Move to Increase Election Officials Pay and Hours
Senator Carlos Bee will push a bill in January to raise pay or shorten hours for election judges and clerks. County Judge James R. Davis says $2 for 12 hours is inadequate and urges better compensation or fewer hours. A House bill from a Bexar county representative is also planned to fix the rule and attract capable workers.
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Senate
Carlos Bee
House
Bexar
Bee
James R. Davis
Davis
Senator Bee
Army Orders Details Leaves and Details for Officers
Today’s orders list Captain Henry C. Bonnycastle detailed to the Quartermaster Corps in Idaho and First Lieutenant Paul R. Davidson detailed to General Recruiting Service with deployment to Chicago. Major Charles C. Smith granted ten days leave. First Lieutenant Louis A. Milne relieved in the Southern Region and granted one month’s leave.
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Regentere
Stherell
New
Charles A. Clark
Idaho
Charles C. Smith
Twentieth Infantry
Paul R. Davidson
Third Cavalry
Chicago
Cariaain
Henry C. Bonnycastle
Sixth Infantry
Amster Corps
Neers
Lorenzo D. Gasse
Louis A. Milne
Planning for Circus at the YWCA
Two hundred fifty young women will take part in a circus planned for November 24 and 256 at the Young Woman's Christian Association. Girls from all classes are preparing to ensure its success and fund a summer camp for the girls' vacation. The physical department oversees the main show with elephants lions and tigers among planned stunts.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Pie and Cake Baking Days for Fort Sam Houston Dinner
San Antonio declared Monday and Tuesday November 27 and 28 as Pie and Cake Baking Days by Mayor Clinton G Brown to aid the 15 000 soldiers at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson. Rotary Club urged housewives to pledge pies and cakes aiming for 4000 pies and 2000 cakes with pledged donations collected via Rotary headquarters and Crockett 10.
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San Antonio
Clinton G. Brown
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
Rotary Club
W.S. Hendrick
Rotary
St. Anthony
Crockett 10
J. D. Hughes
Josephine _ street
Will Repair Highways El Paso County Roads
Judge Adrian Pool of El Paso county announced in Austin that through General Frederick Funston the federal government will cover half the cost of repairing El Paso county roads damaged by army trucks. The plan includes finishing unfinished roads and rebuilding to better standards, with total damages estimated at about 50000 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Adrian Pool
el Paso
San Antonio
Frederick Funston
Thanksgiving linen sale on fifth floor tomorrow
Beginning tomorrow morning the store advertises Irish and German linen double damask 72 inch wide with embossed designs at 1.25 per yard. Napkins 24x24 inches priced 3.75 per dozen. pattern table cloths in various round and square floral designs. Also pattern cloths and napkins offered with warranties after washing.
Thanksgiving Linen Sale Showcases Finest Handwork Linens
A citywide Thanksgiving promotion offers Cluny Lace Princess Lace Madeira Eyelet and Mosaic Lace table linens all hand work on pure linen with size ranges for doilies table cloths scarves and napkins. Special prices include napkins 1.95 to 2.39 per dozen 39 cents each huck towels and multiple lots of table cloths and napkins at deep discounts with Made Ireland Shamrock quality linens advertised as “Exactly Before the War Prices.”
Duerler Golden Wedding and 75th Birthday Observed
Mr. and Mrs. Gustave A. Duerler celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at 229 Garden Street with family. Gustave, born 1841 in Switzerland, served as a Confederate soldier and became a renowned pecan candy maker, leading the G A Duerler Manufacturing Company in San Antonio with sons Alfred and Gus Jr. and daughter Mrs. August A Herff.
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Gustave A. Duerler
Garden Street
Gus Duerler
San Antonio
Lena Weiner
Mr. Duerler
Duerler
Adam Smith
South
G. A. Duerler Company
Alfred
Gus Jr
August A. Herff
Dascomb Team Leads 192 Mile YMCA Race Standings
The 192 mile member race from San Antonio to Texas A and M College lists Brooks Dascomb Cadillac at 60 miles, Robert Joyse Ford 50 miles, T J Hart Dodge 20 miles, Ernest Green Hudson 10 miles. Teams aim to send captains to the State Older Boys Conference December 13.
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Brooks Dascomb
Cadillac
Robert Joyse
Ford
T. J. Hart
Dodge
Ernest Green
Hudson
San Antonio
Texas A. & M. College
Installation of Thistle Lodge No. 53 Officers
Thistle Lodge No. 53 Daughters of Scotia installed officers at the Gunter hotel with Grand Deputy Chief Daughter Lulu G Darley and deputies Elizabeth Soule and Lettie Hopper presiding. New officers include Mae Stewart Peterson as chief daughter and Floy Richey Hamilton as sub chief daughter. Floy Richey Hamilton presented flowers and a past chief daughter pin to retiring chief daughter Mary Stuart.
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Thistle Lodge No. 53
Daughters of Scotia
Clan McDuff
Gunter Hotel
Lulu G. Darley
Elizabeth Soule
Lettie Hopper
Mae Stewart Peterson
Clara Gordon
Mary Stuart
Floy Richey Hamilton
Victoria Millar
Pauline
Lodge
Installment Plan Quip Sparks Laughs Over Purchases
A humorous exchange about buying a wife a plane prompts a joke on installment plans. The old man suggests paying over time, and the punchline notes that missing payments could trigger action by the installment men.
Knights of Malta Degree to Be Conferred in San Antonio
The San Antonio commandery Knights Templars will confer the degree of Knights of Malta on fifteen candidates Tuesday evening at the Masonic temple. A cast of twenty three men in full Malta uniform will supervise the ceremony, a rare rite among U S commanderies. A stray fragment notes a water leak and an ave tric pump operational at the time.
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Knights of Malta
San Antonio Commandery
Knights Templars
Masonic Temple
United States
Malta
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Judge Davis
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
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Illette
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WOLFF @ MARX COMPANY
Mrs. G. A. Duerler
G. A. Duerler Manufacturing Company
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Gummer Hotel
Wolfson’s
Saul Wolfson
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