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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
3
The 1924 trade area covered 30 500 square miles and 3 200 000 people, with refunds showing a surge in out of town buyers. Rail refunds indicate rapid gains since 1923, while real estate values and local industries like canning await further development. Trade center aims to attract small investors and capital, noting tax concerns and vast undeveloped virgin lands.
A Philadelphia excerpt cites a board of education official declaring 65 percent of public school pupils dishonest based on a test with storekeepers giving too much change. The piece questions the test as a universal measure and notes that faith in adults alters with age, affecting honesty comparisons across generations.
An eminent English doctor argues that overfeeding harms the general mood and energy, with many able to eat freely yet some cannot. He stresses that the real issue is ensuring everyone can eat enough while maintaining clear minds for business and governance.
The article argues for hands on education where children run moral and civic exercises. It envisions student governments conducting elections and moral courts to decide on issues like cheating, modeling self governed ethics for lifelong responsibility.
The barber narrator recalls a salesman bragging about a ranch and real estate deals, then shifting to a couple of lots. He notes the promoter’s lines about mud shampoos and concludes the man owns no land anywhere except the mud itself. The tale ends with thanks to the reader.
A reader reports that a man recently met with financial reverses after claiming to have lost a dime while running to catch a street cat.
Poem depicts a family facing eviction and financial collapse after selling the car and debt. Mother weeps as they pack, father fears debt and market failure, grandma and sister coping. The piece portrays economic anxiety, unemployment, and personal distress within a struggling household.
A soap box orator spoke against tobacco evils in a lively procession. He warned that buying cigarettes leads to beer and whiskey consumption, while an intoxicated man nearby interrupted with casual questions about tobacco.
A feature detailing causes of stiff neck linked to rheumatism and infections, advising on symptom relief through hot compresses, massage, bowels cleansing, and dietary changes. It notes overexertion, chill, and indigestion as triggers and emphasizes removing underlying causes with medical guidance.
BRAND LESSING probes George W. Hinman and Secretary Hoover on spending in soft drinks tobacco ornamental furs and beauty parlors. He argues water is best and beauty costs are acceptable as women’s happiness but mocks excess, urging caution and lighthearted critique of expenditures.
A physician author argues that poor school performance and truancy can mask underlying giftedness. He notes many successful adults struggled with arithmetic and that rebellion can reflect a creative mind. Parents should study a child’s mental makeup before worry.
Some have loved and lost, while others have loved and been bossed, there being but little difference. Herbeck says Mighty few children take naturally to arithmetic.
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