League Forms to Oppose Confucian State Religion in China
Peking reports a league formed at a YMCA meeting to oppose Confucianism as China’s state religion. It includes Mohammedan, Taoist, Buddhist, Catholic and Protestant representatives. no state religion is set, while a presidential mandate hints at Confucian affiliation. Dr. Chen Huan Chang leads a revival movement urging reverence for China’s sages.
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Peking
China
Young Men's Christian Association
Chen Huan Chang
University of Columbia
Hanlin Academy of China
Yuan Shi Kai
State Department
Confucius
Arso
Chang
Heredity as Prime Cause of Insanity Urged by Asylum Chief
In a report to Governor Colquitt, Dr. F S White of the Southwestern Insane Asylum argues heredity drives insanity and suggests preventing births by the unfit. He compares human breeding to livestock management and predicts fewer insanity cases next decade through public education and early treatment. The 1913 year-end data show 350 admissions and 172 restorations, with emphasis on soap, food, clothes, and recreation for better citizenship.
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Colquitt
Southwestern Insane Asylum
F.S. White
White
Southwestern Asylum
Wolfson’s Carbolic Soap Sale at Main Floor
A household soap promotion lists Wolfson’s Carbolic Soap at 5 cents per cake with a deal of eight cakes for 25 cents. Also advertised are Pebeco toothpaste, Canthrax shampoo, Dr. Lyon’s tooth powder, Woodbury’s facial powder, and 20‑Mule-Team Borax with discounted prices. Main Floor.
Men’s Store Offers All Wool Suits And Winter Hats
Suits priced at 15 and 20 dollars feature hand tailoring and all wool fabrics. Winter hats in greens and blues from $2 to $5 with crushable soft shapes. Boys clothing, Norfolk coats, knickerbockers, and Florsheim shoes in new winter styles on the Main Floor.
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Norfolk
Florsheim
Young Scientists Elect Officers in San Antonio Society
The Athenaeum Association of San Antonio elected officers for the new term including Hobart Huson as president and Henry Hein as first vice president. Committees were named on rules, program, membership, finance, and general affairs. The group pledged aid to Christmas Cheer and outlined first program topics and a forthcoming science themed presentation. Belgium’s nine hour miner day reportedly did not reduce coal output.
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Athenaeum Association of
San Antonio
Hobart Huson
Henry F. Hein
Charles Adolph Holchak
Eric Glover
Lucien B. Mitchell
Frank Sessums Huson
Albert Neunhoffer
Edward A. Limper
Walter Hein
Lel E. Barnes
Thomas Young Banks
Edgar J. Pauling
Carlos Chavido
George N. Cannon
Russell Davies
Guadalupe de Tamez
William J. Peter
Francisco Maldonado
Otto B. Krezdorn
Frank Cloonan
Frank Pahlmann
Clinton Stanley Banks
J. Hope Baird
Athenaeum Association
Athenaeum
Edward J. Pauling
Texas
Thomas Y. Banks
Lell E. Barnes
San Antonians to Attend State Charity Conference in Fort Worth
Several San Antonio figures will take key roles at the State Conference of Charities and Corrections in Fort Worth. Attendees include Dr. F S White of the Southwestern Insane Asylum Mrs. Sadie Haley secretary of the Associated Charities Mrs F W McAllister and Dr F S Langford. Sessions begin Sunday with welcome addresses and responses followed by a Monday focus on child welfare led by Mrs F W McAllister.
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San
F. W. MedAllister
J. 8. Langford
F. 8. White
John Preston
State Insane Asylum
Thomas W. Salmon
National Committee On Mental Hygiene
New York City
Movie Prices and Titles Listed by Publisher
The list shows authors and film titles with prices ranging from $1.00 to $1.40. Notable entries include The Joy of Youth by Phillpotts and The Honorable Mr. Jawnish by Farnel. The compilation includes A Son of the Hills, The Gringoes, Sis Within, and Peg O My Heart among others.
Best for You at Horn Palace Music Dining
Advertisement touts the Horn Palace offering top services with music at every meal. Located at the corner of Main Plaza and Soledad street, it pitches itself as providing the best.
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Horn Palace
Main Plaza
Soledad Street
Lincoln Beachey Performs Tripple Loop Over San Diego
Lincoln Beachey executed a triple loop in a biplane near San Diego, reaching 3000 feet, then completing two more dives and somersaults before landing safely. The report also notes gold gold ginseng prices in China and a high auction price for select ginseng roots in Korea.
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San Diego
Cal
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
China
Korea
Wealthy woman plans racially diverse adoptive family
Mrs. IL Brackett Bishop, wife of a wealthy Chicago businessman, announced plans to adopt 15 children representing distinct racial types. The group would include a negro, Indian, Arab, Japanese, Malay, German, Chinese, Scandinavian, American, Irish and others from South America. She aims for one year old babies and public school upbringing, despite critics who dubbed it a human zoo.
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Chicago
Brackett Bishop
Bishop
Europe
Brooks in Brownsville Visits Chamber of Commerce
Belvidere Brooks vice president and general manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company visited Brownsville on invitation of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce. He spent Thanksgiving Day hunting in Cameron county and planned to return to Houston Saturday afternoon. Guadeloupe develops a new coffee, coffea robusta, discovered in 1898, replacing arabica in Java due to disease resistance.
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Brownsville
Tex
Belvidere Brooks
Western Union Telegraph Company
Guadeloupe
Java
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Wolfson
Dr. Lyon
Woodbury’s
Wolfson Clothing
THE
Michael Loan CO
Belgium
San Antonians
Alimentary Canal
Warner
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co. Dept
Rochester, N. Y
Ita
Eeba
Ben Hur
Phyllis
Nicholson
Comstock
Bower
Lovely Lady
Austin
Hobson
Harris
Mr. Jawnish
Farnel
Alfred Burton
Oppenheim
Phillpotts
Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Co
Plante
Brooks
Houston
RAZ
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
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