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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1921

Page

3

Enlarged Guadalupe Fair opens with bigger exhibits

Seguin Texas reports on the fifth annual Guadatune fair opening with over 2000 expected attendees. Visitors praised enlarged displays of manufactured goods, women’s and craft entries, floral displays, and student handiwork. The event features horse exhibitions, prize contests, and a plan to judge the largest peat specimen with a prize to the winner.

Seguin Tex Get Sani Antonio Braun Prises Aus Ban Aaronia

Prize pecans shown from yard tree in suburb

A Patterson Avenue resident displayed pecans from a yard tree that yielded varying produce. One tree produced a crop averaging 29 cents per pound with two varieties, including a Teacue-like sample and a slightly smaller Red variety. The larger Treacle trees weighed about 84 pounds after twelve years of growth.

Patterson Avenue A. Meine

Deer trouble at Fort Saint Houston grounds and fencing

A fragmented account describes deer causing damage near the quadrangle at Fort Saint Houston with fencing and tree bark pried loose. It mentions improvised remedies and a note about cemetery lore, plus garbled references to troops marching and a Fifth Cavalry relief, all reflecting a chaotic wartime page fragment.

Fort Saint Houston

No Finger Prints in Valley Bank Vault Robbery

Six suspects remain at large after a holdup at Guadalupe Valley Bank in Center Point Ker county Saturday night. Police report fingerprints found on the vault garden door were smeared and of little value. Officers note a heavy pounding and a jammed door during the attempted break in. Captain Wax Riper and Vineetive Bueol have returned from Center Main to assist the investigation.

Rhieves Guadalupe Valley Center Point Ker

Causeway 18 Open Connects Corpus Christi and San Antonio

The Causeway 18 bridge, fully opened to traffic and telephone lines, connects Corpus Christi with the mainland near San Antonio, shortening the automobile distance by about five miles. The opening, postponed from Tuesday, was formal and marks a major regional link.

Corms Ance San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Bar Antonio Corpus Chisti

Ban Antonians to attend formal opening next Saturday

Ms Furlong announced a large Ban Antonians party will attend the formal opening next Saturday. Since a previous setback several more names have been added to the attendee list. Wurlong said arrangements with towns along the avenue between Spa Antorne and Dallas are in place. The Dallas fair starts next week and travelers from Southwest Texas are joining the overland journey. The highway department will provide information on land conditions and the lands involved.

Vala Portland Ms. Furlong Ince Wurlong Spa Antovne Dallis Dallas Indy Texas Highway Department

Repair Work Restores Missouri Kansas Texas Railyay

Report from San Antonio and Dallas states heavy September rains washed out sections of the Missouri Kansas Texas railway. A party of high officials led by Whitehead and Whiterton completed a survey, with H. B. McGee as general manager, to assess repairs and safety. The article notes the effort by the engineering team to restore service and address damage along the line.

Rudy San Antonio Dallas AM. Whitehead W. AM. Whiterton bis _eberattd H. B. McCee Hawkiia Ltta Poustar

Pape's Compound a Quick Cold Relief Remedy

A garbled ad text touts Pape's Compound as the fastest relief for cold symptoms, claiming it stops nose blockage, relieves head pain, reduces feverishness and snuffling after two to three doses. It markets as tastily pleasant with no quinine, sells at drug stores for about 10p.

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