Texas School Notices and Mier Expedition Excerpts
A school announcements page highlights a December benefit at Beethoven hall with a Mexican supper and a farce Why Brown Came Down, plus excerpts from Green's Mier Expedition history noting Texas cavalry actions and the surrender aftermath. The piece also covers teachers, pupil awards, and upcoming mothers’ meetings across several Ward schools with notes on enrollments and library fund drive.
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Brown
Beethoven Hall
Disastrous Wrecks and a Cure for Throat Diseases
Carelessness causes railway wrecks and throat and lung troubles before Dr King s New Discovery. Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester Mass credits the remedy with saving her life. Guaranteed for throat and lung diseases by F Kaltayer Co and local druggists. Price 50c and 1.00. Trial bottles free.
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Dr. King
Lois Cragg
Dorchester
Mass
F. Kalteyer
F. Kalteyer &* Sons
Geo. J
R L Burnett Company Ad Promises Low Prices on Paper Goods
The R L Burnett Company at 22 East Commerce Street advertises plasm and printed wrapping paper, paper bags, paper boxes, tissue paper, hat and shirt bags, twine and more. It urges customers to get their prices before buying elsewhere and provides phone number 882.
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R. L. Burnett Company
East Commerce Street
A Week of Love and a Diamond Pin
A young man and woman, with a week of courting, share growing affection. He gifts a diamond pin. she refuses, saying it would be improper to accept more than flowers or candy after only a week. Tom Masson in Brandur Magazine.
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Tom Masson
Brandur Magazine
Apple Pie Order Causes Tea Party Mix Up
A Japanese club steward named Ocka, praised for cooking and cleanliness, misinterprets a request due to limited English. At a suburban clubhouse tea, a young woman insists on apple pie order, leading Ocka to serve twenty large pieces of apple pie with the delicate fare, highlighting a humorous language gaffe.
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Ocka
Philadelphia Record
Cinders In the Eye From Rail Travel
A newspaper note advises travelers exposed to railway cinders to use flaxseed grains as a simple eye remedy. Placed in the eye they swell to form a protective gel that traps debris and eases irritation, potentially saving sight and cost in emergencies.
People’s Drug Store Ad by Druggist Fowler
Prescription service advertised as filled accurately with pure drugs and substitutions avoided. The notice promotes reasonable prices at 511 East Commerce Street under Druggist Harry L. Fowler with emphasis on quality and reliability.
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People’s Drug Store
East Commerce Street
Harry L. Fowler
Boy vows revenge in family scolding tale
A New York Times excerpt recalls a father scolding his son across his knee. The son, Johnny, promises no revenge on his father but jokes he will spank his grandchildren when grown and the father is old. The dialogue reveals a playful yet sharp parental exchange.
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Johnny
New York Times
Sunday Art and Local Goods Ad Circular
An assortment of local ads promotes Carrizo Water as a remedy for headaches and stomach issues, second hand goods from Emerson & Co, Crystal tavern offerings with Pabst Milwaukee beer via Louis Ecknart, sewing machines from Singer Mfg Co, and window glass from Herweck's. Also notices for cheap excursions to Asheville via Southern Railway and gentlemen’s wear by M J Lovett with fit guarantees and price appeals.
Owls and Palm Sunday Rite Noted in Asia Minor Folklore
A fragment describes Asian Minor folklore where owls provoke children with cries of good news and messages. The practice involves catching owls and chanting ritual lines about the owl and its mother, though the meaning of the rite is not explained.
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Asia Minor
Unreasonable Motives in a Chicago Divorce Tale
A Chicago Record-Herald fragment describes a dispute where a wife seeks to frame her divorce decrees as art for a library while the husband objects that they are not artistic. The exchange highlights tensions over taste and legality in marital dissolution.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Ancient Chinese hemp decoction used as surgical anesthetic
A Chinese manuscript in a Paris library reports that a simple decoction of hemp served as an anesthetic in surgical operations in China about 1,700 years ago. The note emphasizes historical medical use and sourcing from early Chinese medical texts.
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China
Paris
Eruptive Stage in Religion Politics and Society
The Fort Worth Register compares global volcanic activity to a surge in religion politics and socialism. It notes earthquakes and eruptions from Utah to the Philippines as part of a period of crustal contraction and suggests human turbulence will subside like volcanoes.
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Fort Worth
Stromboli
Light House of the Gods
Utah
Alaska
Philippines
One Minute Cough Cure Heralded as Swift Help for Croup
Mothers fear winter as children catch cold easily and croup can strike suddenly. One Minute Cough Cure is claimed to liquify mucus reduce inflammation and quickly avert danger. Safe and fast acting it purportedly cures coughs colds grip bronchitis and lung trouble as testified by F S McMahon of Hampton Georgia who says it restored his vo ice in time to win a contest.
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Perez
Dawson
Ojo
Chile
Beethoven Hall
Green
Mier
Texas
Harner Bros
Thomas Jefferson Green
Perote Castle
New York City
Degins
General Walls
San Antonio
Mexico
United States
San Jacinto
the Journal
Wall
Houston
Bexar
Pericho
Medina
Somerville
Ladero
Laredo
Praire
Rio Grande
Rio Grate
F. S. McMahon
Hampton
Journalists in Jail Quip sparks political rise talk
The Corpus Christi Chronicle notes Willie Hearst in Congress, Hallie Sevier in the Legislature, and Markie Foster jailed, yet implies journalism will be elevated. It suggests Hearst trains for the presidency while Sevier and Foster face uncertain futures in writing and public life.
