Mothers' Club Elects Officers at Stephen F. Austin School
The Mothers' club of Stephen F. Austin school met Friday to elect officers for the coming year. Elected were: F. L. Heilig as president, Finck as first vice president, Ji. B. Linscott as second vice president, R. W. Heilig as third vice president, George Howard as secretary, W. A. King as treasurer, Julia Moore as corresponding secretary, and L. C. Provines as press reporter.
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Mothers’ Club
Stephen F. Austin
F. L. Heilig
Finck
Ji. B. Linscott
R. W. Heilig
George Howard
W. A. King
Julia Moore
L. C. Provines
Kohr Teaches Dancing at Electric Park With Free Concerts
Electric Park opens with free band concerts each evening led by Kohr teaching dancing. A great soprano singer performs solo renditions nightly with no admission charge.
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Kohr
Electric Park
Baggage transferred and Phones 254 at Exposition Park
Visitors spend evenings at Exposition Park in San Antonio enjoying an open air amusement area with numerous concessions and attractions. The text highlights a lively scene of leisure and entertainment surrounding the park.
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Exposition Park
San Antonio
Attorney to File Appeal Brief in Alamo Dispute Tomorrow
District Attorney J F Carl for Governor Colquitt and state officials said he would likely file an appeal brief tomorrow. In Forty fifth district court the Daughters of the Confederacy won an injunction blocking changes to the Alamo property, and the case is set for Supreme Court review with final judgment likely forthcoming.
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J. F. Carl
B. Colquitt
Forty-fifth
Daughters of the Confederacy
Supreme Court
Corrective Body and Face Massage Offered by Prof Hicks
Prof Sureddin Hicks advertises corrective body and face massage, physical culture, cosmetics, and blemish removal services. Bids accepted.
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Sureddin Hicks
Columbus Screenings Highlight Licenses and Prices
The listing for Columbus presents Wigwam Monday and three other first run licensed pictures with two comedies. Adults pay 10 cents and children 6 cents.
County Humane Society Humane Officer Contacts
The County Humane Society lists office at 211 Mackay building with E. M Collins as humane officer. Old day phone 2409 and night Sunday line 5877.
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County Humane Society
Mackay Building
E. M Collins
Dancing at Exposition Park Taxi
A brief notice notes dancing at Exposition Park with a taxi available and contact via phones 1 2 8.
Empire Day Picnic at Hot Wells Cited by Texas British Club
The Texas British Woman's club will celebrate Empire Day Friday May 24 with a picnic at Hot Wells from 6 30 p m to 8 o'clock. Texas British association members are invited to attend.
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Texas British Woman's Club
Hot Wells
Texas British Association
Exposition Park Opens with Free Concerts for All
The new Exposition Park invites families to enjoy a grand opening with free band concerts and solos by a famous soprano. Admission is free for all visitors.
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Exposition Park
Real estate purchase on South Flores Street reported
Gervase H Moody bought 100 feet on South Flores Street from Charles Opper for 11500 cash. Dr Moody says investment purpose with no near term plans. Deal brokered by H C Feldman. Also notes on local professionals and clubs including Drs Garring Hatcher Baldwin and AtLee, Eagle meetings May 22, and Humane Society officers Botsford and Davison.
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South Flores Street
Gervase H. Moody
Yeternoon
Charles Opper
Dr. Moody
H. C. Feldman
Social Club Notices and Dance Schedule Update
Members vote to postpone all club meetings and socials until September subject to the president's call. Plans for vacations grow as Prof Kronsberg hosts refined dances Sundays Tuesdays and Fridays starting tonight. Diaz sisters perform May at Electric Park and May 19 at Ice Garden with best floor at West End Dake-Boating.
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B. B. Social Club
Electric Park
Diaz
Davis Heads to Taylor for County Judge Campaign
Davis on the citizens ticket travels to Taylor to attend business matters and plans to return in ample time for the big mass meeting Thursday night at Beethoven hall.
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Davis
Taylor
James R. Davis
Citizens
Beethoven Hall
Kronsberg Leads Refined Dances At Army Post
Prof Kronsberg conducts his select orchestra of five musicians for a refined dance event at the Army Post tonight with Muth's garden as a local feature and best floor noted.
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Kronsberg
Muth
Army Post
Negro Lodge Convention Set to Meet in San Antonio
The Knights of Pythias Negro lodges plan what may be the largest annual gathering in San Antonio from June 9 for a week. Sessions at Second Baptist church and market house auditorium, with uniform divisions drills at the fair grounds on June 13. Texas delegates and U S supreme lodge officers will attend as guests.
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Knights of Pythias
San Antonio
Second Baptist Church
Market House
Fair Grounds
Texas
Supreme Lodge
United States
Del Rio Judge Sees bumper crops in Val Verde County
C K McDowell county judge of Val Verde, Del Rio, arrived in San Antonio and checked into the Gunter hotel. He confirmed bumper crop notices in his district and declined to discuss politics. He will spend Sunday in San Antonio before returning to Del Rio this evening.
