Beck Furniture consolidates with King Furniture in San Antonio
Beck Furniture Company at 212 East Commerce Street will consolidate with King Furniture Company at 205-207 West Commerce Street on July 1. Both stores offer deep discounts to make room for new goods, inviting customers to shop, see window displays, and buy on easy terms with all items marked in plain figures.
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Beck Furniture Company
East Commerce Street
King Furniture Company
West Commerce Street
San Antonio
Temporary insanity leads to infant drowning
Mrs. A. E. Quasso of 406 Denver Boulevard drowned her infant daughter Martha in a bathtub following a persecution claim. She then tried to drown her son Alfred, 6, who escaped. The mother later chased the other children from the home as the father, at 106 South Alamo Street, found the scene and called police.
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A. E. Quasso
Denver Boulevard
Martha
Alfred
Quasso Case: Neighbors Cause Family Distress Leads to Court
The article notes her mental state showed little improvement on Wednesday. Two weeks earlier Mr. Quasso appeared in police court as a defendant over persistent neighbor bickering. He claims neighbors harassed his wife and children for months and that his action was to end the turmoil. Judge Lowther suspended a $10 fine after explaining the circumstances.
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Mr. Quasso
Quasso
Quassco
Jewelers in Session Fort Worth Texas May 13
Interesting papers and reports of officers highlighted the Texas Jewelers session in Fort Worth. Principal addresses covered duties and obstacles faced by the secretary of the association and the tinted lenses topic by A F Thompson. Claude Wheeler spoke as executive committeeman of the American National Retail Jewelers Association. Special theatrical entertainment was planned for the afternoon.
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Fort Worth
Tex
The
Texas Jewelers
E. E. Taylor
Houston
A. F. Thompson
Texas Optical Association
Claude Wheeler
American National Retail Jewelers’ Association
Perfection Lard Ad Promotes Trunk Exchange
An old advertisement touts PERFECTION LARD with a promise of best quality and urges readers to ask for it. It promotes Hull Bros. Trunk Factory Crockett 8593 332 E. Houston St for exchanging old trunks bags and suitcases for new ones.
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Hull Bros
Crockett
E. Houston St
Our Mutual Girl No 15 Tops Royal Bill At Fifth Avenue
The pageant features Our Mutual Girl No 15 as headliner at the Royal on Fifth avenue New York viewing Paris gowns with models. Margaret and her aunt tour Fifth Avenue and visit Walter Damrosch who offers a letter to the Institute of Musical Arts for the girl. Other acts include Her Fighting Chance The Firefly Hearts Adrift The Obstinate Miss Granger and Mer rian’s Canine Dramatic Company The Spoiled Honeymoon and The Bath Room Mystery plus vaudeville numbers by Three Do For Boys Cummings and Gladlyngs and Seymour and Robinson.
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the Royal
Lord and Taylor
Fifth Avenue
New York
Paris
Margaret
Walter Damrosch
Damrosch
Institute of Musical Arts
Institute
Mary Pickford
Famous Players
Son
Merrian’s Canine Dramatic Company
Lester
McCormack & Irving
Cummings
Gladlyngs
Seymour and Robinson
Minx
Militia Mobilization Plans Reported for States
War department officials expect orders to assemble state troops in mobilization camps with a system of divisional concentration camps. Major W J Heavey, after a Washington conference, says volunteers only if militia proves inadequate. Governor Walsh received the briefing.
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Boston
Mass
War Department
Walsh
W. J. Heavey
Regular Army
Heavey
Washington
Depositors Paid as Guaranty Fund Covers Amarillo Bank
In Austin on May 13 the depositors guaranty fund was drawn for 70,000 by Commissioner Collier to pay approved claims of depositors in the First State Bank of Amarillo, closed earlier. About 20,000 more will be needed to settle the remaining claims.
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Dpagennes
Austin
Tex
Sixty Two Students to Graduate at Austin High
Austin Texas May 13. Sixty two seniors of the Austin high school will graduate this summer per announcement. The graduating class met with Prof. J E Peace, principal, to discuss plans for the commencement exercises to be held next month.
