Vitalitas claims drown in San Antonio drugstore sales
A woman buys five cents worth of each of several medical components claiming they form Vitalitas a life force like radium with cleansing vitalizing and disease eradicating powers. Analysts say attempts to imitate fail. Demonstrations at 407 E Houston St Wagner drug store invite questions to the Vitalitas promoter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tne
Fae
Nature
Wagner Drug Store
Houston Street
Gehde Resigns From Gunter Hotel Staff
Gehde assistant manager resigns and returns to Austin with Mrs Gehde. They will summer at Colonel Worthams ranch. No new assistant manager to be hired. Gehde made many friends during his San Antonio tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehde
Gunter
Guy
Gunter Hotel
Austin
Attractive Hair Advice and Parisian Sage Potion
Daily hair care is essential to improve softness fullness and luster. The ad promises Parisian Sage a fifty cent bottle to stop itching dandruff soften dryness and make hair appear abundant and beautiful when applied to scalp and hair.
Woman Uses Hall's Hair Renewer to Halt Hair Loss
A woman tried various remedies before consulting a doctor and using Hall's Hair Renewer. She reports her hair stopped falling out immediately and notes no colorings or staining afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Huey Finds No Irregularities In Prison Audit
Huey reports no irregularities after examining the Texas prison books for 1911 and 1912. He urges a competent superintendent with full powers and a 7500 to 10000 dollar salary, noting cash payment limits cost the state about 100000 in interest and reduce bidding competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
Legislative Prison Investigation Committee
Sam Houston Normal School
Huey
San Antonio Club Seeks Funds to Liquidate Debt on New Home
Committees of the San Antonio Club organize to solicit subscriptions to finish paying the balance on property facing Nacogdoches Street, Alamo Plaza, with about $20,000 remaining of the $50,000 purchase price. Plans call for a four story reinforced concrete building with brick and terra cotta exterior, roof garden, gymnasium, and other conveniences, aiming to bond construction after debt clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Club
Nacogdoches Street
Alamo Plaza
Obituary notices for Kerns Pittman and Traudt families
Obituary items report the death of Su san Kerns 57 of 745 West Houston died yesterday and services at Zizik Undertaking and St Marys Church with burial in St Marys cemetery. Also noted are the deaths of B Pittman 18 months and Dorothea Traudt 1 year old with funeral plans and burials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerns
Susan Kerns
West
Houston Street
Zizik Undertaking Company
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Toledo
San Antonio
J. J. Kerns
Pittman
B. Pittman
John Li. Pittman
Commerce Street
Knights of Pythias
N. B. Read
Prospect Hill Methodist Church
T. V. Neal
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
Traudt
Dorothea ‘Traudti
Adam Traudt
Frio City Road
New Roselawn
Carl Sanger
The
Lutheran Church
Warning of Adoul t on Capital at Miss Wasson School
Miss Louise Wasson principal at the Miss Was son's School for Girls on Lexington avenue seeks verification after reports of an aristocrat's assault. Eleven and twelve year old boarding pupils are kept ignorant of the rumors while confirmations from Mexico are awaited. The wealthy owner and operator father is said to be killed, fueling fear the report may be true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Wasson
Lexington Avenue
Louise Wasson
Eleanor
Wilhelmina
Wasson School
Wasson
Diaz Sent Emissaries to Carranza in Mexico
General Felix Diaz says two emissaries were sent to Venustiano Carranza to urge him to stop opposing the provisional government. Huerta and Diaz met with cabinet members and congressmen to push for elections on the last Sunday in October. Tantoyuca fell to the Constitutionalist in northern Veracruz after sharp fighting, driving many Americans from the oil region toward Tampico.
