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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1925
Page
11
A serialized tale continues as a woman battles panic and intrusive memories while performing daily tasks. She confronts imagined threats, fears instability in love, and wrestles with a haunting past, with supporting dialogue and neighborhood setting referenced.
Fragmentary text shows women favor standard clothes with mentions of Palm Beach and Milord's style. The readable phrases suggest a discussion on attire in a social or fashion context, but key details are missing.
A water ballet at San Pedro Park pool Saturday 7 30 pm highlights Fiesta Week. Top beauties from Main Avenue and Brackenridge High School, trained by Miss Ollie McCormick, perform with a 40 piece band. Two $300 UT scholarships awarded to top from each school. other prizes from merchants.
Texas roundup history described by George W. Saunders as the Old Trail Drivers' Association leader notes smaller fenced pastures reduce scope. He recalls Col C G Slaughter's 19,000 cattle roundup and a stormy 1882 Kau Sag trail event where 33,000 cattle were split by 120 cowboys over a week. Modern roundups begin in March or April for branding dipping selling and buying.
A Baltimore report says a book claimed to be the world’s largest for the Soulbert exposition in New York May 11 to 12 will weigh over five hundred pounds and be electrically illuminated. Entitled The Story of the South in the Building of the Republic, it is written by historian Matthey Page Andrews and will later tour other exhibitions after the fair.
Willie Hodges treasurer of the Republican National Committee declares in Denver that renewing the Senate terms of 25 Republican members expiring in 1926 is essential to uphold President Coolidge pledges. He forecasts seven Democrats will depart next year and will likely be replaced by Democrats.
William Frederick Hohenzollern, eldest son of former crown prince Frederick William of Germany, visits Madrid at the Yar Palace. He will stay one week, then proceed to Seville to join King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie and their children as the royal party travels. The King and Queen arrived in Seville today.
City detectives filed a report after a lawnmower was taken from the front yard of Hardwick at 2610 Sanderson Avenue. The theft, noted as occurring within the last two months, adds to nonprofit stock notices.
The article profiles former stunt flyer Jack Echols who quit professional stunt flying in November 1924 after years of aerial daredevil acts. It notes his caution about risk to family, mentions a fatal parachute accident involving friend Charles Hawley, and reflects on motives behind stunt pilots and postwar aviation culture. It also reports Echols’ birth details and a reference to U.S. Mexico industrial relations talks in Durango, April 21.
The article notes Jose Alacorn, described as Mexican, must serve five years in prison for producing counterfeit one dollar bills sold at forty dollars each. The judge considered a fine but chose imprisonment to deter further crime.
A garbled report quotes a national leader and Farmer Drybottom claiming the W. C. 7. US will push prohibition as a world objective. The remark emphasizes keeping the drive in motion and maintaining momentum.
Automobile thieves were active Monday with four cars stolen during the day. T R Hawkins of 501 Vinestreet and Alfred Yilliwag reported losses Monday night. Earlier two cars were taken from Charles Hennessey of Fort Sam Houston and Pedro Filan of 511 Delvitt Street.
A warrant is issued by the justice of the peace L F Bolts for a man alleged to have driven away two new roadsters from Riverside Garage. Sheriff Kim Stevens has dispatched telegrams to locate the suspect. The rental office reports the car valued at $1000.
Preparations for a rotary valve motor, invented by First Lieutenant T A Smith at Kelly Field in 1920, are under way with demonstrations planned for major manufacturers. The patent was granted in December 1924 after a 1920 application. The motor promises fewer moving parts, greater reliability, and lower cost than standard six cylinder designs, with peak performance after 20 000 to 25 000 miles. Lieutenant Smith, a former Round the World pilot, has served as engineer and commander at Kelly Field.
Burglars entered Pran queline Porres’s home at 1823 South Oggnal Street in daylight Monday, seizing 259 in currency and silver. The front door was damaged and the intruders fled with cash and jewelry. Police report details are unclear due to text damage.
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