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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
7
Helen grapples with shame after a late night with Sloane and a party at the Wheelers. Adele and Mrs. Pond are questioned as Helen tries to forget yesterday while pursuing writing that awakens her genius and deepens her bond with Kirk Lansing.
Ten pound lots of soft shelled pecans offered at 4.50 with postage prepaid for orders of 100 pounds and over. Price per pound 30 cents. Quality guaranteed. Address 309 South Alamo Street Adv ee tee.
The piece argues perseverance over starting zeal, urging steady effort over moodiness and shirkers. It discusses industry as the real work engine and stresses plain, well-made children’s outfits like a simple velvet frock with a bright sash, highlighting good taste and durable workmanship.
A fashion note says women and children’s clothing this season relies on charming trimming, novel fabrics, and bold color mixes rather than radical or modernist styles. Details highlight restrained elegance and updated textures.
In a 1920 bedtime tale by John Barton the weasel Killer slides down a straw pile tossed into Fommy Peele's barnyard. The woods folk fear capture as Ommy's dog Watteh and Dr Muskrat debate a plan while Killer digs in, risking a wild finale.
The scene unfolds with Muskrat snapping at Killer as both tumble into the barnyard. Kad Coon charges in, three skunk kittens attack, and the animal fracas ends with the kittens defending their presumed mother and driving away the aggressor in a tangle of snarls and bites.
The tale recalls a chaotic encounter where a killer’s spree ends with a wounded old muskrat recovering at a water trough. Barnyard spectators debate which rodent fits best as a ratter while watchful animals, including a jealous cat, react to the skirmish and the Fieldmice journey home looms as a next chapter.
Washington December 4 Analysts warn against increasing House size after the 1920 census Speaker Gillett opposes any expansion If the present 485 members hold ten states would lose one seat Missouri Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mississippi Nebraska Vermont would gain seats California four Michigan and Ohio three each Texas two and several others one seat Each of Missouri Indiana Kentucky and Maine would lose. Some leaders doubt passage of apportionment legislation this session. Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery notice.
A reader narrates how a popular cough medicine proved its benefits for cold grippe bronchitis hoarseness and inflammation. He endorses its quick aid to nature and urges keeping it in the home as a pale guard against colds with 30c 60c and 1.20 pricing.
A 1920 Wheeler Syndicate piece traces the evolution of names such as Tillie Mathilda Nilly and Silda Dilly from Germanic and Italian roots. It links Machtild Mahthild and Maginhild forms to titles worn by empresses abbesses and maidens, noting endearments and a talismanic stone called Metrrgoise.
Mrs. Etta Cox of Peach Orchard Arkansas says a spell of acute indigestion left her in a serious condition before Thedford's Black-Draught relieved her and she recovered quickly. She praises the vegetable remedy for stomach and liver trouble and urges others to try it, noting its reliability and wide availability through druggists.
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