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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1930
Page
11
Lease of a busy classified page listing items for sale trade and services. It highlights musical instruments pianos and radios, furniture, whales of hardware and used cars and trucks with various vendors and contact points. The column notes bids legal notices and a bankrupcy sale with catalog like inventory including appliances and office equipment.
Winners list includes Joe Tangles 615 NW Thackherrs Bt and Rabel Mail 419 Harding TMece with others at multiple streets. Prizes are guest tickets to The Texas Theatre to see Miss Joan Crawford in Our Washing Belles with tickets good various performances.
Mrs. Tillian Maddock, 81, was jailed on a disorderly conduct charge after a stormy afternoon of two violent incidents in Washington DC. She was held on $35 collateral, later released, as police battled a crowd sequence at the 1300 block of New York Avenue and subsequent clashes at Tenth and J streets.
Rev. William C. Knowles, aged 90, continues to lead services at the Extonuel Episcopal Church in Killingworth. Descendants of early parish members tour the area, recalling colonial-era settlers as preserved homes and artifacts line a century of local memory.
Local businessman Mantios Ravitch sat reading a newspaper when Mrs. Marjorie Heviteh filed for divorce alleging mental anguish from his breach of etiquette. Superior Judge H. Jass heard the case seeking custody of their one year old daughter Merdorin Ingpe.
court records list actions in Court at Law No 1 including judgments for plaintiffs in various cases, foreclosure and maintenance orders, and notices involving parties such as Friedrich, Harrett, McKingley, and the O M Company. The docket references fraudulent conveyance, bond issues, and ex parte motions with amounts cited around six hundred dollars.
Dale pursues the rumored ghost of Scrimley linked to Captain Kidd lore as Stephanie Stolfe’s warning to marry Avery Boyleston triggers a sequence of deaths. Avery’s body is found aboard a wreck and a torn paper vanishes, while the will hints at Elbridge and Oliver Albright as heirs amid village fear and a winter current of rumors.
Dale and Chief Wingate push through a shipwreck tunnel seeking the killer behind a series of killings. A gas trap, a hidden hatch, and a threatening note mark a spiraling investigation as Oliver, Ernest, and Doreen loom large in motive, with Oliver’s alibi crumbling under pressure.
How to enter Light's Prize Contest requires careful reading of Scrimles's Ghost. Solve clues from chapters, use all essential information, and explain theory of the murder with evidence pointing to the killer. Submit by Wednesday to The San Antonio Light contest office.
Elsie Janis, noted stage actress for nearly a quarter century, announces she will retire from the legitimate theater to devote herself to writing. The decision follows the recent death of her mother Mrs. Josephine Janis, and Janis says she could not quit without pursuing her long-desired writing.
In Bent B Misa’s camp at Rainier National Park two young women staged a climbing contest. One wore yards of dress and a wasp waist restricting breathing, while the other, Miss Rosamary Widwan, appeared in modern outing garb and won. Miss Pauline Lovca, daughter of B H Segenceal, mirrored the modern girl.
Hartford residents resisted a painted misprint on a trestle over Asylum Street. Painters had misread as New Haven railroad, prompting a public outcry. A revised stencil now reads New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, restoring the city’s name.
Eleven jurors summoned to hear a case were given a trial run in traffic court as Judge John J. Mabrenticed their aid in deciding Carl Wogen 22 held for driving while intoxicated. Jules Mahe questioned jurors individually about disposition and the judge followed their suggestions placing Wogen on a five year probation. Wogen, a bricklayer and father of two, faced three nights in jail per the notice.
In Chicago on September 6 Jack Schwartz a 58 year old bachelor with tuberculosis died soon after doctors predicted two weeks to live. He bought a coffin headstone and funeral service ahead of time, arranged with a mortician and cemetery, then waited at home for death.
Chicago report says Dorothy Teel claimed identity as Dorothy Tre Condy of Milwaukee. Physicians say memory loss was feigned to lure her husband Truman Condy back. She was allowed to leave the hospital after confession of the ruse.
Mrs George Braner, 38, wife of a Forestville farmer, died days after an automobile collision. She had a broken neck and was treated by Dr Hamlin who reported the neck injury worsened but warned of potential recovery.
A fragmentary note from CALENICO CALIF shows Adolph De Barsy Ailyonca, a Hollywood troupe agent, died by his own action. The letter claims the only good thing about his death was the number of eats saved, reflecting odd wartime anxieties and strange local lore.
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