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C. K. McDowell
del Rio
Val Verde County
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Motor Fire Engine Change From Horses to Gasoline Power
An unsigned contemplation on replacing fire horses with gasoline powered engines. The piece argues for greater safety and efficiency, noting modern 75 horsepower hose wagons can cover miles quickly, with machines ready at a moment’s notice and carrying fuel for long distances.
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New York City
Harold Whiting Slanson
Leslie’s
Ancient Maya Ruins Revealed in Guatemala Expedition
A Greely Colp dispatch reports progress in Guatemala where Dr E L Hewitt directs the Archaeological Institute of America. A Maya palace is being uncovered and rare statues and giant stone gods are exposed from ruins buried under ancient trees growing from temple roofs.
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Greely
Edward Nusbaum
Guatemala
E. L. Hewitt
Archaeological Institute of America
Dr Ferdinand Herff Sr Dies at 91 in San Antonio
Funeral services for Dr Ferdinand Herff Sr pioneer physician and surgeon of San Antonio will be held Monday at 4 30 p m at the family home 308 East Houston after which he will be buried in City Cemetery No 1 Rev Philip Cook to officiate and Dr M J Bliem to deliver a eulogy A committee of doctors will prepare resolutions to convey the sorrow of the Bexar County Medical Association for a man whose sixty four year career advanced medicine in the state and earned wide respect from citizens and colleagues alike
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Ferdinand Herff Sr
San Antonio
East Houston Street
City Cemetery No. 1
Philip Cook
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
M. J. Bliem
Herff
J. W. Spring
J. Braunagel
B. F. Kingsley
Z“ee King
Bexar County Medical Association
Frank Paschal
Medical Association
Dr. Herff
Omar
Malone Duggan
W. A. King
Bexar County’ Medical Association
King
Wildcat Gift Prank Aims at James J. Hill
A 35 pound wildcat from Hum bug mountain Clatsop county Seaside Oregon was shipped to James J Hill in St Paul Minn as a joke by A R Thompson of Seaside with George H Smitton assisting The tiger within a steel cage allegedly refuted a trip by rail to Portland and the car was diverted toward Mr Hill despite warnings from railroad officials
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Seaside
Humbug Mountain
Clatsop County
A. R. Thompson
James J. Hill
Rand Building Contract Awarded to J P Haynes
Local contractor J P Haynes of San Antonio wins the Rand building job at West Houston street and Main avenue for 236000 plus fixtures equipment and fees pushing total cost near 356000. Ground to break Monday with foundation to start and completion aimed for February 1913. Haynes to sublet departments to local firms.
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J. P. Haynes
San Antonio
Rand
West Houston Street
Main Avenue
Wolf & Marx Company
United States
Haynes
Ed Rand
Frost
Ines
Moore
Bedell
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
First Baptist
Fort Sam Houston
Sanguinnet & Staats
Half-Cent Coinage Debate Prompts Economic Outlook
A Washington dispatch surveys the old shilling system in New England, argues for half-cent and three-cent pieces to boost small purchases and government seignorage, and notes unrelated federal storage concerns for patent papers piling up in the Interior Building.
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New England
Washington
New York
York
North
Sub-Treasury
Pouarere
France
Congressman Bulkley
Cleveland
Federal
Treasury Department
Patent Office
Washington Monument
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Court of the Patent
Firm to Stay After Visit by Mr Sanguinnet
Mr Sanguinnet visited to examine the kids and stated that the firm had decided to stay after the visit last night.
Wireless telephone by two amateurs stuns New York scene
Elman B. Myers and Clarence T. Bartlett, both under 21, claim a practical wireless telephone using two coils and anomalous widening. They say tests in a West 103rd Street apartment reached 700 to 1000 miles and are pursuing department store deals as experts weigh in on the novelty.
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New York Sun
Riverside
Elman B. Myers
West One Hundred and Third Street
Clarence T. Bartlett
Myers and Bartlett
New York
Philadelphia
Myers
Poulsen Company
Pacific Coast
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Garring & Hatcher
Osteopaths
Gunter Building
Baldwin
Gunter Bidz
B. G. AtLee
Gibbs
Eagles
San Antonio Humane Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
Col
Dr. Co. E. Tinkham
Moore Building
Last
Slocum Place
J. Harvey Moore
Gunter Office
W. C. Hirzel
Ganter
Union Painless Dentists
West
Commerce Street
R. C. Wright
Mark Wright
Wright Brothers
Main Ave
Fred Hummnert
Wald Paper, Paint and Artists’ Materials Store
W. Commerce Street
Prof. Kronsberg
Iice Garden
West End
East Commerce
Old
Old Homestead
M.J. Bliem
J.P Haynes
Wright Bros
Washer’s Boy’s Store News
Beach
Norfolks
Goa
Tesas ‘Washer Bros
San Antonio Loan & Trust
Tn Jin
Geo. W. Brackenridge
Leroy G. Denman
Edwin Chamberler Hicks Building
EF. Brackenridge
Ford Herffage
Caroline Kampmann
Thos
Palfre
A. Stribling
Chas
A. Zilke
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