Army Camp at Fort Sam Houston Readies for Arrivals
A large force arrives by Katy Railroad with units including the 39 officers and 701 men plus 27 civilian employees. Signals, artillery, and infantry regiments from Fort Douglas and Fort Myer are due by Friday and Saturday. Camp layout, water supply, latrines, and sanitation measures are being prepared under Lieut Col Allen Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Katy
Company D
Signal Corps
Arive
Sebring
Hospital Corps
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Utah
Salt Lake City
Third Field Artillery
Fort Myer
Clem
Leon Springs
Allen Smith
Read This One to Mamma about initiative referendum recall
A Rockford Illinois Star column explains the famous initiative referendum and recall. A man plans to meet a city official after supper to illustrate the initiative while his wife questions him, then he reads his paper, recalling the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Quick relief for headaches and colds from a liquid remedy
An advertisement promotes a liquid headache and cold relief product described as quick and easy to take. It claims to soothe sick nervous headaches and headaches from heat cold grip or stomach issues and to restore normal condition. Available in 10c 25c and 60c at drug stores.
Mobilization expected as 20 000 troops head to San Antonio
A special train bearing Gen William H Carter and staff is due in San Antonio at 6:45 AM.Rumors swirl over whether the mobilization is to test army efficiency or a response to international tensions. Officers and civil staff work to prepare Fort Sam Houston for the division, with brigades and regiments listed for potential encampment as press coverage from the New York Herald and other outlets converges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Carter
San Antonio
International & Great Northern
Department
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Japan
Signal Corps
Department of Texas
Duncan
Carter
Geo. H. Estes
Subsistence Department
Fort Leavenworth
Duval Cabell
Quartermaster’s Department
Tenth Infantry
New York Herald
Edmonds
Associated
United Press
Former San Francisco Mayor Eugene Schmitz Heads South
Eugene Schmitz former mayor of San Francisco and indicted figure travels via Mexico City to Tucson now visiting Mexico as a business traveler. He travels with Luis A Brito Jose G Suigata and Horacio Hectornez from Mexico and stops at St Anthony hotel before continuing to Los Angeles. He says he is out of politics and will discuss only what he wishes. He notes no revolution in Mexico and that business proceeds normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Republic
Michoacan
Tucson
Schmitz
Laredo
el Paso
Mean Business: San Antonio Reader Praises Brownsville Courage
R. H. Wester returns from Brownsville country praising its spirit and urging San Antonio to act. He says local efforts show strong resolve and predicts victory, noting conditions there merit wider interest from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Wester
Brownsville
San Antonio
Subscriptions Begin From George West as Major Backer
In addition to George West who subscribed 100000 dollars, a list of others contributed smaller amounts up to 10000 dollars. Named benefactors include Edwin Chamberlain Harry Hyman H P Hilliard president of Central Union Bank St Louis Vaughan Lumber Co Elizabeth Moore William Cassin Otto Koehler West End Lumber Co A B Frank Co M Halff Co L J Hart Campbell Petty Lumber Co Steves Sons Petrich Saur Lumber Co John J Stevens Joseph Cour and WB Tuttle A H Jones Mrs H D Kampmann Col F L Towne HB Chandler H P Drought J L Carr T B Palfrey San Antonio Drug Co A Y Walton Dr B Bitte and San Antonio Machine and Supply Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George West
Edwin Chamberlain
Harry Hyman
H. P. Hilliard
Central Union Bank of St. Louis
Vaughan Lumber Co
Elizabeth Moore
William Cassin
Otto Koehler
West End Lumber Company
A. B. Frank & Co
M. Halff Co
L. J. Hart
Campbell-Petty Lumber Co
Steves & Sons
Petrich-Saur Lumber Co
John J. Stevens
Joseph Courand
W. B. Tuttle
A. H. Jones
H. D. Kampmann
Col. F. L. Towne
BH. B. Chandler
H. P. Drought
J. L. Carr
T. B. Palfrey
San Antonio Drug Company
A. Y. Walton
Dr. 8B. & Itte
San Antonio Machine and Supply Company
San Antonio
Brownsville
F. W. Cook
New York
FE. B. Chandler
P. Brundage
W. W. Wiggins
J. B. Carrington
F. C. Smith
T. F E. George
B. F. Nicholson
A. B. Stephens
Paul Meerscheidt
C. A. Stieren
Fred Reutzel
J. Muir Jr
Eugene Holmgreen
A. J. Greiner
G. V. Maverick
Robert Maverick
L. P. Peck
William Simpson
George C. Vaughan
G. D. Robbins
P. H. Swearingen
W. G. Tobin
L. C. Bell
T. H. Flannery
Business Leaders Back San Antonio Brownsville Rail Drive
Executive committee hails local fundraising effort to build the San Antonio and Brownsville railroad. Prominent merchants pledge large subscriptions including West and others, outlining campaign plans to enlist district canvassing and rapid list preparation.
Wire less hearing reveals stock schemes in Texas firm
Jack Pfeifle testifies at a United States Commissioner hearing that he was elected stockholders' chairman after the December 10 meeting and received from the Texas Fiscal Agency a contract to act as sales agent with a $200 monthly salary. Beauchamp faces cross examination over stock, bonds, and company debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edwards
C. A. Boynton
Jack Pfeiffe
Texas
San Antonio
J. B. Dickinson
Chas. H. Beauchamp
Boynton
Texas Ireless Telegraph and Telephone Company
Texas Fiscal Agency
Eee
Dallas
James Dixon
Texas Fiscal Company
Rufin Odom
Pfeifle
H. E. Sorrell
Bomar
Dickinson
Mary Harris
Charles H. Beauchamp
Texas Collins Company
Joseph E. Farnsworth
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
J. F. Strickland
Farnsworth
Strickland
Beauchamp
Thompson
Continental
Texas Company
BE. S. Canman
Canman
William A. Bomar
Witness
New Rk
Treasury
Mother stops coffee boosts milk with Postum
A Kansas City mother says quitting coffee and switching to Postum cured her dizziness and sour stomach and increased her milk flow. She notes her seven month old baby also improved and her husband recovered from dyspepsia. The testimonial ends urging readers to try Postum from the C F Foster Company with the slogan There is a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Postum
Baby
Fostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Cough Cure Promised By Simple Home Formula
A medical man suffering from a severe cough and lung cold claims a five hour cure using a home laxative tonic cough syrup. The recipe combines wild cherry bark cardio essence and white pine syrup with dosing of twenty drops every half hour for four hours, then smaller doses daily.
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Girard Milton
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Troy
N.Y
Hicks’ Capudine
Kansas
M. Maracheau Grain CO
Main Ave
Birdsong & Potchernick
Mamwell Automobiles, Auto Supplies and
Eastman Kodaks
Houston
Cafe Mitrovich
Wolff & Marx Co
Lorenzen
W. Commerce St
Lucochese Bros
Sogcta
Hostetter
Eugene Schmitz
Frisco 15
Eugene E. Schmitz
San Francisco
Interna
Guntragt
Jack Pfeifle
Stockhelders
Alamo Plaza
U. S. Bankruptcy Court
Lee Dreyfus
J. M. Potts
M. Coppard
Harlandale
Bay
Marlandale
South Flores
H. J. Benson
Grand Opera House
Crockett Street Side
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