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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1928
Page
15
Three nifty blottos headline a prize set with works by Mrs. I. Buckowsky introducing The Chinaman in the upper left, Natalie Weber's Caribou head below, and E. A. Basse Jr. contributing a crawfish on the right. The drawing shows how to make them.
The story follows Eddie and Mike Arno amid New York reputations and crime figures. It sketches Arno’s contempt for poverty and his schemes, while recalling Broadway and city scenes. The piece hints at duplicity, danger, and a looming continuation on the next page.
Alfred Macray, a Black resident of 212 Darth Salada street, resisted robbers and saved $40 after they attacked him and his fatherless family. An earlier case in Kansas City involved a man losing $40 to a single thief, while en route to a depot, amid a wave of violent street crime reported in the era.
Mrs Mesch head of Haw Airlonia nurses and a board member for state examiners will attend a meeting in Waco on December, with a call meeting announced Tuesday. The board will issue certificates to nurses who missed the Delboro examinations.
Members of the music department formed a choral club with officers and reporters. Miss Fetotle Bushwey greeted president Miss Trene Davis, vice president Finn, Marjorie Simonson secretary and tutors Miss Aulalie Wheeler and Marjorie Bersie served as reporters.
A quirky contest draws Blotto players from San Antonio to Monterrey Mexico and beyond. Entrants exchange jokes and poems in mixed English and Spanish, with daily prizes and a weekly grand prize of ten dollars. Local residents submit names and addresses as part of the drawing process for the newspaper sponsored event.
A man sits on a counter stool in a San Antonio diner. He struggles to remember the word smile as the waitress Nephews a cheerful reply. The scene hints at memory and identity through a humorous breakfast moment.
A clever fox eschews stealing and instead befriends Mrs. L. Wess and her dog Pete. The animal now shares the yard, is fed, and enjoys a safe arrangement, with the two playing together as shown.
In a curious incident at 224 Trek Avenue a fox kept as a watchful house pet reportedly befriended a dog. Mrs. Hess, owner of a dozen animals, recalls the fox and dog forming unusual ties, with residents bemused by their companionship and the fox even reputedly scoring in play.
A booster urges San Antonio to import Indian string racquets, praising Indian craft and citing government sponsorship. The chamber questions location details and presses for concrete dealer connections while noting the sponsor’s claim.
Cafeterias ladle turkey meals to pupils with cranberries and fixings. The friendly school meal program aims to keep children fed and cheerful during the winter term.
Dr. Joseph H. Nelson head of San Antonio Junior College and Bertrand Mary college dean will attend the joint meeting of the Association of Texas College and the American Association of Junior Colleges in Fort Worth. Uri Charles V Pritey of Axa M. College is head of the Italy association.
Dr Williams travels to Jasper to attend the burial of his brother Vr Prank Williams. The report mentions De Williams and Rradugle of Tylexe with unclear details. the fragment notes his presence at the funeral and related ceremonial duties.
A reminiscence recalls a crowd of about 20 000 at Malaplas field from 40 inches out as a hurler’s crash, a distressing accident on Th tas al Unassoy and Csnosa streets, where a wife who lost control of a vehicle shattered glass windows and a crowd reacted with shock and excitement.
City officials consider a proposal from a flood prevention engineer's committee to supervise the completion of a flood prevention project. O N Flesd and John Th rwleynd with W Parse presented the plan. Mayor G M Ghnoibera announced Tuesday that the city will likely accept the offer, based on the engineer's fee structure and projected costs.
Seventeen new Douglas airplanes will be ready for delivery from the factory at Moniva Colorado and designated for the corps training center. Washington health officials confirm the planes will train pilots at a flying school, with LECAL pilots to be ferried to Santa Montea for deployment to San Antonio.
Fifty companies will exhibit at the Fiftieth Tri-State Teachers Association convention in the municipal auditorium basement Friday and Saturday. Booths will feature tanning, plas sarum equipment, beak billings, cert hroks and other school pigintiess, with Fort Worth as host.
A fragmented OCR style list shows birthday wishes for George W. Ifrliwan and others, with garbled addresses and names like H. A. McNees and Cilwin Mercer Waener. The text resembles a local newspaper birthday notice page with unclear street references and repeated fragments.
Christmas Seal Sale workers will outline campaign plans at a Tuesday meeting. Dr We Ge Farmer, chairman for the 1928 campaign, says seals and supplies will be distributed to workers and civic organizations. The event is hosted by the Bexar Country Public Health association with a 2 to 10 pm local execution committee meeting. More than 4,040,000 beaut seals are to be distributed in Mexico county through Friday.
Gonzales faces murder charges in the killing of Pelipe Torres on November 12. Judge W. W. McGrors set a $2000 bond, with Gonzales brought from New Arzunfels on writ of habeas corpus. He remains to appear at the February term of court in New Braunfels before Judge Jeffery of the Twenty-second District.
A delegation of 150 citizens from Tala Alta Cat will visit San Antonio en route to March presidential events. Leoned He Read, Palo Alto Chamber secretary, and Parlee Whaley of the San Antonio Chamber request that the visitors, who will be in the city, be given guided tours of major sites.
Seattle, Wash November 21 Santa Claus, the original airfighter, passed over Seattle at 2000 feet en route to San Antonio. He climbs to 15000 feet to cross over the Charleston Islands, then continues toward Texas with his four reindeer and a large load of toys for San Antonio friends.
Palm Heights property owners and residents may attend the hearing on the contemplated street improvement program. The city commission will hear complaints and consider auditing aspects at the specified location and time, inviting feedback from owners and residents.
Election of new officers at Am tonio Junior College sorority announced Tuesday. Miss Epil Winship elected secretary, Miss Gertrude Blotz treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Grother corresponding secretary, Miss Tran Goeth postal, Miss Helty Seem porter.
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