San Antonio approves Gray as sewer expert with 11000 payout
The San Antonio city council unanimously approves Samuel M. Gray's contract as sewer expert. He will receive 11000 for plans plus 350 monthly consulting and travel expenses estimated to total about 21200 over two years. Additional visits beyond six yearly are billable at 50 a day with travel costs.
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Samuel M. Gray
C. H. Kearny
Kearny
Helland
Brown
Gray
Mr. Gray
Lambert
Ray
Hoefgen
Dielmann
City of
San Antonio
Warren
F. O. Brown
Commerce Street
City Plan Committee
Myron H. West
Chicago
West
Neal
Fall fabrics on sale in wide assortment and colors
Ratines twenty seven inches wide in popular fall shades at 25c a yard. Poplins twenty seven inches wide in ten new shades. Fine weave with jacquarded figures at 25c the yard. Plaids thirty five inches wide in sixteen styles of Scotch plaids at 25c. Suitings thirty four to thirty six inches wide in twenty patterns with grays at 25c. Cords including Bedford cords and Himalaya cloth twenty seven inches wide in fall shades at 25c. Second Floor Dr Graves 25c Tooth Powder 15c. Teeth needing smoothing benefit from the powder. Main Floor.
Silk Gloves Sale Ends Saturday in Various Grades
A local sale offers a final chance to buy Silk Gloves in black and white, with sizes available and multiple grades. Prices range from 98 cents to 39 cents, with 16-button and 2-clasp styles, selling this Saturday only.
How many couch pillows need new coverings a 15c special
Porch use is generally disastrous to pillow coverings and repairs follow summer. A few dozen covers in brightly colored Roman stripes will be sold at 15 cents though they are the sort commonly priced at 25 cents.
Dry Feet Prevent Doctor's Bills
The ad promotes Sturdy School Shoes priced at $1.50 with sizes 5 to 8 8 1 2 to 11 and 11 1 2 to 2. Spring and medium low heels offer comfort and arch support in black calfskin and vici kid. The Wolfson Warranty backs satisfactory service at this price, with other children's shoes up to $2.50.
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Wolfson
Saturday Specials On Hemmed Sheets And Centerpieces
Weekend sale notes offer 81x90 hemmed sheets at 59c, 42x36 pillow cases at 9c, 30x30 Battenburg centerpieces at 59c, long hemmed Huck fabric with red borders at 12c, 64 inch wide mercerized damask at 29c yard, and crochet spreads and crochet counterpanes at 89c each.
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Battenburg
Presbyterian Board Receives Donations From Will
The will of the late Rev Benjamin Bitter filed for probate in Washington lists gifts to church boards: $1000 to the board of education, $3000 each to home and foreign missions, and $4000 to the relief board for disabled ministers and widows and orphans. The remaining estate, valued over $75,000, goes to relatives.
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Presbyterian Board
Washington, D. C
Benjamin Bitter
Board of Education
The
Presbyterian Church of America
Boards of Home and Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Board of Relief
Mrs Potter Walnut Tint Hair Stain Promises Youthful Look
An advertisement touts Mrs Potter's Walnut Tint Hair Stain as a quick monthly gloss to restore a youthful shade without dyeing. It claims the product leaves soft hair, avoids odor and metals, lasts a year per bottle, and offers trial packages with 25 cent samples. Cincinnati based Mrs Potter's Hygienic Co. invites hair samples and shade requests.
San Francisco May Build Water System
The Senate Public Lands Committee reported favorably on a House passed bill granting San Francisco the right to establish a water supply in Hetch Hetchy valley. Debate centered on environmental impact and alternative water sources, with supporters and opponents including Senator Pittman and former Representative Herbert Parsons weighing in.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Public Lands Committee
House
San Francisco
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Christendom
Pittman
Nevada
Hetch Hetchey Valley
California
Herbert Parsons
New York
Hetch Ketchy Valley
Police suspend trio after Chinatown gambling bust
New York police commissioner Waldo ordered the suspension of Captain Frank J. Tierney, Sergeant Owen J. Keegan, and Patrolman Louis Gray after a personal late night investigation revealed gambling houses running openly in Chinatown. The action was taken shortly after midnight, citing failure to curb the operations.
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New York
Waldo
Chinatown
Frank J. Tierney
Owen J. Keegan
Louis Gray
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The advertisement proclaims Texas Wonder as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder ailments in men and women, with claims to dissolve gravel and cure diabetes and rheumatism. It promises children’s bladder relief and offers mail delivery for $1.00, asserting a two months’ treatment and frequent cures, naming Dr. E W Hall of St. Louis and listing druggists as sellers.
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Texas Wonder
Texas
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Four Good Reasons for Shopping at Wolfson's Saturday
Saturday shoppers can find bargains at Wolfson's with 50c umbrellas featuring Mission shapes and salvaged-edged black cotton covers, 50c Ragone flannel in 8c grades, 39c crocheted edging blankets sized 30x40 inches, and 8c fleeced outings 27 inches wide in patterns. A special all day Saturday 8c offer on oonald yarn.
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Wolfson’s
Death rate declines in Chicago after canal opening
Professor H C Adams of the University of Michigan testified in the government's injunction suit against the sanitary district that Chicago's death rate from water germ diseases fell 56.9 percent since the drainage canal opened and air germ deaths fell 6.1 percent. He linked the improvement to the canal which diverted sewage from Lake Michigan, the citys water supply.
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Chicago
H. C. Adams
University of Michigan
Sanitary District
Adams
Lake Michigan
Boy Receives New Horse With Help From Donors
The San Antonio Humane Society bought a fresh horse for a crippled boy who supports himself and his elderly parents by hauling. The old horse is retired with honors, and generous donors contributed to reach 33 dollars to fund the new mount. The former steed will be sent to pasture for rest.
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San Antonio
Postmasters and Postal Staff in United States
The Post Office Department shows on June 30 last there were 38,021 postmasters and 115,415 assistant postmasters and postoffice clerks. There are 1,454 watchmen messengers and laborers and 30,920 city letter carriers. Including other railway mail clerks rural carriers and department employees the total nears a quarter of a million, making the postal service the largest government business department.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Unions Back 64 Hour Work Law and 6 P M Closing
San Antonio Trades Council endorsed the 64 hour working law for women and closing stores at 6 p m. They authorized a committee to seek an adjustment of stage workers and theater disputes. A 54 hour plan for women prompted a warning that shops may stay open late to aid shopping. The council urged workers to shop before 6 and praised union support in a recent strike. President Tucker received a gold watch from the Iron Moulders' Union.
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San Antonio Trades Council
Trades Council
Iron Moulders’ Union
Joseph J. Tucker Jr
General
Paul Steffler
WANTS GAMBLING BARRED FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
Washington Sept 26 Representative Kirkpatrick Iowa introduced a bill barring all gambling among government employees and army and navy personnel with dismissal as the penalty Buying and selling futures and other forms of prohibited amusement are included The move follows a disclosure of handbook gambling among navy yard workers and other government employees
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Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
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Samuel
M. Gray
Aransas Pass
Frio Street
Riverside
Alamo
Pear
National Biscuit
Graham
National Biscuit Company
Graham Crackers
Huck Towels
Saul Wolfson
Goris CO
Norfolk
Warner
Bright
Warnes
Rochester, RY
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