Paving Bids Opened Pending Expert Advice Monday
The city council will open bids for paving East Commerce Street from the Southern Pacific to New Braunfels Avenue next Monday afternoon. Mayor Brown delays letting the contract to await advice from city pavement expert C. D. Pollock, who is not expected until Wednesday. Concerns arise over cemetery-adjacent sections where property owners may escape assessments, yet fraternal orders and city property fronting the street complicate who pays.
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Brown
North Pine Street
New Braunfels Avenue
Commerce Street
Lang
Masonic Order
Knights of Pythias
Masonic
Uplift Movement Described as Painful Oratory Spectacle
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes critics who call the uplift movement a painful spectacle of too many people talking at once. The remark captures public frustration with noisy, overlapping voices during reform discourse.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Easy Beauty Boost
Advertises Knowlton's Dandeline for 25 cents to cleanse hair remove dandruff and boost shine. Claims quick brushing with a damp cloth improves texture vitality and growth with a single application. Ends by urging purchase at drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton’s
Wedded Life of Stars Defies Old Stage Gossip
The article profiles Robert Edeson Wilton Lackaye Max Figman and Lolita Robertson and their families amid the Broadway run of Fine Feathers. It highlights stable marriages, children and supportive spouses as counterexamples to theater scandal, with Robertson describing motherhood guiding her choices.
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Grand Opera House
Robert Edeson
Wilton Lackaye
Max Figman
Lolita Robertson
Hong
Harbor
Long Island
Bob” Edeson
Madeline Roberta Edeson
New York
Chicago
Lackaye
Maxine
Miss Robertson
Eugene Walter
America
Walter
Robertson
Astor Theater
Toy Town gears up for tomorrow’s big event
Promoters promise a lively day in Toy Town with preparations completed and activities expected to draw families. Local organizers say attractions are ready and crowds can anticipate a festive program tomorrow.
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Toy Town
Automobile Exhibition Plans for Seventh Floor Saturday
By special arrangement with the Toy Department an automobile exhibition will be held on the seventh floor Saturday November 29 from 10 am to 6 pm. The 1913 models will be shown including simple cars to car De Luxe with rubber tired wheels and new artillery wheel. Cars are designed to develop boys and girls and are recommended for healthy exercise. Selections reserved and attendants will explain merits and quote prices. Assembly Hall Seventh Floor.
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Toy Department
Actress praises motherhood over stage triumphs
The speaker asserts pride in motherhood surpassing her onstage achievements and rejects artificial measures of success, emphasizing personal fulfillment over public acclaim.
The Master Mind Opens at the Grand With Howard Kyle
The Master Mind starring Howard Kyle opens at the Grand on Monday night. Sidney H. Weis guarantees the show, calling it one of the year's best offerings for Texas theaters. Walker of Austin opera house broadcasts enthusiastic praise, urging strong promotion.
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Weis
Howard Kyle
the Grand
Sidney H. Weis
Grand
Texas
Walker
Austin Opera House
Spineless Cactus Display Heralds Local Nursery Plan
A giant eight foot spineless cactus grown by Mrs. Moebes at 935 Essex Avenue is shown in the Gunter lobby. H A Longshore and H M Vestal announce a spineless cactus farm near San Antonio with 100 acres and option on 250000 Burbank slabs. They expect cactus to become fodder for cattle due to ease of care and rapid growth. Dr Malone Duggan in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore is reported seriously ill after recent operation. his wife Mrs. Duggan rushes to his bedside. A Collman plumber is listed with two phones 397.
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Burbank
Duggan
Malone Duggan
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Last Day to Exchange Postal Savings for Bonds
Local post office officials announce Monday December 1 is the final day for depositors to convert Postal Savings deposits into United States registered or coupon bonds. Applications for the conver sion must be submitted by that date.
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Postal Savings System
United States
Bond deposit deadline changes for 1913 notices
The notice states deposits into bonds must be received by December 1, 1913, at the depository post office. Printing and registering cause a February 1 or later delivery date, though interest starts January 1.
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