Medina project West Canal contract awarded to Roach & Stansell and Crane
Memphis firms Roach & Stansell and Boise contractor F. Crane win a roughly 600000 dollar contract for the west canal of the Medina irrigation project in Texas. The 28 mile canal will require 400000 cubic yards of excavation and carry water to 60000 acres, with work to start within days and finish by July 1, 1912. The deal tops other bids, and laterals may add 500000 dollars more. The piece also notes the “Shadow of the Cross” exhibit at the fairgrounds offering free access to doubtful visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Canal
Medina
H. I. Miller
A. W. K. Billings
T. B. Palfrey
J. A. Sargeant
Roach & Stansell
Memphis, Tenn
F. Crane
Boise
Idaho
Conference Opens at German Methodist Mission Meeting
The annual German Methodist Mission conference opened this morning at the German Methodist church at Buena Vista and South San Marcos streets. Bishop E D Mouzon presided. A business session discussed pastor appointments from 9 to 11. Devotional exercises and German language preaching concluded the morning. German services run tonight and daily through Sunday.
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Buena Vista
South
San Marcos
E. D. Mouzon
The Third Degree at Grand Presents Stirring Drama
The American stage may rival Charles Klein in The Third Degree at the Grand this weekend. The play opens strong and sustains interest from start to finish with notable scenic and dramatic art. Grace Lord Ida Root Gordon Raymond Wells Frank Patton Charles De Vecchio Edmond Sprague William Weston lead a prominent company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles‘Klein
Klein
Grace Lord
Ida Root Gordon
Raymond Wells
Frank Patton
Charles T. Deél Vccchio
Edmond Sprague
William Weston
The Thief at Plaza Theater Promises Harrowing Drama
The Thief dramatic presentation at the Plaza Theater arrives Monday and Tuesday with added amateur acts and a San Antonio Lodge 216 appearance. Marie Louise, the wife, steals to fund finery and endures her husband’s scrutiny as truth spills, driving a tense, painful arc. The bill includes matinees at 2 45 and evening shows at 8 30 with bargain Friday matinee and many acts to follow.
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Europe
Marie Louise
Margaret Islington
Plaza Theater
San Antonio Lodge
Kids and Burt Cutler Star in Plazascope Musical
A miniature rural musical comedy features Burt Cutler the Yankee billiardist known for remarkable shots, with Mumford and Thompson adding singing and comedy. The Plazascope presents motion pictures and Director William Zimmer leads a lively orchestra in a solid musical program.
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Burt Cutler
Mumford and Thompson
The
Plazascope
William Zimmer
Royal theater week promises bright entertaining bill
At the gal there is an hour and a half of pleasant amusement this week. The entire bill is clean and elevating with strong singing and dancing. The Gypsy trio and five Gardeners deliver lively acts and Canares the Parisian magician adds humor and skill. Buster the dog provides side splitting comedy with his wagging tail.
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Royal Theater
Buster
Canares
GetS-IT Promised Safe Relief for Corns and Callouses
A sensational ad claims GetS-IT safely removes corn and callous issues without irritation or bleeding. It markets 25 cents a bottle and lists San Antonio distributors and druggists selling the remedy.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
San Antonio
Edwards King, Drug Co
M. Fischer
Schwab Drug Store
W. C. Burns & Co
Bexar Drug Co
Poll tax receipt forms modified for this year
Texas Comptroller Lane announces changes to poll tax receipt forms 113c 113d and 113e to omit items such as Age race occupation postoffice and reason for exemption this year only. The modification follows a conference with Tax Collectors Association and county collectors and future reports will require full data.
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Austin
Tex
Lane
J. L. Glass
Tax Collectors’ Association of Texas
R. M. Davis
Tarrant County
George L. Glass
Harris County
Comptroller
Cayls
Tambourine Juggler Woodward Shines in Varied Act
The piece highlights Woodward the tambourine juggler with a graceful display and more than a score of tambourines in the air. It also praises an act titled The Little Quaker Girl as drawing favorable comment.
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Woodward
Wonderland to Show 1911 World Series Film
Fans can see the Athletics and Giants in action at Wonderland theater on Friday and Saturday. The World Championship Series footage, exclusive by contract with the national commission, includes key players Athewson Bender Home Run Baker and team as they played at the Polo Grounds and Shibe Park. The film has been well received by baseball enthusiasts and San Antonio fans.
