Bond issue confidence as Bi Century Exposition grows
Speakers at a Bi Centennial Exposition luncheon at the Menger Hotel voiced high confidence in the proposed bond issue for the fair. More than 100 guests attended as merchants and bankers praised the plan, noting strong voter turnout for election day. The Committee of One Hundred moves toward One Thousand with 900 dues paying members.
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Menger
George D. Armistead
Adolph Grasso
Retail Merchants’ Association
Grasso
T. N. Smith
Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company
Morris Sterne
Galveston
Sterne
Island City
Hotel guests and visitors listed by city
A list of visitors and guests at San Antonio hotels including Laredo Texas A B Carstens at the St Anthony Kansas City Edith Hughes Menger Kingsville Claude Pollard Gunter Dallas Natt Wagner St Anthony Omaha Miller Menger El Paso Joseph Smith Gunter New York Charles Merz St Anthony James Wells Brownsville Menger S Glassman Chicago Gunter Charlie Boynton Waco Menger Harry Stean New York Menger Callaway Houston Gunter Rogers Houston St Anthony Marthan Denison Menger Hutchinson Springfield Ohio Gunter
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A. B. Carstens
Laredo
St. Anthony
Edith Hughes
Kansas City
Menger
Claude Pollard
Kingsville
Gunter
Natt T. Wagner
Dallas
A. W. Miller
Omaha
Neb
Joseph Smith
el Paso
Charles Merz
New York
James B. Wells
Brownaville
S. Glassman
Chicago
Charlies A. Boynton
Waco
Harry A. Stean
S. Callaway
Houston
E. M. Rogers
J. H. Marthan
Denison
F. B. Hutchinson
Springfield
Ohio
Verdun Front Tour Shows French Resolve Amid Ruins and Fire
Correspondent tours Verdun front with General Hellouin of the Fifth Army Corps. He observes heavy bombardment, trenches, and living conditions from peacetime vantage points, noting gas and mine incidents, stiff resistance, and urgent supply lines.
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FIFTH
France
Associated Press
Hellouin
Fifth Army
Verdun
Varenne
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
M. Painleve
Briand
Helbouin
Sahara
Hellenin
Argonne Forest
Seadrift Well Deep Seadrift In Hard Rock At 3400 Feet
In Seadrift Texas drilling on the Everett well in the P KR Austin pasture east of town reached hard rock at 3400 feet. The hole is cased to 2900 feet and the driller may go deeper without more casing. If no favorable show is found the plans are to pull and try another location. Lumber for the Seadrift Syndicate derrick has arrived and is being hauled five miles east of Seadrift and a quarter mile north of the railroad. drilling will start when gear is in place.
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Seadrift
Tex
Everett
P. KR. Austin
Seadrift Syndicate
Ninety four medical graduates taking state exam at Gunter Hotel
The second day of a three day state board medical examination drew ninety four graduates, twenty four from the University of Texas medical department at Galveston. Eighteen seek reciprocity licenses for practice in Texas. Dr J B McCelvey secretary was delayed. Miss Bonnie Boyd of Temple acted as secretary. The article notes long life and preservation themes in a separate obituary-like passage and ends with unrelated humorous excerpts.
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State Board of Medical Examiners
Gunter Hotel
University of Texas Medical Department
Galveston
Texas
J. 8. McCelvey
Temple
Bonnie Boyd
Oldest New Brunswick Man Levi Richardson Dies at 105
Levi W. Richardson reported as the oldest man in New Brunswick died just before reaching his 105th birthday anniversary after posing for a commemorative photo.
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Levi W. Richardson
New Brunswick
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