Vitalitas touted as a cure all with limited claims
Advertisements claim Vitalitas relieves chronic conditions where others fail and cleanses the system by dissolving poisons while invigorating the body. Sold at Summer's Drug Store and Renauitope with a free booklet, price $315, with a Wednesday afternoon sale. Reverend Wolff of St John’s Lutheran Church presides over services and interment at the new Lutheran cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitalitas
Barrera Street
Mr. Wolff
St. John's Lutheran Church
New Lutheran Cemetery
Obituaries Hit San Antonio Sanitariums for Two Residents
F A Reed aged 60 died at a San Antonio sanitarium after a week in the city coming from Iroquois 8 D. He was the last survivor of his family and was buried in City Cemetery No. 3 after services at Pierce Robinson chapel. Ida Wallis age 19 died in a sanitarium here after traveling from Utopia Texas for medical care. She leaves a husband Virgil Wallis and a three year old child in Utopia with relatives in Oklahoma and Childress County. Her body was sent to Utopia for funeral under the Order of Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Reed
San Antonio
Iroquois
Pierce-Robinson Undertaking Company
City Cemtery No. 3
Ida Wallis
Utopia
Tex
Virgil Wallis
Oklahoma
Childress County
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Company
Order of Eastern Star
Infant Julius Alfred Tietze Died in San Antonio
Julius Alfred Tietze aged 16 months died in a San Antonio hospital at 8 o clock Tuesday night. Funeral services will be held from the grandmother Mrs Christiana Tietze home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Alfred
Albert Tietze
San Antonio
Christiana Tietze
James Jeffery Duke of Old House Dies at 82 in Ilminster
James Jeffery Duke of Old House Ilminster England died there aged 82 several days ago, nephew Frank James of San Antonio reports. The Duke family is among Somerset’s oldest. Survived by two sons in British service, one in Africa and one in India. His grandfather founded a large Dowlish Wake farm in 1816 and lived in the Old Manor House. He was an active Conservative and a church worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jeffery Duke
Old House
Ilminster
England
Frank James
San Antonio
Somerset
Local railroad ticket agent Oscar Schultz dies at 44
Oscar R Schultz longtime Southern Pacific railroad ticket agent at 820 Nolan Street in San Antonio died at a city hospital Tuesday after a two month illness. He served 24 years with SP and 14 years as local agent. He is survived by his widow two sisters and a brother. Body to Columbus Texas for interment. Widow and Ed McClannahan accompanied the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar R. Schultz
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Antonio
Columbus
Tex
Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company
Ed McClannahan
Nolan Street
46 Years in Office San Jose Tax Official William January
William A January of San Jose California celebrated his 90th birthday and his 46 years as a county official. He has served as tax collector for 26 years and held roles as state treasurer city treasurer and county treasurer. He has handled about 50 million dollars in public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
William A. January
California
Santa Clara County
Hall of Justice
Tailor Lentz Offers Suits at 30 Dollars in Ady Ad
Readable ad notes Ponti style suits and desirable shades available at Lentz Tailor located at 312 West Commerce. Open for customers seeking tailored menswear with affordable pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lene Paramount, Lentz, Tailor
W. Commerce
Ady
Battery D Fourth Field Artillery Heads to Fort Brown
Battery D of the Fourth Field Artillery, stationed near Mercedes since last August, prepared for a forty mile march to Fort Brown Brownsville in response to orders from General Funston. The unit is due to arrive Thursday night. Some members had earlier joined the Progreso border expedition to rescue two soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes
Brownsville
Tex
Fourth Field Artillery
Fort Brown
Funston
Mexico
Progresso
Paris Fire Leaves Three Dead and Thousands Homeless
Fire devastates Paris reducing homes to ashes and charred timbers. Three people are dead and thousands homeless as relief efforts mobilize with volunteers from other cities joining the brigade. Sightseers flood the area while railways bring food and clothing, though supplies still fall short for the many victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Relief Train With Provisions for Paris Fire Sufferers
A special relief train departed Dallas for Paris to aid fire sufferers. Wholesale grocers donated foodstuffs and ten thousand loaves were ordered baked for shipment on the afternoon train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Destructive Fire Drops Half Million in Mckinney
A blaze in Mckinney Texas yesterday caused about 500000 dollars in damage. It started in a residence and swept into the business district destroying a cotton compress several business houses railroad cars with cotton and three thousand bales of cotton. The flames began shortly after 2 pm and burned out by 430 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’kinney
Tex
Fire Engulfs Spray North Carolina Business District
A major blaze swept Spray North Carolina, destroying most structures in the business district. The town of about six thousand residents and ten leading cotton and woolen mills faced extensive damage as flames spread this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
