Crack Band Leaves for Home in Mexico
The Banda Estado Mayor gave a final concert before leaving San Antonio for Mexico. Lieutenant Nahor Vasquez led performances outside the Southern hotel as crowds applauded. The band, in the U S since Jamestown Exposition, boards the Mexico-St Louis Limited at 10:20 a.m. over the International and Great Northern, then transfers at Laredo to Mexico’s National Railway to reach the City of Mexico. The visit impressed locals and visitors, lingering in memory as a premier musical group of its kind. One local, J. P. Hickman, helped arrange the visit and aided band members after a member died upon arrival.
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Governor Heads to Beaumont for Horse Show
Special to The Light Austin Texas March 25 the governor left for Beaumont to attend the Beaumont horse show and open the event He spends one day there then travels to Houston for a day and will return to Austin Wednesday Also mentions horse blankets and local names.
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Next Year’s Fair Planned Despite Bad Weather
Association officers and directors today discussed plans for next year’s fair at the International fair grounds. Secretary Vance said a full report on fall prospects would take several days. Officials estimate heavy losses due to poor weather, though yesterday’s closing day drew about 8000 people with all concessions well patronized.
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Over 8000 Children Attend City Fair on Light Day
The Light’s Day for the children of the city Saturday was one of the bigger days of the exposition. Officials stated that over 8000 children entered the gates while attendance exceeded 12,000. The figure came from the office of Secretary Wame this morning.
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Incomplete OCR Summary of Local Ad Notice
Fragmentary text appears to mention an organization with officers and items for sale or service. The legibility is poor, with garbled phrases and missing identifiers such as names, dates, places, or concrete quantities. No coherent event or action can be confirmed from the readable portion.
Texas first to have all public schools gardens studied by agriculture dept
Prof W T Carter, native Texan and graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, arrives in San Antonio to survey school gardens citywide. The effort, urged by the Farmers' Congress, aims to report findings to state supervisors, with plans to publish results and foster rival school gardens statewide. Carter will spend a year in Texas, with headquarters in Austin, and will present data at the December Houston school superintendents convention.
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