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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1927
Page
5
An advertisement claims St Josephs G F P and related tonics rebuild strength for women during hot summers. It cites testimonials like Mrs W G Smithhart of San Antonio and asserts a money back guarantee with $1.06 bottles. Free health book offered via Memphis to interested readers.
Charles A Mangham recalls frontier revivals amid cow camps and war era hardship. He describes converts among cowboys, a hard boiled preacher, and camp meetings that bridged rugged life with faith, noting miracles of the frontier and enduring church buildings. The essay emphasizes faith sustaining cowboys through Civil War privations and postwar scarcity.
Amid unclear phrasing the American Legion and H Burdette discuss tentative plans for a well project. Shaw of Fort is mentioned along with a 400-barrel quantity and rehabilitation work. The text references government involvement and a patron, but the passage is garbled and partially unreadable.
The Mequa railroad, running from Mount Jen to Smedyport twenty miles through forests, will operate freight only on rainy days due to fire risks from sparks. Locomotives will still haul passenger trains with an updated schedule, but freight will be halted except on rainy days.
Currie hotel on oil field near Corsicana caught fire at an early hour. Lou Alma Mettereth, 20, perished in the blaze as the three story brick building valued at $30,000 at construction burned. The tragedy highlights the dangerous conditions of local oil town lodging.
Otto Roegnecke and Count George Solm slauback say they declined all offers from American, German and other syndicates to buy the exclusive story of their projected trans-Atlantic flight. They state the flight is a complement to the American people and they will not sell to one group for partisan gain despite strong interest.
Two men held up E.G. Jones, cashier of the Bank of Callao, ten miles west of Macon Missouri, escaped in an automobile with $700 in cash. Authorities traced the robbers to a point near Macon where the road divided.
Fifteen women and children were injured when a vehicle overturned on the side of Lookout Mountain after driver Raymond Miller, 19, failed to apply brakes. Teun Sule, 23, among others, were riding in the car when the crash occurred in Chattanooga.
Fragmented report describes a deadly wreck with multiple fatalities. Text appears garbled but indicates a transportation disaster affecting numerous individuals and a yard or location area referenced as England or a related site. Details unclear due to OCR errors.
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