Territorial contest offers prizes in four divisions
A free city wide contest offers 212 26 .00 in prizes with eight districts and four divisions. Two autos and two pianos will be awarded to divisions outside San Antonio and two prizes to divisions in the city. Prizes include an A B Chase piano worth 550, a Chickering piano 550, an Emerson piano 475 and a Kranich Bach piano 475.
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A. B. Chase
Chickering
Emerson
Kranich & Bach
Governor declines discuss decision on supreme court case
governor would not discuss the ruling on the board of codification versus the secretary of state in a dispute over a veto deemed invalid due to Sunday inclusion in the act. He had returned from a New Orleans trip saying no time to think it through. He noted the conference benefits cotton producers and praised attendance.
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Martinez Death-Row Appeal Set For Tomorrow
Special to The Light reports the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will hold a special session tomorrow to hear Leon Martinez’s writ of habeas corpus challenge. Martinez, condemned for the Pecos murder of a Miss Brown, received a governor granted respite after an earlier plan to hang him.
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Austin
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Leon Martinez
Pecos
Miss Brown
Toartinez
Martinez
Committees Push Fund Drive for San Antonio Broadcast
Committees of the Publicity league worked in rain seeking subscriptions toward a $20,000 fund to advertise San Antonio broadcasts in the north and east. By noon no total was reported. Monday saw $1500 secured and over $1000 added yesterday, with many large subscribers still unreached. Businesses were said to respond generously.
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Publicity League
San Antonio
Ten Day Want Ads At Fair Begin This Weekend
Classified notice announces a ten day want ad run starting Friday through Sunday with two Sundays included at the fair. Rate is one half cent per word per insertion and refunds are offered for unused insertions. For placement, call line 176.
Monarch Plantation Company Chartered in San Antonio
Charter granted for Monarch Plantation company of San Antonio with capital stock $10,000. Incorporators are E. R. Smartt M. B. Graham and W. L. Cory. For oysters on half shell visit the Saratoga Restaurant.
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Austin
Tex
Monarch Plantation Company of
San Antonio
Capital Stock
E. R. Smartt
M. B. Graham
W. L. Cory
Saratoga Restaurant
Houston Bankers to Take Harbor Bonds in Harris County
Navigation commissioners meet daily to arrange Houston bankers taking over 1.25 million dollars in bonds to match a federal appropriation for a permanent 25 foot channel to the sea. Bankers will pay par plus accrued interest at 4.5 percent, with delivery to the federal treasury by January 1 to start work next year.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Navigation Commissioners
Harris County
Congress
Federal
Baker Named Commercial Agent for San Antonio and Aransas Pass
Official notice announces H. M. Baker as commercial agent for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass at Corpus Christi with headquarters there. The appointment took effect yesterday. Baker is a known figure in railroad circles and is the brother of I. C. Baker the district attorney.
Firing Pistol Brings $25 Fine in Police Court
Jose Estrada a news butcher was fined $25 by Judge Buckley after admitting he unlawfully discharged a firearm in the city. He said he found an intruder at his Lakeview avenue home at 4 AM and fired when attacked. He admitted firing several shots as the man fled.
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Jose Estrada
Buckley
Estrada
Lakeview Avenue
Quick Way to a New Complexion with Wax Treatment
A consumer piece from American Family Journal promotes ordinary mercorized wax as a facial treatment. Spread at night like cold cream, it removes dead skin each wash, revealing a fresher complexion by successive exfoliation. No process offers such youthful skin, claims the article.
Peruprepares to attack Chile in tense exchange
A traveler quotes a Chilean-Peruvian dispute note with a casual intrigued tone about motives for war. The fragment hints at looming military action as both sides seek to assemble forces and justify confrontation. The piece mentions Theo Artzt's Orchesies and a conversation about reasons for fighting.
Railroad Time Table Overview with Mixed City Routes
A fragmented timetable lists railroad arrivals and departures from Houston New Orleans Dallas Fort Worth Kerrville El Paso Cuero Victoria and Galveston with times ranging from early morning to late night. Several numbers reference freight or passenger services and notes mention Sunday only and exceptions.
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