Galveston Revue Won By 8 A Girl
Billie Elwood of San Antonio aged 18 won Miss Personality in the Galveston pageant last night. Miss Oak Clif Mary Ruth Whatley was second, Miss New Orleans Alverla Coalley third. Elwood, excited by the win, said her ambition is to be an actress and she hadn’t decided between stage or screen.
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Billie Elwood
San Antonio
Oak Clif
Mary Ruth Whatley
New Orleans
Alverla Coalley
Wes
Jane
Two Dead After Audubon Building Awning Collapse
In New Orleans on August 6, a 40 foot sidewalk shelter on the Audubon building collapsed burying bystanders. Two men died, four others were injured. The deceased were William Quail, 55, and W. Moore, 65. Authorities investigate causes and safety breaches.
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Meneatl
Audubon
New Orleana
Eynneher
William Quail
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Second body recovered at Corp Corpus Christi tragedy
Walter Haas aged 23 of San Antonio and Louis Colsant 27 of San Antonio drown in Corpus Christi bay after a shoreward current dragged four young companions. Miss Velmort Taubert and Miss Bernice Winckler survived though shocked. Haas owned a meat market on East Commerce Street and Colsanti worked as an auditor at Fork Sam Houston. Funeral plans set for Haas. Colsanti’s arrangements awaited word from relatives.
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Taso Hondo Street
Louis Y. Colesanti
Lee Hall Street
Corpus Christi Bay
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Botom
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Bernice Winckler
Erie Cavenue
Corpus Christi
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Louis V. Colsant
Lee Ball Street
Velmort Taubert
Gee Hall Street
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Miss Winckler
Miss Tauber
Haas
Market Properietor
Young Haas
East Commerce Street
Albert
Otto Haas
Henry Lange
W. W. Laubach
Trinity Lutheran Church
Colesanti
Fork Sam Houston
New York City
Frank E. Winckler
Henry
Souvenirs from Ed Leng’s Past Highlight Civil War Passes
The San Antonio Light archive recalls artifacts owned by Ed Leng, including two 1885 bills with a bold plea to pay, and a Civil War era “pass through San Antonio” issued January 4, 1863. The pass, signed by W. G. Tobin and W. J. McManus, aided passage through city lines. Tobin was mayor John Tobin’s father. Seng has long subscribed to The Light, claiming every issue since its founding.
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Ed Leng
Ab Potchernick’s
San Antonio
Seng
the Light
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Magnus Seng
W. G. Tobin
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Tobin
John Tobin
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Light
Fires claim eight lives in Illinois and near Chicago
Chicago and nearby Waukegan report eight deaths from two fires on Sunday. In Chicago two firemen were killed and two injured when a warehouse wall collapsed during battle with flames. In Waukegan six men died in a rooming house fire.
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Illinois
Chicago
Waukegan
Snakes Race Through Bronx Zoo Draw Crowd
Olympics fever hits New York as eight pine snakes race endlessly at the Bronx Zoo. Thousands flock to watch the curious spectacle, creating a chaotic scene and widespread public interest.
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New York
Bronx
Egan Faces Murder Trial In San Francisco
Frank H. Egan longtime San Francisco public defender and excon Albert Tinnin go on trial for murder over the slaying of 59yearold widow Mrs Jessie Scott Hughes. Fire lures ducks to destruction near Kalispell, as a lumber yard blaze draws birds to the flame.
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Frank
Egan
Albert Tinnin
Jessie Scott Hughes
Kalispell
Mont
State board to hear college curriculum consolidation plan
Austin Aug 8 The state board of education will begin hearings on proposals to consolidate curricula and remove duplicated courses across state institutions. Institutions listed include the University of Texas College of Mines Texas A and M College North Texas Agricultural College and John Tarleton Agricultural College.
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Austin
State Board of Education
University of Texas
College of Mines
Texas Agricultural and, Mechanical College
North Texas Agricultural College
John Tatleton Agricultural College
Open Forum Editor Praises Municipal Electricity Plant Plan
Editor Samuel H. Smith commends city action to secure federal funds for building a municipally owned electric plant and ice manufacturing facility. He argues for immediate construction and operation, noting low costs from similar city plants and favorable rates of under 3 cents per kilowatt and under 30 cents per ton for ice.
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the Light
Samuel H, Smith
Captain Dies in Goat Crash at Oneida Lake
CAPTAIN T A Withey aged 74 refused to quit his sight seeing boat Agnes when it crashed last night with 11 aboard into the tug Matton a half mile out in Oneida lake and he went down with the craft All the passengers were saved including a 2 year old baby and a 7 year old girl Two lose lives Buenos Aires tornado kills two injures twenty and damages property in Torrientes province
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T. A. Withey
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Matton
Oneida Lake
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