Spray N. C
Here
Spray
Fire Sweeps East Nashville as High Winds Lit Blaze
A blaze that began in a small dwelling near Sixth and Main in Nashville, Tennessee, spread southeast through East Nashville today. The high winds hampered fire departments as two blocks of houses burned and containment remained elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Sixth and Main Street
Tulsa Oil Field Fire Rages With Million Dollar Loss
Wires down hinder details from the Cushing field fire area but estimates put the loss at least one million dollars. The blaze continued until noon then eased as wind shifted. Tulsa oil companies sent representatives to the field at daybreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Cushing Field
Tulsa Oil Companies
Loss of Million Dollars in Tennessee Industry
In Copper Hill Tennessee a fire raged destroying the Carcolite Chemical Company's two main buildings and tanks with acids and products worth over one million dollars. Assistant Superintendent George Strohl was fatally injured by an explosion when an acid kettle boiled over. The plant had been producing ingredients for high explosives for European markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copper Hill
Tenn
Carcolite Chemical Company
George Strohl
Inspector to Paris Prompts Prompt Action in Fire Case
The state fire insurance commission wired T F Baker to head to Paris Texas for a detailed report on a major city fire. Fire Marshal Inglish cites shingle roofs as a primary loss factor in the burning area. Another inspector from Dallas will inspect the McKinney fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Fire Insurance Commission Today
T. F. Baker
Denton
Paris
Inglish
Dallas
McKinney
Messages of Sympathy for Paris Tex Fire Loss
President Wilson expressed deepest sympathy to Senator Sheppard and Texans in Congress for the Paris Texas fire that caused heavy property loss. Messages of sympathy were wired to the Paris community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Sheppard
Paris
Tex
Congress
Prairie Fire in Kansas Threatens Homes in Path
Prairie fires raged across Kansas threatening numerous homes near Topeka while authorities reported no loss of life. Fire crews fought the flames as wind drove the blaze across rural areas and into fringe neighborhoods.
Western Kansas Wildfires Ravage Counties
A sweeping blaze in Scott and Lane counties burned through the region with no reported deaths. Flames spread across six counties to the north and west as extreme heat and high winds turned pastures and countryside to tinder. Dodge City kept a fire guard overnight to defend the city from threats advancing from the northwest. Firefighting efforts focused on controlling the fast-moving fires near Utica Ness county and along the Scott Lane corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Scott
Wichita County
Lane
Utica
Ness County
Dodge City
Fire Prevention Campaigns Move Into Texas Towns
The state fire insurance commission prepares fire prevention campaigns for towns 3000 and over with inspections planned in Galveston San Antonio Dallas and Houston areas. Local authorities cooperate as re inspections roll out in Dallas and Houston recently completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Fire Insurance Commission
Galveston
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Relief groups deploy to aid fire swept city from Texarkana
A relief committee bound for arms departed Texarkana to supply tents and food. A citizens committee organized clothing for dispatch later today to the disaster area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Tex
Pershing message to Funston on transport routes
Funston received Gen. Pershing's permission to carry supplies between Nogales and Douglas, Arizona over railroad lines in American territory. Officers urge reciprocity and readiness to move several thousand troops by the same means in the current emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Douglas
Ariz
Army mobilization details for Mexican expedition force
The report notes only a small remainder of cavalry and infantry will stay in the continental U S after Fifth cavalry and Twenty fourth Infantry join to bolster the Mexico expedition line. Most of the army, including thirty regiments of infantry and fifteen regiments of cavalry, is already in the Southern Department Mexico or abroad. Additional field artillery and various units are stationed at Fort Sill Fort Myer Fort Ethan Allen Madison Barracks Fort Ontario Vancouver Barracks Plattsburg Barracks and other posts as the mobile force nears exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Southern Department
Fifth Cavalry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Mexico
War Department
Funston
Philippines
Hawaii
Alaska
Fifth Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
Third Field Artillery
Fort Myer
Second Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Madison Barracks
N. Y
Fort Ontario
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort Lawton
Wash
Fort George Wright
Twenty-first Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Plattsburg Barracks
Washington, D. C
Signal Corps
Free Trial Mailed On Request For Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
advertisement praises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as safe for all ages including children. claims benefit after meals to aid digestion, appetite, and growth. promotes free trial coupon offer and nationwide drugstore sales at 50 cents.
