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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1928
Page
8
Miss Tela Swain, 35, a saleswoman, shot herself in her home hours before her wedding to Paul Mead of Pittsburgh. A maid found her body in the bedroom with a note reading she had nothing to live for. Police seek the groom as investigators note the wedding license was not officially located.
Mrs Lane Taylor hosts a bright show luncheon complimenting out of town guests Miss Mary Lape and Alexander McClure Russ as a Juanita Floresville queen celebration unfolds. Wanan's club caravans to Floresville for a cay juwink minuette and later dinner at the Tonston home with guests including Judge and Mrs WL McCroce.
Mrs. Robert S. Sutton returns from San Antonio after a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hardwick. Lieutenant and Mrs. Schlatter of Morehead City to spend Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Wass. Mrs. Schlatter to be remembered at Blea Loraine Bertran and Mrs. Duval West. Mrs. West arrived home from Washington and other eastern points. Mr. and Mrs. RB. W. Nowlin hosting a bridge party Oct 30 at 134 East Mulberries. Mrs. Toe Dilard hosts a bridge party in Alamo Heights with Halloween decor. Miss Mary Lune and Alexander LeClure Rugs to wed at noon Saturday Oct 27 at her parents’ home. Miss Mary King hosting a party at Alamo Heights High School Friday night. Mrs. Bryant Dison visiting from Toontown to stay with Lt. A. G. Larter in Penrcksfield. Lt. Larter to host a bridge on Mon Oct 2 in honor of Mrs. Brsant Dixon. A large officers’ party at the Officers’ Club with many guests and toasts. Colonel and Mrs. David Harmony Diddle of Fort Sam Houston attended a dinner at the Fort Sam Houston Officers’ Club honoring Gen. George Van Dorn Moseley.
A formal San Houston Officers' reception featured yellow decor and marigolds with yellow wax tapers. High ranking attendees included Maj. Gen. Ernest Hulse Brig. Gen. AWeork Br 5 and other generals, with many army officers and their wives traveling for the event and week of events.
Robert W. Thiddell of Louisville, a Dartmouth College freshman, will lose the sight of his right eye after a test tube exploded in the Dartmouth chemistry laboratory. He was rushed to Hanover for treatment, and an operation has already been performed though doctors fear blindness may be permanent.
An earlier today another drink parlor bombing occurred during the week, damaging a place once run by Walter Nockett and nearby buildings. The business had been closed for about a week, with the bar and other fittings removed.
California reports 2 318 816 registered voters for the upcoming presidential election per Secretary of State Frank Jordan. The total surpasses the 1924 registration by 491 450 as official figures. Also noted is an ad for Little Theater presenting The Importance of Being Earnest with October show dates and ticket details.
Soviet medals were awarded to the ice-breakers Kaganfire and Mamalkin for three months of Arctic search and rescue. The crews aboard these ships saved sixteen survivors from General Umberto Nolille's North Pole flight, earning the Order of the Red Banner for bravery.
Johnny Jackson aged 10 of Duree Street was stabbed in the right side while boys selling papers at the Frederickaburg and North Vlmes corner. Police say the assailant is a 10-year-old boy named Toureiny, who struck in the afternoon.
In Romania on October 26, a collision between the Bucuresti bound express from Hurhurest and an express from Sina near Stating killed about fifty and wounded many more. Twenty-five persons were taken to hospitals for treatment.
The Mexican Department of Gobernacion reached an agreement with steamship lines to let passengers stay in Mexican ports under carrier responsibility. Passengers receive identification cards validated by Mexican immigration officials to streamline their travel. The Ward Line is among the carriers in the plan.
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