Noted Dancer Leads Scottish Festival in San Antonio
One feature of the Clan MacDuff Scottish gathering at the Coliseum grounds is a Highland fling danced to bagpipe music by William George, a renowned Scottish dancer who has performed for royalty at Braemar. A prize contest for ladies offers a souvenir prize to the first who claims to be the Aberdeen Loon.
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Clan MacDuff
Order of Scottish Clans
Thistle Lodge
Coliseum Grounds
William George
Mr. George
Braemar
George
San Antonio
Nightly program opens with bagpipe overture at 8:30
Tests open tomorrow afternoon as bagpipe music fill the venue with a bagpipe overture preceding the 8:30 night entertainment. Three rehearsals have been held this week and officials expect the excellent program to run smoothly.
Mayor Perkins Prescribes Riley Poems as Tonic
Denver reports Mayor Perkins a physician who uses James Whitcomb Riley poems to lift nerves and mood in convalescents. He gives patients poems at calls, praising works like Farmer Whipple and A Country Pathway. His “Perkins' Special Tonic” is popular at St Luke's Hospital among staff and patients. A Bremen report notes a trust formed by envelope machine manufacturers and envelope makers.
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Denver
Perkins
James Whitcomb Riley
St. Luke's Hospital
Japan Exports to the United States in 1912
Exports to the United States from Japan in 1912 totaled 84 million dollars, about one third of all Japanese exports. American tea purchases from Japan run around 10 million dollars annually.
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United States
Japan
America
End of 1912 mine workforce in Transvaal totals shown
In 1912 the Transvaal gold mines employed 24 334 whites and 205 488 natives. The year’s total Sarre payout was $68. An Oregon gunner uses a four barrel home made gun to pursue geese.
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Transvaal
Sarre
Oregon
Geese
The Girl of My Dreams at the Lyric Theater
Marie Flynn speaks on beauty and home harmony as the path to ideal girlhood. She urges happiness at home, parental sympathy, regular sleep, outdoor activity, and honest effort to cultivate vitality and charm. The piece urges girls to be cheerful, well rested, and kind to parents to become beloved and admired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Mary
Sweet
Marie Flynn
Marie
Lyric Theater
Sunshine
Japanese influence seen in Neah Bay tribes, Dixon reports
Dr. Joseph Dixon head of the Rodman Wanamaker expedition returns from Cape Flattery with observations on Neah Bay Indians describing them as a mix of Russians Japanese and Eskimos. He notes their squat build and character as valuable for study and ties the claim to historical movements across the Pacific.
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Tacoma
Wash
Neah Bay
Joseph Dixon
Rodman Wanamaker
Cape Flattery
Straits of Fuca
Dixon
McLaughlin
United States Army
James Wickersham
Alaska
Congress
Washington
Pacific
Famous Mansion Destroyed in Dover Fire
Waldershire Park Mansion in Dover England, home of the Earl of Guilford, was destroyed by fire early today. The earl, inside the residence, saved many valuable oil paintings and fine furniture. No evidence linked suffragettes to the blaze.
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Dover
England
Waldershire Park
Earl of Guilford
Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Benefits for Sunburn and Eczema
Assisted by occasional gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment. They are most effective in treating sunburn, heat rashes and summer eczemas. Cuticura, Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32 p. book. Address Cuticura Dept. 166 Boston. Men who shave and shampoo with Cuticura Soap will end it best for skim and scalp.
Automobiles Shine In Texas Markets And Arrivals
In San Antonio and Texas towns, Fraser Auto Supply reports a record White truck order for 38 units with 20 more. Kaufman Baer Co. of Pittsburg placed it for delivery by 1914. Labadie Automotive touts a Maxwell 85 roadster, promising space and touring comfort. Lozier and Chandler lines secure Travis county agency with a demonstrator en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Fraser
Fraser Auto Supply Company
Pittsburg
Kaufman-Baer Company
Fraser
Automobile elopement tale ends in arrests near Plainview
E S Worthington of Willys Overland visits Woodward Carriage in Plainview recounts a dramatic marriage attempt that began near Tulsa. A young man fled with his bride in an Overland, killed horses en route, and was later arrested for the underage bride and alleged flight. A gunpoint highway stop by the bride’s angry father intensified the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Worthington
Willys- Overland Company
Woodward Carriage Company
Overland
Mr. Worthington
Plainview
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
An old testimonial notice promotes Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder ailments in men and women, claims it regulates child bladder issues, and offers mail purchase for $1 with a two months’ treatment per bottle. Dr. E W Hail of St. Louis is named.
