Fragments From San Fernando and Nearby Locales
A patchwork of notes from the city reports various incidents: a house fire at 308 North Frio Street occupied by L. J. Varga, a list of upcoming events at Western Star Cockpit, and social activities by the Lilac Social Club on Commerce Street. Measles and diphtheria outbreaks trigger quarantines at 318 True Heart Street and 328 Burleson Street, while horses near Rusk Streets face glanders. A Christmas fire at No 21 Blackberity Street is extinguished with thanks to helpers. Local church and social activities fill the day, including the Sang Antonio Spiritualist Society meeting and a wedding between Edward F. Seffel and Lena Rakowicz. A vandalism incident on Lurleson Street is noted and a Big Pool report links Frank Welsh’s Christmas-day death to a white Alabama man. The day closes with Sabbath services and evening preaching topics.
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Cerey Island
Alamo Plaza
North Frio Street
L. J. Varga
August Sandleben
Fred Tolle
Commerce
Thei Club
Western Star Cockpit
San Fernando
Athedral
Wray. Co
Kotula Eery
Burleson
East French Place
John Loustaunan
Hondo
Charles Dieu
Donde
Washington
de C
Texas
Glandersig
Rusk
Tobin
Anuary
Albert Wegel
Ilackberity Street
Sang Antonio Spiritualist Society
the Elks, Hall
Commerce Street
Laurd B. Payne
J. Oppenheimer, & Co
Yadames Sauter
Pe Federal Court
Edward F. Seffel
Southern Pacific Railway
Service
Mig
Lena Rakowicz
Schmidt
Lurleson Street
Big Pool
Medina County
Frank Welsh
Alabama
Welsha
Mexican International Railway
Comal Street
Mykeghureh
South
Epworth Sea
Creeching
Rare Whiskey At Metropolitan Bar List
The Metropolitan Bar features a selection of rare whiskeys including Old Crow Bourbon ten years Hermitage eighteen years Hiram and Walker’s Canadian Club twelve years. Patrons may sample these aged spirits noted for their distinct profiles.
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Hermitage
Hiram& Walker's
Canadian Club
Metropolitan
Bourbon and Rye Whiskey Sale at Metropolitan Bar
The Metropolitan Bar offers 1000 cases of leading Kentucky Bourbon and Rye Whiskey at reduced prices from 1.50 to 1.00 per bottle. Distillery bottling included and hostetter’s bitters. Also cigars feature 75c per box and a specialty line of fine Mexican cigars and mescal. Opposite Wolfson's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter’s
Metropolitan
Wolfson’s
San Antonio News Briefs Roundup of Local Events
Postmaster announces a civil service exam for carriers in a Federal building tomorrow. An exam for an assistant biologist in the Department of Agriculture will be held January 27 in this city with $1200 yearly pay. Christmas tree celebration of the San Antonio Krieger Verein at Hermann Sons hall. Captain Hobson may visit San Antonio early. Efforts to exterminate boll weevil to protect quail discussed. Mr and Mrs J W Huston welcome a baby boy born Friday. New Year’s eve ball of the F F Social club at Mission Garden with Theo Axtet orchestra. Church services and social events at Travis Park Methodist, Ellis hall, and primary union gathering. Sunday Light staff thanked for eggnog from Comey’s bar.
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Paver
San Antonio
J. W. Huston
Avenue C
Mission Garden
Theo. Axtet
Aion
Ellis’ Hall
West
Commerce Street
Travis Park Methodist Church
Bexar County, Sunday School Association
Bexar, County Sunday School Association
A. A. Hyile
Pecan ‘Street
John Holland
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
Good News Mission
West Commerce Street
Gus’ Klamt
Notable Visitors and Hotel Arrivals Listed in Sabinal
Charles J. Urban of Sabinal stops at the Elite. Frank Geise plans New Year in Seguin with relatives. Joan Merriwether, once a popular city engineer, visits for holidays. Antonio Gutierrez Pera, a young velinedo, heads to Monterey, then stationary in Monterey. A list of hotel arrivals includes J. W. Wiggins Henderson Texas and many others from Memphis New York Beaumont and Chicago among others.
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Charles J. Urban
Sabinal
Frank Geise
Seguin
Joan Merriwether
Antonio Gutierrez Pera
Monterey
Mex
Houston
Co. B. Rudd
J. D. Claybrook
Austin
W. S.gorkhue
New York
Thos
Foster
W. TR. Cookus
Memphis
Edw. Bowtine, Jr
Dallas
W. J. Connor
W. H.brown
New Orleans
J. J. Bigle
Berlin
Guy Patterson
St.Louis
A. Ii
The Key to Success and the Price of Achievement
The Texas Farm and Ranch argues there is no royal road to learning or success. It states that men fail in business or advancement by choice, having refused the price of success—labor study and perseverance—and warns that, except in isolated cases, failure is inevitable.
