Honeywell and companion ready for long balloon record bid
Lieut. Honeywell and J. W. Tolland of St. Louis plan to start this afternoon between 6 and 6:30 o clock from Major Buell in Texas to chase the world long distance balloon record. They aim to travel about 1200 miles toward Canada with favorable winds expected to carry them over the Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Honeywell
J. W. Tolland
St. Louis
Major Buell
Weather Bureau
Buell
Texas
Canada
Kansas City
Great Lakes
Lovera Cigars Sell at Houston Street Outlet
Sam Rosenthal advertises Lovera cigars with a nostalgic tone describing a fragrant 10c smoke. The sale offers up to 5.50 per box at 14 1/2 and 400 E Houston Street, inviting customers to feel like magicians with the price.
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Houston Street
Sam Rosenthal
Fight on Santa Rosa avenue ends with shooting and stabbings
Kid McKinney a 19 year old negro is cut in a dozen places during a fight near the city market house on Santa Rosa avenue. Avel Garza 24 is shot in the left leg by Patrolman William Fries as he resisted arrest with a knife and advanced toward the officer. Garza hospitalized and McKinney treated at Chapa drug store. Garza lives in New Mexico alley. McKinney a porter at 918% West Commerce street.
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Kid McKinney
Santa Rosa Avenue
Avel Garza
William Fries
McKinney
Fries
Garza
Chapa
Drs. Evans
Dinwiddie
New Mexico Alley
West Commerce Street
Governor Hadley Holds Up Salaries Reform Plan
Special to The Light Jefferson City April 1 Governor Hadley said he paused ten percent of eleemosynary and educational appropriations forcing a delay in proposed salary increases for clerks across departments. He will sign the bill with the understanding raises take effect next year to gauge revenue. the increases total about $24,000 over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Hadley
Issue in Fight at Austin is Clear Cut
Austin Texas April 1 report on a heated campaign over the commission form of government. Incumbent officials praise reforms like new water mains lights paving and debt payoff while opposition led by ex mayor Maddox and ex aldermen Redd and Moore seeks to remove nonpartisan features initiative referendum and recall. Mayor Wooldridge expected to win with Bartholomew leading the ticket and Moreland a focal challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Frank Maddox
Redd and
Moore
George W. Littlefield
Colquitt
Board of Regents
University
Tittlefield
Wooldridge
W. N. McElroy
Bartholomew, Powell and Hart
J. P. Lochridge
Littlefield
C. B. Moreland
Administration
Harry L. Haynes
Adminis
Bartholomew
Powell
Hart
Moreland
BE. C. Bartholomew
Enthusiastic Supporter Sees Route for San Antonio and Brownsville Railway
Representative R. R. Smith of Jourdanton Atascosa county praises the proposed railway, arguing it would pass through the West Texas artesian belt and near Poteet with eight artesian wells. He cites the Simmons road as a near profitable option, with Christine as a station and Brownsville route proximity.
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Simmons Road
San Antonio
Brownsville
Christine
Smith
Mayor offers free piano with Pasadena Heights lot purchase
Property ad claims buyers can purchase 50 foot lots in Pasadena Heights for 350 to 550 dollars and receive a high grade piano valued at 3850 to 5500 dollars. It asserts low costs and direct factory piano supply, promising later profit from property appreciation and inviting inquiries via telephone and a descriptive pamphlet.
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San Antonio
Pasadena Heights
Marlborough Place
Highland Park
Chickering Bros
Becker Bros
Everett, Fischer, Goebel & Sons
Packard
Rachel
Sadie E. Peck
Corpus Christi
E. A
Soledad St
Houston
Travis Street
Rosenthal's Special Cigars Promotion for Daily Readers
Readers are urged to clip numbered readers daily from this paper starting Monday with No 1. Collect 16 to 25 clips to earn a Rosenthal's Special Cigars box. Visit 514 1-2 and 406 East Houston Street with a friend to claim puffs.
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Rosenthal
East
Houston Street
Property Front on West Houston Sold in City Deal
John A. Kerr, Leslie Moore, W. Willeford and E. A. Arnim added a 35 foot lot on West Houston street near North Flores to their holdings, paying about 500 dollars per front foot to Otto Koehler. The buyers now hold 173 feet frontage with no immediate improvements planned. Meerscheidt and Reutzel arranged the sale.
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North Flores Street
West Houston Street
John A. Kerr
Leslie Moore
W. Willeford
E. A. Arnim
Otto Koehler
Meerscheidt & Reutzel
G. J. Levytansky
Levytansky Jewelry
West Commerce Street
Erhardt R. Gueners
Al Fresco Feast for Press Men and Army Officers
The San Antonio Press club hosts an al fresco dinner tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Springer's garden on River Avenue for reporters and army officers. Army officials, war correspondents, and press members are invited. transportation from Navarro and Houston streets and Fort Sam Houston will be arranged.
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Springer’s Garden
River Avenue
San Antonio Press Club
Press Club
San Antonio Traction Company
Navarro and
Houston Streets
Infantry Post
Fort Sam Houston
Well Known Chicago Broker Stricken With Apoplexy
H Woods Robinson of Clay Robinson Co., commission brokers in Chicago, was stricken with apoplexy Saturday forenoon at the Hutchins hotel where he is a guest. Doctors Lankford and Jackson were summoned. his son Kemp Robinson of Kansas City will arrive this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Woods Robinson
Clay, Robinson & Co
Chicago
Hutchins Hotel
Stock Commission
Lankford
T. T. Jackson
Kemp Robinson
Kansas City
Plaza Theater to Rise in Wolff Brothers Building
The former Wolff Brothers site will house the Plaza theater with Lloyd Spencer as manager. Plans call for a 1000-seat vaudeville venue ready for a September opening, featuring a Press club minstrel show. Architects Adama & Adams and builders Jones-Gordon will remodel the structure with reinforced concrete and new interior.
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Wolff Brothers
Plaza Theater
Lloyd Spencer
Press Club
Mr. Spencer
Menger Hotel
Adama & Adams
Jones-Gordon
Booker apartment house sold to WN Givens on Pecan Street
M. P. Stone sold the Booker apartment house near Hotel Gunter for over 40 000 to WN Givens. Stone also sold 84 lots on Prospect Hill in the Cloudcroft addition to himself. Stone plans building modern bungalows with Brown and Lambert. Frank Allen handled the sales.
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M. P. Stone
WN. Givens
Booker
Pecan Street
Gunter
Mr. Givens
Mr. Stone
Prospect Hill
Cloudcroft
Stone
Brown and Lambert
Frank Allen
Burial for David M Preston Tuberculosis Victim
The funeral for David M Preston who died in a local sanitarium last Wednesday from tuberculosis will be held at 4 PM today from Riebe Undertaking parlors. A 58 year old plasterer, native of Indiana, he came to this city from St Louis thirteen months ago for health. He is survived by one son E S Preston of Detroit Michigan.
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Preston
David M. Preston
Riebe Undertaking Company
Indiana
St. Louis
E. S. Preston
Detroit
Mich
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Negro
Wolff Bros
Alamo Plaza
Capital City
Gov't
Tration
New Road
The
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Red Swan
Reinhard & CO
Regina
Garland Gas Ranges
Braden-O’neill Company
Market St
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