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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1924
Page
2
A discussion on financing college with self support and moral backing. It notes university employment bureaus and major funds earned by students at New York University and Yale, and highlights that Northwestern also supports student earnings. It encourages parental support and self reliance for ambitious students entering fall semester.
The article reflects on President Calvin Coolidge and the First Lady as examples of parenting. It notes their balance of strictness and companionship in raising two sons, including Calvin Coolidge Jr. who lies in Plymouth Vermont, who declined给予 title and emphasized earning distinction through one’s own action.
A Colorado Springs police captain urges drivers to stay vigilant on all streets, noting fewer accidents on busy routes but greater care needed whenever traffic is light gaps, intersections, or pedestrians appear. He cautions that calm roads tempt faster speeds and unseen dangers can arise without warning.
A retrospective on rapid advances in prehistory from Acheulean to Magdalenean humans. The article highlights Cro Magnon life in the Vezere Valley, the Aurignacian artistry, and the Eyzies de Tayac area as a key prehistoric capital with a growing museum overseen by Conservator Peyrony.
An odd description of sunnels a small coastal fish show devotion to their eggs. Both male and female pumnel care for the eggs, with the fish wrapping around the eggs like a snake. Pirates who would eat the eggs must first kill the parents who protect their brood.
The writer questions a New Hampshire law forcing a minimum eighteen months to five years in state prison for a couple who wed knowing they were related. Read in Sunday paper, the tale sparks outrage and calls to release them if no crime is proven.
The piece explains the term Merry Andrew as a person who amuses others by cutting up in a ridiculous way and notes its dictionary sense of a professional or amateur entertainer. It traces the name to Andrew Borde, Henry VIII’s physician, a learned yet eccentric man who spoke to fairs in simple homely language to entertain crowds.
A man with a habit of leaving umbrellas at the office mistakenly took a stranger's umbrella on a trolley ride. The woman confronted him and claimed it. Later he began taking his own umbrellas home, only for the same young woman to compliment him secretly on his performance.
An urging on daily sunshine and clean air for health. Emphasizes open windows, ventilation, and fresh air for homes, offices, and babies and notes sunlight as a disease deterrent. Copyright 1924 by Newspaper Venture Service.
A column argues for teaching stenography to all students for time saving and faster note taking. It claims shorthand surpasses handwriting and even typewriters for speed, with imagined benefits for writers, poets, and business people, noting practical uses and broader implications.
The piece recalls earlier freewheeling taxi era with cheap fares and wild promises. It notes rate wars lowering costs to 20 cents per mile, possible transfers, and fanciful ideas like green tickets and cross continental trips. It satirically warns of lax liability and freewheeling safety in taxi culture.
A compact, sardonic meditation on education vanity luck and virtue. The lines critique mock serious claims about learning and success while noting how abuse and flattery affect people and contrasting Seneca’s palace with Diogenes’ tub.
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