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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1924

Page

9

Oklahoma aviation expert to return for prison sentence

Horace B. Wild, an aviation expert who managed large wartime government contracts, is returning to Oklahoma City in Detective Luther Bishop's custody to face charges of jumping bond after a prior conviction and a four year sentence to Leavenworth. Detectives Scrivener and Keller arrested him in Pennsylvania Station. Wild claims persecution and malice, saying former associates want him out of the war.

Washington Horace B. Wild Oklahoma City Luther Bishop Leavenworth Wilde Oklahoma Scrivener and Keller Pemerlyania Wild New York Bishop Cahoma Oklahowa International Aircraft Corporation

Attacker of Girl Denied New Trial

Mrs Essie Derrick a Dallas woman convicted of attacking a 13 year old girl was denied a new trial by Judge Charles A Pippen in criminal district court jurors denied discussing the verdict before it was written and defense claims of jury misconduct failed bond set at 7500 and she remained jailed pending bail arrangements

Dallas Essie Derrick Charles A. Pippen Criminal District Court Derrick

Confederate Pension Funds Grow and Tax Rise Eyed

Confederate pension per capita has increased from 22 to 35 dollars quarterly, with 12 044 pensioners outside homes and 363 in homes this quarter. State Comptroller Lon A. Smith explains a 2 cent rise per 100 valuation is needed, citing rising costs to meet $459 292 for pensions plus mortuary warrants.

Austin Confederate Pension Fund Lon A. Smith Pension Fund Iy Smith

Lightning Strikes Two Barns In Two Days

Martinsburg West Virginia reports a second barn burned by lightning within two days. The first owner John T Nadenbousch saw flames as neighbors rushed to save adjacent structures. Loss estimated at 304 dollars or more with contents destroyed.

Martinsburg W. Va John T. Nadenbousch

Funeral plans end in fatal pedestrian accident

Hughesville Pa Sept 27 Mitton Artley 70 of this town was fatally injured when he stepped in front of a motor car on his way home from the undertaking parlor where he had just arranged the burial of his wife.

Hughesville

Bradley's Woodland Violet Toilet Water and Powders Listed

A catalog-like display lists Bradley's Woodland Violet Toilet Water and Bradley's Rose Maid and other Bradley powders and vanity items. It includes prices for numerous brands such as Rigaud, L. T. Piver, Coty, Mavis, and Djer Kiss, with assorted preparations like face powders, toilet waters, bath salts, and vanity sets. The long list appears to be a shop inventory or a sale bulletin from The Big Store.

Rizaud Rigaud Romer & Gallett Inc L. T. Piver T. Pivers

Whisky bound in bond shipped back to distillers

Twenty nine hundred cases of Scotch whisky valued at 175000 dollars passed the 12 mile limit today. The whisky had been on bond in this country for ten years and was shipped back to its distillers aboard the White Star liner Adriatic due to difficulty of disposal here.

New York

Jewelry Trade Offers and Nightclub Dance Ads

A jumble of ads lists Alamo Jewelry Co offering old gold silver diamonds and coins at 315 Alamo plaza plus auto parts firms Kirkwood Wharton and others. Other items promote Hoover vacuum cleaners washing machines repairs and new office openings. Dense nightlife notices advertise dances at Highland Social Club Jolly Fellows White Rose Colonial Club and various venues including Woodlawn Lake and Tokio Roof with orchestras and musicians.

Alamo Jewelry Co Alamo Plaza Age Quee Hoover Vacuum Cleaners Kirkwood & Wharton, Co el Sete H.W. Gough Moore Ridg

Southton Exhibits Attract Hundreds At Community Fair

Hundreds attend the first Southton community fair twelve miles south of San Antonio. Eleven departments display numerous exhibits including 54 poultry entries judged by J A Cosgrave and his wife. Local educators and fair officers are named.