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Stuart
Expeditionary Force in Mexico Grows Prompting Militia Call
Army reports the Mexican expeditionary force at about five to eight thousand with thousands more on border patrol along a 1500 mile span from Brownsville to the Pacific. The operation is expanding into a campaign, with a militia call likely for Texas Arizona and New Mexico before other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Brownsville
Pacific Coast
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Pershing Near Villa Aviators Not Found
United States army opens a motor truck line between a field force and its base of supplies at Columbus. Express trains carry urgent provisions to General Pershing while local trains deliver staple goods. Wagon trains supplement slower freight as two motor companies operate now with more trucks expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
Army Builds A Road On Line Of March Of Amer
The trail from Columbus to Northern Chihuahua, used by Pancho Villa’s retreat, becomes a broad military road in a week as American troops convert the semi desert trail into the main supply artery for General Pershing’s punitive column. The body of ranchman H. J. McKinney, killed by Villa, was found near Boca Grande after the Columbus raid. Infantry actions behind the cavalry supported by 45 pound packs covered 26 miles in eight hours over rough, volcanic, dust-laden terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
N. M
Pancho Villa
Chihuahua
Pershing
H. J. McKinney
Villa
Boca Grande
McKinney
United States
Anxious News On Missing Aviators In Mexico
United States Army flyers Edgar J. Gorrell and Robert H. Willis Jr. remain missing in Mexico. Both trained at the North Island school in San Diego, with Lieutenant Bowen injured after a fall near Casas Grandes. The 100 horsepower tractors used in the expedition offer limited reconnaissance in mountainous air.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Army
Edgar J. Gorrell
Robert H. Willis Jr
Mexico
North Island
Thomash .S. Bowen
Casas Grandes
Gorrell
Willis
Army
British Residents Flee Torreon for Border in Special Train
British residents of Torreon flee toward the border today aboard a train of box cars secured by British Vice Consul O Shea. A military escort accompanies the train at the direction of General Francisco Gonzales as Canute Reyes with a Villa force threatens Torreon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Torreon
O'Shea
Francisco Gonzales
Canute Reyes
Border Wire Cut Off Between Piedras Negras and Cities
Piedras Negras reports no message from Torreon and Durango as wire communication with the border town remains severed. The cause is unknown and no messages can get through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedras Negras
Torreon
Durango
Mexico
Measure and Make Tailors Offer Suits at $30 to $40
The advertisement from Lentz Tailor at 312 West Commerce promotes tailored suits described as superior with prices ranging from 30 to 40 dollars. The brief notice emphasizes craftsmanship and the shop’s name and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lentz
W. Commerce
Puffers Visit Prompts Music Night Question
Maria and John discuss a planned Puffers gathering, noting that Mrs Puffer insists music be played before the evening event. The exchange hints at expected songs and a spirited social.
