Highway League Day Planned For Fall Jubilee In San Antonio
Harvest Jubilee officials designate October 25 as Highway League Day with a $500 barbecue budget and plans to host the State Highway League meeting. Auto races, agricultural exhibits from Taft ranch, and a seven night Fall of the Alamo event are set to draw thousands to San Antonio.
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Movement For Better Highways
Highway League
Texas
Harvest Jubilee Association
D. E. Colp
San Antonio-Laledo
H. W. Ross
The
Fair Grounds
San Patrice
Joseph P. Green
John B. Carrington
American Automobile Association
Phoenix
Ariz
W. A. Hering
San Antonio
Corpus Christi City Engineer Department Remains Vacant
Acting City Engineer Arthur Phillbrick and his whole staff remain out after a Saturday dismissal by the council over alleged incompetency. Phillbrick claims his firing stems from mayoral and council opposition to his stance on the water question, following his arrival from Houston.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Arthur Phillbrick
Phillbrick
Houston
San Antonio Humane Society Board Seeks Expanded Work
The San Antonio Humane Society board met to approve expanded activities after its designation to join the Charities Fund association. They planned to seek mayoral support for public drinking fountains and reviewed animal and child welfare statistics from recent cases. Bankers from Lamar County planned a Thursday meeting in Paris to discuss cotton handling and related topics.
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San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
The
San Antonio Humane Society
Society
Humane Society
Charities Fund Association of the Chamber of Commerce
James Anderson
N. T. Wilson
F. W. McAllister
R. R. Russell
A. W. S. Garden
J. P. Ward
F. W. Smithers
Yale Hicks
Botsford
Davidson
Mae Coltrane
Paris
Tex
Lamar
Harmony Reigns as City Council Approves West Texas Bank Deal
San Antonio city council meeting ends without factional strife. The depository ordinance authorizing a contract with West Texas Bank & Trust Co to finance city government for the fiscal year passes unanimously. A $200,000 bond redemption ordinance fails, which would end the bank contract. Alderman Boynton is the sole absent member.
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Jones
City of
San Antonio
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
Boynton
San Antonio Council Acts On Lights Dams and Committees
Minutes show Alderman Kenney reporting favorable action on a dozen street arc light petitions and Lambert urging removal of a billboard on San Pedro avenue. The council granted San Antonio Gas & Electric a permit to build a concrete dam at the river near the new power house and reorganized six standing committees.
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Kenney
Lambert
San Pedro Avenue
Fincham
San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
Jones
Fire and Police
Steves and
Wickeland
Jake Wolff
L. P. Peck
L. B. Clegg
Uhr
Ferdinand Herff
Lipscomb
Mauermann
Ike Pryor
Nat Washer
S. G. Tayloe
Richter
Menger
International & Great Northern Railway
Sullivan Bank
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
San Antonio
West Texas Bank &Trust Company
Ladies Auxiliary of Hibernians Ends Ninth Biennial Meeting
Fort Worth hosted the ninth biennial convention of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Officers elected include Mrs Paul O'Brien state president and Mrs Katherine Halloran state vice president. A crusade against caricatures of Irishmen and indecent stage material was launched, with resolutions for funding port quarters and recognizing Tara's Halls as Irish spirit. Delegates toured San Antonio landmarks after adjournment.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Hibernians
Fort Worth
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Hibernians
Paul O'Brien
San Antonio
J. H. Quinn
St. Mary’s Church
Katherine Halloran
Mary E. Mack
Lillie Meroney
Houston
Calls for Action After False Sunday Fire Alarm
Fire Chief Wright warns against delaying alarms when smoke is spotted in a business building on Sunday. A police patrol, seeing smoke at the Guarantee Shoe Co, triggered a false alarm. the fire crew found only flash photography inside. The chief says a quick alarm is better than delaying to assess a possible blaze.
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Wright
Guarantee Shoe Company
Losoya Street
Rivals Her Daughter in Youthful Beauty
A famed society matron rivals her daughter in youthful looks. She credits two items for her complexion: mercorized wax to keep pores clean and a saxolite facial bath to keep skin tight and firm. She warns against heavy creams that overburden skin.
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Board of Directors
State Highway League
Taft Ranch
Goungil Holl
West Texas Bank
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Pure Food Factories
Battle Creek, Mich
House OF Honest Values
Alamo Plaza
Rank Bros
San Antonio, Tex
Dolorosa Street
San Pedro
Main Avenue
Obraje Street
Carter
Five Chief
Social Register
H. C. Rees Optical Co
W. Commerce St
West Commerce St
éeSemson
Hesteuan
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