Austin Plans Social Week for Troop Visit
Austin hosts a 15 000 troop division encamped at Camp Mabry next Saturday. Seven chaplains will lead services in local churches. General Funston and staff are invited to Driskill Hotel by the Chamber of Commerce. Miss Julie Pease will host Wisconsin brigade officers at her country place. The Country Club will host the division’s senior officers Monday night, with other events planned.
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Austin
Tex
Camp Mabry
Frederick Funston
H. A. Wroe
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Driskill Hotel
Julie Pease
E. M. Pbtase
Wisconsin Brigade
Pease
Social Service Club organized under YWCA auspices
City social service workers are invited to a 6 o'clock Friday supper at the association cafeteria to discuss forming a club under the YWCA. The Business Women's Club meets 8 o'clock Thursday in the association auditorium with Miss Marion Bliem as guest of honor. Newly elected officers to be announced. Membership committee meets Friday at 3 30.
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Social Service Workers
Young Woman's Christian Association
Association
Business Women's Club
Marion Bliem
South America
Building Reopens as YMCA Completes Fall Renovation
The YMCA building resumes operation after fall renovations with the lobby and men’s department open. The boys’ department opens Friday. Army YMCA head Mr. Rogers travels to Del Rio to study a new troop YMCA building. The project plans a standard border fortress style, capable of serving three regiments and 1000 at a meeting.
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Rogers
Army Y. M. C. A
San Antonio
del Rio
Aid for China flood victims considered
Washington reports the American Red Cross weighing an appeal for funds to aid flood victims in Anhui province after the Hwan river overflow. Nearly a million homeless and thousands destitute are described, with autumn crops destroyed and extensive relief requests. The flood area mirrors 1909 losses and a $30 million Chinese reclamation loan was blocked by the war.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross
State Department
Hwan
Anhui
China
Nanking
Charters Issued in Texas Firms Across Several Cities
Charters issued for multiple Texas firms including The Texas Tolling Company of Waco with 70000 capital, Prudential Oil & Development of Galveston with 50000, and Overland Beaumont Company of Beaumont with 6000. Incorporators listed for each. also amendments filed reducing The Texas Telephone Company Waco capital from 2000000 to 1800000 and proofs of final capital payments by Nelms Kehoe Dock Company of Houston and Texas Oklahoma Phonograph Company of Dallas.
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Austin
Tex
The
Texas Tolling Company
Waco
Capital Stock
Incorporators
J. B. Earle
E. C. Blomeyer
L.S. Gardner
F. M. Ramsey
Overland Smith Company
Port Arthur
H. M. Smith
R. P. Smith
Albert Perkins
Lindsey Transfer Company
San Marcos
J. L. Lindsey
Clinton Lindsey
F. W. Lindsey
Woman's Toggery
el Paso
Jean M. Hamilton
J. H. Smith
F. 8. Hastings
Texas Telephone Company
Nelms-Kehoe Dock Company
Houston
Texas-Oklahoma Phonograph Company
Dallas
Repairing Aransas Health Station Post Hurricane
Dr. W B Collins state health officer travels from Austin to Aransas harbor to arrange repairs to the quarantine station damaged by the recent hurricane. He aims to restore health facilities and prevent disease spread during recovery.
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Aransas Health Station
Austin
Tex
W. B. Collins
Aransas Harbor
Germany and Switzerland settle final economic accord
Paris dispatch reports that the final details of the German Swiss economic agreement are settled. The text will be submitted to the Swiss federal council today. Previously Germany threatened an embargo on exports to Switzerland over cotton and foodstuffs.
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Paris
Germany
Switzerland
Geneva
Matin
Federal Council
Entente
Berlin
Berne
Paris Arising From Ashes
Paris Texas is being rapidly rebuilt after a large fire that destroyed most of the city. Mayor Ed McCuiston, visiting Austin on attorney general business, said streets are being laid out wider and uniformly graded to erase the fire’s impact.
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Austin
Tex
Paris
Texas
Ed McCuiston
Attorney General's Department
McCuiston
My Son and Father Exchange on Smoking Practice
A humorous dialogue shows a father urging his son to stop smoking. The son resists, claiming he only inhales the smoke rather than the cigarettes themselves.
Eight hour law violations charged in Travis County
Five complaints charging violations of the eight hour law were filed in Travis County Court by deputy state labor commissioner GC Jennings against contractor W F Hughes for Palm school improvements. Hughes posted a $200 bond per case. offenses include working men over eight hours daily and paying less than union scale.
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Austin
Tex
Travis
GC. Jennings
W. F. Hughes
Palm
Hughes
Our Jitney Offer for Foley's Medicines
This promotion instructs readers to mail a slip with 6c to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pain and rheumatism, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and cleanse.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Public Works Wage Scale Adopted for City Projects
A new scale fixing payment for all public building work is adopted. The notice lists 60 cents as the base rate and mentions weekly notices from Sutherland Springs and Sunday services at 8:15 a.m. on the Southern Pacific line.
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Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific Lines
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Dr.Lyons
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L W. Lyon & Sons, Inc
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New York City
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
Houtand
FOX CO
Alamo Plaza
Social Service Club
Philo Hay
Newark
N. J
American Red Cross
Ana
Arge
H. J. Wagner
FORD
Central Tire Co., Inc
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Chas, Zoller
Dolorosa St
Aes Bros CO
Burns’ Drug Store
Houston and
Navarro Sts
Gunter Hotel
Coal and Wood Sunset Wood CO
Bedell Building
Moore Building
Best Service
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J. H. Savage
Bedell
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