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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1928
Page
16
Lone Star Tee Delivery opens an ice equipment department at 227 Main and Travis, selling refrigerators, ice crushers, ice cream freezers, water bags, and insulated baskets. Manager Arthur Wessles and demonstrator Agnes Vellman lead the downtown shop, promoting refrigeration education and customer guidance.
S. A. Has Ice Department Store operates at 227 Main Avenue as a comprehensive ice accessories shop. It sells refrigerators chopping tubs ice cream freezers bags and similar items and serves as the downtown office for the Lone Star Ice Delivery firm.
A fragment notes San Antonio embracing the nation’s first real ice department store, a landmark in Lone Star retail history. The piece highlights the store as a pioneering Lone Star ery retail venture amid city pride and economic progress.
At the annual convention in Washington the Common Brick Manufacturers Association adopted a resolution urging the federal government to prefer American workmen and American-made materials on all public works, amid concerns over foreign imports.
Mid-West Amusement company of Kansas City announces a brick and terra cotta theater building will be erected in Edinburg. Mrs Millie Groger, company president, says the three story reinforced concrete structure will stretch along Beund and will be built in the near future.
The piece urges choosing exterior materials immune to weathering to protect long term value and safety. It warns against decay and fire risks, noting a home is a major life investment. Owning a home deepens happiness, demanding careful selection and upkeep to maintain exterior appeal and durability.
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