Golden Wedding of San Antonio Couple Roots in City History
An aged San Antonio couple, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Christopher, celebrated a fifty year golden anniversary at their home 414 North Hackberry Street. He, a former government wagon master and Indian fighter born in Newark, and she, born in Hamburg, observed the long years with five daughters, one son, fourteen grandchildren, and a family gathered from across the region. The event recalled their life from an adobe home at Houston and Navarro to a modern army post on the hill. The clock on the mantel, brought from Germany, ticked as relatives recalled voyage from Hamburg to New Orleans and Indianola to San Antonio. Works and memories spanned generations, including Mrs. Christopher's family ties to Germany and their Texas ties to The San Antonio Light.
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Houston and
Navarro Streets
N. C. Christopher
Hackberry Street
Chris Schneider
Silver City
N.M
Old Home
Germany
Christopher
Newark
N. J
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
United States
Alamo
Fedral
San Antonio
Hamburg
Liverpool
New Orleans
Indianola
N. M
Joe Vander Stratten
Herman Schmidt
Arthur Speer
Henry Steingruber
Charles Christopher
Gonsher Sues To Undo License Forfeiture In Liquor Case
S. N. Gonsher filed suit in the Seventy-third district court to rescind the state comptroller W. P. Lane’s forfeiture of his retail liquor license. The action mirrors recent suits by other saloon men whose licenses were canceled. The report also lists events and notices from San Antonio area including dances, lectures, and a theater ad.
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S. N. Gonsher
W. P. Lane
Seventy-third District
Colored views show outlaw lectures to boys at Wigwam No 2
Franklin taxicabs advertise phone number while posters promote talks by ex-outlaw and ex-bandits about battles and holds ups. The moral lecture aims to draw boys to hear him, with showings of battles and a gunman who survived seven bullets. The event runs today and Sunday at Wigwam No 2.
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Battle OF
Young's Cabin
Evans’ Home
Battle OF Stone Corral
Geo. Son
Geo, Sontag
Evans' Home
Geo. Sontag
Bex
Reform in language of Congress faces linguistic crisis
Washington dispatch notes lawmakers may quote the motto physician heal thyself as they seek to restore decorum in debates. It cites abuses on the floor, Speaker Champ Clark admonitions, and a rising use of street epithets, with a warned plunge toward a dignified, old regime style.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Champ Clark
Clark
Eam
Havana
O'Brien
National League
Immigrant perceptions and American debate styles criticized
The writer argues Ellis Island as a melting pot brings diverse immigrants who form warped views of America after seeing U S Congressmen use coarse language on the floor. The piece urges restraint and a return to parliamentary finesse rather than battlefield rhetoric.
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O'Brien
United States
Ellis Island
Congress
Billingsgate
Artificial surf bath profits at Dresden exposition
The Andosa artificial surf bath at the Dresden Hygiene Exhibition drew large crowds and high ticket revenue. From 1905 trials to five months of operation, it cost about 20000 marks to build, earned around 30000, with profits boosted by free contributions and a removable roof. The apparatus for waves could be added for about 7000 more, and the concept aims for year round use in varied weather.
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Dresden
Baltimore Sun
Andosa
Hofrat Hoegianer
Munich
United States
Lake Stamberg
Department of Sport
Herr Recknagel
Visitor from Chicago on Texas & Pacific hunt in Texas
Traveling passenger agent for the Texas and Pacific, visiting Texas for the first time as a guest of Fowler Bros, accompanies W. E. Fitch of the International and Great Northern on a hunting trip from Fowlerton. Doctors Garring and Hatcher, osteopaths, reside at the Travis Club.
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Paul Junkin
Texas & Pacific
Chicago
Texas
Fowler Bros
W. E. Fitch
International & Great Northern
Fowlerton
Notices and court updates mix with public event ads
The page lists attorney and doctor office moves and phone numbers, a two week jury trial in Seventy-third district court without verdict, a call to hear GEO SONTAG at Wigwam No 2 with a bold quote, Humane Society officers, and county actions approving Justice of the Peace E Gutierrez bond and District Clerk Andres Coy Jr’s promoted colleague Arthur Kliefoth.
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Juan Rodriguez
Joe Priest
Seventy-third District
E. Gutierrez
Precinct No
Kliefoth
Arthur 33
Andres Coy Jr
Local Officials Change at District Clerk Office in San Antonio
Chief deputy district clerk appointment shifts to Mr. Kleifoth succeeding Justice of the Peace R. Neill Campbell and Joseph Umscheid. The Bexar County Humane Society lists office contacts and an officer. Turkeys in market. Kansas City Produce Co. to buy live concerns list for tax assessment. Several local professional ads and notices, plus rainfall easing stockmen concerns and Katy agent Galbreath in town.
