County to Advertise Bids for $75 000 to $100 000 Road Work
Commissioners plan to open bids June 30 for graveling and grading the Pleasanton Trainer Haile and Babcock roads with prices sought on hauling gravel to the Castroville road. They may redo the Pleasanton bid after high quotes, and will employ a convict gang on the Blanco road.
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County Commissioners’ Court
Pleasanton
Trainer-Haile
Babcock
Castroville
Pleasanton Road
Rockport Road
Somerset
J. K. Lamm
Fred Bennett
Charles X. Gutzeit
Culebra
Boerne
Jacob Klaus
Blanco
Klaus
Henry Meyer
Bennett
Terre Bartlett
Bartlett & Ranney
Unseen Husband Aids Suffrage Window Breaks
A Washington Star excerpt quotes a suffragette’s husband claiming he finances her window smashing as part of the Votes for Women cause. He says he is a faithful follower who pays for the damaged windows while she acts publicly.
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Washington Star
Insect Doubles of Human Types Describe Odd Habits
David Fairchild surveys insects in a National Geographic Society communication noting parallel traits to humans, from the grasshopper aeronaut to the song of crickets, the cockroach’s longevity, cicada life cycles, and the social ants led by a queen, with parallels to human society.
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David Fairchild
Washington, D. C
Rip van Winkles
Jackets and Hydes
National Geographic Society
United States
Spider world and wandering spiders described
The passage discusses the behavioral traits of a vagabond spider that builds no nest or web, using silk only to create a sac for eggs. It notes the spider’s small size, high activity, and the presence of nearly twenty species in the United States, highlighting their role as opportunistic predators.
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United States
Machine that plays chess and wins every game
Paris June 13 One of the most complex mechanisms ever built plays a correct chess game and wins The device by Senor L Torres de Quevedo uses a mass of wires bulbs and buttons Demonstrations at the Sorbonne show the automaton playing white against black and delivering mate The inventor says the device is a toy but proves mechanism can substitute for human work in theory
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Paris
Senor L. Torres of
Quevedo
Sorbonne
Fitting Him for Work and Quiet Town Film Plans
A Kansas City Journal note cites a father planning six weeks of business college after university and law courses for his son. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports an Old Oaken Bucket film crew sent to Nubbings Corners to shoot in a quiet town, but nothing happened during the weeklong stay.
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Sone Good Business College
Kansas City Ournal
Nubbings Corners
Cleveland Plain- Dealer
Modern Servant Recommenda tions Quietly Questioned
A brief dialogue from the Boston Transcript captures a servant and maid discussing weak recommendations. The exchange highlights tension over how recommendations are perceived and valued in domestic hiring.
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Siram Offen
Ayther
Boston Transcript
Alumni Banquet Showcases St Marys College Spirit
More than 150 attendees including San Antonio leaders gathered at the Gunter hotel for the St Marys College Alumni Association banquet. Toasts by Edward W. Tynan and Rev Father Hume highlighted progress and loyalty to the alma mater as graduates and faculty praised the institution’s work and future.
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San Antonio
St. Mary's College Alumni Association
Gunter Hotel
Edward W. Tynan
St. Mary's
A. J. Castanola
Association
Father Hume
J. W. Shaw
E. Walter Tynan Jr
Julius Kroeschel
St. Mary's College
St. Mary’s
Nelson Lytle
James R. Davis
Leonardo Garza Jr
Edward Dwyer
Castanela
Alumni Association
RE. Walter Tynan Jr
J. C. el J
St. Mary’s Colllege
Leonard Garza Jr
J. C. Ei
A. Frische
Anthony Wolf
Joseph Jens
Gabriel Bertram
Edmond M. Norton
Otto A. Vinke
William Campbell
John G. Bowen
Gilbert N. Dietzel
Leon Kaufman
Ralph Kingsley
Merlin Miller
Harry C. Powell
E. A. Stenzel
Albert Tips
E. W. Tynan
L. F. Vogel
L. C. Schneidermeyer
Antonio G. Castanola
Anthony J. Castanola
F. M. Giraud
Edward A. Graebner
Richard Frederick
Leon N. Walthall
Joseph Courand
Albert Steves Jr
Henry J. Menger
George Witte
Herman Bergmann
Jack Buttefield
Louis A. Stumberg
Louis Kunkel
Henry A. Maracheau
D. J. Sullivan
Abe Kaufman
Nathan Kaufman
Paul O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
Hon
Jaimes R- Davis
William F. Hynes
Frederick Fentiman
Henry L. Richter
Herman J. Richter
Rudolph W. Richter
Erle F. Doyle
Earl G. Stein
Joe Pickering
Victoria, Tex
Emil L. Schmitt
Leo M. J. Dielmann
Charles A. Baumberger
Eugene Feccil
Arthur D. Heye
Frank
Kidbassa Jr
Emil Lamm
Arthur J. Lockwood
Max M. Lamm
August Menger
Charles W. Meyer
George Armbrust
John H.bell
Francis J. Bowen
Ernest P. Behles
Tim J. Buckley Jr
Dalcourt Dwyer
Ed BE. Flory Jr
Joe Flory
Gottschalk Jr
Eugene Giraud
Nuisance Noise Sparks Neighborly Sharpening Exchange
A Cleveland Plain dealer fragment notes a neighbor complaining about a loud lawn mower in the morning. The respondent mentions borrowing the mower when the neighbor finishes sharpening it, illustrating a tense but humorous dispute over noisy disruptions.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Where He Learned to Dance
A fragmentary exchange shows Miss Sweeney asking where George learned to dip so stylishly while Mr. McFadden recalls braking on freights for three years. Libble cuts in with a puck reference, indicating a scene from a period piece or play.
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Miss Sweeney
George
Mr. McFadden
Puck
Wooden silk dresses from pine to Tibet and Ecuador
An article describes making silk like fabric from wood pulp including pine wood fibers and a durable cloth that imitates silk. It notes Tibetan garments and Ecuadorian bark blankets from demajagua tree bark fashioned into soft warm coverings.
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Tibet
Ecuador
Andes
Beautiful nurse you have
A brief Bay Way dialogue reveals a patient remarking on a nurse and the exchange then pivots to a rueful, humorous misreading of illness with a muttered confession from the patient. The exchange captures a casual, ironic mood in a hospital setting.
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Scott
Louisville
Round shoulders fashionable now prompt fashion chatter
Society notes reflect an era trend as women discuss new posture styles with hints that prominent figures like Watts may set future fashion. The Pittsburg Post captures casual opinion and evolving style preferences.
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Watts
Pittsburg
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