Citizens Wanted to Represent San Antonio at October Conventions
Citizens may apply at the Chamber of Commerce to attend three October conventions in Grand Rapids Mobile and Tulsa with official credentials provided. The National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, Southern Commercial Congress, and International Dry Farming Congress will draw educators and trade experts. The Chamber seeks delegates and highlights topics on Panamanian trade and energy waste.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Grand Rapids
Mich
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Ala
Tulsa
Okla
United States
Congress
Canadian Colonists Coming to Texas Envision San Antonio Growth
A letter from D E Braun of Medicine Hat Alberta, now in San Antonio Chamber circles, suggests Canadian colonists from Alberta may move south seeking milder climates. Braun notes Canadians ready to relocate to San Antonio and its trade area and asks about Port Aransas shipping, with Seaboard and Gulf Steamship starting a regular freight run to New York.
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San Antonio
Alberta
Canada
George F. Lupton
S. A. & A. P. Railroad
D. E.braun
Medicine Hat
Lupton
Chamber of Commerce
Braun
Texas
Port Aransas
Seaboard and Gulf Steamship Company
New York
Oldest Wolfson’s employee recalls San Antonio past
Charles W. Kalteyer, the longest serving staffer at Saul Wolfson Dry Goods, started as a stock boy after arriving from Germany in 1883. He and twin brother John H. Schaefer reveal years of service and birth dates, with Kalteyer noting Houston Street’s growth from then to now.
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Charles W. Kalteyer
Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Company
San Antonio
Germany
John H. Schaefer
Wolfson
Schaefer
Mr. Kalteyer
Mr. Schaefer
W. C. Kalteyer
Mr. Charles Kalteyer
Light
Kalteyer
Wolfson’s
Main Plaza
Houston Street
Herff and Dittmar
Goggans
San Antonio considers widening fall show with carnival acts
The joint committee will meet Tuesday to weigh proposals from Lachmann Carnival Company and Brown Amusement Company to add a carnival to the November automobile race and Made in San Antonio exhibit. The plan includes rail fare incentives, a San Antonio Motor Association stock fund of at least 6000, and a staged women’s display with a unique eugenic baby show overseen by physicians.
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San Antonio
Carnival
Lachmann Carnival Company
Brown Amusement Company
San Antonio Motor Association
Dick O. Terrell
John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Automobile Club
Menger
M. B. Pletz
Pletz
Woman’s Club
Woodland Park Women Drive Townspeople To Put Woodland Park On The Map
Woodland Park women organize the Woodland Park Improvement Association to manage bond issues and fund town improvements. They negotiate a $6000 bond settlement, plan tag days and entertainments to fund street lights signs and station lighting, and aim to make the town a key stop on a new international automobile highway.
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Woodland Park
Colo
Colorado
Woodland Park Improvement Association
Colorado Midland
Port of Missing Men gives San Antonio raid of mystery
San Antonio is described as a magnet for men of mystery and crime, a historic “port of missing men.” Chiefs Lancaster and Tobin recount notorious visitors, from the De Vito brothers to Butch Cassidy’s gang, with tales of crime and intrigue amid the border city’s lore.
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San Antonio
Hardor
San An
Tonio
North America
Lancaster
Federal
Secret Service
Tobin
Rio Grande
Houston Street
de Vito
Eagle Pass
Rochester
New York
Black Hand Society
Lan
Caster
Northern Pacific
Camillia Hanks
Butch” Cassidy
Harry Longbaugh
Ben Kilpatrick
Helena
Montana
Quartette
Laclede Hotel
Men of M
Rochatart
Mexico
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Mathews
E. Houston St
Gas Co
Cuneneteet de Sez
Painless
Citizens
Convention
Oklahoma Fielde
Cleveland
Mayr
Geo. H. Mayr
Whiting
Salap
Alamo Plaza
Houston
Soledad Sta
United Kingdom
Kansas City Journal
G. A. Stowers Furniture CO
Furniture News
Puck
Conssultation
Liberal Credit
Main Ave
Ture
Soten
Boston Transcript
Fishery Board For Scotland
Fisheries and the Industries
Humania Hair CO
Dept
Duane ST
New York City
Chicken Life Saver Co
SAN Ant
West Commerce Street
Onio, Texas
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