Real Estate Board urges tax listing by lot and block
A San Antonio petition led by the Real Estate Board asks City Commissioner Ray Lambert to switch real property taxation from owner name to lot and block numbers. The plan would abolish rendering property, issue per property receipts, and align with Kansas City and Fort Worth systems to simplify bookkeeping and potentially cut costs.
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Ray Lambert
San Antonio
Lambert
Real Estate Board
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Tex
Austin to Houston highway planned to link major Texas cities
Austin Chamber official W E Long said a 160 mile hard surfaced road will connect Austin and Houston and link with the San Antonio post road. He noted benefits for San Antonio through faster travel to Galveston New Orleans Beaumont and other cities and described plans for further tarinated roads in Travis County.
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Austin
Houston
San Antonio
Austin Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Long
Mr. Long
Alamo
Galveston
New Orleans
Beaumont
Orange
Texas
Bexar County
Travis County
Long
Strickland
Taste and Temperature in Human Taste Perception
The article explains taste buds on the tongue and throat, their nerve connections, and how dissolved or gaseous stimuli reach the bulbs. It notes taste varies with temperature and can be suppressed by extreme heat or cold, with an effective taste around 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
German potato crop cited as failure by peace propagandist
The German potato crop was a failure according to Dr. Wolff Oberwoltzer of the German American Chamber of Commerce in New York. He notes widespread disappointment among Germans, likening it to a poor corn crop, while a Lutheran pastor children a harvest home service invitation to Gottlieb and his quip about approaching any maker.
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Ater
Gottlieb
Jin & Cuirit
Sercasm
Train Tale Of Sir John Jellicoe On A Cold Scottish Ride
Sir John Jellicoe, recipient of the Order of Merit, recalls a bitterly cold Scottish train journey. A Scotsman shared the compartment, offered a nip from a flask, and the ticket collector shrugged and accepted the ticket after a quick glance. The anecdote highlights wit and local color aboard a rural line.
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John Jellicoe
Scotland
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Tick Pest Depresses Texas Land Values Across Ranch Lands
Government experts report cattle ticks depress Texas ranch values by limiting livestock output and land worth. A wide eradication effort aims to half the tick army from Oklahoma to the Gulf, releasing Mississippi gradually from quarantine and boosting cattle prices and farm prosperity.
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Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Gulf of Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
South
Hand Lamp for Auto Sts
A compact electric lamp worn on the back of the hand for night driving signals. It fastens by elastic like a wrist watch, features a ruby bullseye to attract attention, and bears the words safety first around the bullseye.
Lighter Aluminum Propellers Tested for Airplanes
Popular Mechanics reports American expeditionary airmen in Mexico face propeller failures from heat and strain. An East Coast firm has shipped a two blade solid aluminum alloy propeller for experimental use, claimed lighter and non splintering compared with wood.
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Mexico
East
Texas Spring Wool Crop Seen Boosting Market Outlook
Texas growers anticipate a strong spring wool market as shearing begins in West Texas and clean, high grade wool heads to market centers. Buyers in San Antonio report a large US import push from England, with Australia wool shipments planned via the War Trade Department and Textile Alliance to meet rising domestic demand.
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Texas
San Antonio
United States
England
Bradford
Textile Alliance
War Trade Department
Army Contracts Department
London
Australia
Australian wool exports lag as shipping shortages bite
Australian exports fall sharply for the six months to December with 628000 bales shipped, down 358000 from the prior year. For the next London sale starting February 13, only about 33000 bales are available, with little chance of reaching 60000 to 70000 bales.
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Australia
London
Guatemala Solves High Cost Problem
The U S Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce reports Guatemala has reduced the high cost of living for the poor in Guatemala City and Quezaltenango. President Cabrera funds government warehouses for staples and fixed prices. Since 1914 imports of flour from the United States support a government sale system to bakeries at fixed pesos per quintal, easing bread prices amid wartime hardship.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commercce
Commission
Latin America
Guatemala
Europe
Cabrera
Samuel C. Keat
Guatemala City
State Department
Quezaltenango
United States
Government regulates bread and staple prices in Guatemala City
The text notes imported flour valued at 260 pesos per quintal and bread sold by designated bakeries at one real for a loaf of one and three quarter ounces. Each family may buy five pesos of bread daily. Government wholesale prices set rice at five cents per pound and potatoes, corn, and bananas at fixed rates at supply stations.
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United States
Guatemala City
Harvard Students Economize Says Boston Transcript
Harvard Union records show a 20 percent drop in cigarette and cigar sales among students. Tobacco spending fell from 3042 to 2537 dollars, while reading matter spending edged down from 1325 to 1292 dollars in 1916.
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Boston Transcript
Harvard
Harvard Union
Sisyphus Myth Compared to Daily Chores in Courier-Journal
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip contrasts the myth of Sisyphus with modern work as a child asks about the labor. The dialogue mentions washing dishes as a tedious task, framing ongoing effort in everyday life.
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Sisyphus
Louisville Courier-Journal
Germania Security and Mortgage CoHere to lend up to 150000
The loan department offers financing on high class farm and ranch properties and close in improved city business property. Maximum loan amount is 150000 dollars.
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