San Carlos irrigation expansion to create jobs in Mexico
An extensive expansion program for the San Carlos irrigation system in Coahuila will start this week to employ several hundred poverty stricken farmers. Work includes rebuilding and widening the canal and constructing a new canal north of the San Diego River. Raul Madero, general manager, says the project aims to use minimal machinery to maximize labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Carlos
Mexico
Raul Madero
San Diego River
Madero
Coahuila
El Potosi Mine Reopens Near Chihuahua City
El Potosi Mining Company resumes work at its lead and silver mine near Chihuahua City on a three day week. About 800 men will be employed and production is expected at 1000 tons of ore daily. Reopened with Mexican government permission after a labor dispute. located 14 miles from Chihuahua in the Santa Eulalia district. American Metal Company and American Smelting and Refining Company also active nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
el Potosi Mining Company
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Santa Eulalia
American Metal Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
Building Razed to Escape Taxation in Brockton
A five story building in Brockton center will be torn down to avoid paying taxes. Owner E. W. Gardner stated the demolition is intended to escape tax assessments and preserve value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
E. W. Gardner
Sutton County Tax Sliced 60 Cents by Law
Sutton County tax rate set at 1.12 on 1932 assessments but 60 cents of that total will not be assessed. County judge Alvis Johnson says the cut aims to provide emergency relief if the Legislature fails to act on county highway bond indebtedness. The levy breaks down into several funds and includes road, jury, and bond obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Sutton County
Alvis Johnson
Commissioners’ Court
Texas
Benefit Play to Aid Flood Sufferers in Jiminez Area
A benefit play titled A Woman Came In will be staged at San Felipe High School auditorium Tuesday evening to aid flood victims in Jiminez Sabinas. Miss Consuelo Fontes leads with Francisco Martiareno in prominent roles while Emma Lozano appears in a character part. Intermission music by Louise Turner Juan Arevela and Alfred Villegas, piano violin mandolin. Donations of food clothing or money are welcomed at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Acuna
San Felipe
San Felipe High School
Jiminez
Consuelo Fontes
Francisco Martiareno
Emma Lozano
Louise Turner
Juan Arevela
Alfred Villegas
Jiminez and Sabinas
Miss Walker Injured in Fall From Horse
Miss Mildred Walker suffered a fractured elbow and bruises after her horse slipped on wet pavement on West Garfield Avenue Sunday morning. She was rushed to Williams Sanitarium for treatment and will stay there until the arm can be cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Walker
West Garfield Avenue
Miss Walker
Williams Sanitarium
Sixth Death in Outlaw Hunt Ends Bloody Weekend
In Muskogee Oklahoma Hurt Flippin deputy sheriff died in hospital marking the sixth death in a week end clash between officers and outlaws. A posse killed two alleged killers in Cookson Hills and Andrew McGinnis special deputy died in yesterday’s firefight. Bud McClain, a mountain gunman, was fatally wounded Saturday. The feud began after deputies tried to question the men over the highwayman killing of Mrs Lassie Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flippin
Claremore
Muskogee
Walter Reece
Cookson Hills
Andrew McGinnis
Lassie Sharp
Food Handlers Ordered to Produce Health Cards
City health officer Dr. W. R. McWilliams announced that all persons handling food in any capacity must show a health card after passing a physical exam. Cards, issued by the health officer, should be ready for inspection by October 15 and cover grocery clerks, cooks, and waitresses alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. McWilliams
McWilliams
Open New Drive on Traffic Violations
Police officers Charley Lockhart and Cole Blackwell warn drivers to stop parking too far from the curb and past stop signs. Twelve offenders appeared in city court Monday as enforcement tightens with fines up to 12.70 dollars for repeat violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Lockhart
Cole Blackwell
Blackwell
Louis Cerda Buried Monday in San Felipe
Funeral services for Louis Cerda 30 who died Sunday at Alpine after a long illness were planned for 4 PM Monday from his San Felipe home with burial in San Felipe Cemetery. He resided in Del Rio until recently and attended Del Rio schools. Survived by wife and two children, all residents of Del Rio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Cerda
Alpine
San Felipe
Cerda
del Rio
Murder and suicide tied to New York disappearance
