Literature critic denounces modern books at Nashville meeting
Dr. Lansing Burrows, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, denounced present day literature and drama as a danger to faith. He warned against secular publications and films, praising the new Sunday school board building in Nashville, while noting its cost of 160000.72 dollars on a 60000 dollar lot. He urged publishing clean uplifting literature to counter modern influences.
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Nashville
Tex
Lansing Burrows
Americus
Southern Baptist Convention
Sunday School Board
Convention
Jesus Christ
Burrows
New York
Eighth Avenue
Hill
Road Bonds Approved in McLennan County District 1
In Austin on May 16 the Attorney General’s Department approved a $1,075,000 McLennan County District No. 1 road bond issue. Proceeds will fund about 185 miles of road and include the cities of Waco West and Lorena.
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Austin
Tex
McClennan County
Attorney General's Department
Waco
West and
Lorena
Notre Dame Lady Promises Home Cure for Rheumatism
A Notre Dame woman offers a free home treatment for rheumatic pains including muscle and joint rheumatism sciatica lumbago backache and kidney pains claiming the remedy removes uric acid from blood loosens stiff joints purifies blood and improves overall health. She invites readers to write for proof at Box R Notre Dame.
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Elas
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Auto Crash Injures Four Near Southwestern Asylum
Miss Susie May Butler 22 is seriously injured with brain concussion after a south loop accident. Mark Browne 16 sustain minor injuries while Morris Gouger and Miss Lily Hall escape unharmed except for a severe shaking. Gouger's steer twist sent the car into an embankment. Butler and Browne taken to Santa Rosa infirmary.
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Susie May Butler
South Loop
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Mark Browne
Morris Gouger
Lily Hall
Gouger
Browne
Miss Hall
Miss Butler
Santa Rosa
R. Wright
F. E. Butler
Colorado Avenue
Young Browne
Cincinnati Avenue
Bandera Avenue
Golfers Home addition eyed near San Antonio Country Club
J N Lott Jr has bought a 15 acre tract between River and New Braunfels avenues near the San Antonio Country Club and the Incarnate Word. He plans to divide into 50 by 140 foot lots and sell single parcels, betting on the appeal of a front door golf link. Improvements contract totals 10000 dollars including macadam streets curbs and sidewalks.
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San Antonio
J. N. Lott Jr
Lott
W. C. Sullivan
W. C
W. I. Feagan Company
Big Entry List Planned for Texas Golf Championship
The San Antonio Country Club hosts the state golf championship starting May 20 with many entries from Waco Austin Dallas and Houston. E C Tarrant coordinates entries while Rob ert S Kampmann manager of the Menger Hotel prepares headquarters and entertainment for visiting players led by George Rotan Dan Connerly J Kendall and Louis Jacobi among others.
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San Antonio Country Club
Weco
Austin
Dallas
Houston
E. C. Tarrant
San Antonio
Country Club
E. C. Tarrent
Robert S. Kampmann
Menger Hotel
George Rotan
Waco
Dan Connerly
Texas
J. Kendall
Louis Jacobi
Robert 8. Kampmann
Frank Lewis
Clarence Mangham
Thomas Goggan
County opens bids for road work and culverts totaling 300000
County Commissioners opened bids totaling about 300000 for road improvements and concrete culverts funded from road bonds. Seventeen bids covered fifteen road projects and two culvert contracts, with awards likely Monday and further bids planned through May.
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Freq Bennett
Corpus Christi
Pleasanton
Applewhite
Somerset
Quintana
Pearsall
Castroville
Potranca
Culebra
Blanco
Nacogdoches
Seguin
St. Hedwig
Gonzales
Sulphur Springs
Grand Total
John C. Underwood
St Hedwig
Court Considers Bids After Disclosure of Matters
Court discusses the disclosed matters and plans to decide whether bids will be considered. Proceedings focus on determining the viability and approval path for pending bids.
Hughes Dies at Home in Russell, Missouri
Russell Mi Hughes prominent San Antonio vinegar manufacturer died at 8810 o'clock Saturday morning at his West Washington Place home. He was 55, with Louisville HQ and branches in Middleford New York and Los Angeles. Survived by widow two daughters and relatives. funeral Monday.
