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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
8
April 10. Lines of Yaqui Indians gathered at Pasqua at dawn and began their sacred Easter fast dancing. The ritual blends pagan and Christian rites as savans, braves, and others from Mexico join, twirling to mystic drums until Easter. The dance continues daily until then, exhaustion among participants.
Three hundred apprentice seamen from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station departed for San Francisco to begin practical fleet experience. The group, mainly from the Midwest, will serve at sea and return home next September.
In Metuchen New Jersey Patrick Kreps bet his three taxicabs he could marry within 36 hours without a steady sweetheart. He claimed he would win the wager and secured a wife reportedly Miss Esther Hollis of New Brunswick New Jersey. The stunt involved a hurry to obtain a marriage license and a ceremony at St George in Staten Island New York.
Young Men's Christian Association dormitory men organize a Bible discussion club to be perfected next week under John B Beery secretary of Religious Work. John G Swope chairs the Bible study committee with W F Hearne T H Jarrell Wade H Lewis Rev J Stuart Pearce HL OB Bryant among others.
District Attorney C M Chambers prosecutes criminals in Berar county as fingerprint reports from Buntsville penitentiary show increasing Bexar county inmate classifications. Bertilion expert Owen Kilday notes Huntsville reports previously listed Dallas Tarrant and Harris counties, with only a few from Bexar. Now Bexar county is supplying a full quota of prisoners to the penitentiary.
Fid ward J. Sailstad who roamed the United States with Dorothy Anderson for three years while his wife and insurers fought over life policies will soon be freed. Sailstad’s Lake Nebgamen cottage was burned in 1920 and charred bones found inside were claimed as his remains. Mrs Sailstad sued for insurance payment and remarried believing him dead.
Randallia Iowa April 10 a $7000 home of Harry Holmes burned after a chimney defect. Holmes and family escaped as Harold Holmes age eight washed his hands and calmly alerted others that the house was on fire before leaving.
Japanese movie star Hayakawa denies a Paris rumor that he committed suicide at Monte Carlo. Eyewitness reports at the Majestic Hotel say the tale was slightly exaggerated as he was seen in Paris on April 10 with no clear link to any self harm incident.
A fragmentary report describes a creek under a bridge on Schley Avenue where a submerged sack appeared to hold liquor perhaps beer or tequila. Authorities say it was a damaged sack soaked with coal dust used by the city health department in a mosquito control effort.
In Rome on April 10 an Italian bachelor association formed in Rutizo Salermo held a banquet where the oath not to marry was read aloud. An official hymn was sung and the newspaper The Bachelor announced its founding.
In Camden New Jersey April 10 prosecutor Wescott indicated possible murder charges against Hughcock a black physician after his seven year old daughter said he killed a woman and buried her in underground passages beneath the house. Police found bones, hidden rooms, and objects in a cellar while the doctor posed as a spiritualist and ran a taxi and real estate business. He and his wife were detained without bail and the girl remained as a witness.
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