Mrs Sidth DuBois vanished from her Tuckahoe New York home prompting searches by two states. Her husband Charles E DuBois faced Massachusetts police, later died by suicide. Authorities hauled a pond and planned to dredge the bay before finding the body in a secret crypt at the DuBois residence. Grace Atwood, daughter of a wealthy manufacturer, is mentioned in connection with the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidth DuBois
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Charles E. DuBois
Massachusetts
Du-Bois
DuBois
Plymouth
Mass
Bay
Grace Atwood
Cotton Climbs $2 A Bale On Early Trade
New Orleans September 19 cotton gains $2 a bale as tropical disturbance off Louisiana forecast heavy rains boosting demand and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Burglars Loot Texas Town Bind Night Watchman
Burglars bound night watchman Charlie Jones to a telephone pole on Main Street in Friona Texas and looted a dry goods company safe, estimated at $100. They failed to open the post office safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friona
Texas
Charlie Jones
Robbers Take 1400 From Aged Hoarder in Chicago
Two men beat Cornelius Morrison aged 69 in his Chicago home at 2029 Osgood Street and forced him to reveal the location of $1400 withdrawn from the bank. The robbers fled after the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cornelius
Morrison
Osgood Street
End Is Near For Mother Of John Garner
Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner 81, mother of Democratic vice presidential nominee, is critically ill at her Detroit Texas home. Attendants say she is weaker than last night and Speaker Garner fears no recovery, calling it only a matter of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Texas
Sarah Jane Garner
Garner
Bargain Days for Police Court Fines
City Judge Fred Turner offers a 50 cent settlement for parking tickets paid before October 1 in Houston. He promotes the plan as a collection effort to reach those ignoring tickets and notes this exter service reduces penalties for offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Fred Turner
Mrs Sarah Goes 87 Sings at Daughter's Golden Anniversary
Mrs Sarah goes 87 of Hobart Oklahoma felt spry enough to sing at her daughter s golden wedding anniversary. The tiny fragment notes a family celebration and the celebrant s presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah 7Oes
Hobart
Okla
Doukhobors Hope to Establish Mexican Colony
Prince Albert Saskatchewan September 19 J M Hackney a St Paul real estate operator met at the Prince Albert jail with Peter Veregin Doukhobors leader about moving Canadian sect members to Mexico. Hackney refused to name the site but it is believed land near Chihuahua was arranged for about 30000 members. Veregin is serving a jail term and negotiations have continued for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
J. M. Hackney
St. Paul
Peter Veregin
Doukhobors
Mexico
Hackney
Chihuahua
Veregin
Picket of Minnesota Roads Halts Farm Shipments
Four hundred farmers patrolled ten highways into Worthington Minnesota to halt shipments of non perishable farm products. They turned back two livestock trucks bound for rail shipment to the Sioux City market. M B Miller vice chairman Nobles County State Farmers Holiday Association said the association had not approved the picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Minn
Sioux City
M. B. Miller
Nobles County State Farmers’ Holiday Association
Unmasked Pair Rob Hotel in Mineral Wells
Two unidentified men held up Roy Meadow, night clerk at the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells Texas. One man covered the clerk with a revolver while the other looted the cash drawer, escaping with 175 dollars and leaving 100 dollars more behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Wells
Texas
Roy Meadow
Baker Hotel
Hunting Accident Kills San Antonio Judge Lytle Cousin of Attorney Montague
Judge Nelson Lytle of San Antonio and cousin of Attorney Brian Montague was killed in a hunting accident on the ranch of his brother W. J. Lytle, 18 miles from San Antonio, after being shot and dying as aid arrived. Dave Watson, the hunter, assisted by two ranch workers, was with him. Justice of the Peace George H Bacon Sr. held the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Lytle
San Antonio
Brian Montague
Judge Lytle
W. J. Lytle
Dave Watson
Watson
Justice of the Peace
George H Bacon Sr
Lytle
District Court Convenes September Term in City
Judge Joseph Jones opened the September term of district court charging the grand jury with a light criminal docket and heavy civil docket. E. K. Fawcett named foreman of the grand jury. Petit jurors to report next Monday, September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jones
District Court
E. K. Fawcett
Petit Jury
Residence and Ranch Bought in Sonora Area
Two real estate transactions were recorded last week in Sonora with H. V. Stokes purchasing the residence of C. D. Wyatt on the Menard road and Oscar Q. Adams acquiring a half section of land in the Camp Allison community from his father D. Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
