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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1911

Page

6

If It Takes A Dozen Lemons To Make A Baseball

A compilation of playful, pun filled reader lines from the Daffydil page. Citizens reply with witty questions and comic quips about nutrition, weather, and politics. The jumble reveals local tone and community humor centered on San Antonio life and era.

Damascus H. A. Ross San Antonio George Williams Martinez Texas Maggie Marguerite A. B. Page East Houston Street Nelson Morris Cudahy J. M. Corb Guilbeau Billiken Sutton County Mary Campbell Helen Dasbach Mason Street D. B. Langford Pearsall Alamo Harold Kuehne Lewis Street General Carter Alva Rossy Mission Street France Germany Glassow John H. Hudson West Poplar Street Manuel Weber Water Street Doc Emerson Irwin Milton Arias Lasoya Andrew Smith Ty Cobb Napoleon La-jo-ie M. Irwin City Street John A. Cotton Wyoming Street H. Linderman Fort MclIntosh Alfred Santleben Orth Flores Street Medina Santéne San Antone Johnnie L. Bal Elmendorf Bradstreet Hetty Green Devine Street Phil Olin Scoggins Cotulla Edyth Billy B. Astor Agnes J. Thompson J. E. Siglinger Convent Berta Summers San Marcos Butterfly M. L. Nash Main Camille C. Cooper City Bob Bob Smart Nannie Meeker Upson Street Robert Burk Fowler George Ade N. M. Barrett Roosevelt Kingsley Poor Napoleon Bonaparte A. V. Sanchez West Cypress Maine Will Uncle Sam Havana A. M. Hendershot Taylor Fort Worth Raymond Marshall Matamoras Mrs. A. Neal Lubbock Taft Chauncey Depew Matamoros Oma LaCrosse del Rio Jesus Santos Nogalitos Esau Aaron Jacob Balaam Guy L. Graham West Tenth Street Austin Fred Munger San Pedro Avenue Fitzgerald Jack Johnson Corbett E. L. Northam Brazos Hotel Houston Dan Patch John L. Goforth Comfort Carrie Nation Harry A. Earnest Laredo Tex Hertzberg Ruth Bingham Trenton Street Samuel Chapman Callaghan Ruth Bingaman Trenton Jane Helen Butte Montana A. W. Watkins San Luis Street

Daffydils Prize Contest Winners and Witty Ads

About 350 Light Want Ad Daffydils competed for a $1 prize won by Miss Mabel Carr of 907 Austin Street. Judges noted the clever daffodil entries and several readers offered humorous lines referencing The Light ads and local figures from Austin and San Antonio.

Mabel Carr Austin Street Leonard Bowden Warren Stanley Stephens Macon Street R. B. Wright Congress Avenue Austin Texas Alex Saper Newton Street J. M. Gill Montana Street B. B. Lacey Diaz Street Alan B. Partride Carson Street Roosevelt Helen Wolff Olive Street John Dee Standard Oil Elizabeth Beeley Lavernia Marguerite Sweet William Laredo Alice Falfurrias Bill Jennings San Antonio Kaiser Wilhelm Hohenzollern Kaiser

Daffydil Contest Winners and Rules Announced

The Daily Light reports on prize winning daffydils and the judging challenges. Winners include Miss Mabel Carr and out of town entrants, with prizes of two firsts at $2, six seconds at $1, and a special prize. The contest ends Friday and entries must be in by noon.

The Daily Light

Honorable Mention Daffydils Stir Local Contests

Readers submit clever daffydil verses and witty puns as honorable mentions in a local contest. Judges eliminated several entries while noting sharp writing, with many authors urged to compete again next week for a two dollar prize.

Harold Scherwitz General Navarro Juarez Navarro Cross Crabbe Old Cove Alex Safer Newton Mae Davis Carson Street L. C. Hardcastle West Cypres

Mrs George McKeogh Leaves for Chicago and New York

Mrs George McKeogh of the New York Millinery 2138 Alamo leaves for Chicago and New York with her son Dick to purchase her full stock of millinery.

New Form George McKeogh Theew York Alamo Chicago New York

Deafness Cured by Secret Invisible Forces Discovery

An advertisement claims Dr. Guy Clifford Powell has discovered a miracle treatment for deafness and head noises. It promises free information by mail from the Peoria Illinois address and asserts cures at home with quick results.

Guy Clifford Powell Guy Clifford-Poot Bank Peoria Ill

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