Railroad chiefs tour San Antonio to inspect Sunset Central lines
W. B. Scott, new Sunset Central president, with W. G. Van Vieck and others, visited San Antonio. They inspected shops, East Commerce station, and Alamo Iron works site. Southern Pacific plans new tracks to gain 800 feet of trackage and avoid splitting trains at Commerce Street. The party departed for the west on the Texas office car after a brief meeting with local officials.
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San Antonio
W. B. Scott
Harriman
Louisiana
Texas
Mr. Scott
W. G. van Vieck
J. W. Small
D. K. Colburn
van Vieck
Scott
Southern Pacific
Alamo Iron Works
Commerce Street
West
van Vleck
Planning Poultry Show Promises Big Texas Event
A large Lone Star Poultry Association meeting last night in the Chamber of Commerce rooms formed a committee to prepare for the January chicken show, which is expected to be the biggest ever in Texas. H. B. Savage of Belton was nominated for president of the Texas branch of the American Poultry Association, with Ed M. Steves named treasurer and secretary.
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Lone Star Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
H. B. Savage
Belton
Tex
American Poultry Association
Ed M. Steves
L. M. Samuel
Ben Andrews
C. C. Leel
W. P. Clarke
W. A. Seidel
George Loessberg
8. L. Peterson
Eugene Prescott
L. A. Elmendorf
Fred.c. Wantzloeben
P. D. Starr
J. F. Ripps
G. Klaus
Charles J. Rossy
Henry Dukes
Steel Arrives and Work Is Resumed at Wolff & Marx
After ten days of inactivity due to steel shortages, J. P. Haynes and crew returned to the Wolff & Marx building at Houston Street and Main Avenue. Steel arrived yesterday afternoon, prompting a plan to operate day and night shifts to meet deadlines, with derricks idle until material appeared.
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J. P. Haynes
Wolff & Marx
Houston Street
Main Avenue
Texas
Big Elk's Head Secured by Tayor Lodge of Elks
The Taylor lodge of Elks installed in their lodge hall a mounted elk head from Rawlins Wyoming. Weighing 165 pounds the head has six pointed horns and spans nearly five feet from tip to tip. It is believed to be the largest elk head in the state.
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Taylor
Tex
Tayor
San Antonio school board enacts oil bids and retarded room plan
The San Antonio school board ends a heated debate over whether to buy oil at 70 cents a gallon from a Philadelphia firm or 50 cents from a local supplier, then adjourns to seek new bids. The board also considers a “retarded room” concept with medical cooperation and enlarges special rooms for retarded pupils, with costs around $2000 and new teachers.
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San Antonio
Philadelphia
Congress of Mothers
W. A. King
Bexar County Medical Association
Physicians of
Mothers’ Organization
Lukin
Duffy's Health Advice Booklet Offered Free
The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co of Rochester New York offers a doctor’s advice and a medical booklet with testimonials and health rules free on application to the company.
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DUFFY
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester, N.Y
Backache Advice Promises Root Cause Relief
A Kentucky reader shares a long backache cure via Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Ollie Woodall of Morton's Gap reports two years of female disorders and severe back pain, credits the remedy with lasting health and resumed duties. She invites others to publish testimony.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ollie Woodall
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E.pinkham
Appointment of Teachers to Fill Vacancies
The meeting approved appointments for several teachers including Miss Alice Wimberly Miss Eileen Strittmatter Miss Lola Neal Miss Carrie Saunders 58 B Johnson Miss Helen Harrison Miss Penelope Hanna Miss Eileen Saunders Miss Bessie Taappe and Mrs Carlotta Pena Present were Dr Terrell T N Dechmann Charles Florian Mike Goggan Judge Don A Bliss John F Fentiman Professor Lukin and Paul H Scholz business agent
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Alice Wimberly
Eileen Strittmatter
Lola Neal
Carrie Saunders
B. Johnson
Helen Harrison
Penelope Hanna
Eileen Saunders
Bessie Taappe
Carlotta Pena
Dr. Terrell
T. N. Dechmann
Charles Florian
Mike Goggan
Don A. Bliss
John F. Fentiman
Lukin
Paul H. Scholz
Nueces hotel to open in Corpus Christi mid December
The Texas Passenger Agents association plans the formal opening of the Nueces hotel in Corpus Christi in mid December with H. H. Franks as manager. The hotel, nearing completion, will showcase a top southwest hotel with local hiring policies and preparations already under way for conventions this winter.
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Texas Passenger Agents’ Association
Nueces
Corpus Christi
H. H. Franks
Beach
Mr. Franks
Texas
Franks
San Antonio
Reed Resigns From Reclamation Service To Lead Indian Irrigation
W M Reed district engineer resigns to become chief of the Indian irrigation service with headquarters in Washington. Reed has served twenty years with the reclamation service and five years in charge of the Elephant Butte project reclaiming 225000 acres near El Paso.
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EL Paso
Tex
W. M. Reed
States Reclamation Service
Indian Irrigation Service
Washington
Reed
Reeclamation Service
Elephant Butte
BE Paso
August births mark county record in Gonzales Texas
Special to The Light reports in Gonzales Texas that county vital statistics for August show 28 births and 6 deaths. The 28 births constitute the largest monthly tally ever recorded in the county.
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Gonzales
Tex
Moving by automobile from Texas to California
T Posey and his wife with five children traveled over 1000 miles in a one cylinder auto from Corpus Christi to Douglas then toward San Diego. They left Texas for California and have not had a puncture or any repair expense on the trip.
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Paso
Tex
T. Posey
Douglas
Ariz
Corpus Christi
San Diego
Texas
California
Hallettsville small business league plans bond road vote
Local business men in Hallettsville Texas expect to organize a Business Men's league this Saturday night. A temporary group has formed with committees to plan a permanent organization and to consider a county road improvement bond issue via election.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Cure of eczema with Cuticura remedies cited in 1912 letter
A Mrs. W. H. Edgerton of Goldsboro North Carolina details an eczema case beginning in the ears that formed pus and sores, then improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for four to five weeks. The note also claims benefits for pimples and hair issues.
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Goldsboro, N. C
W. H. Edgerton
Cuticura
Dept.t
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