Need of Apartment Houses Is Apparent
As winter tourists multiply, San Antonio faces a shortage of furnished rooms flats and dwellings. Real estate agents blame few owners advertising vacant properties and urge listings with the Real Estate Exchange and Chamber of Commerce to direct visitors, noting many families prefer flats over hotels and would rent spare rooms if advertised.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Paul E. Utz
George J. Roark
Real Estate Exchange
School Board to Meet on New High School Plans
A school board meeting is set for noon Tuesday to review preliminary plans for replacing the Main avenue high school with a new building. Temporary structures for classes during construction will be discussed, with work hoped to start by February 1 and completion aimed for September 1917, solving the South Side high school issue for years.
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Main Avenue
School Board
South Side
San Antonio
Duck Season Opens in Texas Under Federal Migratory Bird Law
The duck season began in Texas under federal migratory bird law and runs until February 1. Daily bag limit is fifteen birds. Coast reports say duck numbers are up this year and birds are in prime condition after weeks of feeding on wild rice. Inland lakes such as Medina are also yielding ducks, though many are wary and hard to shoot. A local ad notes a Japanese restaurant at 134 0 St with modern, sanitary service.
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Texas
Medina Lake
Phosphated Hot Water Cure for Headache Claims
An old remedy promotes daily hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It asserts headaches come from self poisoning toxins and that this flush relieves symptoms quickly, with ongoing use preventing misery.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules for Kidney Signals
Urgent warning links swollen feet hands and joint pain to kidney trouble. The ad cites uric acid poisoning and risks like dropsy or Bright's disease, urging purchase of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a standard, natural remedy available worldwide through pharmacists to avoid counterfeits.
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Bright
Haarlem
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a fast, harmless remedy for rheumatism. It claims instant relief at the tender spot, with benefits for sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and swellings, and urges a trial bottle from any drug store.
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St. Jacobs
Russians Attack in Volhynia Looms with Heavy Losses
Berlin reports strong Russian assaults in Volhynia east of Lutsk. The official statement says these attacks failed with severe Russian losses.
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Volhynia
Berlin
London
Lutsk
Valuation Gap Grows Between Dallas and Bexar Counties
Comparative figures released Monday show Dallas County’s 1916 assessed value exceeding Bexar by 34.27 million dollars. Dallas county rose nearly 2 million from 1915, while Bexar declined about 200 thousand.
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Dallas County
Bexar County
Dallas
County assessment rises to 1916 total of 144 million
The 1916 county assessment totals 144,482,980 up from 142,750,000 in 1915 an increase of 1,732,980. Bexar county assessment for 1916 stands at 110,213,664 while 1915 was 110,000 in assessed valuation by insurance companies and other concerns leaving business here or merging with Dallas firms.
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Bexar
Dallas Insurance
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WM. S. Hart
Louise Glaum
Drav Egan
Hart
Sir Beerbohm Tree
Keystone
Hugh Faye
Claire Anderson
Circuit 7
Honey Boys
George
Honey Boy
Evans Minstrels
Rita Maria Orchestra
Durkins
Mother Monk
Grand Opera House
Bunting
Grace George
Alamo Wood Company
Monterey ST
Gunter Building
Burns
Apsein
Ped
Houston and
Navarro
Main Avenue High School
Dr.Lyons
Dr. Lyon
W.lyon & Sons, Inc
W. 27Th St
N. Y. City
iTenest San Antonio Sgan & Trust
Syue
New York
Georgette
Albert V. Huth
FOX CO
Alamo Plaza
Dromgoole Bros
Big Ben
E. Houston St
Crockett
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