Night School Enrollment Nears 1000 for Spring Term
San Antonio night school expects about 1000 students for the spring term after a Monday night start with record attendance. Commercial subjects lead, with printing, shop work and crafts also popular. The fall curriculum remains, seven new courses continue, including a class for commercial chauffeurs and a hearing-impaired class. An advanced journalism course debuts alongside a beginners class, and the Night School Owl will publish again. Certificates of study will be publicly awarded at term end, with diploma plans for top achievers.
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San Antonio
J. W. Fox
Dwight Allison
Ovil
Fox
Real estate man admits killing mother in law
Harold E. Webster of Miami, Florida, confessed he killed his mother-in-law Catherine Callaway after she threatened to push his wife Blanche Webster into divorce. Callaway was found dead at the home of her other son, Dr. Dell Clair Bassett, with a torn suit button, cloth fragment, and a strand of ram’s hair as clues.
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International News Service
Hempstead
Harold E. Webster
Miami
Fla
Catherine Callaway
Inlaw
Webster
Beccause
Blanche Webster
Gallaway
Dell Clair Bassett
Westerae
New System Used in Preparation of Semester Tests
San Antonio elementary pupils will take all end term tests prepared at the department supervisor offices instead of by teachers. Miss Elma Neal, supervisor, says this standardizes the process. Morrison and McCall spelling tests are adopted for the first time. Compilation began Tuesday with Miss Neal, Ollie Storm, Alice Breeding, and Inez Foster as authors.
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San Antonio
Elma Neal
Miss Neal
Board O
Misses Neal
Ollie Storm
Alice Breeding
Inez Foster
Aga
Pan Am Highway Through Texas Up to Coolidge
Senator Cameron of Arizona urged President Coolidge to authorize a commission to select a route for a Pan American highway from Detroit through central and southern states to Laredo Texas and onward to Central and South America. He said the road would promote commerce and goodwill between continents.
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Universal Service
Washington
Detroit
Central
Laredo
Tex
Central and
South America
Brazil
Coolidge
Cameron
Arizona
Congress
D A Man Braves Holdup Pistol Near Home
In San Antonio early Tuesday a holdup failed when Robert Davalos of 462 East Brench Place knocked the pistol from an armed man and fled. Another robbery by two black women on Drexel and Commerce streets left D. A. Reese of LOT Drexel Avenue robbed of $15 at pistol point.
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San Antonio
Robert Davalos
East Brench Place
Davalos
D. A. Reese
Drexel Avenue
Commerce
Live Oak Streets
Barron Declines Run for Texas House Speaker
W S Barron of Brazos and Grimes counties says he will not seek the speaker’s post in the Texas House. He notes friends urged him to run but he dismissed the idea from consideration amid the legislature. The notice appears in Bryan on January 4.
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W.S. Barron
Bryan
W. S. Barron
Brazos
Grimes
Texas
Felt Hats Price Range Advertisement
An old newspaper ad lists men s felt hats at various prices including 2 50 7 00 4 00 5 00 8 00 and 10 00 with multiple styles and sizes. The circular presents a sale layout focusing on affordability and selection for gentlemen shoppers.
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Lone Star Poultry Association
Main Ave
Pan-Am
Holdup
Tar Poultry Association
Main “Ave
Frank Bros
Sale Suits & O’coats
Kappenheimer Clothes
Edwin Clapp
Phoenix
Manhatta
Frank
Dros
Atore
O'Coats
Age
Cowden
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