Daughters of Isabella Meet at St Marys Auditorium
Society items list events this week: Daughters of Isabella meet at 8 in St Marys auditorium. Prospect Hill Christian Endeavorers host a candy pull at 8 on West Travis and North Salinas. Misses Mary and Bonnie Venable host in honor of Miss Rose Burnett and Hortense Goldstein.
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Daughters of Isabella
St. Mary's
Prospect Hill Christian Endeavorers
West Travis
North Salinas Streets
Mary and
Bonnie Venable
Rose Burnett
Horttense Goldstein
Social galas and clubs host guests across city
A string of parties honors Miss Edwina Adams of Brookshire with Mexican suppers and movie outings at the Original, Fort Worth and guests include Hagg sisters and Mrs Yantis. Weir LaBat te and Clegg hosts at Hot Wells. Texas British Woman's Club cards for Red Cross benefit. druggists convention attendees Krueger Beeville. Postal Clerks Association at Homberg home. Hot Wells garden party for Tuesday Musical Auxiliary features a doll dress parade and doll charity drive. Members urged to bring new guests for Thursday meetings. St Anthony hosts Wednesday Luncheon Club anniversary with plans to discuss women’s civic work.
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Myrtle Ruth Yantis
Edwina Adams
Brookshire
Tex
Eli Hertzberg
Hot Wells
Red Cross
Martha Matthieu
Bessie Guinn
Alice Simpson
Ernest Scrivener
the St. Anthony
Women of
Mexicans Alarmed Over Army Draft Fears Editorial
Col. F A Chapa of El Imparcial de Texas and the local Chamber of Commerce coordinate to ease Mexican fears about being conscripted into the American army. A recent editorial responds to a letter from General James Par.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mexico
F. A. Chapa
el Imparcial de Texas
James Par
Editorial Urges Mexicans to Remain at Work Despite Conscription Rumors
Acting South ern Department commander Ker cites General Parker on alarm caused among Mexicans by universal military service. Colonel Chapa urges tenants and laborers to keep farming and dismiss fear of conscription, urging quiet continuation of work and payment no attention to rumors of being sent to European trenches.
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Ker
Southern Department
Parker
Chapa
Europe
Hear Miss Holbrook at the Gunter Tonight
Public notice announces Miss Holbrook will perform at the Gunter venue tonight with ticketing and show details for local residents seeking entertainment.
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Miss Holbrook
Gunter
Effort to Admit Mexicans Under Bond Discussed in Washington
May 16. Mayor Albert Browne Frank Kibbey and J W Kelley of Brownsville along with Congressman Garner met with Immigration Commissioner Caminetti and Assistant Secretary Vrooman to seek an interpretation of immigration laws allowing Mexican laborers to enter Texas under bond. They cited labor shortages caused by Mexicans crossing back to Mexico to avoid possible army draft.
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Washington, Tex
Texas
Albert Browne
Frank Kibbey
J. W. Kelley
Brownsville
Garner
Caminetti
Vrooman
Mexico
Texans Eye Labor Help At State Federation Session
Fort Worth Texas May 16 The cause of the Katy telegraphers strike will be presented to the State Federation of Labor at its annual session next week Wallace H Malone a strike committee member said the federation will be asked to lend its aid to the strikers.
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Fort World
Tex
Katy
State Federation of Labor
Wallace H. Malone
Belfour to Be Phi Beta Kappa Initiate
Arthur James Balfour and twelve British war commission members will be initiated as Phi Beta Kappa members in Richmond Virginia as announced today. The oldest scholastic honorary fraternity in America will hold the ceremony soon.
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Belfour
Phi Beta Kappa
Richmond
Arthur James Balfour
British War Commission
America
Springer and Browning discuss annual farm supply rounds
In Browning's Magazine a dialog notes a shift from fertilizers and seeds to automotiles as the focus of annual farm district rounds, with Springer indicating he no longer visits farms for those orders.
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Springer
Browning
Clears Complexion with Zemo at Low Cost
The ad promotes Zemo a skin treatment available at drug stores for 25 cents or one dollar for a large bottle. It claims to remove pimples blackheads blotches eczema and ringworm while leaving the skin clear and healthy. The liquid is described as clean penetrating antiseptic non sticky or greasy and easy to apply.
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E. W. Rose
Cleveland
Social and club notices headline a busy San Antonio week
Mrs. W. 8S. Fly and Judge Winchester Kelso host guests while Colonial Dames visit. Elks Ladies elect officers and plan luncheons. Bowie Mothers’ Club to hold garden party at 412 Riv al Street. Elizabeth Johnson hosts buffet luncheon honoring Hortense Goldstein with a long guest list. DAR meets at St Anthony. S O S carnival on Maverick Clarke roof. Red Cross circle party and theater tea at Wolff Marx celebrate Miss Hendrix and Alicia Wuerpel.
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Maverick-Clarke
Red Cross Circle
San Antonio
Roy Campbell
John Case Griswold
Edward A. Wilson
Virginia Harrison
Henry Ashby McCulloch
John Dewees Howard
Wolff & Marx
Gertrude Hendrix
Alicia Wuerpel
Misses Hendrix
Wuerpel
Louise, Zedler
Corinna Locke
Eleanor Henderson
Martha Anne Mergenthal
Margaret Lewis
Florence Lewis
Ardyce Driess
Frances Skinner
Esma Yates
Louise Wilke
Abbie Bell Landrum
Velma Lavell
Levy Meeks
Loughridge
Ellison Capers
Ben Stribling
Chamber of Commerce Votes On War Taxes
Directors of the Chamber oppose higher first class postage and excess profits tax to raise revenue. They support income taxes stamp taxes larger customs duties and new excise taxes. They oppose retroactive taxes on incomes and profits and seek lowering capital stock tax exemption. Several named officers attended the Tuesday meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Washington
Congress
National Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Hucker
W. C. Rigsby
Charles Graebner
Morris Stern
J. M. Vance
E. E. Hillie
B. R. Webb
J. H. Cunningham
W. B. Tuttle
W. B. Hamilton
John B. Carrington
Funeral for Choate Named Former Ambassador to Great Britain
Funeral services for Joseph H. Choate former ambassador to Great Britain will be held at 9 30 tomorrow morning at Saint Bartholomews Church. Burial will be at Stockbridge Massachusetts where he had his summer home for many years.
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New York
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Saint Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Stockbridge
Mass
Choate
Choate Honored in England in Memorial Tribute
All the judges of the higher courts gathered in the King’s Bench division this morning to pay respect to the memory of Joseph H. Choate Viscount Reading lord chief justice who presided and paid an eloquent tribute to the distinguished American.
Colonial Dames Session at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio
The Colonial Dames of Texas held their annual convention at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio with an executive session, a luncheon, city tour, and tea. State officers include President Mrs Francis Lewis Price and Houston’s Mrs A W Houston. Attendees from multiple cities attended the luncheon and formal programs.
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Colonial Dames of the State
San Antonio
Menger Hotel
Menger
William Negley
T. B. Lee
Francis Lewis Price
Austin
A. W. Houston
Groos Scruggs
Dallas
Walter F. Ayers
Galveston
Jessie H. Miller
Houston
Robert Shelley
W. H. Bell
John Bremond
Mary J. Palm
J. B. Clark
Lee
M. J. Palm
Louis
Venezuela May Act With Neutrality Policy
Venezuela plans to closely study events in light of its friendship with the United States. President told Venezuelan commissioners that so far Venezuela has remained uninvolved as the U.S. enters war against Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Venezuela
United States
Republic
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