SAPL : September 22 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

22 September 2021

1875
The San Antonio Express receives the first exclusive new dispatches over the newly connected military telegraph line at Ft. Sam Houston. (Wednesday was actually the 22nd of Sept. in 1875.)

1921
The San Antonio Commissioners pass an ordinance “prohibiting any person, firm or corporation, excepting regularly licensed druggists and practicing, licensed physicians, to have in his or their possession, or to smoke, or in any manner use marihuana, Indian hemp, loco weed or Cannibis Indica. Anyone found with any of the above named substances, in any form, except those indicated, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $10 dollars and not more than $200 dollars.”

1943
Mrs. Albert Maverick has donated three old cannons to the city that will return to the Alamo after an absence of 100 years. The weapons were found many years ago when workmen were excavating land belonging to the Maverick family where the Gibbs Building currently stands.

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.