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Maria
John
Puffers
Mrg. Puffer
Re trial bid over Jim Wells local option petition
The case A C Canales et al versus R R Mullen county attorney returns for retrial in Jim Wells County over a local option election held November 6 1915 Allegations claim 69 of 250 petition signers were not qualified voters prompting invalidation of the vote Justice Swearingen notes possible invalidity if fewer than 250 qualified signers are shown at trial Other rulings include affirmed decisions reversed and remanded in related cases and several motions acted on or dismissed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wells
A. C. Canaley Et al
R. R. Mullen
County Commissioners Court
Swearingen
Jim Wells County
San Antonio Brewing Association
Otto Gerlach
Bexar
L. Cadena
G. H
A. Railway
A. N. Moses
J. B. Hazelrigg
Francisco Naranjo
Webb
A. L. Matlock
J. D. McGregor
D.rhodes
Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company
San Patricio
Murd er Case Remanded By Court Of Criminal Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded Ira W. McDugal of Smith County who was sentenced to twenty years for murder. It also reversed Gus Taylor and Lois Leonard sentences for assault and theft. Affirmations were upheld for Fletcher Howard and Cotton Cantrell. The court overruled rehearing in David B. Teem and W. R. Meredith cases involving medical practice and embezzlement. Meredith’s embezzlement sentence stands two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ira W. McDugal
Smith County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Gus Taylor
Guadalupe County
Lois Leonard
Angelina County
Fletcher Howard
Dallas
Bell
David B. Teem
Grayson County
W. R. Meredith
Medina
Medina County
Meredith
Supreme Court proceedings and decisions listed
The Supreme Court today ruled on certified questions in Paul Waples v Marract, Galveston County. Judgments affirmed in George L Anthony v Ball et al. Reeves granted in General Bonding and Casualty Insurance Co. v Moseley et al. Northcutt v Hume et al and Broocks v Moss et al. applications refused for Browder et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Paul Waples
E. K. Marract
Galveston County
George L. Anthony
J. F. Ball
Reeves
Cas
Ins. Co
A. Moseley
Hardeman
Z. T. Northcutt
H. E. Hume
Potter
John H. Broocks
Jack Moss
Tyler
D. Browder
Legal Docket Listings and Public Notices
A compilation of civil case captions from various Texas counties including Nacogdoches, Wharton, Pecos, Gregg, Dallas, and El Paso. Names span Hawkins, Miller, White, Krugle, Medlock, Pettigrew, Wells, Curry, Mills, and others with motions to file mandamus, advance, and rehearing noted along with a local advertisement for Lentz tailors at 812 W. Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Memphis
Hull
H. H. Hawkins
First National Bank of Canyon
Randall
George W. Beaver
J. L. Costley
Travis
Jack Moss
John H. Brooks
Ler
Thomas
Falvey
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Nacogdoches
H. A. Cline
R. F. Booly
Wharton
Sam Holloway
Mary L. Purineton
Pecos
Herman Krugle
Kenneth Force
J. A. White
Lillie White
el Paso
B. Teem
Grayson
W. B. Meredith
Medina
Charley Medlock
Gregg
John Foster
Felix Tudyk
Wilson
Charley Pettigrew
Terrant
Gill McElree
Robert Wells
Dallas
John Curry
Jake Mills
Kerr
Eddie Benett
Newton
T. A. Lowery
Tarrant
Idella Hare
Liberty
E. C
Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Rulings on Several Defendants
The Court of Criminal Appeals issued decisions affirming Cotton Castrell of Bell and Cleve Barnes of Young among others while reversing and remanding Loss Leonard of Angelina Gus Taylor and Ira W McDugal of Smith. A rehearing motion by David was overruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Criminal Appeals
Cotton Castrell
Bell
Fletcher Howard
Dallas
Cleve Barnes
Young
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Willbee
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Atlanta
U.S.A
Perec
Swift Specific Co
Georgia
Reliee
Blaze
Tennessee
Insurance Commission
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Topeka
Kan
Gen. Pershing
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Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
Villistas Report
Washen Brosco
Oxfords
W. G. Tobin
Citizens’ League
State National Bank
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