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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1928
Page
8
A jagged, paste up like fragment from a 20th century page includes stray names, phrases, and jokes from various snippets. It mentions a boxing tournament, a Chin sso boxing match, a Scotchman with rice pudding, champagne to Byrd, and cautions about drinking or smoking. The mix reads as a collage of overheard lines and vendor chatter with no single coherent event.
A profile of Jacob J. Gillilet who became a Prol enforcement officer after the Eighteenth Amendment. He saved his salary to acquire apartment houses, cars, and roadhouse ventures, illustrating the era's perceived opportunity and thrift values amid criticism. Also mentions Miss Alfalfa and a local pageant in Mojave and Attala counties.
Confusing daylight scribble describes a derby, a crown, a football delvel, and a sneering note about a famous last words moment. Mentions a Sentinel and Albert with odd phrases implying a mislaid device and a thwarted search through a dirty transom.
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