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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1924

Page

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Marital dispute centers on claims of coercion and abuse

The case involves Eilis J. Conrad charged with abusive rage and aggravated assault after a wife, Ora Reynolds Con reid, says she was chained to a bed and held for a day and a half at their Flores Street home before being freed. Conrad admits marriage but denies coercion, recounting desertion and a drunken episode in Seguin. a court hearing is scheduled next Monday.

Eilis J. Conrad Ora Reynolds Conrad Sonrad Justice of the Peace R. Neil Campbell Oklahoma Mra. Conrad Frank Newman Flores Street Camp Travis Seguin

Brand to Address Army Y Meeting at Madison Square

The Rev. Asher H. Brand of Madison Square Presbyterian Church will speak at the Army Y M A fellowship and vesper service Sunday afternoon at 4715 o'clock. The program includes group singing led by H E Cunningham and solos by J Curry of the Ninth Infantry. Basketball practices and games fill the week with activities at 7 o'clock each evening and a 8 o'clock game Thursday night.

Asher H. Brand Madison Square Presbyterian Church Army Y. M. A Jed H. E. Cunningham Army J. Curry Ninth Infantry Infir

Two Women Held In Shoplifting Case

A 50 yard bolt of silk and a dress were taken from two Mexican women. They were detained at a downtown department store by Deputy Sheriffs Flores and Gittinger Friday afternoon. The store manager alerted authorities after seeing one woman conceal silk under her shawl. The pair remain jailed for questioning with charges pending. The silk valued at about 160 dollars was recovered with a package of hairpins.

Flores Gittinger Sheriff’s Office

Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Feature Ad

An advertisement extols Dr R M Pierce as a respected citizen and professional. It promotes his Golden Medical Discovery as a blood medicine and stomach alterative that cleanses skin, improves circulation, and aids skin beauty. Claims include improved blood quality through a healthy stomach and active liver, urging readers to try the product in tablet or liquid form with a trial offer.

R. M. Pierce Doctor Pierce Pierce

Bankrupt Battleford seeks state aid to avert debt impasse

Battleford Saskatchewan appeals to the provincial government for help as the town faces a looming levy of about 7 mills on total assessments to cover $700,000 owed to bondholders with roughly $800,000 overdue. A judgment against the town prompts creditors to pursue collection, threatening residents with a levy amounting to about three quarters of their total assessment.

Associated Press Regina Sask Battleford Saskatchewan

Milk War Hits Oakland As Prices Spark Conflict

In Oakland and surrounding cities a milk price dispute escalated into a near war as dairy producers resisted distributors paying 26 cents a gallon. Picketing, hijackings, night-riders, and dairy-dumping occurred, yet no fatalities were reported as public opinion helped ease the crisis and restore supplies.

United States Oakland East Bay

Leaders in Shriners Contests See Challengers Rise

Two top leaders in the Alzafar Shrine ladies and babies popularity polls face a challenge from former low finishers after Friday night tallies. Armistead and Betty Watson gain, while Ardis McCurdy jumps to second in the ladies, and Betty Jane Fox climbs to third in the children’s event as votes continue to be counted toward Monday’s Shrine Greas on St Maryes Street.

Alzafar Shrine E. H. Armistead Fune Betty Watson Ardis McCurdy Betty Jane Fox Clara Albrecht Ruth Neely Rudolph Steffler, Jr Ned Harris Shrine Greas St Maryes Street B. J. Armstnd Ethel Mae Berry Helen .G. Brown Tacona Riser Betty Watson Winifred Doran Betty Jane Yor Rudolph Stetfier, Jr Ned Hargis Neva Mae Buckner Robert Louis. Cameron Olga D. Voan Elsie Wolf Marilynn Elain Gieseer Evelyn Boubss Frank Wallace Robert Hume McCully Helen Olga Cleverly

Cruiser Marblehead Damaged in Atlantic Storm

Norfolk reports the cruiser Marblehead, injured in a severe Atlantic storm from Bermuda to New England, is moving to the navy yard for repairs. The vessel was struck off Bermuda where winds reached 70 miles per hour, damaging rigging and insulators.

