Signal Chief Voris to Inspect Galveston and Texas City Posts
Captain Alvin C. Voris, chief signal officer of the Southern Department, will tour Galveston and Texas City for inspection of signal outfits and any government transports in harbor under an order issued at headquarters Saturday afternoon. The item lists various local events and notices in the same issue, including dances, dances schedules, and society notices. Names of venues include Exposition Park and Elks hall with dates in October 1913.
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Alvin C. Voris
Southern Department
Galveston
Texas City
Voris
The Diamond D In Her Path Prompts a College Solution
A fatherless young woman in a Saturday Evening Post feature seeks advice from a lawyer about steno graphic skills. The tale, framed as a warning and cure, promotes business education at Ha. Mitchelld San Antonio Business College as the path to steady income and self reliance.
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Saturday Evening Post
Patterson
Business College
Ha. Mitcheld
San Antonio Business College
Courts Adjourn To Begin October Term With Murder Trials
Court adjourned to October 6 opening the regular October term featuring several murder cases including BEB J M Hopkins Emilio T Vidal and the Ben White murder to be called. The October grand jury will be empaneled at court opening. Local notices list dentists and ads for services and goods.
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Beb. J. M. Hopkins
Emilio T. Vidal
Ben White
Hindoos Make Ice On Bengal Plains
The New York World notes Indians in Bengal craft ice by evaporation. They use wide shallow basins on straw heaps or shells on the ground to freeze water even at up to 50 degrees Fahrenheit when air remains calm. This ancient method suits their fondness for sorbets and iced drinks.
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New York World
Bengal
Call for Stricter Protection of Birds During Breeding Season
Dr. R Menger argues many sportsmen violate game laws by hunting doves and quail in breeding months. He urges a September open season with strong protections May through August, to allow bird populations to multiply and reduce illegal slaughter.
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R. Menger
Dr. Menger
Tom
Harry
Texas
Smith seeks 5000 over wine bath incident
Morris Smith sues Frederick W. Beaudezart in superior court seeking 5000 damages after a wine bath accident. Smith alleges Beaudezart promised to show him how to drive a delivery truck then accelerated, throwing him from the tailboard and inundating him with wine from cases.
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Los Angeles
Morris Smith
Smith
Frederick W. Beau de Zart
Beau de Zart
Swakopmund Merchants Plan Local Refrigerating Works
A group of Swakopmund merchants in German Southwest Africa seeks to build refrigerating works and abattoirs to develop a local frozen meat industry, signaling industrial expansion and economic activity in the port town.
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Swakopmund
German Southwest Africa
Real Estate Transfers Across San Antonio Areas 1918
Ledger of property deeds shows transfers in 1918: Southwestern Land Corp to Emerson. Malinda and James A Wilson to Tomye Elizabeth and Duncan Wilson Johnson. J H Kirkpatrick to Refugia and Bonifacio Perez. BE. J. of Pennsylvania to W L Edwards. Ralph Zork to Annie Zork. Richard Johnson to Sam Jacobs. J M Key to RL Glover. West Texas Bank trustee to Florence W Throckmorton. L Kaufman to Faust Seekatz. L B Haines to B I Gliman Jr.. L B Haines to G W Peterfield. Juan and Hortensia Pena to Walter and Eugenia Thiel.
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Malinda
James A. Wilson
Galveston County
Tomye Elizabeth
Duncan Wilson Johnson
Uvalde County
San Pedro Avenue
Kenwood
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Bexar County
Refugia
Bonifacio Perez
San Fernando Addition
BE. J. Is
Pennsylvania
W. L. Edwards
New City Block
Ralph Zork
Annie Zork
Beacon Hill
Richard Johnson
Sam Jacobs
Winslow
B. I. Gliman Jr
Frie County
Sunset Place
L. B. Haines
G. W. Peterfield
Ellis County
Juan and
Hortensia Pena
Walter W
Eugenia Thiel
New City
South Heights
Automobile Licenses Listing for Ford Studebaker and More
A local notice lists automobile licenses including Ford entries for C B Doolin 3008 Roosevelt Ave William C Schneider 403 North St and E B Weygand 215 Maverick St. Overland Vernon Porter 1023 South Alamo St. Garford Pauls Auto Livery Houston and Travis. Buick A Gantt 814 Gunter Building. Ford H E Bayly 188 Porter St. Ohio Electric Woodward Carriage Co 213 St Marys St. Also Seige and Fall of Alamo Moving Picture Co 312 Frost Building and 4117 Garford listing.
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Ford
C. B. Doolin
Roosevelt Ave
William C. Schneider
North Street
Garford
Paul's
Houston
Travis Streets
Buick
Gantt
Gunter Building
H. EB. Bayly
Porter Street
Ohio Electric Woodward Carriage Company
St. Mary's Street
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
The notice lists marriage license claims including Gordon A. Rick and Frances Rogovin Pedro Villanueva and Adela de Castro J P Stevens and Helen Cogan Maurice A. Thread and Augusta Cunningham William C Ulrich and Lucy Mae Sappington Ernest Scrivener and Lycile Mueller Eliseo Sorola and Elvira Gomez Sean A. Comique and Herminia Real Bernardino Roman Jr. and Serafina Vasquez.
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Gordon A. Rick
Frances Rogovin
Pedro Villanueva
Adela de Castro
J. P. Stevens
Helen Cogan
Maurice A. Thread
Augusta Cunningham
William C. Ulrich
Lucy Mae Sappington
Ernest Scrivener
Lycile Mueller
Eliseo Sorola
Elvira Gomez
Sean A. Comique
Herminia Eal
Bernardino Roman Jr
Serafina Vasquez
Building Permits Filed For Three Structures In City
W H Coll applies for a three room house on Lytle street costing 550 dollars. City National Bank moves front on West Commerce street valued at 6000 dollars. Juan Rodriguez seeks a house on Evergreen street for 700 dollars.
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W. H. Coll
Lytle Street
City National Bank
West Commerce Street
Juan Rodriguez
Evergreen Street
Boll Weevil Devotes Land To Other Crops In South
Southern farmers now praise the boll weevil as a blessing in disguise says the Washington Times. The pest pushed planters away from sole cotton cultivation toward corn livestock and truck farming for northern markets boosting diversification and prosperity in counties like a Mississippi county with cotton reduced from 26000 to 4000 bales annually yet overall wealth increasing.
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The
Washington Times
Mississippi
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Diaz
Elks’ Hall
Western Union
Bluemel’s
Artzt
Toepperwein’s
Commerce St
Jolly Five
Ellis, Hall
Eugene Artzt
M. E. Buckley
Severare
S. A Loan & Trust
Dixie Social Club
M. W. A. Hall
N. Flores St
Bertie
Eva Owen
Burnett Street
St. Patrick’s Academy Alumnae Association
Academy
Switchmen’s Union
T. B. Curtis
J. P. Webb
Switchmen's Union
W. Poplar
Travis
Clarence Warfield
Hicks Bldg
Bexar County Humane Society
E. M. Collins
Degen
San Antonio Humane
Fred Davison
Hell
Hicks Building
Crockett
Alamo Plaza
Richter’s Steam Bakery
O. E. Hicks
Cee Building
Franklin
Packard and Stearns-Knight
Drs
Theo
Artit
Dennis Leach
Jos
Hahns Grocery
Harp
BH. Sanchez
Phone Crockett
R. V. Smith
Surveyor
Southwestern Land Corporation
W. W. Searcy Jr
G. Emerson
Lakeview Garden No
E. G. Emerson
Lakeview Gardens
Colt
Douglas Shoes
M. Kline
Commerce Sr
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