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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1916
Page
4
A fragmented verse piece presents poems about Santa Claus, Christmas imagery, and the Nativity. It blends nostalgic holiday themes with reverent passages, invoking Santa, stockings, a toy-filled mantle, and the shepherds at Bethlehem, ending with a cited author Margaret Sangster.
The fragment describes a chaotic clash with banners, swords, and shields as combatants fight under a cloud of dust. A wounded leader falls, then fighters press with weaponless struggle amid confusion and bloodied ground.
A mixed children’s section piece presents verses about baby ferns and a Second Grade tale. It blends whimsical lines with a memory of an old Indian girl and a boy with a twisted knee, set in a cozy, domestic scene full of seasonal imagery.
Fragmentary text shows phrases about snatching, battle shout, and a renewed effort against an enemy with a note of a good cause, but lacks context, names, places, or dates to specify.
A reader compares San Antonio unfavorably with California’s horticultural display and urges year round planting of trees shrubs and flowers to attract tourists. The piece notes evergreen options pansies and date desserts while offering practical planting tips and a palm photo from W A King.
London inspector Balford reports stammer rates among left handed children. He cites 346 children with 1 percent pure left handers stammering versus 43 percent of 399 taught to use right hand. Across 907 children the split was 4 percent versus 21.8 percent. Left-handed children trained to left for eighteen months showed near cure.
United States nationwide examinations will fill second lieutenant vacancies across infantry, cavalry, field artillery, and coast artillery. Open to enlisted men, civilians, militia, and Federal Reserve Corps members, with a merit-based sequence from cadets, enlisted personnel, National Guard officers, reserves, and civil life applicants.
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