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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1929
Page
4
An experimental setup by Dr Georges Claude, aiming to exploit water temperature differences to produce energy, runs into issues as the apparatus shows flaws. The location is Atlantis, Cuba, with September dates and details remaining unclear due to damaged text.
Discovery in Baden Austria reports a previously unknown harmony mass possibly by Mozart. Parish church master Ternach Nefeger says the work shows Mozart's autograph signature and calls for soprano, alto bass, and strings with brass in instruments.
The doctor’s long career studying patient habits led him to develop a gentle laxative, Or Wells Syrup Pepsin. His formula, a herbal blend, treated constipation safely without gripping, and by 1888 it was bottled for sale in drugstores worldwide.
Two San Antonio girls from the House of the Good Shepherd fled Wednesday to fill vacancies left by Duse and Lars Bernbacht. Laura Patten, 15, and Mildred Labensken, 14, climbed a transom, took a taxi, and tried to elude officers as they circled blocks. Officer T. S. Herrera halted the taxi on Alamo Plaza. the runaways were returned to the home.
In Los Angeles a Waco woman, Mrs. W. McClelland Munroe, daughter of Col. Peter McClelland, obtained a divorce from Jack L. Munroe alleging he beat her and dissipated her money. She said Texas men do not stand for such treatment and expressed regret that her male relatives were not present during the abuse.
A Know Your Firemen profile highlights C La Bearkman of 1232 Cornell Avenue. He is pipeman No 4, engine company No 6, and Taflon No 6 at West Russell Place. He joined in December 2022, left in May 1025, and rejoined in July 1025. Bearkman also plays saxophone in the Gremen's band.
Fort Worth, Sept 4. J P Thompson 16 died from an accidental pistol shot fired by 17 year old friend Doyce A Griff while the youths were cleaning their guns in preparation for a fishing trip. The tragedy occurred here today as the two boys prepared for their outing.
Five people died from heat in a Midwest sweep, four in Chicago and one in Sawyer Michigan, as temperatures rose to the nineties. Chicago marked its hottest September 4 in 31 years with high readings and drought woes. The Weather Bureau noted the day’s peak was exceeded only twice this year, prompting federal barge line cutbacks on the Mississippi and reduced bulk shipments as the river fell to three feet.
New York sweltered on September 4 as homecoming vacationists longed for cooler seashore and mountains while temperatures across the Atlantic coast set September records. Readings ranged from 90 to 103 degrees from Maine to Pennsylvania and inland, with 103 at Lancaster, Pa the high mark. Fire reports noted prostrations in Texas towns amid the heat wave.
About 200 employees at the Grata hospitals in Austin San Antonio Wichita Falls Terrell and Rusk lost their jobs after Governor Mondy trimmed the appropriation. Nurses attendants and other workers are being shifted to 12 hour shifts potentially violating the 9 to 34 hour law.
Owen Thomas Edgar of Washington, the last survivor of the Mexican War, died yesterday at age 97 from shock after a fall and broken leg. Born in Philadelphia, he served as a printer and sailor on the frigates Potomac and Allegheny. Burial will be at Congressional Cemetery beside his wife, with a daughter of Washington as survivor.
Italian Schneider pilots could not complete extended trials of their aircraft as Monti in a Macchi G7 conducted a three minute flight around the Majestic. On landing a wing wire fuse connection was broken. Italian ships Pina and Franseca Ferruccio arrived off Spithead for Schneider cup air race duties and were greeted ashore by British officials.
Washington report tells of Commodore Jeff Helm, a navy physician, returning from duty in Nicaragua to discover his wife has given birth to a son an hour earlier. The account notes Mrs. Helm as formerly Miss Fath Ponderly, a name known to two presidents.
An American envoy with a long Latin American diplomacy record is reassigned from Honduras to the ministry, transferring to 49 Verranela. Minister Summerlin, who held Americas charge d affaires in Mexico during the revolutionary period, leads the transition.
Judge Newton P Wille of the eighty fourth district court announced his resignation to Governor Moody and plans to enter a Pampa law firm. It is understood H3 Elekens of Canadian will succeed Judge Willis.
A fragmented New State dispatch from Sept 4 notes census hints at citizens and an advertising line urging readers to seek beauty care from top experts, tucked in beauty columns and classifieds. The snippet shows a promotional tone rather than full context, reflecting era-style ad placement.
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