The Writin Game and Nobel Literature Winners
A fragment remarks on Nobel Prize in Literature winners from 1901 onward. It lists Sully-Prudhomme Echegaray Carducci Sienkiewicz Eucken Paul Heyse Pontoppidan Gjellerup Spitteler Benavente Grazia Deledda and notes Sinclair Lewis as the modern laureate. The piece jokes about asking him if he has read the others and hints at fame blurring names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully-Prudhomme
Echegaray
Carducci
Sienkiewicz
Eucken
Paul Heyse
Pontoppidan
Gjellerup
Spitteler
Benavente
Grazia Deledda
Sinclair Lewis
Bob
Jim
Antelope Talk From The Texas Trails Soaked In Ranch Lore
The Texas Trails diary recalls an old range tale about antelope crops near Eagle Pass in the Carmen mountains. William B Finan and associates claim vast landholdings, with deer and long summers requiring blankets. Reported herds of baby antelope in June and July face big predators and wolves guarding the high country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Finan
Dilly
Dent
Hilly Hinna
British Carnera style fighter sparks ring talk in England
A fragmentary piece discusses a tall English boxer nicknamed the British Carnera and his sister, a strong auxiliary figure in boxing lore. It notes weights, training, and the public’s interest in a dramatic prizefight atmosphere, with reference to a local store and boxing culture.
Quista Belittling and the Reader’s Self View
A fragmented critique portrays a figure named Quista belittling others and seeking attention through provocation. The passage compares his actions to self-righteous stunts and letters, asserting he wastes effort on gnawing at rivals and inflating his own importance. It ends with a carnival of insults toward a generic type and references a media syndicate.
Local columnist recalls early settlers and travelling figures
A rambling column by Harry Williams recounts Julian Stapps and Col. Nils Tuttle, noting Stapps as a grandson of a Guadalupe Valley physician and mentioning a Friday dinner at the Gunter. The piece wanders through 1870s travel, cattlemen, and old routes, with digressions on visiting figures and regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian
Twitch
Guadalupe Valley
Mr. Stapps
Gunter
TR. P. Tirachi
Wilking
Avenue
Julian Stapps
Col
Nils Tuttle
Felday
Frederickalurg
West Sixty Seventh Studio District of New York
A vivid panorama of the West Sixty-seventh Street art quarter near Central Park. The piece catalogs painters, caricaturists, photographers, and designers living in a dense, bohemian enclave. It notes bustling studios, grand interiors, and the mix of celebrated figures and emerging talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Weat
Art
Hotel Des Arthee
Dreemeta
Eruiala
Garretia
Merusa
Jumes Montgomery Floyr
Wedium
Agdo Denty Taleigh
St. M. Drickerhoff
Everywiere Geniva
Fanny Hurst
York
Tolph Marton
Dally B. Farnum
Watson Norrett
Frank V. Ju- Mand
Walter J. Enright
The
Daytons
Fred and
Helena Smith
Alfred Cheney Johnson
Wi Foster
Dante
Gan
Konrld Hercovles
Burton Holmes
Carslyn Wells
Wallace Morgan
F. Graham Cootes
A. Knowles Hare
Acme Awning and
LaGuardia Bill Targets Opium Shipments From Unsignatory Nations
Congressman LaGuardia pushes a House bill to subject all goods from countries not signing the Hague convention to the harshest port inspections. He singles out Turkey as the main source of illicit drugs, citing recent seizures of morphine from Turkish factories. The measure aims to force adherence through decisive action beyond diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Ae Guardia
United States
Afr. LaGuardia
Turkey
New York
LaGuardia
Marry Go Round By Helen Rowland Seems a satire on women and fashion
A humorous dialogue unfolds among Mrs Divot Mrs Green and Mrs Treen as they rummage through old clothes seeking revamps and arguing over economy against new styles The piece satirizes fashion trends and societal pressures on women in the era noting their desire for many clothes yet resistance to costly gowns and accessories
Representative Rule Panacea for Spain
NORTHAMSTON December 18 To the Editor of The Light The work will be relieved at the reports indicating Spain is not to be involved in the catastrophe of a revolution and evil war. The creation of true representative government took hundreds of years and cannot be improvised. Calvin Coolidge writes in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northamston
The
Light
Spain
Thei Hnx Tong
Lael
Tov
Rene Dhe
Emais
McClure
Calvin Cooltemil
Mr. Coolidge Tright
San Antonio
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Jatin, D. Tie
Texas
Neing Solo
Eagle Pass
Carmen Moun
Elsie Robinson
Winebell
SfcIntyre
Iteller
En Rowland
Winifred Diack
Joske
Mente
Negts
Teen Stone
John Pettilet
Murata
Whitting Gentry
Tatir
Tiesto
Ion
Quista
Welittler
Niwasa
Lellider
Ryn
Harry Williams
Cibole
Seawidow
Alonzo [Eeler
Frank Baker
Jim Cage
John Wright
Leo Callan
Jim Milam Petti
Arl
J. W. White
North Carolina
Hig
New Mexico
West Sixty-Seventh
Walter ‘Frumbull
Big Wife
Trudy Valttenes
Valtea Tras
Alory
Heta
Phil Baker
Baker
Beta
Brere
Hin
Regent
Morrig Alenbire
Tella
Aluran
Fred D
McNaught
Helen Rowland
Mra. Divot
Mra. Green
Ali
Mrs. Divot
Anch
Aspapera
Philanthroints
Senate
Mra
Ons Hall
Pheep
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