Hotel Guests Listed at St. Anthony in El Paso Area
A garbled listing shows numerous individuals tied to Texas locations such as El Paso Houston Lake Charles Port Worth and Menger, with several names including Mrp Bostner Moses Kerr Randolph Davison and W A Scrivner noted as registered or guests at the St. Anthony during the winter season.
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Bostner
Amples
Mexico
Anthony
Oy JL
Rodney Af Kawens Chy
Mao
Gunter
Moses Af Bastin
Haren
Tex
Menger
Barton
el Paso
St. Anthony
W. A. Scrivner
Arunsus
Willlen James
Port Worth
CL. Kerr
Houston
Tes
Randolph Davison
Lake Charles
Just Ready to Drop Comfort Story Promotes Vivinal Tonic
A woman from Montgomery Alabama explains how Vivinal tonic helped her regain strength after extreme fatigue and sleeplessness. The ad cites many similar letters praising the product and lists multiple local San Antonio retailers carrying Vivinal.
Proposals Sought for Rebuilding Stable 1915
In two sentences the notice invites sealed proposals for rebuilding a stable partly destroyed by fire at Fort Sam Houston. Proposals due November 10, 1915, and must be marked Proposals for rebuilding Stable with address to the Q M-rAd.
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Fort Sam Moustan
Indictments Return in Texas Jail Home Raid Case
Grand jury in Caldsell County returns indictments against unnamed participants in a jail home raid near Fentress Texas. The victims A B Wilke and wife were reportedly cut with knives and shot during an attack by three Mexicans who allegedly planned the crime for pay. The sheriff’s assassination from April remains unindicted as the panel investigated.
New Gold Order Certificates Move Money Without Gold Shipments
The piece describes a new US financial instrument called gold order certificates. Printed in ten thousand and other denominations, they would let Federal Reserve Banks settle large balances without physically shipping gold. They are controlled within a tight circle of twelve Treasury banks and would appear as bold two tone notes with blank backs.
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Washington, D
United States
Uncle Sam
Federal Reserve Bystem
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York
Washington
San Francisco
New York Bank
Bureau of Engraving
Edith Wallace Benham Named Social Secretary at White House
Miss Edith Wallace Benham has been appointed social secretary at the White House to assist Mrs. Galt, future mistress of the president's residence, in her duties amid her approaching marriage. Benham, daughter of Rear Admiral Stenham and granddaughter of a Commodore, began work after her father's death and was educated on the Pacific coast. She served as sponsor for the cruiser San Francisco and the torpedo boat Benham, named for her father.
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Edith Wallace Benman
Wilte House
Galt
Ming Benham
Stenham
U. S. Navy
Mies Benham
Mm Darby
Pacific
San Princcisco
Benham
Cloth tape accuracy questioned in Bureau tests
The Bureau of Standards finds cloth tapes unreliable for precise measurements compared with steel. Tests show cloth tapes stretch under tension, with inaccuracies increasing as weight and length rise. A 100 foot tape shifted by up to 0.6 inches at two pounds and further with higher tensions, undermining reliability for exact work.
Tape measurement accuracy limits under tension tests
The Bureau of Standards found cloth tapes lengthen by tenths of an inch at two pounds and longer under higher tensions. Some expansion is temporary, but repeated stretching causes gradual increase. Accuracy is limited to about one part in 2000. steel tapes are advised for precise measurements. Measuring tension remains difficult. a spring balance helps estimate force.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Department of Commerce
Marriage Licenses Listed In Local Record
Doped H Castgneda and Gundote ameter. Huse 2. Welding and Maria Weehow, Verma. Elaler and Sarah Mtugdo.
Pope's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
An old advertisement touts Pope's Diapepsin as the fastest safest remedy for indigestion heartburn sourness belching and upset stomach. It claims quick relief from undigested food discomfort and invites readers to keep a fifty cent bottle at home for immediate aid.
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Pope
Pape
Investment In Luck Tire Stock Reflects Wealth Boom
The Dunlap company started with 112000 in capital and, within two years, sold for 15000000 cash. Original shareholders received 3290575 in dividends and premiums plus 14437500 from the sale, totaling 17638075. A later deal moved the business for 25000000, rewarding early investors who declined later calls. The piece argues one strong investment can surpass years of labor and that many such fortunes repeat in US business history.
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iThe Dunlap Company
United States
St Mary’s
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