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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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Guy Clifford Powell
Guy Clifford-Poot
Bank
Peoria
Ill
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