First Mortgage Bond Issue for Clower Theater Building
The ten story Clower Theater Building carries an absolute first mortgage. The building is insured for 150000.00 by reputable companies. The bonds are the personal obligation of G A Stowers a leading San Antonio businessman. The issuing company guarantees payment of principal and interest and has capital surplus and profits over 1100000.00. The company will endorse and repurchase bonds at par and accrued interest less a 1 percent handling charge.
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Clower Theater
G. A. Stowers
San Antonio
Doomed Mine Disaster Toll Rises in Dawson
In Dawson New Mexico 263 dead expected after a coal dust and gas explosion at mine No 2 of the Staganon Fuel Co with 100 bodies recovered and more to come. Rescue crews labor to clear the mine while families wait at the mouth of the shaft amid grief.
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Dawson
N. M
Stag ‘Anon Fuel Company
T. H. O’brien
Girlish Complexion Now Easily Acquired
An Ohio correspondent touts mercorized wax as a skin care method yielding a natural girlish complexion. The product is applied like cold cream nightly and washed off in the morning, with claims of pore breathing and removal of dead skin. Also cited is a wrinkle removing face bath recipe using saxolite and hazel water sent by Natalie the Woman Militant.
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Ohio
Natalie
Sweep Chimneys Demand Surges In San Antonio
San Antonio records show 217 chimney sweep applications in five days as winter nears. Five city sweeps worked overtime after a cold snap prompted 75 calls in one day, under a law requiring periodic flue cleaning and threat of arrest for fires. Fire Chief Wright vows prosecutions for failures leading to department runs. Three states Maine Nevada and Oregon have adopted indeterminate sentence probation or parole this year.
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San Antonio
Juan Garza
Health Department
Wright
Maine
Nevada
Oregon
West Texas Conference selects Austin for next session
The West Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South votes to hold next year's meeting at First Church in Austin. The afternoon session ordains deacons and elders, plans public appointments, and praises Bishop Atkins. Finance reports show strong support for Southwestern University and Dallas Methodist University campaigns.
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West Texas
Austin
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James Atkins
C. H. Booth
Laurel Heights
A. A. Hughes
Atkins
Texas
Memphis
T. F. Sessions
Corpus Christi
Board of Education
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Methodist University At
Dallas
San Antonio Female College
Coronal Institute
San Marcos
Nashville
FE. D. Mouzon
San Antonio
General Board of Education
W. F. Doughty
W. D. Bradfield
H. G. Burgin
Social
Spear Tyre
Joint Board of Finance
Cullom H. Booth
Colvin
Preachers’ Aid Society
Texas Christian Advocate
A. G. Nolen
C. W. Perkins
C. M. Rabe
C. Williamson
Fannie Wright
H. J. Holland
R. A. Rowland
R. A. Holloway
Zora Burke
Mary Dibrell
W. L. Griffith
W. H. Killough
J. A. King
Napier
A. J. Potter
J. P. Rogers
J. T. Williamson
W. C. Shugart
John 8. Gillett
Alice Stovall
B. H. Passmore
V. V. Boone
J. F. Carl
W. J. Joyce
John W. Stovall
J. M. Shuford
Annie Whipple
Beeville
Cuero
Liano
San Angelo
Uvalde
Booth
Superanuate
R.B. McSwain
J. M. Alexander
W. J. Bryant
J. H. Meredith
Mission Board
Congo River
Waynesville
M. A. Childress
Board of Missions
J. C. Wilson
H. M. Whaling
C. W. Goodwin
G. W. White
Hermit Returns From 86 Years In Colorado Wilderness
The recluse known as Frenchy has left his William Fork hermitage in Grand County Colorado after eight decades to return to his Columbus birthplace. He recalls starting as a prospector and leaving Columbus as a child in 1877 saying he would not return until wealth.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Fork
Grand County
Colorado
Frenchy
Swedish farm laborers face year round duties and pay
judges quote about a farm couple reveals long hours and an average weekly wage of eight dollars with board and room included as laborers work through the year.
Judge Storey May Enter Texas Governorship Race
Judge A B Storey may enter the Democratic gubernatorial race in July. supporters from pro and anti prohibition camps urge him. He is allied with Judge Ramsey Bailey and Campbell factions, with ties from the State Democratic Executive Committee. Terrell will run, calls for majority nomination to avoid pluralities.
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Texas
A. B. Storey
Judge Storey
Judge Ramsey
Colquitt
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Bailey
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Campbell
Democratic Executive Committee
Ros
Ester Terrell
Terrell
Harbor City Long Shot Investment Ad Prospect
An advertisement argues a hundred dollars invested in Harbor City gives two lots plus a share of Harbor City Terminal Corporation stock. It markets wholesale land pricing, potential dividends, and the chance for big profits over ten to twenty years, urging readers to study the opportunity and contact A. D. Powers.
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Oklahoma
Denver
Los Angeles
Harbor City
Harbor City Terminal Corporation
A. D. Powers
Avenue D
Public weighs coal deliveries as winter nears
City inspector of weights and measures Charles Troilo says only clear violations will be prosecuted for short coal weights. Tests show a load said to be 2.5 tons weighed 4928 pounds, with claims of short deliveries ranging 180 to 287 pounds. Citizens urged to demand weights on city scales for proof in any future prosecutions. The note ends with a separate statement: the United States, while leading in cattle, is the world’s top importer of hides and skins.
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Charles Oilo
Troilo
United States
India
Flower Battle Committee Plans Festival and Workshop
The Battle of Flowers Association in San Antonio schedules a Tuesday morning meeting at the Gunter Hotel to map next year’s parade. They plan a new workshop on Oak and Thirteenth Streets with funds from December Dance Poems at the Grand Opera House to cover construction costs.
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Battle of Flowers Association
Gunter Hotel
T. A. Coleman
San Antonio
John B. Carrington
Fiesta Association
Chamber of Commerce
Thirteenth
Oak Streets
San Jacinto
Grand Opera House
Molly Moore
Miss Moore
Den
Atlee B. Ayres
Underground Phone System at Fort Sam Houston
A new underground tele pene system at Fort Sam Houston costs 17000 dollars. All barracks offices and buildings gain telephone connections and a central office with three operator shifts. Calls by officer name are replaced by a numeric post directory and calls go through the post exchange. Captain A C Voris led the Signal Corps in construction.
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Fort Sam Houston
Post Central
Post Exchange Information
A. C. Voris
Signal Corps
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Storey
Ramsey
Hart Schaffner & Marx and
Chesterfield” Clothes
Earl & Wilson
Fomby-Jones Company
East
Houston Street
Hart Schaffner & Marg
Inspector Troilo
Che Elite Cafe
Losoya
Marimo Buratovich
Coulon
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