County Plans Caving On Road Work Bid Policy Set
County bids on road improvements came in lower than ten years ago with prices from 1900 to 2300 per mile. The plan shifts to awarding each road to the lowest bidder rather than sole contracts, with all or none bids rejected. Work to start within ten days. checks may be forfeited for nonperformance. long gravel hauls cited as cost factor.
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Bexar County
Robert B. Green
James R. Davis
Fred Bennett
County to Announce Contract Letting Schedule
Monday morning the commissioners expect to set several contracts at that time. If not let, items will roll to Tuesday or Wednesday with the aim of speed while securing the most advantageous county contracts.
San Antonio Real Estate Cash Sale Sets City Record
The largest cash property transfer this year closed Saturday as W. C. Scott bought fifteen acres on River Avenue from the Incarnate Word sisters for 26 250 dollars near the Country Club. Lott plans Country Club Place as a high class residence addition. He cites San Antonio’s growth and land value rise, noting the price near two thousand dollars per acre.
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San Antonio
W. C. Scott
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
River Avenue
San Antonio Country Club
Texas
Lott
Mr. Lott
Country Club Place
Country Club
Southwest
United States
George W. Brackenridge
Mayor pledges sewer bond issue to cover districts
Mayor Brown assures that improvement districts formed by Beacon Hill and Laurel Heights property owners will be fully funded from the current bond issue. City Engineer Helland estimates work at 6000 to 7000 dollars while plans for the second outfall sewer await Engineer Gray’s design.
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Brown
Beacon Hill
Laurel Heights
Helland
Gray
Baptists Plan San Antonio Picnic Train to Herff Park
A special train will carry Baptist Sunday school members from San Antonio to Herff park near Boerne next Saturday for a joint picnic. The 8:20 a.m. departure from the Sap depot accommodates 600 to 800 people with committees in charge of arrangements at the park and its grounds.
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Baptist Sunday Schools
San Antonio
Herff Park
Boerne
Sap
Cibolo
Herff
Ferdinand Herff
Court dockets to be called May 26 by three district judges
The county district judges KR B Minor 8 G Tayloe and W F Ezell will call their civil dockets on May 26 in order Tayloe Minor Ezell. Also notices list local businesses events and services including the Tango Girls Musical Comedy Company at Star Theater Electric Park Dance Pavilion openings and bids for gasoline supply rejected by county commissioners.
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KR. B, Minor
G. Tayloe
W. F. Ezell
Tayloe
Minor
Ezell
Tango Girls
Star Theater
Presbyt erians to Picnic in Boerne
Union Presbyterian Sunday school plans a picnic at old Herff park Boerne Texas on Tuesday June 2. An excursion train from the San Antonio and Aransas Pass will run to Boerne for about 600 picnickers, departing 8 20 a m and returning 5 30 p m from the S A and A P depot. The park has been reopened and enhanced for the event.
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Union Presbyterian
Herff Park
Boerne
Tex
San Antonio
Obscene letters turned over to city detective bureau
Pearl Maskin, a new woman of 314 North Medina Street, reported obscene language in five letters she received by mail. One letter was headed The Last Warning. The report notes the letters were mailed and ties to other local events and advertisements listed in the scene.
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City Detective Bureau
Pearl Maskin
Newro
North Medina Street
Crossed Wires Trigger Fire at Taylor and Fourth Streets
Police report many goldfish in a spring basin died or were tossed into the main. Crossed electrical wires caused a still alarm at 10pm Saturday night. Chief Wright and a hose wagon from Station No 2 responded to the Taylor and Fourth Streets intersection and extinguished the blaze quickly.
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Wright
Taylor and
Fourth Streets
Medina dam road to be improved for better San Antonio motor route
A San Antonio Automobile Club led by William H. Furlong Jr plans highway improvements on the Medina dam road from diversion dam to main dam. Funds come from local club fees for a new Medina lake hunting and fishing club. A gravel pit nearby will supply grading material and a contract for the project is expected to be let soon.
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Medina Dam
San Antonio
San Antonio Automobile Club
Medina Lake
William H. Furlong Jr
Automobile Club
Mr. Furlong
van H. Howard
W. E. Milligan
John N. Roberts
Carter-Mullaly Company
Roberts
Culebra
Shuhard
The
Ford Sales appoints J T Bean as salesman in San Antonio
The Ford Sales Company announces J T Bean as Ford salesman. Company plans larger sales force and more equipment in San Antonio territory. Studebaker dealer conference in Dallas discussed sales methods. Hudson car sales listed for Corpus Christi Sonora Austin and San Antonio with various horsepower figures.
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Ford Sales Company
J. T. Bean
Ford
San Antonio
Hudson
William Steinhardt
Hudson Company
CC. Chaddick
Harvard Claims Largest Living Alumni Network
Harvard University asserts it possesses the greatest number of living alumni among American universities, highlighting its broad global network and long-standing alumni base.
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Harvard
Novelty in MonY and modern marriages debated
The Record notes many experiments touted as new fashion in signaling partners have not proven lasting happiness. It cites cases where men announce affairs, yet question whether such alliances endure, indicating little lasting satisfaction with modern trends in marriage.
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Tha
Jorsey
Unclear fragment lacks coherent news item
The readable text fragment provides no identifiable people places or events to summarize into a factual news card. It contains disjointed phrases with no actionable details or outcomes.
New Thought Marriages Spark Fringe Union Tales
A column discusses New Thought marriages in New York and Colorado, noting mismatches and divorces amid unconventional unions. It contrasts soul affinity with ordinary affection, mentions a New Thought divorce case, and reports on Margaret Anglin in Lady Windermere's Fan at the Liberty Theater with continued success and planned next-season engagement.
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New York
New Thought
Independence Peak
Colorado
Margaret Anglin
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere
Liberty Theater
Miss Anglin
the Liberty
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