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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1932
Page
6
A fragmented reminiscence sets a New York barber shop as narrator muses on facial treatments, electric displays, and colorful characters. The piece pivots on witty chatter, flirtations with Mildred, imagined fame, and a tongue in cheek critique of barbers and city life.
In Georgia and the Carolinas engineers plan to post notes thanking motorists who defer to trains at grade crossings. The message stresses it is easier to stop a car than a train and likens engineers to courteous knights while noting a railway engine cannot be handled like a rapier.
A Pennsylvania mother Anna Cheas faced twenty days in jail after shooting a woodpecker protected by state law. The writer notes the case reflects broader wildlife protection in Pennsylvania, praising laws while humorously criticizing the animal and method of cooking.
A Columbia University study demonstrates a family of five can be well fed for 8 75 per week with ample meals and no skimping on coffee fruit or meals. Comparisons note Syracuse mayor's week on nine cents a day and Tulsa's ten thousand people receiving better meals at six cents daily, all highlighting bulk purchasing and nutrition research as a social enterprise.
A chamber of commerce report notes that 1,485,000 slates were supplied to schools last year, with millions more surviving from prior terms. Slate and pencil industries remain vibrant, producing slates from Pennsylvania quarries, Vermont greens, and New York blues despite modern pens and tablets.
The McGull university weather bureau seeks a long haired blonde to supply hair for a humidity registering device. They initially stored hairs in a safe but ran out, brunette hair deemed unsuitable, peroxide tresses seen as a risk. Scientists contemplate an expedition to locate unbobbed blondes for accurate forecasts.
A humorous column on male infidelity and the impossible ideal of shared romance. The piece envisions a three-way arrangement with two women in a man’s life, argues for harmony between the partners, and ends with a playful toast to wives and sweethearts never meeting.
A fragmented sesquipedalian riff discusses cars and aviation with odd phrases about value and affection. It references double chins and a one cylinder brain directing an automobile, hinting at accidents and safety concerns, and mentions Alan Heyer and a wife named Wanla in unclear context.
A reader asks who should take whose arm when walking courting couples should walk independently and the man should not take the woman's arm except to guide her in crowding or street crossing. The column advises the man extend a guiding arm lightly under her elbow and keep walking dignified without grabbing.
A fragmented OCR item discusses a mysterious Bert intelligence text with unclear references. The snippet mentions a gel, a quick march, a yell, and a marriage motif tied to a unnamed man, with low attention to resolution and no clear source context.
Lonnie Crow recalls early 1915 police calls in a city driving a Speedwell automobile. He details a disturbance on Losapa trend near Praneris, an officer not stopping, and returning to headquarters. He notes a later fatal wagon collision at the Bomb Loop with two men killed, and a later night pursuit near the same area.
Elsie Robinson writes of mountains as emotional refuges and sources of strength. The piece explores how peaks whisper, calm, and reveal depths beyond earthly noise, urging a return to nature for solace and renewal, with vivid imagery of moods, silence, and ascent.
Sun baths have grown popular, with advocates urging gradual exposure for health. The era emphasizes vitamin D absorption and skin protection, noting infants need sun and warning against long initial exposure that can cause first to third degree burns, especially on fair skin. a tan is presented as defense for extended sun time.
In August 1922 The San Antonio Light recounts the murder of Bob Rumsey, a nemesis of border smugglers, shot by a gang near Laredo while customs officers faced fire. The piece notes the officer survived by his widow and details the era’s sharp clashes amid liquor smuggling and cross border tension.
TheHearst Papers Advocate proposed a five billion dollar loan to relieve unemployment and inject liquidity, plus adoption of a per cent sales tax and income tax cuts to finance modifications to the Volstead Act. It argues this would permit light wines and beers, revive industry and employment, provide government revenue, and curb criminal racketeering while restoring American personal liberty.
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