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San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

04 May 1913

Page 18

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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1913

Page

18

Frontier exploits of Col John Ford and Texas rangers

The narrative details Col. John Ford known as Old Rip, his Texas career from 1836, and a string of ranger actions against Comanche bands through 1851. It recounts ambushes, rescues, horse theft recoveries, prisoner exchanges, and brutal hand to hand fights along the Nueces and Rio Grande with casualties on both sides.

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Texas Ranger John S. Ford John 8. Ford Old Rip South Carolina San Augustine Congress Jack Hays Ford Robert Neighbors San Antonio el Paso Santa Fe Wilson Steel Dickens Captain Ford Andrew Walker Ed Burleson Jr Ed Burleson John Wilson James Wilson Ed Stephens Rio Grande Stephens Campbelton Fort Merrill Nueces River Burleson Jack Taylor Mat Nowlin Olq Roka Agua Dulce Sweetwater Wolf Hays Guadalupe William Gillespie Agua Dulce Creek Yellow Wolf James Hart Refugio Andrew Wheeler Nueces la Garta Walker Wheeler Andrew J. Walker Rangers Therm D. M. Lovel Robert Rankin Good Level Cat Creek Mexico Val Rountree Andrew Gatliff Marvin E. McNeill Albert Gallatin el Vacas James Carr Jack Spencer Baker Barton Warren Lyons William Lackey Alfred Tom Miller Givens Washtub Lyons Miler Alf Tom Spencer Laredo John Tom Forde Brazos Santiago
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San Antonio to Rival New York With World Beating Electric Sign

Lone Star Brewing Co plans a 125 foot Lone Star sign above the Plaza Theater showing a Texas cowboy chasing a steer in a moving electric tableau. The display features a star and bluebonnet border and seeks to eclipse New York’s chariot race sign while advancing San Antonio as a hub of frontier advertising.

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Broadway Thirty-eighth Street New York San Antonio Lone Star Brewing Company Plaza Theater Texas Texas Plains Alamo Plaza A. H. Cadwallader Henning Bruhn Cadwallader Bruhn New Orleans Buffalo Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Plains United States Angeles
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Sizing Up a Governor by First Impression

A chemist in Indianapolis recalls sizing up a portly man who asked to change a ten dollar bill. He later learned the man was Governor Ra lston, proving his judgment correct as the stranger hurried out to catch a bus.

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Indianapolis Lois Schulmyer Governor Ralston
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John Leech and the street noise that afflicted him

The Punch artist John Leech suffered severe nerves from constant street noises and organ grinders. His editor Mark Lemon attributed his fatal angina to the continual disturbance of his nervous system caused by bands playing outside his windows.

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John Leech Mark Lemon Leech
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Smallest Hen Egg on Record Weighs Fifteen Grains

Mrs. Harvey Alexander of Vancouver Washington owns a hen that laid a perfect egg weighing only fifteen grains the smallest on record according to local reports from the poultry scene.

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Harvey Alexander Vancouver Wash
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France Enlists En Masse for Three Years Military Service

Paris reports a mass rush of volunteers eager to serve three years, filling regiments in Lille Rennes Amiens and Rouen. infantry cavalry artillery and engineers regiments are full with tens of thousands enlisted, many students. Camps are at capacity as Paris authority bars further voluntary enlistments despite Socialist opposition.

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Paris France Lille Rennes Amiens Rouen
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New 20th Century Treatments Promising Cure All Ailments

San Antonio readers learn of Dr Stotts Co offering cures for stomach ulcers nervous debility kidney bladder prostate and catarrhal conditions. The ad boasts rapid results with electro cheme methods. promises cure in seven days for many ailments and no cutting or internal doses.

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Texas Terrill Medical & Surdical Institute J. H. Terrill H. E. Truex M. D Hicks Building San Antonio Tex DR. Stotts & CO City Avenue A
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Dave Steel Ad Gillespie Alamo City A. H. Cadwaddader Dr. Terrill Country Dr.¢C.s.lincoln Lincoln DR. CG. S. Lincoln Conroy Joske’s Store Dr. Stotts Gunter Bldg San Antonio, Texas
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