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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1927
Page
2
Presided by Claud J. Carter, the Optimist cub weekly sale at the St Anthony hotel featured Italian dialect readings led by reader Mrs M Bickenroth. Attendance prizes were awarded as members revived the annual event with a variety of selections.
A disputed rush to be the test of history is set to begin Friday at Grasfantein farm where uncut stones were found. Estimates place 20 000 runners in the event with many disappointments anticipated as the race opens.
Rid of backache and stiffness with St Jacobs Oil says ad. Apply to the painful area for quick relief and reduced sore ness. Backache, rheumatic pain, and neuralgia are claimed to improve, with a bottle of 385 tent or 65 years of use cited. Drugstore purchase advised.
Marietta Ohio February 25 The Central National Bank with resources around 3 6 million failed to open today. At Washington February 23 France has not yet made a formal offer to begin payment of 30 million annually on her 4 billion American war debt ending ratification of the Mellon-Berenger agreement Secretary Mellon stated today.
F J Burleson executive secretary announced the follow-up campaign opened Monday with letters mailed to contributors who did not give in the year. The appeal seeks about 100 900 to reach the quota, with funds already pledged toward the total goal.
An all church rally will be held at Hartiman Place Christian church Wednesday night announced by the pastor Rev. J. K. Ped and John K. Beery religious director of the M. C. will be one of the principal speakers.
Baltimore editor will be honored at a dinner by the G o C. Gould of Biedi Manufa and others plan a hotel event Wednesday. The Goulds, traveling with a companion, attend the dinner as part of their annual tour.
A court postpones litigation over premises at a funeral parlor linked to a San Antonio street site. The case involves city authorities and ongoing disputes over property and local permitting.
The eighteenth student death by suicide in 1927 is reported in New York. Teo Meisel, 23, at Coney Island, killed himself by gas after reading Freud Huxley and Schopenhauer. Others include Estelle Woodman 19 in Gadsden Chicago teen Harold Marks 17 and John Brasel 18 with self inflicting deaths.
Santiago reports Chilean authorities move against anti government conspirators with arrests and exiles ordered as part of tightened security following rebel plots.
A testimonial extols Black-Draught as a dependable remedy for constipation biliousness and indigestion. It claims dramatic relief for stomach upsets and cramps with regular use and recommends two doses for minor ailments. The ad targets families and emphasizes health benefits for children and adults alike.
Federal prohibition agents detained eight Houston drug store operators on liquor sales charges after raids that began Monday night at four stores and continued to Tuesday afternoon. Four more stores were searched and the proprietors and managers were to be arraigned by U S Commissioner Dan W. Jackson.
Four bills to advance the court reform program of Governor Dan Moody pass favorably through house committees in Austin on February 23. The measures cover judiciary modernization and procedural changes, signaling momentum for reform efforts.
Crow Jr. died at age nine months from burns suffered when a stove played with by the child caused a heater to ignite. The incident occurred after the boy and family interacted with a gas stove setup in their home. Public officials reported the accident and awaiting further investigation.
Elon based project in the Rio Grande Valley will formally open March 2 with a barbecue and program. John A. Phelan of Mercedes, vice president of the town builder, announced the ceremony. Maj. A. Wood, Dallas city plan engineer, laid out the town ten miles east of Edinburg and seven miles north of Weslaco on the Southern Pacific line. The town plans for 15 000 population and automatic extension, with industrial commercial and residential zones.
MILWAUKEE ed. 20 Mine Tigris spent thirty two years inside and ten outside longing for release. He saved his parole and returned three months ago and now seeks a pardon to set out again.
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