May 5 is Recruiting Day proclaimed by city
City council acts on sidewalk enforcement and a large Ar mour & Company project in San Antonio. A three story concrete building costing about 100000 will rise on Medina and West Commerce Streets, with temporary refrigerator cars for a switch, estimated eight months to complete. May 5 is designated Loyalty and Recruiting Day urging enlistments in army navy and marine corps.
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San Antonio
Armour & Company
Medina
West Commerce Streets
Richter
Mayor Brown
Brown
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Lucille Mulhall
Bowen's Island
Gillette
Wooley Construction Company
Alamo
State National Bank
Lambert
Elmendorf Lake
New Braunfels
Today’s Beauty Talk Shampoo From Canthrax Prep
A simple home shampoo recipe uses a package of canthrax dissolved in hot water to make a full cup of liquid shampoo. Apply slowly to scalp and hair, rinse, and enjoy fluffy dry hair, rich luster, and easy styling.
Old Lady and Doctor Exchange War Talk
A dialogue fragment shows an Old Lady and a Doctor discussing the Kaiser as a deceitful foe. The exchange includes wartime taunts and a playfully clipped wartime tone reflecting period humor.
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Ruger
Hus
Tiz Foot Cure Promises Relief For Tired Feet
An old advertisement touts Tiz as a universal foot remedy claiming to relieve aching sore tired feet and foot burns. It promises long lasting comfort after applying a 25 cent box and urges buying now to end foot tor ture and odor with better fitting shoes.
La Creole Hair Dressing Offers Risk Free Trial
A druggist invites users to try La Creole Hair Dressing for gray or thinning hair with a money back if ineffective. The product claims to darken gray hair without dye and to restore hair growth, stop dandruff, and make hair thick, soft, and shiny across the scalp.
Germans Active in Venezuela Reported by AP
An AP dispatch from Caracas notes German agents and residents in Venezuela showing strong influence amid World War I neutrality efforts. The confiscation of a wireless set found with a German arrival highlights German land purchases, estates, and merchant dominance in coffee and dry goods, aided by New York exporters and Hamburg banks.
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Associated Press
Caracas
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
Republic
Laguayra
New York
England
Europe
Gomez
Hamburg
Charters Issued and Amendments in Texas Firms
Charters filed for Cookville Coal Company Pan-American Industrial Company The Snap Baking Powder Company The Sanitary Drug Store West and Beacon Oil and Gas Company Texas permits and charter amendments for many firms including Hoffman Production Company Martin-Danbridge Dry Goods Company and Capital Oil and Gas Company. Dissolutions filed for Suburban Homes Development Company Southwestern Mohair Storage Company Renalt Remedies Company and Hardin County Garage final payment of capital stock recorded for Hills Sutton and White Manufacturing Company.
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Austin
Tex
Cookville Coal Company
Cookville
Capital
J. M. Burford
Mount Pleasant
H. P. Burford
J. H. Burford
Newton County Cattle Company
N. A. Dawson
M. M. Dawson
E. M. Perry
John Forge
Pan-American Industrial Company
San Antonio
Capital Stock
Chandler
Collingsworth Company
el Paso
Capital Oil and Gas Company
Houston
Bandera Independent Telephone Company
Bandera
Suburban Homes Development Company
Southwestern Mohair Storage Company
Uvalde
Renalt Remedies Company
Fort Worth
Hardin County
Sour Lake
Hills, Sutton and White Manufacturing Company
Remark on intelligence and courting in Boston Transcript
A dialogue fragment discusses whether men favor intelligent women. Alice answers yes if she can avoid flattering male ignorance. The line reflects social wit and gendered expectations in Boston journalism.
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Edith
Alice
Boston Transcript
Lemon Juice Skin Whitening Lotion
A simple cosmetic from a 1910s guide promotes making a quarter pint of lemon lotion by mixing two lemon squeezes with three ounces of orchard white. The mix is strained, bottled, and used daily on face neck arms and hands to whiten and soften skin and reduce freckles sallowness and tan.
Censorship of Cables and Telegraphs Declared by Wilson
President Wilson signs an executive order imposing censorship on cables leaving the United States and on telegraph and telephone lines into Mexico. The order, effective immediately, assigns naval and border officials to enforce rules, outlines approved code systems, and limits signatures and translations for cablegrams.
