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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1930
Page
2
A garbled golf recap describes leaders jockeying for position on a windy course. Bobby achiev es birdies with long drives and precise approach shots while Calamity Jane clings to contention with steady putting.
Poughkeepsie July 12 A courthouse mishap left a woman with a three story fall from the county building. She escaped injury, aided by a railing and quick help from bystanders. No other details were provided.
Boothier era notes Douglas Dressler and Marie Dressler in a planned film called Reducing. The piece mentions Chuck Reisner directing their satire with rubber costumes and diets as part of the comedy project.
Local notices list multiple dances and social gatherings across city venues such as Sutherland Springs park, Midway Hanerboss, Helotes, Hermon, St Hedwig, and Martinex Fanday. Ads mention bands like Paramount Ramblers, HiGasb Pride, and The Merrimakers, with dates around July 12 to July 13 and locations including Old-tling apes modern Aaper Fest hall and Bundas pte. Community announcements invite attendance at dances, barbecues, and social events throughout the weekend.
Pietro Canale Tame, Italian subject, volunteers for a trachoma experiment in Santa Fe while vowing to give his head for science if needed. The note claims Chinese subjects were sought for germ isolation and notes broader wartime medical testing curiosity. The piece mentions a local offer for free funds to participate and references classification details, all within a muddled wartime health context.
The article notes continued heat wave conditions with disrupted breezes as readers are urged to monitor forecasts. Local authorities advise caution for outdoor activity and dehydration risks while meteorologists track evolving patterns.
Heat waves kill many animals at Fairview. About two hundred birds and livestock died as temperatures reached highs around 107 degrees. Fire up deserts of cattle and pigs suffer, with authorities investigating the cause and impact.
Fragmentary report notes cooler conditions across Germany with temperatures dipping near freezing in parts of the Black Forest and Herlis as a wave of cool air reaches towns. The text includes garbled figures and names, making precise details uncertain.
The unreadable OCR fragment hints at ongoing constitutional debate over the Eighteenth Amendment and Senate action. It mentions terms, treaties, and references to the Drills or Lords. Names or clear dates are not readable.
A garbled local notice discusses marriage issues and a man seeking a license to wed a widow with a troubled past. It implies scrutiny of motives and questions about a fair arrangement within a contentious domestic context. The fragment hints at public concern and personal histories shaping the union.
A San Francisco dispatch notes heightened talk of a Greek war shadowing markets as Standard Oil and Shell move to end a gasoline price war. An announcement claims June 12 price controls would resume with retailers selling at 20 cents a gallon while refusing to engage in price cutting.
A juvenile incident at a security bonéit association event caused a blaze Saturday led by LT Watks district manager with Marguerite Wallace heading the work. O L Wiles, engineer for Southern Trade and Cold Storage, installed. Arthur Turnett linked to San Antonis Lodge No. 7. Former Travis building resident returned from a trip through Oklahoma and Texas to aid officers at 7820 Jene Hank of Commerce as signal representative to Allas Litt Insurance.
Herman Waap aged 58 died at his home at 702 Sherman and will be buried after services at a church in San Antonio. He was a native of Austria and had lived in San Antonio 32 years. Survived by his wife Mrs W J Norton two sisters Mrs B R Clan of Arkansas and Mrs C C Baerly of Kansas City two nephews and a cousin.
A July census reports Frio County total scholastics at 2950 with Pearsall independent school district at 1245 students and Dilley independent school district plus common school districts accounting for 1054 students.
Four day traffic count by the state highway commission shows a one fifth rise in traffic at all points in Foreman D. E. Uredy’s district except Zulein where traffic is nearly 3 percent higher than a year ago.
Lisbon reports that Spain and Portugal signed a treaty detailing border cooperation and movement rules. The pact aims to streamline cross-border travel, customs cooperation, and regional stability along the frontier. The agreement solidifies bilateral ties and sets procedures for joint projects and dispute resolution.
