Tips on the Road Fueling a National Debate
Chicago cigar salesman G A Lorenzen reports eighteen thousand dollars in tips over twenty years to argue for extending anti tipping laws nationwide. He itemizes tip duties from porters to bellboys during a Chicago Milwaukee trip and urges a bill to criminalize tips in Illinois with fines for employers who permit tips. Roast muskrat is served as an epicurean delicacy in New York hotels.
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Chicago
G. A. Lorenzen
Mr. Lorenzen
Milwaukee
Porter
Porter Handling
Gopct Ocsaes
Lorenzen
Trimarco
General Assembly
Illinois
New York
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Quick Darkening
A drugstore tonic Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is advertised as restoring dark lustrous hair in one application. The ad claims it cures dandruff scalp itching and hair loss while giving a youthful appearance within days with widespread sales and enthusiastic user reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
H. L. Wagner
Campaign to Raise Funds for Protestant Orphans Home Dormitory
A citizens auxiliary to the Protestant Orphans Home directors plans a 10 am Tuesday meeting in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium led by C. T. Fincham. The group aims to raise 30000 for a fireproof dormitory with modern heating, hoping to enlist many workers after weather delays, with a long subscriber list already including banks, firms, and individuals in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Auxiliary
C. T. Fincham
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Names list from Seguin merchants and residents appears in OCR
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and local business names including residents of Seguin and nearby areas such as Willard Simpson Mrs Louis Spahn Ford Street Drapery Texas Steam, Seguin, Seguin Bank and Trust, Woodward Co and various firms. The text resembles a social directory or advertisement index with many personal names and company names.
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Clarence Warfield
A. RB. Wooldridge
Whitemer Laundry
Woodward
Dr. Witte
Whisenant
Pa Wernete
Woodward Carr Co
West Texas Bank & Trust Co
Jtmn
Wright
Julia Btery
Wright Bros
H. J. yAber
Otto Wahrmund
J. E. Webb
Nat M. Washer
Sidney H. Weis
R. E. Young
Wm, Sigelmant
Johanna Zork
B. H. Zuber
Ziegler & Mallory
H. Zork
Beacon Hill Catholic church to be built by Sacred Heart parish
A new Catholic church costing several thousand dollars will be erected on Beacon Hill in the coming weeks. A petition with about 100 local Catholic families will be presented to Bishop J. W. Shaw, who pledged the project if more than forty families reside nearby. Cornelius W. Spengler gathered the names and led efforts to establish worship for families on Beacon Hill Laurel Heights and Treasure Hill, with the Sacred Heart parish forming its nucleus.
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Beacon Hill
J. W. Shaw
Shaw
Cornelius W. Spengler
Fredericksburg
Laurel Heights
Treasure Hill
Prospect ‘4
St. Mary’s
Sacred Heart Parish
Thaw Habeas Corpus Petition Before New York Court
Charles Kennedy filed a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Harry K Thaw directed to Dr Roy L Leak acting superintendent of Mattewan state hospital for the criminals in sane. The writ seeks Thaws release as sane and not a menace to the community. Mme Pallier flew from Villacoublay to Versailles Chartres and back in rapid sequence while Mile Marvingt eyes a superior brevet. New York authorities halted unlawful Sunday coal sales to tenement dwellers. J Pierpont Morgan donated 200000 dollars for a Trinity college library in Hartford Connecticut.
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New York
Charles Kennedy
Supreme Court
Guy
Thaw
New York State
Mme. Pallier
Villacoublay
France
Versailles
Etampes
Chartres
Mile. Marvingt
San Antonio to Host Major League Baseball School
Charles C. Carr plans a San Antonio baseball school with twenty diamonds and training facilities for recruits and major league teams. The Chamber of Commerce will raise $50,000 with payments starting April 1 1914. facility use will be free for up to twenty teams and at least ten Class A or better squads, including four major league teams, will train annually.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charles C. Carr
Kansas City
Carr
San Antonio
I. M. Putnam
Kansas City American Association
Charles C. Carr Sporting Goods Company
Putnam
Man Aces Eleven-Pound Steak Feat At Grand Street Eatery
In New York Thomas ONeill a 52 year old blind news dealer at 620 Grand Street woos a monstrous meal. He consumed eleven pounds of steak eight potatoes two pounds bread six green peppers and six bottles of beer. Capt Coakley bet him and ONeill won. Mayor Gaynor comments on wickedness comparing cities and a hotel joke closes the tale.
