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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1932
Page
14
Editorial argues the Literary Digest poll shows 2,715,630 total votes with a three to one plea for repeal nationwide. It highlights Kansas as dry while the rest of the states trend wet, urging Congress to heed the people and threaten consequence for continued resistance.
A Christy painting Spirit of America will be unveiled on April 12 at a Carnegie Hall mass meeting. Reproductions will be shown nationwide during the bicentennial of George Washington's birth as calls grow for elected officials to embrace Washington's temperance, financial prudence, and readiness, opposing entanglements and tyranny. The piece aims to spur citizens to elect leaders who will follow Washington's precepts and defend national defenses, finances, and independence.
Anemia is described as a result of poor nutrition and blood loss with causes including severe dieting and disease. The article covers symptoms such as pale skin, breathlessness, and fatigue, and discusses treatments like rest, nutritious diet, fresh air, sunlight, and liver extract preparations as a way to boost red blood cells and hemoglobin, noting pernicious anemia as a severe form requiring medical care.
Mrs. Lizie Johnson recalls frontier days in Uvalde area with stories of Indian raids and killings, noting good and killer Indians, near misses with Tubbs and a lariat theft, alongside reflections on eye strain from bathing benches and a later tale of a man named Dancer and a wild, unmapped region. The piece blends local memory with cautionary anecdotes from Pilot Knob and Babinal, Texas.
Dancer fled after an unknown escape from a traveling outfit’s camp. Four to five hours later the Irish cook was found slain and buried crudely. Officials pursued Dancer using horseback riders. he disappeared across the country. Local report links him to a trap and possible involvement in cattle theft and murder.
Fragmentary verse dialogue lampoons nightlife and fashion in a stream of phrases about saloons, cocktail culture, and longing for youth. It references performers and social scenes, mixing antiquated spellings with a theatrical cadence. The piece reads as a surreal, poetic pastiche of a late night club world.
New York letters paint a waning Paris expatriate scene as bars and salons grow quiet while notable figures drift to Venice and London. Hemingway, Pearl White, and Damon Runyon are mentioned among others, with older notables like Alfred Henry Lewis remembered. The piece notes a bleak mood, shifting travel, and a return to domestic routines as The Great Change looms.
A reflective essay on popularity explains why we seek others and how certain people radiate ease. It argues that popularity stems from others’ ability to improve our lives and that the best companions have learned to handle life quietly, inspiring confidence in us.
The San Antonio Light recalls early 20th century events in Texas including river recessions and the start of annual automotive events. Sailors and drivers were noted for endurance as cars competed from San Antonio to Corpus Christi and back, with mentions of routes and dawn starts.
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