Local notices mix business and politics in San Antonio
A chaotic page records vendors and services from shirts to printing at Commerce Street, with city events, court actions, and civic notes. Notable items include dengue cases, a murder trial, street works bids, theatre openings, and multiple city officials and residents in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olsmith Arms Co
Volkefest Association
Fashion Theatre
Youne
Sid Shepard
Arxono
NATO Villareal
Commerce St
Plutarco Ornelas
Weiner Wuerstchen
San Antonio
City hydrant rent and water use figures amid local notes
The city pays 16 000 dollars annually for hydrant use with water for fire purposes capped at 613 800 gallons at two cents per gallon. Private customers pay about five cents per 100 gallons. A demented tramp from Austin, Ernest Kanaugh, was arrested for vagrancy and sent to the county poor house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Kanaugh
Austin
Recorder
San Antonio
Temple Beth El Literary society elects officers
At the semi annual election held in the vestry rooms of Temple Beth El, Miss Inez Moke was re elected president. Arthur Sommers became vice president, L Koenigsberger was secretary, Emil Frank was treasurer, and the board of directors includes Joe Baum Fred Mayer and Mies Ernestine Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Beth el Literary Society
Temple Beth el
Inez Moke
Arthur Sommers
L. Koenigsberger
Emil Frank
Messrs
Joe Baum
Fred Mayer
Mies Ernestine Schwartz
Notable Visitors Pack City Hotels Amid Busy Travel Season
Austin guests W S Carothers and W L Crawford stop at the Southern hotel while J C Chapman of Pleasanton and Captain Archer head to Galveston. Dozens of travelers from Kerrville, Canton, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and other places fill hotel lists, with many ranchers and officials visiting the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Carothers
W. L. Crawford
Austin
Southern
H. B. Nichols
Sunset
J.C. Chapman
Pleasanton
Atascosa County
Captain Archer
Galveston
Sim Hart
Detroit
Parsons
Schreiner
D. ©. Anderson
Kerrville
John Dyer
Fashion Theatre
S. A. McMurray
State Troops
Harrold
James Fisk
Sunset Road
Columbus
Ludwig Mahncke
Leon Springs
William Babcock
Canton
Illinois
Texas
W. G. and
Sykes Butler
Karnes County
Southern Hotel
Jake Davis
A. R. Cahoon
St. Louis
E. W. Adkins
W. C. Brady
R.S. Spalding
J. Strauss
H. Calisch
W. J. Neville
W. B. Brazelton
Waco
G. W. Harrison
New York
L. Froment
L. W. Madaraz
W. D. Franklin
J. W. Mason
Chicago
G. Stauffer
Dallas
A. G. McAusland
F. A. Bagg
W.I. Conklin
George G. Jenor
Louisiana
E. Howard
Baltimore
Maverick
A. Urbahn
Laredo
Mary J. Glennow
James M. Thompson
Frio County
J. T. Alexander
Trinity
G.G. von Windegger
M. L. Nashe
Mary F. Calais
Boonville
Lottie Lyon
del Rio
John H. Meehan
The
Menger
West Texas Medical Association Plans Banquet and Officers Election
At the West Texas Medical Association meeting held last Wednesday in the County court room, arrangements were made for a grand annual banquet and the election of officers for the coming year. The annual officer election occurs on the second Wednesday in October. Master Seymour Thomas, the boy artist, presents ticket No. 92 for a chance in the oil painting Mission San Jose, a prize praised at the New Orleans exposition. The raffle aims to raise funds for the young artist to continue studies abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
George Witte
Sam Smith
Siestadera
Smith
Dutch Charley
Charley
Wurzbach
Chew
West Texas Medical Association
Association
Seymour ‘Thomas
Mission San Jose
Alamo Street
Villita Street
W. B. Smith
A. Dreiss, Sr
City of
Gambler Cliff Cook Fined for Carrying a Six Shooter
Cliff Cook fined $50 by the Recorder for carrying a six shooter. He began a disturbance at the White Elephant Tuesday night attempting to terrorize the barkeeper Bonner and drove patrons from the saloon dining area. He was later challenged by Captain E M Fowler Wednesday afternoon as he tried to reenter the saloon. the case will be investigated tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Cook
The
Recorder
White Elephant
Bonner
E. M. Fowler
Markets report from New York and Chicago October 2
The report notes slow cotton trading with prices around 9.62 to 10.16 for various futures and steady spot markets. It lists stock movements for Northwestern and Delaware & L. liverpool reflects steady spots with limited sales, while Chicago shows dull wheat, quiet corn, and inactivity in pork and lard with specified receipts and shipments of wheat and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
LiverPool
Orleans
Chicago
