Ban Tins Honor Alamo Heroes By Bess Carroll
Eighty nine years ago on a Friday Mexican troops under Santa Anna fought at the Alamo and Bowie died defending it. The Alamo shrine featured ceremonies in MGlam Square with speeches and a salute at Milam's grave. The event honored Texas heroes as descendants laid flowers while Taps echoed and a century of memory persisted.
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Santa Anna
Alamo
James Bowie
Harris Austin
Bell
Bowie
A Sevier
A Sevier of. Austin
Es Small
Catziotie
Majer
W. S
Scott
Aris
Murry
McBengzie
Bong
Texas
Adima Degavala
Ben Milam
Alsmo
Milam
Travis
Officer Assigned to Kelly School
First Lieut enant at Younger A Pitts of the air service reports for duty at Kelly Field and is assigned to the Tenth School Group. He came to San Antonio from foreign service and has served in the Fourth Observation Squadron Seventeenth Composite Group at Wheeler Field Hawaii.
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Younger A. Pitts
Air Service
Kelly Field
Pitts
San Antonio
Foreign Service
Seventeenth
Wheeler Field
Hawaii
Lumber salesman turns preacher at Prospect Hill Church
Hey J E Diehl, longtime Gene Briscoe Lumber salesman, was ordained and will begin ministry at Prospect Hill Christian Church Sunday. He explained his move from selling merchandise to helping the church raise funds to move the building to a newly purchased lot.
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J. E. Diehl
Gene Briscoe Lumber Company
Prospect Hill Christian Church
Poe
Two Miners Die and One Missing in Indiana Mine Blast
In Shirkieville No 1 mine near Terre Haute two miners were killed and a third is missing after an explosion. Rescue teams recovered Ray Fyfe of Terre Haute. a man named Weif is dead and another unnamed miner remains trapped. The shot firers entered after the day crew surfaced. no miners were underground at the time.
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Terre Haute
Shirkie Mine
Shirkieville
Here
Ray Fyfe
Weif
England Will Grow Own Sugar for Tea
New York dispatch reports Lord Huntingfield, Conservative MP and Irish peer, says England will convert 60,000 acres to sugar beet cultivation to grow part of its own sugar for tea. He notes the change aims to aid farmers and marks his long service since 1923.
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New York
England
Lord Huntingfield
Suffolk
House of Commons
Highwayman Gets $7 and Timepiece
Carlos Marroquin of 101 Perez Street told detectives Saturday night he was robbed at gunpoint near the corner of Guadalupe and Calaveras Streets, losing $7 in cash and a silver watch. No injuries reported.
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Carlos Marroquin
Perez Street
Marroqquin
Guadalupe and
Calaveras Streets
Pennsylvania Wins Shoot Trophy in Short Range Practice
The battleship Pennsylvania has been awarded the American Defense Society cup and the Spokane cup for the highest score in short range battle practice, announced by the Navy Department.
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Universal Service
Washington
Pennsylvania
Navy Department
Governor urged to post 250 reward for Irwin attacker
In a Saturday House resolution, Governor Ferguson was asked to offer a $250 reward for the arrest and conviction of the assailant who struck Representative T. K. Irwin of Dallas last Tuesday night. Irwin was knocked unconscious behind the left ear as he passed Cristal Hotel passage. he soon recovered consciousness. The attack is said to be connected to the penitentiary investigation.
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Austin
Minam Ferguson
T. K. Irwin
Dalles
Boggs
Justice
Irwin
Cristal Hotel
Bass
of Irwin
Clear Complexion Promise Ad Claims 8.8.8 Benefits
An old advertisement extols a clear complexion as a sign of healthy blood. It touts 8.8.8 as a safe herbal remedy since 1826, said to remove impurities causing pimples and other skin issues, and to improve wellbeing, sold in two sizes at drug stores.
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All Good Drug
Local Shirt Sale Promises Low-Priced Apparel
A newspaper item notes shirts and blouses priced at 89 cents with striped madras pong ette and khaki fabrics in various colors and sizes, highlighting a $1.00 boss' wardrobe promotion.
Women's Costume Slips On Sale At Special Price
Woman’s undergarments offered in muslin with shadow hems in white only. Limited one size noted. Price listed as 59 cents each in a special sale.
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U. S
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Brennex
Nueva St
National Campaign For Your
E. Y. White Dyeing and Cleaning Co
Broadway
Chicago Dye Works
Main Ave
Joskes
Wales
Doske
Joske’s
Joske's
Rompers
Balkan
Stepins
Shadow Batiste
Percales
Avike’s
Men’s Sox
Rand
Jorae
Alt St
Jose's
Deskre’s Thowrtstairs
Daske
Doxke
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