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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1924
Page
3
The Leavenworth prison chaplain calls narcotics the country’s greatest curse. He notes addicts spend daily sums equal to or more than average earners, crime funds narcotics, and most addicts become potential drug peddlers. He compares fighting narcotics to killing Johnson grass at the root.
A wartime editorial argues for Defense Day on September 12 to unite the nation, bolster security, and deter jingoism. It warns that a weak Defense Day would erode confidence and invite foreign challenges, stressing that keeping the defense machine well maintained is essential for national strength.
The piece traces changing views of pedagogy from Elizabethan times to the twentieth century, noting shifts from thrusting knowledge to guiding desire. It highlights the Southwest Texas Teachers Institute meeting in San Antonio as modern education evolves from birch rods to fostering curiosity and active participation.
August yields abundant furs prompting a foolish guide on blue fox skins hairs and beards. The piece jokes about following moulting animals to harvest hides and mocks gendered hunting attitudes while touting economical knitting schemes and fashion furs for winter.
The Jeffersonian Democrat notes eccentric activity as Howard Helmhockle cleans the office windows on Pickering Street, followed by Lewi Scott at the barber shop. Threatened writ of indignation looms against W L McCracken unless he acts. Brackville Jeffersonian Democrat.
A former office boy with limited work skill becomes a talking point as a stranger in a new sedan visits, sparking a rumor that he could become a millionaire. The narrator recalls past failures and a drive past the boulevard where the idea lingers about potential fate.
John C. Greanway rose from helper at Duquesne furnaces in Pittsburgh to foreman in the mechanical department. He served in Cuba with Roosevelt's Rough Riders, then held roles in U S Steel mining at Ishpeming and with the Caloract Arizona Mining Company. He went to France as a major of engineers, earned the D S G Croix de Guerre with two palms, and returned as lieutenant colonel of infantry for Chateau Thierry, St Mihiel, the Argonne, and the Meuse.
The piece discusses phrases like paying through the nose and paying in dribbles or installments. It cites varied origins from a surgical nose bleed to uncertain roots, notes a nose tax in Sweden and a Danish house tax on the Irish in the ninth century, and ends with a reference to the punishment of splitting the wage.
Marie Romaine of St. Lazare, young and lithe, waits beside her father's gate for a stranger who praised her beauty and spoke of distant cities. September comes. he stays, and she wonders if his vows were sincere as she endures longing and hope amid crimson maples. Copyright 1924 Star Company.
Walter C. Tindall of Ocean Grove cites a Quaker diary of 27 volumes describing a blameless life with margins showing the cryptic initials L and F T and E. He notes the heirs finally deciphered the mark as meaning tempted and fell, illustrating human frailty amid pious history.
Royal S. Copeland M D former New York U S Senator explains wind or bad wind as shortness of breath linked to heart weakness. He advises rest, proper diet, checking teeth and digestion, sleep, and addressing underlying causes like anemia chlorosis and sedentary habits. Copyright 1924 Newspaper Feature Service Inc.
A reflective piece on youth and love noting Voltaire’s view that truth can be heartless. It argues that youth experiences love as the grandest sensation, shaping action more than older minds. The text urges patience with the young and acknowledges their fearless certainty.
The piece argues that forcing acceptance into exclusive circles yields only tolerance, not belonging. No matter wealth or dress, access is barred by an inner circle, and real value comes from genuine friendships with those who appreciate you for who you are.
A fragmentary piece by Bert Moses discusses bargains, democracy, profiteers, taxation, town gossip, and jobs with high salaries. The text includes garbled phrases and missing context but centers on honesty, reputation, and social critique.
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