Rexall Club Will Elect at Fifth Annual Texas Convention
Rexall Club of Texas holds its fifth annual convention at the Menger Hotel with Tuesday and Wednesday sessions. Officers to be elected Wednesday afternoon and next meeting place to be chosen. Talks cover advertising pharmaceutical supplies salesmanship and mail order opposition. About seventy five delegates attended the Wednesday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall Club of Texas
Menger
Officéra
Rexall
United Drug Company
Rexall Club
Thomas J. Weyman
Yoakum
E. B. Barker
United States
J. G. McConnnell
United Drug Store
West Texas
New Mexico
A. E. Keisling
Houston
Keisling
Menver Hotel
Verdun Battle Intensifies Across Front
Paris reports the Verdun fight growing in intensity and scope from Cheppy to Fresnes with a second large scale assault planned. Germans gain small advances west of the Meuse and in the Woevre after fierce, costly battles as desperate fighting continues along the line.
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Paris
Verdun
Cheppy
Argonne
Fresnes
Woevre
Meuse
Rail unions vote on possible nationwide railway strike
March reports indicate over four hundred thousand railway workers may strike if pay and overtime demands are not met as wage talks near expiry. Leaders weigh referendum results while warning arbitration may be rejected though a nationwide stoppage could halt 268 railroads. Warren Stone and other union heads oversee the mail vote.
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Chicago
Warren 8. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Stone
W.S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
L. E. Sheppard
A. D. Garrettson
Order of Railway Conductors
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Tailored Clothes by Lentz Advertised at 3212 W Commerce
An advertisement notes tailored clothing by Lentz at 3212 West Commerce and hints at authentic fit and style. The line suggests shop details for custom garments offered by a local tailor.
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Lentz
Commerce
Vaudeville at Majestic Theater for inmates and guests
The Majestic Theater hosts the entire vaudeville cast this week to entertain inmates at the Southwestern Insane Asylum on Thursday morning. Manager Raymond invites San Antonio telephone operators to view the act titled The Telephone Tangle at the Majestic.
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Majestic Theater
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Raymond
San Antonio
Majestic
What Can You Do for Catarrh
An advertisement extols 8. S. S. as a quick, blood-focused remedy for catarrh and other blood ailments. It claims the product cleanses the system in hours, improves nasal passages, and reduces headaches, urging readers to buy at drug stores and consult The Swift Specific Company for advice.
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Swift
Atlanta
S. S
Medical Department
Texans Vote to Interfere with Wilson in Diplomatic Talks
March 8 report shows more than half of Texas voters on the armed merchantmen issue backed action that would constrain President Wilson. Eight Texas congressmen opposed tabling the McLemore resolution. Garner Wardy Rayburn Smith Sumners and Young supported tabling. Stephens absent. Dies Henry Gregg in Texas.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Wilson
Texas
McLemore
Buchanan
Burgess
Callaway
Eagle
Davis
Shayden
Garner
Wardy
Rayburn
Smith
Sumners
Young
Representative Stephens
Representatives Dies
Henry and
Gregg
German View on Submarine Policy Outlined
The article outlines Germany's position on submarine warfare and Allied actions. It details German denials of breach of neutral rights, British contraband measures, armed merchantmen, and the U.S. stance ahead of submarine negotiations with the central powers. It notes Wilson preparing to pursue talks as Congress expresses sentiment on armed ships.
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Germany
England
Great Britain
Washington
United States
Congress
Wilson
House
Congress Backs President on Armed Ships Clash
The House and Senate rejected resolutions to warn Americans off armed ships, freeing the president from embarrassment amid Congress dissensions. Gratified by overwhelming support, he considers replying to Germany on the Lusitania issue as Secretary Lansing reviews the German note appendices. Party lines broke as Democrats and Republicans joined to crush the armed ships warning effort.
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House
McLemore
Senate
Congress
Berlin
Germany
Lusitania
United States
Lansing
Todeg
Prominent Houston Women Endorse Favorite Prescription
Houston women praise Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nervous ailments and women’s troubles. The ad claims rapid relief, restoration of normal function, and no alcohol or narcotics, urging readers to obtain tablets or liquid form or request a trial package and free confidential medical advice.
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Houston
Tex
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense Medical Adviser advertised by Dr. Pierce
An ad promotes the Common Sense Medical Adviser a 1008 page book with home cures physiology hygiene and anatomy. It offers cloth bound copies and mailing costs refundable by 30 cents stamps and mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
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Common Sense
W. M. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Administration Wins A Prolonged Debate On McLemore Resolution
Administration supporters across party lines vote 256 to 160 to block opening the McLemore resolution to amendment and unlimited debate. They push for a four hour discussion rule, carried 271 to 138, then tabling the resolution to complete the victory.
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McLemore
Woman billiardist Nellie Shaw dies in Chicago restaurant
Investigation opened into the death of Mrs. Nellie Shaw an expert billiardist in a downtown Chicago restaurant. She dined with two women who left early, leaving her deceased at the table. Mrs. Shaw was married to professional cueist Lew Shaw now on tour.
