Mexican All Souls Day Festivities At San Fernando Cemetery
Hundreds of Mexicans hold All Souls Day rites at San Fernando Cemetery. Flowers pile high on graves as families gather, vendors hawk hotdogs and flores, and a lively mood pervades the stalls. Skeleton trinkets and skull motifs fill Alameda squares while celebrants sip pulque and share tortillas. The day starts solemn and grows merrier by midafternoon, with some attendees drifting into a trance-like state.
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San Fernando
México
St A. Fernando Cemetery
Tittle
Sothers
Mexico
Alameda
Judge Thanked by Those He Sent to Prison
Judge William Anderson of the Thirty-seventh District Court received a letter from Frank Gordon and E B Martin, robbery by assault with firearms convicts, thanking him for cutting 20 years from their sentences. They praised his interest in their families and vowed to follow prison rules. Gordon and Martin were sentenced to 10 and 15 years respectively.
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Kidnesses
Gordon
Martin
Anderson
Mexico City Celebration Evokes Pre Prohibition Traditions
Citizens describe a peculiar spectacle in Mexico City with warm tortillas and chile as part of the event. The scene is likened to the long familiar “sitting up with 2 apepae” from earlier era celebrations, unique to this land.
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Chile
Mexico
Prominent nun Mother Claire Denoist Dazy dies in Washington
Washington November 4 Funeral services for Mother Claire Denoist Dazy widow of Count Pierre Denoist Dazy and noted nun were held at Sacred Heart convent. Born 65 years ago in France she joined the order at 80 and came to the United States to teach French. The funeral drew diplomats including Sir Esme Howard and Mme Jussérand among many others.
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Washington
Claire Denoist Dazy
Count Pierre Denoist Dazy
United States
Sacred Beart
Torresdale
Claire
Count D'ary
France
Esme Howard
Isabella Howard
Mme. Jusserand
Petigment
Brackenridge High Plans Historical Pageant The Lone Star
Brackenridge High School will stage a historical pageant The Lone Star during the Texas State Teachers convention November 27 29 in the school auditorium. A public presentation is set for November 26 with about 200 students from Brackenridge Bonham and Thomas Nelson Page junior high schools expected. The show features five episodes two prologues and scenes on Texas education progress plus a full orchestra chorus and dances with costumes and scenic effects.
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Brackenridge High School
Texas State Teachers' Convention
Brackenridge School
Teachers’ Association
W. A. Stigier
EL Paso
Teston Dickey
Bonham School
Thomas Nelson Pare
Bessie Yates
Otto Zoeller
George P. Carl
Ray Perty
Mark Twain
Emily Weston
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mr. Stigler
Texas
Thieves Get Radio Parts Clothes and Carpenter Tools
City detectives seek a burglar who stole radio equipment and carpenter tools. Victims include E. F. Gabriel who lost four radio tubes and a loud speaker, John Sutherland’s home with eight window shades and eleven electric light globes, Crown Paper Box Company a set of carpenter tools, and F. L. Stone who had a suit and overcoat taken from his room at the M C A.
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E. F. Gabriel
Waverly Drive
John Sutherland
Brook Ion Avenue
Crown Paper Box Company
Cameron Street
F. L. Stone
Missouri Pacific seeks bond permit for equipment trust
Washington, D. C. Nov. 4. The Missouri Pacific railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue equipment trust certificates totaling 900 000 600 dollars to raise funds for purchasing locomotives autos dining and observation cars cabooses and wrecking equipment with a total estimated cost around 2,000,000 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Equipment Trust
L J Lissner Wins Salesman Awards
J J Lissner, salesman for M Hall & Brothers, won first prize in the San Antonio salesmen contest for August and September, receiving a $25 check for each month. E A Adcock Jr. of H Rilling Company and F G Reid of Hellman Paint Company took second and third prizes. The contest involved about 700 salesmen reporting trade needs to the Chamber of Commerce and promoting San Antonio merchants.
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San Antonio
J. J. Lissner
M. Hall & Brothers
Chamber of Commerce
Lissner
E. A. Adcock Jr
H. Rilling Company
F. G. Reid
Hellman Paint Company
Delay in Enforcing City Jewelry Auction Law
Enforcement of the newly adopted jewelry auction ordinance is postponed to November 8. The rule requires 10 days between passage and in force, per Police and Fire Commissioner Phil Wright. The ordinance bans jewelry auctions in the city unless the shop has operated at least one year, and auctions may occur only after one month.
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Phil Wright
Police and Fire Commissioner
Wright Bays
Eleven Passengers Die In Motor Bus Crossing Crash
In Newport News Virginia a bus carrying fifteen was struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train at a blind crossing in North Hampton. Four survived, including an infant with slim chances of recovery. The engineer reported the collision upon seeing the bus on the tracks. A coroner's jury postponed inquest until tomorrow.
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Newport News
Small boys throw eggs at street car in city incident
Police report a group of young boys used eggs described as ancient to bombard a street car at Main avenue and Locust Street shortly before midnight Monday. Officers arrived after a call from the conductor but found the area deserted when they returned to headquarters.
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Main Avenue
Locust Street
Freight car loads set new high mark in week
Washington November 4 loading of revenue freight on the nations railroads rose to a record 1,112,345 cars for the week ending October 25, surpassing the prior high by 10,009. Grain and grain products and miscellaneous freight also hit new highs while livestock and ore showed slight declines. Districts mostly up except the northwestern.
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Washington
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
New Creosen Method Promises Home Dental Relief
Sore bleeding gums signal pyorrhea and a new discovery offers at home relief. Creosen gums are claimed to heal and prevent pyorrhea with a penetration method delivering germ destroying medicines to tooth roots and crevices, mimicking dentist chair results without pain or cost. Sold by Sommers and five drug stores with a one dollar bottle guaranteed for relief within hours.
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Sommers
Ares
Creosene Co
Atle 2
Standard Player Pianos Priced $495 and up
Advertisement lists prices for standard player pianos starting at 495 dollars and up, with additional models including a super heterodyne at 269 dollars, Regenoflex at 191 dollars, and Rediola 111 A at 465 dollars. Mentions batteries extra.
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Rediola
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LJ Lissner
Ramples
Ardrese
Cuticura Latorateriss
Dept
Malden
Baas
Shere
Seap Ze
Talcom
Cuticura
Jessie L. Pierce
Euclid Ave
Holsum
Mode Baking Company
Model Baking Company
Garden ST Am Am Torid
Holsom
Steinway
Eeeca Cere
Abopian
Brunswick
LOE
Panarg Ne
House of Goggan
Department Store of Music
South
Alamo Plaza
Goggan’s
Ludwig & Ludwig
Deagan
C. F. Martin
Vega Banjos
Hlenton
Harwood
Blue Ribbon
Vandoren
Hom
Brunswick Radiola
Brunswick Radiola No
Branswick‘Parke-Collender Co
Radio Corporation of America
Radiotrons
Gogg
Victor Brunswick
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