General Scott Slays His Own Commission
Dispatches note Hugh L. Scott signed as major general after admin changes in the War Department. The piece recounts his Philippine campaign, enduring injuries to both hands, fighting rebels, and ruling with fairness, earning grudging respect from former enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Washington
Hugh L. Scott
War Department
Lindley M. Garrison
Secretary of War
Department
General Scott
Philippine
Army Hospital
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound promotes female health
A four point advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as effective for backache irregular periods displacements and nervous issues. It claims forty years of use aiding childbirth and menopause while citing unsolicited testimonials from the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts and inviting women to seek confidential free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkam
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Im, Mass
Massachusetts motorist seeks encouragement from license
A Massachusetts man touring New England faced several mishaps. When his wife questioned why he studies his state license after each breakdown, he says he does it for encouragement since the license confirms his competence to operate the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New England
Joffre Acknowledges Courage of Morvandian Soldier
Paris reports ex premier Georges Clemenceau recounts meeting General Joffre in a muddy front trench. Joffre greets officers and soldiers, awards a Morvandian hero a briar pipe, and notices brave Morvandians and exhausted troops, including a wounded giant and a beardless ambulance aide.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
L’Homme_ Enchaine
Joffre
Morvandian
Cattle Men's Convention Travel by Special Train
Return fare to Houston listed at 7 dollars 55 cents via Southern Pacific. A special train departs 11 00 p m on March 20 to serve attendees of the cattle men's convention.
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Houston
Southern Pacific
Languid Larry's Luck Phrase from Chicago Herald
A dialogic snippet shows a gentleman offering a nickel to a tramp and promising a lifetime of support, while the tramp responds with sarcasm about basic needs. The exchange reflects urban charity and social attitudes in a newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Chicago Herald
Social calendar notes active club events this week
In Society the week begins with 8 o clock card party at the Travis Club and after the theater dansant at St Anthony. Alamo Heights Civic Club meets at 8 with Mr and Mrs E M Hight. Pierian Study Club gathers at Mrs E Hunter 322 Jennings Ave. Daughters of Isabella meet at 4 30 at Catholic Woman's Club. Parish Aid of St Luke's meets at 4 with Mrs Wood. Y M C A Women's Auxiliary at 4 with Mrs Fenstermaker. Pen Women meet at 8 with Mrs Vaughan. Phoenix Club at 4 45 at the Gunter. Sorosis Club at 3 30 at St Anthony Oak Room with Mrs Reagan and Harvey L Stiles speaking on Horticulture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goog Yards
Alamo Heights
Pierian Study Club
E. 8. Hunter
Jennings Avenue
J. C. Meaking
Hawthorne
Department of Philanthropy of
Daughters of Isabella
Catholic Woman’s Club
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Sorosis Club
the St. Anthony
John H. Reagan
Harvey L. Stiles
The
Council of Mothers
St. Anthony
Mothers’ Clubs
Travis Club card party reservations and club activities
The notice lists reservations for the Travis Club card party and details a Dramatic Club banquet with cabaret in the Gunter pink room. It mentions round tables, decorations of violets, and performances by a male quartet and student and dramatic acts, plus upcoming meetings of several women’s groups and a YMCA Girls gym program.
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Dramatic Club
Gunter
Lewis Krams-Beck
Jay Powers
Malone Duggan
J. Kendrick Collins
Flora Briggs
Virginia Beraud
Martha Fowlkes
General Obregon Weds Maria Tapia in Mexico City
General Obregon, Carranza’s favored commander, married Senorita Maria Tapia on March 2. She is described as one of Mexico’s most beautiful women, tying the knot in a notable social event.
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General Obregon
Carranza
Senorita Maria Tapia
Mexico
Pan Hellenic luncheon and Mu Nu Sigma hike highlight social page
Etta Pickering Belle Graves and Mrs H A Moos attend a Pan Hellenic Society luncheon in the Carolina tea room with reed baskets of yellow roses. A fifty member Mu Nu Sigma group enjoyed a Sunday hike on the Scenic Loop near Inspiration Point with open campfire supper. Ohio Society meets at the Gunter Hotel Tuesday evening with officer installation planned. Alamo Mission Chapter DRT holds a 3:30 pm meeting at the Alamo.