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Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Venustiano Carranza
Coahuila
Carranza
Huerta
General Diaz
Congress
Tantoyuca
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Not Loyal to Huerta Echoes Across Eagle Pass
An American arriving from Torreon reports demoralized federals in the town and bands of Constitutionalist forces roaming the Laguna district. He notes no loyalty to Huerta among troops and mentions bets that Huerta could be displaced within 30 days. Constitutionalist officials deny a San Antonio report of a conference on Huerta Diaz and other leaders. The fate of Huerta would be decided by a jury of his countrymen if captured alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Tex
Torreon
Laguna
Huerta
San Antonio
Carranza
Diaz
Taxes Rise Twenty Percent In Carranza Campaign
Foreign merchants in Ciudad Por firio Diaz Sabinas Allende Musquiz and other Coahuila towns will close shops as Carranza decree forces paper money into circulation Taxes are raised 20 per cent to fund the Carranza campaign The Acapulco situation is grave and disorder spreads through Nuevo Leon and Coahuila reports say Lopez and Campos forces advance toward Monclova with Aubert at Lampazos There is no opposition noted from Carrancistas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ciudad
Cheche Campos
Monclova
Tracy Aubert
Lampazos
Newport five acres sold for 100000 for Terminal Railroad
A. D. Powers touts Harbor City Terminal Corporation stock and a plan to develop harbor infrastructure, citing Newport Canada selling five acres for 100000 for railroad use and predicting a surge in water traffic after the Panama Canal opens. Office listed at 333 Alamo Plaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Newport
Canada
Panama Canal
Harbor City
Harbor City Terminal Corporation
Alamo Plaza
A. D. Powers
Desertion and mobilization as Juarez threats rise
Desertions from Juarez garrison push movement toward Chihuahua state capital. 500 Juarez troops and Federals from Parral ordered to relocate. railways damaged hinder movement. General Antonio Rabago concentrates food and ammo in Chihuahua City for general mobilization ahead of action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huahua City
Juarez
Rio Grande
Chihuahua City
Parrall
Antonio Rabago
Americans Flee Mexico By Chartered Yacht Beryl
Four teen Americans and one Englishman returned to Galveston on the yacht Beryl claiming danger for Americans in Mexico. They say the coast is crowded with evacuees unable to secure passage, and Mrs Linke and her son recount the murder of Mr Linke by rebels. The group had gathered in Tampico before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Beryl
Mexico
Constitutionalists Prepare Land and Naval Assault on Guaymas
Reports from Nogales say the long delayed Constitutionalist attack will unfold as a land and sea action. Before Guaymas they will strike Torin on the Southern Pacific route as 250 state troops join Colonel Hill and his 600 men. Refugees warn of famine in Guaymas. Two mortars captured at Naco and plenty of ammunition were moved south from Nogales.
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Nogales
Arizona
Guaymas
Mail delivery in Mexico disrupted by border closures
Mail service into Mexico remains uncertain as border ports close. Some letters move via Havana from New Orleans to Vera Cruz, reaching interior and southern regions while the north remains largely without mail during the revolutionary conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Havana
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Federal troops to quit Juarez border port
Federal forces are to evacuate Juarez the key border port and terminus of the Mexican Central railway. Col. Juan N. Vasquez Juarez garrison commander received orders to hasten to Chihuahua City the state capital. The move follows a general order to mobilize all state forces at Chi- city as part of border redeployment.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Juan N. Vasquez
Chi
Carranza Issues Fiat Money Decree for Mexico
San Antonio reports reception of Venustiano Carranza decree authorizing a 5 million peso interior debt and fiat paper currency to be redeemed after constitutionalist victory. Bills will be 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 pesos, with penalties for refusing to accept the currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutionalists
San Antonio
Carranza
United States
France
England
Republic
War time currency acts and a note on Dingwall shooting
The excerpt cites articles prescribing penalties for discounting war currency, issuance of new bill series during war, and redemption after peace. It then notes W B Dingwall, a mine owner shot at Matehuala for refusing to fund the constitutionalists, known to Max Deutz of San Antonio, a long acquaintance since 25 years. Dingwall was born in Scotland and may be neither Mexican nor U S citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deutz
Dingwall
W. B. Dingwall
Matehuala
San Luis Potosi
Mex
Max Deutz
West Laurel Street
San Antonio
Mr. Dingwall
Scotland
United States
Man Dies in Alley Near Garza's Saloon
Police seek relatives for Fritz Spietton a former baker found dead in the rear of Garza's saloon 81 West Commerce Street at 11 this morning Coroner Fisk suspects heart disease. Witnesses saw him walking on Commerce Street minutes before, no identifying papers found, funeral plans on hold until relatives are located.
