Banks Set Early Close for San Antonio After October
Banks in the San Antonio Clearing House Association will close at 3 p m starting October 1 as clerks and staff shifts shift due to army enlistments Texas law limits weekly hours for some workers and directors can not extend business past 3 p m observers say the change will be strictly enforced with placards posted at banks citywide
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San Antonio
T. G. Leighton
Clearing House Association
Ress
Obituary notices for Aitnis Vaughn and Adolph Vidal
Mrs. Aume Vaughn aged 05 years died at 201 Devine Street Sunday at 12 30 pm She is survived by three daughters and two sons all of San Antonio and Harry J Vaughn of Norfolk Va Funeral from her residence Tuesday morning at 9 50 services at St Marys Church and interment at Knights of Pythias cemetery Adolph Vidal aged 63 died at 404 New Braunfels Avenue Monday morning at seven He was born in San Antonio in 1850 and served as city employee and policeman later as cemetery sexton He is survived by his wife three sons Victor Adolph and Clement and two daughters Adelia Cervantes and Sophia Valdez all of San Antonio twenty grandchildren and three brothers and two sisters in San Antonio also survive him.
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Aume Vaughn
Devine Street
Alice Imitt
Vyla Sproul
G. T., Bouquet
Dan W. Vaughn
San Antonio
Harry J. Vaughn
Norfolk
St. Mary's Church
Knights of Pythias
Adolph Vidal
New Braunfels Avenue
George ‘Repnell
Alejandre Vidal
Alexandre Vidal
France
Alejandra‘ Teal
Trepnell) Vidal
Victor
Adolph
Clemente
Adelia Cervantes
Sophia Valdez
Porter Loring Funeral Directors Ad Brief
An obituary and funeral services notice listing Porter Loring as general director at 206 Jefferson Street, with reference to Hagg & McCollum Undertakers Ambulance and Lung Motor Service at Cr. 104 Avenue C and Pecan. The fragmented text confirms funeral service providers and contact points.
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Hagg & McCollum
Undertakers Ambulance
Lung Motor Service
Rer Avenue C
Pecan
Missing crew of Buena Ventura after torpedo attack
Three officers and 27 crewmen aboard the American steamer Buena Ventura are reported killed or missing after a torpedo strike last Monday. The vessel, departing Bordeaux with a cargo from Philadelphia, carried 4881 grams of Detroseim and belonged to United States Meet Products Company.
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Crunna
Spain
Bordeaux
Philadelphia
United Sates Meet Products Company
Dallas Firm Seeks No Fare Increase Yet Hints At Better Service
City Attorney McMillan reports Dallas and Fort Worth railways can cover operating costs and pay dividends on a five cent fare while offering satisfactory service. He notes Houston and Galveston recently raised fares to six cents, with Galveston tying part of receipts to city funds and wage hikes. McMillan aims to compare Dallas with San Antonio data to inform a possible hearing resumption on the traction department’s fare request.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Hay
McMillan
Texas
Traction Department
San Antonio Public Service Corporation
Traction
Houston
Galveston
Houston Company
Beaumont
Tracton Company
San Antonio
Class for Selectives Opens at City Gym
Men in draft age may join a physical conditioning class at City X gymnasium. General Secretary George Wheeler of the XY says sessions will be Monday and Thursday evenings, with access to setting up drill and other exercises to prepare for training camps. Businessmen’s classes follow on Mon Wed and Fri evenings 5:30 to 6:00.
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George Wheeler
Captains Ordered from Camp Travis to Camp Grant
Thirty five captains attached to the 165th Depot Brigade at Camp Travis receive telegraphic orders to transfer to Camp Grant Rockford Illinois. No reporting date or new assignment listed. most are Texas graduates from Leon Springs training camps. Names include Harvison Levulle Notley Dickinson Blake Kelley Hawk Fischer Nemo Stayton Bonner Geat Hamlin Robertson Millis Gardien McReynolds Coulter Bass Mauldin Bolinger Blades Miller Harris Bivins Walters Hall Porter Ray Carter and Lowry placeholder with substitute expected.
