Bank hearing set in San Antonio for federal land bank location
Secretary McAdoo and other national bankers will visit San Antonio in late November to hear the city's arguments for locating a federal land bank here. The Federal Farm Bank Board is in Columbus this week and will proceed to Washington afterward to arrange the southern tour. J E Jarratt of San Antonio is the city’s informant on the timing, having spoken with Mr Morris of the board in Denver recently.
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William G. McAdoo
United States Treasury
San Antonio
Federal Land Banks
San Antonio Clearing House Association
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Bank Board
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
J. E. Jarratt
Mr. Morris
Denver
San Antonio Clearing House
Trade resources and need for federal farm loans in San Antonio
The Chamber of Commerce and local leaders have gathered data on San Antonio’s trade resources and development prospects. The information will be shown to the federal farm loan board to illustrate the demand for agricultural development funding under the new law.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Federal Farm Loan Board
Riverside couple recalls twenty five years of marriage
Uncle Josh and Aunt Maria talk at home about their twenty fifth wedding anniversary next Sunday. The lighthearted exchange involves a mistaken gesture to kill two Rhode Island Red chickens and a humorous take on past events.
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Josh
Aunt Maria
Maria
Uncle Josh
Aunt Marta
Rhode Island
Marta
Plan for San Antonio suffrage drive and events
San Antonio Equal Franchise Society outlines a winter campaign with weekly suffrage specials to adjoining towns by auto. Aimed at Seguin, New Braunfels, Alice, Luling, Boerne, Uvalde and more, the plan includes biweekly business meetings, monthly public luncheons with speakers, and two neighborhood meetings each month led by Mrs. James M. Young. Senator Morris Sheppard may speak at the first luncheon. another speaker, Mrs. Nellie E. McClung, will address the November event.
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San Antonio
St. Anthony
Senator Sheppard
Young
Morris Sheppard
Nellie E. McClung
American Woman's National Suffrage Association
McClung
United States
Alamo Heights
Harvey Steele
Martin Street
Colonial Tea Room
Marie Wathen
James M. Young
St. Anthony Hotel
Obituary for Effie Ely and Bettie Oldham in San Antonio
Effie Elly Ely 60 died at her daughter Mrs. S J McIntosh’s residence in San Antonio after eight years in Texas. Survived by husband Las itt Ely three sons C E Ely Wilber B Ely Walter B Ely three daughters W T Lenox J M Buckley S J Mcintosh. Services Friday at Riebe Chapel with burial sent to Asherton. Bettie P Oldham 45 died at her residence 135 Porter street. Born in Madisonville Texas she lived in San Antonio 19 years. Survived by husband J M Oldham three sons J M Jr B A and R B Oldham a daughter Miss Emily three brothers A H A L Dunnica T A Dunnica. Funeral Friday at 4 pm from residence, City Cemetery No 2.
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Effie Elly
Effie Ely
S. J. McIntosh
Burnet Street
Ohio
Texas
San Antonio
Asherton
W. T. Lenox
Mansfield
J. M. Buckley
Fort Williams
Riebe Undertaking Chapel
Albert T. Fitts
South Side
Bettie P. Oldham
Porter Street
Madisonville
J. M. Oldham
J. M. Jr
B. A
R. B. Oldham
Emily
A. H
A .L
James M Sloan Dies at 65 in St Louis
James Melmoth Sloan longtime Hamilton Brown Shoe Co officer in St Louis dies of heart disease after a two year illness. Survived by his widow seven children all in St Louis a brother William M Sloan of McElroy Sloan Shoe Co and two sisters Mrs George W Booth of San Antonio and Mrs H S Green of Corinth Miss. Sloan began as a clerk in Taylor Mississippi in 1870 and spent about thirty years with Hamilton Brown.
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James Melmoth Sloan
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company
St. Louis
Sloan
William M. Sloan
McElroy- Sloan Shoe Company
George W. Booth
San Antonio
H. S. Green
Corinth
Miss
Taylor, Miss
Fire signal horn to warn pedestrians and vehicles
A new electric fire signal horn is introduced to alert pedestrians and vehicles of approaching firefighting units, improving safety and response coordination.
City to Install Horn on Gamewell Circuit
Authorized by City Electrician Claude Convers the apparatus will be installed at Commerce and St. Marys streets. Operated on the Gamewell circuit, the horn will sound the moment a fire call is issued, motors responding from the central station northward on St. Marys street.
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City
Claude Convers
Commerce
St. Mary's Streets
Gamewell
Central Station
St. Mary's Street
Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer Promises Gray Coverage
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a non dye treatment that targets roots to restore gray hair to an even dark shade. It claims to soften, thicken, and lengthen hair, stop dandruff and shedding, with a money-back guarantee. Sold for 50 cents at Summer’s Drug Store in San Antonio, with mail orders for out-of-town customers.
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San Antonio
Texas
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Victor Talking Machine Co
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