State Servitor Clint Co Stuall spoke in San Antony Thursday night urging yolts for aovethor on the Democratin ticket. Jack Uhesebra returned to his home in Van Marcon Satorby after a visit bere Flik Mir and 3 Bill Tasrand. The last of a series of concerta by the School of Sluste Tacarnate Worl will be held at 4 am Suture Ming in the college antstotiumm. Mary Maspahan Sylvie Otseow and Mary Edoa Norris will take part. The second term of the summer session at Westototrland College will start Tuesday. George L Pbckene announcéd Batueday Specials. The executive board of the Woman's auriliory to the San Antonio Baplist anodation will meet in business se gion at 2:10 p m Tuesday at the First Raplint ehurets. Take Kasothin 217 West Commerce retreet is visiting in Chicago. Fon al bank baw returned from Houston with his ctithen Adthue Leman. Geotee Pancoast ow? the Frost a Friday spoke on O Henry Han Anivaio. Moa Taither Beetshee returned from a visit with friends. Mins Ingce Garrett is spending a month’s Varaiton In Mexico City.
Mayor Antonio Arellano of Puebla along with 20 other prominent Mexican officials were welcomed in San Antonio by Mayor C. M. Chambers as part of a 21 member delegation touring South Texas.
The article notes officials objecting to rough bouts and a violent incident ending in execution by a military court. Star Chambers cites promoters in San Antonio as city leaders consider an ordinance to regulate wrestling across the area, while street commissioner Paul Stettler observes a late night crowd.
Coriéliia 7 Tester, 30, collapsed during a wrestling event at Exposition pack Friday. Medical officers suspect death from acute indigestion or concussion after a fall. Sam Houstop assisted, then notified hospital where he died 25 minutes after collapse. Survived by sister Situ Buds Page.
A 17 year old boy Malcolm Rose of Monion underwent X rays after illness linked to tuberculosis and malnutrition. An eight inch straw was discovered in his left lung and removed. He is recovering.
Benjamin Webb of Chicago wore a new derby hat that was torn from his head when an automobile struck the vehicle he was riding in. The high hat damaged his right ear, causing injury described as painful but not severe.
Fragmentary clipping reports Republican efforts to remove a party figure in California. It suggests internal divisions, accusations of burying bodies, and disputes over appointing a loyal ally. The text references a national committee and potential contract changes, with unnamed opinions on party leadership.
Kerrville July 12 Five states are represented among recent admissions to the U S Veterans Bureau hospital at Legion and annc. Patients include Leo Spengler Varied Mik David C. Tiyolloway Ar aArks Gationw Cole Vo eahdntas A Werk firton San Antonin Letoned Htasbeeey Wohaesn Flo fheorgh AL Mornback annizal Mo and John B Woods Kerrville. Discharged patients include 51.Kile Clinton Smith Roy S. inten Frater McNally Henry H. Hortenberry Henry B. Mesure Meyers James K. Wallace Lloyd J. Geenmany and Willian Tl. Lee.
Mrs Holmes Best Judge of Butter tonzal y Tesne. Mrs Herbert Holwen of the Swton Corn munity club won first place in the district butter judging contest at the short course held near Luling.
Hy W. Heid of Poet Arthur county drove his car into a ditch near Leavmont injuring four people including himself. The crash occurred after the vehicle struck the roadside embankment following a bee sting incident. Authorities investigated no further details available.
Two young bandits failed in a South Side club robbery at 121 Bolected Avenue as owner Earl Hamany arrived. They parked near the entrance at 540 am, wore masks, fled in a car toward Holston Street, and eluded pursuing officers after dash toward Broadway. Ramsey Ramsey, driving solo, sped away. Police found two black masks near the suspects’ car and noted the license plate was disfigured.
Minneavol is paper reports the birth of a four and a half foot tall mother described as a 48 pound midget. The newborn weighs seven pounds and the event is linked to a vaudeville performer named Mere Fremond G. Leslie. Medical details mention no Christian operation and note the rarity of such births.
Fragmentary text reports a chair car used at a railroad station in Cuba Lake as a result of a fire at Rock Island station. The piece mentions damaged facilities and shifts to related local fashion notes, naming Minot and Flaskin signs without clear context.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions wines trade and conditions with scattered phrases like Fiji, Good, and mentions of Taulsiend and Neue Meare. No coherent event or entities to summarize into a full news item.
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