Human Face Bug Sparks Texas Insect Fascination
Readable fragments describe the so called Human Face Bug found in a Texas city. Two specimens exist with one dying during study and the other confined awaiting Smithsonian shipment. Entomologists note it likely belongs to cymiss plant bugs with a back curvature resembling a human face and varied two distinct likenesses.
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United States
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Smithsonian Institution
Ida Riebe
R. Menser
San Antonio in Transition Historical House Reflects City Growth
The description traces a landmark on Commerce Street built after Texas independence. Once home to Lycurgus Small in 1846 and later the Torreon restaurant and a Young Women's Christian Association chapter, the Judge John James homestead illustrated San Antonio’s shift from frontier village to bustling metropolis.
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Texas
San Antonio
Empire State
Lycurgus Small
Mr. Small
Torreon
Young Women’s Christian Association
Judge John James
Commerce Street
Gibbs Building Tops San Antonio Skyline
A photo caption notes the Gibbs building as the latest tall addition in San Antonio alongside the Torreon building. It contrasts modern progress with older one story homes and predicts a future when current tall structures seem modest.
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Houston Street
San Antonio
Gunter Office
Clower
Gibbs
Torreon
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Cholly
Judge's Library
Fowlerton
Hogle & Fleming, General Merchants
Kansas
Green &,Son
North Texas
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Fowler Bros
Frost Bidg
B. D. Hatcher
Bw. Vv. W. G
Powler Bros., Land Co
Sean Antonio
Tex
Stecet
Bowens
OLD Torregn Building
Washer’s House of Fashions
Women’s & Misses
New York
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