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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1921
Page
4
A nostalgic rule for true rest urges choosing familiar places for mental and physical relaxation. It notes distant pastures look greener, yet many enjoy vacations spent in the old backyard and family hammock, valuing opportunity to unwind at home.
Jim Ainsworth plans a circus outing with his son Buster. The boy’s brave breakfast vow to stop waving ages into a moment of terror when a roaring tiger spooks him. Ainsworth rushes child to safety, but Buster cries he is not big enough for circuses.
A garbled historical fragment references an election and a possible plebiscite to determine an imperial drone. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or locations to identify a definite event or actors.
Democratic chairman White blasts the tax revision as a false economy while Republicans press a reform path. The article argues public sentiment favors prudent retrenchment by President Harding, noting tax relief must fit reduced government costs and higher efficiency to avoid future fiscal disaster.
The piece notes U S prohibition agents will tackle an enlarged task preventing Canadian liquor from entering the United States. It hints at isolationist sentiment and border challenges with Canada and Mexico shaping the enforcement burden as the dry regime continues.
The piece argues prohibition boosts bootlegging and proposes extreme revenue use to build a border liquor barrier. It notes Canadian officials expect more liquor crossing into the U S due to export allowances and Ontario dealers already receiving large orders, with profits rising as the thirst grows.
The article argues vacations should maximize rest and mental and physical relaxation rather than pursuit of entertainment. It warns that workers return exhausted and shifts of duties spoil morale, and suggests adding staff to ease workloads. It contrasts city and country trips, noting each side ends fatigued without true recovery.
A historical meditation notes lingering objections to inviting Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to the Washington conference. It argues Britain’s votes balanced by U.S. interests and underscores shifts since Versailles, emphasizing Pacific and Far East issues, Japan status, and Dominion alignment with the United States. It also mentions Moroccan unrest, a quip about the League of Nations, a South American oil joke, and Des Moines streetcar suspensions.
A fragmentary verse recalls a speaker’s surrender to beauty and love, detailing how pursuit of women’s looks once shaped him. The speaker questions if a colder heart can resist future glances from brilliant eyes, hinting at diminishing folly and the pull of wisdom.
Special Cable report from Nas Foreign Service in Berlin Aug 17 notes a 150 million Dutch guilder loan by Dutch banks to the Reichsmark market faces danger. Banks speculate on German money rise after Germany pays 1 billion gold marks to the Allies, while Dutch aim to lift the mark to protect the loan as Berlin markets panic and government presses print paper money.
Berlin reports Die Krone, a monarchist weekly, backs ex crown princess Cecilie as Germany’s future kaiserin rather than revival of William Hohenzollern or the crown prince. The argument cites Cecilie’s German lineage and views her as a unifying, peaceful figure akin to Queen Victoria’s long rule in Britain.
The program highlights Princess-Murray and Popkova in an offering alongside Loew's vaudeville acts. Grand Pictures presents Gloria Swain in The Great Moment while Royal Pictures shows Wanda Hawley in A Kiss in Time and Empire Pictures features Anita Stewart in Playthings of Destiny. League Works Baseball reports a San Antonio versus Wichita Falls game called at 4 30.
In Corpus Christi on August 1, about 2000 bales of cotton have been ginned in Nueces County this season. Much of the cotton is of the better staple, with 33 percent picked. The crop shows more good staple available than last year, boosting buyer interest and premiums for this grade due to the better cotton campaign.
Corpus Christi aug 170A ideal camp of the Tin Can Lonvists to promote free tour ist companies. The camp on North Beach will host organized effort next Thursday with J Carter of the commercial association in charge. BR W Jeffries of Houston will supervise the organization and election of officers.
The notice lists charters granted for Deffebach Lumber Company of Dal fax with 50000 capital stock and incorporators A Deffebach Charles Deffebach and Thomas G Deffebach, and Dalton Oil Company of Mineral Wells with 50000 capital stock and incorporators M J Dalton John I Hughes and T J Truman Jr. An amendment filed by Armada Petroleum Corporation of Wilmington Delaware increases capital stock from 2000000 to 34000000.
Town farmers in Washington D C push to mature the largest corn crop in state history but fear no market. Minnesota growers contemplate burning grain this winter. State Commerce Commission hearing on freight rates reveals railroads maintaining high costs harm grain and coal traffic. Cashman cites lower rates could boost traffic and farm purchases of machinery home goods lumber and more.
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