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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
3
The text argues American population carries immense productive power, equating each person to twenty horses in output under bank and industry. It notes rising per capita capability over generations, advances in invention, and the ability to adapt new tech, urging continued innovation to extend human dominion over nature.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company reports that the United States has about 15,000,101 telephones, with 520,412 new lines in 1928 and 1841 2 conversations per person annually. Canada follows U S in numbers, Germany and Great Britain next. cities like San Francisco, Detroit, New York, Chicago lead in telephones vs global peers. The statement highlights progress and a busy, communicable nation.
Professor Willis R Whitney described the tiny scale of a water drop by imagining one hydrogen atom per atom turning into droplets. A single drop contains about 3,000,000,000,000,900,000,000 hydrogen atoms and would cover the Earth with a foot of water if expanded to raindrop size. If these droplets fell as hard as a heavy rain, the rainfall would drench the United States for nearly two weeks.
United States Senator James Wadsworth argues in a speech that about twelve thousand laws are enacted yearly and most are useless. He says creating too many laws makes criminals and urges obedience to existing laws, suggesting law growth should pace social custom rather than speed.
The Department notes that foreign investments abroad in 1925 exceed one third of a billion dollars more than the same period in 1924. Europe leads as the top borrower, followed by Latin America, Canada, and Asia, with total U.S. foreign investments surpassing nine billion dollars at end of 1924 and expected gains of at least 437 million so far in 1925.
Coats Neimms : 'iite. MONKEY UR WILL PUT ONE ON' STAE HIGHEST LAMB OF THE WATOLDATE TREE.
A fragmented verse about Uncle Jonathan clinging to faith learned from Grandma. The speaker notes his zealous prayers, naming many items wrongly and clinging to divine protection and daily grace. The piece ends with a sober line about his stubborn self view and the faith that persists despite flaws.
Reader notes strange termite mounds in the conceal port of Afrien. Structures rise over 16 feet, appearing like a city built long ago. The mounds are formed from twigs and plant debris, taking long time to build and adapting to birds.
A fragmentary monologue recalls a San Francisco scene at a drift night. The speaker contemplates a famous Arts Building site, a quiet lagoon, and a lake of scum, then imagines a Sea Day with ladies and long-handled ladles, while murmuring about color and a distant memory of vocal training and a friend’s whispered gossip.
A brief note underscores that a struggling man benefits from encouragement and even a small dollar gift to lift his spirits and help him keep going. It frames generosity as practical support and moral lift in tough times.
A 1945 meditation on telephones and radios, arguing these devices intrude on daily life and disrupt nerves. The author questions tyranny of constant connectivity, urging readers to resist interruptions and consider control over attention.
Essay on the value of asking questions to gain information. It cites Lloyd George Theodore Roosevelt and Steinmetz as examples of keen questioners. It argues that curiosity, childhood learning, and sincere interest drive inquiry, while timidity pride or ignorance hinder it and that there is no such thing as a foolish question.
A columnist questions if patriotism should be debated by clergy and preachers or left to political discourse. He notes wartime prayers from priests of various faiths and asks whether patriotism belongs in spiritual welfare or in worldly aims. The piece argues for separating church from national propaganda while stressing spiritual development.
Jet states senator from New York writes about a tiring night in a sleeper car and the irritations of waking in a crowded washroom with tobacco odors. He urges vigorous morning routines, and notes misgivings about tobacco while linking it to a rough start for the day.
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