Auction sales listings for multiple firms in San Antonio
Bommer and Cunningham auctioneers advertise selling furniture, groceries, fixtures, a National cash register, safes, show cases, refrigerators, scales, vehicles, and more on Tuesday at 428 Ave C. Alamo Auction Co offers eight room home furnishings including piano, parlor suite, desks, books, kitchen cabinets, lawn mower, and gas heaters likely on Monday. San Antonio Auction Co promotes additional items concluding the sale.
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Ave
National Cash Register
Alamo Auction CO
Alamo St
SAN Antonio Auction CO
BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES FOR SALE AND REPAIR
A list of bicycle and motorcycle ads includes repair services by Ben L Miller Co at 724 B Haus, seeking second hand cycles, and multiple sale offers such as a Dayton bicycle, an Indian single cylinder, and a 3 speed 1915 Indian with sidecar. Various contact numbers and addresses provided.
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Ben L. Miller Co
B. Haus
Rogers Bicycle
Crockett
Harley-Davidson
The Farmer’s Vacation and the Winter Break
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes farmers cannot easily vacation yet a new outlook favors winter trips. It cites 750000 farmers and wives taking New York winters and many heading to the Pacific coast, with Florida also appealing for a seasonal escape.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York
Pacific Coast
Broadway
Florida
Genera
Conscription Not Undemocratic Says Chesterton
G K Chesterton argues conscription can be democratic in crisis France and Britain. He warns against both liberal and militarist fallacies and urges trust in ordinary politicians while stressing the need for voluntary Irish participation and national unity.
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G. K. Chesterton
France
England
Charles
William Napier
House of Commons
North
Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
de Wet
Asia
New Zealand cattle industry shows prosperity and disease control
Washington report notes a prosperous fiscal year for New Zealand cattle, with 308,305 cattle examined and 7.20 percent tuberculosis rate. Slaughterhouse inspections are thorough, and totals for cattle calves sheep lambs and hogs show broad increases except for a drop in lamb carcasses. Farmers slaughtered 32,684 hogs under inspection law exemptions.
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Washington, D. C
New Zealand
Department of Commerce
Credit Denied to Boy at City Shop and Porto Rico Survey Quirk
A Philadelphia Public Ledger excerpt recounts a boy seeking oak varnish on credit, denied by the shopman who insists on payment next Saturday. Separately, a note claims Porto Rico mountains attract surveyors with plumb lines revealing survey errors of half a mile or more.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Porto Rico
Gasoline Testing Complicated by Science Says Bureau
The U.S. Bureau of Standards warns there is no simple test to determine gasoline quality. A complex definition and distillation based specifications may be needed, requiring chemists to assess volatility, aromatic content, and heavy distillates. Legislative action may mislead without technical review.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Pennsylvania
Army Needs More and Better Bands
Captain A. J. Dougherty of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry argues the army must improve its musical bands. He says music boosts morale, enhances military life, aids recruitment, and strengthens the service's appeal to citizens returning from the San Francisco fair with greater admiration for the Philippines.
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Washington, D. C
A. J. Dougherty
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
San Francisco
Army music reform proposed by Captain Dougherty
Captain Dougherty argues for commissions for band leaders to elevate army music. He notes the Marine Band and Constabulary bands gain officers’ rank, while adjutants lack musical training. He urges qualified, conservatory trained leaders and college education to join the officer corps. He questions why Marines and police bands receive better status than army bands.
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Constabulary
Marine Corps
Marine Band of
Washington
Cptain Dougherty
Fied
United States
Marine and Constabulary
Marines and Constabulary
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Potchernick-Birdsong Co
Era
Houston St
Phone Crockett
Retail Merchants’ Association
Petrich- Gaur Lumber Co
Lockwood National Bank
A. G. Goff
Travis
O. E. Davis
Truax St
Hays St
Oe Postoffice Tailoring Co
Ave. D
Nolan Car
Hood St. EE
E. Elmira
T. T. Tygart
Commerce
North St
Gotham City
Brady
Carter Siullaly Ngaio
Crockett and New 914
Scobey Storage
N. Medina &T. Whone Crockett
Ras Twatren
Prano
G.K. Chesterton
Albert Hall
Napoleon
Joffre
Gubbins
Snubbins
The
Star Company
Great Britain
Cearee
U. 9
Southern Pacific Lines
Memphis
Chicago
New Orleans
Illinois Central Railway
Sunset Limited
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Southern Pacific
South America
Mexico
Panama
Japan
China
Havana
Eas A. R. Eec
Houston Street
Gunter Hotel Esreae
Dallas
Fort Worth
E. Houston St
W. King
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P. A
G. M. Bynum, C. P
T. A
S.A
A.p.ry
Corpus Christi
Pullman
Avenue
Temple Hill
San Antonio
Texas
Hot Wells
Gotham Film Corporation of
New York City
Temple Hill Addition
Household Furniture Co
Prospect Hill Steam Bakery
H. C. Rees Optical Co
Holland’s Tea & Coffee
Southwestern Bee Co
S. Lucchese Boot & Shoe Facto
Washer Bros. Co
A. Jowdy
J. Pfeiffer
Drugs
Mips Ttransfer Ootvorage Co
Steves Sash & Door Co
Newton, Weller & Wagner C Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Co
Continental Casualty Co
Cinderella Shoe Company
W. Ling Lo. Clem Motor Car Company
O. S. Lammers
Draughon Practical Business College
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
Temple Hill Development Coo
ORPOR
State Bank ‘Building
San Antonio, Texas
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