Municipal chaperone planned by San Antonio YWCA
Young Women of the City plan a municipal chaperone to entertain soldiers at Camp Wilson this fall and winter. A group of girls and women from the YWCA, business and industrial clubs, and the San Antonio Luncheon Club will host events. Miss Ernestine Friedmann leads the effort with a kickoff event scheduled for September 6 at the Cafeteria on Losova Street.
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San Antonio
Young Woman's Christian Association
Ernestine Friedmann
Losova Street
Camp Wilson
The
Ernestine Friedman
Cocoanut Oil as Hair Shampoo
A health note advises using refined cocoanut oil instead of soaps or shampoos to avoid alkali damage. Wet hair, rub in the oil, and rinse to create a rich lather that cleanses scalp and dust without drying. The oil leaves hair soft, shiny, and easy to manage.
The Joy of Motherhood in Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
A Williamstown era feature extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as reversing female disorders and restoring fertility. Worcester Massachusetts resident Mrs Bert Garvey credits the remedy with overcoming illness and bearing a healthy baby boy. The piece urges women to write for confidential advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Worcester
Mass
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Bert Garvey
Hacker St
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Social clubs form at Y M C A for young women
Duerler's Candy Factory girls organize Room for One More Club and American Overall workers form Active Hour Club. Business Women's Club plans reorganizing meeting September 1 at 8 pm in the Y M C A auditorium with Ernestine Friedmann and Ida Jantz outlining monthly sessions on vital questions.
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Duerler's Candy Factory
American Overall Factory
Business Woman's Club
Ernestine Friedmann
Ida Jantz
A. B. Weakley
Bloim
J. H. Savage
Johnnie Jones
E. C. Branch
Wurzbach
E. W. Richardson
Lillian Rogers
Herbert B. Linscott
A. W. Green
Keep Woman's Christian Associaon
County and contractor debate extra charge on courthouse addition
Aaron Pancoast for Pexar county and Henry T. Phelps for H N Jones Construction met to resolve a dispute over $300 for expenses tied to linking into the old courthouse foundations, contending it was extra versus part of the contract price. Architect Leo M J Dielmann attended.
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Aaron Pancoast
Pexar County
Henry T. Phelps
H. N. Jones Construction Company
Jones Company
Bexar County
Leo M. J. Dielmann
Teachers Examined for State Certificates
Examination of teachers for all grades of state certificates is under way in the office of County School Superintendent P F Stewart. It will be concluded Saturday. More than 25 teachers, practically all girls, took the examination in primary and first grade work Friday morning. Saturday the examinations are to include higher branches. Papers will be sent to Austin for grading by the state board of Education, after which certificates will be issued.
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P. F. Stewart
Austin
State Board of Education
Perches on High Sign At Terminal Hotel
Robert E. Pruitt of Detroit reached the tip of a large electrical sign on top of the Terminal Hotel 110 feet above the sidewalk and stretched twelve feet from the building. Hotel staff threatened to call police before he came down. He was taken to the city hospital and kept in observation.
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St. Louis
Terminal Hotel
Robert E. Pruitt
Detroit
Mich
Pruitt
City Hospital
Toll Road Plan In Conference Friday
A conference was held Friday by Martin Wright and associates with the Toll Road Company board to discuss building a road to the Medina dam. An earlier meeting with Chas Gutzeit and Van Howard outlined the plan, with Wright proposing to finance and construct if the company transfers 28000 and covers the remaining 389000 from tolls. Directors and supporters anticipated approval, with Wright back from New York and ready to proceed once arrangements are set.
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Martin Wright
The
Toll Road Company
Wright
Medina Dam
Chas. X. Gutzeit
van H. Howard
Gutzeit
Iree
Franz Groos
John W. Warren
Joseph Frost
Frank Weinrich
Alex Walton
W. H. Furlong
J. K. Beretta
New York
August Brings Record Business to Gunter Hotel in San Antonio
Percy Tyrrell, manager of the Gunter Hotel, notes August marked the biggest monthly business in seven years. He credits Army presence at Fort Sam Houston and a peak in Texan travel as crowds often filled the hotel, requiring guests to wait for rooms and even using cots.
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Percy Tyrrell
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safer Calomel Alternative
A local advertiser promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liver medicine that replaces calomel. The pitch claims it cleanses the liver and bowels, relieves headaches and biliousness, and won’t salivate, with money-back guarantees if unsatisfied.
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Dodson
Hotel housing capacity promises steady business
A narrator reflects on the August report to the hotel company, expressing satisfaction with current business and confidence that, as the tourist season opens, demand will exceed available apartments. The remarks emphasize anticipated accommodation constraints due to strong interest.
Rotary meeting hears US vice consul on Mexicans
John Silliman United States vice consul at Saltillo for over ten years spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel. He thanked his brother W C Silltan for the invitation and urged local business leaders to better understand the Mexican people to be prepared to do a (sentence cut. not complete in source).
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John Silliman
United States
Saltillo
Rotary Club
St. Anthony Hotel
Silliman
W. C. Sillitan
Rotary Club sees convention reports and new members
At the Cincinnati Rotary Club convention several reports were heard detailing various phases of the meeting. Paul Scholz Ira Kercheville J V Huecker Clarence Jones and Jed Doyle spoke on the convention's work. Several new members were elected as entertainment by the Saxo Sextette and Mercedes from the Majestic Theater wrapped up the event.
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Republic
Cincinnati Convention of Rotary Clubs
Paul Scholz
Ira Kercheville
J. V. Huecker
Clarence Jones
Jed Doyle
Saxo Sextette
Mercedes
Majestic Theater
Bandits Seize Santa Ysabel and Capture Lopez
Mining men report to General Funston that Santa Ysabel was seized by bandits under Francisco Villa on August 29 and that Pablo Lopez was captured. The details, transmitted by General Bell, note the seizure of rolling stock before further actions.
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Santa Ysabel
Pablo Lopez
Lopez
Francisco Villa
Flo Paso
General Funston
General Bell
Villacon
Fragmentary Geographic Note Ties Santa Ysabel to Chihuahua City
The text references Santa Ysabel located about thirty miles from Chihuahua City and mentions continued westward movement toward San Antonio, illustrating regional geography and travel directions.
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San Antonio
Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua City
How to Be Slim by Korean Oil Capsules at Sommers Drug
Advertises Oil of Korean capsules sold at Sommers Drug Store as a weight loss method. Claims to remove excess fat from any part of the body with a week trial, urging readers not to starve and to weigh weekly to verify results.
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Sommers’ Drug Store
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