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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1926
Page
15
Preston Smith and Anthony Lander rush to Derry Thomas’s apartment after a caller reports Derry’s sister asking for Tony. Mrs. Masary confirms Derry is dead, urging a doctor as Smith orders swift action and dispatches to Miss Willowdean and Mr Landor for urgent help.
Derry Thomas lets Tony Landor pay for a dress fabric she cannot afford and he vanishes. Her employer Mr Ostrander leaves abroad on a three year vow of not marrying. Derry earns admirers including Beverly Greenway, Preston Smith, Dick Otley, Martin Cole and Prof Walter Blakely. Willowdean French turns out to be a girlhood friend and flirts with Blakely. The circle gathers at The Recherche night club as Derry seeks to avoid deep love with Tony by a Montreal trip with Greenway. She hypnotizes herself with a crystal globe given by Blakely to cure her sister Letitia.
Mrs Onice McKeen Troilo announces kindergarten registration for ages four to seven to be held at the Lions playground club house. Classes run daily from 9:21 to 9:30 a.m. No charge except for supplies used in Wass work.
A youth released Monday from Huntsville after a short sentence for minor thefts walked to San Antonio to start anew. With $5 and 50 cents for meals, he rode a street car to the downtown area hoping for work, only to have his remaining $4.50 stolen by a car passenger.
Major Wayne Davis of San Antonio, ex-state commander of the Americana Legion, received a life membership card engraved in solid gold worth $100 in gold. Alamo Post of the American Legion presented the token for his long service and wartime record. Maj. Raymond Phelps delivered the presentation.
Detective D L Bradshaw arrested two dogs after a burglar call to 2515 Monterey Street reported pigeons missing from 2519 Monterey Street. About 30 birds were killed before the officer arrived. the dogs were penned for transfer to the city pound.
Assistant City Attorney Thomas D. Cobbs Jr refused an invitation to Inne downtown Monday. Cobbs and his father had killed a wild turkey and planned to carve it together.
A fisherman named Kurt Sar robbed a Augusta street filling station early Tuesday, taking 57 dollars in cash and a 4 dollar check. The thief used a fishing pole to slide money from a side window opening a few inches, with the sack left on a table.
A San Antonio school thrift program shows very young students saving money with deposits recorded weekly. Annie Diggins and teachers note first graders lead in savings, while five year olds learn the habit, with Gonzales school reporting 14,060 enrollees and average weekly deposits around $2.00 per child.
An incident in which Mounted Officer Yeates reported a pistol loss led to its recovery as a patrolman was informed. The gun handcuffs and scabbard were found near a street by a passerby listed at 220 Beauregard Street. Yeates completed his rounds before realizing the firearm was found.
Courses at Carrell school Broadway and Arcadis will open for a new term in January. Carroll announces registration is now open. The last commission meeting of the year was held Monday with Commissioners Frank TH Gushick Tit Wright and Paul Steffler in attendance.
Downstate announcement from County Tax Collector R Neil Campbell says a poll tax booth will open Wednesday at Toske Brothers on the street floor. It will run Wednesday and Thursday with more booths to be announced later in the downtown area.
An office of the county clerk announces the year’s marriage license activity with Cupid and Santa Claus described as allies. Total licenses for the year amount to forty, with twenty six issued before Christmas and two on Christmas day, while 1929 saw no licenses.
Mrs. Robert McGuire and Mrs. Courtney won first prizes in a Bank Antonio Elks doll making contest. Each received 50 dollars for the prettiest and most unique dolls. The club secretary Grover Collins announced four prizes per division with total cash awards of 200 dollars to orphans’ distribution.
R. Neil Campbell Bexar county tax collector expects state highway orders after Jan 1 to arrest motorists who have not bought their 1927 licenses. No extension from Austin. License bureau figures show only 15,300 of Bexar county's 50,000 motorists had paid by Tuesday morning.
The long piece profiles Paul John Kelly, an Irish born artist known as the bird man, who paints feathered companions near a San Antonio hospital. He works from a rock rock-station studio on hospital grounds, creating bed studio landscapes and feather albums while recovering from wartime injuries.
Breuch managers and salesmen from Ullmann Stern and Krausz Inc attended a one day convention in San Antonio with a dinner at the Menger hotel. Sixty seven branch managers and salesmen were present as they prepared to depart for their respective headquarters.
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