Horses and mules to be kept on San Antonio pastures
Army officers in the Southern Department plan to pasture about 30 000 horses and mules near San Antonio after state troops leave the border. Judge James R. Davis was asked to help secure land, with ranchers invited to provide pasture details. Remount depots at San Antonio and El Paso hold thousands, and next year new regiments may draw from surplus stock.
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Quartermaster Corps
Southern Department
San Antonio
National Guard
Judge Davis
Harry L. Rogers
James R. Davis
el Paso
Fort Sam Houston
New York Division
Thursday Dollar Light Want Ad promisses best sale results
Classified notice promotes a Thursday only ad sale offering a one dollar rate for eleven days two Sundays and optimal exposure for sellers buyers and renters seeking quick results.
Homemaker Bread Debate Cited In Newspaper Exchange
A quoted exchange contrasts theorists praising home bread making with practical readers noting bread perhaps too heavy if wives attempt it at home. The Baltimore American is cited as the source of the exchange.
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Baltimore American
Japanese Military Attache Visits Post in San Antonio
Colonel Matsuo Itamy, military attaché to the Japanese embassy, and his wife, daughter of the New York consul general, visit Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson en route to Tokyo. He tours hospital trains and barracks, praises facilities, attends a brigade review, and plans to depart Tuesday night via El Paso.
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Matsuo Itamy
Washington
San Antonio
Itamy
New York City
St. Anthony Hotel
General Funston
Fitzhugh Lee
Post
Camp Wilson
el Paso
Tokio
Educated Apes to Headline Wigwam Theater Feature
Casey the educated gorilla and Biz the trained chimpanzee join the Sells Floto circus tour to San Antonio. The eleven year old gorilla stands five feet five inches tall and weighs 265 pounds with an eight foot reach and rumored strength. Biz is said to understand 300 English words. The pair arrived in the United States six weeks ago in San Francisco.
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Casey
Biz
Wigwam Theater
San Francisco
Club Hallowe en Parties At Joske s And Camp Wilson
The Clover Leaf Club of the YWCA with twenty five junior girls from Joske s Wolff Marx and Wolf son invites a boy as a date for a Halloween party Tuesday night at the association. Girls aged 14 to 17 will host activities from the basement to the roof. An additional party is planned Friday by the extension department in a repeat of last week s Washington DC militia event inviting Camp Wilson men.
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Clover Leaf Club
Young Woman's Christian Association
Joske’s
Wolff & Marx's
Wolfson's
Association
Hallowe'en Party Is Being Planned For Friday Evening By the Extension Department
Washington, D. C
Camp Wilson
Extension Department
Ernestine Friedmann
Vera Schafer
Edison Seeks San Antonio Trade Data Ahead of Army Depot Plans
Thomas A. Edison seeks a commercial analysis of San Antonio from the Chamber of Commerce. Officials say data on trade and bank resources is requested as Edison eyes a local factory with the city destined to be a major army supply hub. The governor will speak at Beethoven Hall, with Judge Claude V. Birkhead predicting a single address urging Democratic ticket unity.
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Thomas A. Edison
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carrington
Edison
Edison Company
Beethoven Hall
Birkhead
Guard Officials to Visit San Antonio from Pharr
A nine member National Guard party travels from Pharr Texas to San Antonio Friday morning. Secretary Carrington of the Chamber of Commerce leads business men to meet them at the train. The group includes General William Wilson and officers from the Third New York Brigade and Seventy-fourth and Twenty- third New York Infantry. They plan a conference at Fort Sam Houston with local officials. W H McGrath, VP and GM of the Louisiana Rio Grande Sugar Company, accompanies them.
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National Guard
San Antonio
Pharr
Tex
Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sam Houston
Soadier
William Wilson
G. Hadsell
New York Brigade
G. W. White
E. G. Vieler
G. 8
Seventy-fourth
New York Infantry
Willia E. Welsh
Twenty-third New York Infantry
W. H. McGrath
Louisiania- Rio Grande Cugar Company
Governor Ferguson Arrives in San Antonio Wednesday
City readies welcome for Governor Ferguson as state chief executive visits on Wednesday morning. Officials outline arrival details and security steps for the city visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
City
Merchants Seek Central Buyer Plan Despite Objections
San Antonio merchants, advised by J B Lewright, pursue a shared purchasing agent plan to buy in bulk and cut costs. The attorney general’s department argues the approach may violate anti trust laws, while Lewright contends it creates no binding agreement or fixed sales terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General's Department
San Antonio
J. B. Lewright
Lewright
Department
Bear Patrol Plans Permanent Camp Near San Antonio Hills
The Bear Patrol of Troop 4 proposes a separate camp twenty miles from San Antonio on a scenic loop. Four members J J Jamison Henry Mour sand Adolph Weise and William Kellam pick the site amid high hills. Eight boys will build a log cabin to spend winter holidays with landowner permission to hunt fish and roam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
J. J. Jamison
Henry Moursand
Adolph Weise
William Kellam
Will Plan 1917 Fiesta
The Fiesta San Jacinto committee outlines plans at an 8 o clock Thursday board meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. President Atlee B Ayres says November committee outreach will seek subscriptions from merchants bankers and businessmen to fund a larger Fiesta. Directors urged to attend.
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San Jacinto
Chamber of Commerce
Atlee B. Ayres
Ayres
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