September 8 in San Antonio history...

1904
San Antonio justices warned they would not follow the precedent set by a New York magistrate who dismissed a fighting charge against two drunks, ruling that “a man cannot be disorderly in a saloon.”

1914
Listed on the vaudeville bill at the Majestic Theater was a little-known performer named Mae West – billed as the “Eva Tanguay of Vaudeville.”

1955
City Councilman George Friedrich revealed that the city has a long-range eye on part or all of the old arsenal property.

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