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Chicago
Nellie Shaw
Dodson's Liver Tone Ad Bets On Gentle Liver Boost
An advertisement promises a natural remedy for biliousness and constipation. It warns against calomel and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless alternative that strengthens the liver without causing nausea or salivation, with a money back guarantee.
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Dodson
Solvax Cure Promises Quick Kidney Relief
Hundreds claim relief from backache and kidney trouble using Solvax. The Wagner Drug Store backs a money back guarantee if no improvement, promising rapid relief from pains, swelling, urinary issues, and uric acid buildup.
Russian-born paper hanger dies in San Antonio sanitarium
William Rusiszky 38 died after a long illness in a San Antonio sanitarium at 8 29 Tuesday night. A native of Russia he had lived in San Antonio thirteen months after moving from Houston. He is survived by his widow. Funeral from Shelley Loring funeral chapel at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment in St Marys cemetery.
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William Rusiszky
San Antonio
Russia
Houston
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
St. Mary’s
Local Shoemaker Ed Witte Dies in Sanitarium
Ed Witte a 47 year old shoemaker died in a sanitarium here on Tuesday morning. He had been in San Antoriid for two months and left no relatives here. The Riebe Undertaking Company holds the body until word from relatives is received.
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Ed. Witte
San’ Antoriid
Riebe Undertaking Company
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment Ad
Local firm Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment with two phone lines 971. Contact details indicate services for vehicle fittings and related accessories.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Women’s golf tournament first round results
Three matches were completed in the first round at the Country Club with four more to finish by Wednesday evening. Scobey beat Maule 8 and 6 in class A while Pilcott defeated Weakley 1 up on extra holes in class B and Byarruth won by default over Muir.
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J. B. Lockwood
H. Duane Pi
J. C. Mangham
J. H. Burleson
Art Exhibit Set to Open at Carnegie Library
The sixth annual exhibition of selected paintings under the San Antonio Art League opens Thursday at 2 pm in the Carnegie Library auditorium. Forty five American works and five foreign canvases are valued around 50400 dollars. The show runs March 9 to 29 with special days for city organizations.
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San Antonio Art League
Carnegie Library
Texas
American Federation of Arts
Cabinet moves to disfranchise German born electors
The cabinet decided to disfranchise all German born electors for the war duration after arrests and internment of several hundred aliens deemed hostile. The report comes via London with the Yonkers Statesman noting the action.
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Sydney
London
March Snowstorm Remembered in San Antonio Weather
A year ago on March eighth San Antonio logged one and a half inches of snow with a raw gray morning. The day warmed to the 70s after a cold start, while the prior Monday saw 32 degree averages with intermittent snow from 10:35 a.m. to 5:55 p.m.
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San Antonio
United States Weather Bureau
Tourists Visit Nearby Medina Lake Trip From San Antonio
Lake trip led by Lake T. B. Baker general manager of the St. Anthony Hotel Company takes three automobiles with a party of tourists including Mrs. Naylor Reynolds Long Chambers Foster McCrord Topping Crowe English and others to fish and boat at Medina Lake returning the same day Wednesday.
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T. B. Baker
St. Anthony
Medina Lake
Baker
San Antonio
B. I. Naylor
C. W. Reynolds
R. A. Long
W. C. Chambers
T. O. Foster
J. H. McCrord
D. K. Topping
G. R. Crowe
C.T. English
Mr. Baker
Celebration of American Bible Society's 100th anniversary
The American Bible Society marks its centennial with a Wednesday evening service at Travis Park Methodist Church. All Protestant churches in the city are participating, with a large contingent expected, as prayer meetings proceed across churches in preparation.
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American Bible Society
Travis Park Methodist Church
Vitalitas tonic advertised as natural cure all
In a patent medicine style ad the Vitalitas tonic is promoted as a universal remedy for a wide range of ailments. It claims to cleanse purify and vitalize the body and to restore health, urging readers to buy from Sommer's Drug Store or other druggists.
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Sommer
Centennial Service Held At Local Church
Congregation gathered for a centennial celebration featuring an organ prelude by Miss Mildred Gates and "America" along with a scripture lesson, responsive reading of the Nineteenth Psalm, hymns, and a centennial address by Rev. William S. Haven of New York, with benediction by Rev. Hugh McLellan. The service was postponed and the church held events as planned.
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Mildred Gates
America
C. B. McStravick
E. G. Johnson
A. G. Jones
William S. Haven
New York
American Bible Society
Hugh McLellan
Maxwell Motor Sales Suit Ends with Injunction
An agreed judgment in the Twenty sixth district court of Texas restrains Maxwell Motor Sales Corpora tion a Delaware firm based in Detroit from forming or carrying out restricted contracts. The state gains a perpetual injunction against re sale of automobiles with Texas dealers.
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Maxwell Motor Sales
Austin
Tex
Texas
Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation
Entroit
Mich
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Cumieres
Washer Bros. CO
Bernard
Lanvin
Georgette
Jenney
Poiret
Trousseau
Wagner Drug Store
Solvax
Spaases
Ed Witte
Patience
Bo Pegey
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
I Fashion
Milady
B. Baker
Medina Dam
Automobiles
State National Bank
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