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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1925
Page
2
A local club hosts a concert at the Sighony Hotel featuring Helen Oliphant, Mise Wwilleta Mae, and Mra Zaleme Herd Simpson. The program includes a violin performance and contralto recital followed by a brief social reception.
The community reports multiple group gatherings including the Lud Trail Drivers Auxiliary, United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters, Sorsis Club, The Tacs Aid Society, City Baptists Young People's League, and the Symposia group. Meetings cover December events, teas, showers for Bueckner's Orphans Home, and holiday programs at Grace English Lutheran Church, with hosts named such as Mrs. Henry Harns hud Hawkins, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. W. M. Reyes, and Mrs. John Scoggins.
Dramatic climax unfolds as a husband strikes the jaw of his wife’s escort at a theater. He then calls for order, apologizes for the words spoken, and leads his wife away as the crowd reacts. The couple reportedly continues living apart amid a civil action.
A garbled report details immigration enforcement actions against smugglers crossing the border. It mentions a man named Logna from Massachusetts and a wife, child, and alleged schemes to obtain travel documents and passage into the country. The piece references passport use and cross-border travel, with mentions of authorities and prosecutions.
New York police investigate a brutal killing as George Nycobr 1 was discovered deceased in his residence by a relative returning home from visiting family. Authorities report a disturbed scene with evidence of strangulation or blunt trauma. neighbors recall hearing the victim, while several associates are being questioned.
Page lists numerous society gatherings across San Antonio and Kendall County including dinners, teas, and weekend visits. Mentions guests such as Major General Ernest Hinds, Col. Z. Meartui, Mrs. Goous, Mrs. Hinds, and Mrs. Patten, with events at private homes, the San Antonio Country Club, and the Guadalupe river area, noting engagements and debutantes.
A rural notice announces an insect extermination event at the Campbell farm near Sayeed Community School. Volunteers are invited Thursday to assist with pest control under supervision by Dr Lawherhaus and county agents. A nearby Gonzales road cleanup plans to mobilize a volunteer field crew for the operation.
A request outlines how a municipal landing field is managed and what equipment is needed. Linde Toskiy and Fred Hernden of the Chamber of Commerce are mentioned, seeking air data and guidance from the local business group.
A head-on collision between a light sedan and a northbound streetcar on the Main Street viaduct in Houston killed Emma Lumpren, Charles Lumpren, and George Siephens and injured two others. The dead and injured include Miss Jenny, a circus rider, and others from Houston and nearby cities. The sedan occupants were two brothers and a sister awaiting burial details in Fort Worth and Chicago.
In Chicago on November 30 UP-Fire President Dawes condemned Senate rules that he said grant a single senator undue power over the President and undermine the Senate. He urged majority cloture to end filibuster and protested attempts to prolong debate.
Edward Townsend, 23, was arrested in Wichita charged with cutting the throat of his seven month old baby. Townsend’s father Ray Townsend is jailed for aiding escape. Townsends reportedly had been insane for two years. The infant died yesterday after the incident near Enid, Oklahoma, while the parents were visiting.
Funeral services were held Monday for W. P. Clarke of 120 St Denis Avenue Alana Heights after a prolonged illness. A native of Texas he was connected with a Maverick-Glarie Lithopropy company in San Antonio and Clarke and Court of Galveston. He is survived by his widow Mrs Edna Clarke four daughters Willette Mae of San Antonio a sister Mrs G B Spalding of Chicago. Pallbearers included FD Brooks William Herting George Pabst Paul Villaret Henry Blots and F Z Pincks with honorary pallbearers Sludge A W Seeligson PG Lucne Walter Genwill Frank Bradford Edward Raymond.
An advertisement touts Jointlace as a fast acting remedy for sore joints including rheumatic pain. It claims quick absorption through the skin to reach ligaments and bone, easing inflammation and swelling and making joints more limber. The ad invites readers to visit druggists for purchase.
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