Studebaker Leads YMCA Auto Race With 967 Miles
The YMCA automobile race reports 359 members pledged at a noon luncheon. Studebaker driven by C V Hall leads with 967 miles, followed by Reo George Wheeler 872 and Hupmobile H Rochelle 471. Ford, Overland, and other makes show close competition as teams push toward 1000 members and cash goals.
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Studebaker
Co. V. Hall
George Wheeler
Wheeler
C. V. Hall
Ford
Hall
Overland
C. C. Todd
Reo
Hupmobile
H. Rocheille
Hudson
Stanley Banks
Pathfinder
Eldon Young
Carter
Randolph Carter
Victor Keller
Ralph Colby
Claude J. Carter
Keller
Colby
Colby’s
Orphans Entertains San Antonio With 75-Child Troupe
A Mason, Orphans Home from Fort Worth brings a 40 piece boys band and 24 piece girls orchestra plus a drill team and choral club to the Majestic Theater in San Antonio for matinee and evening performances. A street parade at 11 o clock will form at the Scottish Rite cathedral. Knights Templar and Alzafar Temple units join the pageant. Guests will dine at the Scottish Rite cathedral and tour the city before departing for Houston Friday night.
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San Antonio
Masonic Orphans
Fort Worth
Majestic Theater
Masons
Brahm
Reading
United States
Universal Peace
Pet Uwate
Mung Woos Treetees
Camp Fire
Aca
Mendelssohn
St. Mary's Street
Knights Templar
Thirty-second Camp Guard
Arap
Alzafar Temple
Walton D. Hood
Frank R. Newton
Arthur Storms
Alamo Plaza
Walter Acker
Katy Depot
Tey
Manhattan Cafe
Scottish Rite
Order of Easter Star
Adah Chapter
The
Eastern Star
Houston
Local Boy Scouts Lead Auto Challenge with 359 Miles Total
Brooks Dascomb captains the effort with 120 miles, followed by Robert Joyce 110, Ernest Green 70, and T. J. Hart 65. Their four cars Cadillac Ford Hudson and Dodge contribute to a team total of 359 miles.
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Brooks Dascomb
Robert Joyce
Ernest Green
T. J. Hart
Cadillac
Ford
Hudson
Dodge
Not As Advertised English Lord Meets Host Kid
An English lord visiting Scotland attends a dinner and is teased by the host's daughter. She bluntly asks if he is truly an English lord and, after he confirms, expresses disappointment, saying she is not satisfied and is disappointed despite the encounter.
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Scotland
Remarkable Ohio district speech sparks gas meter joke
A district trustee in Ohio led a talking points moment with students about a vital organ of life. The crowd paused for effect and a student quipped that the gas meter is the heartbeat of daily living.
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Ohio
Camp funding hoped from YWCA circus receipts
YWCA girls say three ring circus raised about 500 dollars toward a vacation camp. Organizers Miss Ernestine Friedmann and Miss Vera Schafer expect to meet the goal as crowds enjoyed a parade, gymnasium act, and full side shows over two nights drawing several thousand attendees.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Ernestine Friedmann
Vera Schafer
Army orders promote Miller and relieve Morris in quartermaster corps
Today's army orders appoint Captain Benjamin F. Miller of the Thirty Fourth Infantry and designate Captain John E. Morris as relieved. Miller to report by letter to the southern department. Leave to February 7 granted Second Lieutenant Alexander C. McKelvey, QMC. Resignation of First Lieutenant James M. Mongold, Alabama, accepted.
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Benjamin F. Miller
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Quartermaster Corps
John E. Morris
Miller
Southern Department
Alexander C. M'Kelvey
James M. Mongold
Alabama
Beeville couple marks golden wedding with 300 guests
Mr and Mrs John Wesley Cook of Beeville Texas celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with a large barbecue after a reception at their Beeville home. They have lived in Bee County since marriage in Goliad, with Mr Cook as president of Commercial National Bank and cattleman.
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John Wesley Cook
Beeville
Tex
Cook
Bee County
Goliad
Fannie Miller
W. J. Cook & Son
Texas
Baby Beef Club
Oaks
Cook Home
T. M. Cox
Visitors register at Gunter and St. Anthony hotels
A list of guests and registrants in San Antonio shows Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Houston at the Gunter, A. Foster at the Gunter, I. L. Sullivan at the St. Anthony, John P. Thomas at the Menger, and others from Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Floresville, Cleveland, Corpus Christi, New Orleans, New York, Louisville, Manitou, Galveston, St. Louis, Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio visiting or staying at local hotels. Additional names include C. A. Mason, Mrs. H. A. Stevens, Frank Ruddick, W. F. Pettus, P. A. Lott, and J. W. Rakestraw.
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Co. A. Foster
Chicago, Ill
I. L. Sullivan
Atlanta, Ga
St. Anthony
John P. Thomas
Boston
Mass
Menger
J. C. Houston
Floresville
Gunter
A. J. Bonner
C. A. Mason
Cleveland, O
G. H. Kester
Manitou
Colo
M. F
B. H. Royston
Galveston
A. Fratey
St. Louis
Menger, Co
EB. Clark
Austin
R. E. Brooks
Houston
J. W. Rakestraw
San Antonio
Frank Eller
William M. Robinson
Dallas
One-Legged Burglar Foiled by Snoring Awakening Couple
Walter Jones, a peg legged burglar, burglarized the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Vennom in Birmingham. He crawled under a bed, slept, and was awakened by a lamp explosion as Mrs. Ven nom lit a lamp. He threatened death, leaped from a window, and fled. police tracked his single foot tracks to a shanty in the woods. He produced a second wooden leg, but was captured after a chase in mud. Both legs were presented as evidence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Walter Jones
Jones
E. P. Vennom
Shantyn
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