Arrival of Mrs Lida King in France with Johns Hopkins Red Cross unit
Mrs Lida King formerly of San Antonio and now in Johns Hopkins Hospital unit sailed from New York to France to aid the American Red Cross. The 65 nurses and 27 doctors from Johns Hopkins arrived Tuesday and Mrs King cabled her family at 606 Baltimore Avenue.
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France
Lida King
San Antonio
Johns Hopkins Hospital
New York
American Red Cross
America
Johns Hopkins
King
Charters Filed Across Texas Include Farmers Exchange and Freeport Co
Charters filed name Farmers Exchange of Lockney Floyd County with 10 000 capital to engage in merchandising Incorporators T E Cowart G H Carter and W A Whitlock all of Lockney Also listed Freeport Chemical Co of Freeport with 100 000 capital to manufacture sulphur products Incorporators include Christian B Zabriskie New York City Christian de Guigne Jr Hillsborough Cal George F Howard and William A Vinson of Houston Other charters Hudspeth Directory Co El Paso capital 5000 Incorporators M Murchison T H Hudspeth and H E Christie Southwestern Society of Engineers El Paso no capital stock Incorporators S H Worrell James N Gladding Donald B Gillies and W E Robertson Charter amendments Texas Rolling Mill Co Fort Worth raise capital stock to 650 000 name change to George W Armstrong Co Inc Dallas Sporting Goods Co Dallas raise capital stock to 10000 Everwear Shoe Co El Paso drop to 50000 Star Store Trading Co Moran drop from 10000 to 8500 Certificates of dissolution filed by Scatter Branch Union Gin Co Commerce Hunt County Farmers Gin Co Cumby Citizens Cotton Oil Co Cumby Hopkins County
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An Tex
Farmers Exchange
Lockney
Floyd County
T. E. Cowart
G. H. Carther
W. A. “Whitlock
First Presbyterian Church
Dimitt
Castro County
C. F. Kerr
E. 8
Ireland
Harvey Cash
B. T. Bell
Freeport Chemical Co
Freeport
Capital
Christian B. Zabriskie
New York City
Christian de Guigne Jr
Hillsborough
Cal
George F. Howard
William A. Vinson
Houston
Hudspeth Directory Co
el Paso
Capital Stock
M. Murchison
T. H. Hudspeth
H. E. Christie
Southwestern Society of Engineers
S. H. Worrell
James N. Gladding
Donald B. Gillies
W. E. Robertson
Texas Rolling Mill Co
Fort Worth
George W. Armstrong & Co. Inc
Dallas Sporting Goods Co
Dallas
Everwear Shoe Co
The
Star Store Trading Co
Moran
Scatter Branch Union Gin Co
Commerce
Hunt County
Farmers’ Gin Company
Cumby
Citizens Cotton Oil Co
Hopkins County
American Y M C A prepares large bases for troops in France
The American Army and Navy Y M C A plans extensive facilities at four bases in France with 60 000 francs for ten buildings. Ambassadors and officials support the effort to keep soldiers off streets by creating recreation huts, theaters, libraries, and refreshment rooms modeled on British centers.
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Paris
American Army and Navy Young Men's Christiaan Association
France
William Graves Sharp
James Barbour
Darius 8. Davis
International Y. M. C. A
E. C. Carter
Wilson
Baker
Ambassador Sharp
Carter
America
United States
Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Luling considers issuing bonds to buy waterworks
A group of Luling's prominent citizens plans a bond issue to purchase the city water works after the State Health Department declared the water supply imperfect and current mains inadequate. A mass meeting will discuss the proposal, then a petition will seek city commissioners' approval.
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Luling Y
Luling
Tex
State Health Department
Tanlac credited with curing malaria and restoring strength
Mrs. Carolina Mireles of Wagner's Drug Store credits Tanlac for ending a year of malaria like weakness and back pain. She says her appetite improved, weight increased, and sewing became enjoyable again, with newfound energy and brighter spirits after using Tanlac. The product is sold in San Antonio by Wagner's Drug Store and BE J H Meier with a Tanlac representative.
