Gunter Hotel lobby redecorated by expert painters
A team of ten painters begins interior renovation of the Gunter hotel lobby to preserve hand painted decorations. Work will progress for about a month, with a New York New Orleans firm artist adding finishing touches. Cream background and brown yellow green borders to match existing design. Furnishings to follow. Political ad urges bond vote. Japs Plan to Promote Friendship Harvard Club of Japan invites Lowell and Roosevelt for lectures to foster US Japan understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter Hotel
New York
New Orleans
Tokio
Harvard Club of
Japan
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Miracle Cure Claims for Peruna in Alabama Clergyman
A 1904 to 1913 sequence of letters from Rev G W Roberts of Hartsell Alabama praises Peruna, detailing a three year struggle with illness and gradual recovery. He credits Dr Hartman and Peruna with returning health, energy, and life, urging others to use the remedy.
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Peruna Co
G. W. Roberts
R. R
Box
Hartsell
Alabama
Roberts
Peruna
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Doctors organize San Antonio Academy of Medicine
The San Antonio Academy of Medicine was formed at the St. Anthony Hotel to foster original medical research and education. Its aims include disseminating knowledge to schools and associations, with a scientific focus for members and the public, and a formal constitution and bylaws. Officers elected: C. A. R. Campbell president, J. W. Carhart first vice president, F. Hadra second vice president, R. A. Roberts secretary treasurer, with an executive board including G. Graham Watts and others.
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San Antonio
Academy of Medicine
United States
C. A. R. Campbell
J. W. Carhart
Ruling Sets Poll Tax Fees For Assessors In Texas
The attorney general's department ruled that tax assessors may receive 5 cents for each poll tax actually assessed in person, but not for compiling lists on unrendered rolls. If a poll tax was not rendered and assessed by the assessor, no compensation is due, a decision that could reduce earnings for many local assessors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Comptroller
Oranges Ripen on Parish Yard Tree at St Marys
Father James H. Quinn and parish residents harvest ripe Satsuma oranges from a five year old orange tree planted in the yard beside the river. The fruit, medium in size and fine in quality, is maturing for the first time this year.
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James H. Quinn
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s
Hundreds of Club Women Meet at Texas Federation Convention
The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs began its sixteenth annual convention in Corpus Christi with hundreds of delegates from San Antonio Houston Dallas and Marshall. State president Mrs Eli Hertzberg presided as officers reported 38 new clubs with 1446 members and a reception at the Country Club was planned for 4 30 p m with speeches by Mrs Hertzberg past grand president Mrs Phillip Moore and Senator W C Morrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
Marshall
Eli Hertzberg
Miller
Mesdames
W. L. Hopkins
H. H. Craig
Fred Fleming
C. W. Connery
Fort Worth
Texas Club
Percy Pennybacker
New York State Federation
Committee On New Clubs
Beaumont
Country Club
Hertzberg
Phillip Moore
St. Louis
General Federation
W. C. Morrow
Hillsboro
You Are Entitled to the Best Ask for It
A bold exhortation urging readers to demand peak quality goods and services, claiming that the best is earned by asking for it and staying persistent. The piece emphasizes confidence, assertiveness, and consumer empowerment in pursuing premium outcomes.
Troop Movements From Fort Leavenworth to Fort Bliss
The second squadron of the Fifteenth United States cavalry departed Fort Leavenworth for Fort Bliss Texas to relieve a Fifth cavalry squadron on the Mexican border under war department orders. Also Troops K K L and M of the Fifteenth Cavalry left Fort Sheridan for El Paso Texas to be reunited next Friday.
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Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Kan
Fifteenth United States Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Texas
Fifth Cavalry
War Department
Fifth
Chicago
Ill
Fort Sheridan
el Paso
Tex
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy tasting remedy that digests food in five minutes. It claims relief from sour stomach, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn, and indigestion, and asserts no need for laxatives or liver pills.
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Pape
Protone Body Builder Ad Promises Fast Weight Gain
Bulletin describes Protone as a natural flesh builder offering a 650c free package with 10c postage. It claims 39 pounds gain in 30 days and enhanced nerve, appetite, and muscle development. San Antonio distributors listed along with Detroit manufacturer address and money back guarantee.
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Protone
Protone Company
Detroit
Michigan
San Antonio Auto Racing Club Files Charter in Austin
The San Antonio Auto Racing Club will file its charter in Austin Thursday morning via an attorney. The organization plans an $8000 incorporation with half paid in. About $6000 in stock subscriptions have been collected from numerous firms and individuals. The club aims to manage the upcoming race meet and future related events, with stockholders urged to remit half of their pledges to satisfy charter requirements.
