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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1927
Page
17
A grisly discovery at Charing Cross station reveals a dismembered female body, estimated around thirty, placed in a bag for five days awaiting identification. Police note evidence of surgical dismemberment by an offender, with a railway porter naming a man aged thirty to forty involved.
Local notes report SPOTLIGHTS doe Zinnerman visiting parents in Big Wells and many visits or returns to Crystal City Carrizo Springs Kerrville Cotulla and San Antonio. Names include Laird von Scheidt Ed Lane Mrs. Adolph Petry Mrs. M. W. Sinner Mrs. C. N. Beasley and others. Several planning trips and business matters with frequent moves among San Antonio Crystal City Carrizo Springs and Laredo.
O C Here and others mention multiple visits and return from trips in San Antonio. Mr and Mrs N Dohreugan Wells and Mrs Hertle Hrowa return from an arts visit. Miss Rosalie Brauchile visits, Miss Marguerite Perrell resumes duties after vacation, and several locals travel or host in San Antonio. Mrs D S Miller returns home after illness.
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a superior stomach aid. It claims instant relief from acid and indigestion, notes gentler stomach neutralization and fermentation, and highlights its long standing U S trademark and physician prescription history since 1873. The copy references 25c and 50c bottle sizes and urges trial at drug stores.
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