San Antonio Ordinance Grants Rail Line Along Walnut Street
City commissioners authorize the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway to lay and operate tracks across Walnut Street and along East Commerce and adjacent streets, with Walnut Street closures and exclusive use. The ordinance requires storm sewers, drainage measures, concrete pavement, and specified paving standards with deadlines in 1916 and 1917.
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San Antonio
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company
Texas
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Cks
Walnut Street
Idaho
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Cmpany
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Dakota
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Iowa
Virginia
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Nogalitos
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Garden
Probandt
San Antonio Machine & Supply Company
East Commerce Street
East Commerce Streets
Cennter
Ty of
Ereby
Montana Street
Center Street
Ftfe
Railway Cmpany
Conditton
Galveston, Harrisburg T San Antonio Railway Company
East Commerce
Eastommerce
Victoria Streets
Victoria Street
East Houston
Florida Streets
Florida Street
East Houston Street
Enger
Towit
Capita
San Antonio Hay Company
Railway Comny
T Commerce Street
East Amerce Street
Railway Pany
Heimann
Gonzales
Gonzales Street
Galveston Street
Galveston Et
Helm Street
Sycamore
Railway ordinance grants San Antonio rights to street access
The Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio Railway Company must construct gates at Wyoming, Montana and Dakota streets intersections, maintain sewers and streets, and incur all related costs. The city retains broad regulatory rights, while the railway indemnifies the city against claims. The ordinance awaits mayoral approval and company acceptance within ninety days.
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Wyoming Street
Montana Street
Dakota Street
Raiway Company
Railway Company
Sai City
Walnut Street
Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
City of
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Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning
A health message urges starting each day with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. Readers are advised to drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast claiming it improves appetite and purifies the digestive system.
Musterole Mustard Plaster Ad Boasts Modern Ointment
An advertisement promotes MUSTEROLE as a white mustard oil ointment replacing old mustard plasters. It claims fast relief for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup and various pains with blister-free action. Available in 25c and 50c jars and a hospital size for 2.50 from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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Musterole
The
Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Tailor Lentz Offers snug tailored suits in town
A humorous English guest recounts a western hotel owner using a shotgun to summon guests for meals. The proprietor explains only one barrel is fired to reserve the other for collecting pay for meals and lodging.
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Lentz
W. Commerce
New York Times
Cascarets for Colds Promoted as Night Cure
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly cure for colds. It claims the product cleanses the stomach and bowels, reduces liver toxins, and speeds recovery with a 10 cent box sold at drug stores. It also notes children favor the candy cathartic and may cure colds in their systems.
Militia Readiness for Border Duty Amid Villa Search
War Department data show 129,898 guardsmen ready to mobilize if needed for Villa pursuit, with Nevada the only state lacking an organized national guard. Texas and others hold substantial officer and enlisted totals, and officials expect rapid augmentation with 30 days' notice.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Villa
Bis
Funston
Columbus
New Mexico
Nevada
Texas
Washington
School Board Buys Two Building Sites for New Ward Schools
The school board at a special meeting purchased two sites totaling 22500 for new ward schools. One site 465 by 488 feet along Lamar Burleson Pine and Willow streets cost 16000, the other 320 by 300 feet along Brazos Durango San Luis and San Jacinto streets cost 6500. A sixteen room and a twelve room school will be built, easing crowding at No 3 4 8 and No 12 and expanding district schools to four. The plan aligns with an $800000 bond program to prepare for future growth rather than mere current relief.
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New Ward
Lamar
Burleson
Pine
Willow
John Darragh
Brazos
Durango
San Luis
San Jacinto
C. Arnold
Lamar Street
Mason Street
Austin Street
Starr Street
Kerr Hill
Prospect Hill
Pecos Street
Durango Street
Gets It corn cure praised as only effective method
An advertisement extols Gets It as the sole effective corn treatment. It claims rivals imitate the product and warns against painful pastes and tapes. Two drops on the corn dry instantly, permit wearing shoes, and allegedly remove the corn cleanly for 25 cents or by mail order from J Lawrence & Co Chicago.
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J. Lawrence & Co
Chicagoi
Elk Herd Thriving in Yellowstone Says Explorer
H H Hayes of the Wylie Company disputes claims of mass elk starvation in Yellowstone Park. He cites a herd approaching 38 000, notes few deaths from starvation, and observes elk openly roaming valleys and feeding near villages after heavy snows. He cites a 5000 head photo as proof.
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Yellowstone Park
H. H. Hayes
Wylie Company
Park
San Antonio
Humane Societies
United States
Mr. Hayes
Humane Society
Boston
Sma
Dandruff Danderine Promise Boosts Hair Vitality
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine a 25 cent bottle promising to save hair from dandruff. It claims rapid roots renewal and new hair growth with first applications and ongoing use. The text shifts to unrelated anecdotes and jokes, including a magistrate exchange.
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Knowlton
Man credits Foley Kidney Pills for cure of sleeplessness
Gainesville Georgia resident H T Strange reports chronic sleep trouble and claims after one bottle of Foley Kidney Pills he now sleeps soundly through the night. The advertisement by A M Fischer, Druggist, Gibbs Building, promotes the pills as toning weak kidneys, removing poisons, boosting appetite and energy.
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H. T. Strange
Gainesville
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Gibbs Bldg
Congressman's Preparedness Song Echoes War Talk
A humorous song by Representative Jacob Meeker of St. Louis pleads for urgent preparedness as Congress debates military readiness. The verse questions Uncle Sam's level of arms and supplies while noting rising calls for peace debates and wartime planning.
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Congress
Jacob Meeker
St. Louis
Meeker
Uncle Sam
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