Alamo Heroes Monument fund aims for world’s tallest tower
Directors of the Alamo Heroes Monument raise 2 000 000 for a 802 foot tower in San Antonio to honor 183 Texans who died at the Alamo. Tickets at 6 cents each are mailed to banks and trust companies to collect funds across Texas with local agents.
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Alamo Heroes Monument Association
Alamo
Texas Liberty
Texas
South Texas
Alamo Heroes’ Monument
San Antonio
Licke
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Claim Quick Digestive Relief
The advertisement explains heavy stomach discomfort from indigestion and touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as digesting food for the stomach. It claims rapid relief after meals, improved appetite, brighter mood, clearer thinking, and states the product is sold by all druggists at 50 cents a box.
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Stuart
Arrivals in San Antonio Host a Panoply of Guests
A long list of visitors and travelers checks into San Antonio hotels including W B Starr Cisco Texas at the Gunter Frank Fiack Kerrville registering at the Savoy P S Stibgen Chicago on business at the Bowie W F Strong Dallas guest at the St Anthony and W M Garlington Dallas at the Menger W P Steele New Orleans at the Crockett and many others from Austin Dallas Port O Connor Seguin San Marcos Eagle Lake and more visiting or stopping at local hotels.
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W. B. Starr
Cisco
Tex
Gunter
Frank Fiack
Kerrville
Kerrville High
Peacock
Savoy Hotel
P. S. Stibgen
Chicago
Bowie Hotel
W. F. Strong
Dallas
St. Anthony
W. M. Garlington
Menger Hotel
W. P. Steele
New Orleans
Crockett
W. H. Sinclair
J. P. Carrillo
J. M. Carrillo
Mexico City
San Antonio
R. L. Combs
Seguin
D. BE. Brown
San Marcos
W. N. Griffith
Bexar
George B. Bandy
Gutter Hotel
John Player
Sacramento
Cal
BE. Booth
Austin
Bowie
W. T. Montgomery
Taylor, Tex
Crystal City
Gunter Hotel
J. A. Brooks
Houston
Savoy
E. C. Crandall
E. C. Parker
H. R. Porter
George A. Roberts
Corpus Christi
P. J. Gallagher
J. E. Ray
Laredo
Texas
Crockett Hotel
Co. C. Harrington
Bryant
Bexar Hotel
V. Houston
Floresville
Dave Morgan
James Pela
Moberly
Mrs. Seng
Franklin Rollins
Devine Street
Burial Permits For Five Local Residents
Five burial permits issued for Ignacio Ortiz aged 18 who died November 15 at 234 Yndo street Margarita Rangel two months died November 16 at 321 Durango street Beviana Dominguez 16 died November 15 at city hospital and George Eberle 69 died November 15 at 514 Meerscheidt street.
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Ignacio Ortiz
Yndo
Margarita Rangel
Durango
Beviana Dominguez
City Hospital
George Eberle
Meerscheidt
Births Reported for Calo and Gomez Families
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs 1 at 710 Cameron Street on November 15. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Jose Gomez at 630 San Luis Street on August 25.
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Calo
Cameron Street
Jose Gomez
San Luis Street
San Antonio Launches North East Publicity Campaign
The Chamber of Commerce starts a winter publicity drive promoting San Antonio as a tourist and residence site. Thirty four major northern eastern and Canadian papers will carry ten ads each over the coming months at a cost of about fifteen thousand dollars. Ads debut today with full campaigns expected in two to three weeks. Includes travel notes for the Jubilee at Jourdanton November 20 to 23 and excursion rates via I G N and Artesian Belt.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Wilson proposes drastic egg production reform plan
Secretary Wilson unveils a poultry program to cut egg costs and secure steady supplies. Harry Lamon leads a new Poultry Raising Department to remove roosters and extend non fertilized egg storage, aiming to save millions annually and boost urban markets.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Harry Lamon
United States
Lamon
New Yorker
Iie
Mr. Lamon
Commission
The Days of 49 and The Ways of the Mountains at Wigwam No 2
The Wigwam No 2 program presents a Western drama The Days of 49 a Kalem feature and The Ways of the Mountains featuring a rival for a mountain maid near Yellowstone Park. Fisk and Artuso sing harmony. first class.
