Fiesta trades parade to show San Antonio firms
Seventy five merchants and manufacturers in San Antonio will take part in the civic and trades procession during festa week. Chairman Phil L. Jackson says the parade will be larger and longer than last year and attract thousands of visitors from out of town and locally. The event offers low-cost advertising as firms display products along a crowded parade route.
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San Antonio
Trades Display Committee
Phil L. Jackson
Jackson
San Antonians
Uses for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey in Health and Travel
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a tonic stimulant for coughs and colds, brain fatigue, emergencies, convalescence, old age, and travel indisuptions. It promotes prompt relief, claims purity, and urges travelers to carry the product, noting restrictions under Texas liquor laws.
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Nature
Torres Faces Trial by Military Court in Mexico
Albert Carrera Torres, recently detained in Saltillo, was moved to Querétaro to stand trial by military court. Authorities report calm in San Luis Potosi as frontier regulation talks draw guarded public interest. Trains run normally, but northern papers face strong censorship and few wireless updates. Ed Torres, Sonora news agent, treated 30 newsboys to breakfast.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Albert Carrera Torres
Saltillo
Queretaro
Mexico City
Ed Torres
Sonora
Jitney Kills Freeman on West Commerce Street
A jitney struck and killed a man named Freeman who sat on a bench at 2304 West Commerce Street at 8 10 p m Thursday. The car mounted the sidewalk, injuring Freeman who died at City Hospital. his dog also died. The driver was arrested after claiming he did not see the victim until too late to stop.
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Q. Freeman
West
Commerce Street
Freeman
A. Kohr
News From Mexico Reports Suppressed Papers and Cabinet Shuffle
Across Mexico only a Spanish edition from San Antonio circulates. Rumors spread of a governor change with General Davila said to resign and General Samuel Santos expected to fill the vacancy. Panic grips markets as exchange falls and food prices rise amid travel and baggage checks.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
San Antonio
General Davila
General Samuel Santos
General Santos
Pedro Antonio Santos
Francisco Madero
Felix Diax
Question on moths before Adam and Eve wore clothes
A lighthearted remark from a Boston Transcript snippet features a child asking what moths ate before humans wore clothes, attributed to a observ ant little fellow.
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Bobbie
Boston Transcript
Ladies Enter Race for Yoakum School Trustee
The first women to enter Yoakum's politics, Lizzie Winfree and Josephine Fine, announce their candidacies for school trustee in the upcoming election.
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Yoakum, Tex
Yoakum
Lizzie Winfree
Josephine Fine
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Calomel Replacement
An advertising claim touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel. It guarantees quick relief from headaches biliousness and digestive distress by cleansing the liver and bowels without salivation. The speaker urges readers to buy a bottle and asks for refunds if it fails to perform.
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Dodson
Thief Uses Skeleton Key In Midnight Playhouse Heist
A group of boys entered a playhouse lobby after midnight and forced open the ticket office with a skeleton key and a small jimmy. The loot is estimated between $100 and $150. one boy had $21 on him. Police are investigating and have not confirmed the final amount.
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Empire Theater
Proudfoot
James Winslow
Playhouse
Phil Wright Supported as Police and Fire Reform Advocate
A San Antonio voter appeal defends the current Police and Fire Commissioner record amid circulating political ads. The speaker urges electing Phil Wright as successor to continue department efficiency, training, and honesty, claiming the city fire department is the best in the state.
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San Antonio
Commissioner of Police and Fire
Tobin
Phil Wright
Police and Fire
Fire Department
Fair City
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