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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
11
A honeymoon photo features Mr and Mrs Nichols with his first wife s daughter. The image highlights wealth and social elite circles surrounding a blended family arrangement amid their nuptials.
John Nevin Sayre Episcopal minister and brother in law of Mrs Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre writes Secretary of War Davis alleging army officers suppress free speech at colleges He cites Oklahoma University denied meetings for him and calls Lieutenant Colonel Lewis a dangerous figure Sayre affirms he is not a Communist and seeks fair trial for any accused of breaking laws He criticizes ROTC endorsement requirements and university speaking limits by ROTC officials.
West Haven Beach dispatch reports no trace of three white bandits who attacked a mail truck driver last night, seizing sacks of mail and escaping. Pouches were later found discarded along the route.
ITHACA Mich December 27 Adjut Gen Nathan Church commander of the Twenty sixth Michigan division during the Civil War was burned to death here trapped in the offices of his newspaper the Gratiot County Herald which was destroyed by fire. A later note hints at a light classified Ada may yield valuable finds for profit.
O W Lyman of Dallas told detectives a thief stole 115 straw hats from his car on Pecan street in two sample cases. Investigations included four ties from A B Huehman at Alamo plaza, an overcoat from Joe Trian on Presa street, and seven chickens from Lucy McMahon on Crosby street.
J J Gibbard presented four acres of land inside the city limits to Wills Point as a park site in memory of her husband, marking the town's first park. The gift comes as a Christmas thank you from the community.
Marion Wilcox editor and author died in New York at age 69. He helped edit Encyclopaedia Americana and compiled most articles on South and Central America and the West Indies.
New York December 27 five men swam an hour in the East River despite water temperature at 26 degrees above zero Their stated aim was to prove any red blooded man with nerve and stamina can safely swim in cold river water
Prince William, eldest son of the former crown prince, shines as a duel list with four bouts this season without a scratch. His opponents were so cut up that doctors forced them to quit.
Doctors who reported thefts of surgical instruments were summoned by detectives to identify a case found behind a small hotel on North Alamo Street by Detectives Carver and Ruhnke.
Snow and ice blanketed the northeastern states today following mild Christmas temperatures. New York streets were slick with sleet and a light snowfall caused numerous accidents. One man died after slipping on icy steps.
Dec 27 reports Thomas F. Manville Jr. has separated from his wife though he pays her 1000 dollars monthly and will not cover her debts. She previously served as his father’s secretary. In Beverly Hills Fannie Camp Gillette, mother of King Gillette of Gillette Safety Razor, dies.
London hairdressers predict that robbed hair will vanish by end of 1927 as Mayfair salons report growing demand for false switches plaits and coils in response to a rising population of shorn tresses. Paris coiffeurs echo the trend forecasting a big market for hairpieces and styling options.
Anti Christian agitators invaded the Lutheran mission in Hankow on Christmas Eve and removed the Bibles hymn books and wall texts. The incident occurred in Shanghai area with local reports naming Hankow as the site of the disturbance and religious materials were seized.
Galveston reports the schooner Nomis, which departed Tampa for Beaumont on November 27 and prompted safety fears, was sighted off Galveston Friday by a local mariner amid renewed concern for its voyage.
The emperor Yoshihito’s body was escorted through Tokyo to the palace after arrival from Hayama. Some 75,000 people stood silent as the procession passed, and the body will lie in state for fifty days before a major funeral.
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