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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1913
Page
7
Mrs D K Newsum of 325 Last Nueva Street turns a restricted concrete yard into a lush private garden. The porch becomes a greenhouse with palms ferns and poinsettias while a vine covered lattice leads to a secluded patio and hammock. She grows mostly in pots due to soil conditions and cites her skill as a landscape gardener and housekeeper.
The Light received numerous salt rising bread recipes from San Antonio subscribers after a mother asked for a loaf for her sick son. Despite variations, the methods share core steps using cornmeal and milk with yeast-like culture, showing many homeowners still know how to bake the traditional bread.
A. L. Keller of New Madrid county ships 85 turtles weighing 780 pounds from Tallipoosa to Parma for domestic markets. He drives them several blocks to load on a flat car using a trained bellwether bull turtle bearing a red rag to guide the way.
Mrs. Charles G. Denison in San Antonio formed the B. Minor Musical Club from neighborhood children ages five and a half to about twelve. The group, now 32 voices, became an auxiliary of the Tuesday Musicale Club and plans winter concerts and a stringed orchestra. Denison, known as Miss Maimie Reynolds, is a noted musician and composer. A Tasmanian lake at 2400 feet altitude is to be harnessed for island electricity.
A long list of land conveyances shows transfers between school districts, individuals, and firms from 1907 to 1918 with deeds covering multiple lots and acres. These include Prairie Summit School District 32 to A W Surtees for 4 14 acres, and various other lots in blocks and surveys with prices ranging from $100 to $8865. The records name H B Gallaway D Heickmann W R McCulloch Bexar County figures and multiple buyers including Rakowits Schnell and Morrison with dates in 1913 and 1918.
Birth record shows Se erence Limbert born August 16 at 20 SA7 Perez Street Thames. Names, dates, and location reflect official civic notice in the public records column.
A fragment lists burial permits for Lora Burgin 38 Ayitt 22 Rigsby street Am ertha Cox 51 Wert street and Lola Rees 22 City Hospital. It notes Byron in Ravenna Italy adopting odd habits rising at 2 pm riding and dining at 6 writing Dom Juan when alone, life inverted like Aubrey Beardsley.
Manuel Chavez applies for a 4 room house on Lambert Street. Frank Davila files for a 2 room house on Raymond Street with $200 valuation. Converse seeks an addition on Upson Street valued at $200. George R. Stumberg plans a remodel on West Commerce Street valued at $1200.
Licenses shown for 8977 Chalmers Taylor Auld Inn Co 232 Bedell Building 397s Ford KE M Rominger 214 Cad wallader St 3979 Maxwell Isaac T Brown 280 Becker St.
The New York Press notes Charles Kassel’s review of biographies linking hair color to eminence. Dark brown to black dominates among 50 listed figures, with no premature gray or ashen hair noted. Only four exceptions show curly or wiry textures, including Napoleon and Andrew Jackson.
The article notes color cues in beards linked to power and historic depictions. It mentions Cain and Judas with yellow or red beards and Pontius Pilate in art. It also discusses a French phonograph record on prepared cloth that can be mailed like a letter, possibly challenging stenographers.
The piece notes a frog measuring fifteen to twenty five inches with pale back, dark green olive coloring at night, motionless by day with eyes closed and belly up, clinging by adhesive cushions. It hunts moth and crickets at night, leaping seven feet.
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