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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1928
Page
3
The foreign office announced it instructed Indonesian consul to inform the Chinese nationalist government to hold the Sino-Japanese incident as poor as possible to restore cordiality, aiming to ease tensions and normalize relations.
Fragmentary lines report a deadly wreck in Georgia with casualties and injured persons. Details are garbled but indicate a south region incident with fatalities and injuries amid a chaotic scene. Names, dates, and exact locations are unclear due to damaged text.
Demand for fine dresses in eastern markets causes unprecedented shortage as summer passes. Manufacturers of finer frocks push into fall lines to meet demand and replenish stocks.
Paul Baer former Lafayette Escadrille member arrives in San Antonio as a visitor. He describes aviation’s evolution, his role as a streetcar inspector, and the era when city air travel was less regulated. Baer notes changes in flight, communication, and public life since World War I.
Fort Worth on July 19 reports describe a car theft without plates and an underground crime spree. Police pursued a driver named Gin Beaut after a Wednesday incident at a rickshaw stand, with detectives receiving alerts as the incident unfolded.
An amateur railroad worker at a small town station in Iowa attempted to derail a train by signaling mischief, climbed aboard as it halted, and reportedly drank from a bottle before being subdued by an oncoming engineer. Police apprehended the man after a brief struggle, ending the incident near a suburban stop.
Milwauased July 19 Noted by inter national group the Walther League reports on mission work in LabTitilion with a morning session and a focus on conversion efforts.
Fragmentary text from a Dallas hearing page notes jurors selected for examination in an attack case. The scribbled lines reference bail, sources, and questions to jurors about the statutory penalty, with unclear names and specifics due to OCR damage. The fragment provides no clear dates or identities beyond general courtroom action.
A garbled 1928 political notices page lists multiple candidates for county and state offices in Bexar County. Included are entries for District Attorney, County Judge, State Senator, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner, County Attorney, Tax Collector, County Treasurer, County Clerk, and many others, all noting eligibility to be decided by Democratic primaries on dates around July 1928. The legibility is poor but identifies several named individuals and offices.
The store notes repleting assortments of better summer dresses, including Frost's sponsor items, will be unlikely. Practically nothing but picked-over leftovers remain, and those styles are deemed too inferior for Frost's.
Frosts advises immediate purchase of summer dresses with large stock and smart styles. Prompt shoppers are urged to act now to obtain fashionable outfits at favorable prices.
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