Seven Class Bicycles Recovered In Teen Theft Ring
Detectives Green Harris and Semmelmann recovered seven bicycles last Thursday identified from a group stolen by a gang of Mexican boys over six weeks. Ages 10 to 12-year-olds confessed to multiple thefts and aided in locating wheels and parts. Street owners and shops named include Hex Cycle Company Rogers Bicycle Shop Holmes Frederick Antonio Rodriguez Martin Cutting and E Angelano. The youths face transfer to county authorities Saturday.
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Green
Harris
Semmelmann
John Lasapa
Castro Street
Hex Cycle Company
West Commerce Street
Rogers Bicycle Shop
Market Street
Holmes Frederick
Avenue D
Antonio Rodriguez
Keller Street
Martin Cutting
Washington Street
Two Boys Discuss Futures And Jellicoe’s Fate
Two boys under eight share talk about future careers. One plans to be a sailor but reconsidering naval service. The other asks if Jellicoe knows, hinting at a naval reference and perhaps concern about a commander.
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Rmary
Jellicoe Krow
Exhibition of Lady Godiva Opens at Gunter Hotel
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk’s Lady Godiva opens Friday at the Gunter Hotel with viewing daily 9 AM to 10 PM for a week or ten days. The work depicts the moment before the ride with early light flooding the chamber and the heroine paused in hesitation and resolve. F Perry Sargeant, the exhibitor, plans to take the painting to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Lady Godiva
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk
Old England
Coventry
Gunter Hotel
F. Perry Sargeant
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Arts
Rifle Association Will Meet In Texas January
Col J A McCalmont assistant adjutant general and president of a tentative Texas State Rifle Association issued a call for a January 7 meeting in Austin. The goal is to perfect the organization and affiliate the 118 rifle clubs statewide, noting Texas has more than double the clubs of any other state.
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Rifle Association
Austin
Tex
J. A. McCalmont
Texas State Rifle Association
McCalmont
Texas
Santa Fe approves terminal upgrades in Texas
President Hipley of the Santa Fe approved plans for 100000 in Fort Worth terminal improvements and new freight depots in Dallas and Cleburne. He has completed an inspection trip through Texas and is now in Chicago. The news came from Fort Worth today.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Hipley
The
Santa Fe
Texas
Dallas
Cleburne
Ripley
Chicago
Allaguash Floated and Cleared for New Orleans
The American steamer Allaguash, aground off South Pass for several days, was floated late last night and is reported moving up the river toward New Orleans. The vessel is not damaged according to initial reports.
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New Orleans
South Pass
War Calls Out the Million English Women Workers
A British press view notes 3,219,000 women worked outside homes during war, with 866,000 new workers in two years, 766,000 replacing men. Women enter munition plants, transport, mining, and crafts, broadening roles and challenging suffrage debates as they march into diverse jobs.
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Associated Press
London
British Isles
Cosmetics Not Needed Pee the Skin Instead
An old article promotes mercorized wax as a multifunction cosmetic substitute. It claims daily application removes discoloration, freckles, liver spots, blotches, and pimples while improving texture and youthfulness. It also suggests a pomdgored eaxolite mixture for saggy skin with astringent and tonic effects.
Fragmentary wartime snippet yields pondered phrase
A fragment from wartime writing shows a stray line musing that the best thought offered in conflict equals the effort of a great ape. The text is incomplete and lacks clear attribution or context.
Rob Grocery Store at South Flores in Theft
Thieves broke into Eugene Barry's grocery and meat market at 2501 South Flores, stealing ham, bacon, head cheese, pork shoulder, wieners, cigars, and gum. Entrance gained by cutting a rear door panel. theft discovered early Friday morning.
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Eugene Barry
South Flores Street
The Young Politician
Mary asks about voting and confuses the choice wet or dry with rain. Her playful misunderstanding reflects the era’s prohibition campaign and a child’s literal view of political talk.
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Mary
Betty
Blind girls push Texas plan for adult training school
Katie Johns and Jodie Quigley, two blind graduates of the State Institution for the Blind at Austin, urge the next Texas legislature to authorize using the old Austin blind asylum for an adult training school. Petitions circulate in San Antonio and major cities, arguing for self sufficiency for adults who become blind after adulthood and avoidance of public charges.
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San Antonio
Katie Johns
Jodie Quigley
State Institution For the Blind At
Austin
Texas
Miss Johns
A. Cunningham
Carson Street
Prize Jail Trick Stuns Court With $601 Found
A Federal prisoner entering the county jail was searched and found with 40 cents. A makeshift kangaroo court later unearthed $601 in banknotes hidden on him and fined him $500 for perjury after he claimed no money. Jail official Jailer Jack Fraser intercepted the money and held it in chancery while deputies reported the arrest by Deputy U.S. Marshal John J. Dibrell for buying an undisclosed item.
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Kangaroo Court
Bexar County
Jack Fraser
United States
John J. Dibrell
Prisoner Remanded After Brief Hearing
After appearing before Commissioner R. L Edwards, the prisoner was remanded to the county jail in default of bond. A normal search at entry uncovered only 40 cents.
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R. L Edwards
Family Tensions Highlighted by Go in-law Conflict
A Washington Star quote captures a young man lamenting his father-in-law Go neglects him while his wife defends his behavior saying he treats him as family. The dialogue hints at underlying strain in the marriage and in-law relations.
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Washington Star
St Jacobs Oil Promises Fast Pain Relief
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as quick and harmless relief for pains in muscles joints and nerves. It claims instant soothing effect, non burning to skin, and success across head neck back limbs and fingers. A small trial bottle is urged from any drug store.
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James
St. Jacobs
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R. J. Onderdonk
Glasgow
Employment Bureau
Board of Trade
Victor
Victor Records
Werrenrath
Beethoven Hall
Victor Talking Machine Co
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