Congress adjourns. Public sale notice aboard follows: 580 boxes cigars, 8426 cigarettes seized at Laredo, Texas.
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Washington, D. C
Representative Smith
Fort Bliss
War Department
Texas
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Fort Sam Houston
Port of San Antonio
Custom House
Laredo
U.S
H. C. S. Smith
Memphis and Chicago Daily Through Sleepers Ad Highlight
Southern Pacific advertises two through sleepers daily to Memphis and Chicago. The notice emphasizes convenient, continuous rail travel with modern sleeping cars and frequent departures. Passengers can expect comfortable service and streamlined connections on the route.
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Memphis
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Ady
Bricklayers Union Meet Opens in Corpus Christi
The annual state conference of the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union of Texas opens in Corpus Christi on June 19 for a three day session. About fifty delegates have signified their intention to attend representing thirty five branches of the organization in the state.
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Corpus
Corpus Christi
Tex
The
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of Texas
Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Calomel Say Druggists
Local druggists report a drop in calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable tonic is advertised as safe, effective, and guaranteed, with a 50 cent family bottle and money back if it fails to replace calomel.
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Dodson
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Thirty-seventh District Court
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