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New York
Thomas O'Neil
Grand Street
John Coakley
East River Life-Saver
Gaynor
London
Paris
Berlin
Battleship Texas Day set for March 18 fund drive
Galveston Texans designate March 18 as Battleship Texas Day to gather schoolchildren contributions for a silver service. Gertrude and Maggie Jones led with 20 cents, each 10 cents per child to fund the gift for the battleship Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Gertrude
Maggie Jones
Center Point
Texas
Lewis Fisher
Uncle Sam
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as cure for rheumatism
Henry J. Goldstein of Boston reports five years of rheumatism with stiff knees and excruciating pain. After trying many medicines he says Hood's Sarsaparilla made him feel much better and he now considers himself cured. The ad claims the remedy is a surefire value with testimonials.
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Henry J. Goldstein
Barton St
Boston
Mags
Hood
Mr. Goldstein
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Dulling Stationery & Printing CO
Commerce Street
Alamo Plaza
P. J. McNeel Jewelry Co
the Bell Jewelry Co
W. Commerce Street
Bo Hamy B. M.wee & Co
B. F. Hammond
P. J. McNeel
Kryptok
Cuartes Rees
Charles Rees
Rees
Houston Street
Princess Theater
Orpheum Theater
Citizens’ Auxiliary To
Orphans’ Home Board
L. B. Allen
J. M. Allérdyce
Alamo Auto Sales Co
American Bank& Trust Co
W. J. Allen
Miss Annis
American Paint Co
J. B. Adams
E. J. Aigelt
Alamo National Bank
Frank Allen
C. L. Austin
Chas
Albrecht
Allensworth- Carnahan Co
C. L. Allen
Aransay Pass
W. C. Burns
N. H. Browne
Jamel L. Bell
H. Bruhn
C. L. Becker
Charles A. Baumberger
J. A. Brunn
C. 8. Bradbent
S. J. Brooks
Mr. Bee
H. M. Carroll Jr
F. F. Collins
J. B. Carroll
J. ©. Cassity
Guy Combs
All Crain
H. C. Carter
G. W. Caldwell
Conness
Roy Campbell
W. H. Chambers
George Cushman
Goliad
Anna _E. Chittim
BE. A. Chapman
Central Trust Co
I. B
J. . Carter
B. Carruth
L. B. Collins
Groos National Bank
H. Goldschmidt
Arthur W. Guenther
H. D. Gruene
New Braunfels
Gantt
C. A. Goeth
Roxana Gunter
C. C. Gibbs
Goldman Dry_ Goods Co
George R. Gillette
Goodman Grocery Co
H. Grosenbacher
H. B. Gordon
Sadie Heath
M. B. Hutchins
R. W. Hamilton
Charlotte L. Holmgreen
BE. Hertzberg Jewelry Co
J. T. Hennessy
L. J. Hart
C. E. Hammond
Peter
Hoefgen
H. T. Herndon
Mra
H. C Heillg
Julius Horn
Reagza Oust
M. Hart & Bro
A. J. James
J. C. Kinney
Kirkpatrick
A. Kronkosky
H. PF. Kaufmann
Otto Koehler
Benno Kayton
F. Kraege
Yorktown
Louis Kunkel
H. C. Koehler
J. M. Kincaid
Jacob Kuhn
N. H. King
National Bank of Commerce
Nichols Grocery Co
Walter P. Napier
Emma Nash
Nicholson, Furnish & Smith
Newton, Weller & Wagner Co
National Bank of Commerce Emloyes
R. W. Orvis
A. Oppeneimer
H. E. Ogg
John A. O'Connor
J. Oppenheimer & Co
Louis Oge
A. Pagenstecher
R. B. Pumphrey
Pancoast & Kohler
L. P. Peck
Ian Palmer
Pruitt Commission Co
R. Pendleton
T. B. Pal
H. P. Phillipps
Praeger Hardware Co
J. H. Pittman
D. E. Potter
Peden Iron & Steel Co
Anna Peters
Pioneer Flour Mills
J. 8
Miss Jam Reed
W. Rahmstorf
H. Amstetter
J. H. Ragsdale
A. J. Rheiner
H. C. Rees
Retail Merchants Association
Hart Schaffner & Mars
J. Pierpont Morgan
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Fomby-Jones Men’s
Hart, Schaffner & Marx and “Chesterfield” Clothes
Fomby- Jones Company
Fomby-Jones Company
E. Houston St
Emil Blum Co
Nelp
Vernor Colquitt
New York Brewers’ Association
Pople
Northern Pacific Railroad
Austin
Tenth Streets
Cox
ORIG
Hertiiens
Cc Burnett
California
Mountain King
Crockett
Julius Horn Ner
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