Telephone Chain Aids Red Cross Bazaar Plan
San Antonio Red Cross announces a Wednesday 10 AM meeting at Wolff & Marx auditorium to organize a Saturday bazaar. Mrs. William Aubrey leads, with committees, donors, schools, and the Rotary Club invited. Volunteers prepare booths, candy, country produce, and a tombola while a toy nurse doll and a large cake are highlighted as featured items.
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Red Cross
Wolff & Marx
William Aubrey
San Antonio
American Red Cross Society
Central Organization
Rotary Club
Aubrey
Jean Aubrey
Frederick Funston
Mexico
Funston
M. W. Ireland
J. G. Galbraith
Florence Ridenbaugh
Wilson
Leary
Wright
Herbert Slayden Clarkson
Girls’ Cotillion Club
Harry Landa
E. A. Wilson
East Laurel Street
J. T. Woodhull
E. B. Chandler
W. S. Hendrick
Lane Taylor
Harvey Page
Winchester Kelso
W. P. Rote
Charles G. Starr
William Herff
Hal Sevier
E. F. Glaza
William Cassin
E. L. Matlock
Young Woman's Christian Association
Elizabeth Houston
Winchester
Fort Sam Houston Red Cross Ships 50 Sleeping Bags
Forty women of the Fort Sam Houston Red Cross announce fifty sleeping bags sent to soldiers in Mexico. Cold nights at high altitudes justify more donations. Each bag costs five dollars and contributions may be sent to Mrs. Harold W. Jones, 27 Upper Post.
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Mexico
Fort Sam Houston
Red Cross Organization
Harold W. Jones
Upper Post
Louis Seidel Dies After Illness in San Antonio
Louis Seidel, 51, native of Germany, dies at home 316 Spofford Ave after a long illness. He lived in San Antonio 35 years and worked in real estate. Survived by widow Mrs. Seidel, two sons Alfred S. and Walter A. Seidel, two brothers Albin and Gus Seidel, and two sisters Mrs. B Mauschuetz and Mrs Lena Treusler. Funeral from the home at 4 pm Tuesday. interment New Lutheran Cemetery. services by Rev A Wolff of St Johns Lutheran.
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Louis Seidel
Spofford Avenue
Germany
San Antonio
Seidel
Alfred S
Walter A. Seidel
Albin Seidel
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment Ad
The ad promotes Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment and lists both phones 971. The text also includes a fragment from a humorous obituary anecdote about a minister asking a boy about his father’s last words and the boy replying that his mother stayed with him to the end.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Johnny
Puck
Athenaeum Society to Hold Reunion Banquet in San Antonio
A reunion banquet for about fifty San Antonio bar members is set for 8 p.m. Monday in the tapestry room of the St. Anthony Hotel. Graham McNeill will preside as prominent lawyers attend and a diverse program is planned. The Athenaeum Society, formed by local lawyers twenty years ago, paused meetings five years ago and resumed recently.
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Athenaeum Society
St. Anthony
San Antonio
Graham McNeill
Stanley Banks
Claude V. Birkhead
James R. Davis
J. Croswell Hall
William Engel
Harry Harrington
Lawrence Brady
Ed H. Lange
Four Texans Named on USGA Eligibility List for Amateur Championship
The United States Golf Association released an eligibility list dated May 15 1916 naming four Texas golfers eligible for the national amateur championship. Texas players include George N Aldridge Charles N Dexter Jr and Louis Jacoby of Dallas Country Club. The list notes qualifications may be submitted via sectional associations with three qualifying scores and club verification. Howard F Whitney secretary USGA based in New York. A copy of the list will be posted at the San Antonio Country Club.
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United States Golf Association
Texas
George N. Aldridge
Charles N. Dexter Jr
Louis Jacoby
Dallas Country Club
United States
Howard F. Whitney
Broadstreet
New York
San Antonio Country Club
Ladies Reception Committee Meeting Called
Mrs. H. A. Moos, chairman, asks all committee members to meet in the Oak Room at the St. Anthony hotel Tuesday at 4 p.m. The gathering aims to introduce members and plan entertainments for the Retail Merchants Association State Convention.
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H. A. Moos
Retail Merchants’ Association
St. Anthony
Census progress report from Texas preparedness effort
W B Tuttle returns from Galveston where the Texas industrial preparedness committee met with United States Naval Consulting Board. An industrial census is advancing rapidly with 40 assistants in Tuttle’s area and 20 to 40 others in Texas. The survey lists plants able to supply government needs and details each facility at no cost to the government.
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United States Naval Consulting Board
San Antonio
Tuttle
Texas
Naval Consulting Board of the
United States
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Chemical Society
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Wolff & Mark
Galveston
San Francisco
Sunset Limited
South America
Alaska
Japan
Panama
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
EDW. McClannahan, C.P
T.A
A. R. Atkinson, D. F
P. A
Houston St
Gunter Hotel Corner
Katy
Boston
S.A
A.p.ry
Kerrville Branch
Welfare
Kerrville
Joshua Bridge
Fredericksburg
St. Louis
New Braunfels
San Marcos
Austin
Taylor
East
Houston Street
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
Commerce Street
Army Post Red Cross
International Eagle Pass Coal
Sunset Wood CO
Johnson Bros
Johnson
Royal Silesia China
Peach Bros
Johnson Bros. Royal Porcelain
Peach Blossom
John
Son Bros
Greenwood
Piece Bros. Royal
Johnson Porcelain
Rose
Blue Bird
Newton, Weller & Wagner CO
Aldridge, Dexter, Jacoby and
Rotan
W. B. Tuttle
The
Texas Industrial Pre
America
Committee ON Industrial Preparedness
West 39Th Street
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