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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1929

Page

7

Nan Narooned on Top of Store During Cold Night

W G O Neil night watchman of 3000 Presa Street survived a freezing four hour exposure atop a Pigely Wisely store on San Pedro avenue. A ladder failed, leaving him marooned from Tuesday p m into the night while attempting to watch for burglars. A passerby alerted police who freed him with detectives Hadman and Covington assisting.

W.G. O'Neil Presa Street Physicians’ Care Wermonday O'Neil San Pedro Avenue A.hadman D. HH Fovington

Youth Held For Shooting Groom In Grants Pass

Anthony Varko, 21, Grants Pass, is jailed on a murder charge for the slaying of Hubert Ingalls, 21, the bridegroom, at a wedding celebration Saturday night. Relatives guarded the bride to prevent further violence at the scene. Additional note reports a well-stocked cellar in Mount Carmel with 17,000 bushels of potatoes and 600 bushels of apples stored by Louis Heltz, a local farmer.

Grants Pass Ure Der Anthony Varko Grants Paus Hubert Ingalls Sre Mount Carmel Louis Heltz Nene Tewisburg Tis

Blackstrap the goat dog guards kittens against panther

In a ranch near La Salle County a black cur named Blackstrap guards two newborn kids while a panther stalks them. The dog awakens, confronts the predator, chases it to a tree, and saves the brood, while the mother goat wanders off for breakfast, leaving Blackstrap to endure the night vigil.

Blackatrap Tie Fife Brasada Dolie Ranch Nannie Theos Jey Ile Blackstrap Sheeran Eli Dobie Ranch Old la Sale County Momlg Anc Manile Vidnase Dinekstrap Onie Sheeran Sheerans Bheeran Kont Doc Gort Suat

Ciné Kodak brings simple home movie thrills to families

Eastman scientists present the Ciné Kodak as an easy to use home movie kit. Sight it from waist or eye level, press a button, and the spring motor records life as it happens. Films are developed at no extra charge and delivered ready to run on the Kodoscope projector for at home viewing.

Eastman

Mother seeks son despite report of death in battle

Plattsburgh December 25. Mrs Feyvana Evans, mother of Harold Warren Evans, continues to search for news of her son who was reported killed in World War I. For 11 years she has visited the Twenty sixth infantry headquarters at the barracks seeking information. Evans served in Company K during Western front action in July 1919 and has not been heard from since, per Adjutant General notices.

Plattshurgh Harold Warren Evans Mra John Evans France Evang Twenty-sixth Infantry Western Front Adjutant General Washington

Radium Aids Rubber Plant Fire Prevention Discovery

ASHON Ohio December 25 The hazards in rubber factories arise as sheets pass rollers and electric sparks form while inflammable vapors mingle. A foreign plant reports a tiny castle of radium near rolling machinery reduces danger by altering air to allow harmless discharge of electricity away from machinery and fumes.

Ashon Ohio Ita

New Finger Print Method Used To Prevent Substitutions

A new finger printing method was inaugurated to prevent substitutions in the prison system. Prisoners will have thumb prints taken at the police station and sent to the circuit attorney before warrants are issued, then traded to the warrant, reducing forgery risk. In Greece, suffrage expands to women over 3 years of age who can read and write.

ST. Lots Der William L. Probst Ande Homoky Federal Teavenworth Circuit Attorney's Office Greece Attiens Reece

Bandits Hold Up New Orleans Store

Three unmasked bandits raided a St. Claude Avenue store in New Orleans last night taking about $1000 from registers and $45 from a customer. Two accomplices waited outside in a car to aid the trio and a proprietor lost about eight dollars.

New Orleans St. Claude Beshtrs Hartit Levcleil

Bishop burns during stove accident on Christmas Day

In El Paso, Bishop A. J. Schuler, 60, of the Sho Hl Puea Catholic diocese, suffered burns to a hand and knee when a gas stove leaked and exploded. He endured treatment at a local hospital but later led Christmas devotional services. The fragmentary text invites readers to check the classified section for more details.

EL Paso Texas A. J. Schuler Sho Hl Puea Las Christas Schuler Q Hospital

Heirs of Cap Streeter Move to Reclaim Coast Land

Federal marshals began actions to oust Gold Coast elites in a claim by the heirs of Ole Cap Streeter to a stretch of Gold Coast property. About 390 summons remain to be served as the heirs seek $5,000,000 in damages. Prominent figures named include Col. Robert McCormick and U. S. Grant, among others.

Universal Service Chicago Heiras Ole Cap Streeter Gold Coast Futureas Aquad Teeal Simmons

Ask Doubling of Hospital Legion Texas Meeting

A Thursday meeting sponsored by the Kerrville chamber of commerce will seek to urge Congress to double the capacity of the veterans hospital in Kerrville. The proposal aims to expand from a $1,200,000 appropriation to provide for 176 mentally deranged veterans and 100 tubercular patients in Texas facilities.

Legion, Texan Kerriida Chamber of Commerce Veterans’ Button Veterans’ Hospital Congress Texas

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