Seventy Fifth Installment of Light's Gripping Love Story
A woman faces a dire choice as a baby lies in a basket and a tense, foggy room pressurizes her. She plans a sudden departure aided by a letter to Agnes Robbins while memories of Jennie, Billie, and a looming tragedy intensify the countdown to nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light
Jennie
Emily Faris
Delmey
Chickie
Billie
San Antonio
Agnes
Merle Clayton
Jennico
Jonathan
Marshal Scott White Completes District Inspection
United States Marshal Scott White, newly appointed for the Western District of Texas, toured cities in his district and praised the office. He arrived in San Antonio for the May term of the federal court and expected to move staff to El Paso, which he favors as his headquarters.
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Scott White
United States
Texas
Marshal White
San Antonio
el Paso
Fl Paso
White
Paso
Juarez
Marshel White
Aged Woman Fatally Struck by Car on Flores Street
Felamena Sotelo 60 of South Flores street was struck crossing Flores near her home by a car driven by J J Robinson 241 Pleasanton road. She suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Robert By Green hospital. Robinson said he stopped but she returned into the path as he started the car again.
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Felamena Sotelo
South Flores Street
Robert By Green Hospital
J. J. Robinson
Pleasanton Road
Flores Street
Woman Awarded 12500 Judgment in Auto Collision Suit
Mildred Gessner won a $12,500 judgment against a Texas company from the Seventythird District court jury after suing for $40,000 over injuries from an automobile collision near San Pedro Park when her car was struck by the defendant's truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Gessner
Texas Company
San Pedro Park
Drugists Hope To Win Cup Again
Ron Antonio and delegates attend the annual Texas Retail Druggists convention in Fort Worth from Saturday to Monday and aim to reclaim the King Attendance Cup for best overall participation at the meeting.
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Ron Antonio
Tesas Retail Druggists
Fort Worth
Quotable Snippets From a Busy Bulletin
A series of fragmented remarks and headlines cover diverse topics from fashion hats and jewelry to royalty, travel, and politics. Voices include Gilda Gray, Clara Kimball Young, the Prince of Wales, and various witty exchanges about locations and bets. The jumbled items resemble a newspaper joke page with puns and social notes.
Boys Egg Barrage Strikes Tobin Hill Street Car
A group of boys attacked a Tobin Hill street car near Kendall and Locust streets with eggs on Thursday night. They then moved to San Pedro street car tracks near San Vedra avenue and West Elpura street, placing rocks before fleeing as police were alerted.
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Tobin Hill
Kendall
Locust Streets
San Pedro
San Vedra Avenue
Elpura Street
Poliice
Playground Vanished as Alazan Gite Playground is Altered
San Antonio children lose their spring playground on the Alazan Creek Bank between Houston and Commerce streets to widening and straightening work. The scene of games and laughter ends as furrows replace the swings and acting bars, with a final note of regret and hope for a better day.
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Kipling
San Antonio
Alazan Creek
Houston
Commerce Streets
Alazan
Schol
Tara
SAIT 10 LURE BOLL WEEVIL TO DEATH
A Washington dispatch reports a new scientific method to lure boll weevils to death using bait smelling of fresh cotton bells and squares. The item frames the tactic as a historic deception and notes past records being broken by this insect-control advance.
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Boll Weevil
Santa Claus
Washington
O B Black Escapes Death After Auto Fender Hit
Former San Antonio mayor O B Black narrowly escapes injury when a car fender strikes him on Travis Street after a crash with another vehicle. Elliot Jones of Pilot Jones Refining and A B Igichaet of 514 Preston Avenue were driving. neither was hurt.
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O. B. Black
San Antonio
Travis Street
Elliot Jones
Pilot Jones Refining Company
A. BR. Igichaet
Preston Avenue
Pair gets two years on guilty pleas in district court
Raymundo Ramos and Porfirio Martinez received two year sentences after pleading guilty in Ninety-fourth District Court. Ramos faced charges of receiving and concealing stolen property while Marines was charged with burglary.
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Raymundo Ramos
Porfirio Martinez
Ramos
Cotton Weevil Cure Found Disturbs Weevil Trail
U S Department of Agriculture chemists Frederick Power and Victor Chestnut, working for the Bureau of Chemistry, began experiments in 1928 to cure the cotton weevil. They distilled cotton balls to create a strong lure called trimethylamine and proved weevils would follow it to treated areas. They plan to trap insects by planting pure rows that draw weevils into concentrated odor zones for destruction.
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U. S. Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Frederick Power
Victor K. Chestnut
JEKAS APPLE TREE COMES BACK HOME
An apple variety described as large red and biscious has been introduced to Southwest Texas. The Texas tree, famed for its long roots and storms endured, is said to be the origin of Malus Silvestris via cuttings. The tale, drawn from Agriculture Department records.
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Texas
Lee County
United States Department of Agriculture
H.M. Madison
Madison
Isle of Pines
West Indies
United States
Chico
Jane
Coyote Raised by Texas Policeman Linked to Training Hunt
Policeman E. B. Black near San Antonio claims a three week old coyote pup found by his hunting dogs will become a superior hunting animal. He describes the pup as a tame wolf in training, noting coyotes excel as watch dogs and hunters, with plans to train it to hunt its own kin. The story continues on page 20 part a.
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Bess Carroll
E. B. Black
Black
Black Ranch
San Antonio
Pearsall
Policeman Black
Mr. Black
Hometown Merchants Praised At Texas Banquet
The Merchants Association of Texas banquet at the Gunter Hotel featured Thomas Kelly of Minneapolis praising local merchants as cheaper than mail order houses. He cited national firms’ heavy newspaper ad spend and noted U S Department of Agriculture efforts boosting farm women’s buying power and reducing dishonest advertising.
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Texas
Thomas . Kelly
T. K. Kelly
Minneapolis
Northwest
Gunter Hotel
Merchants” Association of Texas
Kelly
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Los Angeles
America
Ford Motor Company
Victor Talking Machine Company
Chevrolet Motor Car Company
American Tobacco Company
Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Company
Standard Oil Company
Calumet Baking Powder Company
William Wrigley Jr
Dodge Bros. Motor Car Company
Paige Motor Company
United States Agricultural Department
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Jenina
Bertie Groom
el Page
Wrigley and Wiggly
Gilda Gray
Mr. Wrigley
Jones
Aberdeen
Scotland
Clara
Clara Kimball Young
Prince of Wales
Africa
Charley Hatfiett
Charles Gray Shaw
New York University
France
Gaston
Gwan Black
Dewuk
Alazan Gite
U.S
Auto Fender
Patrolman Black
Jekas
Atresman
EAA
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