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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1925
Page
14
A vivid Sunday afternoon at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio paints a scene of universal pleasure. Families rich and poor, black and white, enjoy baseball, tennis, golf and swimming while birds sing and flowers bloom. Elsie and her young man stand out as the day’s brightest joy in a city-wide Easter memory.
President Coolidge addressed the National Cotton Manufacturers Association, urging reform of improper practices in the cotton industry. He framed justice and equality as the foundation of lasting prosperity, warning industrial magnates that shift is needed and that the White House will stand for what is right for four years.
A man walks the street feeling great about life and attention from maidens. He misreads smiles as affection for a handsome nose, faces a failing day at the office, and ends with the belief that some days are rotten days.
An El Paso Texas advertisement notes Ben Meyers Market will supply corn fed poultry including turkeys geese ducks squabs pryers cotto ntail rabbits and Louisiana oysters promising quality and variety for readers.
A terse comic snippet features Bonehead Brothers in a playful exchange about a chilly misstep and a tongue tied response, highlighting humorous wordplay and character banter. The dialogue hints at slapstick timing and wit in a lighthearted scene.
A household recounts a pet canary that was released from its cage by a child or adult. The bird hops around the room, circles the table, and lands on the floor before returning to the cage. After a tense moment, the cage is left open and the bird remains free as the household worries.
A 1920s reflection on rushing through life and the need for quiet time to think. The piece cautions against hurried decision making and urges deliberate contemplation for better outcomes, noting how modern life presses for constant activity and shallow mental effort.
John C. Eames of San Francisco is highlighted as an example of an executive who began as a cowboy in Colorado at nineteen and worked sixteen years in mining before rising to general manager of H B Claflin Company in New York. He later shifted to mining and oil, serving as president of Moffitt Consolidated Mines and as secretary treasurer of Taxbury Oil and Refining.
A fragment describes Western Africa driver ants traveling in armies to clear dwellings of vermin and small animals. The ants enter houses, corral rodents, and leave the ground clean as they pass.
The piece reflects on dust as a creator and recycler of life. It presents dust as the source of growth and the grave of all things, arguing that all beings are assemblies of dust with thoughts and words as detritus, and that renewal arises from the same dust.
Royal S Copeland urges careful hygiene to prevent spread of cancer or tuberculosis. He stresses hand washing, clean hands away from the face, and disinfection of patient discharges, bedding, and utensils to reduce infection and improve household safety.
A note on the need for affordable toys that hold a child's interest and stimulate imagination. It cautions against dangerous toys and highlights that injuries and deaths from hazardous playthings occur yearly, urging safer, simple play items.
A note explains the expression King of Yvetot as a title for a man dominant in a small place, tracing its French roots to Gaulthier, lord of Yvetot, and noting its literary use by Beranger. The piece shifts to a critique of dangerous toys for children, arguing laws restrict Fourth of July fireworks yet kids substitute imagination for real threats.
A bucolic note from Vite-Ozan Arkansas describes a winter fashion trend of girls wearing socks over stockings. The piece notes the seasonal shift in summer when the fad wanes and hints at personal participation in the style at times.
A fragmented note urges choosing kindness over material gifts as the day’s guiding motive. Public sentiment favors benevolence and gentle actions to help others.
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