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Garza
West
Commerce Street
Fritz Spietton
Riebe
Fisk
Jose Pena
North Frio Street
Fritz Snietton
Germany
Pupils Promoted In Country Schools
Certificates of promotion from seventh grade to high school have been issued to 135 country pupils who passed exams. Carlos Bee leads the county board praising the move and urging district trustees to observe state holidays with pupil participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County School Trustees
Carlos Bee
Washington
P. F. Stewart
Mr. Bee
William Flaxman to Open New Clothing Store in San Antonio
William Flaxman formerly of Oklahoma will open a clothing establishment this week at 230 East Houston street San Antonio. A $25000 stock of men s and boys clothing and furnishings is being installed for the formal opening Saturday morning. He has years in the business and is related to Emil Blum a well known San Antonio merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Flaxman
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Houston Street
Flaxman
Emil Blum
Saloon Licenses Doubled Trigger Closures in Piedras Negras
Tax hike doubles liquor licenses to 300 dollars per month in Piedras Negras causing all saloons to shut down as owners refuse payment. The action affects FAGLE PASS Texas dated May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fagle Pass
Tex
Piedras Negras
Texas Wonder claims kidney bladder cure patent remedy
The advertisement promotes Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism for men and women and regulates bladder issues in children. It offers mail order at $1.90 per bottle with about two months' treatment and asks readers to send for testimonials from Dr. E. W. Hall at St. Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wonder
Texas
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Druggista
People's Party 10 Holds Big Meeting
The People's party plans a major meeting tomorrow night at Hermann Sons Hall with mayoral candidate Joseph Ryan outlining his waterworks stance and other platform issues. Tonight two talks occur at Stricker's and Hitsfelder's stores with Ryan and Ed H. Wicks among speakers. Party headquarters on Houston Street expresses optimism for an easy ticket win.
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People’s Party
Hermann Sons’ Hall
Joseph Ryan
Ryan
Stricker’s
Eighth Ward
Hitsfelder’s
Mr. Ryan
Ed H. Wicks
People's Party
Houston Street
Friday Story Hour at Carnegie Library
The regular Friday afternoon story hour at Carnegie library will be held at 4 o clock Friday afternoon. Miss Addie McKenzie a San Antonio public school teacher and Miss Beatty of the San Antonio Kindergarten and Training School will tell the stories for the day. This is the first story hour in two weeks due to carnival celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Addie McKenzie
San Antonio
Beatty
Stateboard apportions May school fund in Texas
The Texas state board of education announces May apportionment of the school fund totaling 508,566 dollars with a 50 cent per capita share based on 1,017,733 students. The total distributed per pupil now stands at 6.25 dollars of a 6.85 dollar total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Board of Education Today
Riverside Restaurant Special $1 Meals Priced 25c
Readers are urged to try a budget offer at Riverside Restaurant offering special meals at 25 cents, down from the usual one dollar. The promotional item highlights value meals for diners seeking savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Camp Site Selection by YWCA Inspires Members
Miss Rosalie Venable and Mrs. Mary Whiteley will visit Kerrville Monday to choose a ground for the YWCA vacation camp begun last year and now considered an association institution. The building committee chaired by Mrs. G Bedell Moore plans to submit new association building plans at Saturday's board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W
Rosalie Venable
Young Woman's Christian Association
Mary Whiteley
Kerrville
G. Bedell Moore
Marion Bleim
Business Woman's Club
Richmond
Laura Schaefer
North Pine Street
E. M. Benthin
Mexico
Fire in Store Room Behind Home Causes $76 Damage
A fire broke out in a store room at the rear of T Joseph Son’s residence at 110 Gonzales street around 1 PM. About $76 in damage reported, origin undetermined, insured. property owned by William Dobrowolski. Medical note on cold dangers included with local pharmacy ad for Foley’s Honey and Tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Josephson
Gonzales Street
William Dobrowolski
Foley
Croup
Fischer Drug Co
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