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!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
1
The column weaves through topics from a robber’s fate and Darwin to Pacific warfare and Hawaii to cautions on youth reading. It also critiques public debates on prohibition, military costs, and the impact of literature on children, urging measured judgment and clear thinking.
In San Antonio investigators probe the disappearances of Chris Evers Leroy Dickinson and two others. Each man vanished in the early hours after carrying money, with abandoned cars found nearby. Detectives note similar patterns and fear a looming danger while delaying theory of a hijacking ring.
Proceeds from a Saturday night musical at the old Scottish Rite Cathedral benefit the Travelers' Protective Association convention fund. The octette includes Corinne Worden Leonor Smith Irene Sastaoff Marjorie Mi if Ty Mestames Leonard Brown and Jefferson Peeler with Eugené Fisher as organist and Edward Sachs as director. Martha Louise Maggard will dance Mary Stuart Edwards will sing. Thelle Staffel and Mary Rochs will play piano. Mary Wicks sings a Freischutz duet. Dorothy Claussen sings Indian songs Mrs BE DP Arneson gives a pianologue Willetta Mac Clark performs a violin number. A Carmen scene and Gypsy love song from The Fortune Teller are presented by Rose Bernard Mary Stuart Edwards and Mrs Edgar Schmeck.
The Los Angeles during a test flight visited rum row at Lakehurst New Jersey. Photographs were taken of ships and activities as crews heaved cases of liquor overboard. About twenty four ships were counted at anchor along the row. Officials may use the photos in an inquiry.
Charles W. Stewart aged 61 and his son Elmer Stewart aged 28 were executed in the electric chair in Raleigh at Bruns wick county for a double murder committed last year. The father was pronounced dead after three shocks. the son required two shocks to complete the sentence.
Detectives Carver and Ruhnke pursue a theft of jewelry valued at 10 000 from Rafael Caly Mayor at 3100 West Travis Street in San Antonio. The haul includes four diamond earrings worth 6500, and authorities say the case could gain international scope with possible links to Cuba.
Antonio Garza Robles aged 4 or 12 according to the OCR died at Robert B. Green hospital after a pedestrian collision earlier in the day. He lived with his parents at 70 South Laredo Street. He ran across the street in front of his home and was struck by a truck driven by Frank Rodriguez of 317 Vera Cruz Street, an employee of Caffarelli Brothers. He sustained a deep facial wound and a skull base fracture.
Federal Judge Duval West will travel by airplane to Brownsville for urgent federal business. First Lieutenant Julian B. Haddon of Brooks Field will pilot the plane, with the flight set for Saturday.
Former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker says the Democratic party is in perfectly robust condition. He asserts the word robust was used strictly and without emphasis on the test syllable.
Grandmother Mrs P. Caldwell robbed of five year old Roscoe Henry Canaday as two strangers abducted him from Howard Street near Magnolia. Police coast to coast wired for suspect and child. Canaday family, parents long separated, seek swift return of boy.
Alfred W. Warlos, clerk of the Thirty seventh District court, arms himself with a novelty “Black person shooter” to scare pigeons infesting the courthouse. Each morning he practises on the feathered visitors, stealing feathers with a lighthearted aim rather than harming them.
Lavoy e Wyoming town of 1800 people prepares to dismantle buildings and move after a federal court lease ruling. Residents vote to abide by the law and vacate within 60 days, reversing earlier resistance to eviction.
Chicago officials consider an aerial police unit in the metro area led by Morgan A. Collins and Captain Roy A. Ammel. The plan envisions 20 fliers operating from a municipal field to aid in pursuing thieves fighting fires conducting topographic surveys and locating fake wrecks of vessels.
San Antonio police, aided by military detectives, arrested three members of the torch gang in Galveston with a fourth runner jailed here after a member confessed to bank robberies in Fort Worth, Holland, LaPorte, and gambling-hall holdups. Loot is reported around 18000 dollars.
In a temporary restraining order the Forty-fifth district court bars Nettie and L D Edson owners of the Rio Vista Beauty Shop from throwing tacks in the path of vehicles. Peters owner of a nearby auto repair shop alleges repeated tire punctures and threats to customers and business. He seeks injunctive relief.
Texarkana April 17 B E Floyd lumberman was held on a murder charge in the death of Dr Joseph S Moulton in a preliminary hearing Floyd testified he acted in self defense claiming Dr Moulton his brother in law threatened him with death and reached for a pistol as Moviton approached last Tuesday night
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.