Notice of Hearing on Water Right by D F Youngblood
The Board of Water Engineers sets a hearing for March 29 1916 at 10 am in Austin Texas on D F Youngbloods application to appropriate 4 acre feet per year of water for irrigation of about 20 acres near San Antonio. Hearing may move locations if needed with public attendance allowed. The notice is dated February 26 1916 and signed by J C Nagle John Wilson E B Gore with secretary W T Potter. An annexed notice offers to wreck a house at Travis and St Marys for sale questions.
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State of Texas
D. F. Youngblood
San Antonio
Texas
Board of Water Engineers
State of
Cook
Thomas Thatcher
Bexar County
Noreby
City of
Masterson Ostrich
Austin
Travis
Saia Board
A. D
J. C. Nagle
John Wilson
E B. Gore
W. T. Potter
High School Military Interest Grows at Congress Club
Lieutenant McCulloch of the Texas National Guards urged High School Congress Debating Club members to join Company B, stressing a need for a strong army and national youth involvement. Several members filed admissions, while Thomas Doxey assisted his address.
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McCulloch
Texas National Guards
High School Congress
McCullouch
Thomas Doxey
Congress
William St. Clair
St. Clair
Junior Heilig
Heilig
Sylvan Berlinger
Mr. Passur
Tarkington Study Highlighted at Mark Twain Club
The Mark Twain Club opened last week with Booth Tarkington's His Own People reviewed by Miss Irma Ross. Ardis McCurdy presented An Overwhelming Saturday and Penrod's Busy Day was postponed due to Halene Henning's absence.
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Booth Tarkington
Irma Ross
Mark Twain Club
Tarkington
Ardis McCurdy
Penrod
Halene Henning
Ruth Henry
Ophelia Kroeger
Frances Stephens
Scientists Plan Picnic for March 22 Outing
In a Scientific Society session a report on the March 22 excursion was approved. The trip will circle Scenic Loop by private cars or a tall-auto tally ho with lunch at Helons and dinner at Leon Springs. About forty or fifty members and friends are expected. The group then toured a macaroni factory.
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Scientific Society
Helons
Leon Springs
Seed House Ad Offers Early Transplants and Mail Orders
Experienced growers advertise extra early large transplanted vegetables and flowers in cold frames. Special growing plants for mail orders with satisfaction guaranteed. Address Ford Staffel 321 E Commerce St San Antonio largest seed house.
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Ford Staffel
E. Commerce St
San Antonio
Nicely furnished five room cottage bargain in city
Classified ads list a well cleaned five room cottage at a bargain price with contact Travis 2167 for details. Also requests for a stray small yellow Shetland pony Crockett 6794 with reward, and offers room and board near a car line at 628 Denver Blvd with piano use. Found items and sales notices mix through the page.
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Travis
Crockett
Denver Bivd
Hayne Debating Club Divides Texas Debate Prompt
The Hayne Debating Club discussed the resolution that Texas should be divided into four states. Ed Studhalter and Lewis Kayton argued the opposition and won the judges over. The program included a speech on The Electrical Age, a floral offering, a matinee reading, and the play Tomorrow. The club also voted to meet weekly and now has about one hundred members.
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Texas
Hayne Debating Club
Edwin Murrie
Tom Dish
Ed Studhalter
Lewis Kayton
John Crow
Vaccination Debate At S F A School Society
Tuesday meeting of the Athenian Literary Society at Stephen F. Austin School on West Marshall debated a Texas state law mandating vaccination for ages three through forty. Misses Mussett and Boulain defended the negative and defeated Misses Burnett and Brown of the affirmative after a heated exchange led by Louise Hayden.
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Athenian Literary Society
Stephen F. Austin
West Marshall Street
Texas
Margaret Mussett
Sybil Boulain
Bessie Burnett
Hannah Brown
Louise Hayden
Jeffersonian Literary Society Yearbooks and Debates at Main Avenue High
Jeffersonian Literary Society of Main Avenue High School distributed yearbooks last week and set weekly programs through May 26 1916. Now in its sixth year since 1910 the club has grown from about ten charter members to over thirty active members. A spring debate on April 28 1916 pits Alfred Appleby and Chester Martin against Alexander de la Garza and Clarence L Moore on the topic Re soloed that the Republican party is entitled to popular support. Harold Hill will declaim Patrick Henrys The Open Door.
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Jeffersonian Literary Society
Main Avenue
Jeffersonian Society
Republican Party
Alfred Appleby
Chester Martin
Alexander de la Garza
Clarence L. Moore
Harold Hill
Patrick Henry
Senator Bee to Speak at San Antonio High Debates
Texas senator Carlos Bee will address San Antonio High public speaking and debate class in room 33 during seventh period. Earlier, first year students prepared briefs and themes for upcoming state contests while second term members debated municipal public utility ownership.
