Tornado Toll Grows as Rescue Proceeds in Louisiana Mississippi
New Orleans reports the death toll at 32 as rescue teams comb debris in both states. A body of a young Negro girl was found in Tensas parish, while aid to the injured remains hampered by impassable roads. W A Davis recounted his family surviving the storm on a spared porch as the wind lifted his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tensas Parish
W. A. Davis
Lelia Mack
Lake’ St. Joseph
Woman Dies Facing Capitol After Fractured Skull Found
Daisy Welling a 35 year old telephone operator was found with a fractured skull in a dying condition on the capitol grounds late last night. The incident occurred in Washington on February 19. Police launched an investigation into the assault or accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daisy Welling
Capitol
We Pay Cash Value For It On
The fragment mentions paying cash value for an item or deal, but provides no clear context, names, dates, or locations to establish a full news item.
Virginians and Indians Attack French Camp at Sunrise
At sunrise, Virginians and Indians reached the French camp and immediately attacked without preliminaries. The defense consisted of about thirty French soldiers.
San Antonio News Snippets Spotlight Local Figures
A collage of notes from San Antonio includes crop expert Charles Sperle’s onion acreage work in Laredo, Lt. Wise and Lt. Renfro headed for Fort Monmouth, and officers stationed in Texas. Visitors, transfers, and local quotes reflect daily life in early 20th century San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sperle
United States Department of Agriculture
Laredo
Winter Garden
Clearton H. Reynolds
Air Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Bolling Field
D. C
Georges Thenault
Washington, D. C
Menger
Aews
G. C. Henckel
Jerry
McAllen
Tex
Charles Owen Wise- Jogel
Field Artillery
Third Field Artillery
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Ninth Infantry
Crystal Palace
Court House
San Antonio
P. S. van Nappa
Chicago
Jim Bottomley
Charlie Camp
William J. Kunzmann
First Infantry
Curtis D. Renfro
Twenty-third Infantry
Pepsin with Mentha Pepsin Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement promotes Dave’s Mentha Pepsin as a quick acting liquid remedy for stomach distress gas and indigestion. It claims rapid relief from dyspepsia dizziness nervousness and sleeplessness and touts pleasant taste and building health benefits in daily use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Dare
Youth Dies inAccidental Shotgun Discharge Near San Antonio
Matthew Hoffer aged 19 from near San Antonio on Culebra road was killed when a shotgun discharged as he stepped from a wagon in a pasture. Justice of the Peace Anton Adam reports the blast struck his chest, producing instantaneous death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Hoffer
San Antonio
Culebra
Justice of the
Anton Adam
Adant
Croquet Tourney for Tourists at Travis Park
Gilbert Denman announced a city croquet tournament for tourists to be held Tuesday and Wednesday at Travis Park under the Canopus Tourist Club. Entry costs fifty cents per couple, with a 9 am Monday sign up deadline and cash prizes for the champions. Registrations are at 51 North St Marys Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Park
Canopus
Gilbert Denman
St. Mary's Street
Denman
Miss Robertson's Oil Well Failure
Miss Alice Robertson, former member of Congress, has learned her oil well is worthless. She hoped it would ease her finances as she faces strained circumstances in Muskogee Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskoger
Okla
Alice Robertson
Congress
Paris Novelist Performs Public Servito Stunt in Glass Room
A writer in Paris will stage a publicity stunt by writing a servito order inside a glass room visible to passersby. The event, announced for February 19, aims to draw attention to the novelist’s work and public exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Flood Threat Strikes Imperial Valley Farms
Flood waters from the Colorado Gila and Big Williams rivers threaten Imperial valley farms and ranches as workers rush to build levees. A diversion dam below Rockwood Gate was blasted to allow water to the Gulf of California, with flows reported at 55 000 cubic feet per second and possibly rising to 85 000 in three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Colorado
Gila
Big Williams
Imperial Valley
Colorado River
Rockwood Gate
Gulf of California
Suspect Caught Robbing Market in San Antonio
Detectives J. A. Garland and D. I. Bradshaw arrested a 52 year old man burglarizing the meat market operated by A. Troudt at Cass and Nogalitos streets early Saturday. Two other men, believed to have escaped, are sought by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Garland
D. I. Bradshaw
A. Troudt
Cass
Nogalitos
Veterans Demand Strong Armies From Coolidge Officials
Billions of American war veterans, via their top representatives James Tanner Theodore Stitt Howard P. Savage and John Clinnin, called on President Coolidge and Congress to field an army and navy "equal to that of any other country in the world" amid foreign arms cut refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
James Tanner
United Spanish War Veterans
Theodore Stitt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Howard P. Savage
American Legion
John ¥. Clinnin
Japan Accepts Arms Limitation Pact Message Sent
Japan's acceptance of President Coolidge's arms limitation conference proposal was cabled to Ambassador Matsuhara in Washington for transmission to Secretary Kellogg. The Foreign Office said the message would not be made public until tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Coolidge
Matsuhara
Washington
Kellogg
American State Department
Foreign Office
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Mayo Bros., Dentists
Alamo Jewelry Co
George Washington
Dinwiddie
The
Ohio Company
Half-King
Great Meadows
Harriet Grady
Austin
Fort Monmouth
New Jersey
Signal School
Corp
C. J. Hansen
Novello McCord
Aust'n
Vear
Scott C. White
United States
Marshall
el Paso
Main Avenue
E. M. Morey
Main High
Robert Thee Rhen
Huisache
University of Texas
Jerry Henckel
Little Red Riding Hood
Paul Adams
Caracas
Venezuela
Edward Hinton
Joske’s
ARMY
Universal Service
ICA
C.zeiss
Hertzberg’s Optical Department
San Marcos
New Braunfels
Austis
San Antomyo Termimal
Austin Terminal
Broadway
Corpus Christi Terminal
E. Peoples
Amundsen
Police Magazine
Havana
Roald Amundsen
New York
Ricardo Cortez
Lois Wilson
Estelle Taylor
Wm. Powell
Skeets
Gallager Collegians
Smitty
la Salle Cafe
Cotulla
William Epstein
Marie Prevost
Gertie
Whispering” Smith
Beniamino Gigli and Others
Kirk Frederick
Aztec Symphony Orchestra
Okers Arm
Gonfab
Alphonso Trent
Amane
Gerry
Empire
Big Tim
Bobby Agnew
Sin
Matinee
Flesh and the Devil
Greta Garbo
Garden OF Dreams
Renoff & Renova
Jimmy Ellard
Don Felice
Palace Symphony Orchestra
Rialto Vors
Sss
Interstate Orpheum
Keith
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