San Antonio group to boost good roads trip to Corpus Christi
Twenty autos carrying about 100 San Antonio business leaders depart Friday to promote the Puget Sound to Gulf Highway. Led by Bexar County Highway League president William Cassin and Texas Good Roads Association secretary D B Colp, the route includes Leming, Pleasanton, Campbellton and Three Rivers with meetings in George West Mathis Odom and Linton before Corpus Christi. The trip aims to spur district organization and fund road work. Colp notes Texas will gain a Portland-like network linking Washington to the Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
William Cassin
Bexar County Highway League
D. B. Colp
Texas Good Roads Association
Leming
Puget Sound
Chamber of Commerce
Jobbers and Manufacturers’ League
Manufacturers’ Club
Real Estate Board
North Texas
D. E. Colp
Weatherford
Fort Worth
el Paso
Sweetwater
San Angelo
Brady
Texas
California
Pape's Diapepsin Claims Fast Digestion Relief
An advertisement promises quick relief from indigestion and gas by taking Pape's Diapepsin. It asserts meals will fit, bloating and sour stomach will vanish within minutes, labeling indigestion as fermentation and souring of food. The one time cost is 60 cents at a local pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Texas Roads Plan Boosts Tourist Travel to San Antonio
The article notes Gulf highways and continental routes near completion in months, promising a surge in annual tourist movement from northern and eastern states to San Antonio and other Texas resort areas, boosting regional travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
San Antonio
Texas
Made in San Antonio exhibits to tour city schools
The San Antonio Manufacturers' Club approved a plan to tour miniature San Antonio made goods through 24 public schools in the city and Bexar county. Samples and photographs from machine shops and wood working firms will be displayed in four duplicate setups, with sections in each school for a week or ten days. About 30,000 students and 20,000 adults are expected to view the exhibits and write essays on goods and processes. The club says this is a national first in adopting the plan, with officials including Superintendent Charles S. Meek and County Superintendent P. F. Stewart attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Paul Dressen Steves
C. C.el
Manufacturers’ Club
Meek
Tyrrell Boosting for San Antonio
Percy Tyrrell manager of the Gun ter Hotel in San Antonio travels to New York and Chicago to promote San Antonio as a winter tourist city. He aims to boost local golf motoring fishing hunting and climate advantages and to rally booster support for an upcoming advertising push. He projects San Antonio as America's winter tourist center aided by nearby militiamen and new winter rail rates.
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Washington, D. C
Percy Tyrrell
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Tyrrell
New York
Chicago
Eastern
County road work advances under Bennett and McNeel
County road improvements continue with re topping on the Corpus Christi road in Lamm precinct and gravelling toward the Medina river. Somerset road re topping progresses with gravel shipments, while Hunt avenue to the Castroville road nears completion. Temporary repairs hit badly damaged Babcock and Culebra roads after last week’s storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bennett
J. McNeel
Bennett
Corpus Christi Road
J. K. Lamm
Medina River
Corpus Christi
Somerset Road
Commissioe Ir Lamm
Lamm
George Bacon
Hunt Avenue
Commerce Street
Castroville Road
Edgewood School
Babcock
Culebra
McNeel
Judge Refuses Mandamus in Simmons Estate Case
District Judge R B Minor refused to issue a writ of mandamus to force Judge Davis to remove Commonwealth Bank and Trust Co as administrator of Dr C F Simmons estate and appoint Harriet James Fomby next of kin instead. The court said appeal was the proper remedy and halted the bank bond of 300000. The case halted the bank’s qualification and set further hearing to fix next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Minor
Fifty-seventh District Court
James R. Davis
Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company
C. F. Simmons
Harriet James Fomby
Artesian Felt
Dr. Simmons
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
Fraternal League to Pro Rate 2 Cents Per Member
San Antonio Fraternal League held a meeting at the Gunter to hear a partial report from the general arrangement committee. Participating organizations agreed to a pro rata assessment of 2 cents per member for the Texas Fraternal Congress event in San Antonio on November 14 and 15. A Brackenridge Park picnic is planned if weather allows. otherwise it will be held at a downtown restaurant. A reception at the Gunter is set for November 14, and the league will reconvene October 14 at the Gunter for another report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Fraternal League
General Arrangement Committee
Gunter
Entertai
Texas Fraternal Congress
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
League
Letters as Wills Under War Casualties in German Empire
The highest court in Berlin rules that letters written by soldiers deceased in the field can serve as wills if they express wishes about property distribution. Signing with full names isn't required. initials or partial names suffice. The decision affects thousands of families as many soldiers left only personal letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
By & Guetaien Ust
Corman Empire
Italian War Minister Bans Blasphemy by Soldiers
ROM Sept 30 The Italian minister of war has forbidden blasphemy by soldiers Offenberg will be severely punished.
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Rom
Offenberg
Sunday 2:35am Bou Sutherland Springs incident note
Brief readable fragment records a Sunday early morning event involving Bou and Sutherland Springs. Details are incomplete but reference a lines or centa term and times. Further context is missing to identify entities, actions, or outcomes reliably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bou
Sutherland
Springs
Pinckney linked to federal blackmail arrests in 1920s
Stephen L. Pinckney of San Antonio and Austin aided DOJ operatives in tracing a nationwide blackmailers ring. The Texas native and University of Texas graduate worked with the Bureau of Investigation in San Antonio and El Paso before resigning after a Washington conference with Attorney General Gregory. Pinckney may testify at trials and will reside in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Texas
Stephen L. Pinckney
San Antonio
Austin
Department of Justice
Pinckney
Chicago
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Gregory
The
Federal District Attorney
el Paso
General Huerta
New York
Spain
Huertista
Carrara
Mexico
Columbus
New Mexico
University of Texas
Creager to Speak Oct 5 in County Rally
R B Creager Republican candidate for governor will address a rally at Turner hall October 5 in Bexar county with plans to visit Comfort and Boerne October 6. G N Harrison and C A Boynton are named speakers. Judge J O Terrell presides. Art Cresson calls it a major GOP rally for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Creager
F. E. Scobey
Charles C. Cresson
Hughes-Creager Club
Bexar County
Fourteenth Congressional District
Comfort
Boerne
Creager
Turner Hall
G. N. Harrison
C. A. Boynton
United States
Western District of
Texas
J. O. Terrell
Art Cresson
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