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San Antonio Auto Racing Club
Austin
American Bank and Trust Co
Alamo Auto Sales Co
Alamo National Bank
M. Buratovitch
Birdsong & Pot
A. Pr. Frank Co
Frank Bros
Frost National Bank
L. Frank Saddlery Co. C. &,. Fowler
Colonel' Ey .C. Gibbs
Gotlieb Liquor Co
Gimbel Bros
Guarantee Shoe Co
Thomas Ss. Gogsan
Groos National Bank
Guenther Milling Co
Goodman Grocery Co
Higgins Co
J. P. Haynes
Dr. W. A
Hicks & Woods, Wolff & Marx Co
West Texas Bank and Trust Co
Washer Bros. Co
Wagner Drug Store
Health Restored by Eckman's Alterative
Tuberculosis in the Glands often diagnosed by physicians yielded to Eckman's Alterative after other treatments failed. A patient recounts months of illness, neck wounds, and two bottles of the remedy aiding weight gain, sleep, and return to work. The ad touts the medicine for throat and lung ailments and invites inquiries to the Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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Eckman
Larnston St
Philadelphia
Joseph B. White
Eckman Laboratory
Public Would Suffer Tie-up of Sunset Central Lines
San Antonio business leaders from six divisions of the Chamber of Commerce met in executive session to protest potential actions by Sunset Central railroad workers and management. They urged a peaceful settlement, telegraphed to Sunset Central officials in Houston and to union committees, and adopted a resolution warning that a strike would cause financial loss and public hardship during Christmas travel.
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Sunset-Central Lines
San Antonio
Sunset-Central Railroad
Chamber of Commerce of
Jobbers and Manufacturers
Retail Merchants’ Association
Publicity League
Real Estate Exchange Division
Fiesta San Jacinto Association
Strike vote canvassed by Atlantic system engineers
In Houston on Nov 11 the executive committee of the federated engineers and related unions canvassed the strike referendum among about 2,500 workers from New Orleans to El Paso. Unofficially, results favored strike authorization, though no immediate action was promised. Vote counts were conducted by union leaders and to be reviewed by Sunset-Central officials before public release.
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Houston
Tex
Federated Engineers
Atlantic System
Southern Pacific
Federation
New Orleans
el Paso
M. E. Montgomery
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
V. McLaughlin
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
N. Berry
Order of Railway Coructors
J. A. Farquharson
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Work Begins on School Addition at Garden Street
Ground was broken for an eight room addition to Garden Street School costing about 32000 dollars. The altered design will add rear wings on both sides, four rooms per wing, to ease overcrowding while school operates.
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Garden Street
Avenue E
Letter May Be Forgery Linked to Illinois Senator Controversy
Washington, Nov. 11. Henry M. Pindell of Peoria was named ambassador to Russia after talks with President Wilson about a letter said to be written by Senator Lewis of Illinois offering him the post. Secretary Bryan and Samuel M. Graham, assistant attorney general, discussed the document’s authenticity and its publication.
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Washington, D. C
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Ill
Russia
Bryan
Samuel M. Graham
Wilson
Lewis
Illinois
Pindell
Quickest Simplest Cough Remedy Plan
A home cough syrup plan makes a pint for under two dollars and promises quick relief. Mix granulated sugar and warm water, add Pinex and sugar syrup, then take a teaspoonful every one to three hours. Pinex is a pine extract with guaiacol, praised for throat relief and tonic effects.
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United States
Canada
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Offer Gentle Constipation Relief
A period ad touts HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS as the best gentle remedy to drive waste and gas from the bowels, purify the blood, and relieve headache dizziness biliousness nervousness and low energy. Women are advised to use chocolate coated tablets to clear skin blemishes. Sample free. money back if not satisfied.
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Hot Springs Chem. Co
Hot Springs
Ark
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Nettleton
Alamo Plaza
Gunter
Hartsell, Ala
Medicine
Mrs. Hertzberg
Convention of State Federation
Corpus
Chamber of Commerce
Sunset - Central Lines
Earl & Wilson
Edgewood
Fomby-Jones Company
East
Houston Street
Petersburg
Pindel
Foley
Fischer’s Drug Store
U.S
Ararin
Oreo
Wit
Rex
Gether
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