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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1916

Page

15

Land sale ad for 497 acres near Brackettville Texas

497 ACRES AT 14 DOLLARS per acre five miles west of Brackett on Del Rio road good fences half level mesquite land half grazing land 72 acres in cultivation excellent water shallow well fine grass new 3 room house metal barn 20 by 60 smaller wooden barn first class road 2000 cash balance easy terms W F Holmes owner Brackettville Kinney county Texas ES TOR SALE 20 SECTION RANCH TEN owned ten leased well improved price 5 50 anything you want in land and live stock Dan Roberts Garden City Texas

Brackett del Rio W. F. Holmes Brackettville Kinney County Texas

Circus caravan to city from Austin for San Antonio show

A Barnum and Bailey caravan of eighty nine private cars will travel from Austin to San Antonio Friday night led by four MKT engines. The circus opens Saturday at 2 pm on South Presa and Buckingham. Unloading begins before dawn, with elephants, horses and 700 workers setting up a three mile street parade, and a two hour performance featuring 480 acts and 1275 people.

San Antonians San Antonio Barnum & Bailey Circus South Presa Street Buckingham Avenue Austin Happy Jack” Snellen Bridgeport Europe Belford Hannefords Fischer's Drug Store

Theodore P Shonts the Musician Revealed

New York friends of Theodore P Shonts president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company learn of his hidden passion for violin. He describes four violins including a Stradivarius and Cremona, recalls lessons from childhood, and notes tunes played by ear before reading music. He dismisses links to transport triumphs and jokes about Money Mask.

New York Theodore P. Shonts Interborough Rapid Transit Company Interborough Belmont Hotel Rome Shonts Canning Arkansaw Traveler Arkansaw

Meant It for Him Joke Ends in a Shocking Pun

A Pittsburgh Telegraph reader recounts a supper joke about a surgeon operating on a girl believed blind and finding a young man in her eye. The wife replies that outcome depends on what kind of man it was, implying prudence and wit.

Pittsburg

War Bride's Theft Case Dismissing Charge in London

Amelia O'Brien, 25, appeared at the London sessions to answer a charge of stealing goods valued at fourteen shillings. The prosecution offered no evidence of felonious intent, and her counsel presented a letter from an officer who died of wounds, arguing trauma influenced her actions. The judge deemed the prosecution correct and she departed court.

London Globe Amelia O’brien London

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