Forty years in locomotive cab with C W Clarke Katy engineer
Smithville resident C W Clarke veteran passenger engineer with the Katy recalls a four decade career marked by a wreck, injuries and rheumatism. He credits Vitalitas a natural tonic now displayed at Wagner drug store with curing his rheumatism and boosting his vitality and to helping his son with stomach trouble and malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Clarke
Katy
Smithville
Clarke
Vitalitas
Wagner Drug Store
Baston Street
Reception for Visitors by San Antonio Press Club
The Press Club of San Antonio plans a reception for visiting Texas Press Association reporters' wives and daughters at the Gunter hotel Thursday night. Hostesses include Mesdames Beach Diehl Craigie Herff Huntress Holland Emerson Smith Geehan Gorton De Nette Scott and many others. An afternoon trolley ride at 4 30 and a Saturday automobile trip to the Army Post are planned with regimental drill to be viewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Club
Texas Press Association
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Mesdames
Harrison L. Beach
Chandler S. Diehl
Wallace Craigie
Will Herff
Frank V. Huntress Jr
R.S. Israel
Bert J. McLean
Gussie Scott Chaney
St Mary’s Alumni Reelect Officers At General Meeting
Over 100 members of St Marys College Alumni Association gathered for a successful meeting at the college. Officers from the previous year were reelected by rising vote: A J Castanola president, J O Kemp first vice president, Nelson Lytle second VP, Max M Lass third VP, Henry Spengler fourth VP, Jack Butterfield fifth VP, Leon Walthall treasurer, Henry J Menger secretary. The constitution was amended, a banquet planned, and honorary membership discussed. A social hour followed with remarks from Castanola Kneeland and Steves. refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh B. Rice
A. J. Castanola
J. O. Kemp
Nelson Lytle
Max M. Lass
Henry Spengler
Jack Butterfield
Leon Walthall
Henry J. Menger
Alumni Association
Archie Kneeland
Ed M. Steves
Injunction Petition Against San Antonio Officials
The petition filed by Joseph Ryan and the People's party cites Mayor Albert Steves and city officials as planning to appoint many peace officers at polling places on May 13. Judge R H Ward is set to hear the case Monday at 9:30 AM. Mayor Steves and Lancaster deny any such plan, calling the suit a political move to intimidate voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ryan
People’s Party
R. Hi. Ward
Albert Steves
Fred H. Lancaster
R. W. Pipes
P. PD. Christian
Andres Coy Jr
John W. Tobin
John F. Trainer
Ben 8. Fisk
R. Neill Campbell
Arthur Kliefoth
People's Party
San Antonio
Bexar County
Citizens’ League
Judge Ward
R. H. Ward
Steves
Lancaster
Ryan Rcees
Joe Ryan
J. L. Camp
Italian government funds Congo botanical garden
The Italian government appropriates 30000 dollars annually for maintaining a botanical garden at Aala in the Congo. Last year the U S Department of Agriculture issued over 84 million copies of various bulletins and reports. The German navy has built and is testing a sixteen inch gun with shells nearing a ton in weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aala
The
Congo
United States Department of Agriculture
One of Morgan Treasures Gainsborough Painting
The text describes a Gainsborough painting from the Morgan collection valued at $150,000 and part of the large $60,000,000 legacy left by J Pierpont Morgan. It notes the work was stolen from a London gallery by a thief planning to use the painting as leverage and was later sold for $25,000 after a release on a technicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan Jr
Gainsborough
London
Veggman
Armor plate press and Krupp case dominate German politics
A Berlin correspondence critiques German “armor-plate press” for military zeal and anti liberal stance. It details Carl Liebknecht’s Reichstag attack on Krupp, reveals alleged war office leaks to Krupp agents, and notes investigations into officers and officials amid charges of illicit information trading. It also mentions foreign ownership in German steel works and a Californian patent for street lighted house numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York Evening Post
Rheinisch-Westfaelische Zeitung
Berlin Post
House of Krupp
Carl Liebknecht
Reichstag
Liebknecht
Krupp
Essen House
Dillingen
Rhenish
Prussia
Krupps
War Office
General von Heeringen
Krupp’s
Herr von Dewitz
Essen
Socialist Party
Reat
Canavan Shriners Arrive for Imperial Council Parade
San Antonio hosts a thousand Shriners en route to Dallas for the Imperial Council gathering. Delegations from California New England and elsewhere travel by special trains while Ben Hur Temple drillers prepare in Dallas with Tony the Arabian stallion and a Texas flag presented by Daughters of the Republic.