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165Th
Travis
Grant
Rockford
War Department
Texas
Llewellyn Notley
Marvin ‘Dickson
Robert
Myerett Blake
Charles J. Kelley
Hoy Edmondson Hawk
Adolph Fischer
Nemo
Murphy
Alfred B.G
Petsch
John Hubbard Stayton Bonner
Warren Dudley Geat
Carl O. Hamlin
G.L. Robertson
Walter H. Millis
Kent Edmond Gardien
James Harvey
Old Clothes Week Drives Relief for French and Belgian Refugees
The campaign to collect old clothes runs Monday through the week at rations hotels with booths set up citywide. People may call Crockett 4120 or Travis 641 for pickups. demand grows as relief efforts for substitute refugees from France and Belgium continue. San Antonio aims for 12 000 pounds of clothing and calls for all durable garments and fabric.
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Crockett
France
Boelgion
San Antonio
Territory Divided for Liberty Bond Campaign Meeting
Liberty bond campaign officials and workers of the men division held a noon luncheon at Fountain Cafe in Soledad Street to apportion territory for the upcoming bond sales drive. The north south split divided the residence area roughly in half with men taking the west and women the east. downtown got based on assessed valuations. N Hy King and Harry Nertzberg serve as men's division colonels. captains and workers named to allocate territories.
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Liberty Bond Campaign
Fountain Cafe
Soledad Street
N. Hy. King
Harry Nertzberg
Parades at Camp Travis Daily by San Antonio Units
San Antonians are invited to daily parades at Camp Travis beginning Monday afternoon at 5 40 on the division athletic field east of the commanding general s quarters. The 19th Infantry parade Mondays followed by the Sith Infantry on Tuesdays and the 15th Depot Brigade Wednesdays. Thursdays feature the 10th Infantry and Fridays the Sith Infantry if ready. otherwise the 7th and 35th will take their places. The regimental ladies are also mentioned in the notice.
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San Antonians
Camp Travis
Division
19Th Infantry
Sith Infantry
15Th Depot Brigade
10Th Infantry
Cadet Guests Visit Brigadier General at Camp Lravis
Cadets have been invited to visit Brigadier General George J H Wates, commander of Camp Lravis, in the afternoon as their regiment appears on base.
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Rade
George J H. Wates
Lravis
Man Dies Sudden at Fort Sam Houston Ice Room
Charles F. M Esser aged 42 a Fort Sam Houston commissary employee died suddenly Monday morning while in the ice sales room of the post. He groaned fell from an ice truck and died soon after in the Fort Sam Houston Hospital likely from heart trouble. Esser, married with two brothers in Avenue B San Antonio, had complained of chest pains earlier that day. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Charles F. M Esser
Fort Sam Houson
Esser
W. A. Howard
Howard
Fort Sam Houston Wospital
Msser
Storjing
M Sser
7 Rank
Avenue B
San Frentonio
Steam-Pipe Explosion At Royal Flo Mill Claims Six Victims
A steam pipe explosion at the Royal Flo Mill this morning killed one of six victims, W. 3. Bilton, who died Sunday afternoon. Two injured employees are expected to recover. The two deceased engineers were repairing a joint in the high pressure line when it ruptured.
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Bilton
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Delhi
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Sol Berns
Mrs. Perkins Fisher
Half Way House
Noodles Fagan & CO
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Ethel Barrymore
Fox
Marguerite Clarke
Charlie Chaplin
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Shorty Hamilton
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East Houston
Street Moving Pictures
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Pearl
Marie Walcamp
WM. Duncan
Cooleat Place
George
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Erarmo
Jacks
Camille Birds
Dpunbar
Moore
E.houston
Union Aut Supply CO
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Sanshire
Loulavile Cedreler-Journali
Porter Loring
Aneral
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FORD
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Lereeet
Cera
Camp Grant
Joske
Valie
Joske’s
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Georgette
Copenhagen
Styles
C.F. M. Esser
Army Post
Pex
McLin
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Ase Itout
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West Commerce Street
Kodak
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