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Wonderland
Giants
National Commission
Polo Grounds
Shibe Park
Athewson
Bender
Baker
San Antonio
Hands of the Imposters Play At Newman's Theater
The Hands of the Imposters melodrama is shown at Newman's theater as a moving picture production. It previously ran 300 nights at the Victoria theater in London and follows an heiress who travels abroad and encounters peril in foreign hands.
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Newman's Theater
Newman's Theater In Moving Pictures
Victoria Theater
London
England
America
San Antonio records low October death rate
October vital statistics report by Secretary John Mueller shows a city death rate of 1.38 per 1000 from a 125000 population. There were 211 burial permits issued. 138 deaths were of residents who contracted disease locally. Non residents 36, stillborn 13, external violence 13, bodies shipped 4, deaths outside city 7.
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John Mueller
The
Health Board
San Antonio
Governor Maintains Neutrality Proclamation On Border Rangers
After a conference with the governor, Adjutant General Hutchings said the neutrality proclamation remains in effect. The ranger force is now organized armed mounted and positioned along the border and instructed to vigorously enforce neutrality laws.
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Austin
Tex
Hutchings
Texas Realty Association Appeals For Cars For City Tour
The automobile committee of the Texas State Realty association solicits car owners to donate vehicles for a visiting land men tour next Monday. Only sixteen of 205 invited owners have replied, despite broad advertising for Realty Day at the fair. The planned itinerary covers Brackenridge park Alamo Heights the missions and other city sights with departure from the fair grounds at 4 o clock p m.
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Automobile Committee
Texas State Realty Association
Texas Realty Association
Brackenridge Park
Alamo Heights
Missions
Local Exchange
Hall’s Kidney Remedy Claims Quick Lasting Relief
Merit Never Loses and Hall’s Texas Wonder is praised for quick and permanent relief in kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. It allegedly cures with a single bottle and is marketed via testimonials. Dr E W Hall of St Louis Missouri is named and druggists sell the remedy locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Texas
E. W. Hall
St. Louis
Clean Up Crusade Opens as Vagrants Face Court
Police begin a cleanup drive to curb vagrancy ahead of the state fair. Detectives arrested several young men for loitering near pool rooms and saloons. The court fined each offender nineteen dollars as part of the effort to reduce crime around expositions.
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Buckley
Green and Stowe
Dallas
Engineer Corps To Lead Departure From San Antonio
The first troop organization to bid farewell to San Antonio after nine months is expected to be company L of the engineer corps, likely to entrain Saturday. Departure schedules are not yet finalized by three railroads, with an announcement anticipated tomorrow or Saturday. Troop F of the Fourth Cavalry arrived at Fort Bliss after eight to nine months on border patrol, clearing the Rio Grande area of US troops. A carload of 24 horses will be shipped to El Paso by Major Arthur W. Yates to support the Fourth Cavalry, transferring from the Eleventh Cavalry.
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San Antonio
Engineer Corps
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Joseph Urbanca
Department
Texas
Marathon
Rio Grande
United States
Arthur W. Yates
Depot Quartermaster’s Department
el Paso
Eleventh Cavalry
It Is Always Coming Eats on Top Quote Scene
A fragment from Lippincott's Magazine presents a debated line about inevitability and influence, noting a first party figure explaining a concept as the phrase is discussed. The excerpt hints at editorial opinions on public appetite or progression in social and political thought.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Relief
An advertisement touts Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets promising complete relief from indigestion or dyspepsia with a money back guarantee. It notes 25 cent boxes cover fifteen days, plus 50 cent and $1.00 sizes for chronic cases, available at The Rexall Store run by H. L. Wagner at E Houston and Avenue C.
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Rexall
H. L. Wagner
E. Houston
Avenue C
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Central Trust Company Capital
Commerce Street
San Antonio, Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Boise, Idaho
Emmet Bank
Thomas L. Conroy
J. McCormick
J. Frank Gallagher
Saladboet
F. M. Swearingen & Son
Rc Antaon
St. Anthony
Biggar Bros. Furniture Co
Gunter Hotel Ocompany
the Menger
H W. Wills
Mgr
Bexar
Alfred Sanner
Prop
Alexander Canaris
the Royal
Pabst
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Milwaukee Bar Co
el Paso Street
Niagara
Switzerland
Little Republic
France
Company L
Paint and Hardware
E. Commerce St
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