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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1924
Page
2
An editorial notes Mars will be unusually near Earth tonight within 34 million miles, far closer than usual. It recalls 1877 observations of canals and predicts modern powerful lenses and radio methods may reveal Martian life or even hint at interplanetary communication, reflecting a shared human curiosity.
The Alamo plaza facade will replace the galvanized wash tubs with a hive lighting system to illuminate the white front after dusk. San Antonio authorities note the Alamo’s distinctive silhouette is a national symbol and a key educational image in Texas history, underscoring the city’s custodianship of its shrine.
The two Chicago youths who admitted to a brutal murder face a flood of letters from self-appointed advisers. Chief Justice Caverly notes many are lawbreakers, claiming justice while obstructing court proceedings and the administration of law. They profess patriotism yet undermine the judiciary with their writings.
The article notes that beyond Lieutenants Leigh Wade Eric Nelson and Lowell H. Smith there are mechanics who accompany the world flight. It highlights Lieutenant Leslie Arnold John Hardin Jr and Sergeant Arthur M Ogden as the crew members who shared risks with the pilots, such as Ogden clinging to the back of a damaged plane over the North Sea.
Protest piece argues that child labor harms health and education and calls for protections against factory, canning, and sweatshop exploitation. It contrasts farm work with dangerous industrial labor and questions constitutional limits on regulation. The text condemns profits from cheap child labor and cites Supreme Court rulings as flawed.
A satirical column recalls Victorian ideals clashing with flapper style as women’s bathing frocks and skirts shrink. It jokes on modesty, fashion, and public spectacle, noting no height change in women while skirts grow shorter and fabrics turn sheer.
In a fragment of a local column, observations on aging wyoman beauty cite gray hair as maintained by age, claim more of nothing reduces it, and praise hot water and towels as civilized essentials. The piece links health to actions and mentions modesty and traits, quoting Herbeck on using beauty where it fits.
The piece urges parents to value humility and sympathy in child rearing over boasting of brilliance. It warns against pushing for early superiority, noting many so called gifted children become average. It encourages observing others, sharing ideas, and fostering a large base of well rounded, decent personalities for society.
A man deserts honest work to join bootlegging, loads his car with liquor, clashes with a trafficked load, loses his car in a crash, is confronted by a cop, flees the scene, and ends back at work after a single disastrous night. The crowd watches as he exits the chaos.
A Buffalo born lawyer who started in New Haven faced varied early work including nine years teaching law at Yale. He then joined the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad as a minor attorney and rose to general counsel and vice president.
An article on heart palpitations explains they can arise from stress, exertion, emotions, and digestive issues. Causes include caffeine tobacco and constipation related distension, with women more prone, and notes proper diet and medical remedies as advised by physicians.
Garrett P. Serviss describes Venus as a glorious morning object, noting her rapid orbital shift from east to west, the corona or crown of light during clear skies, and a vivid event on April 26 in France where Venus appeared encircled by a silvery halo for about twenty seconds before clouds closed again.
Public officials face sharp scrutiny from a youth observer as a street committee works in a residential district. A father uses a road sign lesson to teach obedience while a neighbor political candidate ignores the signal, exposing concerns about respect for laws and authority.
The third session of classical tragedy opened with American spectators watching A. B. Schylua's Seven Against Thebes and Sophocles Antigone in Canton Ohio.
The exchange features a pun about married men ruling wives and the joke about Brigham Young. A teacher asks for the last words of Young. a student replies that Young never spoke them because he was a married man.
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