Associated Press Norfolk Marblehead Atlantic Bermuda New England Navy Yard

Rigsby Avenue paving row nears end

Highland Park Improvement Club leaders and city officials reached a tentative agreement on double Tracking part of the street car line on Rigsby avenue and paving 6600 feet. The city will pay part of the cost from Gerer to Walters streets. paving expected late February or March with curb stays.

Rigsby Avenue Highland Park Improvement Club E.H. Kifer Panic Service Company Paul Steffler Iits Highland Park Rigsby Public Service Company S. Ac Public Service Tuttleseid Gerer Walters Steiffer

Community Chest plan eyed for San Antonio drives

J B Jarratt chairing a committee of city organizations announced that within about ten days a feasibility plan for a Community Chest in San Antonio will be worked out. The panel endorsed the plan after months of study and discussions, predicting annual budgets would be steadier and drives more efficient with a citywide fundraising network. Members include Morris Stern, H Rogers, HR Boyle, Albert Steves Sr, Mrs J K Beretta, Dr Frederick Terrell, Herbert Wakernat, and Mrs J H Lapham.

San Antonio Jarratt Evens Lord Mr. Jarratt Morris Stern Zairty H. Rogers HR. J. Boyle Albert Steves Sr J. K. Beretta Frederick Terrell Herbert ‘Wakernat J. H. Lapham

One Dead After Pistol Battle in Crystal City

Dr. Batley died after a pistol battle leaving two others dying. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM from 103 Taft Boulevard. Survived by widow two daughters Bertha Bailey Crystal City mother Mrs William Bailey Crystal City four brothers and four sisters. Interment Mission Burial Park Riebe Co. handled funeral.

Pate Briscoe Clyde Harper Gilbert Dr. Batley San Antonio Taft Boulevard Bailey Bertha Bailey This City William Bailey Crystal City Henry Bailey Sahinal Wright Bailey Frank Will Bailey Asherton Frank Ivey M. Yates Fort Soith W. Rankins J. Rankins Alamo Lodge Modern Woodmen of America W. B. Bills the Grove Avenue Christian Church Mission Burial Park Riebe Company

Radio photography to speed messages and sea cable work

A ship advertised as able to perform deep sea submarine cable operations in any ocean and carry a thousand or more miles of cable could prove invaluable to the country. The item appears in an extended page one section alongside an ad for Dickey’s Old Reliable Eye Water, touted for relief of sun and wind burns.

Dickey

Marshal to go by train to sister's bedside

D A Walker and Mrs Walker plan to leave San Antonio by the M K T Saturday night to reach Mrs Harry Daugherty, sister of the marshal, at her bedside. A telegram says she is very ill. he abandoned the idea of air travel, deciding trains offer quicker passage due to shorter days in late fall and winter.

D. A. Walker

Court restricts entrance as visitors searched for arms

Chattanooga November 22 Judge Floyd Still ordered all persons entering the court to be searched for arms amid reports of a clash between Mountaineers attending the Sam Godses trial for the killing of Ike Bowman at a dance hall on Walden's ridge.

Chattanooga Sam Godses Ike Bowman Walden’s Ridge Floyd .Wstill Root

Principals Question Sale of Candy in Schools

Public school principals and cafeteria committees review whether selling candy on school grounds should continue. Merchants and candy makers petition to end sales while Mothers Clubs and Parent Teachers associations submit views. Members argue health and safety outweigh finances, instructing managers to offer only limited, high quality candy. Mrs Henry A Guerra chairs the committee.

Board of Education Cdfeteria

Henry J Carlton wins Belmont Theater prize for Up the Line

Cambridge dispatch reports Henry J Carlton of Madison and Harvard graduate in 1921 has won the Belmont Theater prize of 500 dollars in New York for his play Up the Line. Carlton, Cornell alumnus, studied dramatic technique at Barnard. Also notes Donald Burkhart and family.

Ard Ashoci Cambridge Henry J. Carlton Madison Noel Hig Harvard Belmont Theater New York Carlton Cornell College Town Barnard

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