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Austin
Tex
Austin High School
J. E. Peace
Hastening Organization of Banks
Washington May 13 The organization of the federal reserve banks is to be expedited. Judge Elliott on the organization committee is sending to the five banks in each district the necessary certificates for the twelve banks to begin operation.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Banks
Elliott
Reserve Banks
Swift's 8 8 8 and S S S Remedy Advertisement
An 8 8 8 for the blood promises rapid relief from weariness by releasing body wastes and stimulating tissues. The ad claims natural, non stimulant action and urges readers to obtain S S S from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, with a note about a free book on wide conditions.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift
Atlanta
Not to Cut Paving Mayor Sustains Ruling in East Houston Street Case
The East Houston Street paving rule stands heeding a council decision and Mayor Brown's refusal to allow the Hugh Burns estate contractor to cut through new pavement for sewer connections. Public notices must be given to utilities and property owners before underground work. no connections beyond the curb line will be allowed for five years after paving.
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Brown
Hugh Burns
East Houston Street
Better Than Lemonade Horsford Acid Phosphate Ad
An advertisement promotes mixing Horsford acid phosphate with cold water and sugar for a refreshing energy drink. It urges keeping a bottle handy for quick use.
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Horsford
New Gravelled Bridge to Open on Southton Road
A new type of bridge in Bexar County featuring a graveled deck will soon open on the Southton road southeast of the city. County Bridge Engineer Terrell Bartlett designed the creosoted plank floor with a packed gravel top to create a macadam like surface expected to reduce future flooring renewals and improve traffic.
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Bexar County
Southton Road
Terrell Bartlett
Bartlett
Southton Bridge
Texas State Medical Association Meeting Grows in Attendance
The Texas State Medical Association enters its second day in Houston with increased attendees from over a dozen states and strong representation from the Army medical department. State Health Officer Steiner and the medical examining board join the gathering as debates span nearly all medical fields. Tomorrow features officer elections and the selection of next meeting site.
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Houston
Tex
Texas State Medical Association
Medical Department of the Army
Steiner
State Medical Examining Board
Audits Underway of Texas Militia Payrolls
Austin May 13 The adjutant general's department is auditing the payrolls of state troops ordered to the border. The total cost of the provisional regiment remains undetermined.
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Austin
Tex
Adjutant Generals’ Department
Fort Worth Delegates To Attend Houston State Meeting
Fort Worth social clubs will dispatch a special car of delegates to the state meeting in Houston on June 5 and 6.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Houston
Entertainment for Postmasters in Texas Convention
The Texas postmasters convention program includes a visit to the State Blind Institute on the first afternoon a barbecue at the dam on the second afternoon and an Airdome entertainment for the third day Preparations aim to host several hundred postmasters and their families and friends in Austin May 27 29.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Blind Institute
Airdome
Governor offers reward in county murder case
The governor has offered a reward of 150 dollars for the arrest and conviction of A. M. Sparks, wanted in Washington county in connection with the murder of his wife.
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Austin
Tex
A. M. Sparks
Washington County
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King and Beck Furniture Companies
Bell Telephone
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Maverick-Clarke Litho Co
Soledad St
Kodaks
Potchernick $Birdsong Co
Jewelers
Hood
Otto Riebe
tAdv
Rosalind Coghlan
Majestic
Miss Granger
Allstar
Brewster's Millions
Edgar Allan Woolf
Miss Coghlan
Genuine Stearns
Electric Rat
Roach
Nestline
Herman A. Nester
San Pedro Ave
Hastening Organization of Banks
Ant
James F. Gibney
Marlboro
Fred Dickas
Detroit
Mich
Mann
Victoria
B.C
Darwin Aldrich
Littleton
N. H
Richard Grenfell
Ironwood
Wm. H. Bodine
A. Relson
Brooklyn
H. von der Hyde
Tackscovilte
Fis
John Smith
E. J. Byron
Littietse
N.H
Alfred C. Smith
Springfield
Wesley Dunaway
Seattle
Wash
Walter Woitf
Chicago
James Murray
New Haven
Conn
R. VinsBlom
Grand Rapids
Locomobile
C. B. Rock Packard
Geo. D
Ajax
Ajax-Grieb Rubber Company
Broadway
Trenton
N. J
Fraser Auto Company
Jefferson Street
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