National Guard Inflicts Indefinite Border Duty Policy
Secretary Baker tightens service rules for Southern Department stating guardsmen cannot be discharged except for government interest. Return home timelines uncertain and the move aims to prevent unit disorganization as many personnel seek discharge for business or professional reasons.
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War Baker
War Department
Baker
National Guard
Department
Calomel warning and safe liver tone substitute
A diet ad warns that calomel makes you sick and weak and urges using Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative. It claims calomel causes cramping, biliousness, and loss of a day’s work, promoting Liver Tone as non salivating and harmless for both adults and children.
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Dodson
November Glove Sale Opens Tomorrow This Week
Local store announces the November Glove Sale starting tomorrow for one week. Responding to customer requests last year they offer Christmas gloves again despite higher material costs. Bargains secured and discounts available during the sale period.
Gloves for As Sizes Limited Prompt Early Selection
Item notes that not all glove sizes are available in the current lot and advises buyers to place early selections. The message emphasizes urgency due to incomplete size range in the shipment.
Gloves and capes on sale at bargain prices this week
Women's washable capes in tan black and gray feature one clasp and pique seams. silk gloves with double tipped fingers offered in white or black. Three lots priced 1.50 and 1.75 per pair, now on sale at 1.39.
Gloves and Cape Gloves in Various Styles and Sizes
Listing of gloves including special one clasp cape gloves in white black and tan with pique seams and self stitching. Two clasp lambskin gloves with overseam and three rows em cee in self and contrast. Two clasp silk gloves silk lined in multiple colors sizes 43-4 to 7.
Women's Silk Gloves Sale For Week Reduced Price
Women’s two clasp Chamoi sette gloves in white with six seams available in sizes 51 2 to 1 2. Two clasp pure thread silk gloves with double tipped fingers and three rows embroidery offered in white black and colors. All three lots regular 1.25 but this week on sale at 89 cents each.
Gloves On Sale This Week At Choice Stores
Regular priced gloves drop from one dollar to 69 cents this week at Choice stores with sales on regular 75 cent and one dollar items as part of a promotional event.
Real Kid Gloves Extra Special 12 16 and 20-button Black
Advertisement offers extra special kid gloves in black with 12 16 and 20 button counts. Features include three clasps at the wrist and three rows embroidery with overseam styles.
War Department shifts guard discharges toward government interest
The War Department tightens guard releases with the aim of serving government interests. Earlier dependents funds and student exemptions limited discharges, but now releases are rare. The First Pennsylvania field artillery at El Paso heads home as border units scale back, with Alabama cavalry still expanding to a full regiment.
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War Department
National Guard
Guard
Pennsylvania Field Artillery
el Paso
Alabama Cavalry
Alabama
Hughes Vote Carried Small Boxes in Travis County
In the election last Tuesday Hughes carried two small boxes in Travis county neither exceeding 560 votes in either box confirming limited support in the area.
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Hughes
Austin
Tex
Travis County
Texans Congratulate President Wilson
Texas sends telegrams praising Woodrow Wilson after his election victory. Notable San Antonio figures like Postmaster George D. Armistead and Charles A. Graham of the Texas Legislative Committee, Order of Railway Conductors, express pride in Wilson and his leadership in remarks emphasizing democracy and national progress.
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Wilson
San Antonio
George D. Armistead
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Shadow Lawn
Charles A. Graham
Order of Railway Conductors
Texas Legislative
Washington, D. C
Texas Legislative Committee
Andrew Jackson
America
Hillsboro
San Antonio Praised as West’s Most Prosperous City
A. J. Peeler of Standard Blue Book Publications praises San Antonio as the wealthiest city west of the Mississippi and predicts an especially prosperous winter due to tourist travel to the South and the Mexican situation. He expects gold reserves to release prosperity in January and plans San Antonio as his headquarters while touring.
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San Antonio
Mississippi
A. J. Peeler
Standard Blue Book Publications
United States
Gunter
West
Pacific Coast
Peel
San Antonio Uvalde Gulf Railway Valued At Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
J B Stubblefield of San Antonio secretary of the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf railway announced a railroad commission valuation of 5,500,000 for the line. The 217 mile system runs from San Antonio to Corpus Christi and links Pleasanton to Carrizo Springs and Crystal City to Uvalde with all equipment franchises and property included.
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Austin
Tex
J. B. Stubblefield
San Antonio
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railway
Railroad Commission
Corpus Christi
Pleasanton
Carrizo Springs
Crystal City
Uvalde
State Board Buys Bonds for Permanent School Fund
At its regular meeting the state board of education purchased 110550 dollars in new school bonds paid in cash for the permanent school fund. The board received many applications for aid from the 500000 dollars allocated to rural schools but will not apportion funds until January or February.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Education
Wants Brigade At War Strength By January First
Lieutenant Colonel John Hoover and his staff aim to enlist 1500 men in the Texas National Guard by January 1. A full war strength would place the Texas brigade as a reinforced unit in federal service. Hoover leads recruiting from Camp Wilson and visited Houston Galveston Beaumont Port Arthur and Orange. He continued the inspection tour thereafter.
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Hoover
Texas National Guard
Texas Brigade
National Guard
Camp Wilson
Houston
Galveston
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Charm of Beauty Promises Clear Skin With Blood Cleanser
An advertisement extols Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a cure for facial blemishes by cleansing impurities from blood. It claims drugs cannot fix complexion and urges purchase at druggists for 50 cents per package.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Texas militia aims to reach full war strength this year
General Hulen and Colonel Hoover plan to visit stations across Texas to boost recruits for the Texas brigade. Texas units have grown faster than counterparts from other states, averaging 240 recruits monthly, with a goal of nearly 6000 men including three infantry regiments, a cavalry squadron, field artillery battery, and engineers. Also, Dallas Navigation Co cuts capital stock from 50000 to 25000 in an amendment filed in Austin.
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Texas
Hulen
Hoover
Las Navigation Company of
Dallas
State Department
If You Don’t See It, Ask for What You Want
A shopper asks for items not on display and a dealer scorns the sign saying to request alternatives. The dialogue notes a Boston Transcript quip about asking for something else.
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Boston Transcript
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