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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1929
Page
11
An old classified listing from Ormsby Chevrolet Co highlights multiple Chevrolet models including coupes, roadsters, touring cars, and a sheet roadster. The ad notes prices ranging from 48 to 29765 with references to specific model names and dealer location in Down Freningn.
Vintage car lots advertise numerous prewar models with down payments and monthly terms. Listings include 1928 Chevrolet sedans and coaches, 1926 to 1929 Fords and Dodges, early Buicks and Nashes, with prices, payments, and locations like Cr. 4225 Milam Chevrolet Co. and 420 Noaduter. The dealers promise good condition, paint, tires, and mechanicals, inviting quick purchases and New Year sales.
Firemen from Elation No 13 Hicks Avenue and South Presa Street rushed a truck across open country but found three farm houses burned before reaching the scene on a hill above Bixhlawis development. Chief G Sarrar spotted the blaze from his home on Vanderhill Street. cause and house name were not determined.
Gustav Rydberg was found dead in his room at the Sven Hotel on Milton Avenue. A knife lay beside him. Police say he committed suicide after reading lines from a copy of Paradise Test. The poem included the verse guiding patient living and peaceful fate. A small book collection appeared to be his sole possession.
Funeral services will be held Sunday in MVSTSVILLE for Dr. W. F. Andrews pastor of the First Methodist Church. He died yesterday after serving in Houston Texarkana Tyler Palestine and Longview and had been presiding elder of the Tyler district in the North Texas Conference of the Southern Methodist Church.
In WEST ORANGH N. December 28, John DL Nocketelier LIT reports an embarrassed incident at the Colby mansion after the wedding of Anne G Colby and W T Vanderbilt. He discovers he has the wrong scarf, joking it is in better ears than his.
Princess will travel to Italy with Belgium’s guard and carry a small sand bag from To Pouno as a wedding gift from soldiers. The note mentions war era memories and a ceremonial memento for the shlert queen.
Louis Mann travels to Rollswaoil to act opposite De Welle Hopper in a new picture with William Cottier Sn Lew Wields and Joe Weber. Mann plans to stay in Hollywood after finishing a rerun and may sign a long term contract to appear in The Father. Paramount's plans, stage veterans returning, and an array of industry gossip fill this vivid holiday film column.
Lions Club members hosted a party at Lions Field on Broadway for orphans from San Antonio facilities including St. Tocera, Protestant Orphans’ Home, Care Mole Sisters home, St. Joseph’s for girls, and Skenherd Home. The event ran 2 to 5 pm with games and music, highlighted by Santa Claus’s appearance.
Readable fragment lists multiple dance events across Houston area venues including Fest Hall with Hartman’s Orchestra, Labor Temple Sunday events, Midway dances featuring Steitle’s Jazz Kings, and a New Year’s Eve dance at various halls. Mentions dates around New Year 1936, with prices and times sparse in OCR.
A defective electric bulb caused a workman’s injury in Detroit. The George K R Col company and its insurers face workmen’s compensation costs totaling about $5100 for the incident. Albert Jones, an employee of the George St. Cook company, was involved.
The San Marcos chamber of commerce agricultural committee, led by Kil Waset, outlines ongoing diversification efforts across the year. Wool and Mohair output in Hay County as reported by N. Godham and 11 C. Kreuz suggest a growing industry, with county wool shipments valued highly and poised to reach a multi million dollar status.
The Right Rev. Victor Nevin Morrison, Bishop of Iowa, died from injuries after a night hit run in Daventort. Margaret Volz of Davengut drove the automobile involved in the fatal accident.
Chicago December 28 Kr KB Thomes Brand former physician at Obiraga Stadium yesterday filed suit seeking damages of 100000 dollars for false arrest and damage to his reputation according to a New York report.
One of three bandits in the Oakland county bank shooting that killed Robert Kirks, Smith's Grove bank president, was captured early today in Bowling Green. Eltoer Grayson, a former Indianapolis resident, was found at Wayne Dull’s home after officers pursued him for hours. He was transported to Nashville for safety and held by authorities.
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