J. D. Lowrey
H. V.stokes
C. D. Wyatt
Menard Road
Oscar
Q. Adams
Camp Allison
D. @. Adams
Bride born upstairs cited in Virginia marriage license incident
Abington Virginia report notes a clerk asking a bride where she was born and the reply "Up stairs" prompts curiosity about the couple's birthplace and the license paperwork. The report records the exchange as a curious anecdote from local bureau processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abington
Missing Rome Bound Monoplane In Fearful Hours Photos Emerge
In New York Mrs Elizabeth Ulbrich mother of pilot William Ulbrich studies a map as fear grows for the Rome bound American Nurse monoplane and its crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ulbrich
William Ulbrich
New York
Youth Kills Brother Over Baseball Game
In Danville Illinois on September 19 18 year old Paul Newberry killed his 14 year old brother Mark after a trivial quarrel over a ball game The suspect told police I only meant to frighten him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville, Ill
Paul Newberry
Mark
Paul
Robbers Kidnap Galveston Man for 3500 Dollars
Robbers abducted Neils J. Neidermann office manager of Eiband’s department store in Galveston and forced him to open the safe. They took him from the city and released him on the highway west of town with about 3500 dollars. A payroll messenger for the store had been robbed of over 5000 dollars earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Neils J. Neidermann
Eiband
Neidermann
Demo Executive Committee Names Two New Members
The State Democratic executive committee announces Ed Hussions of Houston as secretary for two years succeeding Albert Sidney Johnson of Dallas. J. K. Brimm of Sulphur Springs becomes vice chairman succeeding Charles I. Francis of Wichita Falls in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Maury Hughes
New State
Democratic Executive Committee
Ed Hussions
Houston
Albert Sidney Johnson
Hughes
J. K. Brimm
Sulphur Springs
Charles I. Francis
Wichita Falls
Game Warden Praises Brackettville Sports
Brackettville reports only one complaint during T. L. Robertson's stay as game warden assisting two deputy wardens. The only filing was for shooting on a highway, and the warden noted few violations of game laws.
J. K. Kent Dies at 52 Former Arizona Legislator
J. K. Kent aged 52 a former Arizona state legislator and brother in law of Dr Floyd Jeffers died at his home in Safford Arizona He was then manager of the Arizona Edison Water Company and well known in the state The death occurred Sunday according to a message received here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Kent
Arizona
Floyd Jeffers
Safford
Ariz
Kent
Arizona Edison Water Company
Legislature Ends 23 Day Special Session in Texas
Austin reports the legislature adjourns at 6 p.m. Wednesday after 23 days in special session. The Senate accepted a House amendment setting quitting time. Governor Sterling's reform agenda mostly enacted except delinquent tax remission. House deadlocked on that bill while a free conference committee may seek a new panel for compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
House
Ross Sterling
Gulf Storm Reverses Move Toward Texas Coast
Houston and Port Arthur barometers fell slightly as the Gulf storm shifted back toward the western Louisiana coast. L. H. Daingerfield of the U S Weather Bureau said Houston’s drop signals outer rim effects and Port Arthur’s drop shows the storm nearer there. No further concern was indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Port Arthur
Texas
Louisiana
L. H. Daingerfield
U. S
Trails Author Harry Williams Buried in San Antonio
Harry Williams 57 known as Trails in the San Antonio Light column died Saturday at Robert B Green hospital from heart disease. Cowboys pioneers and statesmen paid tribute as Trails was laid to rest at Roselawn Burial Park after four years of ranch life and pioneer yarns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Antonio
Harry Williams
South Texas
Texas
San Antonio
Robert B. Green Hospital
Roselawn
Williams
New prune created by Silverton grower
Silvert on orchardist O H Jacobsen develops a prune with a small seed instead of a large pit. He says the new fruit offers a delicious flavor and should win favor among buyers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverton
Ore
O. H. Jacobsen
Del Rio Area Weather Report
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Yesterday’s high 86 and low 67. This morning’s low 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Panhandle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Territory
Palestine
Oregano
el Centenario Lake
EL Potosi
June Collyer
Hollywood
Stuart Erwins
General Fund
Jury
ABC
Gilmore Hardware Company
Cockson Hills
Bud McClain
Mountaineer
Kee
Mes
Edith Dubois
Police
John Garner
Minnesota
Montague
Bride
Demo
Game Warden
Brackettville Sports
Sterling
West Texas
East
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!