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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1931
Page
9
The text sketches a fragmentary, stream of consciousness portrait of New York City nights. It evokes figures like Ziegfeld and Follies, mentions Grand, Waldorf, Times Square, and Port and Ore, and wanders through blurred scenes of street life, hotels, and a distant sense of loss or disorientation.
Buffalo Evening News recounts Ruth Callahan, 18, used as a decoy by prohibition agent Ralph E. Dell to gather evidence. She says she drank four quarts of ale, three gin pickeyes, eight Tom Collinses, a highball and chasers in one raid, earning $70 for two raids. After a car crash returning home she was arrested, and officials bar further use of female decoys in Buffalo.
Wealthy Toledo manufacturer F C Moburg plans a foundation with experimental labs to work with health authorities nationwide in a new effort against the housefly. Officials blame flies for dozens of diseases and about 75 000 deaths annually. A fly can carry 3 000 000 to 6 000 000 germs and can contaminate a home.
A rambling reminiscence recounts a Texan schoolteacher once associated with educator reform, old mentors, and sharp political talk. The narrator nods to figures like Dural Davidson, J. Frank Dobie, and Senator John Bailey, weaving memory, lineage, and local color through entwined tales of education, governance, and place.
By Harry Williams a reminiscence set in Texas locales near El Paso Cuero and Yaleta. The storyteller recalls an ancient pear tree and a man named Rob Tagedale once linked to a child, plus a wish to reconnect with Dobie Trails and others mentioned in faded memories. The piece blends personal vignettes with names and places from mid century Texas.
A reflective piece by Elsie Robinson discusses chain letters and superstition. It examines how fear or faith in such letters influences behavior and perceptions of luck, noting coincidences and human tendency to seek cause in events while questioning moral implications.
A fragmented column extols sunbaths in Central Park and rooftop exposures, praising trees, health benefits, and year round sunlight. It warns gradual exposure, cautions against overexposure, and urges readers to seek sun for vitality while noting urban access via transit to parks.
Helena Rowland presents a provocative piece on gender roles and flirtation norms. The essay suggests men may grow cautious if women become bolder, predicting social standards would push bachelors toward romantic restraint while women simultaneously redefine pursuit and propriety.
From the San Antonio Light files dated August 4 1921 and August 3 1913 the column notes delays and changes in local projects and governance. It references a halt to a plant project due to printing supply issues and a bridge that was repurposed from a pedestrian to a different use. It also mentions a carnival and housing matters affecting a homeless orphan and a vacating order tied to gubernatorial decisions.
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