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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1928

Page

11

Beer raid targets Kinga court bar room in San Antonio

Prohibition agents and city detectives raided a Kinga court residence that served mostly San Antonio school boys and girls, seizing beer sold for ten cents and finding several dozen gallons of iced beer and 500 hot wheels stored in a vat. Three girls, two students aged 18, Otto Collier, and two others were jailed. Detectives C. P. Helkons and J. A. Leonard aided in the operation conducted on a Thursday.

Kinga Court San Antonio Giutcona Hig Acogl Otto Collier Alee West King's Highway Best Mindletor Avé- Bile C. P. Helkons J. A. Leonard Prohibition

McCoy's Tabjete Liver Oil Tablets Ad Promotes Muscle Gain

An advertisement extols McCoy's Cad Liver Oil Tablets as a health booster for underweight individuals. It highlights a "manly figure" and energy gains, claiming 5 to 6 pounds weight increases and renewed vitality after using sixty cent or two dollar boxes. Stores nationwide stock McCoy's Tabjete.

Haya Thin Leonel McCoy's Weeners America

Rheumatism Relief Promises From Plant Juice

A testimonial from an 81 year old African American resident of Fair Ways Indiana claims Plant Juice cured twelve years of rheumatism. He reports elimination of pain in the armpits back and shoulders with renewed strength and youthfulness. The ad touts broad health benefits and lists merchants in San Antonio and nearby towns selling the product.

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Business Men Turn Soldiers In South Texas Training

The winter weight of San Antonio business men fades as the 357th Infantry reserves train. Above shows 5. & Perrin of Boerne, infantry lieutenant, Guecong machine gunners under a July sky.

San Antonio South Texas The Sun 357Th Perrin Boerne Guecong

Reserve Officers Lead Sunflower War Drill at Fort Sam Houston

About 100 reserve officers from San Antonio and the Southwest joined a Monday drill dubbed the Julest Battle of Fort Sam Houston. They charged through a sunlit field to simulate an assault along the military reservation, edging toward the canyon edge as they tested tactics with the 158th Infantry and others on two weeks on active duty.

Sherman Falias San Antonio Southwest Fort Sam Houston

Oil merger predicted to loom large in markets

New York World dispatch notes Wall Street’s focus on a proposed working combination involving the Tantacdl Oil Company and the Stuelair Consolidated Oil Corporation. The potential deal centers on expanding refinery capacity and scales of development, with hundreds of millions at stake and links to Standard Oil interests.

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Catholic Church Membership in United States Reaches 18 Million

Washington reports the Roman Catholic Church in the United States numbers 18,604,850 members, up nearly 70 percent from a decade earlier when total was 15,721,816. Census officials released the figures as part of the regular religious body census, while noting incomplete data for some Protestant groups.

Catholic Church of United States Washington

Bank Robbers Hit Orleans Bank for Five Thousand

In New Orleans area a bank robbery targeted Orleans bank employees and the Cana! Hank and Trial company. The robbers fled with about 5000 dollars after forcing workers to the wall. A cash drawer in the receiving area was not opened, and police reported efforts to locate the suspects.

Orleans New Ormbank Tn Rabdera Line LeFiroton Oimarket Cana! Hank and Trial Company Waltrie Gutamabile Cnah Foller

Woman quits elector post in district dispute

Mrs J O Ross resigns as a Democratic presidential elector in the eighth district. She cites opposition to Governor Alfred E. Smith and the party leadership, saying she cannot recognize a leader she deems wicked. She intends to support a religious alternative in the House of the Lord.

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Cornerstone Laid for Jerusalem Y Cornerstone Ceremony

Jerusalem ceremony marks the laying of a $750,000 YMCA headquarter cornerstone. Field Marshal Lord Palmerston, high commissioner for Palestine, presided as clergy from numerous districts attended the elaborate event.

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Divine Intervention Rescues Missionaries from Pigmies

A British missionary couple recently in Africa near the Renwimi River faced a pigmy tribe famed for tree hopping. After near capture, Mr Phillips convinced the tribe a second white man was with them, and their ritual fear of misfortune subsided, allowing release.

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Mounties Ordered to Aid U.S. Party in Saskatchewan

Regina dispatch reports the Loyal Mounted Police were ordered to intercept and return to civilization four American geologists lost in northern Saskatchewan. The Mounties were alerted by telephone and radio, and it may be many days before any definitive word reaches the expedition.

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Port Arthur Bank Ready to Reopen After Insolvency

Port Arthur officials announce Seaboard Bank will reopen for business Monday after being closed in solvency proceedings. The bank had been ordered closed by the board of directors and the federal agency overseeing banks placed it in receivership following a statewide financial crisis.

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