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Russell M. Hughes
San Antonio
R. M. Hughes Manufacturing Company
West Washington Place
Mr. Hughes
Louisville
Middleford
N. Y
Los Angeles
Cal
Hughes
Travis Club
Lodge of Elks
Country Club
Lillian
Russell Hughes
Walter Hughes
Massachusetts
Harry
Evins
nArthur A. Evins Jr
Monterey Street
Arkansas
Dorothy
Margaret Evins
Alexander Evins
A. A. Evins ,Sr
J. B
C. C. Evins
H. C. Evins
Inez, Tex
Mamie
Sallie Evins
E. E. Reich
Eula Wheeler
War Department orders large motor chassis bids in Texas
War Department directs Maj. Robert H. Rolfe to advertise for bids to build seventeen standard motor chasses for an automo bile field train to replace mule drawn vehicles. Delivery may be at San Antonio or El Paso with bids opened May 25, alongside a separate order for 2738 horses and mules.
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War Department
San Antonio
Mexico
Robert H. Rolfe
Quartermaster's Department
Rolfe
el Paso
Rio Grande
Oil workers in Tampico eye early restart of operations
May 16 report from New York states Tampico oil companies lack definite guidance but expect soon to resume work at wells and refineries. Damage appears limited to overflow and waste. The Mexican Petroleum Company notes a returning steamer with many workers and says Constitutionalists show willingness to resume oil production.
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New York
Tampico
eThe Mexican Petroleum Company
Panuco River
Plans for four story building on Avenue C and Third street
J M Watson plans a four story reinforced concrete structure with brick exterior on Avenue C and Third street, frontages 115 and 147 feet. Ground floor for stores and upper floors as apartments, height undecided though plans drawn for four stories. A six story hotel is under construction nearby. Bedell Moore estates own nearby properties. Trinity Methodist Church site sold for possible large building.
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J. M. Watson
Avenue C
Third Street
Mr. Watson
Herff
Watson
Bedell-Moore
Avenue Cay
Houston Street
Bedell-Moore Estate
Woodward Carriage Company
Trinity Methodist Church
Pecan Street
Demand to Know Fate of Parks
Conditions in Mexico and diplomatic moves dominate the day as Huerta delegates head to Washington amid expectations of quick Parks case resolution. Federal forces retreat from Tuxpam, while Gonzales’s troops secure Tampico and promise safe transit for Americans. Stedman Hanks reports the Niagara Falls delegation launch and arrival expected in Washington this afternoon.
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Villa
Hipolito
Saltillo
Torres
San Luis Potosi
Huerta
Washington
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Miller
Gonzales
Bonney
Admiral Badger
Puerto Mexico
Tampico
Brazo
Zaragoza
Tacoma
Stedman Hanks
State Department
Department
Hanks
Carranza Trip Aims to Reconcile Villa Arrieta Rift
Refugees report Carranza failed to win over the Arrieta brothers in Durango. The Arrietas command 4000 to 4500 men and refused to report before Torreon or Saltillo. Villa reportedly ordered their arrest, but troops did not move. Possible need for Villa’s forces to march on Durango to restore order.
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EL Paso
Tex
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutionalists
Durango
Carranza
Arrieta Brothers
Domingo
Meriano
Francisco Villa
Arrietas
Torreon
General Villa
Villa
Huerta
Saltillo
Duran
The Mechanics of Life and the Crab Defense
Felix Le Dantec argues that life is a defense driven act in his book The Mechanics of Life. He illustrates the concept by watching a crab react to a fencing jab, noting an invisible mechanism linking cane and crab to coordinate defense against an aggressor.
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Felix le Dantec
Sorbonne
le Dantec
Life as a Fight Against Gravity In Le Dantee Study
The piece discusses Le Dantee’s view that life acts defensively, likening it to boxing and crab movements. It explains how living beings resist gravity, contrasting with inanimate stones, and notes the reverse imitation by organisms. The reviewer urges weighing the book’s conclusion that physics explains man, offering mental prompts regardless.
Rain Falls Near Snyder
A slow rain fell here last night soaking ground thoroughly. Conditions are as good as can be expected for the season in Snyder Texas on May 16.
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Snyder
Tex
Sleepy Scotswoman Delays Sermon with Substitutes
An old Scotch lady slept through her minister’s sermons but stayed alert when substitutes from St. Andrew's University preached. She explained that while the Word of God remains safe in the minister’s hands, the young substitutes demand her full attention and time to watch them.
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St. Andrew's University
St. Andrew's
Bathouse John Triumphs in Chicago Election
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes a male candidate named Bathouse John defeated his unnamed female opponent in Chicago elections. A commentator quips that women erred by not nominating Washtub Jane to face him.
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Jinkie
John
Chicago
Bilkins
Birmingham Age-Herald
Portrayal of a quarrel over money in Cleveland Plain Dealer
A reported exchange features a man denouncing Brown as not a friend after admitting borrowing money and wasting it. The Cleveland Plain Dealer records the brief dispute about repayment and ill use of funds, underscoring personal conflict.
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Brown
Clevel
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