Fairies Fete Draws Big Crowd at Coliseum Site
The Fairies Fete drew well over 1000 attendees for a second night at the Coliseum despite weather. Miss Elizabeth Herndon the flowers queen received repeated encores while numbers by Miss Felice Gafford Miss Thelma Rives and Miss Bernice May Gafford were applauded. A pussy cat appeared at the finale. A mothers clubs presidents meeting is set for 3 pm at the Coliseum to review finances and ticket handling.
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Coliseum
Elizabeth Herndon
Felice Gafford
Mr. Moon Man
Thelma Rives
Bernice May Gafford
Pussy Wussy Cat
Pussy Cat
Mothers' Clubs
San Antonio
Mothers’ Congress
Bridge Bonds Received In City Financing Plan
The city received 100 bonds of 1000 dollars each for a 3 450 000 bond issue. Bonds will be read for errors then signed by Mayor Brown City Clerk Fries and City Treasurer Gallagher. Bids will be opened by 4 PM Thursday October 2 with par and accrued interest required.
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Fred Freis
Brown
Fries
Gallagher
Austin
Looney
Lane
Hotel Breezes Fire in Buffalo Causes 500000 Loss
At daybreak 250 guests had fled to other hotels with no loss of life. The blaze burned two upper floors of the Hotel Breezes, causing total costs of 500000. The Eureka Coffee Company suffered 200000, the Hotel Breezel 150000, and the Dirnberger Popcorn Company 150000 in damage.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Eureka Coffee Company
Hotel Breezel
Dirnberger Popcorn Company
Household chemistry taught at Main Avenue High School
San Antonio public schools add household chemistry to domestic science for girls. High school labs will test foods and fabrics for adulterants. Prof Otto Pfeiffer leads the classes as enrollment rises and hours shift proposals gain support.
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Main Avenue
San Antonio
Otto Pfeiffer
Professor Pfeiffer
Brackenridge High School
Brackenridge
Main Avenue High School
Main Avenue School
Extension requested for new express rates in October
Washington September 17. Express companies asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for more time to prepare and implement the new express rates issued in August. The order set October 15 as the effective date, but the firms say they cannot meet that deadline.
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Washington
Sept
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by San Antonio Reader
A San Antonio reader extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy for weak kidneys. Mrs M Rossmann of 615 Montana Street credits the product with removing her kidney troubles and recommends it to others. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the U S agent network. remember the name.
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Dean
San Antonio
M. Rossmann
Montana Street
Texas
Doan
Goa&t
Fischer's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Motor Trucks Supplant Horse Team For Union Meat Delivery
Union Meat Company under James A Gallagher staged a Wichita two ton truck run replacing the three-horse team. The truck made 54 stops over 62 miles in five hours, signaling progress toward full motorization of deliveries. Local dealers tout cooling systems and headlight tech as improvements, with multiple car sales reported and Johnson contracting to handle Maxwell cars in Floresville.
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Woodward Carriage Company
Union Meat Company
James A. Gallagher
Wichita
Alex Fraser
Fraser Auto Supply Company
Fraser
Kerrville
S. B. Johnson Company
Floresville
Johnson
Maxwell
Packard dealers convention on Detroit II a great success
J F Alexander reports from the Detroit II voyage that the Packard dealers convention held aboard the lake steamer was a great success. He is now visiting the Anderson Electric Car Company plant, makers of Detroit electrics, to learn more about the venture.
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J. F. Alexander
Citizens’ Auto Company
Packard Dealers
Mr. Alexander
Anderson Electric Car Company
Detroit Electrics
Local auto makers reveal 1914 models and features
The article notes orders for Detroit five passenger broughams with a duplex drive allowing front or rear seat operation. Rumors suggest left hand drive center control lighter weight and full electrical gear. Buick King Hudson Cadillac dealers are mentioned with new deliveries and demonstrations across local showrooms.
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Detroit
Potatoes Mistaken for Dynamite Lands Man Three Years
George Williams was sentenced to three years in Joliet penitentiary after stealing a sack of dynamite from a freight car he believed to contain potatoes. Realizing the error, he dumped the sack in an alley where a rag picker and a policeman kicked it about.
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Danville
Ills
George Williams
Joliet
Williams
Identity of Patient Unknown in Navy Search for Officer Link
In Washington the Navy Department is asked again by Minnesota’s Rochester state hospital to identify a memory lacking patient believed to be a naval officer or enlistee who was found paralyzed on a June 1907 train at Waseca. He improved after recent surgery and shows signs of a past New York cruise and Santia battle service. A London Times ad about a millionaire seeking an angel to teach the rich how to spend is also noted.
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Texas
South
Joske
L. F. Birdsong
Birdsong & Potchernick
Franklin Motor Car Company
Franklin
Washington
Navy Department
State Hospital of
Minnesota
Rochester
Waseca
New York
Battle of
Santia
London Times
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National Biscuit
Graham
National Biscuit Company
Graham Crackers
Coliseum Grounds
Fletcher
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Pierce
Ney
T Ke House
Gibbs Building
Wimer, Richardson & CO. Investment Bankers
Financial Responsibility
Es Ea Crust Companiensoriture
Maverick-Clarke Litho Co
Carter-Mullaly Transfer CO
DOL
Lexington Ave
Ran Antonio
Louise Wasson
Secy
Crockett
Grand Opera House
Prio Rence Ree
Joske Bros. Co
Haberdashery
William Steinhardt
Hudson Company
Hudson Line
George F. Wroten
A. E. Staacke Automobile Company
Studebaker
Albin Seidel
B. G. Garwood
Honda
E. H. Labadie
Labadie Automobile Company
Dept. 11-S
Baltimore
Buick
Walter Gerlich
New Braunfels
W. L. Orth
Yoakum
The
Guarantee Motor Car Company
Alex J. Hamer
Junction
Collman
Trin
Avanes
Long Suey A
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