Hotel plans all year roof garden at St. Anthony
The St. Anthony Hotel proposes a year round roof garden with a moved roof kitchen and dining on the annex roof. A canopyed tile floor will support winter dining and dumb waiters will link to downstairs rooms. Execution awaits hotel reorganization and a new service plan announced by chief steward C A Miller. Special Thursday luncheons begin this week with permanent fashion show menus.
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St. Anthony
C. A. Miller
San Marcos schools praised for sanitation by visitors
SCHOOLS FOUND SANITARY SAN MARCOS Tex Sept 20 M M Carrick medical director of Hollandics Magazine and National Public Health Society with M V Raley secretary of the San Marcos Commercial Club visited public institutions and schools. Dr Carrick pronounced Coronal Institute and San Marcos Academy in excellent sanitation ranking with Texas leaders. he praised county officers for the courthouse condition but condemned the jail.
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San Marcos
Tex
M. M. Carrick
Hollandics Magazine
National Public Health Society
M. V. Raley
Commercial Club of
Sausage hints and staffing agency noted in ad
When buying sausage ask for the TIN TAG variety to ensure freshness. An advertisement invites customers to see the display in the lobby of the Grand Opera House. Miss Lola Larkin of Sioux City has set up an agency supplying harvest hands and railroad construction workers.
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Grand Opera House
Union Meat Company
Lola Larkin
Sioux City
Iowa
Postoffice Inventory Accounts for San Antonio Office
Postmaster General Burleson orders nationwide property checks. San Antonio post office tallies 2029 mail sacks with 917 to be shipped home, 282 letter pouches, and 365 mail socks. Assistant Postmaster Fuller notes extras found around town as overhaul continues.
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United States
Burleson
San Antonio
Fuller
Bond Issues Approved in Texas Counties and Cities
The attorney general's department approved and the comptroller's office registered bonds for multiple Texas jurisdictions. Included are Trinity county road district No. 1 at 60000 dollars, Parker county common school district 5000, Spurr water works 28000, Jim Wells common school district 6000, Whitesboro electric light 5000, Weatherford sewer 4000, Trinity and Houston counties common school district 4000, Matagorda independent school district 8000, Grand Prairie independent school district 20000, Waxahachie water works improvement 22500, and Commerce water works extension 10000.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Comptroller's Department
Trinity County Road District
Parker County
City of
Spurr
Jim Wells
Whitesboro
Weatherford
Trinity and
Houston
Matagorda Independent
Grand Prairie
Waxahachie
City of Commerce
Insurance Board to Meet in Austin for Rates
Chairman Joseph D. Sayers of the industrial accident board issued a call for a meeting of the directors of the Employers Insurance Association to be held in Austin on October 1. The session aims to perfect the organization and fix indemnity insurance rates. Reciprocal, mutual, and stock companies must conform to the prescribed rates.
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Insurance Board
Austin
Tex
Joseph D. Sayers
The
Industrial Accident Board
Employers Insurance Association
Employer’ Compensation Act
Big chicken dinner at Riverside Restaurant
A big chicken supper tonight at the Riverside Restaurant, 101 a Shc. Ady, fon street. Meals
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Riverside
St Marys Street Extension Aims to Relieve Downtown Traffic
Plans under the Dielmann street widening program contemplate extending St Marys street from Commerce to Market then crossing the river to connect with Garden street near Nueva. The scheme would create two direct Garden Street outlets and is favored by business leaders as a lower cost, more effective route than widening Navarro Street.
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St. Mary's Street
Garden Street
Nueva
St. Mary's
Romana Street
Augusta
Dielmann
Commerce Street
St. Mary’s Street
Mill Bridge
Navarro
Navarro Street
Crockett and
Market Street
Lighting Berlin in 1918 Uses Over Forty Thousand Gas Lamps
On April 1, 1918 Berlin with a population of 2,070,000 used 44 170 lights in total. The tally included 641 electric arc lights 268 duplex lamps eight triple lights one quartz light 21 metal filament incandescent lamps 64 oil lamps 21 alcohol lamps and about 40 000 gas lights.
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Berlin
California Syrup of Figs Best Laxative for Children
Mothers praise California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping. It is recommended for feverish irritable or sick children and for stomach ailments with cold or colic and is sold by druggists in a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages.
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California
Scottish Gathering Plans Complete for Septembers Coliseum Event
Clan MacDuff and Thistle Lodge finalize a Scottish gathering on September 24 at the Coliseum grounds. An afternoon concert and contests precede an 8 pm program with songs including The Campbells Are Coming and Bonnie Dundee, dances, solos, and a children’s performance led by Mrs. Harry W. Hamilton and Mrs. Bertha Kelly.
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Clan MacDuff
Thistle Lodge
Order of Scottish Clans
Coliseum
Bonnie Dundee
Duncan Gray
Loch Lomond
Harry W. Hamilton
Bertha Kelly
Mesdames C. A. Soule
J. K. Stuart
Hopper
Brice
Douglas
Platt
Mann
H. W. Weber
Burson
Esther Brown
Lillian Burson
Annie Brice
Voight
Marguerite Voight
Lila Karcher
Verna Bass
Agnes Carruthers
Jessie MacKenzie
Marian Platt
Norma MacKenzie
Margaret Weber
Lucile MacDonald
Isabel Platt
Jack Douglas
Donald Mann
Ivan Douglas
Robert MacDonald
Allen Mann
Gordon Blair
Gilbert Fraser
Aubrey Douglas
Alexander Mann
Francis Douglas
Alex Mann
W. G. Darley
Francis
City Council to consider six bids for College Street paving
Six bids were received for paving College Street between Navarro and Losoya and will be opened Monday at the City Council meeting. City Engineer Helland will tabulate bids and bidders will explain merits. The project may be funded by city aid only, with future streets on front foot assessments. Samuel D. Gray may attend to discuss sewer extensions. The council also considers on third reading the Chapa ordinance granting 500 a month to each of four militia companies.
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College Street
Navarro
Losoya
Helland
San Antonio
Samuel D. Gray
Boston
Gray
Chapa
Date Set for Essays in San Antonio Baraca Class Publication
The editor of the San Antonio Baraca Class newsletter announces deadlines for essays class accounts and pictures due by Wednesday September 24. Prizes and editorial judging will occur late that week with the issue slated for October 1. The contest offers handsome bound copies with winners’ names in gold on publication.
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San Antonio Baraca
James Lewis Baraca
Government Hill Methodist Church
San Antonio
Wolfson Shirts Offer Better Quality at Small Premium
Good news for men who demand more from shirts. Wolfson Shirts cost no more than ordinary kinds yet promise superior materials and harmonious patterns. Seams are precise, buttonholes neat, and buttons of ocean pearl with five per shirt eliminating gaping at the waist. Available at $1 to $1.50 for soft bosom and pleated styles and $3.50 for silks.
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Wolfson
Norfolk
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Como
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Florsheim
Wolfson’s
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