Plans Revised for Seven Additional State Blind Asylum Buildings
State Architect Atlee Ayres revised plans for seven more buildings at the State Blind Asylum in Austin. Last Friday bids by San Antonio firms topped the appropriation, prompting Governor Ferguson to limit changes and reopen bidding next Saturday. Walsh and Burney led general bids, Kirkwood and Wharton led plumbing, Wright Bros. led electrical work.
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Austin
Atlee 3. Ayres
San Antonio
Ferguson
Walsh and Burney
Kirkwood and Wharton
Wright*Bros
The
Blind Institute
Sky Pilot Confectionery Hosts Festival for Service Men
The Sky Pilot in San Antonio hosts an event for young service members from various walks of life including college men bank cashiers merchants and mechanics. Society calls this a gracious act and assures ladies and escorts a delightful evening with propriety.
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SKY Pilot
San Antonio
Export Council Considers Proclamations On Exports
Washington June 26 The new Export Council chaired by Langin Houston Redfield and Herbert Hoover met to perfect organization and to recommend proclamations to implement the act giving the President control over American exports. It plans close supervision to prevent supplies from reaching Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Export Council
Langin
Houston
Redfield
Herbert C. Hoover
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Seizure Notice at Port of San Antonio 1917 Items Listed
United States Customs at San Antonio declares seizure of listed articles for 1917 including lace items agates opals jewelry and surgical instruments. Claimants must file within 20 days or property will be sold at public auction July 18 1917 at 10 a.m. at the Custom House under Deputy Collector H C S Smith.
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Port of
San Antonio
U. S
Custom House
Rookies Rush to Pay Call at Camp Funston
Pay day at Camp Funston drew rapid haste as 1700000 dollars arrived from San Antonio and was distributed to student officers. Names like John J. Adams and E. M. Allison surfaced among the first to be paid, with individual sums around eighty four dollars. A new camp routine grants Friday nights for study, creating two free days for travel to San Antonio.
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Reveille
Camp Funston
Leon Springs
San Antonio
San Antonians
John J. Adams
Company 2
E. M. Allison
Camp Bank
Camp Exchange
Austin Aviation School
James F. Greer
William N. Crisler
A. J. Hooks
P. C. Maddox
McDonald
W. F. Breaker
Sidney J. Brooks
R. C. Coffee
W. S. Moore
Hugh Brewster
Long pleads guilty in Reeves murders near Minden
Johnny Long, white, pleads guilty to the killings of John Nelson Reeves his wife and three children near Minden on Christmas Eve. He receives a life term in Baton Rouge penitentiary and testifies against Henry Waller and others. Waller Steward and Heard get life sentences while Peters and Tyson are sentenced to be hanged.
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Minden
Johnny Long
John Nelson Reeves
Long
Baton Rouge
Henry Waller
White
Farmer
Mark Peters
Chester Tyson
Larkin Stewart
Anderson Heard
Reeves
Waller
Steward
Heard
Peters
Tyson
Ship Captain Held on Conspiracy Charge in Houston Channel
Captain Ralph P. Mosher, commander of the whaleback Freeport No. 3, was bound over to the grand jury on a $5000 bond after a hearing before a U S commissioner. He faces a charge of conspiracy to sink his vessel in the Houston ship channel.
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Houston
Tex
United States
Ralph P. Mosher
Freeport No. 3
Houston Ship Channel
The Gun Fighter at Empire with William S Hart
William S Hart stars in The Gun Fighter at the Empire, a Western from Ince studios. The Killer, a ruthless outlaw with a notebook tally, is drawn to self sacrifice when a young girl challenges his cold murder image. Margery Wilson plays the captured girl. Pathe News No. 49 and a Know America scenic element complete the program.
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Empire
Williams
Hart
Triangle Star
The
Empire Today
Thomas H. Ince Studios
Cliff Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Margery Wilson
Draw Egan
Tulliver
Pathe News No. 49
A “Know America” Scenic
Oppose Fake Clubs Forth at Texas Associations
Galveston Tex June 26 Resolutions condemning illegitimate clubs were adopted at the fifth annual convention of the Association of Texas Clubs A vigorous campaign for membership increase was decided upon Officers elected J Peeler Austin president I I Lorch Dallas vice president W E Fitzgerald Austin secretary treasurer Executive committee includes Jed Henry San Antonio F J Geller Dallas Marshall Spoonts Fort Worth I L McGlasson Waco C H Theobald Galveston F W Schuerenberg Brenham H T Warner Houston Sam Solinsky Beaumont
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Galveston
Tex
Association of Texas Clubs
J. Peeler
Austin
I. I. Lorch
Dallas
W. E. Fitzgerald
Jed Henry
San Antonio
F. J. Geller
Marshall Spoonts
Fort Worth
I. L. McGlasson
Waco
C. H.theobald
F. W. Schuerenberg
Brenham
H. T. Warner
Houston
Sam Solinsky
Beaumont
Stop Hair Loss and Grow New Hair With Parisian Sage
If your hair thins early, grays, is brittle, or itchy with dandruff, act now. Get four ounces of Parisian sage liquid from your druggist and apply as directed to destroy the dandruff germ and stimulate new growth. The Parisian sage brand Giroux's guarantees satisfaction and is sold by Fischer's Drug Store.
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Dr. Sangerbund
Paris
Giroux
Giroux’s
Fischer's Drug Store
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TRIAN
Wm. S. Hart
Pathe News No
America
Mabel Talliafero
Musical Review OF
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Wigwam
Wallace Reid
Myrtle Steadman
Fatty Arbuckle
the Butcher Boy
Paramount Comedy
Coon
Ollie Debrow
Charlie
Chaplin
Fannie
Paramount
South San Antonio
Aviation Corps
the Sky Pilot
Main Street
Camp Funston Bank and Exchange
Reeves Marer
Vessel
Opera’ House
Marguerite Clarke
Crucible
Miss Clark
Valeska
Suratt
Valeska Suratt
Wm. Fox
Miss Suratt
Sir Rider Haggard
Queen Theater Today
Alamo Plaza
Herbert Rawlinson
Universal
Henry King
Lillian West
Venance
Flames
Balboa
Fox Day
Dorothy Bernard
Alamo Auto Supply Company
Travis Street
Main and Dewey
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