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Texas Wonder
Texas
E. W. Hail
Olive Street
St. Louis
Drugglata Shaw
Maxwell 350 Touring Car Sold to Kerrville Firm
A Maxwell 350 touring car was sold yesterday afternoon to Louis Kott & Co. of Kerrville. The car will be exhibited at the Gillespie county fair opening tomorrow.
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Louis Kott & Co
Kerrville
Gillespie County
Hup 32 Touring Car Sold to Karnes City Buyer
The Woodward Carriage Company reports the sale of a Hup 32 touring car to O. F. Milligan of Karnes City. The sale was completed yesterday.
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O. F. Milligan
Karnes City
Woodward Carriage Company
Oakland Branch Managers Attend Pontiac Convention
B G Campbell and L F Stauffer of the Oakland branch are in Pontiac Michigan for the annual convention of Oakland branch managers. Local officials departed last Tuesday and are expected back later this week.
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B. G. Campbell
L.F. Stauffer
Oakland
Pontiac
Mich
Maxwell 25 Touring Cars Ship En Route to Labadie Firm
A shipment of Maxwell 25 touring cars is en route from the factory to the E H Labadie Automobile Company. Mr Labadie says strong demand for the new $750 model has grown in Southwest Texas since the first shipment arrived a few weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Labadie
Labadie Automobile Company
Bruce Ott
Maxwell Motor Car Company
Labadie
E. H. Labadie Automobile Company
Kidney Pills Claim Pain Relief and Kidney Boost
An advertisement asserts that removing the cause eliminates torment and rheumatic pain. It blames weak kidneys for uric acid buildup and claims Foley Kidney Pills will permanently rebuild kidneys, restore action, and keep uric acid out of the blood. Fischer Drug Co. ad.
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Foley
Fischer Drug Co
Adv
Rancher Fights Death, Slays Bear Near Teakean
Levi B. Groseclose, a cattle raiser near Swift creek headwaters east of Teakean, engaged a large black bear after spotting a distressed pheasant. After six shots, the bear fell, ending a deadly pursuit. Groseclose was armed with a rifle and fired as the bear charged.
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Juliaetta
Idaho
Swift Creek
Clearwater
Teakean
Levi B. Groseclose
Groseclose
Seizes infant for rent in Cincinnati home
Mrs Margaret Wilson, a landlady, took a child to cover rent for a sick husband and a struggling family. Police and probation officer Emma Utz intervened, taking the infant to the Children's Home. Mrs Wilson faced a stern police lecture with no charges filed.
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Cincinnati
Margaret Wilson
Walter Meeker
Wilson
Emma Utz
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks Fortunes of a Mortgage Letter
In a lighthearted scene Daysey Mayme Appleton drafts a mortgage notice to John Barton of Pittsburg, Pa. Her overworked father dictates the content while Daysey Mayme adds humorous, affectionate flourishes and misremembers mortgage terms, ending with a reminder of the looming foreclosure. The letter highlights family dynamics and the era’s casual business correspondence.
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Lysander John Appleton
Daysey Mayme
John Barton
Pittsburg
Barton
Daysey Mayme Appleton
Mr. Barton
Adenoids A Menace To Children Adv
An old advertisement claims adenoids arise from repeated colds in infants and young children and hinder health. It promotes Honey and Tar Compound as a quick cure for throat irritations and to prevent adenoids. Fischer Drug A Collman is named as an advertiser.
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Fischer Drug
Monocle Disguise Robbery Stuns Chicago Suburbs
Police hunt two youths in monocles who used revived fashion as a disguise to hold up Stanley Gnivek and Vladislaw Narozniak outside their home. Dressed stylishly, they approached bowing and demanded surrender with revolvers, speaking in a faux English dialect. The victims complied to avoid harm.
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Chicago
Stanley Gnivek
Vladislaw Narozniak
Gnivek
Narozniak
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J. H. Savage
Riley
Blues
George Eugene Eager
Bremen
Germany
Emmet Bank
Commerce Street
Thos. L. Conroy
E. J. McCormick
J, Frank Gallagher
Ass’t
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texas
Beauty
the Lozier Company
F.T. Randolph Automobile Company
Austin
Lozier
Chandler
Travis County
Riverside
Ady
Dayley Mayme
Collman
Monocles
Ford
Detroit
Ford Sales Company
Houston Street
Phone Crockett
Seecreh
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