Little Mexico in San Antonio Faces Modern City Growth
A vivid portrait of San Antonio's Little Mexico long shadowed by skyscrapers and progress. The piece describes dispersed districts like Cementville near Brackenridge Park and the west bank beyond railway lines, highlighting adobe casas, improvised huts, matriarchal labor in homes, and the persistence of this enclave amid rapid urban change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
San Antonio
Union Stock Yards
Manana
Henry
Sidney Lanier
Spain
Brackenridge Park
Cementville
Shark Netted Near Indian Rock By Narragansett Fisherman
A 20-foot blue shark was netted near Indian Rock and captured after a struggle, then towed to Newport. Earlier, a seven-foot blue shark weighing 350 pounds and a large stingaree were taken in Narragansett Bay by local fishermen and brought to the south pier dock.
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Indian Rock
Point Judith
Newport
New York
South Pier
Narragansett
Why He Couldn't Live Here
Mrs. Andrew Crosse recalls Walter Savage Landor as stirring company despite his age. She notes his eloquence on republican institutions and his praise for Americans, ending with the quip that he could never live in America because they have no cathedrals and stained glass.
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Walter Savage Landor
Andrew Crosse
Landor
America
New Authors Welcome Highlight Editors Discover New Writers
Jeanette L. Gilder notes editors seek fresh talent not big names. She recalls discovering John Oliver Hobbes James Lane Allen and Marion Crawford, and cites six best sellers where four are new writers including Vaughan Kester Kate Bosher Henry Sydnor Harrison and David Graham Phillips.
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Popycock
John Oliver Hobbes
James Lane Allen
Marion Crawford
Vaughan Kester
Jeffery Farnel
Miss Gibble Gault
Kate Langley Bosher
the Williamsons
Jeffrey Farrel
Kate Bosher
Mary Cary
Gibbie Gault
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Queed
Harrison
New York
Jeanette L. Gilder
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San Antonio’s
Tlascalan Republic
Kingdom of Spain
Prospect Hill
Burro
Little
International & Great Northern
C. Henry
Kodak
New World
Theo Artzt
Jcal
Manhattans
Manhattan
Eclipse
Washer Brothers Company
Frio Valley
Bermuda
Fowlerton
Fowler Bros
Frost
G. San Antonio
B. D. Hatcher
Fowler Bros.’ Land Co
Frost Building
San Antonio, Tex
P. O
Royal Orchestra
Saratoga Restaurant
Hii
Chicago
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