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Texas
Suffering Kidney Disease Healed by Favorite Remedy
Mrs Johanna Foegely of South Bend Indiana endured over three years of kidney and bladder pain. Medicines failed until Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy. The cure is claimed for kidney liver bladder blood diseases rheumatism and dyspepsia. Available in 50 cent and 1.00 sizes with free trial bottle by mail from Dr David Kennedy Corporation Rondout NY.
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Johanna, Foegely
South Bend
Ind
David Kennedy
David Kennedy Corporation
Rondout
Dr Kennedy's Worm Syrup Claims Top Effectiveness
Dr Kennedy's Worm Syrup marketed as the most effective medicine of its kind priced at 25 cents. Druggists carry this remedy widely, promising reliable results for worm-related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kennedy
Garlands Guaranteed Perfect Bakers Heusinger Hardware Co
Garlands claimed to be perfect bakers in a brief note linked to Heusinger Hardware Co. The listing highlights brand reliability and consumer trust in kitchen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heusinger. Hardware Co
Law and Assault Overturned by Town Figures
A man tells how a confrontation by the river led to questions about what is lawful. In a police station exchange the sergeant confirms acts described as assault and battery. The exchange ends with the man noting he will bet the suspect was wrong about the law.
No Risky Sleep Advice Cited by Doctor
An Atlanta Constitution item recounts a doctor advising insomniacs to lie down and have someone press the throat to induce sleep. The patient replies he did not follow instructions because he had only himself and the mother-in-law at home and could not let her get a grip on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
Atlanta Constitution
A Woman's Vow in a Quarrel Over Money
A man, Mr. Closefist, boasts of two billion dollars in circulation while his wife teases him about his stinginess and the small amount she can coax from him for a quarter. The humorous exchange highlights financial pettiness in domestic life.
Coarsely Practical Joke on Language and Medicine
A physician’s friend mocks medical talk, saying plain speech fails to scare patients without Latin and Greek. The Washington Star quips that professionals must balance plain language with technical terms to warn and persuade.
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Washington Star
Childs Mock Baby Name Sparks Laughs in Popley Family
The Philadelphia Press quotes Childs and Oldbache debating the baby name Miguel Patrick Ebenezer Popley. The exchange ridicules the choice, highlighting society’s snobbery toward unusual names.
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Childs
Popleys
Oldbache
Miguel Patrick Ebenezer Popley
Philadelphia Press
Fate of a Pair Hemmed by Hair and Baldness
A Chicago Record-Herald quip contrasts a couple where she loved him for his hair and he admired her form, ending with the punchline that he is bald and she is gaining weight. The item reflects humorous editorial tone and social vanity from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Energy With a Purpose
The Indianapolis News notes a scene in a store where a young worker, dubbed the hardest worker by an elder, is said to labor not for pay but for a raise. The exchange highlights ambition and enterprise in a concise local snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie
Indianapolis News
Oswald's Hamlet in a Navajo Blanket Stirred West
A playful quip from the Detroit Free Press recalls Oswald boasting of a great hit in the far west by performing Hamlet wrapped in a Navajo blanket, highlighting humorous self promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald
Far West
Gerald
Hamlet
Detroit
Energetic play observed by Hojack couple at game
Mrs. Hojack comments on the players’ energy as they play football. Mr. Hojack agrees noting they kick while the gridiron is hot, capturing a vivid home view of the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hojack
Mr. Hojack
Humor in a Cold Headed Exchange
A brief exchange quotes Mr. Chollyboy lamenting a terrible cold in the head and a sharp retort about not being used to having anything there, attributed to Chicago Record-Herald.
Heaters from Meusinger Hardware Co
Readable text shows Meusinger Hardware Co offering heaters from the Hspatella Material line. No clear event or details beyond product mention and vendor.
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Hspatella
Weusingerardware Co
Meusinger Hardware Co
Arizona Kicker Seeks Shots of Crime and Saloons
The Arizona Kicker notes no fall boom in Givnham Gulch this year but six more saloons will be quietly run up to handle growing business. Old Jim Hewson returns from New Mexico claiming three lynchings were bungled compared to local artistry. The paper jokes about Colonel Morton halting their crime copy and hints at balloon and railroad accident items to come. A claim of a silver tipped bear near Sailor Creek is mentioned, and Lone Jack’s vigilance committee is mocked for hanging a man three times while he remains in town.
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C. B. Lewis
Givenham Gulch
Jim Hewson
New Mexico
Morton
Joe Wheeler
Sailor Creek
Lone Jack
Funeral whispers about widow and veil choice
At a funeral the conversation centers on the widow and how she bears up. They discuss whether she should wear a veil, noting the deceased’s wishes and the comfort such a gesture would offer. The talk touches on his wealth, entailment, and the plan to speak to the widow after the service. New York Herald.
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New York Herald
Connolly Battle Story From New York Times
Connolly knew all about prigefight ing and had been in the ring himself only once. In the second round he was pounded over the ropes and finished groggy. Brace up, Connolly, brace up, urged his second, asking if he could stop some of the blows.
