Texas Clubs to Convene Fifth Annual State Meeting in Galveston
Colonel John L. Peeler, president of the Association of Texas Clubs, announced the fifth annual state convention will convene in Galveston on Monday morning June 25 for a two day session. Bona fide social clubs statewide may send delegates as the program is prepared to address oppressive legislation and illegitimate clubs. The event will be in the Hotel Galvez bar room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
John L. Peeler
Association of Texas Clubs
Galveston
Peeler
Texas
Hotel
Galvez
Carter White Lead Special Sale Announcement
Ed, Steves & Sons advertises a lead sale led by Carter White offering $12.00 per 100 pounds with smaller sizes at usual advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter White
Steves & Sons
Disband Farmers' Association in Parker County
Fort Worth Texas May 30. It was announced today that the locals of the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association in Parker County adjoining this have disbanded. Four had been formed before the recent expose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Association
Fort Worth
Tex
Farmers’ and Laborers’ Protective Association
Parker County
Teachers to Receive Higher Salaries in 1917 18 Plan
The board of education arrowed higher pay for white teachers by $10 monthly and black teachers by $5 monthly starting the 1917 18 term. The move, supported by a $100 000 school fund with an expected $85 000 balance, may require a tax rate increase at the next term to cover costs. New South Side High School was conditionally accepted as up to specs after inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Hamilton
New South Side High School
C. W. Adams
Gerlach
Assman
Meek
Hunsdon
S. H. Gates
Grant Negro School
Emily Edwards
Emma Pirie
Ruiz School
Daylight Saving Bill Favored by Senate Committee
Washington May 30 The Daylight saving legislation to move clocks forward one hour in summer months is expected before the Senate with Commerce Committee backing Senator Robinson of Arkansas filed a favorable report on Senator Calder of New Yorks bill calling it fair and economical It recommends starting next year not this season and cites comfort convenience and benefits to millions but delays enactment until 1920 or the next year.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Commerce Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Calder
New York
Texas Fish Hatchery Halted Pending Legislature
Secretary of Commerce Redfield pressed Senator Sheppard for support to resume the San Marcos fish hatchery once the Legislature enacts needed legislation. Awaiting action, all federal fish cultural work in Texas is suspended, with the department noting the shutdown stems from lack of local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Sheppard
San Marcos
Texas
Tanlac credited with drastic health gain for Fort Worth woman
Emily McKenzie of 604 E Second St Fort Worth Texas says Tanlac increased her weight from 132 to 166 pounds and relieved years of catarrh stomach trouble kidney pain and backache. She reports improved appetite digestion and energy and urges others to try Tanlac. Wagner Drug Co and B J H Meier in San Antonio distribute Tanlac locally under a special representative.
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Emily McKenzie
E. Second Street
Ft. Worth
Texas
Mrs. McKenzie
Tanlac
San Antonio
Wagner Drug Co
B. J. H. Meier
Ady
Need for Drainage in Lower Rio Grande Valley Drives Irrigation Plan
Dr. S. Fortier of the USDA irrigation division and W. L. Rockwell toured Texas to study drainage in Hidalgo and Cameron Counties. They reported more than half a million acres could be irrigated if water storage and pumping plants are developed, with engineers to be shifted from northern states under Rockwell’s supervision.
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Dr. Fortier
Texas
Rockwell
Board of Western Texas Water Engineers
Eeact
Hidalgo
Cameron Counties
Bicycles on Easy Payments at Portage Tire Co
Portage Tire Co at 2218 S Alamo offers bicycles priced from 10 dollars and up with easy payment plans and promotional advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage Tire Co
Alamo
Portage “Tiree Co
Red Alamo
Mrs Matthews Dies Widow of Hotel Manager
Mrs Homer D. Mathews widow of the former assistant manager of the St Anthony Hotel is dead. Her husband who managed the Fort Pitt and William Penn Hotels in Pittsburg Pa died last Friday of pneumonia. The loss triggered a relapse in Mrs Mathews. Telegrams to Gustave Beraud manager of the Hot Wells Hotel conveyed the death. Born Miss Hailey of South McAlester Okla the couple lived here from 1909 to 1912 before he took at Rice Hotel Houston.
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Homer D. Mathews
St. Anthony
Fort Pitt
William Penn
Pittsburg
Matthews
Gustave Beraud
Hot Wells Hotel
Volunteer system breakdown in wartime recruitment shown
War Department officials cite daily enlistment figures to argue the volunteer system is breaking down in a national emergency. Regular army and National Guard totals are far short of needed war strength, with calls for a major volunteer drive or draft to fill regiments. The article notes enlistment rates and plans for the National Guard restructuring, along with local charter notices in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Illinois
New York
Army
National Guard
France
Regular Army
Pershing
Europe
Ed Steves Announces Steady Sale Terms
The notice states a sale at 12.00 dollars per 100 pounds with smaller sizes receiving usual advances, as announced by Ed Steves.
Bicycles Offered With Ten Dollar Payments
Portage Tire Co. advertises bicycles with payments starting at ten dollars. The listing appears in an automobile and shop ad section, noting a price or down payment indicative of a financing option.
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Firestone Service
Firestone
Coors
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
310 Avenue C
Akron, Ohio
Travis
New York City
Albert
Yarnsay
Path
St. & F'way
Hotel Bonita
Real Southern Hotel
Marseilles
N. Y
Hudson River
Stratford House
Newton
River View
G. H. Westjen
Mer
Centre
Manhattan Square
Sair
77Th St
Museum of Natural History
Marlborough Hotel
S6th St
Broadway
37Th St
Seville
Marie Antoinette
7Th
Bath
Shelbourne
Brighton Beach
Herald Square
Chelsea
Tth Avenue
Hotel Flanders
West 47Th St
Hermitage Hotel
Times Square
Association
Padecd Coesie A
Bayer Manufacture
Bayer
Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company
Guaranty Fund Bank
Capital
Yd Landa
R. Wiseman
Thomas H. Jarrell
Mapennat
T. N. Rot
Juan Udoa
H. P. Drought
J. E. Bono
Elizabeth Moore
Hugo Keott
Herbert H. Reed
Leo M. J. Dielman
J. H. Savage
Arhanian
Wagner
Teras
Dr. S. Fortier
Rio Grande
Homer D. Matthews
Amo
Lone Star Brewing Association
San Antonio, Texas
Eerdit Tex
Couch-Sowell Oil Company
Houston
Capital Stock
F. E. Couch
R. H. Sowell
T. W. Sowell
Nomad Oil Company
M. Nicholson
W. C. Moore
W. Waldo
L. C. A. Holding Association
Lec
Otis M. Compton
Valley Mills
Charles J. Veltmann
Brackettville
Floyd Smith
Brady
John F. Sheey
Sutherland Springs
S. M. McAnelly
Yancey
W. A. Stephenson
Incorporated
Sour Lake
Monarch Wholesale Mercantile Company
Denton
Venus Loan and Trust Company
Venus
Stearns
U. S
Master Bakers’ Association
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