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Yellowstone Park
Pathe
Fisk and
Artuso
Wigwam No. 1
Alamo Plaza
Buster
Alamo Trail Highway Meeting Plans Victoria Session
A Victoria meeting on Friday November 22 will organize a three section push to build a highway along the Alamo trail from San Antonio to Houston. The route will run through Seguin Gonzales Cuero Victoria and into Houston with delegates to a Palacios good roads gathering November 23. State and local officials from the Texas Good Roads Association and chambers of commerce will attend and speak.
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San Antonio
Houston
Victoria
W. H. Vernor
Port O'Connor Highway League
Adolph Poldt
Houston Chamber of Commerce
D. E. Colp
Highway Division
Chamber of Commerce
Seguin
Gonzales
Cuero
Jackson
Wharton
Fort Bend
Good Roads
Palacios
Inland Inter-coastal Waterways Association
John W. Warren
Texas Good Roads Association
Homer D. Wade
Henry D. McDonald
Corpus Christi
J. H. Hawley
Galveston
George D. ‘Shall
Government
Notices to Owners on Buena Vista Street Curbing
City Clerk Fries prepares notices to 165 property owners on both sides of Buena Vista street from the International and Great Northern tracks to Murray street. They must build concrete curbing per city specifications in front of their property as required by the council resolution, which also calls for concrete sidewalks.
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Fries
Buena Vista Street
International
Great Northern
Murray Street
Wolters Quits Politics to Focus on Law Practice
Colonel J. F. Wolters of Houston, a guest at the St. Anthony hotel in San Antonio, announces he has quit politics. He plans to devote his future full-time to his law practice and will not take a prominent role in state or national affairs, though he finds the presidential election outcome gratifying.
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J. F. Wolters
Houston
San Antonio
St. Anthony Hotel
Pennsylvania Railroad Adds 2872 Steel Passenger Coaches
A circular announces the Pennsylvania system now operates 2872 steel passenger coaches, estimating over half of similar equipment in the United States. The cars, costing about 40 million dollars, have been added since June 1906 when all steel construction for future passenger cars became policy.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Steel Passenger Coaches Ordered for Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania plans include non collapsible fireproof steel passenger coaches weighing 118 500 pounds compared with 85 000 pounds for wooden vestibule cars. About 125 pounds of wood remain for window frames and arm rests. Additional orders under construction total 296 steel coaches and 18 steel dining cars, with roughly 75 more to be used for mail baggage and special purposes.
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Pennsylvania
Cotton gins in Florwsville report 57,000 bales ginned
Reports from Florwsville Texas show 57 000 bales of cotton ginned so far this season matching last year s total. Ginners expect several hundred more bales before season end and plan to enlarge gins this winter.
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Florwsville
Tex
Big Turkey Dinner Today at Riverside Restaurant
A big turkey dinner is offered today at the Riverside Restaurant for 25 cents.
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Riverside
Publicity League Dinner at The St Anthony Hotel
Notices announce a Publicity League dinner Tuesday night at the St Anthony hotel in San Antonio. Secretary Carter must be notified for reservations. program includes Emmet Rou violin solo and J D'Ocugna violin, with Plaza to The St Anthony Orchestra. Speakers include Charles Graebner, W S Conroy, J Carter, Charl Norton, Harrison Reach, John W Warren, L J Hart, and Colonel Henry Exall.
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Ainner
Publicity League
Th Anthony
Chamber of Commerc
Carter
Chamber of Coin
Emmet Rou
San Antonio Musical of
J D'Ocugna
St. Anthony
Charles Graebner
Chamber of Commerce
W. S. Con
Leagu Vision
J. Carter
Charl Norton
U.L. Conroy
Spea
San An
Harrison Reach
John W. Warrai
L. J. Hart
Spe
Henry Exall
Dallas
Texas
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New York
Alden
Houston Street
Nicholas
Cettinje
Col
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Pearsall
Toda
Jules Senet
Moliere
Molie
Schwar
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