Southton San Antonio J. A. Cosgrave Lone Star Poultry Association of Cosgraws San Antonio Public Schools Soutiton Community Fair Association Herman Niemann Ivy Cox R. L. Barkmeyer

Capital Mole Tunnel En to Ease Mind

Washington scientist Harrison G. Dyar known as the Bhutan mole digs anew private subway near the Smithsonian. He explains he started tunneling for exercise and a flower bed, later shaping a brick arched old system and a concrete modern passageway at his home.

Washington, D. C Harrison G. Dyar Washington Dyar Smithsonian Institution Drar

Night off for Bexar deputies as roadhouse raids ease

For the first time in two months Bexar county deputy sheriffs were given a night off Saturday. The force had patrolled roadhouses to curb roughness, closing several venues and making arrests. Sheriff Stevens, after pauses, warned that further complaints would bring back patrols and closures.

Bexar County Stevens

Two Men Hold Sixteen Offices In New Hampshire

In Gilsum Frank E. Smith claims a new record by holding eight town offices while Fred Johnson of Somerset also holds eight. A separate incident reports GC D McAhan of Austin struck by a speeding auto on Corpus Christi road, knocked unconscious and treated at Brooks Field hospital. car fled but license number reportedly secured.

Concord N. H Gilsum Frank E. Smith Fred Johnson Somerset Johnson Corpus Christi D. McAhan Austin Earl Ki. Carpenter Brooks Field Brooks Field Hospital McAban Kenedy Flying Field

Street lights off on moonlit nights in Los Angeles

In Los Angeles the city will shut off street lights on nights when the moon shines to conserve electric energy amid a water shortage. Officials say lights will remain dark during those lunar evenings.

Los Angeles California

Talcum Powder Prices and Shampoos Listed in Ad

A newspaper ad lists various talcum powders and shampoos with prices, including Nadine Amorny Eleaya and Vantine’s talcum powders, Kiss and Peacock brands, Mennen’s violet talcum powder, and Bradley’s cocoanut oil shampoo with prices ranging from a few cents to over a dollar. The page shows multiple brand names, sizes, and promotional figures.

Mennen

Creams and Cleansing Creams Listing in Woodbury Ad

A dense catalog of facial and cleansing creams from brands such as Woodbury, Angelus, Bradley, Pond, and Nadinola. Prices span from fractions of a dollar to about $2, with many items offered in small tins or cans and noted variants like lemon, vanishing, and whitening formulas. The list includes numerous brand names, product types, and price points typical of a mid-century cosmetic advertisement.

Rouge cosmetics and beauty products price list

A fragmented price list showcases various rouge, lip stick, and skin care items from brands like Dorin, Ashes of Roses, Vivadou, Elmo, Boncilia, Djer Klas, and Hudnut. The catalog includes shades and sale prices for rouge, lip sticks, eye lacquers, creams, powders, and shaving products with multiple cents and dollar amounts.

Soc Dior Elss

Retail ad list of medicines and household goods

A period advertisement lists assorted pharmacy items with prices including Squibb's Milk of Magnesia 45c, Epsom Salts 22c, Sodium Bicarbonate 32c, Bayer's Aspirin 17c, aspirin bottles 1.00, Tintex dyes, Sunset Dye Soap 12c, Dr West Tooth Brushes 374 and Prophylactic Tooth Brushes, Mum boxes 37c.

Magnesia Saulbb Ae Saulbt Saulbh Bayer West

Ric Tooth Brushes and Bath Powder Ad From 11.06

Ad text lists Ric Tooth Brushes 170, Yamatic Original Incenes, Mavis Bath Powder 2¢, Bonoilla Baws Fever product. Mentions 11.06 bos and B88 bn. Reads as damaged OCR with scattered prices and product names.

Ric Bonoilla

Imported soaps offer wide range of prices and brands

A list of soaps with varied prices and brands is presented, including Castile Soap 1 ta 0 c, Lemon Soap 235c, Nadine 17c, Palmolive 2c per cake, and 4711 Glycerine 17c. Other items include Luxize 4 for 376, Pears unscented 12c, Lysol 7c, and Freckleater 17c.

Colgate Cashmers Bouduet Sayman Aoty We Pear Pear

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