Let Us Develop Our Fisheries
Antonio advertises daily fresh fish shipments in The Light and hotels offering fish menus expect strong patronage. The piece argues Gulf Coast and South Texas seas provide abundant oysters, shrimp, and varieties of marketable fish, urging investment and a revived Texas fishing fleet to boost the economy. It notes stale fish is dangerous in heat and highlights opportunities for capital and vision to profit in the Gulf fisheries.
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Gulf of Mexico
South Texas
Corpus Christi
Aransas
Galveston
Texas
Gulf
Gulf Coast
San
Call for a nation wide code of automobile laws
This editorial argues motor cars dominate transport and pleasure but are hampered by excessive legislation. It urges dealers and manufacturers to draft a unified nationwide code, limiting state rules to local peculiarities and reducing costly, conflicting traffic regulations for owners and businesses.
Making Checks Safe Through Precautions and Devices
The American Institute of Accountants estimates high check usage and warns that embezzlement and forgery cause significant losses. Careless check writing and accepting worthless checks contribute to the $200,000,000 loss, with blanks and weak forms enabling alterations. Enhanced safety paper and devices can reduce risk, treating unfamiliar checks as stranger currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Accountants
United States
Path to Success in Youthful Resolve
A poem about a boy choosing a disciplined path to success, resisting leisure and mockery, and pursuing long term achievement. He endures misjudgment and envies, remaining undaunted as he plans, works, and waits for advancement despite others succeeding without merit.
Ant Eater Captures Ants In South American Feat
Story describes a South American anteater that feeds exclusively on ants, raiding colonies by sweeping a sticky tongue over hills. The animal carries its sole offspring on its back, similar to a Indian squaw as noted in the text.
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South America
Conyright
Fea
Towne Gossip: I Kicked Two Men on a Streetcar
A speaker recalls two days of conflict on a streetcar where she kicked two men on the ankles on purpose. She apologized then contradicted the apology and described the crowded car with hidden faces and crossed legs. She claimed she needed to exit and stepped on a man’s foot, ending with gratitude.
Why Quarrel Over Money Matters in Your Home
An advice piece on couples arguing over spending and the value of a common budget. It warns that disparity between careful and extravagant partners leads to heated discussions and escalating costs, urging an amicable financial understanding for harmony.
Their First Jobs
Andrew Alexander Jr. rose from a Bailey, Banks & Biddle cash boy to manager of the diamond department and later to vice president and treasurer. Once a novice in diamonds, he became a leading U.S. expert through gradual advancement at the Philadelphia firm.
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United States
Bailey, Banks & Biddle
Philadelphia
Andrew Alexander Jr
King ‘Feature Syn
Some Figures of Speech and Mars in War Debate
An earnest peace advocate questions nations on repeating Mars era. Gayley’s Classic Myths in English Literature contrasts Mars as bright and burning, exulting in battle and carnage. His family of war includes Terror Trembling Panic Eris Discord Envy and other demons.
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Mars
Gayley
Eris
Foatura Syn
Ins
Miss Mildred Newsome Celebrates Hair Bobbing
A bucolic note reports Miss Mildred Newsome and Misses Lucile Amy Hubble along with Misses Cora Hendrix and Pearl Paris delighted after getting their hair bobbed. The item appears from Fort Forty Four in Arkansas with a Bolivhone parish imprint.
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Mildred Newsome
Lucile
Amy Hubble
Cora Hendrix
Pearl Paris
Saphead Sisters Vacation Notice
Saphead Sisters dialogue shows Molly announcing a two day vacation after their possy grandfather’s death, Cordelia exclaiming happiness, and Cora venting about men as they discuss unclear plans.
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Molly
Cordelia
Flowers as tribute while loved one still dying
A note urges giving flowers and deeds while a person is alive, suggesting that timely gestures bring greater comfort than later remembrances. It emphasizes the value of expressing care during illness or decline.
Peritonitis Is Serious
Royal S Copeland M D United States Senator from New York and former New York City health commissioner explains peritonitis its causes symptoms and treatment. The article outlines how abdominal lining inflammation presents with pain fever rapid pulse and vomiting and stresses bed rest cooling compresses and medical care.
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Royal S. Copeland
United States
Neww York
New York City
Nes
Coney Island Hot Dogs Said to Rule Politics and Life
A playful column blasts hot dogs as a national influence from Coney Island to the nation, noting their ubiquity at conventions and travel meals. It jokes about mustard, mustered feasts, and public appetite while lampooning political tastemakers and figures.
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Coney Island
Endless War of Peace
The Spectator notes that war may kill few men but disease will claim many, praising John D. Rockefeller and the Rockefeller Foundation for funding medical education. A report by George E. Vincent highlights science as a common fund and celebrates advances against yellow fever and malaria, while stressing the need for trained physicians and preventive medicine through the International Health Board's efforts in the South.
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Otto
Kahn
Terrible
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
George EB. Vincent
Foundation
North
South America
Hemisphere
International Health Board
Paris Green
International
Hea Board
Some Sap and Salt by Bert Moses
A fragmented humorous verse sketch by Bert Moses offering aphorisms on bravery, deeds, investment in thoughts, and autos, with quirky lines about snoring and hesitation. The piece mixes playfully contrarian maxims and misspelled phrases implying a satirical note.
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Bert, Moses
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