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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1933
Page
14
A nostalgic column discusses the lingering prosperity mood and its impact on shopkeepers and customers, recalling past service attitudes and a changed retail climate. The piece lists local residents and visitors, updates on marriages, travel, and notable figures, and notes on theaters and social life around Randolph Field and nearby towns.
Henry Johnson of 1008 McKins Tay Avenue reported a prowler early Tuesday. He confronted the intruder at his door and the man fled when Johnson turned on a light. Police were notified.
A furnished sixteen room dwelling at 120 Carilile Avenue was destroyed by a blaze on a Tuesday evening. Fire crews from nearby districts battled the flames, with limited injuries reported and authorities investigating the cause.
Dallasite Will Be Speaker at Meet with no prices listed. The fragment mentions Nno Prices Ealing and Willie Lae prlanlp speaker, connected to the engineering of the Velenda of Livy Baviel Unlan at the home of Dr Hy Mi in Shelton, Mal Bout Alamo alrtet.
Returns from 182 counties show 138 counties against local beer sales while 84 counties vote wet. Harris and Bexar avoided local option votes as several counties flip from dry to wet or stay dry, with close margins in Cochran and Freestone. Nearby cities debate park sales and how leases affect Brackenridge Park while law enforcement faces two detective misconduct charges.
Delegates of the San Antonio chamber will tour Monterey with a group of business men leaving San Antonio Saturday evening and returning Wednesday evening. Jim Landers leads the tour and outlined the itinerary including a luncheon and a bowing tournament as a feature of the visit.
Bexar county will not collect the $2.50 occupation tax on cigarette dealers after new statutes from the latest legislature. The attorney general's office in Austin confirms the county cannot assess the tax, though the state will continue to collect a $5 annual fee. Bexar county previously yielded about $2,000 yearly from the source.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a Gulf and Mag conflict related item with mentions of panels, Thursday, Mendes, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, and targeted locations. The legible parts point to a political or industrial posting, with unclear scope and dates. Entities include Gulf, Mag, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, Mendes.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions cities and teams like New York Philadelphia Chicago Boston and Nashville with scattered names and phrases. It reads as a chaotic collection of sports and international references, lacking coherent events or outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe beer permits and licenses in Soulkweeb Texas near Tule with references to Mecilong and local offices. It mentions a sudden pickup in wholesale licenses tied to recent legalization and a $50 wholesale license fee.
Contracts for road work in Bexar County set for more than $100,000 were approved, with Dallas firm J. Z. Poly and others awarded bids. The projects include paving seven miles from Broadway to Fratt along with bridge ties and culvert work, totaling multiple sums such as $71,877 and $37,988 for various construction tasks.
Cohee is scheduled as club speaker at the St Anthony Hinds eli meeting at St. Anthony on Wednesday noon. Chorre ker will sing, and Beng Clem will act as chairman.
The Sir Antonia Lions Club hosts a homecoming meeting at Gunterbok on Wednesday with beer and pretzels and entertainment by Wiseman Sisters and a gathering of local figures. Honor guests include state, county and city officials, civic club officers, and notable residents.
Five people were hospitalized after accidents in the city. Ruth Nell, 11, and Cana dha Hernandez, 18, suffered injuries in a wit h ear incident on Sat. Colima Street victims included Olelha Mamon, 6, and Fred Moya, 18, who lost a finger in a meat chopper incident. Joe Paneloft, 518 North Street, received first aid after a collision with a car on West Hous e ten streets. Anvielean-
The report lists two thefts in the 8 A area. LG Powers, owner of a small lease at 417 Marky Street, reports a theft of a purse and cash. At the filing station on McCulloigh Avenue and Ashby Place, a manager reports the theft of a small item and cash, occurring early Tuesday morning.
More than 500 hogs and sows to be handled daily at Mission Provision plant under government surplus disposal plan. Payments range from 8.90 to 540 per 100 pounds based on weight, with minimum 225 pounds and delivery fees. Estimated 3,000,000 pounds dressed meat expected. program aims to reduce 3.9 million pigs and 100,000 sows nationwide.
The Prince of Filson will be the second presentation of the San Antonio Cyte Opera company this season. Announcement came from David Griffin, company director, Tuesday. The opera is slated to be presented by the Snake Garden theatre in Grack Quenig payk on September 20 with chorus by Tea bern Inoue and Coates GuryAns WIT the AIARA director.
Mrs. Feng Koehler, widow and head of the Koehler Brewing family, witnessed the first batch of Pearl beer bottled at the city plant Tuesday morning. Brew master Gos Batter and manager B. B. McGilhney explained the plan to expand capacity to 90,000 barrels yearly, with construction starting in October for new storage, tanks, and bottling lines. The brewery aims for a March 1 target, adding 275 workers and 20 more trucks and refrigerator cars. all beer will be aged 8 to 10 weeks and shipped to city and county.
A fragmented and satirical piece from Banta Mona, California, on August 21 critiques politicians, professors, and ideologies. It contrasts idealists with realists, mocks Mussolini parallels, and laments political fakehood, urging cynicism toward public figures and governance.
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