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Tanlac
Carolina Mireles
Parker Street
Wagner’s
Taniac
San Antonio
Wagner's
BE. J
Boerne Red Cross Rally Aims To Raise Funds In Park
Boerne Texas hosts a National Red Cross Week event a big military dance carnival and pleasure night at Herff Park on June 23. Fort Sam Houston supplied a large military band with fortune tellers concerts and a Red Cross cake contest. Local ladies lead the organizing committee and the event invites summer tourists and residents for a patriotic evening with decorations and refreshments.
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Boerne
Tex
Red Cross
Herff Park
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Camp Funston
Texas
Charles Herff
Percy Shepard
Edith Gray
Louise Fabra
Ye Kewall Inn
Phillips House
Texas Club Convention Preparations Near Galveston
Col J L Peeler president and W E Fitzgerald secretary will lead a delegation to Galveston for the Texas Clubs convention at the Hotel Galvez. Expect large attendance as clubs statewide participate. Father Kirwin will give the invocation, Kempner and Theobald will welcome, with Spoonts of Fort Worth delivering the response.
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Austin
Tex
Association of Texas Clubs
Hotel Galvez
Col
J. L. Peeler
W. E. Fitzgerald
Galveston
Bona Fide Clubs
Texas
J. M. Kirwin
la Porte
J. I. Kempner
C. H. Theobald
Marshall Spoonts
Fort Worth
Kinney County Eyes Bigger Irrigation as Drought Bites
Kinney County farmers push irrigation after two dry years with several large projects in operation near Rio Grande and ten miles away. The Moore estate plant lifts 18000 gallons per minute with plans to reach 22000. A large artesian-well reservoir and the Silver Lake project promise huge water supplies for corn, cane, and stock, signaling a countywide shift to scaled irrigation.
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Brackettville
Tex
Kinney County
Moore Estate
Rio Grande
United States
Humphrey
Pinto
Silver Lake Land and Cattle Company
Nueces
Las Moras
Cow Creek
Motor License Boom At Austin Registration Office
A large number of automobile owners visit Austin to obtain state registration licenses in person. In two days over two hundred applications are processed locally, with many more arriving by mail from dealers garages and shops aiding the effort. The first shipment of 10 000 plates is expected, to be distributed to applicants in order. Commission members will be absent until about next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Booklets on Disease for Soldiers in Europe
Millions of pamphlets will be distributed by the Illinois Vigilance Association of Chicago to soldiers in European trenches as warning against social diseases and women camp followers. The booklets will be given to Allied and American troops, citing the Russian army in the Russo-Japanese war to note Japanese success due to troops' continence.
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Chicago
Illinois Viligance Association
United States
Don t Fuss So About Your Complexion Soap and Ointment Ad
Don t Fuss So About Your Complexion promotes Cutiura Soap and an Ointment for pimples redness and roughness. It urges daily use with hot water and hands for cleansing and softening, leaving the ointment on five minutes before bathing. It ends by offering free samples by mail and states availability everywhere.
Livestock Exemption Included in Food Bill Amendment
Washington D C June 21 All livestock held by owners will be exempt from the price fixing part of the new foodstuffs bill under an agreement by Representative Garner of Texas and Lever and Anderson in charge. Cattlemen statewide urged parity with farmers and Garner noted the equity, with committee leaders agreeing to add the amendment.
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Washington, D. C
Garner
Texas
Lever and Anderson
Wiren Garner
Pipelines in Texas Declared Common Carriers
Texas pipelines are declared common carriers and fall under Railroad Commission jurisdiction after the Thirty fifth Legislature act. Col Wortham, former state treasurer now pipeline expert, will gather data from Texas pipeline companies to establish rates, with hearings planned by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
W. B. Wortham
Wortham
State Tax on Crude Oil Funds Pipeline Hearings Costs
The bill imposes a tax of one twentieth of one percent of crude petroleum market value to fund hearings and investigations by the commission. This tax is in addition to the existing gross receipts production tax. An annual $5000 appropriation pays the pipeline expert’s salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Ploughs Black and White Ointment Ad
Advertising copy promotes Ploughs Black and White Ointment as a skin brightening cream that removes blemishes tan and freckles and promises a fair complexion. It notes mail order price 25 cents for a large box and lists Memphis Tennessee and San Antonio as sale locales with an agents wanted appeal.
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Plough
Plough Chemical Co. Dept
Memphis
Tenn
San Antonio
Peoples’, Drug
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