Garden Grant of Charles Fourth Unmarred by Time
San Antonio preserves a fragment of a 1798 Spanish land grant tied to King Charles IV. A parchment seal and Cervantes family ownership survive behind Delmonico Café, amid modern bricks and trolley lines, guarding a royal历史 garden that time nearly forgot.
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Charles
Bess
Charles the Fourth
Spain
New Spain
Dors
Gavary Islands
New Philippines
San Antonio de Bejar
Piot
Canary Islanders
Presidio
Losora Street
Delmonico Cafe
Palace
Rialto Theaters
Ema
Epo
Moses Austin
Cervantes
Munoz
Nuevo Espana
Don Bernado
Alamo
Charles Fourth
Don Quixote
Cervantes Brothers
Babies Abandoned in Woods Near Walcott
Mrs. Charlotte Dana of Sandy Creek is jailed in Lyons N Y charged with abandonment after leaving her two children Charles Dana aged 3 and George Thina 18 months in a wood two miles east of Walcott for two days. The elder child was found wandering and the younger later recovered in a blackberry swamp. Bowley, her alleged companion, is being sought. Authorities say the mother confessed after surrendering. The boy Charles Dana is 3 and the baby George Thina is 18 months.
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Rochester
Walcott
Charles Dana
George Thina
Charlotte Dana
Sandy Creek
Charles Palmer
George van Vleck
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
John Bowley
Fulton
Dana
August N. Dana
Extortion Letters Lead to Arrest in Minneapolis Case
Two letters demanding loans of 350000 were sent to the home of the late George G. Bens a St. Paul real estate dealer. Police say the suspect confessed to sending similar letters to Henry Ford and other national figures. Arraignment set before a court commissioner.
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Minneapolis
George G. Bens
St. Paul
Henry Ford
Women Meet Police With Hail of Lead
In Halifas Nova Scotia an all night gun battle erupted between two men and two women near the city woods. Patrolman Kennedy was shot from ambush and seriously wounded as a cottage resident alerted police who faced a fusillade while pursuing suspects who fled with a camper’s outfit.
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Halifas
N.S
Kennedy
Halifar
Lightning Strikes Kingston Worker in Rail Yard Accident
A Kingston worker was struck by a lightning bolt that traveled along a rail and up an iron bar, injuring him while he held a bar in his hand. He suffered only minor injuries and was knocked fifteen feet by the shock.
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Kingston
Fred Jreféries
Ee Upstates
666 As Prescription for Colds and Fevers Emerges
A historical notice lists 666 as a remedy for colds grippe dengue fever constipation bilious headache and malarial fever. The terse card implies a medical patent or remedy reference from the era.
Canary Islanders and Cervantes tied to San Antonio roots
Readable fragments recount the Canary Island settlers in 18th century San Antonio. Don Bernado Cervantes, an engineer, helped plan acequias feeding Bejaré gardens and the Cervantes property once near Losoya. Several generations remained on site, with ties to early Texas history and local landmarks.
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Cervantes
Don Quixote
Spain
Bejaré
Alamo Plaza
Houston Street
Crockett Street
Don Bernado
Woolworth Bulding
Texas
Caite
Don Cervantes
San Antonio
Ladoyes
Losoya
Eulalio Cervantes
Bernado Cervantes
Bernado
Marcello
Aguipito
Juan
Eulalio
Manuel Cervantes
Juan Cervantes
Resignation of U S Ambassador to Mexico and Mexico Ties
Ambassador Charles B. Warren will present his resignation to President Coolidge soon, with the White House naming a successor. Warren says U S relations with Mexico are on a more satisfactory footing than since the late Diaz era, signaling improved diplomatic ties.
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Washington, D. C
Ang. I
Charles B. Warren
Mexico
Coolidge Montag
United States
Watia
Dine
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E. G. Cervantes
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Bell Jewelry Co
W. Commerce Street
General Electric
Kirkwood & Wharton Travis Electric CO
Schroeder Electric CO
Thomson Electric CO
A. H. Shafer
W. Commerce St
Travis
E. Travis St
Broadway
Crockett
N. St. Mary’s St
Ousehol' Furniture CO
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