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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1927
Page
12
Tony Neary acts oddly as Claire Elway considers a weekend party to prove she is a good sport. An unseen Tony resists. talk of an old affair between them surfaces. Derry and Tony later share impressions, revealing tension and hidden motives.
January 1 report says John Nolen, 53, was killed when a dynamite charge exploded as he and Howard C Blodgett, 80, inspected an unexploded fuse. Nolen’s body was blown apart. Blodgett injured, possibly fatally. Officials warn to attend safety briefing on January 5.
A damaged excerpt shows Willowdean French defending a disliked meal style and a man commenting on a character’s dialogue. The dialog hints at tension and impersonal narration in a staged or literary setting, with incomplete lines suggesting a larger scene.
In a bustling party hosted by Claire Elwar, guests mingle among the wealthy set while Derry faces pressure from Willowdean and her looming departure. Ambitious romances unfold as Tony obsesses over Derry, and a muscled crowd flocks to flirt and gamble, all amid a whirlwind of activities and late-night escapades.
A proposed measure by Rep Herschel Boggs of San Angelo would offer a fifty cent bounty for each rattlesnake bill. Seven bills are outlined in a letter sent to every Fortieth Legislature representative and senator. An advertisement promotes a water product for sore eyes from a druggist.
Noted tenor John McCormack leads a two hour program from WEAF and a chain of twenty seven stations starting at 9 o clock with Rosa Ponselle Mischa Elman and Alfred Cortot among the performers on the radio concert.
A terse Washington dispatch notes supporters of the Anti-Saloon League claim prohibition has added more than six billion dollars to national wealth. The item also urges attendance at the Lone Star Poultry Association show slated for January 29 and mentions a Poultry Classification as Light in Classified Ads No. 102.
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