Pioneer San Antonio business house moved to new streets
The line describes a long standing San Antonio business, begun in 1888 by the Joskes on what is now Austin street, then an open prairie, with removal to Alamo and Commerce streets planned after September 1, 1887.
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Austin Street
Alamo and
Commerce Streets
Joske
Julius Joske
Alexander Joske
Germany
United States
San Antonio
J. Joske & Sons
Alamo Street
Frank Brothers
Septembers Remembered Joske Brothers Store Milestones
The article notes two Joske Brothers anniversaries in early September: the 1887 introduction of copper pennies in San Antonio via the Joske store and the 1888 cornerstone laying for the present Joske building. It traces the business from 1867, via Julius Joske, J Joske & Sons, to Joske Brothers, detailing shifts to Alamo Street and expansion to a four story, 74 department complex with a shipping wing. It highlights long-time staffers R. Vander Stratten and Herman Harms.
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Joskes
Joske’s
Joske Brothers Company
San Antonio
Joske
Joske Brothers
San Antonio National Bank
Smmll
Alamo Street
Commerce
St. Joseph's Street
R. Vander Stratten
Herman Harms
Britain to open black and white art show at Burlington House
The British Royal Academy plans a spring exhibition of black and white art at Burlington House including war memorial sculpture in selected galleries. This winter will feature a broad art and craft show. Etching is highlighted as a key British medium in the current generation.
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London
British Royal Academy
Burlington House
Academy
Regent Street
New London Hotel Opens Near Russell Square
London hotel scene shifts as ministry of munitions takes properties. A new Bloomsbury hotel, popular with Americans, features a roof rifle range, a basement swimming pool with gym, no tipping, and a night reading watch with dry battery. Electric smelting at Welsh tin mines cuts metal loss to about 1 percent versus 9 percent with older methods.
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London
Ministry of Munitions
New York
Russell Square
Bloomsbury
Mystery of the Female Stranger’s Grave in Alexandria
In Alexandria near Washington experts study the century old mystery of the unnamed woman buried in St. Paul’s churchyard in 1816. Her husband built the tomb and rarely revealed his identity, leaving only a cryptic inscription and biblical verse as the record of a sorrowful voyage.
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Washington
D. C
Old Alexandra
Combre Willows
St. Paul's
George Washington
Alexandria
Old City Hotel
Bank of England
St. Paul's Churchyard
Mounted Police Efficiency Impaired by Paved Streets
San Antonio police discuss how new paved and macadamized streets hinder mounted officers. The noise of hoofbeats alerts crooks and limits pursuit, while detectives and plainclothes units increasingly handle arrests. Proposals include rubber horse shoes or switching to motorcycles where streets are paved, with mixed results and budget constraints.
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San Antonio
Police
Police Department
Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Harmful Calomel
An old warning promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant substitute for calomel a mercury drug that can salivate and weaken. The ad claims it cleanses the liver without sickness and helps with biliousness constipation and stomach upset promising quick, gentle relief for both children and adults with a money back offer from the druggist.
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Dodson
Change Alaska boundary discussed for Canada
London reports negotiations between Britain and the United States on the Alaska boundary commission will resume soon after wartime disruption. Authors argue the present natural boundary hurts development and suggest transferring the Southeast Alaska strip to Canada to improve access to the Pacific.
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Alaska
London
Washington
Yukon Territory
British Columbia
Mackenzie Basin
Pacific
United States
Canada
Approach in golf plays key role says Washington Star
The Washington Star notes that in golf the approach shot is crucial and stresses the need for a job that allows players to reach the links early in the afternoon.
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Washington Star
Levity in trenches diary entries from London front
Wartime trench diary humor shows soldiers recording daily defense work enemy actions and reprisals. Entries mix levity with danger noting tiredness altered cocky humor about mice gnats and trophies while describing patrols and attacks on the front lines.
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London
O. P
Bishop’s Sunday School Query Sparks Wings Question
A bishop addressed a Sunday school assembly when a child asked why Jacob’s ladder had wings. The bishop paused then prompted for an answer, eliciting a brief, curious moment in the room.
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Jacob's Ladder
T ’Ana
Nuxated Iron Promises Vitality For Athletes And Adults
Dr. Sauer touts Nuxated Iron as a superior iron supplement that quickly boosts strength vigor and blood iron levels. He cites Cobb and other cases claiming restored vitality even in chronic conditions and insists the product is easily assimilated and gentler on teeth and stomach.
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Ry Cobb
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Main Avenue
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New London
Raffles
Central
Kine Furniture Company
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Ty Lobb
Vale
Ft. L. Wagner
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