Buying your first car a thrill across the twentieth century
The piece explores the enduring thrill of purchasing a first automobile. It compares the moment to landmark life events, notes how car buying alters social status, and cites Cale G Iyers of the Jordan Ivers Motor Co and Mr Ivers as illustrating the sentiment of sacrifice and pride in ownership.
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Mars
Davy Jones
Paris
Ginty McGuire
Fife
Cale G. Iyers
Jordan-Ivers Motor Company
Ivers
Thief Returns Used Tire Demands New One
Sunday morning Bennett Walch of 517 Piedmont Avenue reported a used spare tire stolen from his car was returned overnight. A note on the thief's car reading We want 2 new tire revealed the culprit's demand for replacement tires.
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Bennett Walch
Piedmont Avenue
Welch
Metal Plane Sets Weight Carrying Mark Rome
A large metal hydroplane built at Maria di Pisa for the Spanish government flew to Melilla non stop. The 1600 kilometer 10 hour flight carried 2300 kilograms total cargo with three crew. Manufacturers claim a new world record for weight carried. It will be used in the Melilla sector against Rifian rebels.
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Rome
Maria di Pisa
Melilla
City Detectives Report August Property Recoveries
City detectives recovered property valued at over 15000 in August. The department made 190 arrests and transferred 28 cases to federal authorities including liquor and narcotics violations, with 42 cases sent to Bexar county court. Sixteen juveniles were arrested for burglary theft delinquency assault and concealed weapon.
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Witch
Federal Court
Immigration Department
Department of Justice
Bexar County
Rural Folk Lodge Shooting Complaints Prompt Sheriff Action
At dawn on Monday complaints to the sheriffs office about doves shot near homes and roads led Sheriff Jim Stevens to vow strict enforcement of hunting laws. He announced deputies will curb violations within a half mile of churches or schools and along roadways as dove season opens.
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Sheriffs Office
Jim Stevens
Ad Rest Church
Schol
Week end auto accidents report nine collisions minor injuries
No deaths or serious injuries from weekend accidents reported to police. Nine collisions caused minor injuries and extensive vehicle damage. incidents include a triple collision at Golied and St. Clair and multiple street crashes involving residents on North San Saba North Frio and South Laredo streets.
Triplets Named Davis Coolidge and LaFollette
Benton Indiana residents Roy Lee and wife revealed they would name their newborn boy triplets after presidential candidates George LaFollette Thomas Coolidge and Ralph Davis. The smallest babe weighs three and a half pounds while the other two weigh five pounds each.
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Benton
Roy Lee
George LaFollette
Thomas Coolidge
Ralph Davis
Forehead Cut After Car Collision In Kelly Field Area
A driver sustained a cut on the forehead when his car was struck by a vehicle driven by Charles M Bates at midnight Saturday. The crash happened at M Street and North New Braunfels Avenue near Kelly Field. The injured person was taken to the Base hospital at Fort Sam Houston. The incident occurred on the edge of city and government property, with responders from both city police and military police including officers Stowe and Gray.
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Golied
St. Clair
Sumiday
William Hysim
Mount Zion Street
W. M. Grossenbach
Huefgen Avenue
E. P. Jud
Division Street
Angus Rudolph
Southern Pacific
Herman Wall
North San Saba Street
North Frio Street
Ph G
Charles M. Bates
Kelly Field
M Street
New Braunfels Avenue
Arcentue
Fort Sam Houston
Ficers Stowe and Gray
Three Auto Mishaps Reported In Sunday Rush
Three automobile accidents occurred within a half hour Sunday afternoon. No serious injuries. A Ford driven by Domaldo Jos collided with an S A L switch engine at Laredo Street crossing. Rios' mother was slightly injured and hospitalized. A collision at Las Moras and West Commerce involved a Colorado Street car from San Antonio Body Works. the other driver left the scene. A third crash near North Flores and Myrtle involved Albert French and John Welson.
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Ronaldo Rios
Tijada
San
South Laredo Street
J. Smith
Drexel Avenue
Los Moras
West Commerce Streets
C. C. Grambler
Colorado Street
Beloning
L. A
Ford
Domaldo Jos
S. AL & Alb
Laredo
Rios
Las Moras
West Commerce
Grumbler
San Antonio
Corsicana Attorney and Ex-Sheriff Held After Fight
Corsicana attorney and former sheriff J.R. Curington and attorney Be. J. Gibson were booked on charges of attacking Fred Lehr of 504 Wirk Street after a 1 51 am fight in the 100 block of Kirk Street Monday. Lehr, with a battered face, pressed the charges. They were released on 25 dollars bond each to appear in police court Tuesday.
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J.R. Curington
BE. J. Gibson
Corsicana
Fred Lehr
Wirk Street
Kirk Street
Lehr
Pastor Expounds Three Classes of Sinners Loved by God
Highland Park Evangelical pastor Rev. E. A. Neumister says God loves all sinners equally. He outlines three types: impenitent, superficially religious, and a converted woman moved to repentance. Sermon titled The Kingdom of Christ is a Kingdom of Love.
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E. A. Neumister
Highland Park
Rev
Neumeister
Fire Hits Luling Businesses Causing 10000 Loss
A late Friday fire in Luling Texas started at the Mogea Electric Shoe Shop and spread through the heart of the business district causing about 10000 in damage. Buildings owned by R B Bronson A F Lienty Dr Clay Nichols Ernest Wilson housed the Bronson Electric Company McGraws Rat Shop Williams Jewelry Moses Electric Shoe Shop Service Tailor Shop Nick Browns fruit store Club Cafe and Wilson Furniture.
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Luling
Texas
Mogea Electric Shoe Shop
R. B. Bronson
A. F. Lienty
Clay Nichols
Ernest Wilson
Bronson Electric Company
McGraw’s
Williams Jewelry Company
Moses Electric Shoe Shop
Service Tailor Shop
Nick Brown
Wheeler in Boston for Labor Day talk
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana arrived in Boston to launch his vice presidential bid on the LaFollette ticket. He was greeted at South Station and escorted to a hotel, with an afternoon address on the Common under the Boston Central Labor Union and an evening speech in Worcester.
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Boston
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
New England
LaFollette
South Station
Wheeler
Boston Central Labor Union
Worcester
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South Laredo
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Medina Street
Telles
North Laredo
G. Stevens
Davis, Coolidge and Lafollette
E. Houston ST
Pastor Classifes
Sinners OF
Dr. Zucht
Daily Reminder
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Commerce Street
Wrigley’s
Lavy N Cesra
Alamo Iron Works
Jimmie’s Joys Music
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Wallace N. Robinson Hotels Co
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Free Theatre
Rialto
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