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San Antonio
Dallas
Imperial Council
Order of Nobles
Mystic Shrine
California
New England
Austin
Ben Hur Temple
Ben Hur Patrol
Crack Drill Company
Temple
Daughters of the Republic
Los Angeles
Rochester
N. Y
Nathan K. Tracy
Tony
Shelley-Loring Company
Alfred. C. McDaniels
Harvey Snyder
Mornin Silas
Fair Park
Ben Hur
International & Great Northern
Santa Fe
Cols
G. H. Maulding
W. W. Searcy
W. E. Lowry
George H. Winsor
C. H. Flowers
L. C. Ramsey
Ted H. Milburn
Imperial
Lewiston
Springfield
Mass
Aleppo Temple
Boston
Texas
Ne York
New Orleans
Shriners
Alamo Plaza
Fort Houston
Waterworks a key to civic progress says ad speaker
A business proponent argues that San Antonio should not reject waterworks bonds for streets and public improvements. He cites Houston Austin Fort Worth Dallas El Paso and other Texas cities whose growth followed establishing a municipal water supply. He warns against electing inexperienced leadership and urges taxpayers to support the water project.
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Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Fort Worth
Dallas
el Paso
People's Party
Real estate transfers and notices in San Antonio area records
A reader compiled real estate transfers and deeds from San Antonio area firms including Alamo Heights and Los Angeles Heights companies dated 1913 to 1919. Transactions include Lot 4 Block 5 Lincoln Encino Alamo Heights for 1600, and multiple conveyances among Townsend Coker Carr Krueger and others with varied blocks, lots, and prices.
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Alamo Heights Company
M. H.en
Foard Townsend
Lincoln and
Encino Avenues
Alamo Heights
Robert Foard Townsend
Los Angeles Heights Company
Geo. Hagelstein
Bexar County
Grace Ll. Hannon
el Paso County
Isee
Los Angeles Heights
Alex Coker
Live Oak County
L. M. Childers
New City
Lotus Street
Ella W
R. W. Carr
J. Carr
Galveston County
P. H. Swearingen
J. Brooks
Alamo Lodge
George M. Clifton
C. Me
J. W. Hocker
D. B. Steele
New. City Block
R. Lupton
Southwestern Casualty Insurance Company
New City Block
Delgado Street
J. W
C. M. Hoc
J. Gray
W. J. Vollmer
Kahn and Gray
Perez
Gonzales Road
G. W
Sarah K. Ritchey
P. F. Roberts
Nebraska
South Pine Streets
C. J. Gray
I. Perez
Thomas Bann
Henry Irvin Pettigrew
Buchanan County
Missouri
Artesian Gardens
L. H
Katherine
Southwestern Land Cor Ion
Obituary Nobis Louise Nobis Funeral Today at 5
The funeral for Louise Nobis who died Friday morning will begin at 5 pm at her home 318 Madison street with services at St. Joseph's Church at 6 30 pm officiated by Rev Father Fuhrwerk. Burial will follow at St Joseph's Cemetery with pallbearers Otto Assman G C Zellweger Oswald Stenzie Theodore Zopfs Rheinhold Woltersdorf and Joseph Fried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Black
East Crockett Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Blac
Weesatchie Dam
Woodmen of the World
Alamo
Knights On Ladies of Honor
B. J. Mauermann
Ale Varga
Nic Tengg Sr
Augus Krawitz
August Nester
Joh Fitz Henry
Charles Wentworth
L. L. Noulan
J. McCue
Constantine Weiss
Jaco Weissler
W. Seickenius
Historic Chairs From Hamilton Family On View At National Museum
Two sets of 19th century chairs on loan from Dr. Alla McLane Hamilton highlight a Hamilton family legacy. The chairs, aged 150 to 175 years, include pieces once owned by Major General Philip Schuyler and Elizabeth Hamilton, featuring dark cherry wood and red silk upholstery with gray figured cloth on the older seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Museum
Alexander Hamilton
Alla McLane Hamilton
Phili Schuyler
Continental Arm
Elsbeth
Hamilton
Hamton
Warn
Parrots and Cats Age Tales From Letters to the Mail
A correspondent notes parrots in zoological gardens may be over fifty, with two claimed at fifty four but ages unknown. Other parrots are said to be twenty six. A flood of letters mentions ages of people and a cat average suggesting long-lived pets, including a Kingston upon Thames cat owned by Mrs. Graham of the Bristol Cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoological Gardens
Daily Mail
Ballingd Street
Sudbury
Suffolk
T. C. Saxby
Main Square
Brighton
Kingston O Thames
Graham
Bristol
Skincare Tip Promises Clear Skin With Wax Treatment
An article from Woman's Home Journal urges using wax to reduce freckles pimples sallowness and other blemishes The method involves nightly application with mercurized wax followed by washing in the morning It claims to reveal clear soft skin and notes a saxolite and hazel lotion as another effective remedy for wrinkles.
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Woman's Home Journal
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S.r Amends
Ladies of Press Club
ST. Mary's
St. Mary's College Alumni Association
Association
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Academy and Charitable School
Province of
Pennsylvania
Castanola
Ryan
W. W. Meredith
Woodland
Alberta
Canada
Morgan
the Duchess OF Devonshire
Germany
Karl Liebknecht
War Ministry
Paris
Figaro
United States
Great Britain
France
Canavan
Gity
Oresto Scialtentano
New York
Metropolis
Riverside
New South Wales
Australia
Commonwealth
Baltor
Pope
Doremus
East
Houston Street
Opp. Gas Co
Lodovic Printing Co
Lodovico
House of Good Printing
Main Plaza
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