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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1929
Page
15
Flood waters from the Everglades rise over the Miami canal flooding Hialeah and nearby areas. Low-lying neighborhoods abandon homes as the town risks isolation if western dikes fail. A large crew begins a drainage ditch project to avert disaster.
Court proceedings report several civil actions: Humver ALA and Railroad case settled and dismissed. McMaing suit on pole and foreclosure dismissed at plaintiff cost. Halft brothers vs Finkelstein on sworn account transferred on plea of privilege. Emanuel Cress Fell found guilty of carrying a pistol in a Texas case.
District and justice courts report multiple suits including notes and foreclosures, dismissals, and judgments for plaintiffs. Public notices cover divorces, f ines, drunkenness, disturbances, and traffic violations with listed defendants and outcomes across many cases in Fort Worth and San Antonio courts.
San Antonio expected showers Tuesday night and Wednesday with a high around 62 degrees. Winds mainly northeast, with partly cloudy skies and light to moderate gusts from the east. Elsewhere, tourists are advised on home weather, regional precipitation, and travel conditions, including dancing events and hotel活动.
The body of Jesse Grimes signer of the Texas declaration of independence will be exhumed from an abandoned Nava reth cemetery and reinterred in the state cemetery Thursday. Grimes County bears his name. He served at the Texas convention in San Felipe in 1833 and 1835 and was a member of the convention and the general council. While defending the convention at Washington on the Brazos his 18 year old son was slain at the Alaman.
Sam Tasler claims his Colorado street house burned two weeks ago from a spark from a fired incinerator near North Taorpien street and Alazul creek. He seeks 600 dollars in damages rejected by Mewaa. Park commissioner Torob Rabiuta notes city investigators examined the blaze at city hall.
Mrs Tita Gray Chaplin the former wife of Charlie Chaplin is engaged to be married to Phil Faker, a stage comedian. Reports say Mrs Chaplin, mother of two, is in Milwaukee on Vaudeville tour, and Faker is a known figure in New York Winter Garden show under the Shuberts.
T. C. Carrington publicity manager of the chamber of commerce returned to his office in Dallas Tuesday after 10 days in Tulsa directing a display for Southwest Texas oil men at the American Petroleum Institute. He reported more than 100 pieces of literature on South and West Texas oil resources were distributed at the meeting. Tulsa newspapers carried several banner strips about the exhibit and oil development in the region. A nearby classified notice promotes job opportunities in the employment columns.
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