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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1929
Page
4
In Korea, one of the world’s oldest and most densely populated regions, wild animals killed 28 people in 1928, seriously injuring 53 and killing 3630 horses and cattle. Prisoners report fatalities from tigers, bears, wolves, wild boars, and other wildlife, highlighting ongoing human and livestock losses.
Four Atlantic liners with thousands of passengers head to New York piers hampered by pea soup fog from Nantucket to quarantine. A 30 foot wall of mist grounded ships until dawn, then lightened in the upper bay allowing some to reach quarantine and proceed to their piers.
Mu rlolfo Martinez, 20, was shot in the right thigh by two youths who tried to hold up his car in the 200 block of Simpson Street Modylight. He received treatment at Robert B. Green hospital Tuesday morning amid a rush of reports from the city.
The article recalls Billy Dixon famed for the Adobe Walls defense in 1874 near the Canadian River. It notes a planned reburial from Texline to Adobe Walls, honors Dixon as a hero, and mentions surrounding figures and local interest in Panhandle history. It references W. T. Coble, Len Clark, and various Texas figures.
Twenty-one San Antonians were initiated after a general membership meeting Monday night. Addresses were given by Henry Lee Taylor, Ralph Candler, and Jack J. Burke exalted ruler. Initiates include William A Hiummer, Paul H. Barbee, William Lebo, W. A. Sahm, George Siliba, Robert A. Warren, M. Nussbaum, Arnold Valley, J. M. Heiligman, T. B. Johnson, Robert Staples, T. A. Hansom, W. H. Cole, Toe Scarborough, J. J. Wilkinson, Charles Winterhone, Stalph Caniber, Lynn Hawkins, Leon Weil, and Hadee Winger. Charles Ke. Smeltz announced a tag show next Monday night.
An advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Elixir as a fast acting remedy to purge the system of poisons, claim it improves digestion, energy, and appetite, and urges readers to request a free sample bottle from Steeling Products in Wheeling, West Virginia.
The Hale murder case clears agents under Verne Miller of involvement after each officer testified. Hale, at a West Woorton fishing station, was shot by two men posing as prohibition agents. Victims John Gill and another man were wounded in the incident. Authorities continue the investigation into the shooting.
London dispatch reports a new Labor Parliament convening to elect a speaker for the forthcoming session. The body, with a plurality of new members, is expected to address opening formalities next week.
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