Yard contest judged like selecting best infant in show
John L. Strohm heads the sixth annual beautiul yards contest of the real estate board. Judges faced with choosing a single winner from many well tended yards warn that neighbors will be disappointed no matter the choice. The piece lists prize donors and winners across 26 classes with names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strohm
John L. Strohm
Real Estate Board
Guch
Gas and Electric Company
East
Houston Street
King Furniture Company
Alamo Iron Works
Wolff & Marx
Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
Guarantee Shoe Company
Morrison Coffee Company
Tips Berdware Company
Whisenant Drug Store
Cones Studio
Alamo Trunk Factory
Fox Kodak Company
Alamo Camera Company
Dreiss Drug Store
Saul Wolfson Company
Kennedy Avenue
Dr. J. Brown
Drexel Avenue
L. Payne
Alamosa Street
Cn Yard
W. H. Stephenson
Buena Vista Street
M. W. Hayes
Agarita Avenue
Alamosavenue
W. Etter
West Craig Place
Garspray
Hal H. Branham
West Magnolia Avenue
Jes J. George
Encino Avenue
B. Raborn
Cavalier Street
Local Auction List Appears From City Block
An OCR readout shows a scattered auction or listing of items and addresses. Names include Billy Heyne Mrs J L Ile Clifton George Mrs Shafer G F Scharfenberg and Mrs A H Cadwallader. Items range from cash amounts to porch boxes garden tools a thermos bottle a lawn mower and varnish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies J. George
Encino Ue
A. J. Staudt
Delmar Street
Kodak
L. Raborn
Cavalier Street
T. E. Moebes
L. H. eDaniel
Hunstock Avenue
G. Lachapelle
Runman Place
Ty Avenue C C
Oman
Ute H. Moede
J. H. Hawes
Pageee Street
F. Howard
West Mulberry Ees
A. Snyder
Wilkins Avenue
la Febé
Evalyn Corighan
Avenue B
Ay G. Lachapelle
John Kelly
Perrine
Francisco Atreet
Linton
J. L. Ile
Pleasanton Road
Davis
Clifton George
Seren
Craig
Roop Pinto Street
C. Bailey
West Woodlawn Avenue
A. H. Cadwallader
West
Houston Street
Rocker
Charles J. George
Encino Avenue
B. F. Morris
McKinley Avenue
State to auction 2,000,000 acres of school lands on Jan 1 1917
About two million acres of State school lands will be offered for sale starting January 1 1917 announced by J T Robison state land commissioner The sale uses bidding with most land requiring settlement except in rugged counties Allow eight section parcels in several counties and all unsurveyed small tracts sold for cash without settlement terms Applications to buy by mail to the general land office at Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Robison
Brewster
Bandera
Culberson, Crockett, Edwards
el Paso
Jeff Davis
Kerr, Kimble
Menard
Pecos
Presidio
Real
Terrell
Val Verde
General Land Office
Austin
Had a Good Day in a City Ombreumbrella Mix Up
Mr Simpson visits a repair shop then dines at a restaurant. He mistakenly takes another woman's umbrella and is confronted by the owner. On the return trolley ride he realizes the error, returns his umbrella, and quips that he has had a pretty good day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Simpson
Simpson
Vast Swamp Lands in Texas to Be Reclaimed for Settlers
The National Chamber of Commerce plans to reclaim more than 1.5 million acres of Texas swamp land through drainage and settlement programs. The San Antonio Real Estate Board received a bulletin noting swamp acreage in several states, the role of mosquitoes in malaria, and the economic uplift from drained land, with 79 million acres nationwide targeted for future reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Lukenbach
San Antonio Real Estate Board
National Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Minnesota
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
National Chamber
Panama Canal
Cuba
Real estate deals sweep several San Antonio lots and blocks
A string of property transfers includes J O Terrell selling lots 14 and 15, block 8 in new city block 2052 for 1100 dollars to Mrs N A Lamum. Osten Ward trades with Frank Ward for half of 80 acres from Aaron Gardner survey for 1400 dollars. and missions cemetery company sells half of lot 282 block 56 in Mission burial park for 50 dollars. Other transfers involve Alamo Heights parcels, Colonia El Porvenir, Encino avenue, and Ber lin Heights among others with prices ranging from 50 to 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Terrell
N. A. Lamum
New City Block
Frank
Annie Ward
Osten Ward
Aaron Gardner
Mission Cemetery Company
Beulah Neel Eddy
Mission Burial Park
Frank Ward
Lamar and
St. Martin Streets
B. G. Irish
Benjamin L. Lilley
Queensboro Place
Otto Kabelmacher
Fratt Bowling Club
