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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1927
Page
8
The readable fragment references pricing on various commodities and fees but lacks coherent structure. It mentions apples, hens, commissions, weights, and crate prices with several garbled terms. No identifiable persons or organizations are clearly stated.
An assortment of vegetable and fruit prices is listed for the local market, including grapefruit 44.69 to 25 cents per unit, cauliflower 245 per crate, spinach two dollars per bushel, cabbage 1.30 per 100 pounds, bananas half a dollar per pound, oranges and apples with various box and crate rates, and other produce such as peppers, beans, and strawberries with specific per unit or per crate prices. Poultry, Pryers, and biscuits also appear with per pound or per dozen figures. The ad blends grocery items with promotional notes and a medical advertisement for Dickerson’s Petable Dye Water.
A reminiscence depicts Bill Jackman’s youth in Hays County and Blanco On the Trail his years of service as a frontier driver and his election as sheriff in Gays County He and peers like W A Roberts are tied to Marfa Finn County and Frio County memories of San Antonio frontier life and cattle drives.
Napoleon B. Igo 80 of San Antonio died recently and funeral services are planned for Thursday at the Porter Loring chapel with interment at City Cemetery No. 3. A native of Collins County Texas he was a retired freighter living in San Antonio six years. Surviving are his widow Alice Igo two sons George T. and Fred N. Tee four daughters Mrs E E Yor Mrs Grever Crandstl Mrs Reneberg and Mrs A W Willems eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was a member of the Methodist church.
A ragged OCR ledger lists vital statistics licenses and burial permits. Names include Charles Biswen and Alma Ogden Bronk, Hebert Foland and Isex Walker, Tomas Hernandez and Mrs. Megde lena, and many others. The notice also reports thirteen building permits for new construction valued at about 1,088 dollars issued Tuesday by the city building inspector, with details of residences and remodels across multiple streets.
President Coolidge signs a measure sponsored by Senator Walsh allowing T Everuier son-in-law Albert Fall to testify in the Teapur Dame conspiracy case without incriminating himself. The act increases the length of examinations and could influence the trial of Harry Jair and Palli ant evidence.
A jilted boy shot a girl and threw her from a moving car on a roadside near Burleson and Iv yesterday night, injuring Milfred Bord, a 20 year old machine operator, in a fatal altercation that stunned the town.
A Manila home was robbed of jewelry valued at 843000 dollars, with police reporting the incident occurred in Washington state. Detectives revealed the thieves used a concealed tool to break in, and the total amount stolen includes cash and other valuables. No arrests have been announced.
A long list of real estate transfers from 1927 records including numerous deeds to lots in multiple subdivisions and additions. Transactions name buyers and sellers such as William F. Senatz Anaise and Menger, and J.P. Weal, with lots and blocks specified in City blocks 45 78 201 374 and additions like Minot Sehratuia and Blue Bonnet Hills. Amounts range from hundreds to thousands with dates mainly in December 1927.
William James Coleman, 74, of 203 Compton Avenue, a Ken tks native and San Antonio resident, died at home here. Funeral set at his residence Thursday afternoon with burial at Roselawn Cemetery. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Methodist church of Cotnlli, and former resident of Cotnlli. Survivors include M Coleman and iwi S0n8, Coleman of San Antonio and J. EB. Coleman of Cotnlli.
A vague OCR read mentions Judge Hills and an unclear reference to Adige at a home setting, suggesting a local mystery or incident. Few concrete names or dates verified. context remains fragmented.
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