Delegation to Dallas Arrives for San Antonio Advertising Meet
San Antonio Advertisers association prepares to host more than 1000 delegates for the National Association of Advertising Clubs of America convention opening in San Antonio Saturday morning. A Dallas departure event and multiple committees coordinate arrivals, tours, and a Mexican dinner at the Gunter Hotel with speeches by city officials.
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San Antonio Advertisers’ Association
National Association of Advertising Clubs of America
San Antonio
San Antonio Association
Dallas
East
Houston Street
Charles Graebner
Chamber of Commerce
Advertisers’ Association
Sunset Depot
Waco
San Antonio Tis Association
St. Anthony
Gunter Men
Alamo
Carlos Bee
Fort Sam Houston
Pepe
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Express
J. Frank Davis
J. H. Kirkpatrick
National Association
Mexico
Sunsex
Galveston
Automobile Committee
A. Hopkins
Willam Moore White
E. Claude Mills
W. H. Gohlke
Charlies M. Roberts
J. R. Sprague
F. G. Huntress Jr
Nat M. Washer
William Moore White
The
East Houston Street
Government plans mail by air to cut rail costs
The postal system eyes using aeroplanes to carry mail at set prices under schedules, testing an example on the Mississippi route. Government spends 47 million annually on mail by rail and may buy a best value airplane for about five to six thousand dollars. Hydroplanes are also considered for water routes, with pilots noted as needing courage and daring.
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Mississippi River
Minnesota
Denver
Leadville
Breckenridge
San Antonio excursion plans to Brownsville and Rio Grande
About 150 San Antonio business men will travel by train to the Rio Grande valley and Brownsville on May 22 with an automobile leg Mission to San Benito option. The trip includes receptions, a Matamoros visit, and aims to revive local trade with the Brownsville region.
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San Antonio
Rilo Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Mission
San Benito
Brownsville
Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ League
Real Estate Exchange
Rio Grandé Valley
Matamoros
Mexico
Sugar Bowl
Texas
Houston
Thief Behind San Antonio Burglaries Sought
Sheriff Tobin believes a lone burglar is targeting wealthy San Antonio residents in a high value theft spree that has netted at least $15 000. The latest haul from A Joske on King William Street included 7500 in diamonds and pearls. Rewards totaling 700 were offered for capture and return, with 500 for the pearl necklace and 100 plus 100 for other items and arrest. A nationwide look out was issued and jewelry descriptions sent to aid identification.
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San Antonio
John W. Tobin
A. Joske
King William Street
Joske
Floyd McGown
Ernest Critzer
Sheriff Tobin
Tobin
Airships Considered to Carry Mail in West
The Denver Post reports Colorado and New Mexico would become early test sites for using airships to deliver mail, replacing burros and stagecoaches in remote mountain towns. The plan, backed by postal officials, seeks a $50,000 appropriation as pilots and aviation students join a volunteer corps to transport letters to inaccessible canyons and villages.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Denver Post
Canon
Denver
Congress
Rockies
Hitchcock
England
France
Bennington Gunboat Sold to Mexican Government
The Bennington, once early in the navy and feared as a hoodoo ship, has reportedly been sold to Mexico. While in San Diego harbor a boiler exploded killing five and wounding many. Later sold for junk, junk men removed fixtures and blew out interior portions with dynamite.
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Bennington
California
San Diego
Sixteenth Annual Summer Normal Opens June 19
The sixteenth annual Summer Normal School opens at Main Avenue High School on June 19 and runs to August 1. Exams follow the session. emphasis on primary methods agriculture penmanship and drawing. Classes for high school pupils and others seeking to strengthen or complete work. Enrollment last year reached 302 with many earning teaching certificates. Faculty includes C A Arnold principal Stephen F Austin conductor Marshall Johnston vice principal W J Knox Navarro principal W E Madderra Beeville superintendent Adah Gibbons principal primary Lula Suggs assists high school subjects.
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Main Avenue
Normal
C. A. Arnold
Stephen F. Austin
Marshall Johnston
W. J. Knox
Navarro School
W. E. Madderra
Beeville
Adah Gibbons
W. T. Harris
Lula Suggs
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Southwest
Summer Normal
County Institute
United States
H. A. Moos
West
Commerce Street
Gomer Soladad
Cathedral of San Fernando
Travis
International
Hostetter
John B. Carrington
Pullman Company
Los Angeles
Noor
W. L. Schlesinger
H. 8
Affleck
George T. Armistead
Ernest L. Brown
Ace Burnett
EB. J. Hueston
Fred Hummert
H. WB. Wi Ieatnese
Rae Huth
BE. Hammond
H. Hart
J. B Hoban
Ben M. Hammond
L. Hillyer
George Holmgreen
J. W. Hucker
EB. P. Johnson
George Jambers
N. M. Karney
W. W. Kuhn
W. R. King
A. C. Schreiner
Arthur Storms
William L. Schiesinger
C. H. Surkamp
Joe Schodta
G. A. Browers
Dr. Straus
Carl Scutter
H. ©. Schumacher
F. E. Scobey
Bechmidt
William Stiles
H. P. Street
E. C. Schoelhorn
Albert Steves Jr
Ernest Steves
C. R. Southwell
Townsend
Fred J. Tips
A P. Tuttle
Udo Toepper Wein
Cage
W. Vaughan
J. Woodward
H. W. Weber
R Ward
W. A. Wilson
Jake Wolff
R. H. Wester
C. H. Wagner
A. J. Castanola
Fontain
G. Bechtel
L. B. Randle
Fred P. Mauls
M. Free
Frank A. Winerich
Ed Friedrich
C. Fichtner
E. G. le Stourgeon
Martin Wright
Fritz Hensel
J. H. Katz
R. C. Jones
L. C. Armfield
F. P. Brown
Ed Coursey
Ed. Fechner
T.H. Flannery
C. Timpson
Sacramento
del Paso Park
Raffles
Garry Mail
Phoenix
Frank Bros
Ladies’ Shoe
Dep'ts
Alamo Plaza
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