German Charity Bazaar at Beethoven Hall features prize gifts
The German Charity Bazaar at Beethoven Hall October 11 to 15 offers entertainment and a chance to win gifts from an American flag to a Europe trip. Donors from Texas towns and across the country contribute items including a town lot, cotton bale, and trips on North German Lloyd and Hamburg America liners. Journal, concerts, cabaret acts, and renowned entertainers will accompany daily attractions.
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Germany
Beethoven Hall
Europe
Texas
Jourdanton and
Winters
Clear Springs
Fredericksburg
New Braunfels
Lloyd Steamship Company
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Bazaar Journal
Joseffy
Hermann the Great
San Antonio
Bazaar
Do. A. Goeth
A. Sachs
Rudolf Seebe
Jacob Wagner
Paul Meerscheidt
Hugo Moeller
Training Camel for War Service
Camels have largely replaced horses and mules in the British army defending the Suez Canal. These rugged beasts prove excellent war animals when properly trained and acclimated to the desert environment.
Volunteers and committees listed for church fair group
The document lists vice presidents secretaries treasurers and long committee rosters for a civic event. Names include Paul J Hertting Alfred Rohde William V Dielmann Louis Heuer mann William A Wurz bach T G Leighton Theodore Engelhardt Charles F Landauer John Zadich Franz Groos Charles Graebner Rudolf Seebe Mrs R Seebe Frank Gloeckner E Raba Mrs M Stolte Leo M J Dielmann Fritz Huebner Charles Simmang Mrs H Schramm Mrs M Bus chick Edward H Lange Alfred Rohde Miss E Sens Guido Dittmar Udo Haarman Miss Margaret Hensel Miss Margaret Wahr mund Miss Helene Marx Miss Linda Heilig Miss Margaret Schulze Adolf Grasso Tom Tengg John Hoff Miss B Staffel F Hensel Mrs J Zadich Edward H Lange Alois Braun Edwin Voigt Robert Uhr John Dittmar Richard Erler Mrs Eugene Staffel Miss Elsa Harms Miss Mildred Gates.
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Paul J. Hertting
Alfred Rohde
William V. Dielmann
Louis Heuermann
William A. Wurzbach
T. G. Leighton
Theodore Engelhardt
Charles F. Landauer
John Zadich
Franz Groos
Charles Graebner
Rudolf Seebe
R. Seebe
Frank Gloeckner
E. Raba
M. Stolte
Leo M. J. Dielmann
Fritz Huebner
Charles Simmang
H. Schramm
M. Buschick
Edward H. Lange
E. Sens
Guido Dittmar
Udo Haarman
Margaret Hensel
Margaret Wahrmund
Helene Marx
Linda Heilig
Margaret Schulze
Adolf Grasso
Tom Tengg
John Hoff
B. Staffel
F. Hensel
Eugene Staffel
Elsa Harms
Mildred Gates
Pool To Open All Winter At YWCA
The YWCA plans to heat the pool and warm the room this winter if attendance justifies it. The pool will be open Mondays and Thursdays with water heated and the room heated to make swimming as pleasant as in summer. Winter gym classes are organized for matrons, leisure women, high school and private school girls, teachers, business girls, and children from three to twelve on Saturday mornings. A new feature adds separate classes for small boys ages three to seven and seven to twelve on Saturdays.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Harmless Remedy Ad Urges Help for Urinary Weakness
An old advertisement urges readers not to whip children or scold the elderly for bedwetting as it is a disease. It offers a free package from Zemeto Co. Dept 240 Milwaukee Wisconsin and asks sufferers to write for details and to tell friends after permanent relief.
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Zemeto CO
Milwaukee
Wis
Army truck speed curbs under General Funston order
A government directive limits motor truck speeds to 12 miles per hour and autos and motorcycles to 30 miles per hour on clear roads. Engines must be muffled except when maximum power is briefly necessary, and unmuffled driving is banned to reduce noise.
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Funston
Explosion Injures Woman in San Antonio Kitchen
Bertha Griffith a cook at 413 East Guenther Street poured gasoline on smouldering stove wood Saturday afternoon causing a blast that shattered windows and severely injured her right leg. She was taken to the city hospital where doctors fear amputation of the foot and part of the leg. The blast occurred in the servant’s quarters rear of the dwelling.