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Willie Hearst
New York Journal
Congress
Hallie Sevier
Sabinal Sentinel
Markie Foster
Houston Chronicle
Hearst
Hal Sevier
Foster
Bath Rooms by Chas. B Treuter in Commerce area
The advertisement offers the finest bath rooms in the South with plain vapor and Turkish baths. It notes excellent hot and steam rooms and expert masseurs in attendance. Prop. Chas. B Treuter, 405 W. Commerce.
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Chas. B
Treuter
Prop
W. Commerce
Three Building Lots For Sale On West End Boulevard
Three fenced building lots on the West End boulevard near the street car line are offered at a bargain. Interested buyers should contact T. B. Johnson at the Daily Light office.
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West End
T. B. Johnson
Daily Light
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity Remedy
An advertise style note touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for scrofula and other diseases caused by impure blood, urging readers to use the medicine to purify their system.
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Hood
First class meats delivered to all parts of the city
G US Reichert offers meat delivery to all city districts from 741 North Flores, advertising quality service and wide coverage.
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Gus Reichert
North Flores
Window Glass at Herweck's and Diamonds Investment Ad
An old classifieds snippet advertises window glass at Herweck's and urges investing spare cash in diamonds through Emerson & Co. solicitors. It invites both ladies and gents with no experience or capital needed and provides a phone-like call time and address at 317 Lakeview, San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Hot Springs
Carlsbad
Emerson & Co.’S
OCHSE
Lakeview
Buin Antonio
The Singer Manufacturing Company Ad Speaks Of Sewing Machines
An advertisement for The Singer Manufacturing Company promotes high quality sewing machines and bicycles. Location listed is 320 East Houston Street.
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Singer Manufacturing Company
East Houston St
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Joe Berry
Military Square
We City
Fischer
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Canales
Carasco
Waller
Lask
Matamoras Road
Sinneckson
Ampudia
Visher
Lyon
Lyons
Halloo
Matamoros
Monterey
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Salado
Wm. McAllister
Woman's Club
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D. A. Noble
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Tribe of Seven
Jessie
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Susie
Ruth
Houston School
Carl Behring
Nat Goldsmith
Linda Fikel
Ruth Huitmeyer
Virginia Maverick
Georgia Maverick
Ruth Willet
Ruth Dean
Jessie Felder
Mabel Reeves
Mamie Anderson
Susie Wolf
Gerald Myliff
Minnie Heiligmann
F. A. Chapa
Sam Houston School
Miss Symington
Mary Mann
Clyde Capt
School No
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Austin School
Miss Lachappell
Janie Baskin
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Barnard E. Bee
Janie
Miss McMurtry
Miss Waskin
de Zavala School
Miss Cotton
Edna Stein
Harold Kayton
Georgia Robinson
Lizie Wiedenfelder
Olive King
Alma Hazer
Alfred Muller
Clara Neville
Sallie Harris
Lillie Muegge
Edna Dealy
Miss de Zavala
Kate Satcher
Mattie Huff
Rosie Rhein
Annie Hunnam
Lilian Rhein
Annie Hunhan
Seta Coulon
Edna V Fischer
Minnie Heiligman
Sophia Waitz
Agnes Luchesse
Rosa Rhein
Edna Fischer
Agnes Tachesse
George Woodard
Ernestine Faulk
Emma Loesberg
Florence Saunders
Dorothy Alderson
Ella Nettler
Elwood Rische
Mary Jouchers
Ella Netter
Emma Woesberg
Phillip McCleary
Ethel Wilson
Pear! Church
Madeline Green
Joyce Campbell
Lizlie Hart
Mary Maverick
Bertha List
Charlotte Thompson
Virgie Curry
Pear
Emil Rose
Marvey Masaon
Ruth Newell
Walter Becker
Ernest Fischinger
James Smith
Emma Michel
Meta Muegge
Lottie Reeves
Ailsen Stroud
Bernice Burns
Charles Watkins
Lottie Cotton
Stella Frederick
Urban Gazley
Warner Miller
Bryan Marr
Arthur Wright
Juanita Courtney
Myrtle Wilson
Price Bowles
Car
Gambs
George Waitz
Miss Ripley
Fannin School
Lawrence Conrads
Frank Hadden
Ruby Gaifford
Clara Gobble
Dora Moore
Salome Valenmela
Frank Bontel
Maud Hawkins
Cornelia Hightower
Annie Keller
Annie Mountjoy
Adella Piedras
Ares Antonio
Philip Handley
Beatrice Burg
Ida Fisher
Albert Traiger
Adella
Piedras
Frank Wadden
Paul Porter
Dela Bonnet
Archie Alley
Willie Aucion
Joe Barr
Fred Bell
Leander Brandt
Frank Bonnet
Leo Conrads
Milton Gebel
Camille Haham
Carl Walther
Edith Gray
Mary Miller
Gazette Traeger
Wile Ancoin
Annie Molsberger
Guy Passailaigue
Harold Willcox
Ethel Flannery
Ruby Gafford
Cleora Gabble
Kate Farrell
Ruth Miller
Amanda Guenther
Rees Harloff
Edna Fisteld
Marguerite Sartor
Karl Roemer
Werner Beckmann
Herbert Davis
Charlotte Braunschweg
Marie Northrup
Maverick School
East End
Spillman
Reigley
Emerson & CO
Milwaukee
Louis Ecknart
Houston St
the Singer Mfg. CO
Asheville
N. C
The
Southern Railway
M. H. Bone
Western Pass
J Lytle
Istributor
Alamo Plaza
M. J. Lovett
Alamo Street
Aarment
Warner’s
Warner
Ark
Europe
Magnesia
Strontia
Sicica
Bohemia
Ane
Herweck’s
Evercomess
Mark Waite
Bull Brothers
Crockett Street
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