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Washington D. C
Wilson
United States
Mexico
Committee On Public Information
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Woodrow Wilson
Daniels
D. W. Todd
Naval Communications
Arthur B. Hoff
New York
McIntyre
Baker
Ae Lee
Scott
Western Union
Lieber
Bentley
Broomhall
Meyer
A. Z
Central
South America
Cuba
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Haiti
San Domingo
Curacao
Pacific
trans-Pacific Wireless
Telegraphic and Post
P. C
P. Cc. P
Key West
Galveston
San Francisco
Mrs. Morris Sheppard Joins Senate Red Cross
Mrs. Morris Sheppard wife of Texas senator has joined the Senate Red Cross unit led by Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall wife of the vice president Sheppard sews garments daily for future war needs of American soldiers in Washington May 1
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Washington, D. C
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Red Cross
Thomas Riley Marshall
Aeronautics School Planned at University of Texas
Advices from President Vinson state a school of aeronautics for the Southern Department of Texas will be established at the University of Texas. Six UT men are to report to Washington next Sunday then go to Toronto for aviation training and return to lead the new program. The group includes J. M. Bryant, S. T L. Brown, R. G. Tyler, S. Painter, and J. W. yes.
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Austin
Tex
Vinson
Washington, D. C
Southern Department of Texas
University of Texas
Division of Aeronautics
National Council For Defense
Washington
Toronto
Canada
J. M. Bryant
S. T L. Brown
R. G. Tyler
Ce Bureau of Economic Geology
S. Painter
Signal Corps
J. W
Texas Has Small Army
Texas records show 524 859 men aged 21 to 40 eligible for military service under the new House bill. Dr. W A Davis, state registrar, based figures on the 1910 census and 1916 estimates, listing county totals such as Dallas 18 000 and Harris 15 000 among others.
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Austin
Tex
Adjutant General's Department
Texas
Congress
W. A. Davis
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Dr. Davis
Dallas
Bexar
Harris
Tarrant
McLennan
Grayson
Travis
el Paso
Ellis
Jefferson
Navarro
Fannin
Galveston
Williamson
San Antonio School Board Set Meeting On Tuesday
The San Antonio board of education will hold a regular 8 o'clock Tuesday meeting at the school board office to discuss routine school matters. Protests were voiced Monday against the board’s compulsory vaccination, with resolutions denouncing the action and signaling court action if enforcement continues. The protest committee included Dr A D Zucht W M Pardue Ferdinand Staffel Francis J Bowen John J Bowen and Ira Calder.
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San Antonio Board of Education
School Board
A. D. Zucht
San Antonio
Dr A D. Zucht
W. M. Pardue
Ferdinand Staffel
Francis J. Bowen
John J. Bowen
Ira Calder
Honest Farmer Horn Beak Learns To Drive Car
In a humorous exchange Judge recounts Farmer Horn Beak praising his progress with a new motor car. He jokes about ditching old horse commands and expects to finish the habit by mid next month as he adapts to the automobile.
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Ivy
Hornbeak
Farmers pledge 10 to aid food campaign statewide
Reports from the Special Food and Bed Extension excursion touring the 8 A U and G country urge farmers to plant less cotton and more food. Banks and San Antonio businessmen pledge support as Hadwin Chambrlain leads talks with agricultural officials. The trip ends in Corpus Christi and returns to San Antonio by rail.
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San Antonio
Hadwin Chambrlain
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
State University
State Agricultural Department
A R. Ponder
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf
Corpus Christi
Judge J R Burnett Dies A Texas Confederate Veteran
Judge James R. Burnett of Kerrevill e Texas a Confederate veteran and prominent state lawyer died at his home after a brief illness at age 74 He was born in Summerville Georgia in 1843 and moved to Texas as a young man He served in the Sixth Arkansas Regiment during the Civil War and later practiced law in Crockett He is survived by two daughters Reba and Lynn and a son McCollum Burnett Funeral services will be held from his Kerrevill e residence at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning conducted by Bishop J S Johnston of the Episcopal Church
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James R. Burnett
Kerreville
Texas
Summerville
Arkansas
Sam H. Bill
Crockett
Sidney Johnson
United Confederate Veterans
Reba
Lynn
McCollum Burnett
San Antonio
Kerteville
J. S. Johnston
Episcopal Church
Upton Smyths Buy Ancestral Set With Steel Proceeds
Boggs notes the Upton Smyths used steel holdings proceeds to acquire an entire new set of ancestors, while Toggs argues the origins lie in common stock rather than lineage.
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Boggs
Upton- Smyths
Toggs
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Alamo Plaza
Merchants Transfer Co
St. Mary’s Street
NOA Spears CO
Losrya
Francisco
Paris
Berlin
Brussels
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Panama- Pacific
Medal of Honor
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
West
Commerce Street
Johnny
Government of
Rees
Charles Rees
Rees Near
Gunter
Gengoaghipa
Mrs. Morris Sheppard
National Council of Defense
Rice & Hutchins, Inc
High Street
Boston
Mass
Joske Bros. Co
Evangels
Aransas Pass
J. R. Burnett
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