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San Antonio High
Messrs
Lee Roy Smith
Alfred Appleby
Madden Hill
Manfred Gerhardt
Texas
Carlos Bee
Department
Juniors Issue Deft Challenge Between Schools
Members of the Woodrow Wilson Debating Society Bonham School on Garden Street voted a challenge to the Lamar School No 6 boys club to debate in late March. Loya and Dugosh were chosen to represent the Woodrow Wilsons. The club is an auxiliary of the High School Congress with strong faculty support.
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Woodrow Wilson Debating Society
Bonham School
Garden Street
Boys’ Club
Lamar
Messrs
Loya
Dugosh
Woodrow Wilsons
Woodrow Wilson Debating Club
High School Congress
Variety Program Presented by Olympian Dramatic Club
The Olympian Dramatic Club staged a Friday variety program featuring Marion Milliard in an instrumental solo. A dialogue titled A Slight Misunderstanding was performed by Alta Thompson and Clifford West, showcasing local talent.
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Olympian Dramatic Club
Marion Milliard
Alta Thompson
Clifford West
Censorship Bill Debate Highlights Club Meeting
The Smith Hughes censorship bill was debated in Jeff hall with over an hour and a half of discussion. The affirmative led by Carter Griner and Harold Simon defeated the negative led by Lee Roy Smith and Alfred Appleby 2 to 1 with judges favoring the pro side.
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Smith-Hughes
Board of
Jeff’’ Hall
Messrs
Carter Griner
Harold Simon
Lee Roy Smith
Alfred Appleby
Appleby
Mark Postlewaite
Mr. Moore
Travis Moorsound
Europe
Alex Garza
Robert Putnam
Harold Sherwitz
Jeff
Shakespeareans Hold Fifth Meeting Studying Macbeth
The Shakespeare club of forty five members met last week in regular rooms. They studied act one scenes six and seven with Miss Julia Lobban leading. A paper on Lady Macbeth by Miss Lucile Von Weise pleased all. Players included Farnsworth Duncan and Evans Lady Macbeth among others.
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Shakespeare Club
Colonel House Breaks Silence on American Policies
The article claims Col. Edward M. House, once an unofficial adviser to President Wilson, authored the 1912 novel Philip Dru Administrator. It alleges the book reveals his views on national issues, including a preferred English system and a proposed powerful navy, with the authorhip allegedly exposed when House lent an autographed copy to Senator Culberson.
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Wilson
Philip Dru
Col
FE. M. House
Colonel House
Europe
Paris
France
England
Germany
Washington
Edward
Hall House
Dru
Col. E. M. House
Congress
House
Senate
United States Navy
United States
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
Culberson
Neutral Spirit and Neutrality in War and Safety
A quotation from Booth Tarkington in Indianapolis questions whether neutrals are inherently malicious and contrasts it with two boys watching a massive safe raised to a twenty-sixth story. One boy expresses distrust, saying to move on after fearing a drop. The anecdote appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis
Nonce
Joe
Indianapolis News
Who's Who In High School Henry Herndon Heads Hayne Debating Club
Henry Herndon of Main Avenue High School is profiled as twice elected president of the Hayne Debating Club, later resigning after two weeks to honor the club rule. He led reforms, earned honors in declamation contests, and held roles in glee, quartet, orchestra, boxing and the student paper Huisache. He is a 1917 senior.
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Hayne Debating Club
Henry Newton Herndon
Main Avenue
Henry Herndon
Herndon
Hayne
The
Hayue
Henry Boyd
Jeffersonian Literary Society
Jeffersonian
Bechtel
Hayne Quartet
New Boxing and Wrestling Club
the Huisache
Young Herncon
Young Herndon
Miss Ora Johnson Delivers France History Lecture
At the History Club a high school faculty member presented an illustrated talk on the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. Miss Johnson showed photos of Versailles Paris Notre Dame and other sites while Empress Josephine and Waterloo featured in descriptions.
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Ora Johnson
History Club
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Miss Johnson
Napoleon
Waterloo
Josephine
Osnah Sadovsky
Adelaide Lane
How Do You Do A Street Moving Tale
Mrs North asks a friend about a visit and finds the other has moved. They discuss relocating from the ueige to the East End outskirts, living just half an inch outside the city limits with a map of the city to show.
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East End
Congress Debates Exempting Barges From Pilotage Rules
Lawmakers weigh a Small bill to exempt barges in tow of steam vessels from pilotage taxes. The American Pilot Association led by Captain Benjamin Mitchell opposes, arguing pilots are a public necessity and exemptions could harm safety and ports. The measure would limit state license powers and cap pilotage fees while preserving state rules where applicable.
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Congress
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Committee On the Merchant Marine and Fisheries
American Pilot Association
Washington
Benjamin Mitchell
New Orleans
Gulf
J. H. Small
North Carolina
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United States Steamboat Inspection Service
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