Meyer Family Notice appoints heir to manage business
Know all men to whom it may concern that I have this day appointed my eldest son Herbert Meyer to pay collect and sell in my name. Charles L. Meyer my second son in charge of the bar will be glad to see all old customers and welcome new ones. Families and the public will be attended to for retail or larger orders for everything in my line. [10-2-2w] FF. 1. Miyven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Meyer
Charles L. Meyer
Miyven
Mission Garden Engages Tyrolean Singers for Short Season
Hans Lechner's Tyrolean singers are reengaged for a brief run at Mission Garden with night performances starting Sunday October 4 from 10 to 2. An estray notice reports a brown mare mule branded HP on the right shoulder and a sorrel mare mule unbranded. Owners may recover at the Brady ranch five miles southeast of San Antonio by paying charges. contact Tomas Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosack & Newton
Alford
Francisco Ruiz
Cortez
Hans Lechner
Mission Garden
I. A. Conner
Well
Fargo Express Company
O. N. Business
C. F. von Herman
United States Signal Service
San Antonio
Louis Dorman
Washington
Mahnck
Houston
Sewall & Erickson
N. Wise
iLeak Wine Company
Toledo
Ohio
Harry Baum
Express
Estray
Brady Ranch
Tomas Brady
Prophecy of Labor Fury Against San Francisco Chinatown
A provocative excerpt from The Hatchet foresees outraged American workers burning the Chinese quarter in San Francisco, claiming the pig-tailed heathen will be driven from the coast forever. The language reflects era prejudice and wartime or labor tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Drugists tout J. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup
Enterprise push from H. L. Fowler and partners claims J. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup outperforms rivals for coughs colds croup and early consumptive symptoms. Priced 50 cents and one dollar with free samples. Opera Puffs cigarettes noted for lip safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Fowler
R. Cohn
City Ordinance Repeals and Tax Sale Provisions
An ordinance repeals section 12 of chapter 52 and amends section 15 on tax payment failure. It details seizure and sale of property to cover taxes, advertising requirements, costs, and sale procedures, with notes on bankrupt dealers and prior lien status. Includes a historical Bastille passage, a San Antonio anecdote about Emerson, and a Travis Park Methodist church event program for October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Martin Muench
M. F. Corbett
Bryan Callaghan
City of
San Antonio
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the Daily Light
Paul Wagner
Carter & Mullaly
Undertakers
Alamo Plaza
Baf
United States
Otto Bergstrom
T. H. Gray
Bergstrom & Gray
Undertakers Oolice
Blum Street
Eager Hotel
Union
Hilton & Young
Soledad Street
Loan and Commission Brokers
the Great Western Insurance Co., of
Toronto
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co
the Hibernia
New Orleans
the Lion
London
East Texas
Tyler
the Houston Insurance Co
Boledad
Reet
L. Garza
Savings Bank Depositore
Recorder's Court
Henry Schubach
Jacob Michel
F. Yturbide
Henry MclIntosh
Tug Wilson
G. Fausta
Joe Burke
Pancho Martinez
E. Fowler
Clit Cook
R. Whitehead
Joske’s Hall
Losoya Street
Cresson
Bone Stevenson
Katie Sauer
Pauline Dittmar Har
Commerce Street
Kampmann
First Presbyterian Church
Mission Hose Company
Brown
Casino Hall
la Mode
Liam
Old Harry
Alex
Barbara Schubach
Lowry
Santa Rosa
Milam Park
Little Red
Andy Stevens
Sun Lamp
Ligur
N. J. Cosgrove
F. Sheets
Fischer & Ervin
West Commerce Street
George Schroeder
Grimes
Schmitt
W. Harrison
Rial
J.T. Roos
Wilson County
Bat Cave
Dick Anderson
Ralph Smith
England
Charles Schreiner
Fritz Schreiner
Wyoming Territory
Rock Springs
Ewil Laneken
Ygnacio Cortez
Arthur Boettler
Gas Uhl
Michael Garvin
Estevan Penaloga
Antonio DeLuna
Hatch
Floyd & Co
Northwestern
Delaware & L
F. I. Meyer
E. P. Claudon
Charles V
Mannette
Emerson
Joan
Gleaners
Travis Park Methodist Church
Ocal
G. Cummins
Louis Spahn
Harnisch & Baer
Vienna
Charles Hummel & Son
Bowar Sapinraiy
Royal Baking Powder Company
Wall Street
Vicinity
G. B. Frank
Alamo
Bennington
Dwight Star
Sea Island
Lonsdale
Diamond Hill
Frank Salamostore
L. Wolfson
West
Beekman’s
West Side Military Plaza
Miss
Frank J. Beitel
International and Great Northern
Aransas
Tr Morley
F. Kalteyer & Son
P. Claudon
A. Zilian’s
Corner Commerce and
Alamo Sts
Julius Birngruber
Gustav Peltzer
Birngruber & CO
South Alamo Street
T OF
Tex
Johnson Gragg
Ofoe
Major
Nia
Cincinnati
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