Texas and France Diplomatic Pigs Stirred 1842 Embassy Tale
A fragmentary account recounts 1842 Texan tensions with France over an ambassador. French envoy de Saligny faced harassment by pigs at the Texas‑owned Congress Avenue hotel, provoking retaliatory letters to Secretary of State Mayfield. The incident sparked a recall of the French ambassador and a dramatic shift in Franco‑Texan relations.
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James Williambon
France
Texas
Republic of Texas
Europe
Col
Mons
A. de Seligny
Ha Gat
Paris
Migs
Tenae
de Saligny
Richard Bullock
Congress Avenue
Weethin
Mr. Mayfield
Lamar
Hornet
Bellock
Hera
Mayfield
United States
Bullock
Menance
Mers
Burglars Target Harrison’s Department Store Safe
Burglars broke into an empty safe at Harrison’s Department Store on 124 South Flores Street Monday. The safe held about $6,500 in cash and was found rotated in the office on the second-floor balcony while the other safe lay on the first floor. Police searched the store for how the entry occurred.
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Harrison’s Department Store
South Flores Street
Morris Kalliser
Mattay
G O P Women to Hear Speaker at Gunter Hotel
Mrs FP H Brink will discuss the Glenn Frank committee report before Bexar County Republican Women Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Gunter hotel. Mrs May Harrison Bing will report national federation news after the talk. Mrs David Biddle named chairwoman for the membership sincheon at Apel.
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Glenn Frank Committee
FP. H. Brink
Bexar County
Republican
Women's — Organization
Gunter
Brink
National Federation
May Harrison Bing
David Biddle
Sincheon
Apel
Marco Polo Pig Leaves Farm for Market
A stray piglet named Marco Polo, born prematurely at Bur High School agriculture project, weighs about a pound but gains weight. Despite a fragile start and a litter, Marco Polo survives and is registered as a Duroc breed. The story notes two weeks ago birth and intended travel toward market.
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Marco Polo
Marco
Bur
Bank High School
Dent
Auto Bomb To ParOn DY Boat On San Antonio River
Jack Schmitt and Alex McNeil used a wrecked car top to fashion a square boat on the San Antonio river. They navigated from the Seventh Street bridge toward town, sitting on the car top as an unusual sight for locals.
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Jack Schmitt
Alex McNeil
San Antonio
Avenue B
Eighth Street
San Antomio
Seventh Street
Janitor Gashed by Broken Water Bottle at Courthouse
George Castillano a janitor at the courthouse was severely cut on both hands when a large water bottle slipped from his grasp while he tried to place it on a water cooler in the sheriff's office. Deputy Sheriff Mion Cade ordered he be taken to the hospital for treatment.
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George Castillano
Robert B. Green Sapica
Castillano
Mion Cade
Rev Collins to Speak at Catholic Women's Program
The Rev. John A. Collins, O.M.I., will be principal speaker before the Catholic Women's association at St. Patrick's program at 8 p.m. Monday in the club room, 209 North Alamo Street. W. F. Fogarty will act as master of ceremonies for a musical and comedy presentation.
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Collins
John A. Collins
M. i
Catholic Womer's Association
St. Patrick’s
At & Py
Alamo Street
Fogarty
Coma hesePin
Copper ship won't sail over the Spanish Main
The article profiles Daniel J. Riegel, craftsperson at 63% Thompson Place, who built a copper Santa Maria model in a month eight years ago. Using ordinary hand tools, he forged a fully copper vessel with a brass keel and stern ramp, featuring copper hull details and WyreS sails, as a remarkable display of metalwork craft.
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Daniel J. Riegel
Thompson Place
Riegels
Riegel
Duncan Field
Christopher Columbus
Santa Maria
Delat
Police act to avert repetition of Easter street clash
Chief Ray Ashworth proposed weekends patrols by police radio cars at Koehler and Brackenridge parks to prevent a repeat of Sunday’s fight between soldiers and Mexicans that left at least three severely injured. Remaining details indicate police and military police responded with squads and bystanders pushed aside during the incident.
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Xorhler Park
Ray Ashworth
Koehler and
Brackenridge Parks
Koehler Park
Park Dance Riot Leaves Soldiers and Mexicans in Clash
An estimated 150 soldiers and 300 Mexicans clashed at dance pavillons near Koehler and Brackenridge parks. Fists, clubs, and at least one knife were used as the crowd split into groups. Police deployed tear gas in the Sunken Garden sector to disperse a Mexican crowd that pelting Fort Sam Houston soldiers, with several wounded and treated at the base hospital.
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Koehler and
Brackenridge
Sunken Garden
Fort
Sam Houston
Base Hospital
Fort Sam
Houston
Victor Bates
Joseph L. “Briggs
Rex Davis
Othis
Davis
Baering Down On the News Baering Down On the News
Opinion by ARTTIUR bug Baer plays with wartime headlines and absurd predictions. He imagines Britain attacking Germany and Adolf Hitler reacting with wide aggression while Chamberlain and Mussolini are depicted in a comical, chaotic scene. The piece satirizes war talk and delays.
Fiesta cleanup kickoff event set for Monday at Municipal Auditorium
A mass meeting to launch the Chiyewide cleanup and paint up campaign will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the Municipal Auditorium. Speaker lineup includes Mayor Maury Maverick and Theo Weiss of the San Antonio chamber of commerce. The city sponsored effort aims to ready the area before Fiesta de San Jacinto in April, featuring a parade and a general cleanup day plus a dance by the Cleanup Queen.
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P.m
Municipal Auditorium
Pepton G. Cooper
Maury Maverick
Theo Weiss
Sai Antonio
Abandoned Vehicles Recovered From Local Creeks
Police recovered two abandoned motor vehicles in creeks near San Antonio. One auto was partially submerged in Specte Creek on Sunday, with headlights and accessories intact. A wrecker was summoned as deputies addressed the incident.
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San Antonio
Miller to Quit County Job in March
James O Miller plans to resign as assistant chief probation officer of Bexar County effective March 31 to become assistant to the chairman of the Bexar County Democrats committee. He criticized the present probation setup in the county in a statement tied to his resignation. India Riot Feared in Cawnpore, Hindu Muslim tensions rise as police patrol after a holy festival bonfire incident.
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James O
Monet
Bexar County
Miller
Ing
Bairman
Democrats
India
Cawnpore
Todia
VPI
Drink on the House Phone and Want Ads Highlights
Wanted ad snippets show a stucco house near Parkmoor Community Center listed for 1950 dollars with 0 75-foot Int. Rentals include a 4-room unfurnished unit at 382 East French Place and a 5-room unfurnished house at 11013 West Mistletoe. A barbecue cafe with cheap rent is advertised. Wages and safety notes thread through a health department memo about alcohol odor and precautions.
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Parkmoor Community Center
Fredericksburg Road
East French Place
Texas Hatchery WPA Jobs Grow Output, 18,098,000
Texas WPA projects report boosted fish hatcheries output by 18,098,000 inerlings annually due to hatchery construction. WPA built 22 hatcheries and enlarged nine, plus road, erosion, and drainage works across the state. Adolf Hitler sent felicitation telegraphs to Greece on its Independence Day.
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WPA
H. P. Drought
San Jacinto Battle Grounds Park
Houston
Hitler
Berlin
UPI
Adolf Hitler
Greece
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