Leeper
D. J. Davis
D. Sullivan
W. C. Sullivan
Grandview
Alamo Home Builders
Rosa Hernandez de Bernard
New City
Colonia el Porvenir
William and
Winifred E. Carter
Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Company
Alamo Heights
John W. Rogers
Encino Avenue
Charles
Alma R. Gates
John W
Emily B. Rogers
Cc. L. Bell
Karnes County
R. M. Ware
Berlin Heights
C. E. B. Jones
Estaban Cassanova
Mariano Seguin
Eastern firms are turning away orders
Business momentum remains strong despite elections and rising prices. Demand for current and future needs outpaces production and distribution, with labor shortages and material scarcity hindering manufacturing. Car shortages and fuel worry industry as shipments lag and prices rise, leading to fewer long term commitments and more rejected contracts. Weekly bank clearings total 5,266,362,324 dollars per Dun and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
German Band Makes Tour in Milwaukee
The Imperial German Third Sea Battalion Band arrives in Milwaukee for a two week concert series. Representative Richard Brueger, speaking German, emphasizes art unites nations and honors all masters. He notes the band was captured at Tsing Tau, released via Red Cross, and will remain in New York for a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Sea Battalion
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal
Richard Brueger
Vertreter
America
Tsing-Tau
China
Mr. Brueger
Red Cross
Germany
New York
Congress Eyes Transportation Probes on Interstate System
Senator Francis G. Newlands outlines plans for a two year inquiry into government control of interstate transportation, railroad credit and securities, and the role of the Interstate Commerce Commission with hearings in New York Chicago St Louis San Francisco Portland San Antonio and possibly New Orleans Atlanta Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Joint Committee On Interstate Commerce
Railroad Commission Commercial, Farming and Banking
Texas
Washington
Special Committee
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Portland
San Antonio
New Orleans
Atlanta
Omaha
Congress
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Like a Lady on a Pittsburg Train Child Gum Habit
A London man reports a young girl on a Pittsburg train chewing gum and pulling long strings, then letting it fall back. Her mother whispers, urging Mabel to chew like a proper young lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
States
Pittsburg
Mabel
Good Roads Epidemic Spreads Through Texas Agriculture
Secretary D E Colp of the Texas Good Roads Association reports a rising road movement across Northwest Texas. Farmers are voting bond issues and prioritize highways to bring farms to markets. Meetings from Albany to Lubbock show strong local organization with progress along Fort Worth to Roswell and routes toward El Paso and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Union
D. E. Colp
Texas Good Roads Association
Fort Worth
Tex
Roswell
N. M
Mr. Colp
D. K E. Colp
Bexar County Highway League
Colp
Fort Worth-Roswell
New Mexico
Albany
Lubbock
Lueders
Avoca
Stamford
Lagerton
Brandenberg
Aspermont
Swenson
Peacock Jayton
Girard
Spur
Crosbyton Rails
Ized New Secretary Corp
Texas Division
National Highway Association
E. J. Hernan
National Commission
el Paso
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Hernan
Puget Sound-to-the-Gulf
San Antonio
Austin
Good Roads
Post City
Snyder
Sweetwater
Ballinger
Brownwood
San Saba
Brady
Texas Roads Association
Monument Marks Resting Place of Heat Sheriff Three Fingered Jim Nugent
A Boston visitor asks about a nearby monument while a native explains it marks the grave of Three Fingered Jim Nugent, the county's famed heat sheriff who died with his boots on, leaving the woman unsettled by the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jim Nugent
His Desire A foreign officer meets two countrymen on Whitehall
A gorgeously dressed officer in full dress parades down Whitehall where two countrymen gape at his golden blue and crimson attire. They joke about pawn value and buying on credit, noting such schemes work for jewelry and dry goods but not for a dealer in gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Begorra
Birmingham Herald
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Mrs. Shafer
Los Angeles Street
Denver Boulevard
Billy Heyne
Woodlawn Avenue
Schley Avenue
Crockett School
West Commerce Street
Swenpatatoes
Citton George
Ary D Avenue
Loving Cup
United States Chamber of Commerce
Dan
Congreso
Gan Antonio
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