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Pan-Hellenic Society
Carolina Tea Room
Witten B. Russ
Howard E. Short
Seguin
H. G. Henne
New Braunfels
Walter Shafer
Elmer Dill Russell
Minnie B. Clamp
Storrow Devine Smith
Corinne Russell
Ailleen White
Lucile Bell
5. G
Mu Nu Sigmas
Inspiration Point
Lindsey Shropshire
Branham Bennett
The
Ohio Society
Gunter Hotel
Beef sales report and evening train notice
Special train leaves at 11 00 p m March 20 men s Convention. Swift Co s beef sales in San Antonio for the week ending Saturday March ith averaged 11 19 cents per pound Adv
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Swift & Co
San Antonio
Queen Theater Presents Red Feather Features and Stars
The Queen Theater offers The Sons of Satan with Universal stars as the big feature plus The Girl and the Game series with Helen Holmes in The Salting of the Superstition Mine. The Pretenders, a David Horsley production with Bostock animals, tops a strong Monday lineup ahead of Harold’s matinee appearance tomorrow.
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Queen
Universal
Red Feather
Universal Stars
Queen Theater
Helen Holmes
David Horsley
Harold
End of the Road heads to Mutual Master De Luxe
Lockwood with May Allison stars in The End of the Road in a Mutual Master De Luxe production. Tomorrow night features souvenir night.
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Lockwood
May Allison
Birth of a Nation Opens Week at Grand Opera House
The Birth of a Nation returns tonight at the Grand Opera House with a mighty Civil War and Reconstruction era spectacle. The production showcases famed sequences from Sherman’s march to the sea to Lee and Grant’s Appomattox meeting and features a grand reenactment of the battle of Petersburg with 18 000 soldiers staged in precise drill.
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Grand Opera House
Sherman
Petersburg
Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Lincoln
Griffith
Kitchener
England
McClellan
Potomac
Ancient tomb unearthed near Cairo by Armenian driller
An Armenian artesian-well driller near Cairo uncovers a chamber with birds and serpents on walls and a large sarcophagus housing a powerful ancient king. Egyptian Museum experts order continued excavation as gold and hangings are found, promising profits for landowner and diggers.
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Cairo
Egypt
French Women Adopt God Sons At Front
Paris reports that French women care for soldiers at the front or prisoners in German camps as godmothers. Mme Robin leads with 520 godsons, sending parcels and letters from Paris while coordinating a staff to supply food clothing and updates.
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Paris
France
Mme
Robin of
Bois
Mme. Robin
French
Daily Mail Delivery in a Moving Van Noted by Woman
A woman remarks that daily letters are taken to the post office in a motor moving van and praises her sons for their gratitude. She recalls criticism from the east and cites a correspondent who says letters take twenty days and parcels a month to reach, yet hopes for improved service now that submarines are gone.
Justifiable Fervency in Daily Bread Request
A dialogue notes why daily prayers for bread are urged, contrasting asking weekly or monthly with the need for freshness. Edna questions the practice and an older sister explains daily supplication keeps provisions timely and the need immediate.
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Edna
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Dept. 11-T
Resinol
Baltimore
Ad Interim
Joffre Democratic
Sunshine and Roses
California
Menger Hotel
Naranja Bailey
Texas
California Orange Day Association
Menger
Edwin H. Lee
Nger
Telehone Crockett
Travis Club
Woman’s Auxiliary of
William Fenstermaker
West Mistletoe Avenue
Pen Women's Club
W. H. Vaughan
West Ashby Place
Phoenix Club
Eleanor Maury
A. R. Beal
Arthur W. Rohde
Bascom Bell
Henry M. Hart
T. E. George
J. M. Howard
Harry Taylor
A.toole
Ladies’ Aid Society
Prospect Hill Presbyterian Church
J. E. Eisenhauer
Durango Street
Theodore E. Mumme
Chiara de Bona
Eagle Pass
Miss de Bona
Gladys Ives
Emmett Rountree
Wesley Peacock
O. B. Bleck
Lacey Whitten
Conn Anderson
Gillespie Stacey
Beacon Hill
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Marion Watson
W. E. Watson
J. E. Davenport
Herbert Austin
Roy Thompson
Milam School Mothers
P. G. Simpson
North
South Woman's Club
A. P. Hundley
Avenue PD
Y. W. C. A. Business Girls
Lena Jenk
H. A. Moos
Edith Jimison
Misses Wiebling
Angie Wiebling
Hermine Roach
Lucy Owen
Gladys Manbeck
Florence Juggi
Clementine Kane
Charmaine Lallier
Eleanor Noon
Obregon
Senora Obregon
Etta Pickering
Belle Graves
Alamo
the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Optica
Hertzberg
Arrmour
Lord Armour's Grape Juice
Cloverbloom
Devonshire
Oleomargarine
E. Hoban
San Antonio, Tex
King
Stubbe
Dr Bulls
Alte,. Md
J. Oppenheimer & Coneral Distributors
San Antonio, Texas
the Union Painless
West
Commerce St
Apter Theater Dansant
St. Anthony Hotel
T. B. Baker
Dansante
Crockettockett
Ercy Tyrrell
Calumet
Samet
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