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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1912
Page
8
A boy named Tracy Ber is rapidly convalescing at 26 Burnet Street after being struck by a comrade during a hunting outing on November 23. Doctors say he is out of danger. Scene includes Christmas season ads from Bond's for baskets, turkeys, fruit, and pies. Also notes on local officers and officials.
County approves special election on school tax in district 36 with 50 cent levy. Positos voting site and J A Rowinsky named presiding officer. Judge Hildebrand travels to Pearsall for deer hunt. cases set to January 2. Post office handles 75 000 first class pieces as Christmas mail peaks. Coal purchased for county use. telephone line permits granted. administratrix appointed for Ora Baird estate.
In a local ad the Union Meat Company urges customers to call for attractive prices on hams bacon lard and compound urging buyers to choose home produced goods over meals from Chicago Kansas City or Omaha.
Ninon Nicolette in Paris loses a valuable diamond during a private meeting with American Arm strong. Suspicions rise of a possible theft or hidden motives as both search the room and Armstrong discusses the missing gem with banker Christopher Poe. A police report notes two youths missing in Eastland county.
The menu features an oyster cocktail roast of turkey with cranberry sauce and a leg of lamb with pan gravy. Sides include mashed potatoes, new string beans, and asparagus with drawn butter. Dessert lists Neapolitan ice cream cake and beverages tea coffee milk.
A two story cottage school on Lake St. Clair serves 30 square miles of islets where Duck Hunter families bring children by rowboat. Pupils travel miles daily, study before sunrise, and even pack traps and guns as part of life while learning. The school grounds are the marshes and waters surrounding the tiny building.
The Gimbel Delicatessen on Crockett Street opposite the Grand Opera House advertises Riegler's famous pumpkin and mince pies for Christmas dinner.
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