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Connolly
Gorra
Anny
New York ‘Times
Her Bargain
Mrs. Torkins captivates Charley with a bargain story claiming poker chips cost a dollar each but she bought many for 75 cents, a Washington Star snippet.
An Expensive Call in Chicago Card Game Tale
Hoskins recalls paying $100 to see a doctor. Halliday asks for clarification. Hoskins explains the doctor held four aces and four kings in a hand, revealing a costly bluff in Chicago.
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Hoskins
Halliday
Chicago
A Study In Figures
A poem from the New York Herald riffs on age gaps in love. The speaker notes changing ages from twenty one and sixteen to twenty five and sixteen, arguing the same couple remains, with seven and nine year gaps cited as the same old girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qween
New York Herald
Dolls and hats at lowest prices at Moke Millinery Co
The largest variety of fine dolls and hats in this city at the lowest prices can be found at the Moke Millinery Co. 505 West Commerce Street.
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Moke
West Commerce Street
Moke Millinery Co
Doctors and Proprietary Medicines Warning
An English court ruling cited in the Philadelphia Medical Journal holds that a regular physician has no remedy if he prescribes a proprietary medicine and the owner publishes that fact in ads. The note warns physicians to understand this, as the market is flooded with proprietary drugs and the practice of prescribing from ads is increasing.
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Philadelphia Medical Journal
Not so Much To Blame The Weary Willies
The Laredo Times quotes jokes about hobos and bathing. A Chicago physician argues one bath a year is healthier than daily washing, while another doctor labels laziness a disease. If true, society should build hospitals to cure tramps rather than blame them.
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Laredo
Chicago
The Natural Result in Palestine Ad Travel
The Palestine Herald urges Christmas shoppers to favor advertisers who offer true value. It argues liberal merchants gain by large volume, selling cheaply with small profits, and that choosing such ads ensures money is well spent.
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The
Palestine, Herald
That's How It Is The Tyler Democrat Reporter Opinion
The Tyler Democrat Reporter argues that newspapers allocate space by reader demand noting some papers devote pages to crime and sports while sermons and lectures receive little attention. It compares newspapers to restaurants adjusting their offerings to what people want and says business, not sentiment, guides coverage.
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Tyler Democrat
Michigan woman asks governor to release prisoner
The Smithville Times reports a Michigan woman whose husband has served about five years in state prison seeks clemency. She wrote, Pleez your majesty let him come home, if for no other reason than to see his three children born since he left. The piece suggests the governor would consider the appeal to help care for the triplets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
State
Pleez
Garland Stores Shine in Local Trade Review
The report highlights Garland based Heu Singer Hardware Co as a standout in retail, praising service and product range. It notes strong local demand and community support for notable business players in the area.
Irish potatoes and radishes show smart farming
The Nacogdoches Sentinel recounts Mr Harvey on Egg Nogg branch farm Two miles from town who planted an acre of Irish potatoes this spring and earned 40 dollars He then grew early corn selling it for 10 dollars After harvesting the corn he replanted Irish potatoes on part of the same land selling them at 1 dollar per bushel He also planted radishes between the rows and has netted a notable amount from their sale The piece extols intelligent farming under similar conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches Sentinel
Harvey
Eggnogg Branch
By the Camp Fire and the Lone Christmas Eve
A homesick verse from GEO M Campbell recalls a Christmas Eve in Alaska's cold camps. Two companions sit by the fire, watching snow and wind swirl as memories of Texas rise. They lament gold rush greed and the ache of distant homes, finding solace in memories and the ruddy glow.
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Texas
Alaska
Geo, M
Campbell
Newspapers and the Farmers in American Life
The piece argues newspapers should stop mocking farmers. It notes there are over six million farmers with extensive wealth and assets, living comfortable lives. Farmers are portrayed as sensible, educated, law‑abiding, patriotic, and upright, and as loyal readers who rely on advertisements to learn where to buy goods.
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Steel Trust
Pe Standard Oil Company
United States
Sign on Church Wall Calls Attention in New York
A Manhattan Congregational church painted a large sign on its south wall to advertise its presence. Pastor Rev. Dr. H. A. Stimson said the sign aims to call neighbors’ attention and potential passersby to the church’s location. An officer funded the painting after proposing the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Congregational Church
New York
H. A. Stimson
Manhattan
Heusinger Hardware Co Offers Boys Express Wagons Deal
Advertisement notes boys express wagons in stock at prices from 8 cents to 1.70 dollars at Heusinger Hardware Co, highlighting best makes and affordable options for children.
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Heusinger Hardware Co
Hat mix up at Knights of Pythias banquet
A Cuero Star note jokes about a hat mix up at a Knights of Pythias banquet on Thursday night. It asks the man who took the wrong hat to leave word at the Star office, suggesting this could help return a better hat, while noting the thief may ignore the bait and keep the mistaken one.
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Cuero Star
Knights of Pythias
Star
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Eastmann Kodak
W.F. Grothers & Go
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Adamek Bros
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Arizona
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Dr. Dick
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Julius Horn
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Tompkins
Julia Truitt Bishop
Elia
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Harry L. Wells
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