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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
12
Fragmented dialogue shows a patient awaiting government money to cover expenses while hospital discharge nears. Characters discuss housing, work in a garden, and relief from financial strain as they plan for a gentler future and independence.
Grain markets show uneven price moves as traders note slow winter demand and rising carry costs. Participants cite corn and wheat futures shifting on weather hints, with white and red varieties tracked alongside local storage. Market signals point to cautious buying as the event calendar lists dates for next reporting and price indexing.
A long wartime orders page lists dozens of officers and soldiers with assignments and transfers across multiple forts, camps, and posts including Camp Croft, Fort Benning, Camp Polk, Blanding, Westover, Ellington, and Fort Meade. Names span many states detailing moves to training, garrison, and depots in the Panama Canal Zone and other domestic postings.
Fragmented market notes show cotton futures steady with prices around 400 to 450 in local units. Trade talk references bids, receipts, and tentative demand but many lines are garbled, listing various buyers and farm terms without clear figures.
Amos Gates reports strong sheep country conditions near Uvalde with excellent wool and mutton prices. Hog prices jump to 9.70 per hundredweight, aided by recent trading at the stock yards. New scales soon speed load processing while a big rodeo and barbecue draws crowds. Thomas Degan departs with a Missouri detachment, Anabel Jeffersons plans coast travel southward.
The livestock market notes mixed signals with buyers steady to weak, few head traded, hogs and calves mixed, steers and heifers varying as prices edge up or down. Cattle values show higher early demand followed by slower sales, with steady replacements and scarce high grade beef cattle.
A messy OCR snippet references a Pine Prev Pia Boor and a May date but contains many misspellings and nonstandard phrases. The readable items include names like Tae Nah and a May context, yet concrete facts are scarce and no clear event or outcome emerges from the fragment.
A garbled OCR rushes through multiple names and fragments including references to ponds water salts and various unlikely phrases. The text reads as a disjointed collection of words with no clear narrative or events.
The dispatch notes a subdued trading mood in London and Savannah with declines in domestic and foreign markets. It mentions commodities such as sugar, cottonseed, coffee, corn, rubber, silver, and dry goods amid general market volatility and notes activity in the New York stocks markets around the Fourth of July period.
Mexican authorities announce expropriation of the Villa Acuna radio station near the US border. The move follows claims the station broadcast news favoring foreign interests. Government actions come after disruptions cited by President Manuel Avila Camacho.
The notice lists numerous names in a dense, garbled format with many likely dates and locations. It references marriages and individuals such as Norman W Eshmidt Glenna, Mary W ar Van Meter, and others, alongside numerous hospitals and towns. The entry resembles an old-style marriage and obituary column with scattered proper nouns and positions.
A ledger of warranty deeds and land transactions across multiple parcels lists grantors and grantees including G Thirp Bay dba, TL Wi Male, Alma E unre widow, and others. The entries cover undivided interests, parcels in South Bunty, Bleek Hi Woodlawn Hills, and various lots with payments, notes, and interest details spanning 1940s transactions.
Obituary notice for Garl Hobbs Jn who died Friday with two p m Saturday services at Alanio chapel led by Rev Nea Eula. Survivors include parents My and Mrs Carl Hobbs Sr and grandparents D M Hobbs Hallottsvllie and Mr and Mrs JA Eckols I yvernia. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park followed by services at Portoy Loving chapel officiated by Rev Wit Mam and Rev Gowth.
Readable fragments list fresh produce prices from various regions and suppliers. Artichokes and cabbage priced per dozen or per hundred. citrus, apples, grapes, peppers, tomatoes, and onions listed with crate or box amounts. Dairy and poultry items include butter, cream, and various cuts. The mixed OCR text indicates a general market layout with numerous price points across fruits, vegetables, and dairy.
A June 14 and 15 calendar fragment lists numerous local dances and events. Venues include Hermann Sons Hall Plow Hill Top Hall and Converse Hall with bands led by Louie, Hapny Helnin, and El Band. Prices and exact times are variably stated amid noisy OCR, but multiple city halls host dance nights and a grand ball with community groups and a chorus.
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