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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1930
Page
19
Automotive dealer advertises cheap car bargains with models including sedans and trucks. Mentions low prices, favorable terms, and a showroom at least one location named Ormsby Chevrolet Co. Open sales hours implied. Names and model references appear as bold OCR text with multiple misreads.
A cluttered classified page lists furniture including beds dressers lamps and chairs, with numerous items from brands such as Barotrine Geer Family Furniture Co and Antonio Muria Co. Also advertised are office equipment musical instruments and advanced sedan car specs with contact details in a dense historical ad spread.
A jumble of used cars, parts, and services appears in a dense classified-style listing. Names like Leonard's Auto Exchange and Holdens Nelson Thornton, Inc. surface amid prices such as 265 and 135 dollars, with references to models like Essex and Buick. The noisy ad mixes vehicles, parts, and repair services, showcasing a busy late model car market.
This week The Light publishes Master Mystery story The Paral Rendezvous inviting readers to solve clues for a 525 prize. Readers must submit solutions by Wednesday evening to judge J Frank Davis of San Antonio.
Graale Hlee of the tournament committee of the National Lom Chumb Golf association announced national operation miniature Roll championship will be held at the Fairyland club on Lookout mountain Chat n- Doorn on October 20, 21 and 29. The meet aims to establish a national standard and will stage the first miniature golf event at Lookout mountain.
The record lists Searkthall and Teas Elwogenla among participants, noting special troops and referees. It mentions Beatie and Hendrix alongside Lifeguard era figures, with references to Mek and Berkt aa am Veree in a historic roster style.
Rod Feschail of the Cubs sparked a five run surge while Larry French of the Pirates limited Pens to six hits. Rip Collins and George Blachard of the Browns held the Yanks to five. Goose Gostin starred as the Browns won.
Court records list numerous defendants including K. Mrdake Filen and Tom Joanten facing fines for traffic violations. The prose also names Barbara Yors Julia Garcia Tye and Frank Thoms on among others. Local trucks and tractors dealers Milam Chevrolet advertise used vehicles with prices from 3100 and less.
This OCR laden extract portrays Daily Tourist staff life in New York as Reilly Dale and Robin Date plot around Jack Sharon’s rumored schemes and a high society rendezvous. Jim Milburn and Playwright connections figure in a backdrop of whispers about a possible exclusive scoop.
A garbled contest notice from The San Antonio Light invites readers to mail solutions to a murder mystery tied to The Fatal Hen. It promises Majestic tickets for correct entrants and requests explanations of the theory aligning with earlier chapters.
Dale and Milburn piece together a tense night at a lakeside lodge where Sharon is found dead with a shotgun near, a missing gun, and a web of suspects. The investigation traces through the guests, relationships, and the eerie footprints around the shore as detectives seek who fired the fatal shot.
Boston battle before the Massachusetts Supreme Court centers on a Franklin bequest to aid the inhabitants of Boston. The fund, once $459, now ranges up to $6325, with a dispute between the city and the Franklin foundation’s administration over control and use.
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