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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1927
Page
13
Classified auto listing from Georgia shop features 1925 Studebaker sedan at 825 dollars, 1924 Buick touring 255, several Huppmobile and Essex models with prices from 150 to 765 dollars. Includes Ford deliveries, roadsters, coupes, and touring cars with unusual spellings and promotional lines. Drive fantasies with low prices and trade options.
A fragmented 1930s ad lists cars and auto parts including Exide batteries on payments, a Nash Roadster, a 1926 Chrysler Coach, and a Reo. mentions locations, prices, and sellers such as Caruthers and Crane, with scattered vehicle details and contact cues. The garbled OCR preserves names, prices, and items like batteries, paints, and car bodies.
Bids for concrete bridge work and highway improvements in Bexar County are due April 22 1927 in the county auditor's office. Plans and specifications cover the Whitehead Hedwig Road segment and related routes, with a requirement of bid guarantees and checks. The county highway engineer will decide on bid acceptance with terms in county commissioner's minutes.
A sprawling, OCR damaged list of births, marriages, and public health notes with numerous names, addresses, and dates. Entries mention hospitals, nurseries, and a series of birth announcements and household movements, alongside property appraisals and legal transfers referencing multiple streets and figures. The fragment preserves many named individuals, places, dates, and institutions but is garbled and uneven in legibility.
Ban Kenton, April 4. Grammar ion talks on extending a southern tactic from Harrlingen to Brownsville will be heard in Washington on April 27. A letter from the V. Hell president of the Valley Seccelations favors the extension. A potential hinge on the Missouri Pacific stretch line is also to be heard at the same time.
Portland dispatch reports a dog trailed its master for miles and died shortly after completing the journey. Veterinarians say the long extenuating trek may have contributed to the animal’s death, with experts noting the dog’s close bond and unusual persistence.
The case centers on Millicent and Count Salus amid a disputed separation. Millicent declares she will live in Paris and never remarry, while the Count presses for divorce or separation. Legal counsel in New York weighs options, inclining toward a separation if Millicent rejects divorce, with custody questions unsettled.
A shaken dispatch reports that Catholic priests in Tamaulipas will be required to follow interior department orders and relocate to Mexico City. Military authorities at Tampico await further instructions as war department dispatches move priests toward the capital amid ongoing tensions.
Funeral arrangements for Jeff Fly a top student from Alain Avenue Big Nebul with high honors are set in the Vort er Turning chapel at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will follow at Ban Jones cemetery. Ely attended Selveiner institute while pursuing law studies and was a member of the Jeffersonian chatting club at Main Avenue Big.
A notoriety report states a two year old infant in Maxwell Springs received a snake bite serum after a Monday incident. Col Martin Tu Crumming of the United States Army provided the serum. The baby’s name is not disclosed.
Daniel Geninger, son of Mr and Mrs Charis Heninger of Eso Austonia, has been elected a junior member of the Geological fraternity at the University of Texas. He will continue his geology and mineralogy studies at the University of Chicago next year and hopes to receive his master's degree there.
Washington April 6. Army orders list various transfers promotions retirements and duties across Fort Sam Houston Fort Benning Washington and other posts. Names include William Kellyar James McKinley Louis Suteman Charles Moore and Walter Reed Hospital among many others with assignments to camps depots and hospitals through the Panama and Philippine theaters. The release outlines command and training movements for officers and enlisted personnel as part of a broad reorganization.
Capt. Teyin A. Paglemas of Infantry is assigned to Second Division headquarter as assistant adjutant general and acting machine gun and writer officer. He will fill the latter assignment while Mr. G. B. Andges fulfills the division inspector role in Pyrex GE Bal. G. Th. Rice. Major Ities is reported to be doing nicely at Station Boppitas after a serious operation.
Captain Wright a Kelly Field officer flies to Fort Crocker for fueling, joining Maj. F. 1. Tackingt and the Attack group to support the airdrome use by the Advanced Tying school. The move aids gunnery expedition while attack fliers participate in Second Division Airforce maneuvers.
Tyohibitian agents working cu of San Antonio seized a 100 gallon still in Wilson County after a recent raid. A subsequent inspection yielded a small quantity of whiskey and a few barrels. Reportedly the operation also included illicit beer and other alcohol.
Tonopah Nevada sees a new gold discovery as Gee Peterson, near his Bellehelen ranch, opens a sizable ore body with a tunnel seventy five feet long. Ore samples assay from 1700 to 300 per ton, with large rock pieces running around 1830 per ton. Prominent engineers view the claim as Peterson floats it for sale to the highest bidder, with a minimum bid of 10,000 on the principal barrel.
Hundreds of delegates from Texas consistories gather at the Scottish Rite temple for a multi day degree progression from the fifth to the thirty second degrees. The event includes luncheons, tours of Brackenridge Park, the Witte Memorial Museum, and twilight social events. Sam P B Cochran, seventh grand inspector general, presides with other high Masonic dignitaries.
Manufacturers Association board, led by James A. Gallagher Jr. president, debated proposed state constitution amendments to be voted on in Anguat. The main interest centered on abolishing the current system for valorem taxes for state purposes. Fellow topics included railroad rates and plans to extend to Brownsville by the MHK and T lines, plus the pace of San Antonio mobile construction.
Mayor John W. Cobn announces the San Antonio river retaining wall from Rain Street to Fourth Street began construction. With completion shrubs will be planted and the river beautified to Market Street. Rock for the wall comes from the Frenels building recently acquired by the city under its flood prevention plan.
A Mexican official reports a rail car associated with President Calles will travel from Los Angeles through San Luis Obispo and on to Mexico City within the next few days. The report notes the car is gilded and costly, with it passing through key California locales before continuing south.
An official designation names Major T. and Mathers as tennis representative in the national selection process. The document outlines the designation in line with the Secial Itriaion and Tivting Mini It procedures, noting the role and authority to represent on behalf of the organization.
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