Texas nine hour law limits Saturday sales for women
The new Texas law limits women workers to a maximum 54 hours weekly and shifts Saturday night sales to fit a nine hour day. Department stores and many employers anticipate changes with some closing Saturday evenings while others add staff or adjust hours to comply. Telecom and laundry firms report ongoing adjustment and enforce seating provisions for female employees.
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Texas
San Antonio
W. C. Rigsby
Wolff & Marx
Saul Wolfson
Nat Washer
Washer Brothers Company
Sol Dalkowitz
Dalkowitz Brothers
I. L. Koenigberg
Mr. Koenigberg
Southwestern Telephone Company
B. M. Parkenson
Parkenson
Taylor, Laredo
Brownsville
S. G. Bechtel
White Star Laundry
They Have Been Carefully Made of Gingham Fabrics
The text notes that garments are crafted from ginghams percales cotton serges and grass linens with careful workmanship implied.
Mercerized Chambrays and Cotton Suitings Saturday Sale
Yard wide bleached or unbleached fabrics offered in 9c and 14 yard lengths. Mercerized chambrays 8c to 27 inches wide with patterns in checks stripes and solids. Cotton suitings 8c to 28 inches wide with fall and winter patterns. Saturday specials list yard prices and quality notes.
School Supplies Arrive For Saturday Shopper Surge
A varied group of school supplies except books will be ready for Saturday shoppers on the main floor, ensuring children are supplied for the new term.
Swine Management Bulletin Issued by Texas Department
Bulletin No. 31 titled Swine Management in Texas is issued by the State agricultural department for free distribution. Written by A. K. Short, authority on the subject and superintendent of the Temple Belton experiment station.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Agricultural Department
A. K. Short
Temple-Belton
Obituary: Colonel Benjamin S. Johnson Dies at 71
Little Rock notes the death of Colonel Benjamin S. Johnson aged 71 at 1 a m. A Confederate Army colonel on General Churchill’s staff, he later served for many years as general attorney for the St. Louis Iron Mountain Southern Railroad.
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Little Rock
Ark
Benjamin S. Johnson
Churchill
St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad
New Booklet Issued by San Antonio Uvalde Gulf Railroad
The San Antonio Uvalde Gulf Railroad released an illustrated booklet detailing towns along the line from San Antonio to Uvalde via Pleasanton and Crystal City and from Pleasanton to Mathis. It highlights country resources, soil, artesian water, and homeseeker opportunities. The note adds a hardware ad for cook stoves gas ranges and hot plates from Sam Speir Hardware Co.
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San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
San Antonio
Uvalde
Pleasanton
Crystal City
Mathis
Corpus Christi
Sam Speir Hardware Co
Adg
Losoya St
Stock sale plan for Coliseum project to be discussed in San Antonio
Representatives from commercial civic religious fraternal and social groups will meet in San Antonio within two weeks to consider selling stock in the Coliseum project. Stockholders and directors decided last night after a gathering at the Coliseum site. Officials say ground may be broken and construction start by December 1 with Rev Homer Wilson and others among the speakers.
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Coliseum
San Antonio
Homer Wilson
J. H. Holmgreen
Nelson M. Karney
Charles D. Pratt
J. H. Lapham
City Awards Six Sprinklers Contract to Studebaker Company
The sanitation committee of the city council awarded six new street sprinklers to the Studebaker Company. Alderman Rische, committee chair, noted the desire to have twelve pieces if city finances allowed.
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Studebaker Company
Sanitation
Alderman Rische
Jones
Rische
Thea Finantes
Texas Wonder drug cures kidney and bladder troubles
Cure claims include dissolving gravel diabetes and rheumatism with a two month treatment. Offered by Dr E W Hall of St Louis Missouri with mail order availability for $1.00.
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Texas Wonder
Texas
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Ladv
Merchants Plan Future Work At San Antonio Meeting
More than 200 members of the San Antonio Retail Merchants Association attended a lunch at the Gunter Hotel to discuss elimination of the premium or stamp system and to address fake advertisements. Speakers Lincoln Weller Wester Morgan Grasso and others urged organized action and sought another meeting soon.
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San Antonio Retail Merchants’ Association
Gunter Hotel
Nic Peters
Emil Frank
Ss. P. Weller
Merchants’ Association
San Antonio
Mr. Weller
R. H. Wester
W. M. Morgan
Retail Merchants’ Association of Texas
Adolph Grasso
B. F. Hammond
Frank Weber
I. W. Moore
A. H. Hanson
R. A. Holland
N. H. King
Blood Purification Promise from S. S. S. Remedy
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a quick blood purifier and cellular stimulator. It claims to repair worn cells with botanical ingredients and advises using only S. S. S. for blood purification while warning against mineral preparations. The Swift Specific Co. offers free medical advice from its Atlanta office.
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S&s
Knights of Pythias Meet Confers Secret Work and Ranks
A district Knights of Pythias meeting in castle hall on West Commerce street led by Grand Chancellor Thomas Connally of Marlin Texas conferred grand lodge degrees on past chancellor commanders and exemplified new secret work. A banquet followed hosted by local Pythian Sisters. Connally departed for Austin for another district gathering.
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Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
West Commerce Street
Thomas Connally
Marlin
Tex
Grand Lodge
Knights Lof Pythias
Connally
John F. Onion
Illegal Slaughter of Birds Reported Near San Antonio
San Antonio area reports say doves and quail are being unlawfully slaughtered in large numbers despite open season. Two deputy wardens are investigating. authorities warn fines start at 17.50 dollars per bird for each out of season kill.
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San Antonio
Austin
Texas
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NEW Hour Law
Wolfson
Alamo
Losoya
Wolefson
Lisle
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
DR. Pierce
Golden Medical
Bulletin On Swine Management
Col. Johnson
Arkansas
S. A. U. & G. Railroad
Marner Hast
America
iGrand
National Biscuit
Graham
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