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Coy
R. Neill Campbell
Joseph Umscheid
Kleifeth
Campbell
Kliefoth
Thirty-seventh District Court
Albert V. Huth
A. C. Robbins
Austin
Bexar County
W. V. Galbreath
Katy
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Southwest
New Millinery Offers Hats at Four Ninety Eight
L A Millinery Store sells two new hat styles priced at $10 and $12 for $4.98. Corner Losoya and College streets, near Houston. Miss Wilma Mather proprietor.
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L. A
Government aims to cut living costs with new foods
Agricultural experts reveal over 400 new dishes tested by the Bureau of Plant Industry to rotate crops and replace older staples. They highlight the Tung Shu nut or wood-oil nut from China now grown in the U S and forecast it appearing on future menus to broaden palates and lower prices.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Plant Industry
David Fairchild
Mr. Fairchild
Fairchild
China
Japan
United States
New World Vegetables Promoted for 1920 Diets
A nutrition article discusses dasheen as a superior substitute for the Irish potato, noting its high yield of 400 to 450 bushels per acre and versatile cooking uses. It also highlights the scarlet turnip or giant radish, jujube fruit, persal, breadfruit, udo, and tuggshu as imports aimed at broadening American tables and cutting cabbage costs.
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West Indies
South American
Department of Agriculture
United States
Simple home recipe darkens gray hair with Barbo Compound
A home formula combines Barbo Compound with bay rum glycerine and water to darken hair and beard to a glossy brown, clear scalp of dandruff, and promote hair growth. Apply weekly until darkened then biweekly. ensure Barbo Compound is not substituted.
Union Meat Company advertises home-made quality
A terse advertisement touts Union Meat Company for ham bacon and compound products. It urges calling Pho Two Ninety Two for attractive pricing and emphasizes sticking to high standards and best quality.
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Union Meat Company
Union Meat Company Promotes Eat At Home Message
A local union meat company urges customers to choose home eating over sending in meals from Chicago Kansas City or Omaha. The message stresses convenience and quality from Union Meat.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Union Meat Company
Indian Chief Weds Miss Dunn in Indianapolis Romance
Big Chief Red Fox of the Sioux obtains a marriage license to wed Evelyn C Dunn at 449 Irving Place. The application lists Red Fox as J Humes, with father Black Eagle in Montana and mother Nerwan. The bride’s father is Sitting Bull Jr. and her mother Countess Minna. the couple’s future includes the bride’s Irish mother and the groom lecturing on American Indian history.
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Indianapolis
Big Chief Red Fox
Evelyn C. Dunn
Irving Place
J. Humes
Black Eagle
Ches
Montana
Nerwan
Sitting Bull Jr
Los
Minna
Louis Koerner
Bitting Bull Jr
Mo Fere
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N. Hackberry St
Father Time
Yang
Philo Hay Specialties Co
Mrs. N
Ivy Social Club
Turner Hall
Snt
Carolus Music
Turner
Jourdanton Fair
Artesian Bell R. R
A. Wright
V. Wright
Kohr
Diaz Sisters
Diaz
Chamber of Commerce
Guggenheim- Goldsmith Co
Texas Office Machinery Co
Main Avenue
Magnolia Grove
Oriental Orchestra
Theosophist
L. W. Lindberg
Monroe Hall
Soledad Street
The
Theosophical Society
Thanksgivive Brotherhood
Elks’ Hall
Dixie Socialclub
Modern Woodmen Hall
Wigwam Theater
Mrs. Archer
Mr. Higginbotham
Ellis’ Hall
Kronsberg
Lillian Wade
Oata
Bond's
Ouston St
Henry Jones
Thirty
Bond
Franklin
Rahelaine
Tutt’s
Drs
Garring & Hatcher
Gunter Building
Travis Club
W. M. Wolf
Bedell Building
Dr. Shrove
Moore Building
San Antonio Humane Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
Ean
Bailey
East Houston St
Bexar County Humane Society
Mackay Building
EB. M. Collins
Kansas City Produce Co
Dr. Littrell
Conroy
B. T. Morris
McKinley Avenue
Market Street
Navarro Street
van Mitchell
O. B. Hicks
F. Hadra
Gibbs
Yale Dentists
O. B. Guerra
Galan Street
Manuel Zemendez
W. A .Hering
Hicks Building
Friedman
Pr. C. E. Tinknam
Barr
Main Plaza
Bidg
215 Ave. C
Riebe Undertaking Co
Commerce
Wilma Mather
Orient
MR. Retailer
Rype
He Francisco Bay
Feewee
Julius Horn
Julius Horn Cor
Austin Streets
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