San Antonio Doctor Leads War on Medical Quacks
Dr. Charles D. Dixon, chair of the Bexar County Medical Society committee, has led a two year drive against fraudulent physicians in San Antonio. About 50 alleged quacks have been convicted, some in federal court for mail fraud and others in state courts. ten or twelve more are expected to be tried.
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San Antonio
Charles D. Dixon
Bexar County Medical Society
Leavenworth
Kansas
United States
Dixon
Journal of the American Medical Association
Sale of This Season's Most Desirable Millinery Shapes
Displayed in our Alamo Street window and on third floor tables at the millinery section tomorrow. The collection includes about one hundred shapes in black and fashionable shades such as dark brown taupe navy midnight Corbeau blue gold and purple. Made of Lyons velvet and crafted by hatters.
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Alamo Street
Lyons
Hatter’s
Cascarets Promises Quick Relief for Digestive Ailments
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. Claims a ten cent box cleanses the stomach liver and bowels overnight and leaves users feeling healthy for months including children with gentle cleansing.
San Antonio Prints List of County Physicians to Curb Fraud
The county society printed a pamphlet listing all registered physicians and mailed it to members with a request to report any unregistered practitioners. This effort launched a long tradition that helped San Antonio maintain a strong record for suppressing medical frauds.
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San Antonio
Barr in Negotiated Transfer to Texas
Meade Barr, linked to the Florence Brown killing in Dallas, was moved from Memphis in the custody of Dallas Police Chief John W. Ryan. Reports say Barr agreed to return to Texas without a formal requisition, though officials offered no confirmation on the route or timing.
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Dallas
Tex
Meade Barr
Florence Brown
Memphis
John W. Ryan
New Orleans
Barr
Tenn
Texas
Holidays End After School Furnace Repairs Restore Classes
After a week off for repairs in the furnace room at Main Avenue High School the regular schedule from 8 30 a m to 1 80 p m will resume Monday. Students were dismissed again this morning due to heating problems. Seven books sold for 227 200 at the Hoe library sale with a Gutenberg Bible on vellum fetching 50 000, the highest price for a book.
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Main Avenue High School
Hoe Library
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