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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
8
San Antonio owns a city rail line run under city supervision by Patrick O Hara. The portable track sits between the city hall and park, with coal bins in the basement. Prisoners power and push the car through coal holes on winter trips, drawing pedestrians to watch the brief runs.
John Wygers boarded what he thought was a ferry at Antwerp on December 1. He slept long and woke far from Belgium, finding himself on the Red Stor Uner Lap land vessel en route to New York. He wondered about his wife and children in Antwerp as he faced a long voyage back, grateful to reach work and safety despite the mishap.
In Austin on December 16 the state attorney general filed a district court suit against the Kennedy Pasture Company and others to recover about 20,000 acres of land in Willacy county. The land is claimed under an old Mexican grant, with prior holding in Cameron county before Willacy’s creation. A. Coliman, plumber, Organize Lodge at Hookhart. A Knights and Ladies of Security lodge was formed in Lockhart with officers led by President B. J. Bellamy and Vice President P. Roberto.
Reed or tin doll buggies, leather tops, baby cradies, and dressers offered from 86 cents to several dollars. Celluloid and porcelain dolls in assorted styles, rubber tires, and named toy lines attract buyers. Play sets, shooting galleries, wagons with horses, and boxing glovey kits feature across shelves with prices ranging from pennies to dollars.
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