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Bertha Griffith
East Guenther Street
Washington County to hold $600000 highway bond election
The county will stage a special election in December on a $600,000 bond issue to finance construction of a hard surfaced highway across Washington County, Oklahoma.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Washington County
Many Indian Languages Cover North America
Smithsonian note explains there is no single American Indian language, with about 1000 languages in the Americas and 500 north of Mexico. Examples include Cherokee yunwi and Creek istl, Delaware In and Jenno, Eskimo inuit, Aleut all wut, Zuni kwe, Osage nikashiga. A standard phonetic transcription method is published for researchers.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of American Ethonology
Smithsonian Institute
Americas
Mexico
San Francisco
Nikashiga
American Anthropological Association
Smithsonian Institution
Santee
Teton
Missouri
North America
Red Man
Bureau
Dakota
Omaha
Osage
Blackfoot
Delaware
Cheyenne
Texas Library Association to Meet in Galveston October 11
The Texas Library Association gathers in Galveston from October 11 to 13. Sessions at Rosenberg Library cover training apprenticeships government documents and cataloging. Miss Elizabeth H. West will deliver the opening address at the Galvez Hotel Wednesday evening.
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Texas Library Association
Galveston
Elizabeth H. West
San Antonio
Galvez Hotel
Rosenberg Library
Mary C. Gardner
Willard P. Lewis
Waco
College
Margaret McKennon
Georgetown
Army Orders Relieve Quartermasters and Promotions Noted
Today’s Army orders relieve Quartermasters in the Southern Department and assign officers to Washington St Louis San Antonio and Elk Paso. Promotions include Captain Ralph R Stogsdall advancing to major and First Lieutenant Ward Brinton reassigned to medical reserve. Two resignations accepted for Henry J Porter Jr and Jose A Fortin. A lawyer’s laconic note to a nonpaying client is quoted.
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Southern Department
George ¢. Barnhardt
Washington
District of Columbia
Julian L. Dodge
St. Louis
John, Prince
Cavalry
San Antonio
Ralph R. Stogsdall
Infantry
Leutenant Ward Brinton
Monroe ©. Kerth
General Staff
el Paso
Washington, D. C
Henry J. Porter JR
Alabama
Josero A. Fortin
Michigan
Notable Guests Stay at Local Hotels Mentioned
Dallas figures L L Derney and W R Williams are guests at the Menger and Gunter. New York’s E H Loeb and Edwin M Friedlander register at the St Anthony while Houston’s Kk Lamkin and A Mahaffy stay at the Gunter. Victoria’s Mr R Ward and Mrs J Doughty are noted, with other attendees from Asherton and Uvalde.
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L. L. Derney
Dallas
Gunter
Suaihe E. H. Loeb
New York
St. Anthony
Lamkin
Houston
E. Twining
Lillian Twining
Austin
B&t. Anthony
H. Oberwalter
Falfurrias
Edwin M. Friedlander
Lt. Stern
Menger
V.arnim
Corpus Chrieti
Water
Co. V. Chamberlin
McAllen
Mahaffy
A. M. Marrs
wreath for fallen lieutenant on Somme by Zouaves
In the Somme trenches soldiers begin a subscription to buy a large wreath for Noel Marquet a young Zouave lieutenant not yet twenty four who was killed. He had been twice mentioned in army orders and awarded four medals. His grandmother Madame Duchamp the famed canteen woman of 1870 is alive and wears a military medal.
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Paris
Somme
Zouaves
Noel Marquet
Madame Duchamp
Cure for Rupture Without Operation Ad Told
An individual describes healing a rupture without surgery after years of pain. No product or service is offered. the author invites readers to write for information at a New Jersey address, urging others with ruptures to follow the lead.
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Eugene M. Pullen
Carpenter
Marcellus Avenue
Manasequan
N. J
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NOA Spears CO
Lesoya
Zoller
Wottloe
Doloress
4&T
Matthews
E. Houston St
British
India
General Funston
Bureau of Ethnology
R. P. m. Chalmers
Detroit
R.p.m. Chalmers
Chalmers
Naga
Southwest Texas
San Antonio, Texas
East Travis Street
Library Association
Library and Community Service
Carl H. Milam
Public Library
Birmingham
Ala
Regenberg
Lillian Gunter
Gainesville
C. Klaerner
Miss Caffee
Julia Ideson
Rebecca Royall
Cleburne
le Noir Dimmitt
E. W. Winkler
Edward §. Carter
Port Arthur
Marion Potts
Denton
Karl Hoblitzelle
Chicago
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Asa Jones
Asherton
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